GMD Votes: Top Traditional/Doom Album Prelims

[crimsonfloyd]

DP in Rock is also heavy metal, plus they have a bunch of metal tracks scattered throughout their later albums. Lovedrive and Love at First Sting from Scorpions are also metal.

edit: I have no problem with zeppelin not being on here, as none of their albums would be classified as metal.

Also..

Deep Purple inspired the youngsters that would later on become the NWOBHM, speed metal etc.

While zeppelin inspired this...

You're in deep denial if you don't think just about every NWOBHM act was influenced by Led Zeppelin. I get that you're not the biggest Zeppelin fan, but let's not make revisionist history.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Actually, there are more than few bands from the NWOBHM that went out of their way to say that they weren't influenced by zeppelin. Now i have to go looking for another documentary.

Just saying that DP had a much larger influence on HM while Zepp also influenced countless numbers of garbage US hard rock bands ... and that's mainly due to the fact that they were fucking huge out here, more so than DP and even Sabbath.

Anyway, plant and page are the two biggest faggots in the world ... with their "we don't even want to be linked to heavy metal" attitudes. Fuck them.

 

[Baroque]

2 Albums per band. Does that mean I can pick 2 from Rainbow, 2 from Dio and 2 from Sabbath

 

[Nephilim96]

1. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
2. Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
3. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
4. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath
5. Rainbow - Rising
6. Trouble - Psalm 9
7. Deep Purple - Deep Purple in Rock
8. Mercyful Fate - Melissa
9. Deep Purple - Machinehead
10. King Diamond - Abigail
11. Saint Vitus - Born Too Late
12. Judas Priest - Painkiller
13. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
14. Fates Warning - The Spectre Within
15. Saint Vitus - Die Healing
16. Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
17. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
18. Pagan Altar - Pagan Altar
19. Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain
20. Candlemass - Nightfall

 

[Nephilim96]

2 Albums per band. Does that mean I can pick 2 from Rainbow, 2 from Dio and 2 from Sabbath

You can even include that one Heaven & Hell album.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

I started this doing 1 trad then 1 doom but quickly stopped that. I have to be honest, I think I enjoy traditional doom more than regular traditional metal, with a few exceptions.

1. Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
2. Pagan Altar - Volume I
3. Mercyful Fate - Don’t Break the Oath
4. Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
5. Reverend Bizarre - Into the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend
6. Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
7. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction
8. Warning - Watching From a Distance
9. Revelation - Release
10. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
11. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
12. Scald - Will of the Gods is Great Power
13. Pentagram - Relentless
14. Cirith Ungol - King of the Dead
15. Judas Priest - Stained Class
16. Saint Vitus - Born Too Late
17. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
18. The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Traveller
19. Trouble - Psalm 9
20. Witchfinder General - Death Penalty
21. Satan - Court in the Act
22. Omen - Battle Cry
23. Virgin Steele - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Part Two
24. Quicksand Dream - Aelin: A Story About Destiny
25. Iron Maiden - Powerslave

 

[Baroque]

1. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
2. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
3. Judas Priest - British Steel
4. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
5. Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
6. Trouble - Trouble
7. Dio - Holy Diver
8. Rainbow - Rising
9. Dio - The Last in Line
10. Trouble - Psalm 9
11. Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction
12. Metal Church - Metal Church
13. Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith
14. Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
15. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
16. Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
17. Motorhead - Overkill
18. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
19. Picture - Diamond Dreamer
20. Riot - Thundersteel
21. Helstar - Nosferatu
22. Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know
23. Bruce Dickinson - Accident of Birth
24. Saint Vitus - Born Too Late
25. Dawnbringer - Into the Lair of the Sun God
26. Avatarium - s/t

I tend to prefer Stoner Doom, aside from Trouble which is basically traditional heavy metal. Would have included a lot more Sabbath if not for the restriction: Vol 4, Black Sabbath, Master of Reality, Heaven and Hell, 13.

You can even include that one Heaven & Hell album.

Done!

Most "boring" list ever but whatever. I like this music.

 

[no country for old wainds]

6. Secrecy – Art in Motion
9. Othyrworld – Beyond into the Night of Day
17. Zions Abyss – T.A.L.E.S.
21. Taramis – Queen of Thieves

describe these plz

 

[Krow]

1. Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
2. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
3. Dio - Holy Diver
4. Pagan Altar - Volume 1 (aka Judgement of the Dead)
5. Judas Priest - Painkiller
6. Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
7. Saint Vitus - Saint Vitus
8. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
9. Scorpions - Taken by Force
10. Pentagram - Relentless
11. Cirith Ungol - King of the Undead
12. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
13. Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
14. Reverend Bizarre - In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend
15. Helstar - Burning Star
16. Rainbow - Rising
17. Manowar - Battle Hymns
18. Saxon - Wheels of Steel
19. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
20. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings


Go ahead and hate on me for giving the vote that doesn't really matter to Iced Earth. Then, eat a dick.

 

[The Ozzman]

1. Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
2. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
3. Dio - Holy Diver
4. Pagan Altar - Volume 1 (aka Judgement of the Dead)
5. Judas Priest - Painkiller
6. Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
7. Saint Vitus - Saint Vitus
8. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
9. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
10. Pentagram - Relentless
11. Cirith Ungol - King of the Undead
12. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
13. Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
14. Reverend Bizarre - In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend
15. Helstar - Burning Star
16. Rainbow - Rising
17. Manowar - Battle Hymns
18. Saxon - Wheels of Steel
19. Saxon - Power and the Glory
20. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings


Go ahead and hate on me for giving the vote that doesn't really matter to Iced Earth. Then, eat a dick.

Burnt Offerings is going to be on my list too but WAY higher.

1) Dio - Holy Diver
2) Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
3) Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
4) Virgin Steele - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Part 1
5) Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath

I'm leaving this here as a baseline and will get the other 15 later

1. Fates Warning – The Spectre Within
2. Candlemass – Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
3. Iron Maiden – Killers
4. Judas Priest – Sin After Sin
5. Adramelch – Irae Melanox
6. Secrecy – Art in Motion
7. Iron Maiden – Piece of Mind
8. Judas Priest – Stained Class
9. Othyrworld – Beyond into the Night of Day
10. Trouble – Trouble
11. Mercyful Fate – Don’t Break the Oath
12. Queensryche – Rage for Order
13. Savatage – Hall of the Mountain King
14. The Lord Weird Slough Feg – Down Among the Deadmen
15. Trouble – Psalm 9
16. W.A.S.P. – The Headless Children
17. Zions Abyss – T.A.L.E.S.
18. Queensryche – The Warning
19. Black Sabbath – Paranoid
20. Scorpions – Taken by Force
21. Taramis – Queen of Thieves
22. Mercyful Fate - Melissa
23. Metal Church – Metal Church
24. The Lord Weird Slough Feg – Traveller
25. Savatage - Sirens

Would have included Slauter Xstroyes’ Free the Beast, Dark Age’s S/T, and Savatage’s The Dungeons Are Calling if I was allowed.

Why do you always use the long dash instead of the straight hyphen and screw up my merge into Excel? Please stop.

Also, I'll allow Deep Purple since HBB included Scorpions. Fuck it.

If you change your votes because of this, please follow up via PM or in this thread.

 

[no country for old wainds]

taken by force is more metal than any deep purple m8s

 

[The Ozzman]

taken by force is more metal than any deep purple m8s

 

[End of Glory]

1. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
2. Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
3. King Diamond - Abigail
4. Judas Priest - Painkiller
5. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
6. Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
7. Saint Vitus - Born Too Late
8. Mercyful Fate - Melissa
9. Dio - Holy Diver
10. Trouble - Psalm 9
11. Metal Church - Metal Church
12. Fates Warning - The Spectre Within
13. Pentagram - Relentless
14. Omen - Battle Cry
15. Manowar - Battle Hymns

 

[divine_torture]

There's so many good trad and doom albums. Just looking through the posted lists so far tells me it might take some thinkin'. Eek

 

[divine_torture]

I'm listening to Omen's Battle Cry for the first time since I saw their name itt. Holy god damn fuck Christ! Yes! This was 1984? How the fuck have I not heard this before?

describe these plz

Seconded. I've never even heard of those bands.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

When Battle Cry is awesome it's really fucking awesome, but I have a tendency to skip several tracks while listening to it. Something I rarely, if ever, do with the tracks I listed above it.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

@Ozzman I make the lists in Word because I like to change the order around a bit. I'll change it next time.

describe these plz

Secrecy's Art in Motion is kinda more progressive metal, but every time I recommend them on other forums I get comments like "More traditional than I expected", so I'm counting them. Very melodic stuff (three guitarists) with great hooks. Maybe the biggest appeal for me (that could be a turn-off for others) is that they have a completely unique, kind of introspective theme that really works with the feminine vocals. Basically trad/prog twee metal.

Othyrworld's is basically a re-recording of the Sacred Blade album. If you don't know it, it's basically like 70s Priest with a little more psych/prog influence (Captain Beyond being one of the more notable influences). Just great songwriting with a nice relaxed vibe. If you do know the Sacred Blade, there are a few new (from the later 80s/early 90s) songs on the Othyrworld as well.

Zions Abyss' is pretty much straight-up USPM stuff, but from a Canadian band. I wrote a review for it on RYM, but briefly summed up it's slightly flashy stuff in the Vicious Rumors vein, but just of a much much higher quality/consistency. When I was first going through my download-every-obscure-trad-album-ever phase, there was a lot of stuff that got only one or two listens and then sat around for a long time. The thing with the Zions Abyss album is that when I dusted that one off, many of the hooks had stayed with me as if it were a Priest or Dio album engrained in my head from childhood by my father.

Taramis' is in the Arch-era Fates Warning style, progressive trad/power. The production is rough and the singer gets a bit of flak (I see him described as an out-of-tune Messiah), but the songs are very non-repetitious for the style and it's very atmospheric to me. Maybe a more serious Slauter Xstroyes would also work. Also, the drumming on the album might be my very favorite trad metal performance, very swing-y/groovy in a way rare for 80s metal, kinda like Clive Burr going more prog.

 

[Carpe Mortem]

Ugh... So much work.

I'll say I approve of pretty much everyone's list though. If you're still doing this when I finally get my puter built I'll contribute.

 

[divine_torture]

When Battle Cry is awesome it's really fucking awesome, but I have a tendency to skip several tracks while listening to it. Something I rarely, if ever, do with the tracks I listed above it.

After a full 2 spins I see what you mean. It's really good, but some of the songs are a bit on the generic/bland side. Not terribly bland, just not consistent throughout.

EDIT: Its still a great find. I'm glad I listened to it. It will be played again soon for sure

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Be My Wench and Prince of Darkness are the only relative weak points imo, both kinda typical speed metal (but still badass). On a whole I think it's really consistent. The reason it doesn't make it to me top 25 is just because there's still no 10/10 perfect highlight on the album, but it's one great USPM song after the next.