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Thank you for including amo. I've enjoyed much of BMTH's work, including the Post Human: Survival Horror EP, but I have no use for amo. If I had to pick a band that I used to like and switched up their sound for the worse, I would say Finger Eleven. They were never amazing, but they were surprisingly good for a nu metal and, and then they made money off of "One Thing" and swerved hard into electronic radio rock. Sigh. One more note: as a longtime solider in the MCRmy, I actually love Danger Days. A lot of the lyrics are darker than most people realize; the whole album is a testament to how much MCR loves the Lyrical Dissonance trope, and I think it works.
@@RockedNet where do you get all those corey taylor photos id love to have one om a die hard fan of slipknots corey taylor i love seeing him in any masks he wears hes my favorite singer what do you think about mushroomead latest album a wonderful life do you love it or hate it which album was better the end so far or a wonderful life
@@Linkin_Swift hey man linkin park trys new stuff dont hate tthe band i love for lots of reasons they got hated for making minutes to midnight and yes i love that album so dont mention one more light look at minutes to midnight it has songs that would sound like they would appear on one more light
First one that comes to mind is Megadeth's "Risk" from 1999. I was actually depressed for days because I was so excited for a new Megadeth album, then...this. I actually halfway as a joke took the CD back to the store, and when they said they could only take it back if it was defective, I said "It IS defective. It sucks." 🤣
Agreed. Almost as bad as my reaction to St. Anger. I hadn't heard any of it when I bought it. I opened it immediately at the mall and popped it in my walkman... almost tossed it in the trash at that very moment 😭
Johnathon Davis has actually gone on record MANY times saying that he loves electronic music from Industrial to Trance and House, and when Dubstep came out, it blew him away. PoT was less about Korn chasing the trend and more JD getting to finally be part of a culture he had cherished for such a long time, making music in a genre he always wanted to play around with. Even after PoT, JD has made sure to implement a bunch of electronic elements in their later albums, including on tracks like Never Never, Black is the Soul, and Worst is On Its Way. PoT may have been a commercial failure, but it is FAR from something JD regrets, and honestly, I'm happy for the guy that he could have that experience and still go on to make awesome albums with the crew.
I hated the inclusion of that sound in Korn. But if they love it, then more power and respect for them going there. I still think bands should release music like this under a different name or something. But thats just me.
PoT is my favorite Korn album, and I've been a fan since the self titled album released. It was new and fresh, and combined two genras I loved in a way I liked. I love Johnathan Davis other features in EDM, like the track he did with Skynd.
Korn was always a band that prided itself on experimenting and shaking things up musically for metal, which is why I always respected Path of Totality’s existence despite not liking the album outside of “Get Up” being one of my biggest guilty pleasures. And although I don’t view it as being as huge of a stretch in sound as a lot of people think, I also have the hugest soft spot for Turbo.
The Korn “Headless period” was definitely The band struggling with their identity, from See You On the Other Side being their most mainstream album to losing David Silveria and trying to go back to basics with the untitled album and Korn 3, thank God Head came back or who knows what else they would have made.
Music from The Elder by KISS definitely deserves a mention here. Their attempt at a prog rock fantasy themed concept album. It tanked so hard, they weren’t able to even tour off of it. It’s a. Very interesting listen.
I have always like The Elder but yeah it was a huge change. But what about Dynasty? Talk about trying to fit in to the current music style, but disco? Still I like that one as well just different.
@@NWGhost71 I actually love Dynasty. "I Was Made for Loving You" is a total throwaway but the rest of the album is great. "Magic Touch" has always been one of my favorite KISS songs.
I said this when you asked about this originally: AMERICA by Thirty Seconds to Mars is a MAJOR example of this. 30STM experimented with some electronic and pop elements before, but that album completely abandoned the rock and turned into a Jared Leto solo project more than a band. And it's practically a family-only band by now too, since Tomo Milicevic, their long time guitarist, left during production. Not to mention, this was during the (still ongoing) "extreme ego insanity trip" phase of Jared Leto's career, so there's that. The best way to describe the album is a quote by Gregg Allman: "That record sucked, man. It bit the dirt, and it didn't sell sh-t. There was one, maybe two decent songs on that record, but it was basically terrible, just awful." And it's telling when one of those two decent songs is Monolith... which is an instrumental interlude.
Walk On Water is my guilty pleasure, I still listen to it from time to time. It takes me back to my middle school days (I’m a high school senior now). For me, it’s in the same category of “inoffensive, catchy pop” as, let’s say, Radioactive by Imagine Dragons or Counting Stars by One Republic.
@@martinhroch344 That's the other song, besides Monolith, that I don't mind too much. That at least felt like it had elements of early 30STM (or at least the band before this album), and gave me sort of confidence that the album would be okay before everything went down the toilet.
Turbo I loved !!! Plus it was groundbreaking by using heavy techno dance loops and incorporating in Metal. It was the blueprint for Rammstein , NIN, Rob Zombie, Powerman, Stabbing Westword and more.
@@RockedNet Reckless also qualifies (actually, I like most of the album, but it should have been more in the vein of that song, commercial but still hard rocking).
I probably like Turbo more than a lot of people but they definitely improved (and changed their sound yet again) by the time Painkiller came out only 4 years later.
Out In The Cold is my favorite off the record, Turbo is far from their worst without touching the Ripper Owen's material, Ram It Down is pretty bland with few kernels to enjoy
@@lordofscarletDemolition sucks, but I think Jugulator is a very underrated Judas Priest album. It’s easily in the top half of their discography in my opinion.
My sister was a huge fan girl for MCR and she was so excited for Danger Days. She then got the album, listened once and literally threw it in the trash. ME on the other hand? I loved it, and my sister along with a lot of other “real fans” bashed me and told me I wasn’t a “real fan” for liking it. It was a nice change to something a bit more lively. But I can’t stand when bands stagnate in a bad way and felt MCR needed to change for at least one album to detox a little bit.
I don't like danger days tbh, my favorite of all time has to be probably the black parade because of how many times i listened to it, back-to-back and still found it awesome. Danger days is my second most listened to, and i think that even three cheers is better. Much richer replay value and overall sounds. I think if they took a little more time in the oven with it, it could have been way better.
Seriously. Path of Totality was not a change in style, it was an application of creativity. Korn was always experimental. The untitled album was fever dream of soundscapes unlike anything they've ever made. Each Korn album has a certain feel, and Path of Totality did just that. A bit of the electronic aspect has stuck around with their music, but as someone who is also a Daft Punk fan, I welcome it. I do need to get around to listening to their recent albums more than I already have.
I'm happy that nowdays Danger Days has a better reception than the time it was released. I personally prefer it over the black parade, although I also love that album. Danger Days is not bad, it just came at the wrong time. Great video
Gerard probably should have realized that people expected a certain kind of tone from MCR and released the danger days as a Side Project Like imagine if Green Day released Money Money 2020 under the Green Day Name
I feel like one of his comic book ideas got accidentally shuffled into ideas for MCR albums. I never really warmed up to it, I feel like it should've been a solo side venture or like, a multi-media thing w graphic novels and some bonus songs/visuals. Which it sorta became anyways.
Danger Days was actually the album that got me *into* MCR Because comic book writer (and real life friend of Way) Grant Morrison mentioned the band and being in their music videos in an old interview
Thankyou for mentioning whitechapel at the end there as an example of a deathcore band evolving and using clean vocals as a way to elevate the material. Kin and The Valley are two of my all time fav records, it's amazing when a huge gamble like that pays off.
@@rossh2386 fair enough, I love the old stuff too, but I really appreciate the added emotional depth and maturity of the new material. Makes it much more replayable and they serve as fantastic gateway albums to death core as songs like The Ones who Made Us, To The Wolves, Forgiveness is Weakness, When a Demon Defiles a Witch, Bloodsoaked Symphony and We Are One are still heavy as fuck
@@rossh2386 no… they’re not lol. Not even close to awful. They’re not the old style sure. But that’s a good thing. All artists should change this long into their career. If they had that same sound as the old stuff on literally every album they’d have an incredibly small following these days. That shit would get real old. But objectively speaking, they’re incredible, well written, and emotionally impactful albums. There’s a million times more substance there than the old stuff. So no, not awful. You’re just picky.
The Valley was amazing! Kin had songs but didn't live up to The Valley. I love all of their old work too, but the Valley is a great example of them growing. Kin was kind of too far if that makes sense
Motley Crue's Generation Swine album was just awful. Talk about an '80s rock band trying to appeal to the '90s crowd. Plus, VAN HALEN III was a mistake.
The motley crue album was bad, Nikki sixx'l has claimed roots in every genre going first 'we were definitely a punk band' then 'we were always a total metal band' then it was 'we were definitely in a grunge mindset'.....nope.
Van Halen 3 is a terrible record by all means, and barely has any replay value. (I have a soft spot for “Year To The Day” but thats about it) I’m not a fan of the weird experimentation and tunings on the album especially EVH dropping his tuning down to A on some of the songs.
I remember Linkin Park tried to change their sound twice. The first time was when dubstep was starting to get popular with their Recharged album and the second time started with Heavy, then One Final Light. Linkin Parks last album before Chester Bennington passed away.
They didn’t do a dubstep album or try to change to sound to jump on that trend, they simply did a feature with Steve Aoki, that’s it. That Exact same year they released The Hunting Party which is by far their most “rock” record they ever produced and that was very much not what the trend was at the time.
@@comixproviderftw_02 all good bro, LP are a band that changed their sound a bunch of times(every single album after Meteora went in a different direction from the previous one) but I think I speak for all when I say One More Light is the only one that sees them ever so slightly trend hoping(putting it mildly when I say that lmao) and it not working at all. Sad that that’s their final album 😞
Saaaaaame. It's so far out there, compared to the rest of their work, but that's what makes it for me, there was no way they could really top The Black Parade
@@deadeyedarwin they just slowed the tempo on South of Heaven, still heavy as f**k in a Sabbath sort of way. It was a change from Reign In Blood but not even close to being a failure.
I will defend Danger Days as a great album until I die. Also, another example is Highly Suspect with MCID. The band was set to become one of the biggest new bands in rock, until Johnny Stevens decided to become a rapper and the band had to go along with it. So fans were treated with a hip-hop album, and not even a good one. The album single-handedly tanked the band’s success to the point where their new album, despite being decent, was a flop. I hope they can come back, but I’m not sure at this point.
I think it's great that bands try new things, I have more respect for the bands on this list than bands that stagnate and hold onto what made them successful, these bands were willing to take a risk and try to grow as musicians even if it didn't work out
I'm one of the defenders of Korn's Path of Totality but I'm also just a sucker for mixing heavy music and electronic music so it hit that sweet spot for me.
Love electronnic and industrial, even some early synthwave. But I really couldn't listen to that album. I really don't like dubstep so i'd pass on that. I'd just throw some Skinny Puppy (one of davis' idodls) Ministry or KMFDM if I wanted some industrial.
It could've been trimmed down. One of the B sides was actually really good. But yeah, I liked the album for the most part. A few songs suffered from sounding similar to other songs on the album, but it made sense why they made it. It just leaned a bit too heavily on the electronics for most people.
In 1988, extreme metal pioneers Celtic Frost went with a more traditional (for the 1980's) heavy metal sound and a more glammy look with the album Cold Lake. Critics and core fans alike hated it.
One that comes to mind for me is Shallow Life by Lacuna Coil. It's a very divisive album for many fans. They went for a more pop rock sound than their usual gothic metal. The only song that had much staying power was Spellbound. I don't hate it, but it's by no means my favorite Lacuna Coil album. I was glad when they went back to their heavier sound, especially with Delirium and Black Anima.
Shallow Life is the last album I liked by any means. I actually used to know the band and have an autographed copy of In A Reverie. Unleashed Memories stayed in my cd player for a solid 6 months. After that era, everything just sounded flat.
You can’t tell me Linkin Park shouldn’t have had an honorable mention (twice). A Thousand Suns (2010) definitely divided their fan base with their electronic sound and One More Light (2017) had Coldplay sounding like Metallica. BMTH’s amo wasn’t bad. Long term fans weren’t happy but it exposed them to a wider fan base. They went for a more pop oriented sound but they at least pulled it off unlike Linkin Park. Songs like “Wonderful Life”, “MANTRA”, and “sugar honey iced tea” are bangers for the heavier fans. It’s not a bad album, but definitely their most diverse.
Cryptopsy's "The Unspoken King" and Morbid Angel's "Illud Divinum Insanus" are two good examples of a band's change of sound sucking so much that the album(s) after backpedaled hard.
Great video as always, man. Some bands that come to my head when I read the title: -Coldplay going full cheese pop with their last album -Bullet for my Valentine going "soft" with Gravity -Fall Out Boy cashing in on mainstream attention on "Save Rock and Roll" and MANIA -Green Day going Boomer Rock with Uno! Dos! and Tré! and then doubling down on father of all -Linkin Park stepping away from their essence on One More Light. And...well, it's not more like a "sound" but more of "essence", Gorillaz relying on their guests on humanz.
Honestly, if you listen to Danger Days in full, it's not as happy as the first few tracks would have you believe. The concept of the album is about the Killjoys fighting a powerful mega-corporation (this and the setting of 2019 being a reference to Blade Runner), and all of them dying in the process. "I'll tell you all how this story ends, where the good guys die and the bad guys win," being a line that foreshadows this in "Save Yourself, I'll Hold Them Back." It's actually very bleak and still kind of fits into MCR's emo image, just in a different way. Also, the penultimate song on the album, "The Kids from Yesterday," is fucking heartrending.
Not sure if this counts or not but “Ghost” by Devin Townsend Project. It received acclaim by many critics and really showcases Devin Townsend’s music talent by doing the complete opposite of the Extreme Metal he’s known for and doing an album of folk rock and ambient music. However, it may have been too opposite for fans because it didn’t sell enough for him to make Ghost 2 like he wanted. Seriously, check the album out, it’s really good!
Amo was BMTH’s first #1 album. As a big fan of the band, it took a few listens to get into it, and I’ll still never like some of the songs on that album but overall I think it’s pretty solid. That being said, Post Human: Survival Horror blows Amo out of the water.
The Path of Totality polarised critics but I actually kinda enjoyed some of it. The dubstep and nu-metal combo actually works somewhat here. Strangely enough, this album first got me interested in the rest of Korn's records. I'm surprised you didn't mention Linkin Park, they changed their music often and usually not for the better, especially One More Light.
Danger Days and Turbo are both solid albums imo. I don't *hate* Generation Swine or Into the Unknown, but they're certainly "I won't go out of my way to listen to them" albums.
For as much crap as people give Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer for "changing their sound", I personally feel like Anthrax completely lost their way once John Bush entered the picture. Pretty much the only song I enjoyed from the Bush era was, appropriately enough, "Only".
I'll just point out Stabbing Westward's 2001 self-titles album. They dropped their darker synth sound, going for sonething closer to pop-rock. It was pretty reviled and was one of the factors that lead to the band's break-up. Thankfully, we got Chasing Ghosts this year, which is a much more fitting swan song.
To say that album was disappointing would be an understatement. SW doing a friggin' LOVE SONG?? C'MON guys! You're not Barry Manilow, last I checked. (Didn't help that it was only 10 songs @ a little over 45 minutes--they clearly were low on ideas at the time).
@@davidl570 They got talked into it by their new record label (Koch) who didn't think an undustrial album would sell anymore. Given that they split up soon after I'm guessing that album had everything going against it. Thank god Chasing Ghosts felt like a return to form.
Having listened to their first albums at the time they were relevant, makes me sad that they're known best for Black Parade. I had a lot of trouble coming around to it
Say what you want about Danger Days, but I think the visuals from that time period in MCR's history were great. I love the marching band uniforms from Black Parade as much as the next fan, but seeing the guys wear bright colors and have fun was really refreshing. The music was hit-or-miss for me, but I wouldn't mind if Gerard Way's red hair made a comeback.
It is unfortunate that Diabolus got a lot of heat from Slayer fans. Even a couple of friends of mine hate that album. For me, I felt that Slayer did an awesome job. Thick and heavy sounding guitars, a more present bass and some tribal drum beats (Death's Head). A far better direction than the likes of some of my other favorite thrash bands and it's still one of my all time favorite albums. The only track on Diabolus that bothered me a little was 'Stain Of Mind', hearing Araya belt out 'oh yeah'.
After seeing this video, I went to the album and listened to a couple songs. I dont think it's bad. It's definitely obvious that the style is a bit different, but I don't think it's bad.
I love the album, and Stain of Mind is a juke staple for me. I get what you're saying about the "Oh yeah" bit, but being 17-18 years old back then, driving aimlessly with friends, Bostaph's drums cracking your spine, yelling "Oh yeah" with Tom felt pretty great.
Diabolis is far from their best, but theres no such thing as a bad slayer album in my opinion. It also isn't as big of a departure in style as some make it out to be.
KISS - Dynasty/Unmasked...well, at least in America, this was actually their biggest success in Australia, but the pop/rock and rock-disco alienated a lot of their core fan base. Foo Fighters - Medicine At Midnight. Dave Grohl decides that he loves disco and so he makes a (mostly) disco inspired album designed to be danced to. It just didn't work. KISS - Music From The Elder. Although loved by some, it divided fans. It's basically KISS trying to be Yes and/or The Who. It's not playing to their strengths. New Kids On The Block - NKOTB. A boy band tries to reinvent themselves as Gangsta Rappers. KISS - Carnival Of Souls. This time they were trying to be Alice In Chains and/or Nirvana and/or Metallica.
Another Judas Priest example is Nostradamus in 2008 when they tried making a 100-minute prog concept double album. It does have its moments (I personally enjoy Prophecy, Death, and Persecution) but it had a real problem of similar-sounding songs and an overabundance on interludes. Definitely was an interesting idea, but Iron Maiden did it WAY better in '88.
One example that immediately comes to mind is Crypropsy's The Unspoken King. A brutal / technical death metal band trying out some deathcore sounds. Needless to say, the reception wasn't particularly warm.
While I understand the criticisms of The Path of Totality and amo, I really enjoy those albums. The Path of Totality is admittedly nostalgic, though I feel it’s a solid fit for the band considering the sound of See You on the Other Side and Untitled. amo also felt like a natural direction for BMTH, think about the more poppy and electronic elements of Sempiternal and That’s the Spirit.
ngl but I kinda tried listening to BMTH's whole discography straight, and I realized that it was a teeny tiny bit obvious that by the 4th or 5th record, they were gonna sound like a completely different band. even just by suicide season, they already started incorporating little bits and styles that weren't associated with deathcore/metalcore.
@@DragonKnightX12 it’s a grower for sure. Even I had to get into it, though I did much faster than others bc I was in an experimental phase around that time.
KoRn is my favorite band of all time! I'm a true long-time fan, I love them no matter what. I really enjoyed the Path of Totality, I thought it was a really cool combination.
I used to dislike PoT more, but hearing Untitled and Korn III, I came out respecting it more, Get Up and Narcissistic Cannibal still sometimes pop up on my playlists lol
@@D_d_t_d_D 2 of my favorite songs off the P.O.T! KoRn has so many albums, I can usually always find something I'm in the mood to listen to. 😊 Rock on, my friend! 🤘
Though their best track has to be on the self-titled album when you let it play long enough, and suddenly discover that somebody is really upset with someone named Jerry.
Some people weren't that happy about silverchair indulging in psychedelic/dream pop for Young Modern and thought of it as The Dissociatives taking over what was originally a grunge band (though, I was into it).
First two tracks were very good.. but the rest was a waste. Don't blame them for evolving. Just wished that Daniel johns would get the band back together
A great example, although it's outside of rock or metal, is singer-songwriter Jewel trying to go full mainstream pop with the album "03/04". I only knew a few of her songs at the time this came out. Even then, seeing the music video for "Intuition" is still to this day one of the biggest "WTF, this can't actually be happening" reactions I've ever had to music.
Intuition by Jewel was definitively one of the biggest WTF moments for the time. To me it still sounds like a chord progression written on an acoustic guitar. All music is chord progressions…or a lack there of. Was it a commercial failure though? Did the album sales flop? I truly don’t know. Intuition is my favorite Jewel song. The production and video were a spoof on soulless commercialism. It was a joke that went over many heads, but at the same time it was a gutsy and artistic move. Sounds good to me.
My big pick for a band that I like much better after a sound change, but I know a lot of fans don't, is Dir En Grey. Then again, they are one of the precious few bands I can think of that started out with a really mainstream sound, then went in a heavier and more experimental direction.
DeG only flaw is that they try so much stuff out that you never know what you'll get. But shit they do everything very well and Kyo is a beast of a vocalist!
Simulation Theory wasn't the first time Muse completely changed their style to chase a trend. Just like Korn, they dove headfirst into dubstep territory with The 2nd Law and it was awful.
@Eclipse. I would argue that Theory Of A Deadman is miles better than anything by MCR or BMTH. And Theory are a very mid/average band, but yet they are like Mozart compared to MCR and BMTH.
They really feel like trendhoppers. "Butt rock is popular? We're gonna do butt rock. Butt rock is out and "edgy," borderline pop "rock" is in? Now we're gonna do borderline pop "rock." Being a dude bro sells? Well we're gonna have the dude broiest lyrics possible! Oh man, being political is popular now? Well now we're gonna be political, even if it clashes with our previous kind of lyrics."
I guess the Bad Religion one reminds me of Zelda's early days. Zelda 1 was pretty loved for its time and started to establish a new trend, I'm guessing. Then Zelda 2 came along and everyone is just like "wtf is this?" With the Suicide Silence one, apparently the band wanted that album to be earlier, but then Mitch's death put that on hold. I guess considering The Black Crown was basically nu-deathcore, even including a Jonathan Davis feature, whatever became of S/T was at least somewhat logical even if everyone around them was telling them to cut their losses and not go through with it.
I can defend "Into the Unknown" a little bit. Try to remember what 1983 radio was like. They were seeking to develop a more mainstream sound. But there just are not any tracks there that I feel like listening to again... The album was simply ... bleah.
I can appreciate it when bands try new things different. I don’t appreciate it if it’s just change for the sake of laziness. Even if these albums were misfires, they were at least bold and interesting misfires that we still talk about nonetheless.
Path of totality is what put life back in Korn again after trying to go back to their old sound on Remember Who You Are and failed to recapture their sound without Head. The album korn changed their sound on and failed was Untitled. At least Path of Totality had something new and peaked peoples interests unlike the previous two albums
As a long time Muse fan, _Simulation Theory_ was definitely very surprising for me. I still enjoy it to this day, but it was definitely a very different sound and style. I put off listening to it in its entirety after I first listened to 'Propoganda' and was shocked at the sudden change, but I have since warmed up to it
„Hot Space“ from Queen. The album shocked their traditional fanbase at that time. There is some great stuff on the album (Under Pressure, Life Is Real), but the first half is just Funk and Disco, so the Rock Fans mostly ignore this part until today. „Body Language is probably the worst Queen song of all time.
While I don't mind the album "Evolution" by Disturbed, I understand why many of my fellow Disturbed fans hated it. It was definitely not what you would expect from the band, due to its more, I guess you would call, softer tone, instead of heavy and aggressive sound that the band is known for. If I'm not mistaken, Godsmack had a similar problem with their ""When Legends Rise" album, by changing their sound to a softer tone.
@Christopher Bingham I agree with all of that. Also, I remember when Corey Taylor from Slipknot was talking about when Metallica released their Black Album and how people, including Taylor himself, were pissed because of how different it was from all of Metallica's previous stuff. Well, Taylor said that years later, he went back to that album, gave it a fair chance and actually enjoyed it. The point is that I'm sure that, given time, many Disturbed fans will come around.
Chris Cornell - Scream. Trent Reznor later tweeted on how much of an "embarassment" this album was for Chris. Within Temptation - Hydra The entire album made the guest musicians the focus of it all. Most of them don't flow with Sharon's vocals. That's what we came for. Green Day - Father of All The entire album is Green Day trying to top and emulate the other musicians that they were touring alongside in the upcoming Hella Mega tour, and failing at matching their style.
One band that sticks out in my mind is alternative rockers Lit. Their first five albums were all in the same party rock/alternative vein then, bam, bro country. This was in 2017 when bro country was peak. Their newest album from this year goes back to their late 90s roots
My pick would be the Load/Reload era of Metallica, when they leaned more into hard rock. While they still had some good tracks on them (I will defend Until It Sleeps until the day I die), it was mostly underwhelming, especially considering what Metallica are capable of delivering. Normally I'd prefer being bored over being ought right irritated by the music, but METALLICA isn't a band that should be able to bore me! And with that said, can't wait to see how much heat I take for this. Stay safe, guys! Solid work as always, Luke!
I guess I'm part of the few that loves load and reload (being only 32). They were my second and third entries to the band. Those albums got me through some hard times.....so they hold a place in my heart.
I honestly agree, it was definitely a unique shift for the band but at least it gave us banger songs like Ain't My Bitch, King Nothing, Until It Sleeps (which is a great song), Fuel, Unforgiven II and The Memory Remains
It was a change of pace for sure and a change that really cracked the Metallica fanbase in more ways than one. There's a case to be made that not every band can re-capture that lightning in the bottle that was the 80s in thrash metal such as Metallica's dominance. On the other hand, they could've done different too. The 90s was a weird time for The Big Four. Megadeth with Cryptic Writings and Risk. Anthrax with Volume 8 Metallica with Load/Re-Load Slayer with Diabolus in Musica
I heard Load and Reload after hearing the previous work first when I first got into Metallica (when I was 14, which, I’m 39 now). I still enjoy the Loads so, so much, often more than the earlier stuff. I don’t get why anyone dislikes them. Fun fact: I do love St. Anger, as well.
I would disagree with the Slayer album...most of Slayer's 'Diabolus In Musica' is well-written, well-played, and has great production...there is actually only one or two songs that have a 'somewhat' Nu-metal influence. I would even argue that most of the songs on 'Diabolus' would've fit perfectly on the previous (and excellent) 'Divine Intervention' from 1994 (my personal favorite Slayer album). I snubbed 'Diabolus In Musica' for nearly 20 years as I was thrown off by Slayer's experimental side (listening to it every few years to give it another chance). In that time, I slowly realized that it's a very distinctive album in the Slayer catalog with several standout tracks as it artistically reflects the paranoia of violent urban life. I admit, it took two decades for me to truly appreciate 'Diabolus In Musica' but now I can honestly say "Good job Slayer" (haha). Or just be a predictable bonehead and listen to 'Reign In Blood' over and over again...the choice is yours kids.
A lot of my friends have a weird relationship with Amo, but to me it's BMTH's best work yet. P.s I've been a fan since they started, so I like their heavy stuff too. But there's some excellent world-class songwriting in Amo which is only matched by Post human and to some extent That's the spirit (although not as much)
I love Amo, people hate so much on BMTH for that record, but i love almost all of the songs in it. I feel that metal music has a lot of purists and that’s why records with different style get shit from listeners.
Another album I'd have added would have been Metallica's Load/ReLoad when they went more hard/alternative rock, was was extremely divided against fans and critics considering the band had just come off of the absolute juggernaut that was the Black Album. Sure it was an obvious departure in style (both musically and aesthetically, considering the band totally changed their look to a more "clean-cut" vibe with shorter hair and whatnot) but they were still great albums in my opinion and gave us killer songs like Ain't My Bitch, King Nothing, Fuel, Unforgiven II, The Memory Remains and Until It Sleeps
I feel like if if you take Load and Reload, trim the weak songs off both you'd get one REALLY good album of the new alt-rock flavored style rather than 2 "ehh its alright" albums of it. You could call it Motherload, or Sh!tload if you're feeling goofy.
@@Replicaate I've always been on board with this idea. I personally would go with Fuel, The Memory Remains, Ain't My B, Hero of the Day, Until it Sleeps, The Unforgiven II, Bleeding Me, King Nothing, Wasting My Hate, Carpe Diem Baby, Low Man's Lyric, The Outlaw Torn, and Fixxxer.
Calling All Stations by former prog rock band Genesis released in 1997 is one that I’d love to add to the list. Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks decided to continue on with changing their lead vocalist for a second time following the departure of Phil Collins in 1996, recruiting Ray Wilson of Scottish grunge band Stiltskin (famous for the song “Inside” which appeared on Levi’s Jeans ads in the mid nineties) and going for an alt rock sound after nearly two decades of going progressive pop starting with the 1978 album “And then there were three.” Despite the album doing well in the UK and Norway, it didn’t do very well in North America due to the fact that Wilson was unknown in that country resulting in the US leg of the “Calling All Stations” tour being scrapped completely and Wilson leaving Genesis on Bad Terms after 1998, resulting in the band going on a nine year hiatus until the 2007 reunion tour with Phil Collins returning on vocals. “Calling all Stations” does have some redeeming songs in my opinion such as “Shipwrecked,” “Not About Us” and “The Dividing Line” which are standouts as well as Wilson sounding much akin to first Genesis vocalist Peter Gabriel as he would be a guest vocalist on Steve Hackett’s “Genesis Revisited II” performing “The Carpet Crawlers” but I didn’t like the infamous “Small Talk” which sounded way too much like Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer.” Did you know that before Wilson was chosen as lead vocalist, the late David Longdon of Big, Big Train and Cutting Crew’s Nick Van Eede auditioned to be the new lead vocalist of Genesis as well as a long time rumour that Giraffe’s Kevin Gilbert was invited to audition before his untimely death.
Would just like to add Congo to the list of decent songs on that album. (I also felt Ray sounded more like David Gilmour instead of Peter Gabriel.......................not a bad thing, by any means).
Sonata Arctica have moved away from their original style, power metal but with more personal lyrics than that genre typically has. Most of their newer stuff is slower and less catchy. It's fine I guess but it's just not the same 😔 If i do hear a new song I like of theirs it's usually because it sounds like the older stuff.
I actually really enjoyed the Path Of Totality album from Korn, I'm not even huge into dubstep but I thought Korn did it beautifully. I still listen to that album all the time.
I personally consider Path Of Totality the most interesting Korn record in recent years. I have to mention Linkin Park here. Hybrid Theory and Meteora were the records which brought me to metal music at my teenage years. Than they turned in completely wrong direction for me…
I liked Path of Totality, and I'm not entirely sure it was just a fad. Jon Davis has always been a fan of the electronic/Industrial scene, and you can hear it in See You On the Other Side, as well as others before and after it. I'm not saying it's their best album, but it made sense to me.
Disturbed honestly started getting really soft after their debut. Their debut was a masterpiece then… idk what happened lol. It turned into like pop thrash with some weird monkey noises thrown in
I feel like it’s hard to talk about failed reinventions without bringing up Chris Gaines. I also think “Turbo” gets way too much hate. It’s notably weaker than some of their best records, but I’ll still take it over any of the Halfordless albums.
Honestly, I put Danger Days on the same level as Black Parade in terms of concept album. There's just something about it that gives me a real awesome kick the same way Black Parade does. Someone else here said that Danger Days came out at the wrong time, and I can definitely see that. An album that I think fits into this list would be Avenged Sevenfold's Hail to the King. That album came right off the heels of Nightmare, easily the most emotionally driven album they've ever made, as it was the tribute to their drummer who passed during production. Hail to the King, to say the least, is nothing but a Black Album knock-off, which they stated is exactly what they were going for. The album succeeded commercially, but the fans hated it.
amo is a great fucking album and makes a lot of sense if you listen through all their albums chronologically. They slowly started adding in more pop/Linkin Park style songwriting even as early as There Is A Hell. I love that they don't give a fuck about "staying in their lane" and absolutely don't need to.
"Eric Hirschi" I agree. Plus, that album got me into BMTH which slowly became my 4th favourite band of all time. Don't know why it is overlooked a lot btw
@@lethybridtheorygolucastheo2191 Everybody has their own reasons. amo convinced me to give them another try after not being impressed by their earlier albums and now they are one of my favorite bands. Who are your other 3? I assume LP is in there somewhere.
@@erichirschi315 Other than BMTH, I like Linkin Park, Green Day, Nirvana, System Of A Down, Evanescence, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, blink-182, Spiritbox, No Doubt etc
Kreator - 'Renewal'. I dig it now, but hated it when it came out. Cryptopsy, Danzig (5) and Killing Joke also have 'bad' albums resulting from stylistic changes.
I unironically enjoy Into the Unknown. It's amateurish, yes, but enjoyable nonetheless and surprisingly catchy. It also introduced some elements (such as vocal harmonies) that they wisely held on to for the next albums. I am glad they seem to gradually warm up to it and hope it gets an official re-release some day.
@@christopherbingham5092 " Fans only hate it because it wasn't what they expected" that's a reasonable response when a band's first album is a hard-hitting punk instant-classic and their seconds is a mediocre attempt at prog rock (aka the antithesis of punk rock)
I think there are other reasons. Specifically, the kind of poor production on this album is excuseable in a punk record but quite unacceptable in a proggish arena rock album such as this, where good production is pretty much mandatory. I can understand why most fans would skip it, but I would prefer to have the option NOT to skip it. In other words, release it for streaming, Mr Brett! @Christopher Bingham
The Sword had High Country which a lot of fans were upset about. I eventually learned to like it, but it took me a while. The 2nd half of their career was certainly different from where they came from with Age of Winters and Gods of the Earth.
I actually enjoyed the Evolution album from Disturbed. I hope to see them do another song like A Reason to Fight, just maybe make it 1 per album like their covers.
Danger Days is misplaced on here, as is the characterization of what fans like about MCR, as is the broad categorization of Danger Days as "more uplifting" compared to past releases. I'm married to a superfan who converted me to the fanbase, and pretty much everything that was said in that segment was completely off based on my years of being taken through MCR-land lol Fans don't *tend* to like it the same as the other three, but they still like it a lot and a bunch of the songs from that album are some of their most beloved songs. We caught them live twice this year, and some of the most enthusiastic reactions from the crowd were from Danger Days songs. Fans still really like the aesthetic surrounding it (lots of cosplaying at the shows), and it was well-received critically, too. The concept and comics that spawned from it are popular as well. Out of curiosity, what are you basing this opinion on? Because I could understand the argument that its not as well-liked as Three Cheers or Black Parade- it isn't, generally- but this is the first time I've ever heard the opinion that the fanbase just straight up dislikes like the album, and especially after catching a couple of the reunion shows, that claim seems pretty baseless to me.
I stand by Turbo. There are a few clunkers (Parental Guidance, Wild Nights Hot & Crazy Days), but everything else is pretty good. And even with the synth and glam stylings, it still FEELS like a Judas Priest album.
Agreed. I thought Ram it Down was their weakest album. They sure did redeem themselves with Painkiller, though! Another Priest album that gets a lot of slack is Point of Entry. Granted, it wasn't as metal as it's predecessor, British Steel, bit it is a great straight up classic rock album. Highly underrated.
I think Korn was just ahead of the time. Because recently there's a huge boom in EDM and Rock/Metal fusions. From the new wave of "Metalstep" artist such as Sullivan King and PhaseOne, to Dubstep collaborations left and right. Bands like Electric Callboy, BMTH, Bad Omens, I Prevail...etc that incorporate a lot of electronic elements are shooting up to the top. Also fun fact: Jonathan Davis is heavily into EDM, in fact he was actually a DJ himself before joining Korn.
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Thank you for including amo. I've enjoyed much of BMTH's work, including the Post Human: Survival Horror EP, but I have no use for amo.
If I had to pick a band that I used to like and switched up their sound for the worse, I would say Finger Eleven. They were never amazing, but they were surprisingly good for a nu metal and, and then they made money off of "One Thing" and swerved hard into electronic radio rock. Sigh.
One more note: as a longtime solider in the MCRmy, I actually love Danger Days. A lot of the lyrics are darker than most people realize; the whole album is a testament to how much MCR loves the Lyrical Dissonance trope, and I think it works.
Finger Eleven KEPT changing which was a huge issue. I was a massive fan of F11 during The Greyest Of Blue Skies days.
Linkin Park failed terribly with the 2010’s. You should do a One More Light Regretting The Past.
@@RockedNet where do you get all those corey taylor photos id love to have one om a die hard fan of slipknots corey taylor i love seeing him in any masks he wears hes my favorite singer what do you think about mushroomead latest album a wonderful life do you love it or hate it which album was better the end so far or a wonderful life
@@Linkin_Swift hey man linkin park trys new stuff dont hate tthe band i love for lots of reasons they got hated for making minutes to midnight and yes i love that album so dont mention one more light look at minutes to midnight it has songs that would sound like they would appear on one more light
First one that comes to mind is Megadeth's "Risk" from 1999. I was actually depressed for days because I was so excited for a new Megadeth album, then...this. I actually halfway as a joke took the CD back to the store, and when they said they could only take it back if it was defective, I said "It IS defective. It sucks." 🤣
Agreed. Almost as bad as my reaction to St. Anger. I hadn't heard any of it when I bought it. I opened it immediately at the mall and popped it in my walkman... almost tossed it in the trash at that very moment 😭
It wasn't supposed to be a Megadeth album but got released that way.
@@KenKopper St. Anger deserves a official remake. I pursosely listen on cheap headphones. That makes the snare more bearable LOL
@@flexxx222 I wouldn't mind that to some degree. There was some potential
it has some good songs though. not as bad as Super Collider to me. Prince of Darkness is a song i reallyyy like
Johnathon Davis has actually gone on record MANY times saying that he loves electronic music from Industrial to Trance and House, and when Dubstep came out, it blew him away. PoT was less about Korn chasing the trend and more JD getting to finally be part of a culture he had cherished for such a long time, making music in a genre he always wanted to play around with. Even after PoT, JD has made sure to implement a bunch of electronic elements in their later albums, including on tracks like Never Never, Black is the Soul, and Worst is On Its Way. PoT may have been a commercial failure, but it is FAR from something JD regrets, and honestly, I'm happy for the guy that he could have that experience and still go on to make awesome albums with the crew.
IIRC he called The Downward Spiral his favorite album.
Love that album. Made sense to me🤷🏾♂️👍🏻
I hated the inclusion of that sound in Korn. But if they love it, then more power and respect for them going there.
I still think bands should release music like this under a different name or something. But thats just me.
PoT is my favorite Korn album, and I've been a fan since the self titled album released. It was new and fresh, and combined two genras I loved in a way I liked. I love Johnathan Davis other features in EDM, like the track he did with Skynd.
that just proves the guy is a moron lol
"You're the 'oo-wa-ah-ah' band." - Quote of the video
They’re Down with the Sickness man!
Agreed lol
It's not like anything they've ever done was creative or innovative anyway. They've always been bland, uninspired, and uninspiring.
I actually liked the Turbo album. Painkiller was a whole other level and so damn awesome.
I think every album with Rob is great!! The only albums I don't care for are those with Ripper.
Interesting that Ram It Down is not mentioned in the transition from Turbo to Painkiller.
Night Crawler 🤘
Jugulator is amazing agressive as fuck
Turbo ain't too bad, for sure.. has its moments. But yeah, Painkiller is royalty
Korn was always a band that prided itself on experimenting and shaking things up musically for metal, which is why I always respected Path of Totality’s existence despite not liking the album outside of “Get Up” being one of my biggest guilty pleasures.
And although I don’t view it as being as huge of a stretch in sound as a lot of people think, I also have the hugest soft spot for Turbo.
The Korn “Headless period” was definitely The band struggling with their identity, from See You On the Other Side being their most mainstream album to losing David Silveria and trying to go back to basics with the untitled album and Korn 3, thank God Head came back or who knows what else they would have made.
@@Malum09 true those years were not good to the band
@@manueltapia1859 i like some songs from each of those albums, but as a whole that's Korn's weakest era.
Think of it as a concept album. The songwriting is still solid and distinctively Korn. It’s not like they intended to become a dubstep act forever.
I really love “Pop a pill” from the Korn 3 album. Underrated AF
Music from The Elder by KISS definitely deserves a mention here. Their attempt at a prog rock fantasy themed concept album. It tanked so hard, they weren’t able to even tour off of it. It’s a. Very interesting listen.
IIRC, it didn't help that the record label threw-out the original track order and put in their own, completely wrecking the intended story.
Half of that album is good imo. The other half though is uh... well, it's there.
@@DrawtheCurtains when it’s heavy, it’s great. But when it’s not. Well. It’s certainly music.
I have always like The Elder but yeah it was a huge change. But what about Dynasty? Talk about trying to fit in to the current music style, but disco? Still I like that one as well just different.
@@NWGhost71 I actually love Dynasty. "I Was Made for Loving You" is a total throwaway but the rest of the album is great. "Magic Touch" has always been one of my favorite KISS songs.
I said this when you asked about this originally: AMERICA by Thirty Seconds to Mars is a MAJOR example of this. 30STM experimented with some electronic and pop elements before, but that album completely abandoned the rock and turned into a Jared Leto solo project more than a band. And it's practically a family-only band by now too, since Tomo Milicevic, their long time guitarist, left during production. Not to mention, this was during the (still ongoing) "extreme ego insanity trip" phase of Jared Leto's career, so there's that. The best way to describe the album is a quote by Gregg Allman:
"That record sucked, man. It bit the dirt, and it didn't sell sh-t. There was one, maybe two decent songs on that record, but it was basically terrible, just awful."
And it's telling when one of those two decent songs is Monolith... which is an instrumental interlude.
Agreed, it’s absolute garbage.
Walk On Water is my guilty pleasure, I still listen to it from time to time. It takes me back to my middle school days (I’m a high school senior now). For me, it’s in the same category of “inoffensive, catchy pop” as, let’s say, Radioactive by Imagine Dragons or Counting Stars by One Republic.
AMERICA was my worst album that year for many reasons.
God that album sucks
@@martinhroch344 That's the other song, besides Monolith, that I don't mind too much. That at least felt like it had elements of early 30STM (or at least the band before this album), and gave me sort of confidence that the album would be okay before everything went down the toilet.
Turbo I loved !!! Plus it was groundbreaking by using heavy techno dance loops and incorporating in Metal. It was the blueprint for Rammstein , NIN, Rob Zombie, Powerman, Stabbing Westword and more.
9:27 Alright, Turbo was definitely a mixed bag, but Turbo Lover still SLAPS
Definitely one of the few songs that counts.
@@RockedNet Reckless also qualifies (actually, I like most of the album, but it should have been more in the vein of that song, commercial but still hard rocking).
I probably like Turbo more than a lot of people but they definitely improved (and changed their sound yet again) by the time Painkiller came out only 4 years later.
Out In The Cold is my favorite off the record, Turbo is far from their worst without touching the Ripper Owen's material, Ram It Down is pretty bland with few kernels to enjoy
@@lordofscarletDemolition sucks, but I think Jugulator is a very underrated Judas Priest album. It’s easily in the top half of their discography in my opinion.
My sister was a huge fan girl for MCR and she was so excited for Danger Days. She then got the album, listened once and literally threw it in the trash.
ME on the other hand? I loved it, and my sister along with a lot of other “real fans” bashed me and told me I wasn’t a “real fan” for liking it.
It was a nice change to something a bit more lively. But I can’t stand when bands stagnate in a bad way and felt MCR needed to change for at least one album to detox a little bit.
I loved the album as well.
Personally, I thought Black Parade was absolute garbage and so was everything else since. Bullets and Three Cheers were their only good albums.
I love all of their stuff so it's hard picking favorites. But for a while, it was danger days. Idc if it's more pop sounding, it fucking bops lmao.
Danger days is blast of nonstop energy and excitement. It still has MCR charm too. It's my favourite album from them
I don't like danger days tbh, my favorite of all time has to be probably the black parade because of how many times i listened to it, back-to-back and still found it awesome. Danger days is my second most listened to, and i think that even three cheers is better. Much richer replay value and overall sounds. I think if they took a little more time in the oven with it, it could have been way better.
Path of Totality was just what Korn needed to get reinvigorated! That was a fantastic album that was risky but fit their style.
Exactly, had any other band tried to do what they did they'd have likely failed, Korn embraced the change and it worked for them.
Also jd is a dj .. woah I see what I did there. Anyway he's always been into electronic music.
I love that album
It got me back listening to them!
Seriously. Path of Totality was not a change in style, it was an application of creativity.
Korn was always experimental. The untitled album was fever dream of soundscapes unlike anything they've ever made.
Each Korn album has a certain feel, and Path of Totality did just that. A bit of the electronic aspect has stuck around with their music, but as someone who is also a Daft Punk fan, I welcome it.
I do need to get around to listening to their recent albums more than I already have.
I'm happy that nowdays Danger Days has a better reception than the time it was released. I personally prefer it over the black parade, although I also love that album. Danger Days is not bad, it just came at the wrong time. Great video
Gerard probably should have realized that people expected a certain kind of tone from MCR and released the danger days as a Side Project
Like imagine if Green Day released Money Money 2020 under the Green Day Name
I feel like one of his comic book ideas got accidentally shuffled into ideas for MCR albums. I never really warmed up to it, I feel like it should've been a solo side venture or like, a multi-media thing w graphic novels and some bonus songs/visuals. Which it sorta became anyways.
Path of Totality is an AMAZING album. It's a constant rotation in my playlist.
I agree. I liked it.
Turbo was my first Priest album and is still my favourite. It is just not your typical Priest music but it is great.
It's one of my favourite Judas priest albums. Hugely underrated.
Danger Days was actually the album that got me *into* MCR
Because comic book writer (and real life friend of Way) Grant Morrison mentioned the band and being in their music videos in an old interview
Thankyou for mentioning whitechapel at the end there as an example of a deathcore band evolving and using clean vocals as a way to elevate the material. Kin and The Valley are two of my all time fav records, it's amazing when a huge gamble like that pays off.
Those albums are absolutely awful. Even live fans want to see somatic and exile era songs played
@@rossh2386 fair enough, I love the old stuff too, but I really appreciate the added emotional depth and maturity of the new material. Makes it much more replayable and they serve as fantastic gateway albums to death core as songs like The Ones who Made Us, To The Wolves, Forgiveness is Weakness, When a Demon Defiles a Witch, Bloodsoaked Symphony and We Are One are still heavy as fuck
@@rossh2386 no… they’re not lol. Not even close to awful. They’re not the old style sure. But that’s a good thing. All artists should change this long into their career. If they had that same sound as the old stuff on literally every album they’d have an incredibly small following these days. That shit would get real old. But objectively speaking, they’re incredible, well written, and emotionally impactful albums. There’s a million times more substance there than the old stuff. So no, not awful. You’re just picky.
The Valley was amazing! Kin had songs but didn't live up to The Valley. I love all of their old work too, but the Valley is a great example of them growing. Kin was kind of too far if that makes sense
Motley Crue's Generation Swine album was just awful. Talk about an '80s rock band trying to appeal to the '90s crowd. Plus, VAN HALEN III was a mistake.
The motley crue album was bad, Nikki sixx'l has claimed roots in every genre going first 'we were definitely a punk band' then 'we were always a total metal band' then it was 'we were definitely in a grunge mindset'.....nope.
I loved it. I have never heard of Motley Crüe before that album though. Very industrial and grunge. Lol
Van Halen 3 is a terrible record by all means, and barely has any replay value. (I have a soft spot for “Year To The Day” but thats about it) I’m not a fan of the weird experimentation and tunings on the album especially EVH dropping his tuning down to A on some of the songs.
I don't mind swine man to be honest got some alright songs can keep Tommy stupid song and glitter the rest is alright.
That album is great. One of my favorites
I remember Linkin Park tried to change their sound twice. The first time was when dubstep was starting to get popular with their Recharged album and the second time started with Heavy, then One Final Light. Linkin Parks last album before Chester Bennington passed away.
They didn’t do a dubstep album or try to change to sound to jump on that trend, they simply did a feature with Steve Aoki, that’s it. That Exact same year they released The Hunting Party which is by far their most “rock” record they ever produced and that was very much not what the trend was at the time.
@@Chris24_ Ah, my mistake
@@comixproviderftw_02 all good bro, LP are a band that changed their sound a bunch of times(every single album after Meteora went in a different direction from the previous one) but I think I speak for all when I say One More Light is the only one that sees them ever so slightly trend hoping(putting it mildly when I say that lmao) and it not working at all. Sad that that’s their final album 😞
They never changed there style really, they never had really had a style,
@@theseth455 you’re right, I think it’s just them going for a more radio friendly album as apposed to them jumping on any trend.
Danger days is excellent. After The Black Parade there was no way they could just make another emo album. The turn in pace was great.
Saaaaaame. It's so far out there, compared to the rest of their work, but that's what makes it for me, there was no way they could really top The Black Parade
Slayer - Diabolus In Musica is totally awesome and an underrated album. It is actually a lot better than many other albums from that era.
Agreed, I like South of Heaven, but it would make more sense on this list than Diabolus In Musica.
Right?? Diabolus is amazing
I agree! I prefer that dummer! Diablos and Divine in my opinion are their best albums!
@@deadeyedarwin they just slowed the tempo on South of Heaven, still heavy as f**k in a Sabbath sort of way. It was a change from Reign In Blood but not even close to being a failure.
100% true 🤘
I will defend Danger Days as a great album until I die.
Also, another example is Highly Suspect with MCID. The band was set to become one of the biggest new bands in rock, until Johnny Stevens decided to become a rapper and the band had to go along with it. So fans were treated with a hip-hop album, and not even a good one. The album single-handedly tanked the band’s success to the point where their new album, despite being decent, was a flop. I hope they can come back, but I’m not sure at this point.
I’m not gonna lie, I expected your album to be on here dog
I think it's great that bands try new things, I have more respect for the bands on this list than bands that stagnate and hold onto what made them successful, these bands were willing to take a risk and try to grow as musicians even if it didn't work out
I'm one of the defenders of Korn's Path of Totality but I'm also just a sucker for mixing heavy music and electronic music so it hit that sweet spot for me.
PREACH!!!
Love electronnic and industrial, even some early synthwave. But I really couldn't listen to that album. I really don't like dubstep so i'd pass on that. I'd just throw some Skinny Puppy (one of davis' idodls) Ministry or KMFDM if I wanted some industrial.
Metal and electronic combined it GOD TEIR music.
It could've been trimmed down. One of the B sides was actually really good. But yeah, I liked the album for the most part. A few songs suffered from sounding similar to other songs on the album, but it made sense why they made it. It just leaned a bit too heavily on the electronics for most people.
In 1988, extreme metal pioneers Celtic Frost went with a more traditional (for the 1980's) heavy metal sound and a more glammy look with the album Cold Lake. Critics and core fans alike hated it.
I really can't get past the vocals on CL. The riffs aren't all that bad, but Tom's voice sounds like dogshit on it
Yeah, that was epically terrible CF album.... Cherry Orchards (((((shudder))))
I remember that one. I was like WTF?
One that comes to mind for me is Shallow Life by Lacuna Coil. It's a very divisive album for many fans. They went for a more pop rock sound than their usual gothic metal. The only song that had much staying power was Spellbound.
I don't hate it, but it's by no means my favorite Lacuna Coil album. I was glad when they went back to their heavier sound, especially with Delirium and Black Anima.
I actually liked Cristina's cover of "Enjoy The Silence," though. That song needed a solid metal cover.
Shallow Life is the last album I liked by any means. I actually used to know the band and have an autographed copy of In A Reverie. Unleashed Memories stayed in my cd player for a solid 6 months. After that era, everything just sounded flat.
You can’t tell me Linkin Park shouldn’t have had an honorable mention (twice). A Thousand Suns (2010) definitely divided their fan base with their electronic sound and One More Light (2017) had Coldplay sounding like Metallica.
BMTH’s amo wasn’t bad. Long term fans weren’t happy but it exposed them to a wider fan base. They went for a more pop oriented sound but they at least pulled it off unlike Linkin Park. Songs like “Wonderful Life”, “MANTRA”, and “sugar honey iced tea” are bangers for the heavier fans. It’s not a bad album, but definitely their most diverse.
Danger Days came out ten years too early. I relistend to it when all that shit happened around us and suddenly it hit differently.
Cryptopsy's "The Unspoken King" and Morbid Angel's "Illud Divinum Insanus" are two good examples of a band's change of sound sucking so much that the album(s) after backpedaled hard.
🙌🙌🙌🙌Yes on Cryptopsy ,man I remember when that happened.
Great video as always, man. Some bands that come to my head when I read the title:
-Coldplay going full cheese pop with their last album
-Bullet for my Valentine going "soft" with Gravity
-Fall Out Boy cashing in on mainstream attention on "Save Rock and Roll" and MANIA
-Green Day going Boomer Rock with Uno! Dos! and Tré! and then doubling down on father of all
-Linkin Park stepping away from their essence on One More Light.
And...well, it's not more like a "sound" but more of "essence", Gorillaz relying on their guests on humanz.
Gorillaz has always been guests. That is like the entire point..?
Honestly, if you listen to Danger Days in full, it's not as happy as the first few tracks would have you believe. The concept of the album is about the Killjoys fighting a powerful mega-corporation (this and the setting of 2019 being a reference to Blade Runner), and all of them dying in the process. "I'll tell you all how this story ends, where the good guys die and the bad guys win," being a line that foreshadows this in "Save Yourself, I'll Hold Them Back." It's actually very bleak and still kind of fits into MCR's emo image, just in a different way. Also, the penultimate song on the album, "The Kids from Yesterday," is fucking heartrending.
Not sure if this counts or not but “Ghost” by Devin Townsend Project. It received acclaim by many critics and really showcases Devin Townsend’s music talent by doing the complete opposite of the Extreme Metal he’s known for and doing an album of folk rock and ambient music. However, it may have been too opposite for fans because it didn’t sell enough for him to make Ghost 2 like he wanted.
Seriously, check the album out, it’s really good!
I'll admit, I actually like listening to Dangers Days and I really hope they give us Danger Days 2: The Return Of The Draculoids 😂
Amo was BMTH’s first #1 album. As a big fan of the band, it took a few listens to get into it, and I’ll still never like some of the songs on that album but overall I think it’s pretty solid. That being said, Post Human: Survival Horror blows Amo out of the water.
The Path of Totality polarised critics but I actually kinda enjoyed some of it. The dubstep and nu-metal combo actually works somewhat here. Strangely enough, this album first got me interested in the rest of Korn's records.
I'm surprised you didn't mention Linkin Park, they changed their music often and usually not for the better, especially One More Light.
Danger Days and Turbo are both solid albums imo. I don't *hate* Generation Swine or Into the Unknown, but they're certainly "I won't go out of my way to listen to them" albums.
Neil Young's rockabilly album is one of the strangest style changes in the history of rock and pop music
Not as strange as his new wave album, "Trans".
I really liked Path of Totality, not only Narcissistic Cannibal, but other songs as well.
It was simply a good album.
I love everything Disturbed and Korn does they could do a country record and I would still love it
SAME! They could pull it off
Whatever Korn do it cannot be a disappointment
Ok but please don't do anything like Untitled and the dubstep album
@Jonathan Williams III Is Highly Underrated
For as much crap as people give Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer for "changing their sound", I personally feel like Anthrax completely lost their way once John Bush entered the picture. Pretty much the only song I enjoyed from the Bush era was, appropriately enough, "Only".
I'll just point out Stabbing Westward's 2001 self-titles album. They dropped their darker synth sound, going for sonething closer to pop-rock. It was pretty reviled and was one of the factors that lead to the band's break-up. Thankfully, we got Chasing Ghosts this year, which is a much more fitting swan song.
To say that album was disappointing would be an understatement. SW doing a friggin' LOVE SONG?? C'MON guys! You're not Barry Manilow, last I checked. (Didn't help that it was only 10 songs @ a little over 45 minutes--they clearly were low on ideas at the time).
@@davidl570 They got talked into it by their new record label (Koch) who didn't think an undustrial album would sell anymore. Given that they split up soon after I'm guessing that album had everything going against it. Thank god Chasing Ghosts felt like a return to form.
@@drewtheunspoken3988 Okay, kind of figured that was the case! Thanks for the info.
At the time it came out I wasn’t huge on MCRs Danger Days but as an adult I LOVE this album.
Having listened to their first albums at the time they were relevant, makes me sad that they're known best for Black Parade. I had a lot of trouble coming around to it
Seems like that's the case w most ppl ! Including me
Say what you want about Danger Days, but I think the visuals from that time period in MCR's history were great. I love the marching band uniforms from Black Parade as much as the next fan, but seeing the guys wear bright colors and have fun was really refreshing. The music was hit-or-miss for me, but I wouldn't mind if Gerard Way's red hair made a comeback.
Same tbh
It is unfortunate that Diabolus got a lot of heat from Slayer fans. Even a couple of friends of mine hate that album. For me, I felt that Slayer did an awesome job. Thick and heavy sounding guitars, a more present bass and some tribal drum beats (Death's Head). A far better direction than the likes of some of my other favorite thrash bands and it's still one of my all time favorite albums. The only track on Diabolus that bothered me a little was 'Stain Of Mind', hearing Araya belt out 'oh yeah'.
It was my favorite one they ever did.
After seeing this video, I went to the album and listened to a couple songs. I dont think it's bad. It's definitely obvious that the style is a bit different, but I don't think it's bad.
Only thing I can criticize on that album would be Bostaph's overmixed basedrum. But anything else just hits...especially hard.
I love the album, and Stain of Mind is a juke staple for me. I get what you're saying about the "Oh yeah" bit, but being 17-18 years old back then, driving aimlessly with friends, Bostaph's drums cracking your spine, yelling "Oh yeah" with Tom felt pretty great.
Diabolis is far from their best, but theres no such thing as a bad slayer album in my opinion. It also isn't as big of a departure in style as some make it out to be.
KISS - Dynasty/Unmasked...well, at least in America, this was actually their biggest success in Australia, but the pop/rock and rock-disco alienated a lot of their core fan base.
Foo Fighters - Medicine At Midnight. Dave Grohl decides that he loves disco and so he makes a (mostly) disco inspired album designed to be danced to. It just didn't work.
KISS - Music From The Elder. Although loved by some, it divided fans. It's basically KISS trying to be Yes and/or The Who. It's not playing to their strengths.
New Kids On The Block - NKOTB. A boy band tries to reinvent themselves as Gangsta Rappers.
KISS - Carnival Of Souls. This time they were trying to be Alice In Chains and/or Nirvana and/or Metallica.
Another Judas Priest example is Nostradamus in 2008 when they tried making a 100-minute prog concept double album. It does have its moments (I personally enjoy Prophecy, Death, and Persecution) but it had a real problem of similar-sounding songs and an overabundance on interludes. Definitely was an interesting idea, but Iron Maiden did it WAY better in '88.
One example that immediately comes to mind is Crypropsy's The Unspoken King. A brutal / technical death metal band trying out some deathcore sounds. Needless to say, the reception wasn't particularly warm.
Holy shit, The Unspoken King could've been #1! What an absolute trainwreck...
While I understand the criticisms of The Path of Totality and amo, I really enjoy those albums. The Path of Totality is admittedly nostalgic, though I feel it’s a solid fit for the band considering the sound of See You on the Other Side and Untitled. amo also felt like a natural direction for BMTH, think about the more poppy and electronic elements of Sempiternal and That’s the Spirit.
ngl but I kinda tried listening to BMTH's whole discography straight, and I realized that it was a teeny tiny bit obvious that by the 4th or 5th record, they were gonna sound like a completely different band. even just by suicide season, they already started incorporating little bits and styles that weren't associated with deathcore/metalcore.
Tbh I didn't like Amo at first, but it's grown on me now.
@@bumbum3751 exactly what I’m talking about. Hints of change, of amo, were there for a while.
@@DragonKnightX12 it’s a grower for sure. Even I had to get into it, though I did much faster than others bc I was in an experimental phase around that time.
KoRn is my favorite band of all time! I'm a true long-time fan, I love them no matter what. I really enjoyed the Path of Totality, I thought it was a really cool combination.
Lol nah
@@powertrip8676 you're entitled to your opinion, just like I'm entitled to mine. To each their own. So...lol to you too.
I used to dislike PoT more, but hearing Untitled and Korn III, I came out respecting it more, Get Up and Narcissistic Cannibal still sometimes pop up on my playlists lol
@@D_d_t_d_D 2 of my favorite songs off the P.O.T! KoRn has so many albums, I can usually always find something I'm in the mood to listen to. 😊 Rock on, my friend! 🤘
Though their best track has to be on the self-titled album when you let it play long enough, and suddenly discover that somebody is really upset with someone named Jerry.
Two albums that suffered at the hands of direction change that should have been included
Celtic Frost-Cold Lake
Discharge-Grave New World
Some people weren't that happy about silverchair indulging in psychedelic/dream pop for Young Modern and thought of it as The Dissociatives taking over what was originally a grunge band (though, I was into it).
First two tracks were very good.. but the rest was a waste. Don't blame them for evolving. Just wished that Daniel johns would get the band back together
Oh I LOVE Turbo! Danger Days is great as well. I also kinda like Simulation Theory 🤣 this was a wonderful video!
A great example, although it's outside of rock or metal, is singer-songwriter Jewel trying to go full mainstream pop with the album "03/04".
I only knew a few of her songs at the time this came out. Even then, seeing the music video for "Intuition" is still to this day one of the biggest "WTF, this can't actually be happening" reactions I've ever had to music.
Intuition by Jewel was definitively one of the biggest WTF moments for the time. To me it still sounds like a chord progression written on an acoustic guitar. All music is chord progressions…or a lack there of. Was it a commercial failure though? Did the album sales flop? I truly don’t know.
Intuition is my favorite Jewel song. The production and video were a spoof on soulless commercialism. It was a joke that went over many heads, but at the same time it was a gutsy and artistic move. Sounds good to me.
Check out Todd in the Shadows' Trainwreckords review of this! Great channel.
My big pick for a band that I like much better after a sound change, but I know a lot of fans don't, is Dir En Grey. Then again, they are one of the precious few bands I can think of that started out with a really mainstream sound, then went in a heavier and more experimental direction.
DeG only flaw is that they try so much stuff out that you never know what you'll get. But shit they do everything very well and Kyo is a beast of a vocalist!
I love everything I've heard by that band. I have not listened to their first album and EP though.
Was that a recent video of Bad Religion playing a song off of Into The Unknown?!? I honestly never thought that would EVER happen
It was in 2015 if I'm not mistaken.
Simulation Theory wasn't the first time Muse completely changed their style to chase a trend. Just like Korn, they dove headfirst into dubstep territory with The 2nd Law and it was awful.
I’d argue Theory of a Deadman would qualify for this list with their two pop albums, but that would imply their sound ever worked to begin with.
They’ve always sucked.
@Eclipse. I would argue that Theory Of A Deadman is miles better than anything by MCR or BMTH. And Theory are a very mid/average band, but yet they are like Mozart compared to MCR and BMTH.
@@nu-metalfan2654Bad opinion. BMTH and MCR’s worst moments are leagues ahead of anything Theory has done.
They really feel like trendhoppers.
"Butt rock is popular? We're gonna do butt rock. Butt rock is out and "edgy," borderline pop "rock" is in? Now we're gonna do borderline pop "rock." Being a dude bro sells? Well we're gonna have the dude broiest lyrics possible! Oh man, being political is popular now? Well now we're gonna be political, even if it clashes with our previous kind of lyrics."
Path of Totality was a really good album!..
Been a fan from the start, seen em live 3 X's...
I guess the Bad Religion one reminds me of Zelda's early days. Zelda 1 was pretty loved for its time and started to establish a new trend, I'm guessing. Then Zelda 2 came along and everyone is just like "wtf is this?"
With the Suicide Silence one, apparently the band wanted that album to be earlier, but then Mitch's death put that on hold. I guess considering The Black Crown was basically nu-deathcore, even including a Jonathan Davis feature, whatever became of S/T was at least somewhat logical even if everyone around them was telling them to cut their losses and not go through with it.
I can defend "Into the Unknown" a little bit. Try to remember what 1983 radio was like. They were seeking to develop a more mainstream sound. But there just are not any tracks there that I feel like listening to again... The album was simply ... bleah.
I can appreciate it when bands try new things different. I don’t appreciate it if it’s just change for the sake of laziness.
Even if these albums were misfires, they were at least bold and interesting misfires that we still talk about nonetheless.
Path of totality is what put life back in Korn again after trying to go back to their old sound on Remember Who You Are and failed to recapture their sound without Head. The album korn changed their sound on and failed was Untitled. At least Path of Totality had something new and peaked peoples interests unlike the previous two albums
Who is head
@@XxxXxx-br7eq Lead guitarist
As a long time Muse fan, _Simulation Theory_ was definitely very surprising for me. I still enjoy it to this day, but it was definitely a very different sound and style. I put off listening to it in its entirety after I first listened to 'Propoganda' and was shocked at the sudden change, but I have since warmed up to it
I liked Simulation Theory, but it isn't something I can listen to on a regular basis.
Simulation theory is a good album. It's just not a rock album.
„Hot Space“ from Queen. The album shocked their traditional fanbase at that time. There is some great stuff on the album (Under Pressure, Life Is Real), but the first half is just Funk and Disco, so the Rock Fans mostly ignore this part until today. „Body Language is probably the worst Queen song of all time.
While I don't mind the album "Evolution" by Disturbed, I understand why many of my fellow Disturbed fans hated it. It was definitely not what you would expect from the band, due to its more, I guess you would call, softer tone, instead of heavy and aggressive sound that the band is known for. If I'm not mistaken, Godsmack had a similar problem with their ""When Legends Rise" album, by changing their sound to a softer tone.
@Christopher Bingham I agree with all of that. Also, I remember when Corey Taylor from Slipknot was talking about when Metallica released their Black Album and how people, including Taylor himself, were pissed because of how different it was from all of Metallica's previous stuff. Well, Taylor said that years later, he went back to that album, gave it a fair chance and actually enjoyed it.
The point is that I'm sure that, given time, many Disturbed fans will come around.
Chris Cornell - Scream.
Trent Reznor later tweeted on how much of an "embarassment" this album was for Chris.
Within Temptation - Hydra
The entire album made the guest musicians the focus of it all. Most of them don't flow with Sharon's vocals. That's what we came for.
Green Day - Father of All
The entire album is Green Day trying to top and emulate the other musicians that they were touring alongside in the upcoming Hella Mega tour, and failing at matching their style.
Amo is easily my favorite BMTH album. Every song was fantastic.
I loved Dangers Days from MCR when it came out. Didn’t bat an eyelash because of how different the first three albums were from each other.
I'll say it: I liked The Path of Totality.
I agree
I like it to. Definitely not their best but it includes some stand out tracks like Get Up, Narcissistic Cannibal, and Way Too Far especially
Same! I got to see them for the first time on that Tour and It kicked ass! I listened to that album nonstop that year lmao
One band that sticks out in my mind is alternative rockers Lit. Their first five albums were all in the same party rock/alternative vein then, bam, bro country. This was in 2017 when bro country was peak. Their newest album from this year goes back to their late 90s roots
My pick would be the Load/Reload era of Metallica, when they leaned more into hard rock. While they still had some good tracks on them (I will defend Until It Sleeps until the day I die), it was mostly underwhelming, especially considering what Metallica are capable of delivering. Normally I'd prefer being bored over being ought right irritated by the music, but METALLICA isn't a band that should be able to bore me! And with that said, can't wait to see how much heat I take for this. Stay safe, guys! Solid work as always, Luke!
I get what you mean. 90's Metallica was a wild trip to see what they would pull.
I guess I'm part of the few that loves load and reload (being only 32). They were my second and third entries to the band. Those albums got me through some hard times.....so they hold a place in my heart.
I honestly agree, it was definitely a unique shift for the band but at least it gave us banger songs like Ain't My Bitch, King Nothing, Until It Sleeps (which is a great song), Fuel, Unforgiven II and The Memory Remains
It was a change of pace for sure and a change that really cracked the Metallica fanbase in more ways than one. There's a case to be made that not every band can re-capture that lightning in the bottle that was the 80s in thrash metal such as Metallica's dominance. On the other hand, they could've done different too. The 90s was a weird time for The Big Four.
Megadeth with Cryptic Writings and Risk.
Anthrax with Volume 8
Metallica with Load/Re-Load
Slayer with Diabolus in Musica
I heard Load and Reload after hearing the previous work first when I first got into Metallica (when I was 14, which, I’m 39 now). I still enjoy the Loads so, so much, often more than the earlier stuff. I don’t get why anyone dislikes them. Fun fact: I do love St. Anger, as well.
I really think danger days is super underappreciated. Its a pretty creative album honestly
Limp Bizkit when they changed their sound with 3 Dollar Bill Yall.
Before this, nobody had ever heard them.
I would disagree with the Slayer album...most of Slayer's 'Diabolus In Musica' is well-written, well-played, and has great production...there is actually only one or two songs that have a 'somewhat' Nu-metal influence. I would even argue that most of the songs on 'Diabolus' would've fit perfectly on the previous (and excellent) 'Divine Intervention' from 1994 (my personal favorite Slayer album). I snubbed 'Diabolus In Musica' for nearly 20 years as I was thrown off by Slayer's experimental side (listening to it every few years to give it another chance). In that time, I slowly realized that it's a very distinctive album in the Slayer catalog with several standout tracks as it artistically reflects the paranoia of violent urban life. I admit, it took two decades for me to truly appreciate 'Diabolus In Musica' but now I can honestly say "Good job Slayer" (haha). Or just be a predictable bonehead and listen to 'Reign In Blood' over and over again...the choice is yours kids.
Celtic Frost and T.S.O.L. *need* to be on here! 😂
A lot of my friends have a weird relationship with Amo, but to me it's BMTH's best work yet. P.s I've been a fan since they started, so I like their heavy stuff too. But there's some excellent world-class songwriting in Amo which is only matched by Post human and to some extent That's the spirit (although not as much)
I love Amo, people hate so much on BMTH for that record, but i love almost all of the songs in it. I feel that metal music has a lot of purists and that’s why records with different style get shit from listeners.
Another album I'd have added would have been Metallica's Load/ReLoad when they went more hard/alternative rock, was was extremely divided against fans and critics considering the band had just come off of the absolute juggernaut that was the Black Album. Sure it was an obvious departure in style (both musically and aesthetically, considering the band totally changed their look to a more "clean-cut" vibe with shorter hair and whatnot) but they were still great albums in my opinion and gave us killer songs like Ain't My Bitch, King Nothing, Fuel, Unforgiven II, The Memory Remains and Until It Sleeps
I kinda figured he was teeing up for this in the intro when he said he wanted to focus on other albums.
Hero of the Day is one from Load I remember being great
I feel like if if you take Load and Reload, trim the weak songs off both you'd get one REALLY good album of the new alt-rock flavored style rather than 2 "ehh its alright" albums of it. You could call it Motherload, or Sh!tload if you're feeling goofy.
@@Replicaate Agreed
@@Replicaate I've always been on board with this idea. I personally would go with Fuel, The Memory Remains, Ain't My B, Hero of the Day, Until it Sleeps, The Unforgiven II, Bleeding Me, King Nothing, Wasting My Hate, Carpe Diem Baby, Low Man's Lyric, The Outlaw Torn, and Fixxxer.
Calling All Stations by former prog rock band Genesis released in 1997 is one that I’d love to add to the list. Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks decided to continue on with changing their lead vocalist for a second time following the departure of Phil Collins in 1996, recruiting Ray Wilson of Scottish grunge band Stiltskin (famous for the song “Inside” which appeared on Levi’s Jeans ads in the mid nineties) and going for an alt rock sound after nearly two decades of going progressive pop starting with the 1978 album “And then there were three.”
Despite the album doing well in the UK and Norway, it didn’t do very well in North America due to the fact that Wilson was unknown in that country resulting in the US leg of the “Calling All Stations” tour being scrapped completely and Wilson leaving Genesis on Bad Terms after 1998, resulting in the band going on a nine year hiatus until the 2007 reunion tour with Phil Collins returning on vocals.
“Calling all Stations” does have some redeeming songs in my opinion such as “Shipwrecked,” “Not About Us” and “The Dividing Line” which are standouts as well as Wilson sounding much akin to first Genesis vocalist Peter Gabriel as he would be a guest vocalist on Steve Hackett’s “Genesis Revisited II” performing “The Carpet Crawlers” but I didn’t like the infamous “Small Talk” which sounded way too much like Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer.”
Did you know that before Wilson was chosen as lead vocalist, the late David Longdon of Big, Big Train and Cutting Crew’s Nick Van Eede auditioned to be the new lead vocalist of Genesis as well as a long time rumour that Giraffe’s Kevin Gilbert was invited to audition before his untimely death.
Would just like to add Congo to the list of decent songs on that album. (I also felt Ray sounded more like David Gilmour instead of Peter Gabriel.......................not a bad thing, by any means).
Sonata Arctica have moved away from their original style, power metal but with more personal lyrics than that genre typically has. Most of their newer stuff is slower and less catchy. It's fine I guess but it's just not the same 😔 If i do hear a new song I like of theirs it's usually because it sounds like the older stuff.
It's interesting how trying to stay relevant can have the opposite effect on a band/album.
I actually really enjoyed the Path Of Totality album from Korn, I'm not even huge into dubstep but I thought Korn did it beautifully. I still listen to that album all the time.
I have never seen a MCR fan say anything bad about Danger Days
I personally consider Path Of Totality the most interesting Korn record in recent years.
I have to mention Linkin Park here. Hybrid Theory and Meteora were the records which brought me to metal music at my teenage years. Than they turned in completely wrong direction for me…
That's funny. "Minutes To Midnight" is my favorite album of theirs. But I agree, they fell drastically off the cliff for me after that album.
That's funny. "Minutes To Midnight" is my favorite album of theirs. But I agree, they fell drastically off the cliff for me after that album.
I liked Path of Totality, and I'm not entirely sure it was just a fad. Jon Davis has always been a fan of the electronic/Industrial scene, and you can hear it in See You On the Other Side, as well as others before and after it. I'm not saying it's their best album, but it made sense to me.
Disturbed honestly started getting really soft after their debut. Their debut was a masterpiece then… idk what happened lol. It turned into like pop thrash with some weird monkey noises thrown in
Anthrax's Stomp 442 put them back in the small club scene.
I feel like it’s hard to talk about failed reinventions without bringing up Chris Gaines.
I also think “Turbo” gets way too much hate. It’s notably weaker than some of their best records, but I’ll still take it over any of the Halfordless albums.
Honestly, I put Danger Days on the same level as Black Parade in terms of concept album. There's just something about it that gives me a real awesome kick the same way Black Parade does. Someone else here said that Danger Days came out at the wrong time, and I can definitely see that.
An album that I think fits into this list would be Avenged Sevenfold's Hail to the King. That album came right off the heels of Nightmare, easily the most emotionally driven album they've ever made, as it was the tribute to their drummer who passed during production. Hail to the King, to say the least, is nothing but a Black Album knock-off, which they stated is exactly what they were going for. The album succeeded commercially, but the fans hated it.
amo is a great fucking album and makes a lot of sense if you listen through all their albums chronologically. They slowly started adding in more pop/Linkin Park style songwriting even as early as There Is A Hell. I love that they don't give a fuck about "staying in their lane" and absolutely don't need to.
"Eric Hirschi" I agree. Plus, that album got me into BMTH which slowly became my 4th favourite band of all time. Don't know why it is overlooked a lot btw
@@lethybridtheorygolucastheo2191 Everybody has their own reasons. amo convinced me to give them another try after not being impressed by their earlier albums and now they are one of my favorite bands. Who are your other 3? I assume LP is in there somewhere.
@@erichirschi315 Other than BMTH, I like Linkin Park, Green Day, Nirvana, System Of A Down, Evanescence, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, blink-182, Spiritbox, No Doubt etc
Kreator - 'Renewal'. I dig it now, but hated it when it came out. Cryptopsy, Danzig (5) and Killing Joke also have 'bad' albums resulting from stylistic changes.
I unironically enjoy Into the Unknown. It's amateurish, yes, but enjoyable nonetheless and surprisingly catchy. It also introduced some elements (such as vocal harmonies) that they wisely held on to for the next albums. I am glad they seem to gradually warm up to it and hope it gets an official re-release some day.
@@christopherbingham5092 " Fans only hate it because it wasn't what they expected" that's a reasonable response when a band's first album is a hard-hitting punk instant-classic and their seconds is a mediocre attempt at prog rock (aka the antithesis of punk rock)
I think there are other reasons. Specifically, the kind of poor production on this album is excuseable in a punk record but quite unacceptable in a proggish arena rock album such as this, where good production is pretty much mandatory. I can understand why most fans would skip it, but I would prefer to have the option NOT to skip it. In other words, release it for streaming, Mr Brett!
@Christopher Bingham
@Christopher Bingham bad religion is my favorite band. Into the unknown is a bad album. Sorry.
The Sword had High Country which a lot of fans were upset about. I eventually learned to like it, but it took me a while. The 2nd half of their career was certainly different from where they came from with Age of Winters and Gods of the Earth.
I actually enjoyed the Evolution album from Disturbed. I hope to see them do another song like A Reason to Fight, just maybe make it 1 per album like their covers.
Aw not Danger Days!!!! I feel it’s a hyper sarcastic punk album. Some of those songs are such fun to listen to!
Danger Days is misplaced on here, as is the characterization of what fans like about MCR, as is the broad categorization of Danger Days as "more uplifting" compared to past releases. I'm married to a superfan who converted me to the fanbase, and pretty much everything that was said in that segment was completely off based on my years of being taken through MCR-land lol
Fans don't *tend* to like it the same as the other three, but they still like it a lot and a bunch of the songs from that album are some of their most beloved songs. We caught them live twice this year, and some of the most enthusiastic reactions from the crowd were from Danger Days songs. Fans still really like the aesthetic surrounding it (lots of cosplaying at the shows), and it was well-received critically, too. The concept and comics that spawned from it are popular as well.
Out of curiosity, what are you basing this opinion on? Because I could understand the argument that its not as well-liked as Three Cheers or Black Parade- it isn't, generally- but this is the first time I've ever heard the opinion that the fanbase just straight up dislikes like the album, and especially after catching a couple of the reunion shows, that claim seems pretty baseless to me.
It came out five months before I was born, but my choice for this category HAS to be "Hot Space" by Queen.
I stand by Turbo. There are a few clunkers (Parental Guidance, Wild Nights Hot & Crazy Days), but everything else is pretty good. And even with the synth and glam stylings, it still FEELS like a Judas Priest album.
Agreed. I thought Ram it Down was their weakest album. They sure did redeem themselves with Painkiller, though!
Another Priest album that gets a lot of slack is Point of Entry. Granted, it wasn't as metal as it's predecessor, British Steel, bit it is a great straight up classic rock album. Highly underrated.
@@susanmenn5016 I'm A Rocker from Ram It Down left a sour taste in my mouth to this day.
@@saj8 SAME. It's like they were trying too hard with that one.
Linkin Park should've gone a different direction with One More Light
Absolutely right, I would’ve been ok if it was at least a light rock album (lighter than Minutes to Midnight)
Celtic Frost "Cold Lake" album was a huge, horrible change from their former self. Luckily, they returned to claim their throne, later.
I think Korn was just ahead of the time. Because recently there's a huge boom in EDM and Rock/Metal fusions. From the new wave of "Metalstep" artist such as Sullivan King and PhaseOne, to Dubstep collaborations left and right. Bands like Electric Callboy, BMTH, Bad Omens, I Prevail...etc that incorporate a lot of electronic elements are shooting up to the top.
Also fun fact: Jonathan Davis is heavily into EDM, in fact he was actually a DJ himself before joining Korn.
Morbid Angel going off the deep end with illud divinum insanus is another great example.