Classic Albums

[Priest of Evil]

This thread is a good idea. The only problem is its getting really messy. Necs & Maligns lists looked pretty decent but for many it comes down to personal taste and which record they liked best by artist X.

Perhaps a template of the genres should first be agreed upon followed by a thread of band/album choices to vote on. Then you will get your final list.

 

[Hallucinations]

I don't think there are 50 death metal albums that are all absolutely essential. Good maybe, but not essential. Actually, that goes for all genres. I don't think there are 50 absolutely essential albums of any genre, 20 at most.

If we went with 50+ albums per genre like that, we'd have a really badass list that no one will ever listen through in it's entirety. Masterpieces like Unquestionable Presence will be lost among hosts of albums that got everything right but are terribly generic to anyone but a real death metal fan.
Such a list will be of no assistance to a metal newbie.

There are definately 50 (if not more) essential death metal albums.

I agree with the fact that metal newbies will gain nothing from these lists, as most of them have no cash. Because they're poor and their families are bastards.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

7. Dream Theater and Shadow Gallery.
8. Stratovarious (LAME LAME LAME!!!!)

Congratulations, you hate prog and power metal. You probably won't be the one making the lists for them.

There are definately 50 (if not more) essential death metal albums.

You definitely need to learn how to spell definitely.

 

[skeptik]

This idea is hopeless. Perhaps after finals I will construct my own list of 'Classics' and people can choose to either accept or reject it as it is, but a forum-wide list will never happen.

 

[mutantllama]

I think Nec or V5 would be one of the best to make a list of classics, considering they listen to a lot, and don't have much biases.

 

[Einherjar86]

Agreed.

 

[DarkBliss]

V5 is also a big fan of brutal and slam death, so he can cover more ground than Nec who has no interest in this type of music.
Assisted by cokiecutter, Killbot and LifeSucks(I may be forgetting other people), he should be able to compile an additional list of classics for people who are interested in exploring those genres.

 

[IWP]

I wouldn't. There are too many similarities tbh

So bands like Exciter, Agent Steel, and Cacophony are considered thrash?

 

[The Ozzman]

Haven't heard any Exciter or Agent Steel so I can't comment. I would put Cacophony in its own category. Something like 'shred'

 

[Killbot]

V5 is also a big fan of brutal and slam death, so he can cover more ground than Nec who has no interest in this type of music.
Assisted by cokiecutter, Killbot and LifeSucks(I may be forgetting other people), he should be able to compile an additional list of classics for people who are interested in exploring those genres.

Henrik Main would make a good list as well. I'm not sure if he's into every genre, but he has masses of knowledge on Brutal Death Metal. Shame he doesn't post more often.

 

[rms]

So bands like Exciter, Agent Steel, and Cacophony are considered thrash?

Agent Steel is without a doubt thrash with the high pitched vocals

 

[General Zaroff]

I think Nec or V5 would be one of the best to make a list of classics, considering they listen to a lot, and don't have much biases.

I agree.

 

[waif]

That's from the 70's, btw.

Ooh, my bad.

Here are some bands that I think should be nowhere near the classics list:

1. Saint Vitus
2. Obituary
3. Cannibal Corpse
4. Gojira
5. Macabre (we make crappy songs about serial killerz, lolz)
6. Any and all grindcore band involving gore and perverse sexuality.
7. Dream Theater and Shadow Gallery.
8. Stratovarious (LAME LAME LAME!!!!)

I would include Dragonforce but I somehow doubt that the sub-humanids who like that band
deserve my advice.

First off, you're an idiot. Next, no one would ever consider anything by Dragonforce essential or classic, even if they like it. Third, I have to object to 1, 2, 3, 6, and 7, seeing as all that stuff has produced classics within their respective genres.

All right, seeing as I'm bored and I enjoy making ludicrous lists, I'll start with compiling a list of OSDM classics:

Acheron - Rites of the Black Mass
Afflicted - Prodigal Sun
Amorphis - The Karelian Isthmus
Asphyx - The Rack
At the Gates - The Red in the Sky is Ours
Atheist - Piece of Time
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
Atrocity - Todessehnsucht
Autopsy - Severed Survival
Autopsy - Mental Funeral
Bolt Thrower - Realm of Chaos
Bolt Thrower - War Master
Cadaver - In Pains
Cancer - To the Gory End
Carcass - Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious
Carnage - Dark Recollections
Cartilage - The Fragile Concept of Affection
Cianide - A Descent into Hell
Dark Throne - Soulside Journey
Death - Scream Bloody Gore
Death - Leprosy
Death Strike - Fuckin' Death
Deicide - Deicide
Deicide - Legion
Demigod - Slumber of Sullen Eyes
Demilich - Nespithe
Dismember - Like An Everflowing Stream
Edge of Sanity - Unorthodox
Entombed - Left Hand Path
Eucharist - A Velvet Creation
Fleshcrawl - Descend into the Absurd
God Macabre - The Winterlong
Gorguts - The Erosion of Sanity
Grave - Into the Grave
Grotesque - In the Embrace of Evil
Immolation - Dawn of Possession
Incantation - Onward to Golgotha
Massacra - Final Holocaust
Massacra - Enjoy the Violence
Massacre - From Beyond
Master - On the Seventh Day God Created... Master
Merciless - The Awakening
Messiah - Hymn to Abramelin
Miasma - Changes
Molested - Blod Dram
Monstrosity - Imperial Doom
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
Morbid Angel - Blessed Are the Sick
Morpheus Descends - Ritual of Infinity
Mortuary - Blackened Images
Necrophagia - Season of the Dead
Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence
Nocturnus - The Key
Obituary - Slowly We Rot
Obituary - Cause of Death
Order From Chaos - Stillbirth Machine
Pestilence - Consuming Impulse
Possessed - Seven Churches
Ripping Corpse - Dreaming with the Dead
Seance - Fornever Laid to Rest
Sentenced - Shadows of the Past
Sepultura - Morbid Visions
Sinister - Cross the Styx
Slaughter - Strappado
Suffocation - Human Waste
Therion - Beyond Sanctorum
Tiamat - The Astral Sleep
Unleashed - Where No Life Dwells
Unleashed - Shadows in the Deep
Vader - The Ultimate Incantation

May have left some shit out, can't really be bothered going back and checking.

Thank you. Off to a good start.

Gothenburg Stuff:
At The Gates - The Red In The Sky Is Ours
At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
Dark Tranquility - Skydancer
Dark Tranquility - The Gallery
In Flames - Lunar Strain
In Flames - The Jester Race
Soilwork - A Predator's Portrait
all the really essential stuff I can think of atm

This idea is hopeless. Perhaps after finals I will construct my own list of 'Classics' and people can choose to either accept or reject it as it is, but a forum-wide list will never happen.

If people would cooperate it might be possible. I think Priest of Evil had a good idea, with a separate thread for each subgenre and then merge them back together - would make this much easier.

 

[King Richard]

This idea is hopeless. Perhaps after finals I will construct my own list of 'Classics' and people can choose to either accept or reject it as it is, but a forum-wide list will never happen.

I'd actually be interested in seeing this.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Same.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Albums that are classic...?

 

[Einherjar86]

Come on man, we know you don't like Stratovarius and Dream Theater, but both of those bands were huge at one point in their respective genres. Dream Theater is a cornerstone of progressive metal (Images and Words is a prog metal staple), and Stratovarius (despite my overall dislike for them) were monumental in the Euro-power metal sound.

Both were highly influential, and both released albums that helped to define their genres. Images and Words, and for Stratovarius I would say maybe Visions.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/classic

TBH Lemegeton is trolling as far as I am concerned (which happens to be quite a bit). Classicism in music is pretty much objective. Even if your opinion on a band is negative, you can't deny influence it has had or its status as a classic.

 

[mutantllama]

A "classic album" is an album that was new and refreshing for its time. Usually had a huge influence on it's genre. But the problem is that some people may start to list some random "kvlt" or "underground" album that no one has listened to. But popularity doesn't effect if is classic or not.

 

[King Richard]

And makes an album a classic? You can do it, I am sure you are smart enough!

I guess the easiest way to define a classic album is to list every album you hate.

Btw, your list of what shouldn't be considered classic was pretty hilarious.