The 8 Best Metal Albums

[TylerDurden]

Picture this:
They are gonna send a rocket out in space.Hopefully to make contact with an other alian lifeforce.They are gonna
pack this rocket full of stuff that represent life on earth.They
are gonna send a lot of music records with all kinds of music.
And they have decided that they only gonna send 8 metal
records.But which 8 records are they gonna send.They have
turned to UM for help.So its up to you to help them.Which 8 metalrecords should they send.

WHICH 8 RECORDS BEST REPRESENT THE METAL SCENE OVER
THIS 30 YEARS OR SO?

 

[MetalManCPA]

Not the greatest memory for album names - but I'll give you an idea

1. Led Zeppelin (the one with Kashmir on it)
2. Metallica - Black album
3. Opeth - Blackwater Park
4. Iron Maiden
5. Kiss
5. Jimi Hendrix
6. Guns and Roses - Appetite for Destruction
7. any "Big Hair 80's Band", such as Warrant, Poison, Winger, Whitesnake, Great White, White Lion etc.:deb:
8. a metal compilation with one metal song each from (ugh) genre, such as speed, death, goth, etc etc

As you can tell - a lot of older bands. Personally, I like metal of today, but I have yet to hear much that has had the impact of bands I've listed (and as far as I know, they would be considered metal in their time, and maybe even today). Of course, over time, this will change. Who knows, in 20 years, Dimmu Borgir and Nevermore will make the list.

 

[Slynt]

1. Black Sabbath - "Black Sabbath"

2. Iron Maiden - "Iron Maiden"

3. Metallica - "Master of Puppets"

4. My Dying Bride - "Turn Loose the Swans"

5. Edge of Sanity - "Purgatory Afterglow"

6. Celestial Season - "Solar Lovers"

7. Opeth - "Orchid"

8. Queensrÿche - "Operation:Mindcrime"

 

[yourdeadgroom]

1. Bolt Thrower: Realm of Chaos
2. My Dying Bride: Turn Loose the Swans
3. Black Sabbath: ???
4. Metallica: Master of Puppets
5. Iron Maiden: Live after death
6. Ulver: William Blake....
7. Emperor: Anthems to the Welkin at dusk
8. Def Leppard: Hysteria

An effort to cover all the important styles (hey, YOU try doing it with 8 albums)

 

[TylerDurden]

I just thought it would be a little harder to narrow it down to 8 albums.Its like making your all time top 10 list,its just too many albums so you end up with a top 30 list instead.You can put in an alltime top 8 list if you want,it doesnt have to be from all genres if you dont want to.But I think the lists so far is alright.(I am still working on my list)

 

[Gdc]

Great topic!

° Evoken "Quietus"
° My Dying Bride "Turn Loose The Swans"
° Skepticism "Lead and Aether"
° Samael "Ceremony of Opposites"
° Emperor "In the Nightside Eclipse"
° Darkthrone "Under a Funeral Moon"
° Tiamat "Wildhoney"
° Katatonia " Brave Murder Day"

 

[The Wanderer]

Emperor: anthems to welkin at dusk (to show how intelligent we are)
Judas Priest Painkiller
Guns n Roses Appetite for Destruction
Celtic Frost: to mega therion
Dissection: Storm of the lights bane
Black Sabbath: s/t.
venom: black metal
bathory: hammerheart

 

[The Metalian]

Only 8??? But that's not fair! Ok...*thinks*...you drive a hard bargain here...

1: Death - Individual Thought Patterns
2: Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle Earth
3: Kamelot - The Fourth Legacy
4: Angra - Angels Cry
5: Morgana Lefay - Past, Present And Future
6: Metalium - Chapter 2: State Of Triumph
7: Death - The Sound Of Perseverence
8: Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

If you let me have another 2, I'd definitely include Gamma Ray and Iron Maiden...but I'll leave it at 8...

 

[OVERCAST]

1. DREAM THEATER: SCENES FROM A MEMORY
2. QUEENSRYCHE: OPERATION MINDCRIME
3. EMPEROR: NONUS EQUILIBRIUM
4. CRADLE OF FILTH: DUSK AND HER EMBRACE
5. FATES WARNING: A PLEASANT SHADE OF GREY
6. LED ZEPPELIN: I
8. IRON MAIDEN: NUMBER OF THE BEAST
8. ARCTURUS: LA MASQUERADE INFERNALE

 

[warsofwinter]

1. One from Opeth
2. One from Iron Maiden
3. One from syncadus (or however you spells it)
4. One from Vintersorg
5. One from Borknagar
6. One from Carcass
7. One from In Flames
8. One from Iced Earth


I think that would cover all the good metal genre's

 

[Thespawned]

how about this:

Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
Slayer - Reign In Blood
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Judas Priest - Ram It Down
Deep Purple - In Rock
Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
Deicide - Legion
Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power

That should be a good enuf choice

 

[Morningrise]

Opeth-Still Life
Black Sabbath- Black Sabbath
Metallica- Master of Puppets
Emperor- Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
Blind Guardian- Somewhere Far Beyond
Dream Theater- Metropolis pt II
Morbid Angel- Covenent
My Dying Bride- Angel and the Dark River (this is the only My Dying Bride album I own but I think it fits the best...)

 

[sidewinder]

I think it should be

1.Metallica:Master of Puppets
2.Iron Maiden:Number of the Beast
3.Pantera:Cowboys from Hell
4.Megadeth:Countdown to Extinction
5.Steve Vaiassion of Warfare
6.Slayerecades of Agression
7.Testament:Low
8.Any Priest album
9.Sabbath:Speak of the Devil
10.Halford:Resurection

 

[Syn_Sith_999]

Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane

Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse

Arch Enemy - Wages of Sin

Slipknot - Iowa

Nightwish - Wishmaster

In Flames - Whoracle

Death Angel - The Ultraviolence

Metallica - Master of Puppets


Damnit! Done already?!? CURSE YOU FOR MAKING IT just 8!!!! Jon is gonna kill you now!!! HAIL DISSECTION!!!!

 

[RETIREDTrapped]

Sorry, they'll have to make room for a few more. Eight is not enough, never enough.

Pantera - Cowboys from hell
Sepultura - Arise
Morbid angel - Gateways to annihilation
Slayer - Seasons in the abyss
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black
Opeth - Still life
Metallica - ...And justice for all
Death - Individual thought patterns
In flames - Whoracle
Cynic - focus

 

[Aaron]

Great Question...

1. Opeth - "My Arms, Your Hearse"
2. Anathema - "Judgement"
3. Darkthrone - "A Blaze in the Northen Sky"
4. Arcturus - "Aspera Hiems Symfonia"
5. Opeth - "Morningrise"
6. Arcturus - " La Masquerade Infernale"
7. Opeth - "Still Life"
8. Empyrium - "Songs of Moors and Misty Fields"

and many more...

 

[Slynt]

Imagine these peaceful aliens deciphering one of those discs, suddenly being exposed to Emperor...heh...I wonder if black metal has any status in the rest of the galaxy...

 

[Mayh]

1. All opeth releases (can´t choose one)
2. Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill
3.Megadeath - Rust in Piece
4. Death - Sound of perseverance
5.Strigaskór nr. 42 - Blót
6.The dark Tranquillity - The gallery
7.Metallica - Master of Puppets
8. Morbid Angel - Blessed are the sick

 

[_Transparent_]

Originally posted by Hearse

• Mickael Jackson - Black or white ("No Matter if you'r you black or white" still he does all to make himself white )
• uuhhh... Thales - demo? Well that would be "The" promotion

why 8 albums? you just had 8 competetly better albums above all?

...ok.. I go kill myself now.....*running*

well sir michael, my hero (well not really, i'd say childhood hero) became white because he had a skin disease and that made his skin have white patches, so he then decided to bleech it all so that it wouldn't look like white patches. therfore thats why he sang black and white saying it doesn't matter what you are, but your still the same person , did i mention i hate michael jackson? although you have to admit hes still the best dancer in pop, and thats depressing

 

[Mantiss]

Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black
Enslaved - Eld
Mayhem - Wolf'air Abyss
Bloodthorn - Ownard into battle
Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence
Opera - The Black Opera
Opeth - Still Life
Emperor - IX Equilibrium