GMD Poll: Top 10 Metal Albums of 1983

[Talos of Atmora]

Nope. It's easily the least consistent. Beginning slays, the middle drags, the last two songs are absurdly epic.

The middle drags? Are you serious?

You mean to tell me that Losfer Words, Flash of the Blade, The Duelists and Back in the Village are worse tracks than The Prisoner, Gangland, Number of the Beast, Children of the Damned and Invaders? Yeah, no thanks.

I don't know how you can say Powerslave is the least consistent when Number of the Beast is almost all filler with the exception of three excellent tracks.

 

[alex76]

Absolute insanity in this thread!

"Back in the Village" is probably the only low point on Powerslave. Number of the Beast is fucking flawless.

 

[EspaDa]

Invaders, Gangland or Total Eclipse are the definition of flawless album tracks to you?

I also don't think highly of Losfer Words. Prob worst track on Powerslave.

 

[alex76]

Invaders, Gangland or Total Eclipse are the definition of flawless album tracks to you?

I also don't think highly of Losfer Words. Prob worst track on Powerslave.

Every song you mentioned right there is flawless (figuratively, of course). I don't think "Total Eclipse" was on the original release though. I think it was on the b-side of a single off the album.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

The middle drags? Are you serious?

You mean to tell me that Losfer Words, Flash of the Blade, The Duelists and Back in the Village are worse tracks than The Prisoner, Gangland, Number of the Beast, Children of the Damned and Invaders? Yeah, no thanks.

I don't know how you can say Powerslave is the least consistent when Number of the Beast is almost all filler with the exception of three excellent tracks.

Yup. Back in the Village is a chore. The others are adequate, but don't live up to repeat listens.

Gangland and Invaders are decent, not great. Every other song on NotB is a 10/10.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Objectively correct ranking of the "fillers" of classic Bruce-Maiden:

Flash of the Blade (an unrecognized all-time best)
Invaders
Back in the Village (~9.5/10 tier ends)
Losfer Words
Sun & Steel
The Duellists
Quest for Fire (9/10 tier ends)
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Gangland
Total Eclipse (8/10 tier ends)
The Prophecy
Deja Vu
Heaven Can Wait (7/10 tier ends)
Only the Good Die Young (5/10)

People need to stop making a big deal out of their fillers, Maiden's fillers during their peak were still at least very good/great.

The Prisoner, Number of the Beast, and Children of the Damned were not included on the ranking because of how seriously fucked in the head you have to be to regard any of those as fillers.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Every song you mentioned right there is flawless (figuratively, of course).

other things that might be described as "figuratively flawless":
yoda's figure
arg's taste in music
hamburgerboy's love life

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Nothingness is by definition without flaw.

 

[The Ozzman]

"fillers"

Deja Vu

Fuck off

 

[Master_Yoda77]

My figure is flawless you fucking cunt. Go drink your Carlsburg Lite and fuck off.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Fuck off

Nothing wrong with Deja Vu, but really, if you're the second-to-last track on an Iron Maiden album, chances are you're a short "rocker" type song that has never been played live and generally considered among the weakest tracks on your respective album. Applies to 82-86, 92, 95, 03, and 06. Though sometimes they put secondary/tertiary singles in that position as well (81, 88, 90, 00, 15).

EDIT: Actually I suppose Bring Your Daughter may have been the lead single to NPFTD, but that is usually considered an album of fillers so whatever. Correction, it was the second single even though it was the more successful one, so yeah. It's pretty easy to predict which songs will be labeled filler on a Maiden album knowing only the tracklist and durations.

 

[CiG]

Powerslave is the most consistent. By far.

I think Piece of Mind is more consistent, as is Somewhere in Time, only really because I think the instrumental on Powerslave is unnecessary and breaks up the album's flow, for me.

have we spent enough time arguing about a shitty album from an average band? fack

Poseur, the hall exit is that way. Get out.

 

[no country for old wainds]

2) Melissa by Mercyful Fate
Say after me: "My soul belongs to Satan..."

"Mercyful Fate is easily one of the best metal bands of all time, so anyone calling out King Diamond as garbage should probably listen to Melissa over and over until they like it." - @Mort Divine

Chosen by:
Krow (#1)
Slayed Necros (#1)
Phylactery (#1)
Dazed and Brutal (#1)
Mort Divine (#1)
HamburgerBoy (#2)
zerostatic (#2)
Bloopy (#2)
Talos of Atmora (#2)
The Ozzman (#3)
Master_Yoda77 (#3)
Atomic Tide (#3)
alex76 (#3)
Baroque (#5)
CASSETTEISGOD (#6)
rms (#6)
EspaDa (#7)
Vilden (#7)
-CyanideChrist- (#8)
H.P. Lovecraft (n/a)

 

[no country for old wainds]

My figure is flawless you fucking cunt. Go drink your Carlsburg Lite and fuck off.

hey i hate lager also light beer is mostly an american thing lol, although i've started seeing bud light around places lately

 

[no country for old wainds]

MELISSA got 150.5 points to PIECE OF MIND's 148 - that shit was close. to contextualise, 4th place CRYSTAL LOGIC only had 124.5, while 8th place INTO GLORY RIDE only had 38.5 lol

 

[The Ozzman]

while 8th place INTO GLORY RIDE only had 38.5

As it should because that Manowar album sucks

 

[CiG]

As it should because that Manowar album sucks

You're confusing it with Dystopia by Megadeth.

 

[The Ozzman]

You're confusing it with Dystopia by Megadeth.

Someone's feisty tonight. Get mad.

 

[CiG]

Someone's feisty tonight

Your mother?

 

[The Ozzman]

Your mother?

Have fun with the AIDS