Is there any one metal album that we can all agree is an absolute classic?

[EspaDa]

Name a bad song on that album

Dawn Patrol, Take No Prisoners.

 

[Sirjack]

Friedman is the saving grace for that album. Shitty than shit bass tone, crappy guitar tone, Mustaine's awful voice etc etc

 

[The Ozzman]

Dawn Patrol, Take No Prisoners.

I knew you were going to say Dawn Patrol. Dat groove tho.

Take No Prisoners is easily a Top 3 track off the album

 

[EspaDa]

I knew you were going to say Dawn Patrol. Dat groove tho.

Take No Prisoners is easily a Top 3 track off the album

No way. Especially when you've got such songs as Holy Wars, Hangar 18 and Tornado. These are top 3 off this record.

 

[The Ozzman]

No way. Especially when you've got such songs as Holy Wars, Hangar 18 and Tornado. These are top 3 off this record.

Well yeah of course those are up there. You got me. A top 4 then..

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Holy Wars, Five Magicks, and Lucretia (DAT groove) are the best.

Also, the guitar tone is awesome and a large part of what made me like it so easily as a kid. So processed and synthetic sounding it could almost fit a vidya soundtrack. Love it, perfect for the hyper-energy hyper-wank mood of the album.

 

[Phylactery]

Holy Wars is brilliant. I agree that the rest of the album is a bit inconsistent, though. I'd say Peace Sells is a stronger album overall.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

He doesn't have a consistent album to his name. The closest he ever got was with Youthanasia and Cryptic Writings.

 

[Baroque]

How about:

Rainbow - Rising
Dio - Holy Diver
Motörhead - Overkill
Ozzy - Blizzard of Ozz
Death - Scream Bloody Gore

Absolute classics imo

 

[no country for old wainds]

all reasonable picks. never got into HOLY DIVER but it's probably due a revisit. i should give more attention to early ozzy too.

Dawn Patrol, Take No Prisoners.

agree

 

[The Ozzman]

Holy Diver is the best heavy metal album ever

 

[Baroque]

I wish TB was around to reply to some of this nonsense about Rust in Peace. I don't have the energy to do a TB impression justice today.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

How about:

Rainbow - Rising
Dio - Holy Diver
Motörhead - Overkill
Ozzy - Blizzard of Ozz
Death - Scream Bloody Gore

Absolute classics imo

Rising has one classic song and other very good ones, not really strong enough as a full album though. Holy Diver is definitely close to the pinnacle of streamlined metal songwriting. Motorhead is a classic band with no full classic albums imo. Blizzard of Ozz is great, not quite classic. Scream Bloody Gore has too many just-good songs.

 

[Baroque]

wow. Ok then, do:

Diary of a Madman
Symbolic
Ace of Spades
The Last in Line
Peace Sells
Coma of Souls

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Symbolic is the best of progish-era Death, but also lacks great highs, and is just a refinement on the previous too albums anyways. Coma of Souls is so horrible.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

How about:

Rainbow - Rising
Dio - Holy Diver
Motörhead - Overkill
Ozzy - Blizzard of Ozz
Death - Scream Bloody Gore

Absolute classics imo

Only Holy Diver from that list is a true classic. Never been able to get into Rising, but probably owe it another shot. Blizzard of Ozz, SBG, and Overkill are very good, but not great.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

Dark Tranquility - The Gallery
Cirith Ungol - King of the Dead
Iron Maiden - Powerslave


These three are basically perfect as well.

 

[EspaDa]

Dark Tranquility - The Gallery
Cirith Ungol - King of the Dead
Iron Maiden - Powerslave


These three are basically perfect as well.

Have to agree but I should revisit The Gallery. I always put Piece of Mind slightly above Powerslave.

 

[CiG]

Surely everybody here can agree with Volume 4?

 

[no country for old wainds]

people always moan about filler with that one.