Bands who release consistently top flight material

mtlman69 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:08 pm

Seems as if there are those bands who just never seem to release a truly bad record.. wonder what bands will pop up in this thread.. My votes have to go to bands like Kamelot, Shadow Gallery, Symphony X and Within Temptation.. Though must say WT have released several mediocre songs over the years but over all very consistent. Any others metal heads?

Goat · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:35 pm

Napalm Death, Suffocation, Cannibal Corpse, Behemoth, Blind Guardian, Nasum, Mithras (how many albums do these bands have to have?) off the top of my head.

If they're allowed one or two slip-ups then the list is endless, starting with Slayer and Deicide.

The_Voice · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:40 pm

I dont like Within Temptation and im not a big fan of Shadow Gallery but yeah i can agree with Symphony X, with Kamelot though youre dead wrong Eternity and Dominion are fucking horrible.

mtlman69 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:41 pm

Well i would say they need to have released at least three to be seriously considered.. Must say i agree with most of your list Goat but for whatever reason CC just does nothing for me, all their stuf in my opinion is weak death metal but again only my opinion for what it is worth and have a feeling many will say not much..lol

ganeshaRules · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:42 pm

Sodom and consistent are synonims.

Another one is Metal Church, of course.

Tompa · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:43 pm

Opeth

The_Voice · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:47 pm

Reverend Bizarre
Sodom
Blind Guardian
Gamma Ray
Agent Steele
Metal Church
Candlemass
Solitude Aeturnus
Cathedral
The Lord Wierd Slough Feg
King Diamond
Grand Magus
Electric Wizard
Doomsword
Pagan Altar
Cage
Ayreon
W.A.S.P.
Tankard
Razor

mtlman69 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:52 pm

[quote="Tompa"]Opeth[/quote]

Not quite sure how I missed Opeth... as for Kamelot, well I totally forgot those two and more looked at the Khan era but it is a very valid point

Goat · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:52 pm

At least three? So,

Deicide, Slayer, Rush, Dream Theater, Emperor, Enslaved, Burzum, Ulver, Candlemass, Exodus, Entombed, Voivod, Hate Forest, Drudkh, Limbonic Art, Overkill, Sabbat, Opeth, Arcturus, Dodheimsgard, Abigor, Immortal, The Meads Of Asphodel, Sigh, Kyuss, Dark Tranquillity, Carpathian Forest, Darkthrone, Skyclad, Akercocke, Amon Amarth, Asphyx, Bolt Thrower, Benediction, Anaal Nathrakh, Blood Red Throne, Red Harvest, Cephalic Carnage, Death, Decapitated, Negura Bunget, Dismember, Dying Fetus, Skinny Puppy, God Dethroned, Hate Eternal, Hypocrisy, Meshuggah, Morbid Angel...

*pause for breath*

*could go on*

mtlman69 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:56 pm

[quote="The_Voice"]Reverend Bizarre
Sodom
Blind Guardian
Gamma Ray
Agent Steele
Metal Church
Candlemass
Solitude Aeturnus
Cathedral
The Lord Wierd Slough Feg
King Diamond
Grand Magus
Electric Wizard
Doomsword
Pagan Altar
Cage
Ayreon
W.A.S.P.
Tankard
Razor[/quote]

Have to take execption to WASP, feel they have had several less then stellar records in that catelouge.. They are a good band but always consistent, i am not sure..

Dago · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:59 pm

Hypocrisy - Catch 22 is like the worst melodic death metal album ive ever heard. The others i mostly agree (except maybe slayer.)

I'd like to add also, Destroyer 666, Esoteric and Immolation.

mtlman69 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 5:06 pm

Might want to throw Deicide off, as for me they have had some pretty seriously bad stuff, Stench of Redemption was utterly horrid when compared with their classics...

Dago · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 5:11 pm

I thought it was great. Completely different style of death metal compared to the old stuff.
But Insineratehymn, In Torment in Hell and Scars of the Crucifix are pretty damn bad.
The latest one is also not so good...

Goat · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 5:31 pm

Dago wrote:

I thought it was great. Completely different style of death metal compared to the old stuff.
But Insineratehymn, In Torment in Hell and Scars of the Crucifix are pretty damn bad.
The latest one is also not so good...

Even though I and ITIH were completely dull, I wouldn't call them completely-shitty-beyond-compare bad. And SOTC and the last are great albums.

Mintrude · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 6:51 pm

Manilla Road are the correct answer here. Never released a less than decent album in 30 years, despite Voyager taking its' time to grow on me.

mtlman69 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:58 pm

[quote="Goat"][quote="Dago"]I thought it was great. Completely different style of death metal compared to the old stuff.
But Insineratehymn, In Torment in Hell and Scars of the Crucifix are pretty damn bad.
The latest one is also not so good...[/quote]

Even though I and ITIH were completely dull, I wouldn't call them completely-shitty-beyond-compare bad. And SOTC and the last are great albums.[/quote]

Well I was not so much saying they needed to be shity records but i think a true review of their catalogue would show many more misses than hits.

Metalhead_Bastard · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:00 pm

Goat wrote:

Dago wrote:

I thought it was great. Completely different style of death metal compared to the old stuff.
But Insineratehymn, In Torment in Hell and Scars of the Crucifix are pretty damn bad.
The latest one is also not so good...

Even though I and ITIH were completely dull, I wouldn't call them completely-shitty-beyond-compare bad. And SOTC and the last are great albums.

The last one isn't great, not by any man's standards. It has moments though.

Legacy Of The Night · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:22 pm

Nevermore has always released awesome material. So has Converge.

mtlman69 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:26 pm

Ok, let;'s see if you guys agree with me on these couple of choices.. Fates Warning should be in that group, though Night on Brocken might not be a great record. Also Nevermore should be listed, might toss a clunker song here and there but overall every record is damn good

Thomas · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:58 pm

Meh @ Kamelot. Their earlier stuff is pretty boring and tasteless. IMO at least.

My vote would go to Dark Quarterer, Slough Feg and maybe Cirith Ungol.

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