Greatest Mercyful Fate Album
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It's a tough call for me, since I think of Melissa and Don't Break The Oath as two of the greatest metal albums of all time, but in the end I tend to choose Melissa....and voted that way.
What about A Corpse Without Soul? That would be the other one I'd include as a, "great." But then maybe that's what you meant by the self-titled business up there.
Incidentally, I personally think none of the reunion stuff lives up to the pedigree.
What about A Corpse Without Soul? That would be the other one I'd include as a, "great." But then maybe that's what you meant by the self-titled business up there.
Incidentally, I personally think none of the reunion stuff lives up to the pedigree.
Platinum Maze
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Well being that I view "Melissa" as one of the ALL-TIME greatest metal albums, it's a no brainer!
To this day, I still feel that it's the darkest, gloomiest sounding metal album ever released (no, none of the black metal bands come close to capturing the evil aura of "Melissa").
"Oath" is not far behind it.
As for the the 'reunion' albums, "In The Shadows" is right there, too. Amazing release....I almost wet my pants when I first heard it.
Sadly, the following albums, while all featuring some amazing tracks, seem to be weighed down by too much filler.
With that said, the tracks "Into the Unknown", "Mad Arab", "House on the Hill" and "15 Men" are among Fate's best ever compositions.
To this day, I still feel that it's the darkest, gloomiest sounding metal album ever released (no, none of the black metal bands come close to capturing the evil aura of "Melissa").
"Oath" is not far behind it.
As for the the 'reunion' albums, "In The Shadows" is right there, too. Amazing release....I almost wet my pants when I first heard it.
Sadly, the following albums, while all featuring some amazing tracks, seem to be weighed down by too much filler.
With that said, the tracks "Into the Unknown", "Mad Arab", "House on the Hill" and "15 Men" are among Fate's best ever compositions.
SickBoy
Croatian Panzer division
It was a tie between Oath and 9 for me...
But Oath has a historical significance, so it got my vote.
But Oath has a historical significance, so it got my vote.
sabbatus
Member
OK, I have to admit I don't know Into the Unknown. Only that the things I did buy (9 and some other ones) were so thoroughly average that I just gave up. I was sooooo into those early albums back when they came out, and so dissapointed in the reunion stuff I did hear....that I lost hope. And you're right Soundmaster, those albums both have atmosphere in a rare abundance. They are perhaps the only two truly, somehow, scary metal records I can think of. That makes them all the better. They have the mysterious X factor in spades. I wasn't too keen on any of the later King Diamond stuff either, though the first 3 or 4 were really good; Fatal Portrait, Abigail, Them, and Conspiracy albiet to a slightly lesser extent. Abigail being the pinnacle there, for me anyway. I'll give it a go, since Soundmaster has yet to steer me wrong. I'll let you know what I think.
SoundMaster said:
Dont break the oath.
For me most things after the reunion were never as good '9' is a pretty good album, but definately melissa and oath.
How bout 'nuns have no fun' ep. that was pretty fucken good.
Whats the deal with the self titled one?
For me most things after the reunion were never as good '9' is a pretty good album, but definately melissa and oath.
How bout 'nuns have no fun' ep. that was pretty fucken good.
Whats the deal with the self titled one?
Electronicoil
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I personally think "Melissa" is noticably better than "Don't Break the Oath." "Oath" is, for me, pretty marred by the production. Normally I can look past production faults, but that album has so much low quality digital reverb it's not even funny. Wow. Great music, but I wish I could turn down the digital reverb.
"Melissa" is just plain great though. I first bought that album and listened to it alone with headphones in a dark room. Pretty intense.
"Melissa" is just plain great though. I first bought that album and listened to it alone with headphones in a dark room. Pretty intense.
ElectricWiz said:
Nice!
As for the album "Into the Unknown", again, I do feel it suffers from too much filler, but the title track is just amazing! Denner/Sherman's riffing here in simply unreal! But I must say that none of the later-era MF discs capture that aura/x factor of the first two. So it's best not to expect it!!
Perhaps ITunes offers some MF? If they do, a great hitlist is:
"The Old Oak" from In the Shadows
"15 Men and a Bottle of Rum" - Into the Unknown
title track of course, Into the Unknown
"Mad Arab" - Time
"Crossroads" - Dead Again
Electronicoil said:
You know, there is something about that somewhat odd production on Don't Break the Oath that appeals to me. In ways I think it's just that it's sooooo different than Melissa, and that makes them such great little bookends. They are great, in part, because they are so different, but so distinctly fantastic. But there something "sunny," about the production on DBTO, and that makes it even scarier somehow. It's hard to say how I mean that, but it's like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre or something. A lot of that takes place in the daytime, and yet it's just plain creepier than a ton of other scary movies (not that I'm an afficianado). Again, I'm not making my point well, but I find both records atmospheric and spooky as is. Just like Welcome To Hell. That album would not be half of what it is if it were actually decently produced.
ElectricWiz said:
Know what you mean,
Its kinda like Burzums 'Burzum' the sound of the album just adds this atmosphere to it.
Also a bit like 'Abigail' but KD
SickBoy
Croatian Panzer division
I'd agree on DOTB production...
It has a weird sound, no one would proclaim its guitar sound "one of the best ever" or something, but its rawness definitely adds to it.
In those days metal production was just beginning and most of them were hit or miss... Hence, there were lots of unusual sounds and mixes. Today you have many great sounding polished recordings, but majority even sounds too similar... Take last three KD albums, for example.
It has a weird sound, no one would proclaim its guitar sound "one of the best ever" or something, but its rawness definitely adds to it.
In those days metal production was just beginning and most of them were hit or miss... Hence, there were lots of unusual sounds and mixes. Today you have many great sounding polished recordings, but majority even sounds too similar... Take last three KD albums, for example.
Electronicoil
Member
ElectricWiz said:
Well don't get me wrong. I didn't mean to imply DBtO sucked or anything. It's actually just the reverb QUALITY that bugs me. There is a lot of QUANTITY as well .... way more than you'd find on just about any album produced in metal since the '80's. But the quality of those early digital reverbs just bugs me. Sounds like a toy.
But it's a great album in spite of that.
Platinum Maze
Random Star
Funny, but the production on Melissa bothers me. It's a little muddy, and has no volume, for lack of a better word. The remastered version is much better than the original cd though. Still a classic and monumental release.
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