Top 20 Albums in your mind!

grandbazaar · **Posted:** Tue May 30, 2006 2:59 am

1. Sonata Artcica - Silence
2. Dark Tranquillity - Character
3. Katatonia - Viva Emptiness
4. Lacuna Coil - Unleashed Memories
5. Dream Theater - Scenes From a Memory
6. Evergrey - In Search Of Truth
7. Nevermore - Dead Heart, In a Dead World
8. Sins Of Thy Beloved - Lake of Sorrow
9. Kamelot - Karma
10. Stabbing Westward - Darkest Days
11. Stratovarius - Episode
12. Iron Maiden - Peace of Mind
13. Angra - Temple of Shadows
14. Nightwish - Century Child
15. Tristania Widow's Weed
16. Amaran - Pristine in Bondage
17. Daylight Dies - Dismantling Devotion
18. Dark Tranquillity - Haven
19. Arch Enemy - Wages of Sin
20. Kamelot - Epica

Skartasis · **Posted:** Tue May 30, 2006 11:45 am

less see...

Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Virgin Steele - Invictus

Ill keep my BM/extreme favourites out from here...

leee · **Posted:** Tue May 30, 2006 3:16 pm

Holy_Terror wrote:

No Order for these, that would be impossible.

Thin Lizzy - Fighting
Satan- COurt in the Act
Blind Guardian - Tales from the Twighlight World
Nocturnal RItes - In a TIme of Blood and Fire
Nocturnal Rites - Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Cirith Ungol - One Foot In Hell
Praying Mantis - TIme Tells no Lies
Iron Maiden - Killers
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
Motorhead - Overkill
Running WIld - Gates to Purgatory
Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
Paradox - Heresy
Helloween - Walls of Jericho
Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
Holy Terror - Terror and Submission
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Rainbow - Rising

Good List Man, execpt for the Zepplien, they aren't fucking metal, put Machine Head by Deep Purple on there or fuck it man, maybe Virgin Killers or some UFO - Hit the Lights and def BOC - Tyranny and Mutation.

stub · **Posted:** Tue May 30, 2006 6:02 pm

leee wrote:

Holy_Terror wrote:

No Order for these, that would be impossible.

Thin Lizzy - Fighting
Satan- COurt in the Act
Blind Guardian - Tales from the Twighlight World
Nocturnal RItes - In a TIme of Blood and Fire
Nocturnal Rites - Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Cirith Ungol - One Foot In Hell
Praying Mantis - TIme Tells no Lies
Iron Maiden - Killers
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
Motorhead - Overkill
Running WIld - Gates to Purgatory
Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
Paradox - Heresy
Helloween - Walls of Jericho
Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
Holy Terror - Terror and Submission
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Rainbow - Rising

Good List Man, execpt for the Zepplien, they aren't fucking metal, put Machine Head by Deep Purple on there or fuck it man, maybe Virgin Killers or some UFO - Hit the Lights and def BOC - Tyranny and Mutation.

Zeppelin are no less metal than UFO, Purple and BOC ,dude.

BTW, i guess you meant Lights Out....Hit the Lights is Metallica. :wink:

Caligula_K · **Joined:** Mon Nov 22, 2004 8:56 pm **Posts:** 3561

Top 21 metal albums (no particular order, and not including live albums):

Judas Priest- Painkiller
Judas Priest- Stained Class
Iron Maiden- Powerslave
Iron Maiden- Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Satan- Court in the Act
Heathen- Victims of Deception
Dark Angel- Darkness Descends
Holy Terror- Mind Wars
Kreator- Coma of Souls
Sodom- Agent Orange
Overkill- The Years of Decay
Destruction- Eternal Devastation
Megadeth- Rust in Peace
Mekong Delta- Dances of Death (And Other Walking Shadows)
Exodus- Bonded by Blood
Shadows Fall- The Art of Balance
Vio-lence- Eternal Nightmare
Blind Guardian- Nightfall in Middle Earth
Lost Horizon- A Flame to the Ground Beneath
Manticora- Hyperion
Kamelot- Epica

Holy_Terror · **Posted:** Wed May 31, 2006 6:30 pm

leee wrote:

Holy_Terror wrote:

No Order for these, that would be impossible.

Thin Lizzy - Fighting
Satan- COurt in the Act
Blind Guardian - Tales from the Twighlight World
Nocturnal RItes - In a TIme of Blood and Fire
Nocturnal Rites - Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Cirith Ungol - One Foot In Hell
Praying Mantis - TIme Tells no Lies
Iron Maiden - Killers
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
Motorhead - Overkill
Running WIld - Gates to Purgatory
Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
Paradox - Heresy
Helloween - Walls of Jericho
Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
Holy Terror - Terror and Submission
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Rainbow - Rising

Good List Man, execpt for the Zepplien, they aren't fucking metal, put Machine Head by Deep Purple on there or fuck it man, maybe Virgin Killers or some UFO - Hit the Lights and def BOC - Tyranny and Mutation.

Led Zeppelin is metal to me. There's palm muting and down picking on the song Communication Breakdown. Dazed and Confused is a Doom Metal song, so is NO Quarter. Ten Years Gone and Achilles Last stand from Presence both have the kind of Epic harmonies that would become Power Metal trademarks. Don't be mistaken, Zeppelin were a lot of things...including a heavy metal band. I would have put Deep Purple on the list......but I didnt.

Lord of brutal planet · **Posted:** Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:51 am

Mine would have to be, in no particular order

Sonata Artica - Eliptica
Dreamevil - The book of Heavy Metal
Metallica - Master of puppets
Queensryche - operation MindCrime
Nightwish - Once
Edguy - Tears of the Mandrake
helloween - The Dark Ride
Helloween - keeper of the Seven keys Pt 1
Alice Cooper - Brutal Planet
Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Oz
Iced Earth - Something Wicked this way Comes
Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution
Demons and Wizards - Touched by the Crimson King
Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Sonata Artica - Silence

stub · **Posted:** Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:54 am

Holy_Terror wrote:

leee wrote:

Holy_Terror wrote:

No Order for these, that would be impossible.

Thin Lizzy - Fighting
Satan- COurt in the Act
Blind Guardian - Tales from the Twighlight World
Nocturnal RItes - In a TIme of Blood and Fire
Nocturnal Rites - Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Cirith Ungol - One Foot In Hell
Praying Mantis - TIme Tells no Lies
Iron Maiden - Killers
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
Motorhead - Overkill
Running WIld - Gates to Purgatory
Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
Paradox - Heresy
Helloween - Walls of Jericho
Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
Holy Terror - Terror and Submission
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Rainbow - Rising

Good List Man, execpt for the Zepplien, they aren't fucking metal, put Machine Head by Deep Purple on there or fuck it man, maybe Virgin Killers or some UFO - Hit the Lights and def BOC - Tyranny and Mutation.

Led Zeppelin is metal to me. There's palm muting and down picking on the song Communication Breakdown. Dazed and Confused is a Doom Metal song, so is NO Quarter. Ten Years Gone and Achilles Last stand from Presence both have the kind of Epic harmonies that would become Power Metal trademarks. Don't be mistaken, Zeppelin were a lot of things...including a heavy metal band. I would have put Deep Purple on the list......but I didnt.

And we're not even talking here songs like Immigrant Song and Whole Lotta Love, which ARE heavy metal, no matter what anyone thinks.

OldSchool · **Posted:** Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:22 pm

Speaking strictly of heavy/power/prog, and trying to limit myself to only one album per band (except for Priest where I can't do it )right now I'd choose:

1. Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
2. Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny/Painkiller
4. Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
5. Virgin Steele - The Marriage Of Heaven & Hell Part II

6. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of The Seventh Son
7. Helloween - Keeper II
8. Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black
9. Kamelot - The Black Halo
10. Manowar - Sign Of The Hammer

11. Rage - Trapped!
12. Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
13. WASP - The Crimson Idol
14. Scanner - Mental Rezervation
15. Crimson Glory - Transcendence

16. Ayreon - The Universal Migrator
17. Accept - Balls To The Wall
18. Primal Fear - Seven Seals
19. Shadow Gallery - Tyranny
20. Demons & Wizards - s/t

leee · **Posted:** Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:51 pm

Holy_Terror wrote:

leee wrote:

Holy_Terror wrote:

No Order for these, that would be impossible.

Thin Lizzy - Fighting
Satan- COurt in the Act
Blind Guardian - Tales from the Twighlight World
Nocturnal RItes - In a TIme of Blood and Fire
Nocturnal Rites - Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Cirith Ungol - One Foot In Hell
Praying Mantis - TIme Tells no Lies
Iron Maiden - Killers
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
Motorhead - Overkill
Running WIld - Gates to Purgatory
Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
Paradox - Heresy
Helloween - Walls of Jericho
Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
Holy Terror - Terror and Submission
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Rainbow - Rising

Good List Man, execpt for the Zepplien, they aren't fucking metal, put Machine Head by Deep Purple on there or fuck it man, maybe Virgin Killers or some UFO - Hit the Lights and def BOC - Tyranny and Mutation.

Led Zeppelin is metal to me. There's palm muting and down picking on the song Communication Breakdown. Dazed and Confused is a Doom Metal song, so is NO Quarter. Ten Years Gone and Achilles Last stand from Presence both have the kind of Epic harmonies that would become Power Metal trademarks. Don't be mistaken, Zeppelin were a lot of things...including a heavy metal band. I would have put Deep Purple on the list......but I didnt.

Zepplien isn't Metal, 2 or 3 songs have some characteristics but is not worth arguing as long as you agree that Edguy is much more Metal then Led Zep who I hate. Hell the Who is as metal as Led Zep if we want to that route and so is Hendrix. I don't even know what palm muting is.....sounds like something you would do to a kid to shut him up.....

EpicMetalFan30 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:56 pm

leee wrote:

I have been listining to metal for roughly 24 years and it DOES make my opinioin Valid becaue I am not all nicey nice and open minded like most here: 10 from the early ears and 10 from the modern years taht are worth your time:

1. Rainbow - Raising
2. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
3. Judas Priest - Stained Class.
4. Riot - Fire Down Under
5. Scorpions - Love Drive
6. Blue Oyster Cult - Cultasaurous Erectus
7. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
8. Accept - Restless and Wild
9. Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast.
10. Angel Witch - s/t, Saxon - Wheels of Steel

1. Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
2. Dark Tranquility - Projector
3. Gardenian - Soulburner
4. Paradise Lost - Draconian Times
5. Tiamat - Wildhoney
6. Countess - Spawn of steel
7. Morrigan - Headcult
8. Amorphis - Tounela
9. Theatre of Tragedy - In Velvet Darkness they Fear
10. Arghoslent - Incorrigble Bigotry, Graveland - Carpathien Wolves, Mayhem - De nomw, Arcturs - Aspera Hymns, Fluerty - Min Tid Skold

I like seeing scorpions "lovedrive" on your list. Been one of my favorite bands since I was 16. Also been listening to metal for about 20 years

Though the last couple of scorps albums kinda bored me. They need to stick to ballads i guess.

EpicMetalFan30 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 07, 2006 5:00 pm

This is very tough for me because I have over 1000 cds. 800+ being metal. If this list is for metal i will leave it at power/prog/traditional and get back with a response. Need some time to think about it. I know for sure that
Edguy- Vain Glory Opera will be in my top 20 and I did not see it on anybodys list? Regardless of what the band has done of late that album is flawless from top to bottom with the perfect mix of metal and ballads

Holy_Terror · **Posted:** Wed Jun 07, 2006 5:16 pm

Led Zeppelin does a lot of stuff that is very metal.....I wouldnt consider them 100% metal, but just because of their greatness, I can make exceptions for them. They can go on a metal list....at least mine. I was going to put Rainbow on there too.

leee · **Posted:** Wed Jun 07, 2006 5:59 pm

Holy_Terror wrote:

Led Zeppelin does a lot of stuff that is very metal.....I wouldnt consider them 100% metal, but just because of their greatness, I can make exceptions for them. They can go on a metal list....at least mine. I was going to put Rainbow on there too.

Fair enough....... Stairway to Heaven invented the whole slow build up thing (Which was brought to the Metal world correctly by Priest with Beyond the Realms of Death) and is still a staple today.

leee · **Posted:** Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:01 pm

EpicMetalFan30 wrote:

leee wrote:

I have been listining to metal for roughly 24 years and it DOES make my opinioin Valid becaue I am not all nicey nice and open minded like most here: 10 from the early ears and 10 from the modern years taht are worth your time:

1. Rainbow - Raising
2. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
3. Judas Priest - Stained Class.
4. Riot - Fire Down Under
5. Scorpions - Love Drive
6. Blue Oyster Cult - Cultasaurous Erectus
7. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
8. Accept - Restless and Wild
9. Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast.
10. Angel Witch - s/t, Saxon - Wheels of Steel

1. Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
2. Dark Tranquility - Projector
3. Gardenian - Soulburner
4. Paradise Lost - Draconian Times
5. Tiamat - Wildhoney
6. Countess - Spawn of steel
7. Morrigan - Headcult
8. Amorphis - Tounela
9. Theatre of Tragedy - In Velvet Darkness they Fear
10. Arghoslent - Incorrigble Bigotry, Graveland - Carpathien Wolves, Mayhem - De nomw, Arcturs - Aspera Hymns, Fluerty - Min Tid Skold

I like seeing scorpions "lovedrive" on your list. Been one of my favorite bands since I was 16. Also been listening to metal for about 20 years

Though the last couple of scorps albums kinda bored me. They need to stick to ballads i guess.

I quit them after Love at First Sting. I am pretty sure I bought the one after that but it reeked. Lovedrive, Animal Magnetism and Blackout are the shit. I am not a huge fan of their Virgin Killer type stuff.

Dago · **Posted:** Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:10 pm

My non extreme favorite albums.
The Lord Weird Slough Feg-Down among the deadmen
The Lord Weird Slough Feg-Twilight Of The Idols
Helloween-Keeper of the seven keys 1,2,3
Helloween-Rabbit dont come easy
Helloween-Walls of Jericho
Lost Horizon-A flame to the ground beneath
Lost Horizon-Awakening The World
Iron Maiden-The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden-Powerslave
Iron Maiden-Piece of Mind
Iron Maiden-Somewhere In time
Iron Maiden-Killers
Control Denied-The Fragile Art Of Existence
Pagan's Mind-Celestial Entrance
Spiral Architect-A Sceptic Universe
Spastic Ink-Ink Compatible
Morgana Lefay-Grand Materia

stub · **Posted:** Thu Jun 08, 2006 3:21 pm

leee wrote:

Holy_Terror wrote:

Led Zeppelin does a lot of stuff that is very metal.....I wouldnt consider them 100% metal, but just because of their greatness, I can make exceptions for them. They can go on a metal list....at least mine. I was going to put Rainbow on there too.

Fair enough....... Stairway to Heaven invented the whole slow build up thing (Which was brought to the Metal world correctly by Priest with Beyond the Realms of Death) and is still a staple today.

Aerosmith's Dream On is also a good example of slow build up song.

BTW, Led Zep are more metal than Edguy!!!! :evil:

leee · **Posted:** Thu Jun 08, 2006 5:29 pm

stub wrote:

leee wrote:

Holy_Terror wrote:

Led Zeppelin does a lot of stuff that is very metal.....I wouldnt consider them 100% metal, but just because of their greatness, I can make exceptions for them. They can go on a metal list....at least mine. I was going to put Rainbow on there too.

Fair enough....... Stairway to Heaven invented the whole slow build up thing (Which was brought to the Metal world correctly by Priest with Beyond the Realms of Death) and is still a staple today.

Aerosmith's Dream On is also a good example of slow build up song.

BTW, Led Zep are more metal than Edguy!!!! :evil:

maybe. depends on what Album.....lol Dream On is bad assed.

Theli · **Posted:** Thu Jun 08, 2006 11:01 pm

My Top-20: (I don't have the energy to sort the list from best to worst)

Eternity-X - The Edge (this band has risen from the dead, me so happy)
Shadow Gallery - Tyranny
Therion - Lemuria/Sirius B (yes, I consider this one album)
Angra - Temple of Shadows
Angra - Holy Land
Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle
Virgin Steele - Invictus
Virgin Steele - The House of Atreus II
Nikolo Kotzev - Nostradamus
Savatage - Dead Winter Dead
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth
Nightwish - Oceanborn
Angel Dust - Enlighten the Darkness (me love you long time)
Kamelot - Epica
Iced Earth - Something Wicked this Way Comes
Edguy - Theater of Salvation
Rhapsody - Symphony of Enchanted Lands
Saviour Machine - Live in Deutchland DVD (a live-DVD sure... but VinnieVincentInvaded got 21 albums!)
Bal-Sagoth - Battle Magic (the übercheese that will slay you all and feast upon your eyes!)

Holy_Terror · **Posted:** Fri Jun 09, 2006 6:03 pm

leee wrote:

EpicMetalFan30 wrote:

leee wrote:

I have been listining to metal for roughly 24 years and it DOES make my opinioin Valid becaue I am not all nicey nice and open minded like most here: 10 from the early ears and 10 from the modern years taht are worth your time:

1. Rainbow - Raising
2. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
3. Judas Priest - Stained Class.
4. Riot - Fire Down Under
5. Scorpions - Love Drive
6. Blue Oyster Cult - Cultasaurous Erectus
7. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
8. Accept - Restless and Wild
9. Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast.
10. Angel Witch - s/t, Saxon - Wheels of Steel

1. Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
2. Dark Tranquility - Projector
3. Gardenian - Soulburner
4. Paradise Lost - Draconian Times
5. Tiamat - Wildhoney
6. Countess - Spawn of steel
7. Morrigan - Headcult
8. Amorphis - Tounela
9. Theatre of Tragedy - In Velvet Darkness they Fear
10. Arghoslent - Incorrigble Bigotry, Graveland - Carpathien Wolves, Mayhem - De nomw, Arcturs - Aspera Hymns, Fluerty - Min Tid Skold

I like seeing scorpions "lovedrive" on your list. Been one of my favorite bands since I was 16. Also been listening to metal for about 20 years

Though the last couple of scorps albums kinda bored me. They need to stick to ballads i guess.

I quit them after Love at First Sting. I am pretty sure I bought the one after that but it reeked. Lovedrive, Animal Magnetism and Blackout are the shit. I am not a huge fan of their Virgin Killer type stuff.

I find In Trance and Fly to the Rainbow to be the best Scorpions albums. Hands down.

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