Pythagorean List O' Metal

[deliverance]

well..yeah i know, the classic bands, but those were almost all considered already

 

[cthulufhtagn]

Allright, one comment: Rush's 3-4-5 series were incredible pieces of craftsmanship that, to me, are all on the same level. I think from there, they stepped it up another notch, sonically and "progressively", until the mid 90s, when they got a little too boring.
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i'm a bigger fan of the earlier years, up through moving pictures--aftk, hemispheres, 2112... starting with signals they started to get a little heavy on the keys....not to say they don't have some righteous 80/90s material; subdivisions, distant early warning, roll the bones are all pretty rad, some of my favorites. i really like vapor trails, i haven't heard feedback but i can't wait for the next full-length. rush was also one of the best live shows i've seen.

 

[cthulufhtagn]

borknagar? archaic course/quintessence/empiricism
i do like epic though

 

[wwallinga]

Feedback is okay, but it's way too short.

And, yes, Rush puts on one hell of a live show. I caught them on the 30th anniversary tour and they played for 3 hours.

Imagine if Opeth did a set like that...

 

[dorian gray]

i'm a bigger fan of the earlier years, up through moving pictures--aftk, hemispheres, 2112... starting with signals they started to get a little heavy on the keys....not to say they don't have some righteous 80/90s material; subdivisions, distant early warning, roll the bones are all pretty rad, some of my favorites. i really like vapor trails, i haven't heard feedback but i can't wait for the next full-length. rush was also one of the best live shows i've seen.

yeah, feedback is great but way too short. i guess it *is* just an EP, but it's disappointing when you realize it's over. you like vapor trails? i took a listen but couldn't get into it. maybe i'll check it out again.
you mentioned subdivisions - how 'bout new world man? i remember the day i figured out the bass line to it. i thought i died. incredible stuff in my opinion.

 

[wwallinga]

Give Vapor Trails another chance. It is very good IMO and better than Test for Echo.

While we're on the topic of Rush, I highly recommend Neil Peart's book "Ghost Rider". In case you didn't know, his wife and daughter both died around '99 and this book is an amazing journey through emotions I hope I never have to experience.

 

[DøømedTøBeSad]

this thread means nothing ...
3-4-5 ? haha

bands are too different, like people opinions.

 

[dorian gray]

Give Vapor Trails another chance. It is very good IMO and better than Test for Echo.

While we're on the topic of Rush, I highly recommend Neil Peart's book "Ghost Rider". In case you didn't know, his wife and daughter both died around '99 and this book is an amazing journey through emotions I hope I never have to experience.

will do.

didn't peart's daughter die in a car accident around 96 and then his wife die of cancer in 98? isn't ghost rider a story he wrote about his motorcycle trip across north america? never read it but i remember when it came out. seems to me that his family died earlier than 99. i think it was right after Test. that's why they didn't put out another album for so long. maybe i'm wrong.

 

[wwallinga]

>didn't peart's daughter die in a car accident around 96 and then his wife die of cancer in 98?

Probably - I didn't have the exact dates in front of me.

>isn't ghost rider a story he wrote about his motorcycle trip across north america?

Yes - it's a really good book. I read it twice.

>maybe i'm wrong.

Maybe, but you ask rhetorical questions so we'll never be able to prove it.

 

[dorian gray]

Maybe, but you ask rhetorical questions so we'll never be able to prove it.

 

[ChrisEmerson]

6-8-10 maiden:

Somewhere In Time
No Prayer For The Dying
The X Factor

....nah.


how about 5-12-13

Powerslave, Brave New World, Dance Of Death

bit better...

 

[deliverance]

you honestly think brave new world > their 80's albums? [excluding powerslave, which you already included.]

wow.

 

[wwallinga]

Brave New World is a great album. It is definitely better that No Prayer for the Dying. But, no, I would not rank it above any other 80s albums.

Wait, I just checked... NPftD was released in 1990. I suck, but I do my homework!