Great 'sophomore' albums

[VicRattlhd502]

There was a thread of this same name on VH-1's website forum. So I thought I'd "borrow" it and see what U.M. members had to say.

So what are everyones favorite 2nd albums? (EPs do not count. Only full length albums).


In no particular order, mine:

Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Led Zeppelin II
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
HammerFall - Legacy of Kings
Rhapsody - Symphony of Enchanted Lands
Iron Maiden - Killers
Queensryche - The Warning* (see below)
Anthrax - Spreading the Disease
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love
Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping
Motley Crue - Shout At The Devil
Dio - The Last in Line
Rush - Fly By Night
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Tesla - The Great Radio Controversy
Robert Plant - The Principle of Moments
Dokken - Tooth and Nail
The Doors - Strange Days


*This is somewhat debateable. While this is the 2nd Queensryche release, It's their first full-length album.

 

[Orion Crystal Ice]

Queensrÿche - Rage For Order, first and foremost.
Labÿrinth - Return to Heaven Denied
Extol - Undecieved
Helloween - Keeper 1
Opeth - Morningrise
Live - Throwing Copper
Luca Turilli - Prophet of the Last Eclipse

Lots of bands have excellent second albums, aye.

 

[Immortality]

Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes
Pain of Salvation - One Hour By The Concrete Lake
Tool - Aenima
Into Eternity - Dead or Dreaming
Death - Leprosy
Dream Theater - Images & Words
Incubus - Make Yourself
Iron Maiden - Killers
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Pearl Jam - Vs.
Opeth - Morningrise
Testament - The New Order
Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?

 

[Ol' Dirty Bastard]

Carcass- Symphonies of Sickness
Portishead- Portishead
My Dying Bride- Turn Loose the Swans
Anathema- Pentacost III
a-ha- Scoundral Days
Type O Negative- Bloody Kisses (Origin... don't count)
Dissection- Storm of the Lights Bane
Soilwork- Chainheart Machine
SYL- City
Ulver- Kveldssanger
Arcturus- La Masquerade Infernale
Borknagar- Olden Domain
:wumpscut:- Bunker Gate 7
Emperor- Anthems...
Mr. Bungle- Disco Volante
Nightwish- Ocean Born
Opeth- Morningrise
Katatonia- Dance of December Souls
Morbid Angel- Blessed are the Sick
Darkthrone- A Blaze in the Northern Sky

 

[Voice of God]

Most of these have been said already, but what the heck...

Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes
The Black League - Utopia A.D.
Dissection - Storm of the Lights Bane
Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery
Testament - The New Order
Ulver - Kveldssanger
Ajattara - Kuolema
Gates of Ishtar - Dawn of Flames
Moonspell - Wolfheart
Agathodaimon - Higher Art of Rebellion
Decapitated - Winds of Creation
Einherjer - Dragons of the North
Mithotyn - King of the Distant Forest
Fantomas - Director's Cut
Naglfar - Diabolica
Sculptured - Apollo Ends (for what I've heard from it)
Unanimated - Ancient God of Evil
Finntroll - Jaktens Tid

 

[snow_like_ash]

Amorphis-Tales from the thousand lakes
Emperor-anthems
Shape of Despair-Angels of distress
Tool-Aenima
Six Feet Under-Warpath
Fantomas-Director's cut

 

[sixxswine]

I'd vote for Peace Sells, Ride the lightning, Motley's Shout at the Devil, those are three of the better known sophmore discs.

 

[Nightmarez]

Everyone took mine! Damn you all.

Lamb of God - As The Palaces Burn

 

[ClarifyAmbiguity]

Iced Earth - Night of the Stormrider. AMAZING.
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
Black Sabbath - "Paranoid," but it is my least favorite of their first six albums.

 

[Wicked Child]

-Black Sabbath-Paranoid
-Megadeth-Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
-Motley Crue-Shout At The Devil
-Savatage-The Dungeons Are Calling
-Dokken-Tooth And Nail
-Judas Priest-Sad Wings Of Destiny
-Iron Maiden-Killers
-Kreator-Pleasure To Kill
-Anthrax-Spreading The Disease
-Helloween-Keeper Of The Seven Keys, Part 1
-Saxon-Wheels Of Steel
-Led Zeppelin-Led Zeppelin II
-Dark Angel-Darkness Descends

 

[Neurotic]

carcass-symphonies of sickness
morbid angel -blessed are the sick
at the gates-WFIKTBD
nevermore-politics of ecstasy
cryptopsy-none so vile
zero hour-towers of avarice
extol-undeceived
arcturus-la masquerade infernale
kreator-pleasure to kill
slayer-hell awaits

.....

 

[Brent]

Testament-The New Order
Slayer-Hell Awaits
Kreator-Pleasure to Kill
Iced Earth-Night of the Stormrider
Anthrax-Spreading the Disease
The Haunted-The Haunted Made Me Do It
Metallica-Ride the Lightning
Fear Factory-Demanufacture

 

[DEEK]

Soilent Green- sewn mouth secrets
My Dying Bride- turn loose the swans
Type O Negative- bloody kisses
Alice in Chains- dirt
Soundgarden- louder than love (ultramega ok is their full length debut)
Pearl JAm- vs (not metal, i know. but still)
Opeth- morningrise
Metallica- rtl
Fear Factory- demanufacture

can't think of anything off the top of my headf right now....

 

[Bryant]

Vanden Plas - THe God THing
Wrathchild America 3-D
Metallica RTL
Dokken Tooth and Nail (good call wicked child it's the only Dokken I ever got into as far as the whole release)
DT- I&W
Dio - TLIL (how could I almost forget that one)

Bryant

 

[LuminousAether]

Solefald - Neonism
Dredg - El Cielo
Maudlin of the Well - Bath / Leaving Your Body Map
Agalloch - The Mantle
Novembers Doom - Of Sculptured Ivy and Stone Flowers
My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans
Anathema - Pentecost III
Paradise Lost - Gothic
Poison the Well - Tear from the Red
Cave In - Until Your Heart Stops
Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale
VNV Nation - Praise the Fallen
Gridlock - Further
Ephel Duath - The Painter's Palette
Mr Bungle - Disco Volante
Strapping Young Lad - City
Estradasphere - Buck Fever
Radiohead - The Bends

 

[Slayed Necros]

Dissection-Storm of the Lights bane
Unanimated-Ancient God of Evil
Anorexia Nervosa-Drudenhaus
Darkthrone-A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Immortal-Pure Holocaust
Sacramentum-The Coming of Chaos

 

[no country for old wainds]

Opeth - Morningrise
Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin At Dusk
My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans
Ephel Duath - The Painters Pallette
Testament - The New Order
Borknagar - Olden Domain
Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery
Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
At The Gates - With Fear I Kiss The Burning Darkness
Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
Satyricon - Shadowthrone
Children of Bodom - Hatebreeder
Empyrium - Songs of Moors and Misty Fields
Immortal - Pure Holocaust
Into Eternity - Dead or Dreaming
Diabolical Masquerade - Death's Design

...is all I can think of right now.

 

[erik@digitalmetal]

sabbat-dreamweaver
gorefest-false
Mithotyn-kings ofa distant forest
thyrfing-valda galga
benediction-the grand leveller
entombed-clandestine
sacrilege-the fifth season

just to name afew that come to mind

 

[LuminousAether]

Diabolical Masquerade - Death's Design

...is all I can think of right now.

Death's Design was Diabolical Masquerade's fourth album.


Ravendusk in my Heart - 1996
The Phantom Lodge - 1997
Nightwork - 1999
Death's Design: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - 2001

 

[Psychonaut]

Can't believe no one listed Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of Darkness
Moonspell - Wolfheart
Agalloch - The Mantle
Cradle of Filth - Vempire