The Albums Project

after crimsonfloyd

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain: 10
2. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes: 29
3. Bathory - Blood Fire Death: 30
4. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales: 13
5. Coroner - No More Color: 22
6. Death - Symbolic: 36
7. Dio - Holy Diver: 18
8. Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream: 40
9. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian: 28
10. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings: 24
11. Immortal - At the Heart of Winter: 24
12. Immortal - Pure Holocaust: 30
13. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden: 7
14. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction: 10
15. Manowar - Hail to England: 20
16. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...: 36
17. Metal Church - Metal Church: 20
18. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans: 43
19. Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice of Steel: 12
20. Rainbow - Rising: 24

Like an Ever Flowing Stream / Symbolic / Awaken the Guardian
 
After TheNightsBane

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain: 10
2. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes: 29
3. Bathory - Blood Fire Death: 30
4. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales: 13
5. Coroner - No More Color: 22
6. Death - Symbolic: 35
7. Dio - Holy Diver: 18
8. Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream: 42
9. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian: 28
10. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings: 24
11. Immortal - At the Heart of Winter: 24
12. Immortal - Pure Holocaust: 30
13. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden: 7
14. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction: 10
15. Manowar - Hail to England: 20
16. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...: 36
17. Metal Church - Metal Church: 20
18. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans: 43
19. Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice of Steel: 12
20. Rainbow - Rising: 26

Rising/Like an Ever Flowing Stream/Symbolic
 
I can kinda see from that standpoint where you'd feel that way.
I look at them from a strictly death metal view and I find most plain death metal to be extremely boring.

So I take it you don't like any of the "clones" either??

I like General Surgery, I'll admit that. I really like the Impaled album that plays out like a horror movie... Death After Life, it's not overly similar though. Necrony was good too, but they were just playing swedish death metal that looked like carcass stuff. I cant remember more off the top of my head.

The long song times on symphonies bugs the crap out of me too. (and necroticism) I feel like they're dragging on and albums of that type should really be under 40 minutes..


I actually bought the first two... and was excited to get them. I tried to listen to them, and ended up giving one away for free and selling the other.

Well Demilich surely takes influences from Symphonies.

I dont like Demilich much either. :lol:
 
Were you not the one talking about getting a Demilich shirt or something all the time a while back? Maybe my memory's faulty.
 
After HamburgerBoy:

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain: 9
2. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes: 29
3. Bathory - Blood Fire Death: 30
4. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales: 13
5. Coroner - No More Color: 22
6. Death - Symbolic: 35
7. Dio - Holy Diver: 19
8. Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream: 44
9. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian: 28
10. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings: 24
11. Immortal - At the Heart of Winter: 24
12. Immortal - Pure Holocaust: 30
13. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden: 7
14. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction: 10
15. Manowar - Hail to England: 20
16. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...: 36
17. Metal Church - Metal Church: 20
18. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans: 43
19. Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice of Steel: 12
20. Rainbow - Rising: 26

Like an Ever Flowing Stream / Holy Diver / Ashes
 
After Bitencourt

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain: 9
2. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes: 29
3. Bathory - Blood Fire Death: 30
4. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales: 13
5. Coroner - No More Color: 22
6. Death - Symbolic: 35
7. Dio - Holy Diver: 19
8. Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream: 44
9. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian: 30
10. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings: 24
11. Immortal - At the Heart of Winter: 24
12. Immortal - Pure Holocaust: 30
13. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden: 7
14. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction: 11
15. Manowar - Hail to England: 20
16. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...: 36
17. Metal Church - Metal Church: 20
18. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans: 42
19. Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice of Steel: 12
20. Rainbow - Rising: 26

Guardian/Ample/Swans
 
After Lateralus14

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain: 8
2. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes: 29
3. Bathory - Blood Fire Death: 30
4. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales: 13
5. Coroner - No More Color: 22
6. Death - Symbolic: 35
7. Dio - Holy Diver: 19
8. Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream: 46
9. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian: 30
10. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings: 24
11. Immortal - At the Heart of Winter: 24
12. Immortal - Pure Holocaust: 31
13. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden: 7
14. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction: 11
15. Manowar - Hail to England: 20
16. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...: 36
17. Metal Church - Metal Church: 20
18. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans: 42
19. Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice of Steel: 12
20. Rainbow - Rising: 26

Ever Flowing/Pure Holocaust/Ashes
 
After Ryuuzaki

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain: 8
2. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes: 29
3. Bathory - Blood Fire Death: 30
4. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales: 13
5. Coroner - No More Color: 22
6. Death - Symbolic: 36
7. Dio - Holy Diver: 19
8. Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream: 46
9. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian: 29
10. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings: 24
11. Immortal - At the Heart of Winter: 24
12. Immortal - Pure Holocaust: 31
13. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden: 7
14. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction: 11
15. Manowar - Hail to England: 20
16. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...: 38
17. Metal Church - Metal Church: 20
18. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans: 42
19. Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice of Steel: 12
20. Rainbow - Rising: 26

Killing is my Business/Symbolic/Awaken the Guardian
 
after Kara


1. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain: 9
2. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes: 29
3. Bathory - Blood Fire Death: 30
4. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales: 13
5. Coroner - No More Color: 22
6. Death - Symbolic: 36
7. Dio - Holy Diver: 19
8. Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream: 45
9. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian: 29
10. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings: 24
11. Immortal - At the Heart of Winter: 26
12. Immortal - Pure Holocaust: 31
13. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden: 7
14. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction: 11
15. Manowar - Hail to England: 20
16. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...: 38
17. Metal Church - Metal Church: 20
18. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans: 42
19. Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice of Steel: 12
20. Rainbow - Rising: 26

AtHoW/Ashes/Dismember
 
after Kreated.

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain: 9
2. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes: 29
3. Bathory - Blood Fire Death: 30
4. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales: 14
5. Coroner - No More Color: 22
6. Death - Symbolic: 36
7. Dio - Holy Diver: 19
8. Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream: 47
9. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian: 29
10. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings: 24
11. Immortal - At the Heart of Winter: 26
12. Immortal - Pure Holocaust: 31
13. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden: 7
14. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction: 11
15. Manowar - Hail to England: 20
16. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...: 38
17. Metal Church - Metal Church: 20
18. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans: 41
19. Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice of Steel: 12
20. Rainbow - Rising: 26

LAEFS/Morbid Tales/Turn Loose
 
After Ascendence:

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain: 9
2. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes: 29
3. Bathory - Blood Fire Death: 30
4. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales: 14
5. Coroner - No More Color: 22
6. Death - Symbolic: 36
7. Dio - Holy Diver: 19
8. Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream: 46
9. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian: 29
10. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings: 24
11. Immortal - At the Heart of Winter: 26
12. Immortal - Pure Holocaust: 32
13. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden: 7
14. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction: 11
15. Manowar - Hail to England: 20
16. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...: 38
17. Metal Church - Metal Church: 20
18. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans: 43
19. Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice of Steel: 12
20. Rainbow - Rising: 26

MDB/PH/Dismember

I'm not huge on OSDM, but we have like, at least half a dozen of those albums on this list, and not one death/doom album, so the recent minus votes for Turn Loose The Swans irk me a bit.
 
i like death/doom quite a bit, i just think MDB sucks dick. i'd rather see a Winter or Autopsy album on here (although i guess only the second Autopsy album is really all that doomy). even Disembowelment.

though i did like My Dying Bride a lot when i was first getting into metal and a few of their albums are decent the majority of their material isn't very good, and i don't think it really belongs in a top list.
 
Disembowelment is great when it's great, but that's a spotty album. I feel like they underachieved in their career, even though they had a good run with their more psychedelic songs. Turn Loose The Swans is a better hour of music. I agree that they (MDB) sort of suck for a while in the middle period, but I wouldn't hold that against their best work. The Dreadful Hours and Songs of Darkness, Words of Light have a lot going for them, but I haven't heard much good about the work after that.
 
after MasterOLightning

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain: 9
2. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes: 29
3. Bathory - Blood Fire Death: 30
4. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales: 14
5. Coroner - No More Color: 22
6. Death - Symbolic: 38
7. Dio - Holy Diver: 19
8. Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream: 46
9. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian: 28
10. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings: 24
11. Immortal - At the Heart of Winter: 26
12. Immortal - Pure Holocaust: 32
13. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden: 7
14. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction: 11
15. Manowar - Hail to England: 20
16. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...: 39
17. Metal Church - Metal Church: 20
18. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans: 43
19. Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice of Steel: 12
20. Rainbow - Rising: 26

Symbolic / Killing Is My Business / Awaken the Guardian
 
After TheNightsBane

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain: 9
2. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes: 30
3. Bathory - Blood Fire Death: 30
4. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales: 14
5. Coroner - No More Color: 22
6. Death - Symbolic: 38
7. Dio - Holy Diver: 19
8. Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream: 46
9. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian: 28
10. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings: 26
11. Immortal - At the Heart of Winter: 26
12. Immortal - Pure Holocaust: 32
13. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden: 7
14. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction: 11
15. Manowar - Hail to England: 19
16. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...: 39
17. Metal Church - Metal Church: 20
18. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans: 43
19. Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice of Steel: 12
20. Rainbow - Rising: 26

Burnt/Tales/England
 
After Avigrus

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain: 9
2. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes: 30
3. Bathory - Blood Fire Death: 30
4. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales: 14
5. Coroner - No More Color: 22
6. Death - Symbolic: 37
7. Dio - Holy Diver: 19
8. Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream: 46
9. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian: 28
10. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings: 26
11. Immortal - At the Heart of Winter: 26
12. Immortal - Pure Holocaust: 32
13. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden: 9
14. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction: 11
15. Manowar - Hail to England: 19
16. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...: 39
17. Metal Church - Metal Church: 20
18. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans: 43
19. Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice of Steel: 12
20. Rainbow - Rising: 27

Iron Maiden/Rising/Symbolic
 
After HamburgerBoy:

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain: 11
2. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes: 30
3. Bathory - Blood Fire Death: 30
4. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales: 14
5. Coroner - No More Color: 22
6. Death - Symbolic: 37
7. Dio - Holy Diver: 19
8. Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream: 46
9. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian: 28
10. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings: 26
11. Immortal - At the Heart of Winter: 26
12. Immortal - Pure Holocaust: 32
13. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden: 9
14. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction: 11
15. Manowar - Hail to England: 19
16. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...: 38
17. Metal Church - Metal Church: 20
18. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans: 44
19. Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice of Steel: 12
20. Rainbow - Rising: 27

Ashes/ Turn Loose/ Killing
 
After crimsonfloyd:

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain: 11
2. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes: 30
3. Bathory - Blood Fire Death: 30
4. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales: 14
5. Coroner - No More Color: 22
6. Death - Symbolic: 37
7. Dio - Holy Diver: 19
8. Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream: 45
9. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian: 28
10. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings: 26
11. Immortal - At the Heart of Winter: 26
12. Immortal - Pure Holocaust: 34
13. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden: 9
14. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction: 11
15. Manowar - Hail to England: 19
16. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...: 38
17. Metal Church - Metal Church: 20
18. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans: 45
19. Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice of Steel: 12
20. Rainbow - Rising: 27

PH/MDB/Dismember