Blackwater Park by Opeth is not only my favourite prog/metal album, it's my favourite album ever... The combination of the death and black metal with jazz, folk, blues, and that little bit of classical in there makes for an absolutely stunning experience front to back. It's just so drenched in melancholy, rage, and darkness in this beautifully ethereal way. To this day, I am yet to find a piece of music that can rival this... Edit: Besides Ghost Reveries, Of course, because Opeth are masters of their craft, in my honest opinion...
Ride The Lightning will always be my favorite. It was my first real introduction into the world of metal and it showed me how great solos can really be.
The first metal album that paved for me the way to all those wonderfull gems of metal was Judas Priest "Painkiller" - the song painkiller, actually. As if you'd be flying with the notes of the guitar - faster than a lazer bullet :)
In MY SILENT TIME OF LOSING, MY SKIN IS was COLD when I heard 10's by Pantera in Broly the legendary super saiyan movie, I thought "is it metal? I WANT MORE OF IT!" And it's how I got in metal🤘
Mine's Architects Holy Hell. It opens my vision of how modern metal sounds after I was kinda tired of listening to just a certain band over and over again and wanted something different. Also Tom's passing gave another level of meaning to this album for me.
It's difficult... But for me, I'll have to go with the following: Black Sabbath's self titled might be for me the greatest metal album ever made. I have yet to come to an album that sounds as evil and haunting as that record. Still a masterpiece. Type O Negative's October Rust, Architect's Holy Hell, Tool's 10,000 Days and Megadeth's Rust in Piece are honourable mentions.
The title track was one of the first riffs I ever learned on guitar as a kid. So simple, so haunting. Still one of my favorite metal songs ever. Such a amazing start to the music we all love. I was so fascinated by the cover art when I was a kid. That's what pulled me in initially. Over the years I grew to love Vol 4 a bit more tho which is probably my favorite metal album.
I felt the same way abt Black Sabbath's self titled for years... and then I found Electric Wizard's album Dopethrone. It was everything I loved abt Sabbath but taken to such an extreme that it almost feels like a parody. Try listening to Funeralopolis.
Master of Puppets. The harmonies, the melodies, the riffs, the lyrics! Sanitarium's intro. MoP interlude (which is the most beautiful thing I've ever heard) Cliff's bass on Orion. Just a tight album and a masterpiece.
There's no doubt that this album is a complete metal perfection. Masterpiece after masterpiece. Every song is special - from fast and furious to beautifully melodic, chuggy, etc.
Respect to Justin for choosing such an underrated album as Disillusion - Back to the Times of Splendor. Damn, it's so hard to find anybody who has ever heard of that!
For Real Man!! I Heard "Fall" On A cable Music Channel. I was Blown away. Took me a Year to find the Album. Got that One and Sybreed's First Release at Best Buy... Back To The Times!! 🤘
I was listening to the album Gloria earlier this year out of nostalgia. Fast forward to just a few minutes ago seeing this video and hearing Justin mention this band was bloody shocking to say the least.
Slipknot by Slipknot. Even though i got into metal through Linkin park and Rammstein. At around 10 or 11 years old hearing Slipknot got me so hooked i cant even explain through words. That was just pure eargasm. Whenever i needed release for my anger, Surfacing did the trick.
My favorite has to be Slaughter of the Soul by At the Gates. Even as the stuff I've got into has gotten way harder or weirder, Slaughter of the Soul hasn't lost its edge or grown softer with time like so many other Gothenburg albums did. It's the album I would use to introduce anybody to death metal but also the one I can bond with any metalhead over. Just unassailable.
Absolutely did not expect to see Conquering Dystopia on here. I wouldn't say it's my top, but it is one of those albums that's songs are constantly on my mind, even when listening to other artists. I'm just thinking I just want to hear that part again! from Autrarch's outro, Destroyer's legatos/sweeps, the entirety of Kufra and Ashes... yeah Paula said it best, it's just so technical and heavy.
Mine without a doubt is Rust In Peace. That album is just amazing, i love the speed, i love how heavy it is, and i love the fact that none of the songs are that easy to play on any of the instruments, i like the challenge, and this album is a challenge. I also love the bass track on all the songs. My favorite song goes to holy wars... The punishment due. From the moment the song starts, to the end i feel the adrenaline rush, and ready to kill (not literally) but i do, and i either play Doom eternal, or play bass, until i hurt myself
I expected to see mostly OG bands and did not expect to see Volumes yet they were the first to come to mind for me as well. It was a tough decision but I think I'm one of the few that likes No Sleep more than Via though.
My favourite album of all time - "Ocean Machine" by Devin Townsend. I didn't think that music could touch so deeply before. His approach to making music and attitude to life are very close to me and if I wanted to become a musician I would like to become Devin Townsend.
Have to truly appreciate the range in bands and the dates in which these came out. Metal has come a long way for sure. My favorite album ever may have to be The Fall of Hearts by Katatonia.
One of my favorites is Images and Words. It sounds so happy, carefree and effortlessly technical and idiosyncratic.... There hasn't been anything similar to it in prog metal ever since.
That Disillusion Album Is Amazing!!! People Slept On That Masterpiece...Awesome Album!! 🤘🤘 There's A Band Called Dessiderium. The New Album "Aria" ....It Is Great as Well.
Colors by BTBAM is my no.1 pick. It's heavy, it's melodic, it's comedic, it's perfect. In short, it's BTBAM. I could easily choose Parallax II or The Great Misdirect or Colors II and the description would still fit perfectly.
Ritual by The Black Dahlia Murder is one of my favorite albums ever, heard it for the first time back in 2012 and was hooked on BDM since. TBDM really drove my taste in music and what I was looking for, all the melody with story lyrics and brutal passages, solo after solo, tight rhythm and just bang your head energy.
For me, it’s Deicide by Deicide. The OSDM sound, along with the fast, chaotic riffs, the rawness of Glenn Benton’s voice, and the sound effects, along with the voice effects too makes this album my favorite
Of the picks, Language is the one that resonates with me the most. I was pondering my own favorite metal album, and it crossed my mind a few times for how special it is. It's a big change for the band, and it has such a meditative quality to it, at least for me. It was my drive-to-work album for a while because it helped me to enter a headspace that got me through the stressful shifts. But I think for me it has to be Crack the Skye by Mastodon. It's such a masterful album that shows their technicality and complexity in their songwriting at its apex, and it manages to cover such a wild range of emotions. It also hit at a very critical time in my life, and that makes it so special for me. Honorable mentions all over the place, like Iron Maiden's Powerslave, BTBAM's Colors, Darkwater's Calling the Earth to Witness, Queensryche's Operation: Mindcrime, and plenty more. It's so hard to pick a favorite.
I guess it's technically two, but I can't separate them, so I'm gonna say Keeper of the Seven Keys by Helloween. There are bands I like more than them overall, but I can't single out one album from those. As far as just one album goes, this is perfection.
That's a great one! They truly set a bar high for Power Metal bands. "Halloween" still being one of my favorite metal songs (and I recommend it as an entry point for the opera fans if you know any, worked on my mother lol)
DISILLUSION is one of my favorite bands of all close to being the one. I think Andy Schmidt is an outstanding composer. I still listen to "Back to Times of Splendor" a lot.
Seeing a lot of older albums mentioned which is obvious, we all have a special place for the music we grew up with and what shaped our love of metal, but for me it might be amore recent release in The Sin and the Sentence by Trivium. It has the perfect mix of screaming and melodic vocals for my taste, the song writing is great, the drumming is INSANE while still being musical. It's all around an incredible album and was the first one to come to mind for me.
probably battle cry by omen or cowboys from hell by pantera. but, i have a reason, cowboys from hell is the album that got me into metal as a whole. battle cry is just beautiful, it has great choruses and JD Kimballs voice is so raw and just beautiful. i love them. edit: OH MY GOD SUNFYRE I KNOW HER
My most favourite album is “Hammerheart” by almighty Bathory. Fundamental album which defined the genre which is Viking Metal, born from black metal mixed with doom and Nordic themes. Everything about this album is perfect: lyrics, songwriting, instruments, vocals... I wish I could hear this album once again “for the first time”! So sad that you didn't include Violet Orlandi or Farvann in this video but I know what would Farvann pick, haha! 🤘
My favorite album is and always will be Nocturnal from Black Dahlia Murder. Listen to them over 20 years now and they still put out awesome music. RIP Trevor
Massive up-votes for Disillusion "Back to Times of Splendor" - super under-rated band and amazing album!! (Also, their new album "Ayam" is freaking brilliant!)
I didn't know about Disillusion until hearing them live when they opened for Persefone/Obscura. This turned me into a complete fan of theirs. Brilliant band yet so unheard of
Ashes of the Wake by LOG has gotta be my all time fav. Every song front to back is a banger and learning them on guitar is so incredibly fun and satisfying. Great picks here from everybody. Some I love as well others I didn't know and need to check out! Like this content bro!
That's probably my favorite post-2000 album, I got that oldschool thrash taste but Ashes and Sacrament bridged the gap for me into some newer metal styles
My favorite metal album is either The Satanist by Behemoth or Blizzard of Oz by Ozzy. The Satanist to me is like this grand, dark renaissance painting that just creates emotions I never expected feel feel from an extreme metal album. Blizzard of Oz is simply because hearing Randy Rhoads’ playing inspired me to pick up a guitar and hearing his playing on isolated tracks blows my mind to this day.
My personal favorite would be Deep Blue by Parkway Drive. I think it's the peak of Metalcore perfection, from the riffs, breakdowns, production wise and it's SLAPS from start to finish. Incredible.
Heard so many albums that i would consider masterpieces from front to back, but Midian by Cradle of filth was really the one that is engraved in my soul. Every song paints such a vivid picture, that is rarely seen in music in general.
Heaven and Hell Master of Reality Painkiller R.I.P. Master of Puppets Ride the Lightning Holy Diver From Mars to Sirius Seventh Son of a Seventh Son Powerslave Just off the top of my head. I'm sure I missed some
My favourite albums are between Oceanborn by Nightwish, Power of the dragonflame by Rhapsody, The force of courage by Galneryus, and Powerslave / Somewhere in time, both by Iron Maiden
Clayman gets the top spot for me just ahead of Ride The Lightning, City of Evil, Painkiller, and No More Tears. I gotta say, I rly like the variety of genres and eras represented in these choices.
I saw them in Gothenburg in a 14k cap arena, so they’re pretty popular at home. They played a bunch of their 90s songs like Colony and Behind Space, so it wasn’t like the setlist was ajusted for a more mainstream audience either.
Since I can't decide for one, Machine Head - The Blackening Gojira - The way of all flesh (id probably pick this one if I really had to) Tribulation - Children of the night Septicflesh - Communion (and everything else they made since sumerian daemons) Vektor - Terminal Redux Power Trip - Nightmare Logic I hope some finds another album they can add to their favorites because of this
It's difficult to pick out one best album, but I let it be Bullet for my Valentine - The Poison. That was my first Metal Band that inspired me to dive in the world of Metal and this Album is powerful and amazing 🤘
Hard to pick, but somewhere between System of a Down self titled, Kill Em All, and Nile's Those Whom The Gods Detest. Soad and Tallica's debuts were incredibly well written, groovy, jamming records that still hold up today, and the nile record is easily my favorite of the last decade
2 for me I couldn't choose between, listened to them equally as much Erra - Augment (heavy and feelsy), favorite song probably Rebirth Kalmah - They will return (melodic and riffs), favorite song The blind leader
i didn't think there would be soo many of my favourite albums by my favourite bands mentioned... The Contortionist, Conquering Dystopia, All That Remains, Parkway Drive, Gojira, Pantera... dude
1. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 2. Lateralus 3. Ride The Lightning 4. PetroDragonic Apocolypse 5. Iron Maiden One per artist because then it would be almost all Sabbath.
I'd have to say either Mastodon - Leviathan or Sepultura - Beneath the Remains. Leviathan is just a masterpiece, every song is so well written, and has so much personality. The aggression and rawness is there, the instrumentation is PHENOMENAL, and the vocals are raw and gritty, and the whole album just feels.. Like it's Mastodon's Leviathan! Beneath the Remains though.. This was the eye opener for me. When I thought metal had to be a certain way, but then amidst all the thrashy death metal that's happening, you get progressive solos and haunting melodies that, to this day, are some of the most memorable in metal (in my opinion). Never has an album more forcefully embodied METAL in the traditional sense. Fast, aggressive, defiant.. and the live shows were more insane than anything since. The Under Siege DVD is, in my opinion, one of the most important, inspiring performances of the genre as a whole. I fucking love metal, man.
Say what you want, but Iowa by Slipknot for me. This is the album that got me into metal as a teenager, I’m only 22 currently, but hearing “people=sh*t” for the first time when I was probably 15 or so changed my perspective on just how intense and energetic metal can be. Even tho I don’t much like their newer stuff, their first two albums will always be up there for me. Plus even compared to newer, balls to the wall extremely heavy stuff, it’s still a damn good and heavy album. I personally really enjoy that “get lost in the noise, wall of sound” type of metal, which is probably why I really enjoy Lorna Shore.
The Mantle by Agalloch wins for me. Absolutely perfect atmosphere. Put that shit on when it’s snowing out and you have yourself an absolutely magical experience
As a 38 year old man. It’s either Master Of Puppets or And Justice For All for me. And special mention, Epitaph by Necrophagist. Everything on that album is just mind-blowingly f*ckn perfect. From the first song down to the last one❤
Really cool, gotta check all the ones that I haven't heard. Hard to pick one favorite album really, mine is probably something like "Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite" or "Star One - Victims Of The Modern Age".
Misery Signals - Controller is my favourite metal album. That was solified when I saw them live as a kid at a small, personal venue. They kept the energy from the record and Karl Schubach's vocals hit just as hard on the first listen. Favourite song: Weight of the World.
My favourite is no brainer it’s ascendancy by trivium. Those riffs are fucking cool and make me stomp and head bang. The solos are awesome and follow the chords perfectly.Trivium were just teens when they recorded it.Its just changed a lot for my guitar playing and I was so inspired by Matt and Corey. I really love how the album takes me back to grade 7 when I got into real heavy stuff. Best song is definitely rain because it groves so hard. This album has a mix of pretty much every genre of metal and it’s just so fudging good!
Follow the Reaper by Children of Bodom. I never really liked anything that didn’t have clean vocals but something about that album just changed that. The drumming, vocals, riffs, solos, everything is just so well done. The only album I like anywhere near as much is Iron Maiden’s Brave New World
Favorite album I grew up with has to be tied between ...And Justice for All and Rust in Peace. Now it'd probably go to Devin Townsend's album Infinity. Or actually any Meshuggah album, it's really hard to pick.
Symbolic by Death - for me everything there is is perfect, literally no weak and boring songs. Gene's drumming is like perfect combination of power, technique and groove, it's better to digest than ITP for the first time too.
My favorite metal album is "the jester race" by in flames and my favorite track is "moonshield". It has beautiful acoustic parts and badass riffs. And in my opinion anders vocal are just insane on that. My second favorite album is "shogun" by trivium and favorite track on that is "throes of perdition".
If I had to pick just one.. It would have to be The Poison by BFMV. The impact it had on my drumming in high school was crazy. I would play that entire album, start to finish. A close second would be Black Clouds and Silver Linings by Dream Theater or Slipknot Live 9.0 with Joey's drum solo.
War of Ages "Pride of the wicked" I played that cd on repeat pretty much all thru high school and i still go back to it. Cannot get enough. 2003-2008 metalcore is the sweet spot.
Ride the Lightning by metallica is not only the greatest metal album but just the greatest album of all time in general in my opinion, probably their most underrated album(if you could call a metallica album underrated) and yes the production isn't nearly as good as MoP but every single song is just a pure masterclass, raw power, incredible bass that just packs a massive punch showing this was Cliff in his prime, the title song of the album has the greatest solo Kirk has ever done, the album takes you on a rollercoaster of emotions, plus metallica really did something revolutionary for the time period on that album with fade to black making the first thrash ballad that is still the greatest one ever done imo
When she said "sidewinder" I was blown away, most people skip over that song and miss out on the change in rhythm/tone as well as the acoustic solo at the end. One of my favorite songs off of that album. First time I ever heard anyone else like it that way tbh. There were a lot of great choices here though...
What did you think of everyone's picks? And what is YOUR favorite Metal album??
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There are so many albums that I love, I can't decide. 🤘
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Blackwater Park by Opeth is not only my favourite prog/metal album, it's my favourite album ever...
The combination of the death and black metal with jazz, folk, blues, and that little bit of classical in there makes for an absolutely stunning experience front to back. It's just so drenched in melancholy, rage, and darkness in this beautifully ethereal way. To this day, I am yet to find a piece of music that can rival this...
Edit: Besides Ghost Reveries, Of course, because Opeth are masters of their craft, in my honest opinion...
I like Morningrise and Orchid much more than Blackwater Park, I think they are more sincere
Brother the is my favorite Pantera album to
@@Kashtayev sincere as in, they had no clue what they were doing
@@Kashtayevfr blackwater was just too nickelback for me
For sure!
Ride The Lightning will always be my favorite. It was my first real introduction into the world of metal and it showed me how great solos can really be.
Same for me
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pure Metallica thrash!!
A lot of MetallicA fans would say Master of Puppets, I'm glad we are here think Ride the Lighting is the favorite, rock on bros ❤️
Man i was not expecting to see Disillusion on here. Their new album Ayam is crazy good!
Fall of ideals is one of the most underrated metal records of all time. Such a perfect record.
It's my number 2 behind wrath by log
I remember when i first was exposed to This Calling. it was a new epoch of my life
I personally think their album before that was better. And that's saying a lot, because I also think Fall of Ideals is amazing.
To this day its top 5 metalcore albums of all time
I'm so happy Nik feels that way because it is also my favorite metal album of all time.
The first metal album that paved for me the way to all those wonderfull gems of metal was Judas Priest "Painkiller" - the song painkiller, actually. As if you'd be flying with the notes of the guitar - faster than a lazer bullet :)
In MY SILENT TIME OF LOSING, MY SKIN IS was COLD when I heard 10's by Pantera in Broly the legendary super saiyan movie, I thought "is it metal? I WANT MORE OF IT!" And it's how I got in metal🤘
Back To Times of Splendour is life changing, Justin has an absolute great taste!
I much prefer their last two albums, actually. They're basically flawless and don't get nearly enough credit or recognition.
@@DraugrGrog Ayam is an absurd achievement too. It was my favorite of last year.
Just found out about it and it's incredible. Excited to give it a listen in full!
The fact that it's their debut album is just incredible! Still remember the first time i spin it!
We better be getting something big from this gathering
jared dines shred collab type shit probably
I was thinking that. How did they end up in the same house?
@@tboj Someone ordered a pizza with every RUclips metal content creator as a topping, and this what was was in stock.
Obviously.
Yep pay to play... :)
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Mine's Architects Holy Hell. It opens my vision of how modern metal sounds after I was kinda tired of listening to just a certain band over and over again and wanted something different. Also Tom's passing gave another level of meaning to this album for me.
It's difficult... But for me, I'll have to go with the following:
Black Sabbath's self titled might be for me the greatest metal album ever made. I have yet to come to an album that sounds as evil and haunting as that record. Still a masterpiece.
Type O Negative's October Rust, Architect's Holy Hell, Tool's 10,000 Days and Megadeth's Rust in Piece are honourable mentions.
Cheers mate! Black Sabbath’s self titled is a masterpiece and also my favorite metal album of all time
October Rust is a fantastic pick
The title track was one of the first riffs I ever learned on guitar as a kid. So simple, so haunting. Still one of my favorite metal songs ever. Such a amazing start to the music we all love. I was so fascinated by the cover art when I was a kid. That's what pulled me in initially. Over the years I grew to love Vol 4 a bit more tho which is probably my favorite metal album.
Holy hell and 10000 days were the first two coming up in my mind when thinking about my favorite metal albums!
I felt the same way abt Black Sabbath's self titled for years... and then I found Electric Wizard's album Dopethrone. It was everything I loved abt Sabbath but taken to such an extreme that it almost feels like a parody. Try listening to Funeralopolis.
Master of Puppets. The harmonies, the melodies, the riffs, the lyrics! Sanitarium's intro. MoP interlude (which is the most beautiful thing I've ever heard) Cliff's bass on Orion. Just a tight album and a masterpiece.
The song master of puppets is just such a great piece itself.
It’s in a vault for a reason, legendary
There's no doubt that this album is a complete metal perfection. Masterpiece after masterpiece. Every song is special - from fast and furious to beautifully melodic, chuggy, etc.
Respect to Justin for choosing such an underrated album as Disillusion - Back to the Times of Splendor. Damn, it's so hard to find anybody who has ever heard of that!
For Real Man!! I Heard "Fall" On A cable Music Channel. I was Blown away. Took me a Year to find the Album. Got that One and Sybreed's First Release at Best Buy... Back To The Times!! 🤘
And their last two albums are both masterpieces, I can't thank angrymetalguy enough for this amazing discovery !
what a recommendation, it rips!
I was listening to the album Gloria earlier this year out of nostalgia.
Fast forward to just a few minutes ago seeing this video and hearing Justin mention this band was bloody shocking to say the least.
I'm listening to it now for the first time
It's good but if I'm being honest it kinda just makes me wanna listen to Be'Lakor lol
Disillusion love ❤️ Their last one was my AOTY 2022. Ayam is simply amazing from start to finish.
Slipknot by Slipknot. Even though i got into metal through Linkin park and Rammstein. At around 10 or 11 years old hearing Slipknot got me so hooked i cant even explain through words. That was just pure eargasm. Whenever i needed release for my anger, Surfacing did the trick.
My favorite has to be Slaughter of the Soul by At the Gates. Even as the stuff I've got into has gotten way harder or weirder, Slaughter of the Soul hasn't lost its edge or grown softer with time like so many other Gothenburg albums did. It's the album I would use to introduce anybody to death metal but also the one I can bond with any metalhead over. Just unassailable.
Shoutout to Justin for bringing up Disillusion. One of my favourite Bands, only 4 LPs released in 20 years.
We we're playing with them on a Festival in Germany few weeks ago. Didnt Know they are so Well knows outside of Germany
Absolutely did not expect to see Conquering Dystopia on here. I wouldn't say it's my top, but it is one of those albums that's songs are constantly on my mind, even when listening to other artists. I'm just thinking I just want to hear that part again! from Autrarch's outro, Destroyer's legatos/sweeps, the entirety of Kufra and Ashes... yeah Paula said it best, it's just so technical and heavy.
Hey Justin, thanks for the tip about Disillusion, what an album!
Mine without a doubt is Rust In Peace. That album is just amazing, i love the speed, i love how heavy it is, and i love the fact that none of the songs are that easy to play on any of the instruments, i like the challenge, and this album is a challenge. I also love the bass track on all the songs. My favorite song goes to holy wars... The punishment due. From the moment the song starts, to the end i feel the adrenaline rush, and ready to kill (not literally) but i do, and i either play Doom eternal, or play bass, until i hurt myself
It's definitely Sepultura's Beneath the Remains. RIFFS everywhere. The perfect album: 10/10.
Arise better.
@@stephenhughes5156Beneath the remains is better, Arise is too polished
I expected to see mostly OG bands and did not expect to see Volumes yet they were the first to come to mind for me as well. It was a tough decision but I think I'm one of the few that likes No Sleep more than Via though.
+1 agreed! Volumes probably most listened band on my library. I’d take no sleep as well lol. Dudes are great at writing bangers for sure.
Volumes have a great blend of groove, heaviness and technicality. I don't think they've released anything bad.
My favourite album of all time - "Ocean Machine" by Devin Townsend. I didn't think that music could touch so deeply before. His approach to making music and attitude to life are very close to me and if I wanted to become a musician I would like to become Devin Townsend.
Have to truly appreciate the range in bands and the dates in which these came out. Metal has come a long way for sure. My favorite album ever may have to be The Fall of Hearts by Katatonia.
Someone else that loves the Fall of hearts? Never thought I'd see the day
Godlike album, my favourite from Katatonia
My fave from them is Discouraged Ones
I really didn't expect somebody to say Disillusion, but yeah, fantastic choice!
One of my favorites is Images and Words. It sounds so happy, carefree and effortlessly technical and idiosyncratic.... There hasn't been anything similar to it in prog metal ever since.
That Disillusion Album Is Amazing!!! People Slept On That Masterpiece...Awesome Album!! 🤘🤘 There's A Band Called Dessiderium. The New Album "Aria" ....It Is Great as Well.
Exoplanet by the Contortionists is in my opinion one of the best albums ever. The Contortionists as a whole just have a brilliant and emotional sound.
Colors by BTBAM is my no.1 pick. It's heavy, it's melodic, it's comedic, it's perfect. In short, it's BTBAM. I could easily choose Parallax II or The Great Misdirect or Colors II and the description would still fit perfectly.
My favorite is hands down Human by Death. Such a heavy album, and Sean Reinert's work on it made such a massive impact on the drumming world.
So based no way i’m listening to it rn
fuck yea death rules
Amazing album. Chuck was a genius!
took drumming to a whole new level and chuck is the god of metal
My second fav album!
Ritual by The Black Dahlia Murder is one of my favorite albums ever, heard it for the first time back in 2012 and was hooked on BDM since. TBDM really drove my taste in music and what I was looking for, all the melody with story lyrics and brutal passages, solo after solo, tight rhythm and just bang your head energy.
For me, it’s Deicide by Deicide. The OSDM sound, along with the fast, chaotic riffs, the rawness of Glenn Benton’s voice, and the sound effects, along with the voice effects too makes this album my favorite
Of the picks, Language is the one that resonates with me the most. I was pondering my own favorite metal album, and it crossed my mind a few times for how special it is. It's a big change for the band, and it has such a meditative quality to it, at least for me. It was my drive-to-work album for a while because it helped me to enter a headspace that got me through the stressful shifts.
But I think for me it has to be Crack the Skye by Mastodon. It's such a masterful album that shows their technicality and complexity in their songwriting at its apex, and it manages to cover such a wild range of emotions. It also hit at a very critical time in my life, and that makes it so special for me.
Honorable mentions all over the place, like Iron Maiden's Powerslave, BTBAM's Colors, Darkwater's Calling the Earth to Witness, Queensryche's Operation: Mindcrime, and plenty more. It's so hard to pick a favorite.
I guess it's technically two, but I can't separate them, so I'm gonna say Keeper of the Seven Keys by Helloween. There are bands I like more than them overall, but I can't single out one album from those. As far as just one album goes, this is perfection.
That's a great one! They truly set a bar high for Power Metal bands.
"Halloween" still being one of my favorite metal songs (and I recommend it as an entry point for the opera fans if you know any, worked on my mother lol)
DISILLUSION is one of my favorite bands of all close to being the one. I think Andy Schmidt is an outstanding composer. I still listen to "Back to Times of Splendor" a lot.
Seeing a lot of older albums mentioned which is obvious, we all have a special place for the music we grew up with and what shaped our love of metal, but for me it might be amore recent release in The Sin and the Sentence by Trivium. It has the perfect mix of screaming and melodic vocals for my taste, the song writing is great, the drumming is INSANE while still being musical. It's all around an incredible album and was the first one to come to mind for me.
Wasn't expecting Back to times of splendor to be cited. Phenomenal album, top of the 2004 class along Orphaned Land's Mabool.
probably battle cry by omen or cowboys from hell by pantera. but, i have a reason, cowboys from hell is the album that got me into metal as a whole. battle cry is just beautiful, it has great choruses and JD Kimballs voice is so raw and just beautiful. i love them.
edit: OH MY GOD SUNFYRE I KNOW HER
My most favourite album is “Hammerheart” by almighty Bathory. Fundamental album which defined the genre which is Viking Metal, born from black metal mixed with doom and Nordic themes. Everything about this album is perfect: lyrics, songwriting, instruments, vocals... I wish I could hear this album once again “for the first time”!
So sad that you didn't include Violet Orlandi or Farvann in this video but I know what would Farvann pick, haha! 🤘
legendary album. I even think Blood on Ice and Twilight of the Gods are better! The Nordic trilogy is goated
I’m partial to “Blood Fire Death”, that ones way up there for me
My favorite album is and always will be Nocturnal from Black Dahlia Murder. Listen to them over 20 years now and they still put out awesome music. RIP Trevor
Massive up-votes for Disillusion "Back to Times of Splendor" - super under-rated band and amazing album!! (Also, their new album "Ayam" is freaking brilliant!)
I didn't know about Disillusion until hearing them live when they opened for Persefone/Obscura. This turned me into a complete fan of theirs. Brilliant band yet so unheard of
Ashes of the Wake by LOG has gotta be my all time fav. Every song front to back is a banger and learning them on guitar is so incredibly fun and satisfying. Great picks here from everybody. Some I love as well others I didn't know and need to check out! Like this content bro!
That's probably my favorite post-2000 album, I got that oldschool thrash taste but Ashes and Sacrament bridged the gap for me into some newer metal styles
Thats the best modern day metal album next to triviums shogun. Still better classic albums from the 80’s though
Crimson Idol, by WASP:
I keep listening to the whole album, and it represents the life of a rockstar over himself as a human being.
My favorite metal album is either The Satanist by Behemoth or Blizzard of Oz by Ozzy. The Satanist to me is like this grand, dark renaissance painting that just creates emotions I never expected feel feel from an extreme metal album. Blizzard of Oz is simply because hearing Randy Rhoads’ playing inspired me to pick up a guitar and hearing his playing on isolated tracks blows my mind to this day.
I can't choose one. My three pillars are Rust In Peace, The Odyssey and Images and Words. Those albums are why I chose to play the guitar.
Back to Times of Splendor is a killer album! Great shout by that guy
My personal favorite would be Deep Blue by Parkway Drive. I think it's the peak of Metalcore perfection, from the riffs, breakdowns, production wise and it's SLAPS from start to finish. Incredible.
Heard so many albums that i would consider masterpieces from front to back, but Midian by Cradle of filth was really the one that is engraved in my soul. Every song paints such a vivid picture, that is rarely seen in music in general.
Omg the Disillusion shout out! And absolutely incredible album. So underrated.
Heaven and Hell
Master of Reality
Painkiller
R.I.P.
Master of Puppets
Ride the Lightning
Holy Diver
From Mars to Sirius
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Powerslave
Just off the top of my head. I'm sure I missed some
4:34 The Fall of Ideals as expected from Nik, a man of culture
It's hard to choose just one, my favorites are seventh son of a seventh son, Reign in blood and painkiller
My favourite albums are between Oceanborn by Nightwish, Power of the dragonflame by Rhapsody, The force of courage by Galneryus, and Powerslave / Somewhere in time, both by Iron Maiden
Clayman gets the top spot for me just ahead of Ride The Lightning, City of Evil, Painkiller, and No More Tears. I gotta say, I rly like the variety of genres and eras represented in these choices.
Clayman was a masterpiece. I remember listening to "Swim" and wondering just how In Flames isn't more popular.
I saw them in Gothenburg in a 14k cap arena, so they’re pretty popular at home. They played a bunch of their 90s songs like Colony and Behind Space, so it wasn’t like the setlist was ajusted for a more mainstream audience either.
Since I can't decide for one,
Machine Head - The Blackening
Gojira - The way of all flesh (id probably pick this one if I really had to)
Tribulation - Children of the night
Septicflesh - Communion (and everything else they made since sumerian daemons)
Vektor - Terminal Redux
Power Trip - Nightmare Logic
I hope some finds another album they can add to their favorites because of this
The Mantle, by Agalloch. Amazing and deserving of so much more popularity
I don’t think I could do one but top 3 off the top of my head would be Transilvanian Hunger, Chainsaw Disembowlment & Great Southern Trendkill
Appetite for destruction is a no brainer but Use your illusion II has a special place in my heart
The Way of All Flesh, City of Evil, The Fall of Ideals and Language, these are some very good picks imo 🙃
It's difficult to pick out one best album, but I let it be Bullet for my Valentine - The Poison. That was my first Metal Band that inspired me to dive in the world of Metal and this Album is powerful and amazing 🤘
Is this the scene of the fated Jared Dines youtuber collab?! Let's GO!
And justice for all, or Ascdndency trivium
I bought "colors" by between the buried and me on a whim and I totally changed how I absorbed metal. Absolutely amazing.
Language by the Contortionist and Fall of Ideals we're both great choices.
Hard to pick, but somewhere between System of a Down self titled, Kill Em All, and Nile's Those Whom The Gods Detest. Soad and Tallica's debuts were incredibly well written, groovy, jamming records that still hold up today, and the nile record is easily my favorite of the last decade
2 for me I couldn't choose between, listened to them equally as much
Erra - Augment (heavy and feelsy), favorite song probably Rebirth
Kalmah - They will return (melodic and riffs), favorite song The blind leader
i didn't think there would be soo many of my favourite albums by my favourite bands mentioned... The Contortionist, Conquering Dystopia, All That Remains, Parkway Drive, Gojira, Pantera... dude
Imaginations from the other side - Blind Guardian. It's just perfect.
1. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
2. Lateralus
3. Ride The Lightning
4. PetroDragonic Apocolypse
5. Iron Maiden
One per artist because then it would be almost all Sabbath.
I'd have to say either Mastodon - Leviathan or Sepultura - Beneath the Remains.
Leviathan is just a masterpiece, every song is so well written, and has so much personality. The aggression and rawness is there, the instrumentation is PHENOMENAL, and the vocals are raw and gritty, and the whole album just feels.. Like it's Mastodon's Leviathan!
Beneath the Remains though.. This was the eye opener for me. When I thought metal had to be a certain way, but then amidst all the thrashy death metal that's happening, you get progressive solos and haunting melodies that, to this day, are some of the most memorable in metal (in my opinion). Never has an album more forcefully embodied METAL in the traditional sense. Fast, aggressive, defiant.. and the live shows were more insane than anything since. The Under Siege DVD is, in my opinion, one of the most important, inspiring performances of the genre as a whole.
I fucking love metal, man.
Nic Nocturnal looks like an actual vampire who never sleeps. Fitting
Say what you want, but Iowa by Slipknot for me. This is the album that got me into metal as a teenager, I’m only 22 currently, but hearing “people=sh*t” for the first time when I was probably 15 or so changed my perspective on just how intense and energetic metal can be. Even tho I don’t much like their newer stuff, their first two albums will always be up there for me. Plus even compared to newer, balls to the wall extremely heavy stuff, it’s still a damn good and heavy album. I personally really enjoy that “get lost in the noise, wall of sound” type of metal, which is probably why I really enjoy Lorna Shore.
So glad Austin said Language, that album blows my mind every time 🔥
The Mantle by Agalloch wins for me. Absolutely perfect atmosphere. Put that shit on when it’s snowing out and you have yourself an absolutely magical experience
As a 38 year old man. It’s either Master Of Puppets or And Justice For All for me.
And special mention, Epitaph by Necrophagist. Everything on that album is just mind-blowingly f*ckn perfect. From the first song down to the last one❤
Not enough necrophagist love
As a Bassist I need to disagree on Justice...
Really cool, gotta check all the ones that I haven't heard. Hard to pick one favorite album really, mine is probably something like "Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite" or "Star One - Victims Of The Modern Age".
The Generation of Danger is my fav album of all time.
For accessibility, "SONIC EXCESS IN ITS PUREST FORM" by Crowbar. On a sheer technical level, "Catch Thirty Three" by Meshuggah.
The sound of perseverance is from A to Z pure perfection.
Mine is also rust in peace. I only knew 4 of the songs on guitar before seeing your playthrough, inspired me to do the same by the end of the year
Rearly listen to whole albums anymore but id say Dissection - Storm of Lights Bane (Best Non-Cheesy Melodic Blackmetal)
Misery Signals - Controller is my favourite metal album. That was solified when I saw them live as a kid at a small, personal venue. They kept the energy from the record and Karl Schubach's vocals hit just as hard on the first listen. Favourite song: Weight of the World.
My favourite is no brainer it’s ascendancy by trivium. Those riffs are fucking cool and make me stomp and head bang. The solos are awesome and follow the chords perfectly.Trivium were just teens when they recorded it.Its just changed a lot for my guitar playing and I was so inspired by Matt and Corey. I really love how the album takes me back to grade 7 when I got into real heavy stuff. Best song is definitely rain because it groves so hard. This album has a mix of pretty much every genre of metal and it’s just so fudging good!
🎶A good impression of myself, not much to conceal🎶
Follow the Reaper by Children of Bodom. I never really liked anything that didn’t have clean vocals but something about that album just changed that. The drumming, vocals, riffs, solos, everything is just so well done. The only album I like anywhere near as much is Iron Maiden’s Brave New World
I was not at all expecting that from Vivaldi but that's fucking dope
Not me shamelessly hoping someone would say feathers and flesh knowing it wouldn’t happen anyways
Favorite album I grew up with has to be tied between ...And Justice for All and Rust in Peace. Now it'd probably go to Devin Townsend's album Infinity. Or actually any Meshuggah album, it's really hard to pick.
Honestly my favorite has to be Matriphagy by Tallah. Incredible from front to back
Master of Puppets isn’t just my favorite metal album, it’s my favorite album of all time.
Symbolic by Death - for me everything there is is perfect, literally no weak and boring songs. Gene's drumming is like perfect combination of power, technique and groove, it's better to digest than ITP for the first time too.
As I Lay Dying - An Ocean Between Us. Right album at the right time for me.
My favorite metal album is "the jester race" by in flames and my favorite track is "moonshield". It has beautiful acoustic parts and badass riffs. And in my opinion anders vocal are just insane on that. My second favorite album is "shogun" by trivium and favorite track on that is "throes of perdition".
''KISS LIVE'' BABY ALL DAY/ OR SOMETHING LEFT FIELD LIKE ''METALLICA MASTER OF PUPPETS''
I completely agree with Angel's remark about lyrics xD
If I had to pick just one.. It would have to be The Poison by BFMV. The impact it had on my drumming in high school was crazy. I would play that entire album, start to finish.
A close second would be Black Clouds and Silver Linings by Dream Theater or Slipknot Live 9.0 with Joey's drum solo.
War of Ages "Pride of the wicked"
I played that cd on repeat pretty much all thru high school and i still go back to it. Cannot get enough. 2003-2008 metalcore is the sweet spot.
Ty for showing my brother some love! 3:43
Disillusion is such a great and underrated band. I also love what they did In Gloria
Ride the Lightning by metallica is not only the greatest metal album but just the greatest album of all time in general in my opinion, probably their most underrated album(if you could call a metallica album underrated) and yes the production isn't nearly as good as MoP but every single song is just a pure masterclass, raw power, incredible bass that just packs a massive punch showing this was Cliff in his prime, the title song of the album has the greatest solo Kirk has ever done, the album takes you on a rollercoaster of emotions, plus metallica really did something revolutionary for the time period on that album with fade to black making the first thrash ballad that is still the greatest one ever done imo
Yeah... all of these youtubers having very mediocre taste is about the least surprising thing I've heard in a few years.
When she said "sidewinder" I was blown away, most people skip over that song and miss out on the change in rhythm/tone as well as the acoustic solo at the end. One of my favorite songs off of that album. First time I ever heard anyone else like it that way tbh.
There were a lot of great choices here though...