Most consistent long-running metal bands?

[J. Golden]

Sorry, but if you want the most consistent metal band of all it has to be Pretty Maids.

Second that

 

[J. Golden]

Missed the last decade's worth of Queensryche albums, did you?

to add; Maiden's what last six have been duds in a row. That band's last good album was Seventh Son. But I guess if a band adopts an AC/DC realism formula to their writing approach then they will become "consistent".

 

[dcowboys311]

math rounding rules are a pain....if only 1.5 would go to 1, Darkthrone would be the top contender for this title.

 

[Palabra de Dios]

Darkthrone have like, what...14 albums out...I think that 2 or 3 duds would still make them one of metal's most consistent bands. Plus, with the string of albums they've been on since The Cult is Alive...fucking great shit.

 

[Comic Book Dude]

Sorry, but if you want the most consistent metal band of all it has to be Pretty Maids.

Damn straight....!!!!

 

[Kaosaur]

Meshuggah
In Flames (I'm the only one to second this??? Though A Sense of Purpose is the dud)


I can think of plenty of other bands not mentioned at 4 or 5 albums but not 6.

 

[TENTH DREAMER DECEIVER]

The only Maiden album that fell, albeit slightly, short was The Final Frontier.

to add; Maiden's what last six have been duds in a row. That band's last good album was Seventh Son. But I guess if a band adopts an AC/DC realism formula to their writing approach then they will become "consistent".

 

[Palabra de Dios]

The only Maiden album that fell, albeit slightly, short was The Final Frontier.

I know it sounds trite, but I was never able to get into the Blaze Bayley stuff. But I think Maiden is a "duh" for this topic, because...duh...they're Maiden.:Smug:

 

[nomisofsiman]

Brainstorm

If it wasn't for that last album, I would completely agree with you. One of the most disappointing albums I've listened to in quite some time.

 

[DTJeff]

Queensryche...

*dies of laughter*

Seriously:
-Evergrey (MMA was the only dud. Torn was solid - love the other 6)
-Riot (Possibly the most underrated band ever?)
-Saxon (They have a bunch of unmemorable albums, but I can't say they've ever released a real piece of crap, and you can't find me a band they're age that's in better shape today)
-Vanden Plas
-Gamma Ray (Like Saxon, they definitely have some mediocre stuff - but no crap, and a run of like 5 absolutely fantastic albums)
-Fates Warning (Ever-evolving, but they've always done it in a fairly logical, interesting way. I like every Fates record for what it is)
-Blind Guardian
-Symphony X

 

[AngraRULES]

Queensryche...

*dies of laughter*

Seriously...

I will also add some of the ones you mentioned to my list:

Symphony X
Blind Guardian
Angra
Porcupine Tree

 

[No-Mercy]

Blind Guardian
Iron Maiden
Sonata Arctica
Nightwish

 

[nomisofsiman]

Porcupine Tree

I would have to totally agree with you on this one as well. They haven't made a bad album and most of them are great.

 

[Palabra de Dios]

Add these:

Primordial
Immortal
Opeth
Dismember
Bal-Sagoth

...does Falkenbach have 6 albums out yet? If so, yes.

 

[AngraRULES]

Thanks, Palabra... Opeth... One of my absolute favorite bands, one of the truly most consistent metal bands in the planet... and yet I forgot about them.

 

[labrekk]

-Riot (Possibly the most underrated band ever?)
-Saxon (They have a bunch of unmemorable albums, but I can't say they've ever released a real piece of crap, and you can't find me a band they're age that's in better shape today)

You're right about Riot, they're surely one of the most underrated bands ever.

And you're also very right about Saxon being the best of the "old metal bands". Yes, they're better than Maiden, Metallica, Priest and the likes. Live, they still kill (including Biff, who has not lost anything over the years) and their albums from the last 15 years are as good (or even better sometimes) as their albums considered "classics".

 

[TENTH DREAMER DECEIVER]

Don't be angra about it.

Is that the best you can do? The only thing you can say to make yourself feel on top is to make a comment about Angra to me? It has to be the 7th or 8th time... At some point it gets old...

*sigh*

 

[Creeps]

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