Divine intervention by Slayer is a great album. It has a lot of seriously underrated songs on it. Underrated by Slayer themselves unfortunately, dittohead is the only song they kept in the live set on later tours.
Believe it or not, the Black album by Metallica had that effect on me! I was so into ....and Justice for all in 90-91, and then the Black album and i was like, what is this? Way too streamlined and commercial for me! It took about four years but it grew on me big time and now i love it!
The X Factor, Divine Intervention and Jugulator are amazing albums that are massively overlooked. Motley's self titled with Corabi on vocals is another one that doesn't get anywhere near the amount of respect it should get. Great video mate
I was a senior in high school when Souls Of Black came out. My mother wouldn't buy me a t-shirt of the cover, due to the thorns. But singing the lyrics of The Legacy, drunk with friends at Myrtle Beach in '91 after graduation....this album means the world to me. The Ritual was just as good. Man....what a time!! LOL
Hell yeah those were the days! Totally agree on The Ritual, not a step down, maybe a step sideways in a good way haha. Thanks for commenting & watching 🤘 Cheers from Canada
I bought "The X Factor" the day it came out and hated it. I put it on the shelf for at least a decade, if not more. Hearing Bruce singing some of the songs on live albums made me revisit it. I quite like it now. I haven't listened to "Divine Intervention" since 94 or 95. It's definitely not as bad as "Diabolus in Musica" though. And I've always thought "K.F.D." was pretty good. But I probably only picked it up ten yrs. ago or so. I probably would've hated it in 97. Don't own any of the others. Keep up the good work!
On an unrelated note that Exciter debut lp in the background is my pick as one of the very best metal albums of the 80's and I still love it now 40 yrs after I bought it. Also out that year around the same month was Born Again Sabbath, Slayer Show No Mercy, Metallica Kill Em All, Saxon Power And The Glory so 83 was a great year and I was only 22 yrs old so looked a hell of a lot better (lol)
I just got that Exciter in the other day, I’ve had it on cd for years, you can’t beat their first 3 albums! I got my first grey hair at 22 years old 🤣 Cheers Robert
I’ve never heard it, I’ll check it out! I’m not the biggest Stryper fan but I do enjoy what they’ve been doing the past 10 years, 5 solid albums. Thanks for the recommendation & thanks for watching 🤘 Take care ~ Darcy
Always good to revisit with a new approach and appreciation for some albums that didn’t originally stick. Souls is one of my favs as it was the first Testament I discovered and Divine I have always liked also. KFD is highly sought after for some reason but I think it only has a couple of good tracks on it but I may have to revisit as it’s been a long time since last listening to it🤘
I liked ‘Souls of Black’ from the first time I heard it tbh… it was ‘Ritual’ where they lost me… but I’ve come to enjoy that album nowadays! I’d say it happens to us all yano… that initial underwhelming feeling on first listen with some albums… but as with all great albums… let it slowly sink in & you’ll eventually reap the rewards later on! Nice one Darcy!🤘🏻
The Ritual is great album but of course not as good as The Legacy, The New Order or Souls of Black. If you haven't watch my ranking of Testament's albums, now it is the time: ruclips.net/video/yXquzlPhnLY/видео.html
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 I didn't have "Practice.." in early '90s. I remember having borrowed it from a classmate, I guess, in 1995. Only thing that stand out back then was the song "The Ballad" and the title song . I didn't get the hype then and still I don't. It is a very good album (as you can see from its score) but not something I would call a classical Testament or a Thrash Metal album.
Great news if your a WASP fan, the pre-orders are up for a vinyl box set called The 7 Savage. Looks like a great set, the scary thing is the price lol. Thanks for watching 🤘 Cheers from Canada
Man, you said it all ! Amen ! Jugulator (Demolition too by the way ;-) ), X Factor and Divine Intervention are definitly great albums. In fact, Divine Intervention is my favourite Slayer album.
Divine Intervention is my fourth favorite Slayer album. I don’t like everything on the album, but Killing Fields, and Divine Intervention are two of my favorite Slayer songs.
The X Factor is such a great album overall....I never gave it a chance for so many years after it was released and I wish I would have. It feels like a concept album to me. I'm a Bruce fan all the way but this album with Blaze was excellent!
Did you ever check out some of Blaze Bailey's solo stuff? I have a couple of his albums and I liked it. I think that was the problem Blaze had we were all used to Bruce Dickenson and really didn't give him a chance.
Kreator-"Endorama " was a different but good album. Recently i read an interview of the band, talking about this album, they mentioned that that period they wanted to play a sound like this, they had a kind of art need to express. Also they had a dilemma, the album not have the "Kreator " name but to be like a project someway. They decided not to do. From "Demolition" Judas Priest i like "Bloodsucker" song , and if i am not wrong from" Unholy Terror"-Wasp ,the "Charisma" song, it's a great one!
Kreator (along with Testament) are in my big 4 and Endorama is really great. When I first heard it over 20 years ago wasn't sure what to make of it but it grew on me and it's maybe top 5 maybe of theirs. If you wanna check out more goth metal check out Sentenced their later albums they were from Finland. I did a video on Endorama and Sentenced both. I think also Cause for Conflict is a bit underrated too maybe Kreator's least popular album.
I've always like KFD but I never heard it when it came out so went in with an open mind. I enjoy the industrial sound in it. Always good to revisit albums that don't click at first.
I am just another guy who used to hate Endorama back in the day, but man this album grew on me about 10 years ago and turned to be one of my fave Kreator albums of all time. And you're absolutely right, this album was hugely influenced by the mid 90's Paradise Lost and older goth bands like Sisters of Mercy. Tyranny is an awesome song to end this great underrated record!
This definitely happens to all of us I'm sure. Something dissapointing initially but grows on you over the years. I've still yet to hear the Blaze albums from Maiden in full. I will definitely pick them up, essential to have. The 90's were the strangest time for me musically, I've touched on it before being a painful and difficult experience and eventually I replaced music with video games. Good that when you go back to something you can feel a whole lot different about it.
It’s Maiden, you got to have them lol. I’ll kidding aside there are some great tracks on both of the Blaze albums. I don’t have the patience for those video games, yelling at my TV just isn’t my thing 😂 Cheers Bev
KIllers by Iron Maiden. When I first heard it, I didn't like the production, and I couldn't really get into Paul Di Anno's vocals. To me, it all sounded a bit rough, so I put it in my cassette case and forgot all about it. Fast forward a few years later, I was just sitting around at the house when I was digging through my case looking for something to listen to. I dug that one out, thinking to myself I haven't heard it in quite awhile and figured I'd give it a quick listen. So I threw it in the deck and for whatever reason it just clicked, and now it's one of my favorite Iron Maiden albums...
I’m glad to hear Killers finally clicked for you, it’s always been my #3 favourite Iron Maiden album, for years. Thanks for the great comment & thanks for watching 🤘 Take care ~ Darcy
I abandoned Maiden before Somewhere in Time. Then returned at Brave New World. I would of hated every Maiden release until B.N.W. but since I collected the rest of the Albums "backwards" I appreciate it ALL.
41 now, loved darkthrone since i was 16, remember being so excited for ravishing grimness, then it came out and i've never been so disappointed by an album. especially since they continued down a similar path for a while after that, i kinda lost interest for a time. only later realised i'd missed out on some classics. now in 2023 they've never been better. and ravishing grimness has been one of my favourites for years. lesson learnt: darkthrone is always good and if you don't think that's true then you're wrong.
It’s crazy to think that some of these older bands are still putting out such great albums. I don’t know Darkthrone very well, if you could give me a couple recommendations to check out that would cool ty. I wish I was still 41, these old(er) bones need time to kick in every morning haha. Thanks for watching 🤘 Stay Heavy ~ Darcy
Death Angel-Frolic Through the Park is one of those albums for me. I didn't like it then, but really enjoy it now. Anthrax - Fistful of Metal, hated Neil's vocals at the time but I've learned to enjoy them as my love for 80s speed metal grew over the last couple years. Metallica - Black album, hated it and their new fanbase when it came out, 20 years later it sounds like the natural progression of the band, and the songs are good. Megadeth- Super Collider, lots of catchy, well written choruses. Raven-The Pack is Back. Disliked it then, but really enjoy it now. Very catchy songs and better then JP's Turbo.
I’ve always been a fan of Turbo, I think my first girlfriend, that wasn’t imaginary, softened me up in ‘86 🤣 Frolic Through The Park is another one I appreciate more than I used to!
Maiden are my favourite band and X Factor has grown on me big time. Always loved Endorama and Souls of Black. Personally Practice What You Preach is one of my least favourite testament albums but title track is one of my fav songs by them. Ive bought Divine Intervention twice and sold it twice, just cant get into it, unmemorable for me.
Like I said, timing has so much to do with it! I had 2 albums that never left my vehicle in 1989, one was Testament Practice What You Preach & Faith No More The Real Thing, those combined with what was going on in my life at the time was a pretty good combination! Third times the charm with Divine Intervention 😉
Sometimes the best albums are the ones you have to listen to over and over for it to click with you. Once it does, you’ll love those albums forever. I was surprised to not see St.Anger mentioned. 😂 or Load/Reload (I know those albums get a bad rap but there’s some good songs between those 2 albums).
That happened me with Uriah heep album demons and wizards everyone has it ranked at the top and I didn't get it at all until I listened a few times with breaks in between and now I think it's a magical album, not metal but just in relation to your point.
Priest were the first metal band that I got into, in the mid 70s. I have the Ripper albums but can't remember when I last played them (that will change today!) Incidentally, you mentioned the cost of the Megadeth/Testament gig in the 90s. I saw Iron Maiden, supporting Priest in 1979. Cost me £2.50!
£2.50 wow, that’s like $4.30 Canadian, well those days are long gone hey lol. It’s always cool to revisit albums that you haven’t listened to in a long time! Thanks for the awesome comment & thanks for watching 🤘 Stay Heavy Duty ~ Darcy
I’ve never had a problem with Souls of Black. It’s actually a Top 5 Testament album for me. If anything, Practice What You Preach needs a full on remix across the board. The album sounds waaaayyy to “thin” and wrecks the vibe for me. It’s a good album, but could’ve been absolutely more aggressive with the full out bottom end significantly cranked up.
Endorama is so good because Tommy Vetterli (Kreators' lead guitarist at the time-Outcast too) co-wrote half of the album. Nobody who talks about this album seems to know this or who he is.Thomas Vetterili AKA TOMMY T. BARON! Now go check out his real band CORONER.What a treat for all of you that don't know them!.........
I should of mentioned Tommy in the video, I really enjoy both albums he was on. I was told Outcast was bottom of barrel too, but that’s another one that has really grown on me! Thanks for watching 🤘 Take care ~ Darcy
Hi Darcy! Saw Testament in the same year on The Clash o/t Titans tour with Suicidal, Megadeth and Slayer. I always thought Souls of Black wasn’t as strong as the first 2..still do except 3 tracks. Even Practice is not my favorite,but better than Souls.
I know Practice also has a thinner production, but it hit at the perfect time in my life, 1989 was a good year for Papa6Srings lol. Hope all it good your way 🤘 Cheers Mark
Excellent video, as always Darcy. Some of these Ive still not listened to, due to the bad reviews for back in the day. Maybe I should try out that Kreator album.... 🍻🤘
Interesting topic Darcy. I remember hating The X Factor when it first came out. Didn't pull it out again for a spin until many years later and I was shocked how good it was. Hell, i even like Virtual XI. Futureal is an awesome track. Cheers!
I was a maiden fan until 1983 when I saw Saxon totally blow them off the stage. So underwhelmed with Maiden on that tour. Since then, when people say Iron Maiden, I say Saxon.
I love Saxon too, I’d say they’re discography is often overlooked, so many great albums! They definitely need to be mentioned with the likes of Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. Thanks for commenting & thanks for watching 🤘 Stay Heavy ~ Darcy
You met your future kids in the 90s?! Just kidding :D I quite like 'The X Factor', and Blaze is the highlight for me, but there are a couple of bad songs on the album for sure. Blaze's solo material is fantastic. I always liked the two Ripper albums, and I think it's a sham3 that the band has kind of disowned them. Cool video.
Great video (as always) 🙂 I know this question is off-topic Can you do a ranking episode of Disturbed albums? I don't know if you listen to their music, but if you do, I'd be very grateful for that. Och...And greetings for Poland! 🙂🖐️
The X factor is a underrated album, blaze did a good job on the album , unfortunately to try to take over from Bruce was a hard act to follow for any singer. Sign of the cross the best 1990s maiden song for me. Cheers!
Coming out of the 80s, I think the early - mid 90s killed a lot of metal acts and those that survived took a long time to recover. That said, I'm not a hater of the blaze bailey or ripper owens era of maiden or priest, perhaps because it took me a while to actually buy them (although I think I grabbed juggulator when it first came out). Juggulator is a pretty heavy album, but I think it suffers cause its just not Painkiller. And while the Blaze era maiden albums are not Powerslave or Piece of Mind, neither are Fear of the Dark or No Prayer for the Dying. WASP I think were MIA for about 20 years but I actually like there last 2-3 albums they are pretty good, a return towards the 80s sound if a little updated.
I just got that one, 40th anniversary featuring the original master recordings! Love it! I’m hoping for a reissue of Long Live The Loud next 🤞 Cheers my friend
Cool topic Darcy! People didn't like Testament's Souls of Black? That's surprising. I thought it was one of their better albums. Iron Maiden's The X Factor is so overlooked. But it really is a good album. Slayer's Divine Intervention is also overlooked but it's the last truly great album from them before getting back to basics with Christ Illusion.
Testament - 'Low' ('94), Coroner - 'Grin' ('93), Forbidden - 'Distortion' ('94), Motley Crue - self-titled ('94) & Kiss - 'Carnival Of Souls' ('97) are all underrated albums that are better than most remember. I always felt 'Divine Intervention' was the last great Slayer album. And while I checked out with Kreator in 1990 after 'Coma Of Souls', I respect their experimental 90's era & those albums up to 'Endorama' as they are far more original & interesting than anything they've done since 2000, which is a diluted version of the Gothenburg style. They are now followers, not leaders. 'Cause For Conflict' I would also recommend to earlier Kreator fans & 'Outcast' I would recommend to fans of their later work.
I remember the ‘94 Mötley album dividing fans, truth be told I’ve always loved it! I hope they reissue it & give it the attention it deserves. Thanks for watching & commenting 🤘 Cheers from Canada
Hi Darcy!!! it's a good excersize to revisit after a while some albums that initially left a sour taste and in some cases after a few years they end growing on you.... i still have mixed feeling with "X-Factor", it's not a good one, but loved when Bruce sing some of those songs. I have the first live album with Ripper, it's a good one, but i guess the band was trying to hard to probe their metal legacy..... on the other hand i still have to listen to that Slayer, W.A.S.P. and Kreator albums. cheers and be well
I’m happy I can help take your mind off things for a few minutes a week, I don’t wish a rough time on anyone! I’m hanging out with Marty and Alan tomorrow night, hope you can stop by 🤘 Take care ~ Darcy
Hell yeah, my first teatament was Souls of Black and that intronand face in the sky was a burner for me. Always loved the X Factor. Need to give Jugulator a go for sure. I liked the KFD album alot yeah bits of industrial or whatever but with amazing Blackie vocals. The other 2 albums that arent popular thatvI love are Testament the Ritual and Exodus Force of Habit ( geez the leads on that album)
It’s funny you bring up Force Of Habit, I had that on a couple weeks ago and it’s a lot better then I remember. It’s a little long and the cover songs don’t do that album any favours but if you dig deep, there’s some great songs, and like you said some great leads. Thanks for taking the time to hang out with me, always appreciated 🤘 Stay Heavy ~ Darcy
Cool video Darcy. ENDORAMA and JUGULATOR i also didnt like them when they came out but now i like them a lot more. The rest i liked straight away but i was shocked by KFD.
I think a lot of people didn’t see KFD coming haha. I know your a U.D.O. fan, the new album is great! So awesome to have Udo & Peter back together again! Hope all good with you brother 🤘
I have listened to all of those bands since my school years, still listen to them today. Most of those albums I bought when they first came out and still have them on cassette. My top album out of those is KFD by WASP love that entire album and still pound it today. I was not a big fan of Jugulator I only liked half the songs on the album, like Burn in Hell, Death row, 2 kick ass songs. Iron Maiden the X-factor I was disappointed only liked a couple of tunes, The sign of the cross and Edge of Darkness. I really like Virtual 11 with Blaze Bailey, way better I think that is an under rated album and still listen to it. Motley Crue I could care less about, lost interest with them after Girls,Girls,Girls. Shout at the Devil was their best album. I also lost interest with Slayer after Divine Intervention came out, I do like this alum and still listen to it. Best Slayer album Hell Awaits. I do like Testament, but they were a hit and miss band for me. Favorite albums, The New Order and The Legacy. Kreator I never heard until highschool when I got into thrash and death metal. Love Kreator from Germany, Coma of Souls great album.
Shout At The Devil will always be my favourite Crüe album! I’m big fan of Coma Of Souls too, Material World Paranoiiiaaaaaa. Thanks for watching 🤘 Hail To The Hordes
I can appreciate the different eras of my favorite bands. Sometimes you just need to disconnect your brain from the band logo on the cover and just listen to the music without bias. Kiss: The Elder and Black Sabbath: Tyr are 2 that come to mind immediately. Great albums that are under appreciated by their fanbase. Great video Darcy!
Souls Of Black and Divine Intervention grew on me also over the years. I´m not too sure about that W.A.S.P. album, I like the versions of the songs they did on the Double Live Assassins CD. I haven´t heard the album in ages, maybe I should try it out again. The stylistic change on Endorama was expected here in Germany as they supported Paradise Lost on the Outcast tour. When the Endorama came out everybody was like "Hah! I knew it" hahahaha.....
I was never into any of that industrial sounding stuff like Marilyn Manson, so it took me a long time find out KFD is a good album! New U.D.O. & Vandenberg out today, going to be a good day 🤘 Cheers G
99.9% of the time, I never trust anyone or any music that has to grow on you. That's just you finally giving in and saying it's good when you know that it absolutely sucks. Fat fold juice! Factor is an absolutely horrific album. Even Steve Harris said so! He said he had writers blocked. He had no creativity at the time. And that's right from the source dude!
I actually really liked the Jugulater album when it first came out. Tim was a great replacement for Rob. Although I didn't really care for the Demolition album. But I've always really liked Tim's vocals which ever group he is in. And I also really liked Endorama album when it was first released. It was definitely different but it was still really good. Also Outcast and Cause For Conflict was really good in opinion for being in the 90's. Never cared for the X factor album. I was one of those people that really couldn't get passed Bruce Dickinson leaving. Verygood video Darcy take care brother. 🤘🍺
Glad to hear you like Endorama, Outcast is another one that has gotten better over the years, Cause For Conflict not so much lol. The two Iced Earth albums Ripper was on are both good too! Thanks brother 🤘
Cool video Darcy! Always liked Souls of Black. Not their best but still solid IMO. Jugulator has not aged well for me. I like Owens; he's not the problem. X-Factor is kinda cool, definitely has its moments. Really dig that WASP album. the '90s elements' never bothered me, which is kinda strange b/c that industrial vibe usually is a turn off for me.
I’m not much for industrial period, there is not as much of that on KFD as it’s made out to be! I’m just making a little supper, I’ll see you in about 90 mins 🤘
It’s a great song! I’m not the biggest covers guy but Somebody To Love has grown on me too over the years. Thanks for for watching, hope you stop by again 🤘 Stay Heavy ~ Darcy
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 You've given me a reason to give some alternate albums (specifically motley's non Vince Neil album) a try. Thanks for that.
I used to like some of these when I started out. Nowadays though, when i try to listen to them, I wonder what exactly people find in them, cos they're quite bad. 2.5 if i had to rank all of them
Exciter rules haha! I’ll tell you Mark I am just happy Iron Maiden at least acknowledges that era of the band, Priest need to get their heads out of their asses and acknowledge the Ripper years!
KFD is so good! It's awesome🤟🤟 I bought the double live album, Double Live Assassins in the late 90's, and that's how I was introduced to that album's songs. I was blown away! This was WASP's last Hurrah🎉
Hi Darcy What a nice Video! Iron Maiden......The X Factor Album....... Musically a Masterpeace Vocally: No comment! 😮 Have a nice day and greetings, Heiko
I didn’t feel quite that way, but I did feel it was a step backwards. They should of stuck with Alex Perialas producing, those first 3 albums are gold! Thanks for taking the time to hang out with me, always appreciated 🤘 Cheers from Canada
Souls of black excellent, the x factor (iron maiden is my favorite band)is a 0/10,sorry,jugulator lets say Just good,and i have to say the fight's war of words is a very good album, slayer divine,just fair maybe 4/10,ALL wasp albums awesome,and endorama is GOOOOOOD!!!!!,and you are right,it Takes time to appreciate some albums or bands,it happened to me With what is today my third favorite band....Therion,their best albums up to secret of the runes, from that and before all the albums 10/10,and i remember it took me Almost a life to realize they were great,from 2000 till now,they suck big time....wait to see your nect video Darcy
Love Souls of Black. Had it and 'Practice' on opposite sides of a blank cassette back in high school. Never got that hate for it. Liked it since the first time I've heard it. Still can't get into X-Factor. It just offers me nothing. Man on the Edge is the only song I like off it. And I agree about Blaze. I never thought his voice truly FIT. He always sounded like he wasn't quite THERE with the vocals. Like he was oddly off key or something. It's hard to explain. Love Jugulator. Only song I don't like is 'Abductors'.. But I think the album is killer overall. At least with Priest they got a guy that can emulate their former singer, unlike Maiden and the "in between" Blaze. I haven't heard KFD in years. I barely remember it. I don't remember not liking it, but just don't remember it. And yeah, there ARE some albums that go the other way. 'Adrenalize' is one that comes to mind immediately. Used to love it back in High School when it was new but now it's just too poppy for me. And I like metal with some pop in it but that one aside from 'Personal Property', 'Tear it Down', and maybe 'Let's Get Rocked' is just blah. That album was the true beginning of their decline into pop ballad obscurity.
I couldn’t agree more with you in regards to Def Leppard, the key to that band was Steve Clark. They’ve never recovered after he passed away, he was the creative force! Thanks for watching 🤘 Take care ~ Darcy
I also like me some "Divine Intervention which I consider the last good Slayer album but It will always rank 6th in the discography. Also, WASP's KFD is in my Top 4 in the discography, such a dark and brutal album.
I would love to see KFD reissued on vinyl & cd, it’s not easy to get anymore and people need to hear it again! The first 6 Slayer albums is where it’s at for me!
Good to hear your thoughts on these albums Darcy. And glad you have some more positive thoughts on the albums now. The Testament, Priest and Maiden are all very good and have always been undervalued, I guess because of the time they were released and the decline in popularity in metal in general. The wasp is decent, not their best but something a bit different from them.
W.A.S.P. - KFD is a great album and very dark…. And hard to find. The X Factor is a great album very different than the classic but is great album. Jugulator I love this album and the best work of Tim Owen In his discography.
Great video Darcy! I totally get that with some of these albums, they came out in the period where this music wasn't doing very well. I guess it depends if you were there at the time, luckily I wasn't there at the time so I look more fondly on some of these. Souls of Black I've always felt is so underrated, yeah the production isn't great but the guitar tone is really cool! Love the guitar solos on it too. I haven't listened to either Blaze Maiden albums, I really should! Divine intervention is awesome, I picked it up earlier in the year I really love it! 90's Kreator I know is very hit or miss, Coma of Souls from 1990 is fantastic, then they went down their experimental path. Nice one man 😊🤘🏻
Souls of Black and Divine Intervention are great Thrash albums. I bought them when they were released and still love them. Of course Souls of Black is much better than Divine Intervention.
It’s nice that your of that age that you picked up lots of these when they were released. I remember many times that I was waiting for the record store to open on release day, I was always so excited!
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 On the contrary, I bet you got them first because you're in Canada and I was (and still am) in a small city in Turkey. My cue to buy was either seeing the first MV of the album on a weekly rock show on TV or a one or two pages of Rock news in a Pop Magazine. I remember having seen "Smell like Teen Spirits" on TV for the first time and was so excited and repeatedly went to the record store and asked "Has the album come yet?" . I don't remember if it was one week or a couple of weeks until it was on the shelves. Finally when it came and I bought it in cassette, the record store owner a gave me a free poster of Nirvana, which I think was a promotional poster that the distributer had send to record shop.
This is great. Love the theme of this. And I def was able to guess a few of these as you were talking about them. Souls of black gets shit on, production thin, songs huge. X factor I need to spin again. I know it’s better than virtual XI. Jugulator is great, love ripper he does a great job.and man the slayer I remembered it being pretty low on your ranking, but so glad you’ve come around!! It’s right there with the classics for me too. Great angry heavy record. Glad you got that on vinyl too! Keep these coming brother, stay Kreator.🤟🤟
Never got into WASP. I love that Slayer DI album, it’s up there for me. Testament souls of black , I was listening to that album today 😂 Kreator Endorama I still have a hard time with it. Killer stuff Darcy, cheers dude.
I thought everyone owned WASP’s debut album lol. Some great riffs on Souls Of Black, Face In The Sky & Malpractice two of my favourite tracks! Thanks as always 🤘 Keep flying that Metal flag out east
On my radio show i tend to go back through a bands Catalogue and play songs that arn't "classic" songs you don't hear played live there are some albums with awesome songs, the Ripper era with Priest & Dio era with Sabbath i play these more. It's a shame most bands with big Catalogue's don't change it up and just play the same old setlist with a couple of new songs. ( that Exciter album in the background it my fav can't wait to see them in Australia in 2024). As always great reviews :)
Oh man I should of cranked up Iron Dogs lol, my favourite track … ahh shit the whole album it great! So cool you get to see Exciter next year! Thanks as always 🤘 Long Live The Loud
Gladly Blaze does his IM era songs with Absolva (can be found here, so be sure to check 'em out! You'll thank me, folks). So f*cking great! \,,/ 'Souls of Black' is the most blood-hungry Testament album.And I'll almost say that to the Slayer one... 'Divine Intervention'... eh... slays! 'Endorama' also kinda slays; a good cold war style stuff (even though not done during the cold war [yet 'Renewal' is way darker at that!]).
I bought maidens x factor when released , and i thought that is very different from normal maiden stuff , but very good.songs like sign of the cross , blood on the world's hands , edge of darkness and 2a.m. are among my favourites.for me priests jugulator is terrible , only cathedral spires is good ,and maybe priest back then tried to sound like pantera.wasp kfd was also a disappointment , only title track and my tortured eyes is interesting to me , and i think that wasp tried to sound more modern, like Marilyn Manson who was big star back then.very good video , keep on rocking!!!
I know that’s what Halford was going for with Fight, more groove orientated! So many we’re trying to jump on the Pantera train back then. My oldest son loved Marilyn Mason, so I knew to stay clear 😂
I've been doing this quite a bit recently. I tried and tried with WASP after 92. And even 92 I don't revisit much at all. I can't stand that KFD album 😂 You should try Ministry The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste. You might like it. I don't even think bands expect fans to like everything so I'm fine picking and choosing. I'll certainly not win any loyalty awards 😂. I was let down by Souls of Black at the time. It just sounded like Practice extras. Face in the Sky never fails to get me going tho. It took a few months but I ended up accepting it. Whereas The Ritual can just f.... right off. I sold it and Demonic.
See & I don’t mind The Ritual! I hope you still have your copy of The Gathering, I think it’s the perfect sweet spot of new and old Testament. I hope they losen things up on the next album, somehow I doubt they will! Enjoy your trip mate 🤘
K.F.D. is one hell of a great album IMO! I was frustrated about the industrial aspect, but I find the songs very strong and memorable. I was at the second show case they did before the release when Blackie wore not much on stage and "raped" the half-rubber nun on stage. I was in the front row and I still am shocked more than 25 years later. Mission accomplished, I guess :)
Honestly all it needs is a good remix & you got an even better album, the classic W.A.S.P. sound is there! People give up too fast on that album. Thanks for watching 🤘 Cheers from Canada
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493Absolutely! The Double Live Assassins from the '98 tour is a good chance for those people as the live versions are far more classic W.A.S.P.
I always liked Divine Intervention, X Factor and Jugulator. Not my faves from the bands, but still good albums. Sadly I wouldn't say the same about Endorama and KFD. Cheers mate! 🍺
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 I will spin it too in your honor man :) Actually the last Kreator album that I worship is Coma of Souls. Violent Revolution and Enemy of God I find good.
Great topic! Wow, I also saw bands touring for several of these albums. Jugulator, X-Factor, and KFD. All at small clubs. A weird time for metal in general. Ripper with JP was probably my favorite show. Really cool. Still not a fan of X-Factor. Jugulator has slowly grown on me though. KFD? Ugh! The samurai sword cutting up the pig carcass (fake I assume) bit on stage isn't something you see every day.
I like the unlinked albums. Most of people are wrong about most of things. They tend to listen to all same crap, for years! Like Kiss or AC /DC, tenously playing unchanged sound and style. Not even realizing the best metal bands are Opeth or Haken!
few with me here to relisten bk (though bk then all kinda disappointing)… 1) Hades’ the downside (1999) 2) Forbidden’s green (1996) 3) Cancer’s black faith (1995) … 😅
I’ve never owed Host, I do own One Second & I like that album, Disappear is my favourite track. Thanks for taking the time to watch & comment 🤘 Stay Heavy ~ Darcy
Nice to see x factor and Jugulator getting some love there darcy I personally think those are so criminally underrated looking forward to watching the heavy metallurgy stream over the weekend as well my friend!
I used to hate Black Sabbath's "Never Say Die!", but it really grew on me over the years. Now it's no.10 in my Sabbath top 10. "The X Factor" is a really good album. "Senjutsu", unfortunately, is still on my sh*t list. Why the hell I have every format of this record is a fuggin' mystery to me! 😂
😂 I hear you on the format thing! Actually, another one that I could’ve talked about in this episode is Black Sabbath Technical Ecstasy, I like that album way more than I used to.
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 "Technical Ecstasy" is actually my no.9! If you don't yet have it, I would recomend the Super Deluxe box set. It's full of extras including an album remix, live show and cool poster.
I for one always have liked Souls of Black, strange how that works. The one that grew on me after listening to it more and more was Chameleon by Helloween, its still not in my top 10 by them but I can appreciate it more then at first. I read someone in the comments mention Never say die by Black Sabbath, that's another one I've always liked. Its different that's for sure than the rest of the BS catalogue. I wonder if Rush fans would say something similar about their 80s period. That era seems to get a lot of flack from Rush fans. Cheers Darcy thanks for the videos.
I got into Rush officially in 1982, so I have a lot of love for that era. But to be honest, I have a lot of love for all four decades of their career, I think that’s why I’ve been avoiding ranking their albums 😩 Your always welcome Steve & thank you for tuning in :))
@darcysixstringsninelives3493 my favorite Rush albums are Signals, Moving Pictures, Power Windows and Grace Under Pressure. Never got into 2112 though lol.
I love Testament but SOULS just never clicked with me. I like the title track and the mellow song (is it THE LEGACY...I forget..?) but really nothing else. To me it is easily the worst of the 5 albums from the original lineup. I'm kind of a mainstream guy so it always surprises me that THE RITUAL album always gets crushed in the comments but I LOVE that album. It's basically Testament's BLACK album. For that reason I think it's a really unique record in their discography. I try and try and try to get into Souls but..... other than those two songs I get nothing out of it. Fun fact: Souls Of Black still made Martin Popoff's book of top 500 albums at number 336. Slayer's Divine Intervention made it at 240. Slayer's Divine Intervention is the same thing for me. I rarely complain about production but I disliked the sound and I rarely revisit it. It felt very bland to me. Seems to me that Lombardo is a creative force in Slayer. When he returned for Christ Illusion that was a far and way the best Slayer album post Seasons. I remember lots of people praising it when it came out. A few years later, I see it towards the bottom of the Slayer rank regularly. I don't get that at all. I really don't. I thought Christ Illusion really sounded inspired. For a while there I was calling it my favorite Slayer album. I still listen to that one front to back without skipping ANYTHING on a regular basis. It's probably my go to Slayer album (when I'm not feeling the classics from South through Seasons). All 7 Slayer albums with Dave are excellent but without him, it's just a different band. The four without the original lineup are all very average to me. God Hates Us All is my favorite of those and I never listen to it. No disrespect to Paul (who performed on Testament's great comeback the FORMATION OF DAMNATION) but their was something about the magic of the four original Slayer guys. Christ Illusion and The Ritual are criminally underrated. Great channel, great content, keep it fun, have a nice day.
Divine intervention by Slayer is a great album. It has a lot of seriously underrated songs on it. Underrated by Slayer themselves unfortunately, dittohead is the only song they kept in the live set on later tours.
Believe it or not, the Black album by Metallica had that effect on me! I was so into ....and Justice for all in 90-91, and then the Black album and i was like, what is this? Way too streamlined and commercial for me! It took about four years but it grew on me big time and now i love it!
The X Factor, Divine Intervention and Jugulator are amazing albums that are massively overlooked. Motley's self titled with Corabi on vocals is another one that doesn't get anywhere near the amount of respect it should get. Great video mate
I couldn’t put Mötley Crüe self-titled in this video because I’ve loved it from day one haha. The grown-up Crüe album haha 🍻 Cheers Mr.B
I'll agree especially for the self titled Motley record.
Love all of these
Ahh yeah that Corabi album is good
I agree with all of that. Never the X Factor. It's bad.
I was a senior in high school when Souls Of Black came out. My mother wouldn't buy me a t-shirt of the cover, due to the thorns. But singing the lyrics of The Legacy, drunk with friends at Myrtle Beach in '91 after graduation....this album means the world to me. The Ritual was just as good. Man....what a time!! LOL
Hell yeah those were the days! Totally agree on The Ritual, not a step down, maybe a step sideways in a good way haha. Thanks for commenting & watching 🤘 Cheers from Canada
I bought "The X Factor" the day it came out and hated it. I put it on the shelf for at least a decade, if not more. Hearing Bruce singing some of the songs on live albums made me revisit it. I quite like it now. I haven't listened to "Divine Intervention" since 94 or 95. It's definitely not as bad as "Diabolus in Musica" though. And I've always thought "K.F.D." was pretty good. But I probably only picked it up ten yrs. ago or so. I probably would've hated it in 97.
Don't own any of the others.
Keep up the good work!
I can’t see Diablos In Musica ever moving up the ladder, it actually puts me in a bad mood when I try listening to it 😂
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On an unrelated note that Exciter debut lp in the background is my pick as one of the very best metal albums of the 80's and I still love it now 40 yrs after I bought it. Also out that year around the same month was Born Again Sabbath, Slayer Show No Mercy, Metallica Kill Em All, Saxon Power And The Glory so 83 was a great year and I was only 22 yrs old so looked a hell of a lot better (lol)
I just got that Exciter in the other day, I’ve had it on cd for years, you can’t beat their first 3 albums! I got my first grey hair at 22 years old 🤣 Cheers Robert
One album from 1990 that was underrated is Stryper - Against the law
I’ve never heard it, I’ll check it out! I’m not the biggest Stryper fan but I do enjoy what they’ve been doing the past 10 years, 5 solid albums. Thanks for the recommendation & thanks for watching 🤘 Take care ~ Darcy
Always good to revisit with a new approach and appreciation for some albums that didn’t originally stick. Souls is one of my favs as it was the first Testament I discovered and Divine I have always liked also. KFD is highly sought after for some reason but I think it only has a couple of good tracks on it but I may have to revisit as it’s been a long time since last listening to it🤘
I liked ‘Souls of Black’ from the first time I heard it tbh… it was ‘Ritual’ where they lost me… but I’ve come to enjoy that album nowadays! I’d say it happens to us all yano… that initial underwhelming feeling on first listen with some albums… but as with all great albums… let it slowly sink in & you’ll eventually reap the rewards later on! Nice one Darcy!🤘🏻
I remember you talking about Souls Of Black, timing mate! I know with my glowing skin I look just as young as you do, but I’m not 😂
The Ritual is great album but of course not as good as The Legacy, The New Order or Souls of Black. If you haven't watch my ranking of Testament's albums, now it is the time: ruclips.net/video/yXquzlPhnLY/видео.html
I watched it! I remember how low you put Practice What You Preach & The Gathering, I was very sad lol. Still cool to see how people see it!
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 I didn't have "Practice.." in early '90s. I remember having borrowed it from a classmate, I guess, in 1995. Only thing that stand out back then was the song "The Ballad" and the title song . I didn't get the hype then and still I don't. It is a very good album (as you can see from its score) but not something I would call a classical Testament or a Thrash Metal album.
I love K.F.D by W.A.S.P., heavy, dirty, dark album, i loved it rightaway when it came out. I'm a big W.A.S.P. fan since the beginning.
Great news if your a WASP fan, the pre-orders are up for a vinyl box set called The 7 Savage. Looks like a great set, the scary thing is the price lol. Thanks for watching 🤘 Cheers from Canada
Man, you said it all ! Amen ! Jugulator (Demolition too by the way ;-) ), X Factor and Divine Intervention are definitly great albums. In fact, Divine Intervention is my favourite Slayer album.
Divine Intervention is my fourth favorite Slayer album. I don’t like everything on the album, but Killing Fields, and Divine Intervention are two of my favorite Slayer songs.
I’m like you I don’t love it all but it’s got some great tracks, and has definitely moved up the ladder. Thanks for watching 🤘 Cheers Brian
The X Factor is such a great album overall....I never gave it a chance for so many years after it was released and I wish I would have. It feels like a concept album to me. I'm a Bruce fan all the way but this album with Blaze was excellent!
I’m glad we both gave it a fair shake, but as far as Virtual XI … ahhhh… can I get back to you in another 20 years 😂
Futureal, Clansman and The Educated Fool are killer on Virtual XI
Did you ever check out some of Blaze Bailey's solo stuff? I have a couple of his albums and I liked it. I think that was the problem Blaze had we were all used to
Bruce Dickenson and really didn't give him a chance.
I have his latest album & it’s really good!
Kreator-"Endorama " was a different but good album. Recently i read an interview of the band, talking about this album, they mentioned that that period they wanted to play a sound like this, they had a kind of art need to express. Also they had a dilemma, the album not have the "Kreator " name but to be like a project someway. They decided not to do.
From "Demolition" Judas Priest i like "Bloodsucker" song , and if i am not wrong from" Unholy Terror"-Wasp ,the "Charisma" song, it's a great one!
Jugulator is probably my favorite priest album. I also like divine intervention, endorama and souls of black
Kreator (along with Testament) are in my big 4 and Endorama is really great. When I first heard it over 20 years ago wasn't sure what to make of it but it grew on me and it's maybe top 5 maybe of theirs. If you wanna check out more goth metal check out Sentenced their later albums they were from Finland. I did a video on Endorama and Sentenced both. I think also Cause for Conflict is a bit underrated too maybe Kreator's least popular album.
I've always like KFD but I never heard it when it came out so went in with an open mind. I enjoy the industrial sound in it. Always good to revisit albums that don't click at first.
Unholy Terror is another fine WASP album to check out if you haven’t already! Scream if you like it!! Thanks as always Andy 🤘
I am just another guy who used to hate Endorama back in the day, but man this album grew on me about 10 years ago and turned to be one of my fave Kreator albums of all time. And you're absolutely right, this album was hugely influenced by the mid 90's Paradise Lost and older goth bands like Sisters of Mercy. Tyranny is an awesome song to end this great underrated record!
Without bullshitting you, it’s probably one of my most listened to albums of the past 2 years! Tyranny is awesome!
Endorama is One of my fav too....tx to Tommy of Coroner....hated by many fans of Kreator that want Pleasure to Kill 1 2 3 4 5 and so on....
This definitely happens to all of us I'm sure. Something dissapointing initially but grows on you over the years. I've still yet to hear the Blaze albums from Maiden in full. I will definitely pick them up, essential to have. The 90's were the strangest time for me musically, I've touched on it before being a painful and difficult experience and eventually I replaced music with video games.
Good that when you go back to something you can feel a whole lot different about it.
It’s Maiden, you got to have them lol. I’ll kidding aside there are some great tracks on both of the Blaze albums. I don’t have the patience for those video games, yelling at my TV just isn’t my thing 😂 Cheers Bev
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 oh I don’t yell at the TV when playing them… 😉
To me souls of black is the best testament ever sounded, killer from start to finish. Blows my mind people didnt like it.
Their most biting album. Totally overlooked!
The title track is amazing
KIllers by Iron Maiden. When I first heard it, I didn't like the production, and I couldn't really get into Paul Di Anno's vocals. To me, it all sounded a bit rough, so I put it in my cassette case and forgot all about it. Fast forward a few years later, I was just sitting around at the house when I was digging through my case looking for something to listen to. I dug that one out, thinking to myself I haven't heard it in quite awhile and figured I'd give it a quick listen. So I threw it in the deck and for whatever reason it just clicked, and now it's one of my favorite Iron Maiden albums...
I’m glad to hear Killers finally clicked for you, it’s always been my #3 favourite Iron Maiden album, for years. Thanks for the great comment & thanks for watching 🤘 Take care ~ Darcy
I abandoned Maiden before Somewhere in Time. Then returned at Brave New World. I would of hated every Maiden release until B.N.W. but since I collected the rest of the Albums "backwards" I appreciate it ALL.
I abandonned them totally after somewhere and never came back .killers is their Last wonderful album
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41 now, loved darkthrone since i was 16, remember being so excited for ravishing grimness, then it came out and i've never been so disappointed by an album. especially since they continued down a similar path for a while after that, i kinda lost interest for a time. only later realised i'd missed out on some classics. now in 2023 they've never been better. and ravishing grimness has been one of my favourites for years. lesson learnt: darkthrone is always good and if you don't think that's true then you're wrong.
It’s crazy to think that some of these older bands are still putting out such great albums. I don’t know Darkthrone very well, if you could give me a couple recommendations to check out that would cool ty. I wish I was still 41, these old(er) bones need time to kick in every morning haha. Thanks for watching 🤘 Stay Heavy ~ Darcy
I was at that show in Dallas. It was Judas Priest, Megadeth, and Testament. The show sold me on Souls of Black, and Painkiller.
Three of my favourite bands in one show I bet you that was awesome! Thanks for watching 🤘 Stay Heavy Duty
People can say what they want about Souls of Black but it has to be one of the best album covers of all time 🤟🇮🇪
Absolutely! I love that album cover 🤘
Death Angel-Frolic Through the Park is one of those albums for me. I didn't like it then, but really enjoy it now. Anthrax - Fistful of Metal, hated Neil's vocals at the time but I've learned to enjoy them as my love for 80s speed metal grew over the last couple years. Metallica - Black album, hated it and their new fanbase when it came out, 20 years later it sounds like the natural progression of the band, and the songs are good. Megadeth- Super Collider, lots of catchy, well written choruses. Raven-The Pack is Back. Disliked it then, but really enjoy it now. Very catchy songs and better then JP's Turbo.
I’ve always been a fan of Turbo, I think my first girlfriend, that wasn’t imaginary, softened me up in ‘86 🤣 Frolic Through The Park is another one I appreciate more than I used to!
Maiden are my favourite band and X Factor has grown on me big time. Always loved Endorama and Souls of Black. Personally Practice What You Preach is one of my least favourite testament albums but title track is one of my fav songs by them. Ive bought Divine Intervention twice and sold it twice, just cant get into it, unmemorable for me.
Like I said, timing has so much to do with it! I had 2 albums that never left my vehicle in 1989, one was Testament Practice What You Preach & Faith No More The Real Thing, those combined with what was going on in my life at the time was a pretty good combination! Third times the charm with Divine Intervention 😉
Sometimes the best albums are the ones you have to listen to over and over for it to click with you. Once it does, you’ll love those albums forever.
I was surprised to not see St.Anger mentioned. 😂 or Load/Reload (I know those albums get a bad rap but there’s some good songs between those 2 albums).
Truth be told I have no problem with Load, it’s got some great songs! There’s been no growth in 20 years with St.Anger 😂
That happened me with Uriah heep album demons and wizards everyone has it ranked at the top and I didn't get it at all until I listened a few times with breaks in between and now I think it's a magical album, not metal but just in relation to your point.
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Hero of the Day is one of my all time favourite Metallica songs.
Priest were the first metal band that I got into, in the mid 70s. I have the Ripper albums but can't remember when I last played them (that will change today!)
Incidentally, you mentioned the cost of the Megadeth/Testament gig in the 90s. I saw Iron Maiden, supporting Priest in 1979. Cost me £2.50!
£2.50 wow, that’s like $4.30 Canadian, well those days are long gone hey lol. It’s always cool to revisit albums that you haven’t listened to in a long time! Thanks for the awesome comment & thanks for watching 🤘 Stay Heavy Duty ~ Darcy
I’ve never had a problem with Souls of Black. It’s actually a Top 5 Testament album for me. If anything, Practice What You Preach needs a full on remix across the board. The album sounds waaaayyy to “thin” and wrecks the vibe for me. It’s a good album, but could’ve been absolutely more aggressive with the full out bottom end significantly cranked up.
You need to get Edguy's albums Mandrake and Hellfire Club and Hammerfall's Legacy of Kings if you don't have them!
I have a few Hammerfall albums, but I don’t have that one. Edguy is still on my list!
All for this comment
Endorama is so good because Tommy Vetterli (Kreators' lead guitarist at the time-Outcast too) co-wrote half of the album. Nobody who talks about this album seems to know this or who he is.Thomas Vetterili AKA TOMMY T. BARON! Now go check out his real band CORONER.What a treat for all of you that don't know them!.........
I should of mentioned Tommy in the video, I really enjoy both albums he was on. I was told Outcast was bottom of barrel too, but that’s another one that has really grown on me! Thanks for watching 🤘 Take care ~ Darcy
Hi Darcy! Saw Testament in the same year on The Clash o/t Titans tour with Suicidal, Megadeth and Slayer. I always thought Souls of Black wasn’t as strong as the first 2..still do except 3 tracks. Even Practice is not my favorite,but better than Souls.
I know Practice also has a thinner production, but it hit at the perfect time in my life, 1989 was a good year for Papa6Srings lol. Hope all it good your way 🤘 Cheers Mark
Excellent video, as always Darcy. Some of these Ive still not listened to, due to the bad reviews for back in the day. Maybe I should try out that Kreator album.... 🍻🤘
Tossing CDs. If I can’t name two songs on it - segregated.
Listen to fist three songs. Keep or toss. Feels good fine tuning my collection.
You’ve got a trim the fat once in a while haha!
F yeah, Devine Intervention is such an underrated album
I can’t argue that haha! Thanks for watching 🤘 Cheers from Canada
Interesting topic Darcy. I remember hating The X Factor when it first came out. Didn't pull it out again for a spin until many years later and I was shocked how good it was. Hell, i even like Virtual XI. Futureal is an awesome track. Cheers!
New U.D.O. today … enough said lol. Have a great weekend my friend 🤘
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 Yes, waiting for my copy to arrive. Ah, the awful wait!
@speedking4951 🤣
I was a maiden fan until 1983 when I saw Saxon totally blow them off the stage. So underwhelmed with Maiden on that tour. Since then, when people say Iron Maiden, I say Saxon.
I love Saxon too, I’d say they’re discography is often overlooked, so many great albums! They definitely need to be mentioned with the likes of Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. Thanks for commenting & thanks for watching 🤘 Stay Heavy ~ Darcy
You met your future kids in the 90s?! Just kidding :D I quite like 'The X Factor', and Blaze is the highlight for me, but there are a couple of bad songs on the album for sure. Blaze's solo material is fantastic. I always liked the two Ripper albums, and I think it's a sham3 that the band has kind of disowned them. Cool video.
Great video (as always) 🙂 I know this question is off-topic Can you do a ranking episode of Disturbed albums? I don't know if you listen to their music, but if you do, I'd be very grateful for that. Och...And greetings for Poland! 🙂🖐️
The X factor is a underrated album, blaze did a good job on the album , unfortunately to try to take over from Bruce was a hard act to follow for any singer.
Sign of the cross the best 1990s maiden song for me.
Cheers!
Very good album.
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Yes a very good album.
And although it not a popular opinion I think virtual Xl is not as bad as people make out.
Cheers!
@@Paul01191 Hi! Yes, I absolutely agree with you.
Coming out of the 80s, I think the early - mid 90s killed a lot of metal acts and those that survived took a long time to recover. That said, I'm not a hater of the blaze bailey or ripper owens era of maiden or priest, perhaps because it took me a while to actually buy them (although I think I grabbed juggulator when it first came out). Juggulator is a pretty heavy album, but I think it suffers cause its just not Painkiller. And while the Blaze era maiden albums are not Powerslave or Piece of Mind, neither are Fear of the Dark or No Prayer for the Dying. WASP I think were MIA for about 20 years but I actually like there last 2-3 albums they are pretty good, a return towards the 80s sound if a little updated.
Nice to see Heavy Metal Maniac in the background my man! 😃👍🤘
I just got that one, 40th anniversary featuring the original master recordings! Love it! I’m hoping for a reissue of Long Live The Loud next 🤞 Cheers my friend
Jugulator is legit the only Priest album I enjoy front to back
Cool topic Darcy! People didn't like Testament's Souls of Black? That's surprising. I thought it was one of their better albums. Iron Maiden's The X Factor is so overlooked. But it really is a good album. Slayer's Divine Intervention is also overlooked but it's the last truly great album from them before getting back to basics with Christ Illusion.
You’re not the first one to say that about Christ Illusion, I need revisit that one next 🤘 Thanks Tony
Testament - 'Low' ('94), Coroner - 'Grin' ('93), Forbidden - 'Distortion' ('94), Motley Crue - self-titled ('94) & Kiss - 'Carnival Of Souls' ('97) are all underrated albums that are better than most remember. I always felt 'Divine Intervention' was the last great Slayer album. And while I checked out with Kreator in 1990 after 'Coma Of Souls', I respect their experimental 90's era & those albums up to 'Endorama' as they are far more original & interesting than anything they've done since 2000, which is a diluted version of the Gothenburg style. They are now followers, not leaders. 'Cause For Conflict' I would also recommend to earlier Kreator fans & 'Outcast' I would recommend to fans of their later work.
I remember the ‘94 Mötley album dividing fans, truth be told I’ve always loved it! I hope they reissue it & give it the attention it deserves. Thanks for watching & commenting 🤘 Cheers from Canada
Grin is a Masterpiece.....First it disappointed me....than become like drug in vein.... fantastic album....some Coroner fans don t appreciate..
Hi Darcy!!! it's a good excersize to revisit after a while some albums that initially left a sour taste and in some cases after a few years they end growing on you.... i still have mixed feeling with "X-Factor", it's not a good one, but loved when Bruce sing some of those songs. I have the first live album with Ripper, it's a good one, but i guess the band was trying to hard to probe their metal legacy..... on the other hand i still have to listen to that Slayer, W.A.S.P. and Kreator albums. cheers and be well
Hey Darcy just want to say thanks for all the videos. Having a rough time but you and Mr. Worm keep me sane ❤
I’m happy I can help take your mind off things for a few minutes a week, I don’t wish a rough time on anyone! I’m hanging out with Marty and Alan tomorrow night, hope you can stop by 🤘 Take care ~ Darcy
Nice informative video, it reacquainted me with these Albums, some I have not listened to, though not interested on all of them. Good stuff. Thanks!
Hell yeah, my first teatament was Souls of Black and that intronand face in the sky was a burner for me. Always loved the X Factor. Need to give Jugulator a go for sure. I liked the KFD album alot yeah bits of industrial or whatever but with amazing Blackie vocals. The other 2 albums that arent popular thatvI love are Testament the Ritual and Exodus Force of Habit ( geez the leads on that album)
It’s funny you bring up Force Of Habit, I had that on a couple weeks ago and it’s a lot better then I remember. It’s a little long and the cover songs don’t do that album any favours but if you dig deep, there’s some great songs, and like you said some great leads. Thanks for taking the time to hang out with me, always appreciated 🤘 Stay Heavy ~ Darcy
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 yeah man, metal on!
Cool video Darcy. ENDORAMA and JUGULATOR i also didnt like them when they came out but now i like them a lot more. The rest i liked straight away but i was shocked by KFD.
I think a lot of people didn’t see KFD coming haha. I know your a U.D.O. fan, the new album is great! So awesome to have Udo & Peter back together again! Hope all good with you brother 🤘
I have listened to all of those bands since my school years, still listen to them today. Most of those albums I bought when they first came out and still have them on cassette. My top album out of those is KFD by WASP love that entire album and still pound it today. I was not a big fan of Jugulator I only liked half the songs on the album, like Burn in Hell, Death row, 2 kick ass songs. Iron Maiden the X-factor I was disappointed only liked a couple of tunes, The sign of the cross and Edge of Darkness. I really like Virtual 11 with Blaze Bailey, way better I think that is an under rated album and still listen to it. Motley Crue I could care less about, lost interest with them after Girls,Girls,Girls. Shout at the Devil was their best album. I also lost interest with Slayer after Divine Intervention came out, I do like this alum and still listen to it. Best Slayer album Hell Awaits. I do like Testament, but they were a hit and miss band for me. Favorite albums, The New Order and The Legacy. Kreator I never heard until highschool when I got into thrash and death metal. Love Kreator from Germany, Coma of Souls great album.
Shout At The Devil will always be my favourite Crüe album! I’m big fan of Coma Of Souls too, Material World Paranoiiiaaaaaa. Thanks for watching 🤘 Hail To The Hordes
I can appreciate the different eras of my favorite bands. Sometimes you just need to disconnect your brain from the band logo on the cover and just listen to the music without bias. Kiss: The Elder and Black Sabbath: Tyr are 2 that come to mind immediately. Great albums that are under appreciated by their fanbase. Great video Darcy!
The Elder is actually my favorite album from kiss.
@@williamjamesayers7719 It really is a great album, Dark Light, Only You and Mr. Blackwell are excellent tracks!
X-Factor is my second favorite Iron Maiden album.
Souls Of Black and Divine Intervention grew on me also over the years. I´m not too sure about that W.A.S.P. album, I like the versions of the songs they did on the Double Live Assassins CD. I haven´t heard the album in ages, maybe I should try it out again. The stylistic change on Endorama was expected here in Germany as they supported Paradise Lost on the Outcast tour. When the Endorama came out everybody was like "Hah! I knew it" hahahaha.....
I think even you have come around a little bit on Endorama? Have you bought the vinyl yet? I bet you have haha
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 Got me, indeed I have, hahaha....
YYEEAHH!!!! ENDORAMA,man! I have been defending this album for years! Granted,this is certainly not their strongest album but it has it's charm!
You’re one of the reasons I kept at it brother 👊
Absolutely agree all those albums grew on me too. Although I always liked Spuls of Black and KFD when they came out! Great video Darcy!
I was never into any of that industrial sounding stuff like Marilyn Manson, so it took me a long time find out KFD is a good album! New U.D.O. & Vandenberg out today, going to be a good day 🤘 Cheers G
99.9% of the time, I never trust anyone or any music that has to grow on you. That's just you finally giving in and saying it's good when you know that it absolutely sucks. Fat fold juice! Factor is an absolutely horrific album. Even Steve Harris said so! He said he had writers blocked. He had no creativity at the time. And that's right from the source dude!
I actually really liked the Jugulater album when it first came out. Tim was a great replacement for Rob. Although I didn't really care for the Demolition album. But I've always really liked Tim's vocals which ever group he is in. And I also really liked Endorama album when it was first released. It was definitely different but it was still really good. Also Outcast and Cause For Conflict was really good in opinion for being in the 90's.
Never cared for the X factor album. I was one of those people that really couldn't get passed Bruce Dickinson leaving. Verygood video Darcy take care brother. 🤘🍺
Glad to hear you like Endorama, Outcast is another one that has gotten better over the years, Cause For Conflict not so much lol. The two Iced Earth albums Ripper was on are both good too! Thanks brother 🤘
Cool video Darcy!
Always liked Souls of Black. Not their best but still solid IMO.
Jugulator has not aged well for me. I like Owens; he's not the problem.
X-Factor is kinda cool, definitely has its moments.
Really dig that WASP album. the '90s elements' never bothered me, which is kinda strange b/c that industrial vibe usually is a turn off for me.
I’m not much for industrial period, there is not as much of that on KFD as it’s made out to be! I’m just making a little supper, I’ll see you in about 90 mins 🤘
The W.A.S.P. song Black Forever from still not black enough is a 90s classic.
It’s a great song! I’m not the biggest covers guy but Somebody To Love has grown on me too over the years. Thanks for for watching, hope you stop by again 🤘 Stay Heavy ~ Darcy
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 You've given me a reason to give some alternate albums (specifically motley's non Vince Neil album) a try. Thanks for that.
I used to like some of these when I started out. Nowadays though, when i try to listen to them, I wonder what exactly people find in them, cos they're quite bad. 2.5 if i had to rank all of them
Divine intervention great songs bad production but i still love it one of the first Slayer albums i heard.
Exciter playing !! Fuck ya. Saw Priest live twice with Ripper. Was killer. Saw maiden with Blaze. Blaze is awesome. Maiden did not appreciate him!!
Exciter rules haha! I’ll tell you Mark I am just happy Iron Maiden at least acknowledges that era of the band, Priest need to get their heads out of their asses and acknowledge the Ripper years!
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 agreed!
KFD is so good! It's awesome🤟🤟
I bought the double live album, Double Live Assassins in the late 90's, and that's how I was introduced to that album's songs. I was blown away! This was WASP's last Hurrah🎉
Hi Darcy What a nice Video!
Iron Maiden......The X Factor Album....... Musically a Masterpeace Vocally: No comment! 😮
Have a nice day and greetings, Heiko
I love when Bruce sings those songs live, especially The Clansman. Thanks as always 🤘 Cheers to you Heiko
Souls, I remember buying this when it came out. It was so different to the three previous studio albums. They destroyed the guitar sound.
I didn’t feel quite that way, but I did feel it was a step backwards. They should of stuck with Alex Perialas producing, those first 3 albums are gold! Thanks for taking the time to hang out with me, always appreciated 🤘 Cheers from Canada
The natural humbucker sound was pushed right back and sounded so diluted.@@darcysixstringsninelives3493
Souls of black excellent, the x factor (iron maiden is my favorite band)is a 0/10,sorry,jugulator lets say Just good,and i have to say the fight's war of words is a very good album, slayer divine,just fair maybe 4/10,ALL wasp albums awesome,and endorama is GOOOOOOD!!!!!,and you are right,it Takes time to appreciate some albums or bands,it happened to me With what is today my third favorite band....Therion,their best albums up to secret of the runes, from that and before all the albums 10/10,and i remember it took me Almost a life to realize they were great,from 2000 till now,they suck big time....wait to see your nect video Darcy
Love Souls of Black. Had it and 'Practice' on opposite sides of a blank cassette back in high school. Never got that hate for it. Liked it since the first time I've heard it.
Still can't get into X-Factor. It just offers me nothing. Man on the Edge is the only song I like off it. And I agree about Blaze. I never thought his voice truly FIT. He always sounded like he wasn't quite THERE with the vocals. Like he was oddly off key or something. It's hard to explain.
Love Jugulator. Only song I don't like is 'Abductors'.. But I think the album is killer overall. At least with Priest they got a guy that can emulate their former singer, unlike Maiden and the "in between" Blaze.
I haven't heard KFD in years. I barely remember it. I don't remember not liking it, but just don't remember it.
And yeah, there ARE some albums that go the other way. 'Adrenalize' is one that comes to mind immediately. Used to love it back in High School when it was new but now it's just too poppy for me. And I like metal with some pop in it but that one aside from 'Personal Property', 'Tear it Down', and maybe 'Let's Get Rocked' is just blah. That album was the true beginning of their decline into pop ballad obscurity.
I couldn’t agree more with you in regards to Def Leppard, the key to that band was Steve Clark. They’ve never recovered after he passed away, he was the creative force! Thanks for watching 🤘 Take care ~ Darcy
I also like me some "Divine Intervention which I consider the last good Slayer album but It will always rank 6th in the discography. Also, WASP's KFD is in my Top 4 in the discography, such a dark and brutal album.
I would love to see KFD reissued on vinyl & cd, it’s not easy to get anymore and people need to hear it again! The first 6 Slayer albums is where it’s at for me!
Good to hear your thoughts on these albums Darcy. And glad you have some more positive thoughts on the albums now. The Testament, Priest and Maiden are all very good and have always been undervalued, I guess because of the time they were released and the decline in popularity in metal in general. The wasp is decent, not their best but something a bit different from them.
W.A.S.P. - KFD is a great album and very dark…. And hard to find. The X Factor is a great album very different than the classic but is great album. Jugulator I love this album and the best work of Tim Owen In his discography.
Hey Pedro 🤘Hope all it good your way :) Tim did a great job on that album! The newest KK’s Priest song Strike Of The Viper is killer!
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 Yes is killer the new song from KK and I pre order the new album and waiting for the USA tour dates … take care 🤘
Great video Darcy! I totally get that with some of these albums, they came out in the period where this music wasn't doing very well. I guess it depends if you were there at the time, luckily I wasn't there at the time so I look more fondly on some of these. Souls of Black I've always felt is so underrated, yeah the production isn't great but the guitar tone is really cool! Love the guitar solos on it too. I haven't listened to either Blaze Maiden albums, I really should! Divine intervention is awesome, I picked it up earlier in the year I really love it! 90's Kreator I know is very hit or miss, Coma of Souls from 1990 is fantastic, then they went down their experimental path. Nice one man 😊🤘🏻
Souls of Black and Divine Intervention are great Thrash albums. I bought them when they were released and still love them. Of course Souls of Black is much better than Divine Intervention.
It’s nice that your of that age that you picked up lots of these when they were released. I remember many times that I was waiting for the record store to open on release day, I was always so excited!
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 On the contrary, I bet you got them first because you're in Canada and I was (and still am) in a small city in Turkey. My cue to buy was either seeing the first MV of the album on a weekly rock show on TV or a one or two pages of Rock news in a Pop Magazine.
I remember having seen "Smell like Teen Spirits" on TV for the first time and was so excited and repeatedly went to the record store and asked "Has the album come yet?" . I don't remember if it was one week or a couple of weeks until it was on the shelves. Finally when it came and I bought it in cassette, the record store owner a gave me a free poster of Nirvana, which I think was a promotional poster that the distributer had send to record shop.
This is great. Love the theme of this. And I def was able to guess a few of these as you were talking about them. Souls of black gets shit on, production thin, songs huge. X factor I need to spin again. I know it’s better than virtual XI. Jugulator is great, love ripper he does a great job.and man the slayer I remembered it being pretty low on your ranking, but so glad you’ve come around!! It’s right there with the classics for me too. Great angry heavy record. Glad you got that on vinyl too! Keep these coming brother, stay Kreator.🤟🤟
Well thanks to your brother I’m decked out in Slayer vinyl for days 👊 Can’t thank you enough :))
Never got into WASP. I love that Slayer DI album, it’s up there for me. Testament souls of black , I was listening to that album today 😂
Kreator Endorama I still have a hard time with it. Killer stuff Darcy, cheers dude.
I thought everyone owned WASP’s debut album lol. Some great riffs on Souls Of Black, Face In The Sky & Malpractice two of my favourite tracks! Thanks as always 🤘 Keep flying that Metal flag out east
I'm new to your channel but I think it's great. Looking forword to the next video.
Thanks for the kind words, always appreciated 🤘 See you in the next one :))
On my radio show i tend to go back through a bands Catalogue and play songs that arn't "classic" songs you don't hear played live there are some albums with awesome songs, the Ripper era with Priest & Dio era with Sabbath i play these more. It's a shame most bands with big Catalogue's don't change it up and just play the same old setlist with a couple of new songs. ( that Exciter album in the background it my fav can't wait to see them in Australia in 2024). As always great reviews :)
Oh man I should of cranked up Iron Dogs lol, my favourite track … ahh shit the whole album it great! So cool you get to see Exciter next year! Thanks as always 🤘 Long Live The Loud
Gladly Blaze does his IM era songs with Absolva (can be found here, so be sure to check 'em out! You'll thank me, folks). So f*cking great! \,,/ 'Souls of Black' is the most blood-hungry Testament album.And I'll almost say that to the Slayer one... 'Divine Intervention'... eh... slays! 'Endorama' also kinda slays; a good cold war style stuff (even though not done during the cold war [yet 'Renewal' is way darker at that!]).
I bought maidens x factor when released , and i thought that is very different from normal maiden stuff , but very good.songs like sign of the cross , blood on the world's hands , edge of darkness and 2a.m. are among my favourites.for me priests jugulator is terrible , only cathedral spires is good ,and maybe priest back then tried to sound like pantera.wasp kfd was also a disappointment , only title track and my tortured eyes is interesting to me , and i think that wasp tried to sound more modern, like Marilyn Manson who was big star back then.very good video , keep on rocking!!!
I know that’s what Halford was going for with Fight, more groove orientated! So many we’re trying to jump on the Pantera train back then. My oldest son loved Marilyn Mason, so I knew to stay clear 😂
I've been doing this quite a bit recently. I tried and tried with WASP after 92. And even 92 I don't revisit much at all. I can't stand that KFD album 😂 You should try Ministry The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste. You might like it. I don't even think bands expect fans to like everything so I'm fine picking and choosing. I'll certainly not win any loyalty awards 😂. I was let down by Souls of Black at the time. It just sounded like Practice extras. Face in the Sky never fails to get me going tho. It took a few months but I ended up accepting it. Whereas The Ritual can just f.... right off. I sold it and Demonic.
See & I don’t mind The Ritual! I hope you still have your copy of The Gathering, I think it’s the perfect sweet spot of new and old Testament. I hope they losen things up on the next album, somehow I doubt they will! Enjoy your trip mate 🤘
How many times did I drive to Saskatoon to buy stuff. OZZMOSIS & the special edition of Get a Grip
Those Saskatoon trips were the best 🤘
Hey Darcy. Hope you’re doing well. Hope Shawn is doing good. 💕
You should revisit the Fight albums, especially the debut. I’m not sure what’s not to like there.
You know what you’re right, I will! You never know right! Thank for the watching & the kick in the ass 🤘 Take care ~ Darcy
i think practice what u preach is my fav of the first 4 Testament albums, mainly souls of the black just has a bad muddy production that i dont like
So wasps instagram posted a teaser for what may be a new album and will probably be announced on the 30th this month
Ok that’s good to know, thanks for the info 🤘
K.F.D. is one hell of a great album IMO! I was frustrated about the industrial aspect, but I find the songs very strong and memorable.
I was at the second show case they did before the release when Blackie wore not much on stage and "raped" the half-rubber nun on stage. I was in the front row and I still am shocked more than 25 years later. Mission accomplished, I guess :)
Honestly all it needs is a good remix & you got an even better album, the classic W.A.S.P. sound is there! People give up too fast on that album. Thanks for watching 🤘 Cheers from Canada
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493Absolutely! The Double Live Assassins from the '98 tour is a good chance for those people as the live versions are far more classic W.A.S.P.
I always liked Divine Intervention, X Factor and Jugulator. Not my faves from the bands, but still good albums. Sadly I wouldn't say the same about Endorama and KFD. Cheers mate! 🍺
You wouldn’t believe what I’m listening to right now & I’m not kidding, yup your right it’s Endorama 😂 Cheers right back at you mate :))
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 I will spin it too in your honor man :) Actually the last Kreator album that I worship is Coma of Souls. Violent Revolution and Enemy of God I find good.
Great topic! Wow, I also saw bands touring for several of these albums. Jugulator, X-Factor, and KFD. All at small clubs. A weird time for metal in general. Ripper with JP was probably my favorite show. Really cool. Still not a fan of X-Factor. Jugulator has slowly grown on me though. KFD? Ugh! The samurai sword cutting up the pig carcass (fake I assume) bit on stage isn't something you see every day.
Come on Jimmy tell me how you really feel about KFD 😂
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 Motorhead opened, so the night wasn't a total loss. ; )
I always liked Endorama. Is more soft but it's good.
Agreed! Can’t fault a band for trying something different. Thanks for watching 🤘 cheers from Canada
I like the unlinked albums. Most of people are wrong about most of things.
They tend to listen to all same crap, for years! Like Kiss or AC /DC, tenously playing unchanged sound and style. Not even realizing the best metal bands are Opeth or Haken!
few with me here to relisten bk (though bk then all kinda disappointing)… 1) Hades’ the downside (1999) 2) Forbidden’s green (1996) 3) Cancer’s black faith (1995) … 😅
its funny how you can change your attitude so much with certain albums...although I still cant hear PL Host without feeling deeply disappointed ......
I’ve never owed Host, I do own One Second & I like that album, Disappear is my favourite track. Thanks for taking the time to watch & comment 🤘 Stay Heavy ~ Darcy
Nice to see x factor and Jugulator getting some love there darcy I personally think those are so criminally underrated looking forward to watching the heavy metallurgy stream over the weekend as well my friend!
That was a great time last night, only got 5 hours sleep but it was well worth it haha. Thanks as always 🤘 Cheers Robert
Hey man! I don’t think I need to say it anymore but your videos
are always great…..Important question for you!! Are you ready for some football???
Haha thank you!! And hell yeah I’m always ready for some football 🏈🤘
the Judas Priest live cd you should is killer Ripper dos a kick ass job on it
I like Live In London a bit better than ‘98 Live Meltdown, Ripper does great job on both!
I always thought Souls of Black had one of the best album covers, but some of Testament's lamest songs. Maybe I should revisit.
I used to hate Black Sabbath's "Never Say Die!", but it really grew on me over the years. Now it's no.10 in my Sabbath top 10. "The X Factor" is a really good album. "Senjutsu", unfortunately, is still on my sh*t list. Why the hell I have every format of this record is a fuggin' mystery to me! 😂
😂 I hear you on the format thing! Actually, another one that I could’ve talked about in this episode is Black Sabbath Technical Ecstasy, I like that album way more than I used to.
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 "Technical Ecstasy" is actually my no.9! If you don't yet have it, I would recomend the Super Deluxe box set. It's full of extras including an album remix, live show and cool poster.
I for one always have liked Souls of Black, strange how that works. The one that grew on me after listening to it more and more was Chameleon by Helloween, its still not in my top 10 by them but I can appreciate it more then at first. I read someone in the comments mention Never say die by Black Sabbath, that's another one I've always liked. Its different that's for sure than the rest of the BS catalogue. I wonder if Rush fans would say something similar about their 80s period. That era seems to get a lot of flack from Rush fans. Cheers Darcy thanks for the videos.
I got into Rush officially in 1982, so I have a lot of love for that era. But to be honest, I have a lot of love for all four decades of their career, I think that’s why I’ve been avoiding ranking their albums 😩 Your always welcome Steve & thank you for tuning in :))
@darcysixstringsninelives3493 my favorite Rush albums are Signals, Moving Pictures, Power Windows and Grace Under Pressure. Never got into 2112 though lol.
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 you should listen to Crown Lands if you like Rush
I love Testament but SOULS just never clicked with me. I like the title track and the mellow song (is it THE LEGACY...I forget..?) but really nothing else. To me it is easily the worst of the 5 albums from the original lineup. I'm kind of a mainstream guy so it always surprises me that THE RITUAL album always gets crushed in the comments but I LOVE that album. It's basically Testament's BLACK album. For that reason I think it's a really unique record in their discography. I try and try and try to get into Souls but..... other than those two songs I get nothing out of it.
Fun fact: Souls Of Black still made Martin Popoff's book of top 500 albums at number 336. Slayer's Divine Intervention made it at 240.
Slayer's Divine Intervention is the same thing for me. I rarely complain about production but I disliked the sound and I rarely revisit it. It felt very bland to me. Seems to me that Lombardo is a creative force in Slayer. When he returned for Christ Illusion that was a far and way the best Slayer album post Seasons. I remember lots of people praising it when it came out. A few years later, I see it towards the bottom of the Slayer rank regularly. I don't get that at all. I really don't. I thought Christ Illusion really sounded inspired. For a while there I was calling it my favorite Slayer album. I still listen to that one front to back without skipping ANYTHING on a regular basis. It's probably my go to Slayer album (when I'm not feeling the classics from South through Seasons). All 7 Slayer albums with Dave are excellent but without him, it's just a different band. The four without the original lineup are all very average to me. God Hates Us All is my favorite of those and I never listen to it. No disrespect to Paul (who performed on Testament's great comeback the FORMATION OF DAMNATION) but their was something about the magic of the four original Slayer guys.
Christ Illusion and The Ritual are criminally underrated. Great channel, great content, keep it fun, have a nice day.
Thanks for the kind words and thanks for the great comment 🤘 I don’t understand the shit The Ritual gets either, very good album in my books!
I love Christ Illusion in my opinion one of Slayers greatest albums ever released.🤘
I still say black sabbath forbidden has some great songs