Metal Reviews

And I love Iron Maiden's Peace of Mind....

Yeah, and i believe you meant rust in piece.

Agalloch - The Mantle

Maiden's Somewhere In Time.

probably The Prodigy's "The Fat of the Land". awesome. it's more than just music that i like a lot, it's also one of the first albums i loved and the one i've been listening to the longest.

Novembre - Novembrine Waltz

It has my favourite song of all time on it, as well as generally being awesome.

Katatonia-Dance of December Souls
or
Negura Bunget-Om

Imaginations from the Other Side by Blind Guardian though I tend to change my mind every few weeks or so. Sometimes Master of Puppets, sometimes Damage Done by Dark Tranquillity or even Against the Grain by Bad Religion.

Kamelot-The Black Halo

I don't think Dream Theater is my favorite anymore. I haven't listened to them in a while and don't really have any desire to listen to them.

So I dunno what my favorite is :(. I suppose the closest is Wintersun's self-titled.

Pink Floyd- Dark side of the Moon by far one of the best albums in the world!!

Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti Or Pink Floyd - Meddle

The Top 20 (so far)

1

Rush

Power Windows (1997)

AVERAGE SONG RATING - 9.88

2

Vision Divine

Stream of Consciousness (2004)

AVERAGE SONG RATING - 9.80

3

Vision Divine

The Perfect Machine (2005)

AVERAGE SONG RATING - 9.77

4

Rush

Permanent Waves (1997)

AVERAGE SONG RATING - 9.67

5

Metallica

Master of Puppets (1986)

AVERAGE SONG RATING - 9.63

6

Dio

Holy Diver (1983)

AVERAGE SONG RATING - 9.56

7

Morifade

Domi<>Nation (2004)

AVERAGE SONG RATING - 9.55

8

Dream Theater

Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999)

AVERAGE SONG RATING - 9.50

9

Dungeon

One Step Beyond (2004)

AVERAGE SONG RATING - 9.50

10

Metallica

...And Justice for All (1988)

AVERAGE SONG RATING - 9.44

11

Boston

Walk On (1994)

AVERAGE SONG RATING - 9.44

12

Rush

Grace Under Pressure (1997)

AVERAGE SONG RATING - 9.38

13

Rush

Presto (1989)

AVERAGE SONG RATING - 9.36

14

Children of Bodom

Follow the Reaper (2001)

AVERAGE SONG RATING - 9.33

15

Rush

Hold Your Fire (1997)

AVERAGE SONG RATING - 9.30

16

Rush

Moving Pictures (1997)

AVERAGE SONG RATING - 9.29

17

Dream Theater

Images and Words (1992)

AVERAGE SONG RATING - 9.29

18

Dream Theater

Awake (1994)

AVERAGE SONG RATING - 9.27

19

Labyrinth

Return to Heaven Denied (1998)

AVERAGE SONG RATING - 9.27

20

Boston

Boston (1986)

AVERAGE SONG RATING - 9.25

Power windows is your favourite Rush?

I haven't heard it. I have a lot of rush, but I have been led to believe that late 80's - 90's period of their work is not worth my time. By both websites and friends.

I own:

Fly By Night
Caress of Steel
2112
A Farewell to Kings
Hemispheres
Permament Waves
Moving Pictures
Signals
Counterparts
Test for Echo
Feedback
Snakes & Arrows.

Out of all those, Signals and Counterparts are my least favourite (and maybe snakes and arrows), though I kinda like them too. But I listen to them pretty rarely, especially compared to all the others, which i've gotten obsessed with at one time or another.

With that in mind, would you recommend Power Windows to me? I mean, how similar is it to those other late 80's - 90's albums?

Power windows is Rush at their finest. It is one of the bands favourite works (especially Neil and Geddy)

I must stress, If you don't like pop music at all, don't bother. If you like at least some this is the album that defined pop music and Rush in my opinion.

It has a very strong 80's synth heavy feel to it, but it also very much guitar oriented, just as much as any rush album from any period. Expect 80's guitar tone (very high frequnecy oriented, alex used a lot of F sharp in his arrangements, which makes guitar solos absolutely sing, btw)

This album is my favorite because its lush production and layers of melodies that keep me coming back.

Honestly I feel the same as you, that they have gotten progressively worse over time.

Signals doesn't have too many fans amongst the rush community, BTW, so lets call that a wild card.

I absolutely love grace under pressure (84) power windows (85) and Hold your fire (87) because I love pop music from that era, and rush were simply the best pop and hard rock group of the time. Whether or not you can appreciate those albums depends upon your ability to appreciate pop music.

But again, those were very guitar oriented albums (like the Outfield or Big Country) as well, so don't assume you won't get your fix of great guitar work, which in my opinion is why people don't like pop music from the 80's. They were also very keyboard oriented, bo if you hate keys, it may not be your thing.

Also, every band member was in top form for their instruemnt at the time. Don't think that because theres a lot of synth, there's little bass playing. Geddy was brilliant on 4 strings at the time.

Late 80's to early 90's would seem to me presto and rol the bones, which the fixx's producer rupert hine took the helm and changed things (i like those albums too, but probably because i adore everything rush accomplished)

I certainly would check those albums out, even if yopu aren't into pop music. (i wasn't for the longest time until I heard them)

These albums were life changing for me, so don't rely on someone elses perceptions to rob you of what could change yours.

Enjoy and I hope this helps.

Well I don't listen to much 80's pop at all, in fact I can think of exactly 2 albums, 90125 and Big Generator by Yes.

And I only gave those a chance because I'm a die-hard Yes completist. That said, if I think 90125 is a good album, is that enough of a reason to check out power windows?

Ah, whatever, after all this talk i think im gonna have to check it out anyway...

PW has more in common with "The Ladder" than 90125 if we're gonna compare rush to yes.

Well that's good. I like the ladder better than 90125.

Opeth - Morningrise

Metal: Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss
Non-Metal: Alice In Chains - Facelift