So we all pretty much agree that great bands and metal are not the way it used to be in a sence that Megadeth will never release an album like Rust in Peace, Metallica will never see another Justice-like album and AC/DC is a far cry from Back in Black.
The way I see it, is that the later albums are still created by the same people and thus I give them a decent chance to grow on me. I also try to view them in context to the time they were released and what other good music was released at that stage.
In this respect I've found a lot of gems that very seldom gets mentioned, great music that are not given the accolades it deserves. I dont know if this is because they are overlooked or because they haven't been given a fair chance.
Here are a few such albums imo:
Iron Maiden - Dance of Death(2003): 1st of all, it's a Bruce album so it has that genuine Maiden feel to it and though it's been said that the Harris formula is outdated, I say it's keeping them on track. Iron Maiden is one of those bands you can go out and buy without listening to first, they'll always be Maiden. The only thing wrong with this album imo, is the fact that it's been released too soon after Rock in Rio(2002) and at first it sounded similar to BNW. After a few spins I relised that it's actually totaly different, it has a good flow and serious hooks and for me it's a better album than BNW.
Alice Cooper - Hey Stoopid(1991) & The Last Temptation(1994): Say Alice Cooper to the average person and he'll say Poison, I hate that song for this reason plus the fact that radio killed it. Poison is from Trash(1989) which, aside from 2 other songs is one of his worst albums to me. Then came Hey Stoopid, a totally solid album with not one shitty song on it (except for Feed my Frankenstein) and it goes by unmentioned. Same thing with Last Temtation, it contains some of my favouritte Alice songs and no one seems to know it.
Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer(1992): Released 10 years after the last Dio-Sabbath album(Live Evil) and one of the best Black Sabbath albums imo. Perhaps this one came out too long after the Sabbath craze but I find myself still listening to it a lot and there was no hype about it, ever.
Anyway I thought there might be albums that you Guys(&Gals) feel simmilar about, and if you somehow overlooked any of these I suggest you give them another try. :Spin:
The way I see it, is that the later albums are still created by the same people and thus I give them a decent chance to grow on me. I also try to view them in context to the time they were released and what other good music was released at that stage.
In this respect I've found a lot of gems that very seldom gets mentioned, great music that are not given the accolades it deserves. I dont know if this is because they are overlooked or because they haven't been given a fair chance.
Here are a few such albums imo:
Iron Maiden - Dance of Death(2003): 1st of all, it's a Bruce album so it has that genuine Maiden feel to it and though it's been said that the Harris formula is outdated, I say it's keeping them on track. Iron Maiden is one of those bands you can go out and buy without listening to first, they'll always be Maiden. The only thing wrong with this album imo, is the fact that it's been released too soon after Rock in Rio(2002) and at first it sounded similar to BNW. After a few spins I relised that it's actually totaly different, it has a good flow and serious hooks and for me it's a better album than BNW.
Alice Cooper - Hey Stoopid(1991) & The Last Temptation(1994): Say Alice Cooper to the average person and he'll say Poison, I hate that song for this reason plus the fact that radio killed it. Poison is from Trash(1989) which, aside from 2 other songs is one of his worst albums to me. Then came Hey Stoopid, a totally solid album with not one shitty song on it (except for Feed my Frankenstein) and it goes by unmentioned. Same thing with Last Temtation, it contains some of my favouritte Alice songs and no one seems to know it.
Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer(1992): Released 10 years after the last Dio-Sabbath album(Live Evil) and one of the best Black Sabbath albums imo. Perhaps this one came out too long after the Sabbath craze but I find myself still listening to it a lot and there was no hype about it, ever.
Anyway I thought there might be albums that you Guys(&Gals) feel simmilar about, and if you somehow overlooked any of these I suggest you give them another try. :Spin:
