Underrated Albums

[Dogs Playing Poker]

If Bruce Dickinson's "The Chemical Wedding" counts, I'll mention that one.

 

[ICEDEARTHFAN]

Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings
Annihilator - Criteria For A Black Widow
Judas Priest - Jugulator
Accept - Blood Of The Nations (Let's face it, people hate the fact that Udo isn't in the band and won't give this album a chance. Those people are also idiots.)
Crimson Glory - Astronomica (I don't really give a damn that it's Wade instead of Midnight, the music still kicks ass!)
Killers - Murder One
Pantera - Power Metal
Sanctuary - Into The Mirror Black
Nevermore - Nevermore
Sodom - M-16
Toxik - Think This
Watch Them Die - Bastard Son

You know what's weird about the Judas Priest album Jugulator? I completely agree with you but this album won a grammy(I think) for "Metal Album of The Year".That's nuts that it got an award but isn't really considered a great album in the metal community.I love it and it ranks up there with some great ones for me.

 

[the rhythm]

Judas Priest-Point of Entry

 

[nomisofsiman]

You know what's weird about the Judas Priest album Jugulator? I completely agree with you but this album won a grammy(I think) for "Metal Album of The Year".That's nuts that it got an award but isn't really considered a great album in the metal community.I love it and it ranks up there with some great ones for me.

Where'd you come up with that? Completely untrue. There isn't even a grammy for "Metal Album of the Year", just "best metal performance" which went to Metallica's "Better Than You" instead of Judas Priest's "Bullet Train".

I still find it odd they were nominated for that, as I still will stand by and say this was an unbelievably crappy album with horrible songwriting, both musically and lyrically. The only song that I enjoy slightly is "Cathedral Spires."

 

[nomisofsiman]

If Bruce Dickinson's "The Chemical Wedding" counts, I'll mention that one.

I don't know about that one. I think overall his solo work is underrated, but TCW is pretty much unanimously agreed upon as his best solo outing. I would even say it's up their with Maiden's best.

Judas Priest-Point of Entry

Agreed.

 

[Yonfon]

Megadeth- The System has failed

 

[JenniferLynn]

Cry Wolf - S/T
Extreme - III Sides to Every Story
Heed - The Call (someone else noted it and I couldn't agree more.. and their stuff for the 2nd one that I heard is just as good)
Tesla - alot of what they did was under appreciated

 

[modernwizardry]

Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die
Uriah Heep - Sweet Freedom

 

[drmetal8]

Nice call on Cry Wolf Jennifer. That's a melodic metal masterpiece. You're thinking of 'Crunch' right?

Others that I would throw in the list are:
Armored Saint - Symbol of Salvation
Sword - Metalized
Vicious Rumors - pretty much everything
Riot - pretty much everything, but especially Thundersteel and Privilege of Power

 

[edgeofthorns]

Every Black Sabbath album from Born Again to Cross Purposes.

I agree! I'm glad to see someone else that is a fan of non-Ozzy, non-Dio era stuff! The Eternal Idol being my favorite out of the pile.

~Brian~

 

[zinescene]

The Black Symphony - Tears of Blood
Magic Kingdom - Metallic Tragedy
Heed - The Call
Powerwolf - Bible of the Beast
Saxon - Unleash the Beast
Inmoria - Invisible Wounds

Heed - The Call was AWESOME!

A couple of other favorites were
Steel Prophet - Dark Hallucinations (great dual guitars)
Holy Mother - Toxic Rain (Judas priest Painkiller era Power Metal)
Stranglehold - Elemental (killer melodic power metal)

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[zinescene]

I agree! I'm glad to see someone else that is a fan of non-Ozzy, non-Dio era stuff! The Eternal Idol being my favorite out of the pile.

~Brian~

I love Eternal Idol but I though Born Again was even better. Disturbing the Priest, Zero The Hero are great songs

 

[Up&Away]

Vicious Rumors - pretty much everything

AbsoFnlutely

 

[es156]

Every Black Sabbath album from Born Again to Cross Purposes.

This. Always loved Seventh Star but they are all great.

Blue Oyster Cult, Imaginos

And definitely this. Saw the tour twice and the songs from Imaginos were very heavy. Excellent disc.

 

[RagePSV]

Overkill - WFO
Overkill - I Hear Black
Overkill - The Killing Kind
And Oceans - Cypher
Bathory - Blood On Ice
Blaze - Silicon Messiah
Carcass - Swansong
Corrosion Of Conformity - Deliverance
Crimson Glory - Astronomica
Cydonia - Cydonia
Destiny’s End - Breathe Deep The Dark
Desultory - Bitterness
Bruce Dickinson - Skunkworks
Fight - War Of Words
Flotsam And Jetsam - Cuatro
Gorefest - Soul Survior
Grip Inc. - Power Of Inner Strength
Human Fortress - Defenders Of The Crown
King Diamond - The Spider's Lullabye
King Diamond - The Graveyard
Kreator - Endorama
Lefay - SOS
Mercyful Fate - Into The Unknown
Metal Church - Hanging In The Balance
M.O.D. - Devolution
Morgion - Solianri
Prong - Cleansing
Pro-Pain - Contents Under Pressure
Suicidal Tendencies - The Art Of Rebellion
Tiamat - A Deeper Kind Of Slumber
Virgin Steele - The House Of Atreus Act I
Virgin Steele - The House Of Atreus Act II
Warhead - Beyond Recall

 

[jem777az]

Nuno - Schizophonic
Mourning Widows - S/T
Mourning Widows - Furnished Souls for Rent
Population 1 - S/T
Dramagods - Love
Opeth - Still Life
Any of Richie Kotzen's solo stuff - great guitar player but a HIGHLY underrated singer.
Blue Murder - S/T
Diesel Machine - Torture Test
Ankla - Steep Trails
Living Colour - Stain
Live - Songs From Black Mountain
Slayer - God Hates Us All
Sybreed - Slave Design
Sybreed - Antares
Van Halen - Fair Warning

 

[Qrusher14242]

I agree! I'm glad to see someone else that is a fan of non-Ozzy, non-Dio era stuff! The Eternal Idol being my favorite out of the pile.

~Brian~

Tyr and Headless Cross(When Death Calls ) are my favorites, but i like all of them. I love Battle of Tyr/Odin's Court/Valhalla on Tyr

 

[ICEDEARTHFAN]

Where'd you come up with that? Completely untrue. There isn't even a grammy for "Metal Album of the Year", just "best metal performance" which went to Metallica's "Better Than You" instead of Judas Priest's "Bullet Train".

I still find it odd they were nominated for that, as I still will stand by and say this was an unbelievably crappy album with horrible songwriting, both musically and lyrically. The only song that I enjoy slightly is "Cathedral Spires."

Shows u I don't watch the grammys much.I remembered the album getting listed as a nominee but it was the song Bullet Train from the album.I thought they won it,guess not.

 

[General Zod]

FIFTH ANGEL - Self-titled and "Time Will Tell"

This. An awesome pair of discs.

Powerwolf - Bible of the Beast

I can't get past the lyrics on this one.

Opeth, Still Life

I was under the impression that this widely considered one of the greatest Metal discs ever... not sure how that makes it underrated.

Corrosion Of Conformity - Deliverance

Awesome, awesome disc. CoC remains one of my favorite bands. I really wish they'd get back in the studio and tour.

 

[dcowboys311]

Not sure if you've heard or if the rest of the lineup interests you, but the Animosity-era CoC lineup is playing Maryland Deathfest.