Mercyful Fate - Melissa. Mind blowing in my opinion . No words for how good this is . If you haven’t listened to it I invite you to listen. Just be careful it’s intoxicating and it can lead to a 40 yr love affair…
Megadeth Rust In Peace Metallica-And Justice For All Slayer-South Of Heaven. Anthrax-Among The Living. Suicidal Tendencies-How Will I Laugh Tomorrow.... Testament-Practice What You Preach. Black Sabbath-Paranoid. Iron Maiden-Piece of Mind. Judas Priest-Screaming For Vengeance. OverKill-Horrorscope
Well done man. I was 25 in 1986. Insane year for music. On top of the 3 on your list there were albums from Motörhead, King Diamond, Metal Church, Queensryche, Sepultura, Kreator, Megadeth and Ozzy. Your list had me digging out old albums. Liked and Subbed.
Helloween's "The keeper of the seven keys" part 1 is a monumental album for power metal (although "Walls of Jericho" is my favorite). Great stuff, it's always difficult to make a top 10 metal albums list.
I’m more into the extreme side of metal so I would add Incantation - Onwards to Golgotha, Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten, Darktrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky, Sarcofogo - INRI, Terrorizer - World Downfall, Repulsion - Horrified. Some call the latter two albums grindcore, but it sounds like extreme metal to me. These albums all had a massive impact on the more extreme side of things. Regardless, I agree with all you said about the albums on your list. Thanks! Everyone, have yourselves a nice brutal death metal day!❤
Some great mentions here, I REALLY love Blaze In The Northern Sky. Probably still their strongest album. Finding out Fenriz dug my band was one of the greatest days of my life 😂
Cool list man, I like the approach of trying to balance personal taste with historic significance. That seems like a tough thing to do. Mine with just considering personal taste in no irder would probably look something like Sabbath's Paranoid, Priest's Screaming For Vengeance, Maiden's Piece of Mind, Metallica's Ride The Lightning, Slayer's Seasons in the Abyss, Danzig's Lucifuge, Megadeth's Rust In Peace, Death's Symbolic, Fear Factory's Demanufacture, and Deicide's Serpents of the Light
Thwrs awesome you saw him the other night. I'm hoping to catch him on this tour too. Seen him a bunch of times, but you never know how much longer he'll go.
GO SEE IT if you can. I’ve seen the old boy 4 or 5 times(?) and this was by far the best. Still on cloud 9 from the quality of the performance and how epic the setlist was.
10. Mors Principium Est - Seven 9. Crimson Glory - Transcendence 8. Entombed - Left Hand Path 7. Ketzer - Satan's Boundaries Unchained 6. In Flames - The Jester Race 5. Mercyful Fate - Melissa 4. Running Wild - Black Hand Inn 3. Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time 2. Megadeth - Rust in Peace 1. Death - Symbolic
With a list like that I have to subscribe two thumbs up my friend. My 10 would be Black Sabbath - Mob Rules Judas Priest - Stained Class Iron Maiden - Killers Manilla Road - Open the Gates King Diamond - Abigail Megadeth - Rust in Peace Tyrant - Too Late to Pray Yngwie Malmsteen - Marching out Razor -Evil Invaders Candlemass - Nightfall But of course this list could change tomorrow so many great albums… Also ‘Hanged Man’s Revenge’ killer track
Music is art and therefore is completely ‘eye of the beholder’. Black Sabbath - ‘Sabbath Bloody Sabbath’ Judas Priest - ‘ Screaming for Vengeance’ Black Sabbath ‘ Heaven and Hell’ Slayer ‘Reign in Blood’ Nevermore ‘Dreaming Neon Black’ Emperor ‘Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk’ Iron Maiden ‘Seventh Son of a Seventh Son’ Opeth ‘ Blackwater Park’ King Diamond ‘Them’ Behemoth ‘The Satanist’ Chat Pile ‘ Gods Country’
New sub here...my top 10 no particular order except # 1 1. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality 2. Angel Witch - Angel Witch 3. Anthrax - Fistful Of Metal 4. Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus 5. Exciter - Heavy Metal Maniac 6. Holocaust - The Nightcomers 7. Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky 8. Judas Priest - Stained Class 9. Metal Church - Metal Church 10. Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
I jumped at the mention of Slave To The Grind. Absolutely in my personal Top 10 favorite albums. So iconic. Bach at his peak vocally. Incredible riffs like Monkey Business. Great guitar solos. And like you said, first metal album to debut #1. Iconic
Black Sabbath 'Black Sabbath' 1970 started Metal and its their best production. Sounds amazing. I would put it at no1 all time. 'Paranoid' feels more commercial. Great List though!
I love the lyrics on "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner." Considered out of context, the lyrics are quite philosophical, their greatness taken to further heights with Bruce Dickinson's huge vocals on that song.
Early Savatage, Manowar and king Diamond (Abigail) would need to be on my list. Would have liked to hear a sample of the songs on the album as you rolled through them. Otherwise great job. I was a senior in highschool in 1986 and everything that year was tremendous.
Great picks! For me, other great albums would be: Entombed - Clandestine Sepultura - Arise Accept - Restless and Wild In Flames - Colony Best Live-Album: Iron Maiden - Live After Death
I never really listened to Colony until recently because I was so obsessed with Jester Race and Whoracle. But it’s great, I probably like it even more than Whoracle.
Awesome picks! Thank you for your thoughtful and informative descriptions and I appreciate your passion. My List: 10. Paradise Lost 'Draconian Times' 9. Iron Maiden 'Powerslave' 8. Katatonia 'Dance Of December Souls' 7. Black Sabbath 'Master Of Reality' 6. At The Gates 'Slaughter Of The Soul' 5. Gates Of Ishtar 'A Bloodred Path' 4. Amorphis 'Tales From The Thousand Lakes' 3. Blind Guardian 'Somewhere Far Beyond' 2. In Flames 'The Jesters Race' 1. Dark Tranquility 'Damage Done' Honorable bands that mean a lot to me: Insomnium, Lamb Of God, early Metallica, Morbid Angel, Kalmah, Death, Marianas Rest, Gatecreeper...
Awesome to see Dissection named in a greatest of all time list. Rubbing shoulders with the heavyweights and much more well known bands. Storm of the Lights Bane is exceptional and is like extreme metal poetry.
That’s one of my favorite albums ever made, personally. But Stained Class is objectively more solid (there’s no Take These Chains) and more significant to the genre.
Good list, if there was an eleventh pick, for me: it would be Megadeth's Rust In Peace, it's the best technical thrash album of all time, a masterpiece.
Any suggestions? Looking for metal without growling vocals or silly clean pop-punk vocals. Also no goofy demonic bs. I like Megadeth, Metallica, Sabbath and Sabbaton. Anything else I should look into? N’Sync is too brutal for me. Thx
Great list. Totally agree with Somewhere in Time being peak Maiden. It's definitely their best sounding album in my opinion. Some of my personal favorites would include Vektor - Terminal Redux Pallbearer - Heartless Death - The Sound of Perseverance Immortal - At the Heart of Winter Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion Between the Buried and Me - Colors Solstice - New Dark Age Eternal Champion - The Armor of Ire Candlemass - Epicus Doomincus Metallicus Cradle of Filth - Midian Rainbow - Rising et cetera... And of course, anything by Spirit Adrift! Love the new record. It's in competition with Enlightened in Eternity for my favorite.
Not a Pantera guy myself, but I enjoyed this list. Although if it were my list it would be incomplete without something from Megadeth, probably Rust in Peace.
It's such a tricky thing to do a top 10 for a genre that's been around for this long. I probably would've added something metalcore wise from the 90's just because it has proven to be such an important subgenre with a lasting impact. Petitioning the Empty Sky or Expectational Dilution come to mind.
Trouble getting love is such a huge deal. Their early albums have been re-released by Hammerheart Records, "Run To The Light" was re-release by Metal Blade Records last month and the aforementioned Hammerheart re-released the long out of print "Trouble" and "Manic Frustration". My favorite "Plastic Green Head" also from Hammerheart, is peak Trouble. Such an amazing band that not a lot of metalheads know about. Great list outside of that, can't wait to see more of these!
My all-time favorites are mostly older underground stuff. My tastes are acquired I guess, for some reason I don't like the popular/well known stuff that much. Long list off the top of my head: Cloven Hoof - Dominator Sortilege - Metamorphose Leader - Out in the Wasteland Attacker - Battle at Helm's Deep Blade Runner - Warriors of Rock Gillman - Levantate y Pelea Loudness - Thunder in the East Reaction - True Imitation Sacred Blade - Of the Sun and Moon Voivod - War and Pain WatchTower - Demonstrations in Chaos Heir Apparent - Graceful Inheritance Solar Eagle - Charter to Nowhere Titan Force - Titan Force Zeus - V Manilla Road - Crystal Logic Ostrogoth - Ecstasy and Danger Running Wild - Port Royal Saints' Anger - Danger Metal Hammers Rule - After the Bomb Elixir - The Son of Odin Unicorn - The Legend Returns Courage - Gold and Ivory Westfalen - Westfalen Vectom - Rules of Mystery Tankard - Chemical Invasion Straw Dogs - We are Not Amused Overkill - Taking Over Helstar - Remnants of War Agent Steel - Skeptics Apocalypse Possessed - Seven Churches Violent Force - Malevolent Assault of Tomorrow
Hey just found your channel I enjoyed the video my list is way different but here are mine definitely have some controversial choices 1. Countdown to extinction- megadeth 2. Holy diver- dio 3. No more tears- ozzy 4. And justice for all- Metallica 5. Demanufacture- fear factory 6. Ravenhead- orden ogan 7. Firepower- Judas Priest 8. Prequelle- ghost 9. The sick the dying and the dead- megadeth 10. Acre it- danger danger
Great records here, only one controversial to me would be that latest megadeth album. I found it SUPER lacking, but just my opinion! Demanufacture is a personal fave, that one hit me like a ton of bricks when I was in 8th grade or so. Love Ghost Prequelle as well, super interesting album.
I’m the old head in the room (58) and I still haven’t opened up my mind to the last 3 genres you placed up there. Never got into Death or Black and I can’t get into most of the modern (post 2005) stuff; I hate metalcore vocals (sounds like gargling with glass). That being said I do agree with about half of your choices. Master of Reality is one of my favorites as is Master of Puppets. However I like Sad Wings of Destiny or Hell Bent for Leather a little better than Stained Class but really all are good up to Screaming for Vengeance. My choices for Maiden would be Piece of Mind or the Di’Anno masterpiece Killers. For Trouble gotta go with Manic Frustration. Now I’d add Machine Head by Deep Purple, Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti, and punk metal masterwork Raw Power by Iggy Pop. Took me a while to warm up to Reign in Blood but I can dig the energy and power here. Finally I’ll put in my oddball Montrose’s Gamma 2 (as close to jazz fusion as I get). Now I failed to include anything by Terry Brown era Rush because they defy categorization; they’re much more than just prog metal. They’re also my absolute favorite!
Killers rules, love that album and the raw attitude Di’Anno brought. Physical Graffiti is another personal favorite. In The Light is one of the best songs ever made
@@BornTooNate First question. Do you like Wino? Seen him 3 times, once with Spirit Caravan. Secondly I forgot to say I prefer Vulgar Display of Power as a whole but Far Beyond Driven has its moments. Finally I feel I should’ve included Heep’s Demons and Wizards instead of Raw Power; I definitely listen to it more. Last question. Do you consider Toys in the Attic or Boston’s debut to be metal? Two more I never get tired of.
I love Wino, one of my biggest heroes and I’m grateful to now be able to call him a friend. Just hung with him at Hellfest, we watched Earthless together. The lifer of all lifers. Can’t say enough good things about him and his musical legacy. I don’t consider either of those albums metal BUT Boston’s self titled is a rare PERFECT record. Just perfect. Life changing for me.
Nice list. Powerslave, RTLightning, Rust in Peace, Ashes of the Wake, Art of Balance, Hall of the Mountain King, Sabbath Bloody S, Screaming for Veng. are a few of my perfect metal records.
Great list. Not only is this guy making great music with his band but also he has a very calm and collected way of analysing and making convincing arguments. However, while I do agree Somewhere in Time is amazing, I would go with Beast or Mind or Powerslave. In 1982-1984 Maiden was cutting edge metal - 1986 belongs to thrash metal in my opinion. Likewise, arguably Painkiller is Priest’s most solid, metallic, borderline thrashy album, but in 1978 Priest was truly breaking new ground. My list would look something like: Sabbath - Reality (1st wave, Doom) Priest - Stained Class (2nd wave, HM) (Rush - Kings, not really metal though, prog rock) Maiden - Beast or Slave (3rd wave? HM) Metallica - Puppets (thrash perfected) Slayer - Reign (extreme metal) Megadeth - Rust in Peace (start of modern, quite technical metal) Morbid Angel - Blessed are the Sick (dm) Death - Symbolic (prog dm, 1st wave) Necrophagist - Epitaph (prog dm modernized) Gorod - Leading Visions or Maze of Recycled Creeds (best post 2000 band to me, prog dm with great song-writing) If I went with Pantera, I’d pick Vulgar Display of Power. From the more modern stuff I might choose Vektor’s Outer Isolation or Spirit Adrift’s Divided by Darkness as well. Magical stuff! Or maybe something really weird and experimental like Mr Bungle or Igorrr. So many different ways to go… So many styles and genres… Thank you Mr Garrett for your excellent points and interesting and well thought-out views. It is wonderful to see someone truly living and breathing metal in its so many different forms👍🏻 Also, i love Mob Rules… so many great picks and honourable mentions… brilliant! 🤟🏻😎🤟🏻
I suppose that’s right, yea! It’s certainly not because I don’t love and respect them. I could do a top 10 hard rock list. Sometimes it’s tricky to identify that line
after years of listening this is my top 10: 1 Iron Maiden: Seventh son of a seventh son 2 Gamma Ray: Land of the free 3 Blind Guardian: Immaginations from the other side 4 Borknagar: The olden domain 5 Opeth: Morningrise 6 Emperor: In the nightside eclipse 7 Moonsorrow: Verisakeet 8 Wolves in the Throne Room: Black Cascade 9 Amorphis: Circle 10 Scorpions: Savage amusement special mentions 1 Enslaved: Riitiir 2 Morbid angel: Altar of madness 3 Dark tranquillity: Fiction
It's interesting what you've said about Dissection. I love SoLB to bits but it always makes me think about if and how you can separate art and artist. Do we have to? Is it possible at all? Also, Paradise Lost - Draconian Times Amorphis - Tales from a Thousand Lakes Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory Opeth - Black Water Park would also make it to my top 10 👊🏼
1 Megadeth - Rust in Peace (1990) 2 Slayer - Reign in Blood - (1986) 3 Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime (1988) 4 Black Sabbath - Master of Reality - (1971) 5 Mastodon - Leviathan (2004) 6 Dream Theater - Images and Words (1992) 7 Lamb of God - As the Palaces Burn (2003) 8 Paradise Lost - Draconian Times (1995) 9 At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul (1995) 10 Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast (1982)
As The Palaces Burn and Ashes of the Wake are definitely HUGE. Not just for me personally but for the genre. There was a lot of goofball shit going on at that time and they came out whipping ass.
What a surprise to see my favorite Maiden album. Caught Somewhere In Time is their best album opener in my opinion and now they're finally doing Alexander live and they sound incredible.
I found the chorus-laden Gallien-Krueger guitar tone to be really weak. Sure, the songs are better crafted than on NotB, but it doesn't have the same level of excitement for me, although I did see them twice on this tour.
Yes 1986 was a Awesome year. i was Getting into metal then. i agree with most of your picks, BUT to put far beyond & Not cowboys from Hell is crazy. and ACCEPTs Restless & Wild is well on My List of Best METAL Albums.
Love Peace Sells and Rust In Peace, I just don’t think either was as monumental in the big scheme of things as the thrash albums I mentioned. But I will say I think Rust In Peace is the absolute pinnacle of the genre in terms of musicianship.
great list, brutha!! My list in no particular order but numbered as tho. 10. Bolt Thrower-Realm of Chaos 9. Black Sabbath-Sabotage 8.Venom-Black Metal 7. Celtic Frost-Morbid Tales 6. Judas Priest-sad Wings of Destiny 5. Monster Magnet-Spine of God 4. Guns & Roses-Appetite for Destruction 3. Slayer-HellAwaits 2. Iron Maiden-Piece of Mind 1. Morbid Angel-Altars of Madness extra mentions: Eyehategod-Dopesick/Saint Vitus-Hallow's Victim/Church of Misery-Houses of the Unholy/Deadbird-The Head and The Heart/Entombed-Wolverine Blues/Merauder-Master Killer/Trouble-The Skull/Cannibal Corpse-The Bleeding/WASP-WASP/Obituary-Obituary.....I'll stop there. I get carried away sometimes! Love ya', Brother Garrett!!
ruclips.net/video/FZdgmbJdpX8/видео.html@@BornTooNate This shit blew my mind! best cover ever! That soft breakdown is sooo lush and B is incredible on it! Sabotage is definitley my favorite album ever!! It screams inside my soul everytime I listen to it!
Feel I need to give some personal shout outs - perhaps some more recent metal records and certainly my most played: Sepultura - Quadra Gojira - Magma Amon Amarth - Jomsviking Eluveitie - Everything Remains Tool - AEinma Rammstein - Untited (2019)
A couple of bands on here I haven't listened to combined with perennial personal favorites! I like how you justified the inclusion of some lesser known names with reference to their place in metal history and now I have some new suggestions of shrapnel to check out!
Hey Nate! Nice list! My only disagreement (and it doesn’t matter…) is the comments on Metallica’s lyrics on Damage Inc and also the length of Disposable Hero’s. That album is a perfect record and there’s a reason it’s preserved in the Library of Congress. Interesting choice for Iron Maiden’s “Somewhere In Time.” A record I love… it’s just an interesting/unexpected pick for this list. I’m digging the new Spirit Adrift! Cheers!
Thanks for a little vindication of what mostly would be my top choices would be. I’m always preaching Trouble. I hope I can find that Sabotage figurine set someday
A few of these bands, I admittedly have never heard of. I'm primarily a fan of esp. "Old School," NWOBHM, and "Power Metal" genres. Less of a fan of 'thrash' (though I like 80s and early 90s Metallica and some Megadeth), and almost like nothing of Speed or Death Metal. In the following order my favorite metal bands of all time are: Iron Maiden, Iced Earth, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath (and Heaven and Hell), Dio, and Savatage. My favorite Iron Maiden album is the very underrated "Somewhere In Time" which you ranked around number 4 or so... I'm surprised at how little attention "Iced Earth" gets in youtube circles discussing metal. As good as any metal band that has EVER existed, thematically, lyrically, musically...
I can appreciate your love of certain albums over others but then there is the harsh reality as far as greatness and influence. Example: Wether u want to or not you have to replace Somewhere in Time with Number of the Beast (and I get it. I like Powerslave better). Also replace Remission with Leviathan. Also, I like Trouble; however, just in influence and importance, that album has to be Kyuss- Blues for the Red Sun. Anyway, nice channel man.
This is perhaps my favorite ever top 10 metal albums review.. I was sick and tired of seeing the same albums on an on / very steriotypical and popularized mentality.. So it was great to see Trouble on anybody's list out of Psalm 9.. Especially Somewhere In Time but more especially Storm of The Lİght's bane !! Only I was expecting you to change MOP to AJFA in the last second but your explanation was fair fair enough.. cheers Nate..
great list, and actually i havent even heard all of these and now i need to go check those out. for me i would have to have an opeth album on there, id want to put watershed but might have to relent and let blackwater park take its place, i would also struggle not to crowbar in nola by down or burn my eyes by machine head somewhere.
1. BLACK SABBATH 'Paranoid'; 2. JUDAS PRIEST 'Screaming For Vengeance'; 3. Ozzy OSBOURNE 'Diary Of A Madman'; 4. DIO 'Holy Diver'; 5. METALLICA 'Master Of Puppets'; 6.IRON MAIDEN 'Somewhere In Time'; 7. MEGADETH 'Rust In Peace'; 8. SCORPIONS 'Taken By Force'; 9. DREAM THEATER 'Scenes From A Memory'; 10. QUEENSRŸCHE 'Operation: Mindcrime'.
Somewhere In Time was the beginning of my loss of interest in Iron Maiden. Several years ago, I went back to revisit the old catalogue and all the post 2000 albums I’d missed. Somewhere in Time was still disappointing to me. But I will listen again. Sometimes you just need to hear someone say why it’s great to get your ears bent the right way to detect the greatness. Great arguments for why all these albums should be on the list!
Although I do agree with the choices and I like the way you described in great detail why they were chosen, very surprised Anthrax did not make it. Anthrax undoubtedly is credited with putting a unique spin on metal. I remember when Anthrax first played at L'Amour, the direction of metal changed that night.
My top 10 1) In Flames The Jester Race 2) Amon Amarth Versus The World 3) Trivium Ascendancy 4) Iron Maiden Somewhere in Time 5) Metallica Ride The Lighting 6) Megadeth Rust In Peace 7) Machine Head The Blackening 8) All that Remains The Fall of Ideals 9) As I Lay Dying An Ocean Between Us 10) Death The Sound of Perseverance
Dissection - Reinkaos Necrophagist - Onset of Putrefaction Death - Individual Thought Patterns In Flames - The Jester Race Metallica - And Justice For All... Trivium - Shogun Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus Amon Amarth - Once Sent From the Golden Hall Hellripper - Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags Children of Bodom - Follow the Reaper No specific order 😎
Excellent video. I agree for the most part. I would argue instead for Powerslave, Sad Wings of Destiny, and Leviathan over the ones you chose from their respective bands, IMO. I would take out Trouble, as I see it more like an in hindsight underrated album rather than a historic top 10 one, and put one of these instead: Slipknot’s Iowa, Opeth’s Blackwater Park, or Death’s Symbolic. Cheers!
1st off the new Spirit Adrift album is great. And I definitely agree that Trouble deserves more respect. Some of my personal favorites in no order: Alice In Chains-Dirt Megadeth-Rust in Peace Katatonia-Tonight’s Decision Ahab-Call of the Wretched Sea Carcass-Heartwork Intestine Baalism-Anatomy of the Beast Mastodon-Crack the Skye Alcest-Ecailles De Lune Enslaved-In Times Type O Negative-October Rust Judas Priest-Painkiller Solitude Aeturnus-Beyond the Crimson Horizon Cryptopsy-None so Vile Cattle Decapitation-Monolith of inhumanity Immolation-Close to a World Below Motorhead-Overkill
Thank you! KILLER list. Was listening to None So Vile just yesterday to try and survive my 100 degree boxing workout. Nothing as brutal as that to this day.
Towards the end there, I started thinking that there should probably be a Meshuggah record on here and the list would be perfect. I respect the Mastodon choice though. Runners up would have to be Obzen or Ashes of the Wake LOG. Cheers!
To me 1986 is definitely the best metal year, because I got my first metal albums back then. They where Somewhere In Time, Master Of Puppets and Reign In Blood. 😉 (Among others, like Welcome To Hell, Speak English Or Die, Spreading The Desease, Kill 'Em All, Seven Churches, Pleasure To Kill, Life After Death, Piece Of Mind, In The Sign Of Evil, Sentence Of Death & Hell Awaits). I remember thinking: "This is my kind of music!", and after 37 years it still is. 🤟😎 I'm also happy to be one of the people who got these classics shortly after they were released. However, the downside would be it never really got any better after that. 😌
I would dare say Avenged Sevenfold's self titled album is among my top metal albums of all time. It features some of the best songwriting since the 80s, and it's just a creative explosion of an album with so much going on experimentally, melodically, harmonically, vocally and lyrically. Each track adds something new to the experience, and I can never get tired of it
1- Black Sabbath because it's the first album of the Most important band although my favourite is Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. 2- Judas Priest - Painkiller. Their most famous album and definitely a masterpiece. 3- Ride the Lightning although Master is considered their best. 4- Vulgar Display of Power because it's such an amazing piece of music history although Far beyond Driven or Cowboys would be equally valid for other reasons. 5- Countdown to Extinction although Rust in Piece is considered to be their best. 6- Venom- Black Metal, because it kicked off a new subgenre that even has the name. 7- Slayer Reign in Blood because no metalhead doesn't know about this one. ( Even if you're not a thrash fan) 8- Slaughter of the Soul because it also kicked off an important subgenre and it's just amazing. 8- Beneath the Remains because it's a band that combined thrash with a more death metal approach to it and was just different from stuff from other parts of the globe. 9- Ace of Spades - because it's almost a metal/Punk sound that nobody but Lemmy could have done. I mean it's Lemmy, he's a legend. 10- Leprosy because it's another band that was seminal to a subgenre. Those would be my picks although I have albums that I would prefer but not as important to the metal scene. Some other picks would be Blackwater Park, Whoracle, Resurrection Through Carnage, Tales from the Thousand Lakes, Scum, Heartwork, Butchered at Birth, Nola.🤘
Damn good list! Some of my personal favs that weren’t on this list: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - BS Catch 33 - Meshuggah Rust in Peace - Megadeth Scream Bloody Gore - Death The Bleeding - CC Organic Hallucinosis - Decapitated Vertebrae - Enslaved October Rust - TON Sun That Never Sets - Neurosis As the Palaces Burn - LOG Chaos AD - Sepultura There’s so many…
@@BornTooNate agree man! IMO it was their last true prog masterpiece. Nothing against anything they’ve released since but C33 is just such a mind fuck and way ahead of its time.
Once I saw the big "T" on your T-shirt, I knew this would be a somewhat fair list 😄 Alright!Game changers for the genre , and it's forgiven for an American to not mention any of them is the power German trio - Sodom , Destruction and Kreator and their first albums respectively. Bathory 84 was the (under) ground work for Black Metal , although their (his, Quorthons) peak I would say was 88'" Blood, Fire, Death" . Also no heavy metal top 10 can go without having Queensryche's - "Operation Mindcrime" in it.
Would love to hear your top non-metal albums, things that influenced you. You’ve touched on a few in previous videos but it’s always very cool to get a peak into a favorite artist’s non metal influences.
Hi, my list won't represent the best albums of all time but just my humble favorites since my teenage days. All of them were the band's latest album at the time. I got lucky when blind-picking them of the shelf, 'cause except for a few, since there was no internet back then to check them out. These were my 1st picks for these bands ( except Pantera, Grip, Slayer & Maiden) , and most are still my favorite bands today... ( In no order) Cathedral - Forest of Equilibrium Brutal Truth - Need to Control Pantera - Far Beyond Driven Death - Individual Thought Patterns Morbid Angel - Covenant Supuration - The Cube Carcass - Heartwork Pentagram - Be forewarned Dark Tranquility - The Gallery Fudge Tunnel - Creep Diets Asphyx - Asphyx Prong - Cleansing Death Angel - Act III Alice in Chains - Dirt Grip.inc - Nemesis Atheist - Unquestionable Presence Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer Devin Townsend - Terria Faith No More - Angel Dust Melvins - A Senile Animal Rollins Band - The End of Silence Skid Row - Slave to the Grind Pestilence - Testimony of the Ancients Wrathchild America - 3D Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun Samael - Ceremony of Opposites Iron Maiden - Live After Death Megadeth - Rust in Peace Mr Bungle - MB Slayer - South of Heaven Okay hard to stop at 10... ;)
@@BornTooNate This album really rocks! Saw them on that tour too in Paris, couldn't stop watching Dale and Coady's arms... And then another time when they played Houdini and Stoner Witch entirely if I remember well... That was cool ;)
HI! two questions, if I may: but is this normal? do not include in this list.. "in rock" by Deep Purple? (or at least not include Deep Purple in general?) another question: are they intentional or accidental, the horns at the back that almost seem like you have them on your head?? 😂🤣😂🤣
@@BornTooNate the point is, that the deep purple and specifically in rock, gave life to everything you just listed! Today we wouldn't be talking about hard or heavy if it weren't for them and this album.
I live about a kilometer from where 'Master Of Puppets' was recorded. And 'Ride The Lightning' for that matter. Strandlodsvej, Copenhagen. The house still stands, although the studio has since moved.
After a loooooooooooooong debate with myself I think I managed to compose a list of top 10 greatest metal albums 10. At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul One of the most important albums in terms of 2000s guitar playing but it was released 5 years before the 2000s even started. Very energetic, melodic and atmospheric record. 9. Slipknot- Slipknot Love them or hate them they are the most influential band of the last 20 years. The sheer energy and brutality of their early work was unmatched and many metal and hardcore bands wouldn't be here without Slipknot 8. Pantera - Far Beyond Driven They were the most important metal band that was active in the 90s and their third album (let's forget their 80s era) was absolutely mindblowing. Many ideas incorporated on Far Beyond Driven could later be found in the New Wave of American Heavy Metal bands 7. Death - Scream Bloody Gore In my opinion Death's debut is the first death metal record. Songs like Evil Dead, Baptized in Blood or Zombie Ritual are undeniable death metal classics 6. Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion If it weren't for them we wouldn't have extreme metal as we know it today, atmospheric, brutal, heavy and dark 5. Metallica - Master of Puppets The definitive metal albums for many people. Even though I prefer Megadeth I can't deny the fact that Metallica's influence on music in general is far more noticable. 4. Iron Maiden - Powerslave I think this is one of the most important albums in progressive and power metal evolution. I hear many Powerslave influences in Symphony X, Unleash The Archers, Avantasia, Dream Theater, Haken and many other prog and power metal albums and since prog is one of metal's most important genres I think this record belongs on the list. 3. Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny I prefer later Priest albums but the sheer influence and improvement over their debut makes this album a truly remarkable album in metal's evolution 2. Slayer - Reign in Blood The extreme metal record for me. Most heavier metal bands name Slayer as their influence and I believe this album is the reason why. 1. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality The most important record in metal's history. I know that they had two records before MoR but in my opinion this one is far more influential. You can find hints of stoner, doom and thrash on this record before those genres were even established
Sick list! I love Metallica and sabbath. To me they are like the essence of metal. The pioneers to to speak. How would you categorize Diamond Head? Heavy metal? I know Metallica really liked them since they covered “Am I Evil” and “it’s Electric.” I also agree that And Justice for All is a fantastic album but my biggest hang up with that album is the lack of bass (bass player here). It’s criminal what they did to Jason on that record. Aloha!
Diamondhead - LTTN is an all time favorite of mine. I would classify them as the top tier of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. They laid the foundation for what would become thrash metal. Super important band and album. And yeah it’s criminal what they did to Jason. His basslines on that record are insane and he wrote the majority of the opening track which is one of their best songs!
There’s an upload called And Justice for Jason, which has bass on it. It’s actually pretty sick (if you haven’t checked it out before). Aloha from the islands!
+Death's Human. I consider it something like the Reign in Blood of death metal in the sense that it took death to a whole new level the same way Reign turbocharged thrash. I personally consider it the best extreme metal record. Power, cohesion, flow. And a lot of that magic came from Paul and Sean's contribution. I don't think Chuck quite managed to reach that magic again, as phenomenal as Symbolic is.
Bold pick with Far Beyond Driven , and I like your argument for it. I think they peaked artistically on Trendkill personally Vulgar is probably my favorite but people that weren’t around don’t realize how big it was for Far Beyond Driven to debut at number one. They finally achieved a great mix on Far Beyond Driven and the mix on Trendkill is possible bigger. I like this type video you kinda say my list is going to be different than most and then you make fantastic points for why and your thought process without putting down the more traditional or “trendy” picks . It’s easy to make a list of ten common consensus or popular metal albums . Metal fans are the most loyal passionate and opinionated bunch. You got a great list without being “edge lord” like some people would. I’d argue that Slave to the Grind is metal but can respect your opinion, it wasn’t necessarily a metal record compared to what metal was at the time, but had it came out in the late 70s to 80s it would probably definitely be recognized as heavy. It sure was a heavy record to debut at number one until Far Beyond Driven, and Pantera earned that spot the hard way they weren’t playing songs off Cowboys and Vulgar on MTV and the radio, they earned every one of those sales on the road playing their ass off opening for “bigger” bands and by word of mouth through the metal community and that just makes it more incredible when everyone else was saying metal was dead, Pantera drops their heaviest record yet and it goes straight to number one.
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This is a golden video for a 17 year old like me who is just discovering all of this amazing music!
Awesome! This is why I’m doing this.
These situations is what the internet should exist for
I was 13 when I discovered metal (2 years ago). Still discovering amazing music to this day! I think you will have a lot of fun exploring this genre
Welcome to the fold! I was about your age when I got into metal too. Now 43 it makes me real happy that you guys are up for carrying the torch 👊🏼
Put up the horns, young one!!
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Mercyful Fate - Melissa.
Mind blowing in my opinion . No words for how good this is . If you haven’t listened to it I invite you to listen. Just be careful it’s intoxicating and it can lead to a 40 yr love affair…
Megadeth Rust In Peace Metallica-And Justice For All Slayer-South Of Heaven. Anthrax-Among The Living. Suicidal Tendencies-How Will I Laugh Tomorrow.... Testament-Practice What You Preach. Black Sabbath-Paranoid. Iron Maiden-Piece of Mind. Judas Priest-Screaming For Vengeance. OverKill-Horrorscope
Well done man. I was 25 in 1986. Insane year for music. On top of the 3 on your list there were albums from Motörhead, King Diamond, Metal Church, Queensryche, Sepultura, Kreator, Megadeth and Ozzy. Your list had me digging out old albums. Liked and Subbed.
Helloween's "The keeper of the seven keys" part 1 is a monumental album for power metal (although "Walls of Jericho" is my favorite). Great stuff, it's always difficult to make a top 10 metal albums list.
Helloween we’re great … but not top ten.
Helloween 🤘🏼👊🏼💯
I’m more into the extreme side of metal so I would add Incantation - Onwards to Golgotha, Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten, Darktrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky, Sarcofogo - INRI, Terrorizer - World Downfall, Repulsion - Horrified. Some call the latter two albums grindcore, but it sounds like extreme metal to me. These albums all had a massive impact on the more extreme side of things. Regardless, I agree with all you said about the albums on your list. Thanks! Everyone, have yourselves a nice brutal death metal day!❤
Some great mentions here, I REALLY love Blaze In The Northern Sky. Probably still their strongest album. Finding out Fenriz dug my band was one of the greatest days of my life 😂
Blaze in the northern sky 🤘🤘🔥
In school in the 80s there was a band from Germany called Accept and they had it all .
I like that you put Trouble in there. Bonded by Blood by Exodus and Burn My Eyes by Machinehead... very important...and no Motorhead...?!
Cool list man, I like the approach of trying to balance personal taste with historic significance. That seems like a tough thing to do. Mine with just considering personal taste in no irder would probably look something like Sabbath's Paranoid, Priest's Screaming For Vengeance, Maiden's Piece of Mind, Metallica's Ride The Lightning, Slayer's Seasons in the Abyss, Danzig's Lucifuge, Megadeth's Rust In Peace, Death's Symbolic, Fear Factory's Demanufacture, and Deicide's Serpents of the Light
Was just listening to Lucifuge yesterday. He played 4 songs from it the other night, such an incredible album.
Thwrs awesome you saw him the other night. I'm hoping to catch him on this tour too. Seen him a bunch of times, but you never know how much longer he'll go.
GO SEE IT if you can. I’ve seen the old boy 4 or 5 times(?) and this was by far the best. Still on cloud 9 from the quality of the performance and how epic the setlist was.
10. Mors Principium Est - Seven
9. Crimson Glory - Transcendence
8. Entombed - Left Hand Path
7. Ketzer - Satan's Boundaries Unchained
6. In Flames - The Jester Race
5. Mercyful Fate - Melissa
4. Running Wild - Black Hand Inn
3. Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
2. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
1. Death - Symbolic
Jester Race, Melissa, Rust in Peace, Symbolic are all personal favorites!
Great List!
With a list like that I have to subscribe two thumbs up my friend.
My 10 would be
Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
Judas Priest - Stained Class
Iron Maiden - Killers
Manilla Road - Open the Gates
King Diamond - Abigail
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Tyrant - Too Late to Pray
Yngwie Malmsteen - Marching out
Razor -Evil Invaders
Candlemass - Nightfall
But of course this list could change tomorrow so many great albums…
Also ‘Hanged Man’s Revenge’ killer track
Aaah, you reminded me... haven't listened to GaG today... brb...
Music is art and therefore is completely ‘eye of the beholder’.
Black Sabbath - ‘Sabbath Bloody Sabbath’
Judas Priest - ‘ Screaming for Vengeance’
Black Sabbath ‘ Heaven and Hell’
Slayer ‘Reign in Blood’
Nevermore ‘Dreaming Neon Black’
Emperor ‘Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk’
Iron Maiden ‘Seventh Son of a Seventh Son’
Opeth ‘ Blackwater Park’
King Diamond ‘Them’
Behemoth ‘The Satanist’
Chat Pile ‘ Gods Country’
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New sub here...my top 10 no particular order except # 1
1. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
2. Angel Witch - Angel Witch
3. Anthrax - Fistful Of Metal
4. Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
5. Exciter - Heavy Metal Maniac
6. Holocaust - The Nightcomers
7. Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky
8. Judas Priest - Stained Class
9. Metal Church - Metal Church
10. Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
Good stuff!
I jumped at the mention of Slave To The Grind. Absolutely in my personal Top 10 favorite albums. So iconic. Bach at his peak vocally. Incredible riffs like Monkey Business. Great guitar solos. And like you said, first metal album to debut #1. Iconic
Black Sabbath 'Black Sabbath' 1970 started Metal and its their best production. Sounds amazing. I would put it at no1 all time. 'Paranoid' feels more commercial. Great List though!
LEGION by Deicide is the #1 death metal album ever and it’s not close.
I love the lyrics on "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner." Considered out of context, the lyrics are quite philosophical, their greatness taken to further heights with Bruce Dickinson's huge vocals on that song.
Early Savatage, Manowar and king Diamond (Abigail) would need to be on my list.
Would have liked to hear a sample of the songs on the album as you rolled through them. Otherwise great job. I was a senior in highschool in 1986 and everything that year was tremendous.
"Abigail" is a masterpiece! One of my 10 best metal albums.
Hall of the Mountain King rules
Great picks!
For me, other great albums would be:
Entombed - Clandestine
Sepultura - Arise
Accept - Restless and Wild
In Flames - Colony
Best Live-Album:
Iron Maiden - Live After Death
I never really listened to Colony until recently because I was so obsessed with Jester Race and Whoracle. But it’s great, I probably like it even more than Whoracle.
Both of them are great. 😀👍🏼
Awesome picks! Thank you for your thoughtful and informative descriptions and I appreciate your passion.
My List:
10. Paradise Lost 'Draconian Times'
9. Iron Maiden 'Powerslave'
8. Katatonia 'Dance Of December Souls'
7. Black Sabbath 'Master Of Reality'
6. At The Gates 'Slaughter Of The Soul'
5. Gates Of Ishtar 'A Bloodred Path'
4. Amorphis 'Tales From The Thousand Lakes'
3. Blind Guardian 'Somewhere Far Beyond'
2. In Flames 'The Jesters Race'
1. Dark Tranquility 'Damage Done'
Honorable bands that mean a lot to me: Insomnium, Lamb Of God, early Metallica, Morbid Angel, Kalmah, Death, Marianas Rest, Gatecreeper...
This to me is a perfect list of albums for a first time metalhead to listen and learn from. Awesome job!
Awesome to see Dissection named in a greatest of all time list. Rubbing shoulders with the heavyweights and much more well known bands. Storm of the Lights Bane is exceptional and is like extreme metal poetry.
Totally agree. I'm not a metal head but i love Storm of the lights bane. It is pure evil and beautiful 😌
A Top 10 is an impossible task
You can't have a top 10 heavy metal albums of all time, without Judas Priest's Screaming For Vengeance.
That’s one of my favorite albums ever made, personally. But Stained Class is objectively more solid (there’s no Take These Chains) and more significant to the genre.
Please educate me on what the album in the bottom left at 0:00 is.
Trouble - Psalm 9. A great first-wave doom album
@@BornTooNate ok thx
Good list, if there was an eleventh pick, for me: it would be Megadeth's Rust In Peace, it's the best technical thrash album of all time, a masterpiece.
I agree
Tornado of souls is monumental
Yeah I was surprised...he didn't put it in
Any suggestions? Looking for metal without growling vocals or silly clean pop-punk vocals. Also no goofy demonic bs. I like Megadeth, Metallica, Sabbath and Sabbaton. Anything else I should look into? N’Sync is too brutal for me. Thx
Try some Voivod, Testament, Forbidden, Metal Church, Sanctuary, Iron Maiden and lots of other bands.
Great list. Totally agree with Somewhere in Time being peak Maiden. It's definitely their best sounding album in my opinion. Some of my personal favorites would include
Vektor - Terminal Redux
Pallbearer - Heartless
Death - The Sound of Perseverance
Immortal - At the Heart of Winter
Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
Between the Buried and Me - Colors
Solstice - New Dark Age
Eternal Champion - The Armor of Ire
Candlemass - Epicus Doomincus Metallicus
Cradle of Filth - Midian
Rainbow - Rising
et cetera...
And of course, anything by Spirit Adrift! Love the new record. It's in competition with Enlightened in Eternity for my favorite.
The solos were so standout on Somewhere in Time. Very catchy and memorable. Alexander The Great was such an epic piece.
Not a Pantera guy myself, but I enjoyed this list. Although if it were my list it would be incomplete without something from Megadeth, probably Rust in Peace.
It's such a tricky thing to do a top 10 for a genre that's been around for this long. I probably would've added something metalcore wise from the 90's just because it has proven to be such an important subgenre with a lasting impact. Petitioning the Empty Sky or Expectational Dilution come to mind.
Trouble getting love is such a huge deal. Their early albums have been re-released by Hammerheart Records, "Run To The Light" was re-release by Metal Blade Records last month and the aforementioned Hammerheart re-released the long out of print "Trouble" and "Manic Frustration". My favorite "Plastic Green Head" also from Hammerheart, is peak Trouble. Such an amazing band that not a lot of metalheads know about.
Great list outside of that, can't wait to see more of these!
Yeah ballsy move to put Trouble on the list
@@TreatzTMA why Trouble hasn't gotten love before 2023 (at larger I mean) is a mystery to me. Eric Wagner is gone, but what a legacy he left behind.
Huge respect for including trouble man one of my favorites
Love the wee mention of "Voices of Omens" by Rwake at the end there. Amazing album.
One of my favorites. Will do a top 10 sludge list and that will certainly be on there… though it defies categorization
@@BornTooNate Looking forward to that one. Sludge is one of my favourites genres.
My all-time favorites are mostly older underground stuff. My tastes are acquired I guess, for some reason I don't like the popular/well known stuff that much.
Long list off the top of my head:
Cloven Hoof - Dominator
Sortilege - Metamorphose
Leader - Out in the Wasteland
Attacker - Battle at Helm's Deep
Blade Runner - Warriors of Rock
Gillman - Levantate y Pelea
Loudness - Thunder in the East
Reaction - True Imitation
Sacred Blade - Of the Sun and Moon
Voivod - War and Pain
WatchTower - Demonstrations in Chaos
Heir Apparent - Graceful Inheritance
Solar Eagle - Charter to Nowhere
Titan Force - Titan Force
Zeus - V
Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
Ostrogoth - Ecstasy and Danger
Running Wild - Port Royal
Saints' Anger - Danger Metal
Hammers Rule - After the Bomb
Elixir - The Son of Odin
Unicorn - The Legend Returns
Courage - Gold and Ivory
Westfalen - Westfalen
Vectom - Rules of Mystery
Tankard - Chemical Invasion
Straw Dogs - We are Not Amused
Overkill - Taking Over
Helstar - Remnants of War
Agent Steel - Skeptics Apocalypse
Possessed - Seven Churches
Violent Force - Malevolent Assault of Tomorrow
Love Taking Over so much… all the best aspects of NWOBHM combined with the early aspects of thrash. Also hell yea to Crystal Logic, great album.
@@BornTooNate Great to see Cloven Hoof get a mention on RUclips!
Hey just found your channel I enjoyed the video my list is way different but here are mine definitely have some controversial choices
1. Countdown to extinction- megadeth
2. Holy diver- dio
3. No more tears- ozzy
4. And justice for all- Metallica
5. Demanufacture- fear factory
6. Ravenhead- orden ogan
7. Firepower- Judas Priest
8. Prequelle- ghost
9. The sick the dying and the dead- megadeth
10. Acre it- danger danger
Screw it danger danger for 10
Great records here, only one controversial to me would be that latest megadeth album. I found it SUPER lacking, but just my opinion! Demanufacture is a personal fave, that one hit me like a ton of bricks when I was in 8th grade or so. Love Ghost Prequelle as well, super interesting album.
Yea I loved the new megadeth album especially killing time. Thanks for the reply
I’m the old head in the room (58) and I still haven’t opened up my mind to the last 3 genres you placed up there. Never got into Death or Black and I can’t get into most of the modern (post 2005) stuff; I hate metalcore vocals (sounds like gargling with glass). That being said I do agree with about half of your choices. Master of Reality is one of my favorites as is Master of Puppets. However I like Sad Wings of Destiny or Hell Bent for Leather a little better than Stained Class but really all are good up to Screaming for Vengeance. My choices for Maiden would be Piece of Mind or the Di’Anno masterpiece Killers. For Trouble gotta go with Manic Frustration. Now I’d add Machine Head by Deep Purple, Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti, and punk metal masterwork Raw Power by Iggy Pop. Took me a while to warm up to Reign in Blood but I can dig the energy and power here. Finally I’ll put in my oddball Montrose’s Gamma 2 (as close to jazz fusion as I get). Now I failed to include anything by Terry Brown era Rush because they defy categorization; they’re much more than just prog metal. They’re also my absolute favorite!
Killers rules, love that album and the raw attitude Di’Anno brought. Physical Graffiti is another personal favorite. In The Light is one of the best songs ever made
@@BornTooNate First question. Do you like Wino? Seen him 3 times, once with Spirit Caravan. Secondly I forgot to say I prefer Vulgar Display of Power as a whole but Far Beyond Driven has its moments. Finally I feel I should’ve included Heep’s Demons and Wizards instead of Raw Power; I definitely listen to it more. Last question. Do you consider Toys in the Attic or Boston’s debut to be metal? Two more I never get tired of.
I love Wino, one of my biggest heroes and I’m grateful to now be able to call him a friend. Just hung with him at Hellfest, we watched Earthless together. The lifer of all lifers. Can’t say enough good things about him and his musical legacy.
I don’t consider either of those albums metal BUT Boston’s self titled is a rare PERFECT record. Just perfect. Life changing for me.
Ahhh, I'm 63!
Pumped to see Remission on the list...my favorite MasterDong album that doesnt get enough credit for how amazing it is
MasterDong?
Nice list. Powerslave, RTLightning, Rust in Peace, Ashes of the Wake, Art of Balance, Hall of the Mountain King, Sabbath Bloody S, Screaming for Veng. are a few of my perfect metal records.
Sabbath bloody Sabbath wasn't actually metal. It was hard rock.
How he left RIP out is beyond me. He’s lost all credibility with me when leaving that album off the list
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@@gianthillsyes it is lol
@@Otomano3 Really? Then tell me what makes it a metal album, other than the cover art.
Stained Class, my all time favorite Priest record
Great list. Not only is this guy making great music with his band but also he has a very calm and collected way of analysing and making convincing arguments.
However, while I do agree Somewhere in Time is amazing, I would go with Beast or Mind or Powerslave. In 1982-1984 Maiden was cutting edge metal - 1986 belongs to thrash metal in my opinion. Likewise, arguably Painkiller is Priest’s most solid, metallic, borderline thrashy album, but in 1978 Priest was truly breaking new ground.
My list would look something like:
Sabbath - Reality (1st wave, Doom)
Priest - Stained Class (2nd wave, HM)
(Rush - Kings, not really metal though, prog rock)
Maiden - Beast or Slave (3rd wave? HM)
Metallica - Puppets (thrash perfected)
Slayer - Reign (extreme metal)
Megadeth - Rust in Peace (start of modern, quite technical metal)
Morbid Angel - Blessed are the Sick (dm)
Death - Symbolic (prog dm, 1st wave)
Necrophagist - Epitaph (prog dm modernized)
Gorod - Leading Visions or Maze of Recycled Creeds (best post 2000 band to me, prog dm with great song-writing)
If I went with Pantera, I’d pick Vulgar Display of Power. From the more modern stuff I might choose Vektor’s Outer Isolation or Spirit Adrift’s Divided by Darkness as well. Magical stuff! Or maybe something really weird and experimental like Mr Bungle or Igorrr. So many different ways to go… So many styles and genres…
Thank you Mr Garrett for your excellent points and interesting and well thought-out views. It is wonderful to see someone truly living and breathing metal in its so many different forms👍🏻 Also, i love Mob Rules… so many great picks and honourable mentions… brilliant!
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I just discovered Gorod this year, such a killer band! I have no idea how I never heard of them until now.
I was curious if you didn't put Motorhead on this list because you consider them more hard rock? Also, if so, have you done a top 10 hard rock list?
I suppose that’s right, yea! It’s certainly not because I don’t love and respect them. I could do a top 10 hard rock list. Sometimes it’s tricky to identify that line
Dude this is a solid list man. As soon as you said Masters of Reality i knew this was gonna be good!
after years of listening this is my top 10:
1 Iron Maiden: Seventh son of a seventh son
2 Gamma Ray: Land of the free
3 Blind Guardian: Immaginations from the other side
4 Borknagar: The olden domain
5 Opeth: Morningrise
6 Emperor: In the nightside eclipse
7 Moonsorrow: Verisakeet
8 Wolves in the Throne Room: Black Cascade
9 Amorphis: Circle
10 Scorpions: Savage
amusement
special mentions
1 Enslaved: Riitiir
2 Morbid angel: Altar of madness
3 Dark tranquillity: Fiction
It's interesting what you've said about Dissection. I love SoLB to bits but it always makes me think about if and how you can separate art and artist. Do we have to? Is it possible at all?
Also,
Paradise Lost - Draconian Times
Amorphis - Tales from a Thousand Lakes
Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory
Opeth - Black Water Park
would also make it to my top 10 👊🏼
I love Scenes from a Memory!
1 Megadeth - Rust in Peace (1990)
2 Slayer - Reign in Blood - (1986)
3 Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime (1988)
4 Black Sabbath - Master of Reality - (1971)
5 Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
6 Dream Theater - Images and Words (1992)
7 Lamb of God - As the Palaces Burn (2003)
8 Paradise Lost - Draconian Times (1995)
9 At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul (1995)
10 Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast (1982)
As The Palaces Burn and Ashes of the Wake are definitely HUGE. Not just for me personally but for the genre. There was a lot of goofball shit going on at that time and they came out whipping ass.
Cool list dude, love all those records
Your list is better than his 👍
What a surprise to see my favorite Maiden album. Caught Somewhere In Time is their best album opener in my opinion and now they're finally doing Alexander live and they sound incredible.
Check out the song Hell on Earth on their latest album Senjutsu. I can not believe they can still make an album like that . Irons up
@@bryanbruce-p8o Yeah man got everything of theirs on vinyl. Us Maiden fans are brothers as far as I'm concerned.
@@joshd3192 That is awesome, take care brother.
@@bryanbruce-p8o Same to you!
I found the chorus-laden Gallien-Krueger guitar tone to be really weak. Sure, the songs are better crafted than on NotB, but it doesn't have the same level of excitement for me, although I did see them twice on this tour.
You have a Maiden Album on your list. That's good enough for me. :)
Yes 1986 was a Awesome year. i was Getting into metal then.
i agree with most of your picks, BUT to put far beyond & Not cowboys from Hell is crazy.
and ACCEPTs Restless & Wild is well on My List of Best METAL Albums.
No mention to Peace Sells?
Love Peace Sells and Rust In Peace, I just don’t think either was as monumental in the big scheme of things as the thrash albums I mentioned. But I will say I think Rust In Peace is the absolute pinnacle of the genre in terms of musicianship.
@@BornTooNate ok nice, ok can buy your point to 100 percent when you like the albums
great list, brutha!! My list in no particular order but numbered as tho. 10. Bolt Thrower-Realm of Chaos 9. Black Sabbath-Sabotage 8.Venom-Black Metal 7. Celtic Frost-Morbid Tales 6. Judas Priest-sad Wings of Destiny 5. Monster Magnet-Spine of God 4. Guns & Roses-Appetite for Destruction 3. Slayer-HellAwaits 2. Iron Maiden-Piece of Mind 1. Morbid Angel-Altars of Madness
extra mentions:
Eyehategod-Dopesick/Saint Vitus-Hallow's Victim/Church of Misery-Houses of the Unholy/Deadbird-The Head and The Heart/Entombed-Wolverine Blues/Merauder-Master Killer/Trouble-The Skull/Cannibal Corpse-The Bleeding/WASP-WASP/Obituary-Obituary.....I'll stop there. I get carried away sometimes!
Love ya', Brother Garrett!!
Spine of God fuckin rules!!! And sabotage is my favorite sabbath album. Favorite album period!
ruclips.net/video/FZdgmbJdpX8/видео.html@@BornTooNate This shit blew my mind! best cover ever! That soft breakdown is sooo lush and B is incredible on it!
Sabotage is definitley my favorite album ever!! It screams inside my soul everytime I listen to it!
Feel I need to give some personal shout outs - perhaps some more recent metal records and certainly my most played:
Sepultura - Quadra
Gojira - Magma
Amon Amarth - Jomsviking
Eluveitie - Everything Remains
Tool - AEinma
Rammstein - Untited (2019)
A couple of bands on here I haven't listened to combined with perennial personal favorites! I like how you justified the inclusion of some lesser known names with reference to their place in metal history and now I have some new suggestions of shrapnel to check out!
Hey Nate! Nice list! My only disagreement (and it doesn’t matter…) is the comments on Metallica’s lyrics on Damage Inc and also the length of Disposable Hero’s.
That album is a perfect record and there’s a reason it’s preserved in the Library of Congress. Interesting choice for Iron Maiden’s “Somewhere In Time.” A record I love… it’s just an interesting/unexpected pick for this list. I’m digging the new Spirit Adrift! Cheers!
You’re not wrong, those are just the aspects of that album that bug me personally.
Thanks! Glad you dig it.
Stained Class- excellent, underrated album. Best song- Heroe’s End.
Title track!
Thanks for a little vindication of what mostly would be my top choices would be. I’m always preaching Trouble. I hope I can find that Sabotage figurine set someday
Stained Class just awesome. Exciter being a prototype for thrash metal back in 1978.
Beyond The Realms of Death, incredible solos.
Good choice
Agreed. Imagine if they had re-recorded Exciter for the Painkiller album...man I wish.
A few of these bands, I admittedly have never heard of.
I'm primarily a fan of esp. "Old School," NWOBHM, and "Power Metal" genres. Less of a fan of 'thrash' (though I like 80s and early 90s Metallica and some Megadeth), and almost like nothing of Speed or Death Metal.
In the following order my favorite metal bands of all time are: Iron Maiden, Iced Earth, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath (and Heaven and Hell), Dio, and Savatage.
My favorite Iron Maiden album is the very underrated "Somewhere In Time" which you ranked around number 4 or so...
I'm surprised at how little attention "Iced Earth" gets in youtube circles discussing metal. As good as any metal band that has EVER existed, thematically, lyrically, musically...
Stained glass is the best at illustrating the change of 70s metal to 80s. Stained class was the nail in the coffin for heavy dirty "bluesy" metal🤘
Great video! METALLICA.. SLAYER... MEGADETH... MORBID ANGEL. PANTERA... AND THE ALMIGHTY SABBATH!!!🤘 GREATEST BANDS OF ALL TIMES!!!
Had to interrupt my headphone session with GaG to just say... Siren of the South's outro gives me an eargasm. Hope to hear it Sunday.
I can appreciate your love of certain albums over others but then there is the harsh reality as far as greatness and influence. Example: Wether u want to or not you have to replace Somewhere in Time with Number of the Beast (and I get it. I like Powerslave better). Also replace Remission with Leviathan. Also, I like Trouble; however, just in influence and importance, that album has to be Kyuss- Blues for the Red Sun. Anyway, nice channel man.
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This is perhaps my favorite ever top 10 metal albums review.. I was sick and tired of seeing the same albums on an on / very steriotypical and popularized mentality.. So it was great to see Trouble on anybody's list out of Psalm 9.. Especially Somewhere In Time but more especially Storm of The Lİght's bane !! Only I was expecting you to change MOP to AJFA in the last second but your explanation was fair fair enough.. cheers Nate..
Hell yea, thank you!
Entombed Clandestine and Death Leprosy is missing.
great list, and actually i havent even heard all of these and now i need to go check those out. for me i would have to have an opeth album on there, id want to put watershed but might have to relent and let blackwater park take its place, i would also struggle not to crowbar in nola by down or burn my eyes by machine head somewhere.
1. BLACK SABBATH 'Paranoid'; 2. JUDAS PRIEST 'Screaming For Vengeance'; 3. Ozzy OSBOURNE 'Diary Of A Madman'; 4. DIO 'Holy Diver'; 5. METALLICA 'Master Of Puppets'; 6.IRON MAIDEN 'Somewhere In Time'; 7. MEGADETH 'Rust In Peace'; 8. SCORPIONS 'Taken By Force'; 9. DREAM THEATER 'Scenes From A Memory'; 10. QUEENSRŸCHE 'Operation: Mindcrime'.
Somewhere In Time was the beginning of my loss of interest in Iron Maiden. Several years ago, I went back to revisit the old catalogue and all the post 2000 albums I’d missed. Somewhere in Time was still disappointing to me. But I will listen again. Sometimes you just need to hear someone say why it’s great to get your ears bent the right way to detect the greatness.
Great arguments for why all these albums should be on the list!
Although I do agree with the choices and I like the way you described in great detail why they were chosen, very surprised Anthrax did not make it. Anthrax undoubtedly is credited with putting a unique spin on metal. I remember when Anthrax first played at L'Amour, the direction of metal changed that night.
For whatever reason I just never liked them. I haven’t heard an anthrax song or even a riff that blew me away.
@@BornTooNate interesting
My top 10
1) In Flames The Jester Race
2) Amon Amarth Versus The World
3) Trivium Ascendancy
4) Iron Maiden Somewhere in Time
5) Metallica Ride The Lighting
6) Megadeth Rust In Peace
7) Machine Head The Blackening
8) All that Remains The Fall of Ideals
9) As I Lay Dying An Ocean Between Us
10) Death The Sound of Perseverance
1) sabbath- heaven and hell
2) maiden - piece of mind
3) mercyful fate - Melissa
4) Metallica - puppets
5) priest - stained class
6) Ozzy - blizzard
7) Queensryche - Mindcrime
8) overkill - years of decay
9) my dying bride - swans
10) slayer - reign
Love every single one of these
Dissection - Reinkaos
Necrophagist - Onset of Putrefaction
Death - Individual Thought Patterns
In Flames - The Jester Race
Metallica - And Justice For All...
Trivium - Shogun
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Amon Amarth - Once Sent From the Golden Hall
Hellripper - Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
Children of Bodom - Follow the Reaper
No specific order
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Jester Race was hard to not include. Literally perfect from start to finish.
Excellent video. I agree for the most part. I would argue instead for Powerslave, Sad Wings of Destiny, and Leviathan over the ones you chose from their respective bands, IMO. I would take out Trouble, as I see it more like an in hindsight underrated album rather than a historic top 10 one, and put one of these instead: Slipknot’s Iowa, Opeth’s Blackwater Park, or Death’s Symbolic. Cheers!
Great choices here, all totally valid alternatives
Great analysis and explanation or your choices. I've always like Manowar's Battle Hymns, but not sure if it would make anyone's top ten lists or not.
Manowar is cool, maybe Kings of Metal would be more popular from them
1st off the new Spirit Adrift album is great. And I definitely agree that Trouble deserves more respect.
Some of my personal favorites in no order:
Alice In Chains-Dirt
Megadeth-Rust in Peace
Katatonia-Tonight’s Decision
Ahab-Call of the Wretched Sea
Carcass-Heartwork
Intestine Baalism-Anatomy of the Beast
Mastodon-Crack the Skye
Alcest-Ecailles De Lune
Enslaved-In Times
Type O Negative-October Rust
Judas Priest-Painkiller
Solitude Aeturnus-Beyond the Crimson Horizon
Cryptopsy-None so Vile
Cattle Decapitation-Monolith of inhumanity
Immolation-Close to a World Below
Motorhead-Overkill
Thank you! KILLER list. Was listening to None So Vile just yesterday to try and survive my 100 degree boxing workout. Nothing as brutal as that to this day.
Dirt is a masterpiece, along with Rust In Peace probably the 2 best metal albums of the 90's.
Towards the end there, I started thinking that there should probably be a Meshuggah record on here and the list would be perfect. I respect the Mastodon choice though. Runners up would have to be Obzen or Ashes of the Wake LOG. Cheers!
Dude, i thought you had antlers at first.😂😂😂 Great list🤘🤘🤘
It’s just a matter of time until I grow a set… we hang out with a lot of deer out here
You earned a sub with this one. I don't agree with all of your picks, but I respect your analysis and general thoughtfulness. Also: Fucking Trouble!
To me 1986 is definitely the best metal year, because I got my first metal albums back then.
They where Somewhere In Time, Master Of Puppets and Reign In Blood. 😉
(Among others, like Welcome To Hell, Speak English Or Die, Spreading The Desease, Kill 'Em All, Seven Churches, Pleasure To Kill, Life After Death, Piece Of Mind, In The Sign Of Evil, Sentence Of Death & Hell Awaits).
I remember thinking: "This is my kind of music!", and after 37 years it still is. 🤟😎
I'm also happy to be one of the people who got these classics shortly after they were released.
However, the downside would be it never really got any better after that. 😌
Awesome video bother, been a metalhead since 1980 and embarrassed to say I never heard of Trouble. Will check them out.
They rule!
I would dare say Avenged Sevenfold's self titled album is among my top metal albums of all time. It features some of the best songwriting since the 80s, and it's just a creative explosion of an album with so much going on experimentally, melodically, harmonically, vocally and lyrically. Each track adds something new to the experience, and I can never get tired of it
Best thrash metal album of all time : Flotsam and Jetsam No place for Disgrace
The best and the most underrated thrash album ever made .My opinion
I think Opeth Blackwater Park deserves a place being not just one of the best metal albums ever, but one of the greatest albums ever, period.
Astonishing album! Also, one of the best album titles ever!
It’s really good
my best 3 of all time:
Slayer- Reign in Blood
Venom-Black Metal
Testament- The Legacy
Great selections, Disposable heroes is an absolute banger, my humble opinion of course, and Sabbath's Vol.4 is excellent👌
1- Black Sabbath because it's the first album of the Most important band although my favourite is Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.
2- Judas Priest - Painkiller. Their most famous album and definitely a masterpiece.
3- Ride the Lightning although Master is considered their best.
4- Vulgar Display of Power because it's such an amazing piece of music history although Far beyond Driven or Cowboys would be equally valid for other reasons.
5- Countdown to Extinction although Rust in Piece is considered to be their best.
6- Venom- Black Metal, because it kicked off a new subgenre that even has the name.
7- Slayer Reign in Blood because no metalhead doesn't know about this one. ( Even if you're not a thrash fan)
8- Slaughter of the Soul because it also kicked off an important subgenre and it's just amazing.
8- Beneath the Remains because it's a band that combined thrash with a more death metal approach to it and was just different from stuff from other parts of the globe.
9- Ace of Spades - because it's almost a metal/Punk sound that nobody but Lemmy could have done. I mean it's Lemmy, he's a legend.
10- Leprosy because it's another band that was seminal to a subgenre.
Those would be my picks although I have albums that I would prefer but not as important to the metal scene.
Some other picks would be
Blackwater Park, Whoracle, Resurrection Through Carnage, Tales from the Thousand Lakes, Scum, Heartwork, Butchered at Birth, Nola.🤘
Damn good list! Some of my personal favs that weren’t on this list:
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - BS
Catch 33 - Meshuggah
Rust in Peace - Megadeth
Scream Bloody Gore - Death
The Bleeding - CC
Organic Hallucinosis - Decapitated
Vertebrae - Enslaved
October Rust - TON
Sun That Never Sets - Neurosis
As the Palaces Burn - LOG
Chaos AD - Sepultura
There’s so many…
Catch 33 is sooooooo sick, that one never gets talked about. My favorite in a totally insane catalog.
@@BornTooNate agree man! IMO it was their last true prog masterpiece. Nothing against anything they’ve released since but C33 is just such a mind fuck and way ahead of its time.
Chemical wedding by bruce dickinson brilliant metal album
Once I saw the big "T" on your T-shirt, I knew this would be a somewhat fair list 😄 Alright!Game changers for the genre , and it's forgiven for an American to not mention any of them is the power German trio - Sodom , Destruction and Kreator and their first albums respectively. Bathory 84 was the (under) ground work for Black Metal , although their (his, Quorthons) peak I would say was 88'" Blood, Fire, Death" . Also no heavy metal top 10 can go without having Queensryche's - "Operation Mindcrime" in it.
Love Persecution Mania by Sodom. Personal favorite of that entire style!
Would love to hear your top non-metal albums, things that influenced you. You’ve touched on a few in previous videos but it’s always very cool to get a peak into a favorite artist’s non metal influences.
Good idea, I'll definitely do a "Top 10 non-metal albums" list. That one will have to be strictly opinion based! Impossible, otherwise
You are SO correct. Well done.
Hi, my list won't represent the best albums of all time but just my humble favorites since my teenage days. All of them were the band's latest album at the time. I got lucky when blind-picking them of the shelf, 'cause except for a few, since there was no internet back then to check them out. These were my 1st picks for these bands ( except Pantera, Grip, Slayer & Maiden) , and most are still my favorite bands today... ( In no order)
Cathedral - Forest of Equilibrium
Brutal Truth - Need to Control
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
Death - Individual Thought Patterns
Morbid Angel - Covenant
Supuration - The Cube
Carcass - Heartwork
Pentagram - Be forewarned
Dark Tranquility - The Gallery
Fudge Tunnel - Creep Diets
Asphyx - Asphyx
Prong - Cleansing
Death Angel - Act III
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Grip.inc - Nemesis
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer
Devin Townsend - Terria
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Melvins - A Senile Animal
Rollins Band - The End of Silence
Skid Row - Slave to the Grind
Pestilence - Testimony of the Ancients
Wrathchild America - 3D
Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun
Samael - Ceremony of Opposites
Iron Maiden - Live After Death
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Mr Bungle - MB
Slayer - South of Heaven
Okay hard to stop at 10... ;)
Great stuff! That Melvin’s record is my favorite of theirs as well. Saw them on that tour with the 2 drummer/Big Business lineup, so good
@@BornTooNate This album really rocks! Saw them on that tour too in Paris, couldn't stop watching Dale and Coady's arms... And then another time when they played Houdini and Stoner Witch entirely if I remember well... That was cool ;)
Very good ranking....i agree with you for most of them.
Great to see Trouble mentioned , great band !
Hard to argue with this list. Great content, just subscribed.
Cheers!
HI! two questions, if I may: but is this normal? do not include in this list.. "in rock" by Deep Purple? (or at least not include Deep Purple in general?) another question: are they intentional or accidental, the horns at the back that almost seem like you have them on your head?? 😂🤣😂🤣
In Rock is one of my favorite records ever made! It’s hard to say if that’s hard rock, protometal, heavy blues, or what… but yea it’s incredible.
@@BornTooNate the point is, that the deep purple and specifically in rock, gave life to everything you just listed! Today we wouldn't be talking about hard or heavy if it weren't for them and this album.
I agree
I live about a kilometer from where 'Master Of Puppets' was recorded. And 'Ride The Lightning' for that matter.
Strandlodsvej, Copenhagen. The house still stands, although the studio has since moved.
We were just over there trying to find the spot! Couldn’t figure it out.
After a loooooooooooooong debate with myself I think I managed to compose a list of top 10 greatest metal albums
10. At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul
One of the most important albums in terms of 2000s guitar playing but it was released 5 years before the 2000s even started. Very energetic, melodic and atmospheric record.
9. Slipknot- Slipknot
Love them or hate them they are the most influential band of the last 20 years. The sheer energy and brutality of their early work was unmatched and many metal and hardcore bands wouldn't be here without Slipknot
8. Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
They were the most important metal band that was active in the 90s and their third album (let's forget their 80s era) was absolutely mindblowing. Many ideas incorporated on Far Beyond Driven could later be found in the New Wave of American Heavy Metal bands
7. Death - Scream Bloody Gore
In my opinion Death's debut is the first death metal record. Songs like Evil Dead, Baptized in Blood or Zombie Ritual are undeniable death metal classics
6. Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
If it weren't for them we wouldn't have extreme metal as we know it today, atmospheric, brutal, heavy and dark
5. Metallica - Master of Puppets
The definitive metal albums for many people. Even though I prefer Megadeth I can't deny the fact that Metallica's influence on music in general is far more noticable.
4. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
I think this is one of the most important albums in progressive and power metal evolution. I hear many Powerslave influences in Symphony X, Unleash The Archers, Avantasia, Dream Theater, Haken and many other prog and power metal albums and since prog is one of metal's most important genres I think this record belongs on the list.
3. Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
I prefer later Priest albums but the sheer influence and improvement over their debut makes this album a truly remarkable album in metal's evolution
2. Slayer - Reign in Blood
The extreme metal record for me. Most heavier metal bands name Slayer as their influence and I believe this album is the reason why.
1. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
The most important record in metal's history. I know that they had two records before MoR but in my opinion this one is far more influential. You can find hints of stoner, doom and thrash on this record before those genres were even established
Great list, valid reasoning for every album.
@@BornTooNate Thanks, man. I liked your list as well. You are my biggest RUclips and music discovery of this year. Keep on doing great work
Bro, respect for putting Trouble on here, ridiculous band. So dark and heavy! 🤘
One of the greats! Shout out uncle Jimmy Bower for turning me onto THE SKULL when I was a youngin
Sick list! I love Metallica and sabbath. To me they are like the essence of metal. The pioneers to to speak. How would you categorize Diamond Head? Heavy metal? I know Metallica really liked them since they covered “Am I Evil” and “it’s Electric.” I also agree that And Justice for All is a fantastic album but my biggest hang up with that album is the lack of bass (bass player here). It’s criminal what they did to Jason on that record. Aloha!
Diamondhead - LTTN is an all time favorite of mine. I would classify them as the top tier of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. They laid the foundation for what would become thrash metal. Super important band and album.
And yeah it’s criminal what they did to Jason. His basslines on that record are insane and he wrote the majority of the opening track which is one of their best songs!
There’s an upload called And Justice for Jason, which has bass on it. It’s actually pretty sick (if you haven’t checked it out before). Aloha from the islands!
+Death's Human. I consider it something like the Reign in Blood of death metal in the sense that it took death to a whole new level the same way Reign turbocharged thrash. I personally consider it the best extreme metal record. Power, cohesion, flow. And a lot of that magic came from Paul and Sean's contribution. I don't think Chuck quite managed to reach that magic again, as phenomenal as Symbolic is.
Bold pick with Far Beyond Driven , and I like your argument for it. I think they peaked artistically on Trendkill personally Vulgar is probably my favorite but people that weren’t around don’t realize how big it was for Far Beyond Driven to debut at number one. They finally achieved a great mix on Far Beyond Driven and the mix on Trendkill is possible bigger.
I like this type video you kinda say my list is going to be different than most and then you make fantastic points for why and your thought process without putting down the more traditional or “trendy” picks .
It’s easy to make a list of ten common consensus or popular metal albums . Metal fans are the most loyal passionate and opinionated bunch. You got a great list without being “edge lord” like some people would. I’d argue that Slave to the Grind is metal but can respect your opinion, it wasn’t necessarily a metal record compared to what metal was at the time, but had it came out in the late 70s to 80s it would probably definitely be recognized as heavy. It sure was a heavy record to debut at number one until Far Beyond Driven, and Pantera earned that spot the hard way they weren’t playing songs off Cowboys and Vulgar on MTV and the radio, they earned every one of those sales on the road playing their ass off opening for “bigger” bands and by word of mouth through the metal community and that just makes it more incredible when everyone else was saying metal was dead, Pantera drops their heaviest record yet and it goes straight to number one.
Hell yeah, everything you say here is valid. And yea... lost interest in being an edgelord by my late teenage years. As it should be.