GMD Poll: Testament's Discography Ranked

[Satanstoenail]

Chuck Billy's voice is annoying as fuck.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I actually like his voice. But he has almost no range.

 

[Omni]

@TechnicalBarbarity

For the last time, I am not arguing with you that Chuck Billy does not have a good vocal range (or about anything else). All I did was caution you against posting information from The Range Place because most of it is unverified and the site has a lot of errors on it.

I posted my assessment of the data provided because it really isn't hard to believe that he has a vocal range that's just under 3.5 octaves since that's not even uncommon. I'm literally saying that your statement could easily be true.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

@TechnicalBarbarity

For the last time, I am not arguing with you that Chuck Billy does not have a good vocal range (or about anything else). All I did was caution you against posting information from The Range Place because most of it is unverified and the site has a lot of errors on it.

I posted my assessment of the data provided because it really isn't hard to believe that he has a vocal range that's just under 3.5 octaves since that's not even uncommon. I'm literally saying that your statement could easily be true.

then i must have misunderstood you. My bad.

edit: But just to clarify things, did you not imply that he does not have an exception vocal range for a thrash vocalist in one of your responses? I could have sworn you did. And i also asked for you to show me all those errors that site is supposedly littered with. Not a fair request?

 

[The Ozzman]

I actually like his voice. But he has almost no range.

Agreed

 

[The Ozzman]

Man I only had to listen to 4 or 5 albums to get the order. Took less time than I thought:

1) The New Order
2) The Legacy
3) Dark Roots of Earth
4) The Ritual
5) The Gathering (Lombardo's drumming saves this album)
6) Low
7) Souls of Black
7) Practice What You Preach
9) The Formation of Damnation
10) Brotherhood of the Snake
11) Demonic

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

2) The Legacy
4) The Legacy

Which one of those two is better?

Agreed

It's not an "opinion" for you to agree on. The numbers are there for you to look at. But don't let me stop you from being wrong.

 

[The Ozzman]

Which one of those two is better?

Good catch. Long day. I changed it.

As for the other question: based on seeing the band live and listening to their releases the last decade or so, he restricts himself. If he still possesses this range, why doesn't he use it?

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

... really? Because the guy is almost 60 years old. No one here is saying he's halford. He also showcased techniques on those later albums that he did not show early on.

edit: Anyway, i find it kind of funny how some of you guys can pretend that you've heard all of their albums and then proceed to actually question the mans vocal range.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Not as funny as a guy praising his singing range to then shift goalposts to vocal range.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

i said he is one of the best thrash singers, has a wide vocal range and is versatile as fuck for a thrash vocalist. And since everyone here knows you specialize in shifting goalposts, please point out which one of those statements i went back on. brush up on dem reading comprehensionz bruh

 

[Talos of Atmora]

1. The New Order
2. The Legacy
3. The Ritual
4. Souls of Black
5. The Gathering
6. Practice What You Preach
7. Dark Roots of the Earth
8. Brotherhood of the Snake
9. The Formation of Damnation
10. Low
11. Demonic

 

[Talos of Atmora]

and again lmfao as Hetfield being more versatile. Thanks for that indeed

Yeah, I don't find Hetfield anywhere near as interesting. He pretty much has a style and sticks to it while Chuck actually changes it up fairly often.

 

[CiG]

Hetfield isn't as interesting, but I found him more effective on the first bunch of Metallica albums than Chuck's stylistic ADHD.

Also awesome Ciaphas Cain avi.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Never knew Corpsegrinder was a huge Chuck Billy fan.
December 2016 issue of Decibel, "Call & Response" ...

 

[Bloopy]

1. Practice What You Preach
2. The Legacy
3. The New Order
4. The Ritual
5. The Formation of Damnation
6. Brotherhood of the Snake
7. Low
8. Souls of Black
9. The Gathering
10. Dark Roots of Earth
11. Demonic

 

[zerostatic]

1)The Legacy
2)The New Order
3) Low
4) Souls of Black
5) The Ritual
6) The Gathering
7) Dark Roots of Earth
8) Practice What You Preach
9) The Formation of Damnation
10) Brotherhood of the Snake
11) Demonic

Outside of The Legacy and The New Order I haven't listened to a lot of Testament. I enjoyed listening to Low, Souls of Black, The Ritual and The Gathering more than I expected I would. I have seen Testament a few times and wasn't impressed with their live performance. Each time they have been the weakest band on the stage.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Gonna give this one more week and close it next Friday, mostly for selfish reasons. I'm still familiarizing myself with their three most recent albums, and want to give The New Order a few more listens to see if it grows on me (I would say I like it, but am having trouble seeing why so many people have it ranked first). I really love The Legacy and overall enjoy their first five albums are strong The stuff from Low onwards is pretty mediocre, until Dark Roots of Earth, which is a hell of a comeback album.

That said, the deadline for votes and revisions is 2/16 at 5 PM PST.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

24 hour warning. I get the sense that everyone who planned to vote has voted, but if not, get your vote in today.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

1. The Legacy
2. Practice What You Preach
3. Souls of Black
4. The Ritual
5. The New Order
6. Dark Roots of the Earth
7. The Formation of Damnation
8. The Brotherhood of the Snake
9. Demonic
10. The Gathering
11. Low

I'll post the results tomorrow morning.