What band(s) has/have, IYO, a perfect discography?

[genocide roach]

emperor
moonsorrow
turisas
~gR~

 

[Einherjar86]

I didn't put Turisas because they only have two records. But gods those two records are fucking awesome.

 

[AchrisK]

Horde

 

[no country for old wainds]

arghoslent are another who haven't put out a bad album

 

[Demonic viscera]

METALLICA


Seriously.

Limbonic art
Emperor
Immortal
Suffocation

 

[no country for old wainds]

emperor is arguably even more laughable than metallica

 

[Demonic viscera]

arguably , yes.

realisitcally , no.

 

[no country for old wainds]

 

[Belligerent]

Novembers Doom

Yes.

Few others:
Rapture
Dimmu Borgir
Keep of Kalessin
Porcupine Tree

 

[Zephyrus]

There are mixed definitions of "perfect" being thrown around here. It's too hard to distinguish between a discography in which each album is of the highest quality, and bands with no bad releases. The latter of which we already have a thread for. Concerning the former, the matter is too subjective to warrant enough quality discussion.

 

[HaggardBastard]

NOT fucking Emperor: IX Equilibrium is a goddamned earsore.

@ Omni: I would've said the same thing for the same reasons regarding Burzum.

For the following bands, I consider every album they released a complete and mandatory classic.

Swans
Ulver
Drudkh
Anti-Cimex
Kyuss (yes, even Wretch)
Thergothon (this might be cheating since they only put out one album proper)
Skepticism

Negura Bunget is highly, highly overrated, far too much so to be said to have a "perfect" discography.

 

[The Ozzman]

Not metal but:

Alice in Chains

 

[Einherjar86]

There are mixed definitions of "perfect" being thrown around here. It's too hard to distinguish between a discography in which each album is of the highest quality, and bands with no bad releases. The latter of which we already have a thread for. Concerning the former, the matter is too subjective to warrant enough quality discussion.

Yeah. This thread's been tried before, and it failed pretty much. People have different tastes. It's basically impossible to come to a universal conclusion.

 

[Omni]

Negura Bunget is highly, highly overrated, and not to mention far too much so to be said to have a "perfect" discography.

I think the first few releases aren't as good as the more recent ones, but they're not too overrated at all. OM is one of the best black metal albums I've ever heard.

 

[Zephyrus]

It's basically impossible to come to a universal conclusion.

That's the case with anything so subjective as art.

 

[SouthernTrendkill]

Yeah. This thread's been tried before, and it failed pretty much. People have different tastes. It's basically impossible to come to a universal conclusion.

I completely agree. But, to be fair, the thread starter wasn't trying to come to a conclusion, this is just "in your opinion."

Anyway... as for in my opinion... I honestly can't really think of any. For most of my favorite artists, I legitiamtely love every one of their albums. But all of them have one album where if all of their albums where only as good as that, they wouldn't be one of my favorite bands...

 

[HaggardBastard]

I think the first few releases aren't as good as the more recent ones, but they're not too overrated at all. OM is one of the best black metal albums I've ever heard.

I wanted to like OM, I really did, but it's too meandering and directionless for my taste: it's like an endless series of build-ups sans climaxes.

 

[Manic Ferocity]

Not metal but:

Alice in Chains

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[AchrisK]

.

Their self-titled didn't do it for me like their earlier stuff.

 

[Manic Ferocity]

Self-titled is actually my favorite. It's definitely their least accessible, though.