Comeback/Reunion Albums

[Omni]

What are the best and worst metal albums of this type? More often than not, I think that they fail to live up to the pre-release hype, but there are always exceptions.

For me, I really enjoyed Engram by Beherit. It was a new sound, but a welcome album that was definitely a good musical direction and one of the best black metal albums in years.

 

[The Ozzman]

Burzum - Belus
Megadeth - The System Has Failed

 

[Krow]

Off the top of my head...

Autopsy - Macabre Eternal
Angel Witch - As Above, So Below
Satan - Life Sentence
Morgoth - Ungod

Were all phenomenal. Morgoth really caught me by surprise. Had zero expectations but their early eps and full length were awesome annnnd it was being released by century media. It's like they decided their fans were right and went back in time and recorded this instead of Odium and whatever the fuck that last abomination was before they originally broke up.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Yes to Beherit, Autopsy, and Satan. That might be all I can honestly that has really impressed me from comeback/reunion albums.

 

[The Butt]

Beherit, Burzum, and Satan.

I was particularly impressed with Belus; at the time I was expecting it to suck horribly.

 

[tagradh]

They were only apart a few years but All Shall Fall is pretty good.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Immortal? I stopped caring after Pure Holocaust.

 

[The Butt]

The first two plus At the Heart of Winter are cool. I don't really enjoy much aside from that though.

 

[The Ozzman]

Immortal? I stopped caring after Pure Holocaust.

That doesn't surprise me.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Their other albums are fine, really. I actually enjoy them a lot more these days than ever before, but I'd still rather just throw on Pure Holocaust any day.

 

[The Butt]

Pure Holocaust is definitely their pinnacle. Anyone denying this is lying to themselves.

 

[The Ozzman]

Guess I'm lying to myself

 

[no country for old wainds]

not sure if all these count but still:

infernum - farewell
brocas helm - defenders of the crown
exxplorer - vengeance rides an angry horse

 

[no country for old wainds]

and ya i never much liked any overall albums after PH either, although i used to really dig the closer on SOND and the title track on DiB etc. dunno if i would these days.

 

[The Butt]

Guess I'm lying to myself

Must be.

 

[AllShallFall]

Surgical Steel is a really good album

 

[AllShallFall]

Hell - Human Remains is another great one.

 

[no country for old wainds]

it's ok but i was hoping for more given the promise of their 'classic' material.

 

[rms]

I think the only legit release is Manilla Road - Atlantis Rising, but even then it's not "great" just a solid album.

 

[mutantllama]

Blood Farmers-Headless Eyes
Adramelch-Broken History