A lot of people seem to dislike Hell Awaits and I just don't get it. True, it doesn't quite have the energy of Show No Mercy or the ferocity of Reign In Blood, but it makes up for it with superior songwriting and atmosphere. Damn that album has some serious atmosphere.
I actually enjoy Divine intervention best of all their albums.
Everything after that albums sucked balls though.
Is your favorite Metallica album St Anger per chance?
Their best two albums are Hell Awaits and Reign in Blood.
Brave New World is a fantastic album. It's underrated because it wasn't released in the 80s, but it seriously kicks ass. Definitely a few off moments on there, but I'd put it up there with anything else they've done.
Fear of the Dark is Iron Maiden´s best album
Facing the Animal is Yngwie Malmsteen´s best album
Blizzard Beasts is Immortal´s best
A Sceptics Universe by Spiral architect is a masterpiece
This is controversial? Surely I can't be the only one who almost vacated his bowels after hearing Ozzy's wailing vocals at the start of The Warning.Ozzy Osbourne's vocals on the early Black Sabbath material are perfect for the sound.
Hmm where have I heard this before?Nope! Anything after ...and justice for all was crap. Including the Black album.
Ride the lighting is my fave by them but even that album doesnt get played more then maybe once or twice a year.
Um, no. Obituary is the epitome of boring death metal.
Everything post-Seventh Son is brimming over with wrongability.
Brave New World is a fantastic album. It's underrated because it wasn't released in the 80s, but it seriously kicks ass. Definitely a few off moments on there, but I'd put it up there with anything else they've done. I also think the debut is overlooked.
Controversial opinion: The Number of the Beast is overrated. Not a bad album, but I wouldn't even put it in their top 5. It gets all the attention because of the name and the artwork.
I don't know where Dak got the idea I praise Warrel Dane. I'm indifferent to him.
I do think he's a faggot for thinking Halford and Tardy are bad though![]()
I'd agree about that. The only stuff on there I'd really consider filler would be The Mercenary, which isn't bad at all, and The Nomad's bridge, which is just unnecessarily long and sort of ruins an otherwise cool song.Brave New World is probably Maiden's most complete album. Not to say some other older albums don't have better individual songs, but the filler in almost every album can be pretty bad. The "filler" in BNW is almost good enough to not be called filler.
Do you guys really care about appearance of a band and the individual members during live sets? It seems like we should believe that it doesn't matter, but honestly, it matters a lot to me.
Like WAIF mentioned, if a metal band comes out wearing sports jerseys and shredding on guitars with stupid fucking stickers all over them or stuff like that I get angry man. When I saw Dream Theater for the first time Portnoy was wearing a Knicks jersey and basketball shorts and that stupid fucking hat he always wears and I found myself fixated on that for the entire show thinking to myself, "This is a metal show right? Like, I didn't stumble in here on accident. Why the fuck wouldn't he care about presenting himself in a manner that would best represent himself and the band?"
I'm all about being comfortable playing drums, trust me. But I paid to see a show, not to see some old guys jamming out in a big ass room. And by show I mean the entire package: visual, sound, atmosphere, the whole nine.
I think far too many bands have lost the ability to put on a good show outside of just playing great compared to the album. Believe it or not, I've been to quite a few metal shows and I don't recall anything amazing or interesting from any of them except my first Slayer show, but that was only because Lombardo threw a stick at my face and I still have it. The best show I've ever been to by a mile is Porcupine Tree, followed by Rush, and then In Flames. This is one of the reasons I don't enjoy live shows anymore, it's boring and I can get better overall experience by sacrificing the scared plant to the fire gods in my room while listening to the album with my badass headphones.
I'd agree about that. The only stuff on there I'd really consider filler would be The Mercenary, which isn't bad at all, and The Nomad's bridge, which is just unnecessarily long and sort of ruins an otherwise cool song.
I'm not commenting on Watain's actual quality live, just using them as an example of a band that goes all out with their getup.Funny how Watain is given as an example of a great show. Granted Im not a big fan of their music but I saw them supporting Celtic Frist and Kreator a few years ago. In that setting their show almost turned comical. There was some fire and lots of blood but in a smallish venue the feeling just wasnt there. Then they threw out raw meat on the audience but people just stepped away and looked at the meat on the floor. They tried really hard but failed miserably.
I think that imagery does matter but I also have to consider what band plays and what their personlities are. I cant see Dream Theater put on a huge show because thats not the kind of band that they are. Having Portnoy be on stage in a sports team jersey doesnt matter to just like I dont care that Kerry King often uses his LA Kings shirt. If a black metal band did the same maybe it would be strange. However if the concerts good its nothing that would ruin the live experience. Not for me anyway.
Parts of the Nomad (and Hallowed Be Thy Name) are actually stolen from Beckett. Fun fact.Yeah the tune for Nomad is pretty good, but it does drag out, and Dickinson delivers a less than stellar vocal arrangement to match at some points in the song, although the lyrics are pretty good.
As far as live performance goes, I find the over the top visuals detracting, and ridiculous "metal" getup nearly as offputting as basketball jerseys. Iron Maiden put on a really good show I went to see in '06 and even though they had a huge set with pyrotechnics and what not, it didn't detract like some nearly comical bullshit like Behemoth or GWAR. I still prefer a more "blue collar" approach to visuals and a focus on the actual music/musicianship.