Controversial opinions on metal

[HamburgerBoy]

I think his vocals are alright actually, sometimes quite good. Shitty songs though.

 

[CiG]

Nah.

 

[Krow]

I will say Virgin Steele isn't very good. I usually love the old school traditional metal bands but they just don't do it for me at all. I have their first three or so albums and theyre boring so I never bothered with the ones from later in their career when the albums got longer and more polished. No contest vs Cirith Ungol or Heavy Load.

 

[The Ozzman]

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Pt 1 is one of the best traditional metal albums ever in my opinion. Part 2 is good, but not as classic as Part 1.

 

[CiG]

They're extremely hit or miss, their first three aren't even the fan favourites by the way.
Their most praised shit is from the 90's.

My favourite album would have to be Guardians of the Flame though.

Edit: ^see? Middle to late 90's.

 

[Krow]

Yeah I can't handle 70 minute albums. Very rarely should a metal album be that long and theirs are a perfect example of albums that need around a half hour cut from them.

 

[J.]

Judging VS by their early stuff is like judging Priest by Rocka Rolla.

 

[Omni]

Rocka Rolla has some really awesome stuff on it. "Run of the Mill" is one of the coolest Judas Priest tracks.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Yea, Run of the Mill is one of my favorite Priest songs. But the rest of that album is incredibly weak imo.

Also, I'm digging Bathory, what other albums should I listen to?

Go in order. Just make sure you check out all of his work from the 80's.

 

[no country for old wainds]

i really like several bathory albums (inc. all the '80s ones) but tend to find them too inconsistent to rank them up among my absolute favourites. not sure which i'd rank as the best.... the bookends of BLOOD FIRE DEATH are quorthon's peak for me but the stuff in between is mostly nowhere near that level.

agreed on 'run of the mill'.

 

[The Butt]

Go in order. Just make sure you check out all of his work from the 80's.

Pretty much. Bathory is one of those few metal bands where the entire discography is great... but the 80s stuff is absolutely essential imo.

 

[KafkaX]

Entire discography? Thats a stretch.

I need to give Hammerheart and everything after another visit because I really only stick to the first 4 albums, my favorite being Blood Fire Death.

Never really cared for anything else I heard, tbh.

 

[no country for old wainds]

BLOOD ON ICE is pretty underrated.

 

[The Butt]

Entire discography? Thats a stretch.

I need to give Hammerheart and everything after another visit because I really only stick to the first 4 albums, my favorite being Blood Fire Death.

Never really cared for anything else I heard, tbh.

I literally enjoy it all. Even Octagon and Requiem.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

Entire discography? Thats a stretch.

I need to give Hammerheart and everything after another visit because I really only stick to the first 4 albums, my favorite being Blood Fire Death.

Never really cared for anything else I heard, tbh.

Right there with you dude.

 

[J.]

i really only stick to the viking stuff: BFD, ToTG, Hammerheart, BoI

nordland was ok

 

[CiG]

Yeah I can't handle 70 minute albums. Very rarely should a metal album be that long and theirs are a perfect example of albums that need around a half hour cut from them.

How would you know if you've only heard the first three?

 

[Krow]

I only own the first three. I never bothered buying the rest because I listened to downloads back in the day and they were boring.

 

[CiG]

I only own the first three. I never bothered buying the rest because I listened to downloads back in the day and they were boring.

Oh okay, well I agree with you on album length.
The worst part about the introduction of the CD is the fucking over-indulgent album lengths, every now and then it can be justified but mostly it's just bollocks.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

Type O Negative does 70+ minute albums very nicely.