Top 100 Heavy Metal CD's

[Guest benoitrulz4life]

Don't really like Hit Parader since they're kind of like a "markish" heavy metal magazine, but this caught my eye. Even though there is A LOT on this list I don't agree with, I still thought it might be interesting for those who haven't yet seen it.

 

100. Meshuggah - "Nothing"

99. Rage Against the Machine - "Evil Empire"

98. Creed - "My Own Prison"

97. Tesla - "Psychotic Supper"

96. Rammstein - "Sehnsucht"

95. Whitesnake - "Slide It In"

94. Marilyn Manson - "Smells Like Children"

93. Puddle of Mudd - "Come Clean"

92. Type O Negative - "October Rust"

91. UFO - "Lights Out"

90. King's X - "Gretchen Goes to Nebraska"

89. Grand Funk Railroad - "We're an American Band"

88. Marilyn Manson - "Antichrist Superstar"

87. Blue Cheer - "Vincebus Eruptum"

86. Queensryche - "Empire"

85. White Zombie - "La Sexorcisto, Devil Music Vol. 1"

84. Thin Lizzy - "Jailbreak"

83. Lita Ford - "Lita"

82. Monster Magnet - "Powertrip"

81. Dio - "The Last in Line"

80. Poison - "Look What the Cat Dragged In"

79. Linkin Park - "Hybrid Theory"

78. Tool - "Undertow"

77. Free - "Fire and Water"

76. Accept - "Balls to the Wall"

75. Saxon - "Wheels of Steel"

74. Queen - "Queen"

73. Mountain - "Mountain"

72. Ratt - "Ratt"

71. Limp Bizkit - "Significant Other"

70. Alice Cooper - "Love It to Death"

69. Quiet Riot - "Metal Health"

68. Dokken - "Tooth & Nail"

67. Montrose - "Montrose"

66. Pantera - "Vulgar Display of Power"

65. Stone Temple Pilots - "Purple"

64. Scorpions - "Blackout"

63. Megadeth - "Killing is My Business... And Business is Good"

62. Rob Zombie - "Hellbilly Deluxe"

61. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magik"

60. Nine Inch Nails - "The Downward Spiral"

59. Cream - "Disraeli Gears"

58. Iron Maiden - "Number of the Beast"

57. Bon Jovi - "New Jersey"

56. Corrosion of Conformity - "Deliverance"

55. Bush - "Razorblade Suitcase"

54. Deep Purple - "In Rock"

53. Sepultura - "Beneath the Remains"

52. Alice in Chains - "Facelift"

51. Rush - "2112"

50. Metallica - "Load"

49. Anthrax - "State of Euphoria"

48. Soundgarden - "Badmotorfinger"

47. Motorhead - "Ace of Spades"

46. Staind - "Break the Cycle"

45. Sevendust - "Sevendust"

44. Jimi Hendrix - "Are You Experienced?"

43. Van Halen - "OU812"

42. Pantera - "Far Beyond Driven"

41. The Cult - "Electric"

40. Aerosmith - "Pump"

39. Pearl Jam - "Vs."

38. Queensryche - "Operation Mindcrime"

37. Slayer - "Hell Awaits"

36. Ted Nugent - "Cat Scratch Fever"

35. Def Leppard - "Hysteria"

34. Judas Priest - "British Steel"

33. Kiss - "Love Gun"

32. Ozzy Osbourne - "No More Tears"

31. AC/DC - "Highway to Hell"

30. Metallica - "Kill 'Em All"

29. Korn - "Follow the Leader"

28. Stone Temple Pilots - "Core"

27. Guns N' Roses - "Use Your Illusion I & II"

26. Aerosmith - "Permanent Vacation"

25. Pearl Jam - "Ten"

24. Iron Maiden - "Powerslave"

23. Bon Jovi - "Slippery When Wet"

22. Black Sabbath - "Master of Reality"

21. Def Leppard - "Pyromania"

20. Korn - "Korn"

19. Alice in Chains - "Dirt"

18. Metallica - "Master of Puppets"

17. Led Zeppelin - "II"

16. Kiss - "Destroyer"

15. Deep Purple - "Machine Head"

14. Soundgarden - "Superunknown"

13. Judas Priest - "Screaming for Vengeance"

12. Led Zeppelin - "Led Zeppelin"

11. Motley Crue - "Too Fast for Love"

10. Van Halen - "Van Halen"

9. Ozzy Osbourne - "Blizzard of Ozz"

8. Nirvana - "Nevermind"

7. Aerosmith - "Rocks"

6. Black Sabbath - "Paranoid"

5. AC/DC - "Back in Black"

4. Kiss - "Alive"

3. Metallica - "Metallica"

2. Guns N' Roses - "Appetite for Destruction"

1. Led Zeppelin - "IV"

 

I think next time they need to be more specific than just "heavy metal". Maybe heavy metal/hard rock would better suit this list.

[Guest Edwin MacPhisto]

Hell, I'm not even much into metal, and I'd say that right off not even half of this seems very metal-y.

 

Also, any list that includes a Creed album on it and is not titled "List Of Shitty Music" kinda loses credibility right off the bat.

[Guest KingOfOldSchool]

Plenty of crap on there, some of which would probably be more suited to some teen girls mag or something. I don't know much about metal, and even I can see that a good number of stuff on there doesn't belong.

 

Two Korn cds in the top fifty, along with Stain'd, Limp Bizkit, Bon Jovi, Creed and Puddle of Mudd somewhere on the list also.

 

"Markish" is right...

[Guest Nevermortal]

Any list that puts Staind and Metallica's 'Load' above THE NUMBER OF THE FUCKING BEAST is not meant to be taken seriously.

 

And Meshuggah's "Nothing" should not be at 100. Its not even their best disc.

[Guest BAR]

Black & load? Jesus, the words Puppetz, Lightning & Justice come to mind.

[Guest Choken One]

If they were talking in Popularity...then I can buy the list...but as it stands...Blah. I love Creed but they ani't Heavy Metal...just Rock.

[Guest Sandman9000]

98. Creed - "My Own Prison"

93. Puddle of Mudd - "Come Clean"

79. Linkin Park - "Hybrid Theory"

74. Queen - "Queen"

71. Limp Bizkit - "Significant Other"

55. Bush - "Razorblade Suitcase"

50. Metallica - "Load"

46. Staind - "Break the Cycle"

39. Pearl Jam - "Vs."

29. Korn - "Follow the Leader"

20. Korn - "Korn"

8. Nirvana - "Nevermind"

How to these qualify for top 100, and for some of these, how do they qualify for heavy metal?

[Guest Cerebus The Aardvark]

Jesus tapdancing Christ, this list is mind-boggling, but I'll just say one thing about it:

 

Paranoid is #6, while Metallica is #2.

 

Fuck.

[Guest The Metal Maniac]

I honestly wanna know how Powerslave got the nod over Piece of Mind. Most Maiden fans seem to accept that Piece of Mind is the better album overall.

 

I also love the placement of such bands as Linkin Park and Korn on there. I'm not gonna debate their genre of music, but I do wanna ask how THEY got spots instead of the any other Maiden CD's - Both those bands have (or had) a relatively short run, while Maiden's been awesome for the last 20 years, and ignoring my Maiden Markness for a second, there's STILL a wealth of good heavy metal bands that have been either overlooked entirely, or had their GOOD albums totally ignored.

 

Ugh.

 

Of course, I suppose that's better then Revolver's take, as they had the balls to stick SOAD's Toxicity in the TOP FUCKING 10, even though it hadn't even been out for a year at the time the magazine was printed, I believe. Nothing against the album, but fuck, Top 10? No way.

 

And WHERE THE HELL IS IN FLAMES?

 

And why is Pearl Jam on the list?

 

I hate this list.

[Guest redbaron51]

Hit Parader????

 

 

These fans have any idea what Metal is?

[Guest saturnmark4life]

I think people should just give up making lists like this. I'll also say i don't want to live in a universe where puddle of mudd rates higher than rammstein. And mutter is better than sehnsucht anyway, a true modern classic.

[B. Brian Brunzell 0]

Well I'll be a monkey's bare-assed uncle.

 

See, I knew right away that there was something wrong with this list. When I see Come Clean was even ON the list, and that Hybrid Theory was ranked above Undertow.

 

This is why Hit Parader sucks donkey dink.

[Paul Stanley 0]

Why isn't KISS Revenge on this list?

[Guest converge241]

I agree

 

Hit Parader are marks

 

i remember back in the day their articles had nothing at all to say but still manged to fill a few pages

 

Metal Edge needs to do one

 

I love Kerrang lists

[Guest redbaron51]

at least UFO got some mention.

[B. Brian Brunzell 0]

at least UFO got some mention.

Damn right. You just HAVE TO love UFO. The great vocals of Phil Mogg combined with the AMAZING guitar prowess of Mr. Michael Schenker make for good listenin'. I prefer No Heavy Petting over all of the other UFO albums, but Lights Out is terrific.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

HAHAHAHA. Fuck, that was good for a laugh.

 

Sabbath's self-titled album that basically created the genre gets no mention, yet Creed does?

 

They should be ashamed, because anyone with some sense is laughing at this atrocity.

[Guest pochorenella]

Just to give some perspective, here's Hit Parader's All-Time Top 100 Hard Rock CDs from their November 1994 issue. Some similarities to the most recent list, and food for some more thought.

 

100. Coverdale/Page: Coverdale/Page

99. Candlebox: Candlebox

98. Jackyl: Jackyl

97. Tesla: Psychotic Supper

96. Lenny Kravitz: Are you gonna go my way

95. Ugly Kid Joe: As ugly as they wanna be

94. Ted Nugent: Cat Scratch Fever

93. Primus: Pork Soda

92. Rollins Band: Weight

91. UFO: Lights Out

90. Warrant: Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich

89. Grand Funk: We're an American Band

88. LA Guns: Cocked and Loaded

87. Blue Cheer: Vincebus Eruptum

86. The Cult: Electric

85. White Zombie: La Sexorcisto

84. Thin Lizzy: Jailbreak

83. Lita Ford: Lita

82. Faith No MOre: The Real Thing

81. Dio: The Last in Line

80. Slaughter: Stick it to Ya

79. King's X: Gretchen goes to Nebraska

78. Tool: Undertow

77. Free: Fire and Water

76. Accept: Balls to the Wall

75. Saxon: Wheels of Steel

74. Queen: Queen

73. Mountain: Mountain

72. Ratt: Out of the Cellar

71. Helmet: Meantime

70. Alice Cooper: Love it to Death

69. Quiet Riot: Metal Health

68. Dokken: Tooth and Nail

67. Montrose: Montrose

66. Pantera: Vulgar Display of Power

65. Stone Temple Pilots: Purple

64. Scorpions: Blackout

63. Megadeth: Killing is Business...

62. Jimi Hendrix: Are You Experienced?

61. Red Hot Chili Peppers: Blood Sugar Sex Magic

60. Nine Inch Nails. Downward Spiral

59. Cream: Disraeli Gears

58. Iron Maiden: The Number of the Beast

57. Bon Jovi: New Jersey

56. Cinderella: Night Songs

55. Poison: Look What The Cat...

54. Deep Purple: In Rock

53. Sepultura: Beneath The Remains

52. Alice in Chains: Dirt

51. Rush: 2112

50. Danzig: Demonsweat live

49. Anthrax: State of Euphoria

48. Soundgarden: Badmotorfinger

47. Motorhead: Ace of Spades

46. Megadeth: Countdown to Extintion

45: Twisted Sister: Stay Hungry

44. Nirvana: In Utero

43. Van Halen: OU812

42. Pantera: Far Beyond Driven

41. Queensryche: Empire

40. Aerosmith: Pump

39. Pearl Jam: Vs

38. Kiss: Destroyer

37. Slayer: Hell Awaits

36. Skid Row: Skid Row

35. Def Leppard: Hysteria

34. Judas Priest: British Steel

33. Kiss: Love Gun

32. Ozzy Osbourne: No More Tears

31. AC/DC: Highway to Hell

30. Metallica: Kill 'Em All

29. Iron Maiden: Powerslave

28. STP: Core

27. Guns 'N Roses: Use Your Illusion I & II

26. Aerosmith: Permanent Vacation

25. Motley Crue: Dr. Feelgood

24. Van Halen: 1984

23. Bon Jovi: Slippery When Wet

22. Black Sabbath: Master of Reality

21. Def Leppard: Pyromania

20. Nirvana: Nevermind

19. Alice in Chains: Dirt

18. Metallica: Master of Puppets

17. Led Zeppelin: II

16. Queensryche: Operation Mindcrime

15. Deep Purple: Machine Head

14. Soundgarden: Superunknown

13. Judas Priest: Screaming for Vengeance

12. Led Zeppelin: Led Zepellin

11. Motley Crue: Too Fast For Love

10. Van Halen: Van Halen

9. AC/DC: Back in Black

8. Guns 'N Roses: Appetite For Destruction

7. Aerosmith: Rocks

6. Black Sabbath: Paranoid

5. Pearl Jam: Ten

4. Ozzy Osbourne: Blizzard of Ozz

3. Kiss: Alive!

2. Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin IV

1. Metallica: Metallica

 

Your Thoughts? At least this wasn't named "Best Heavy Metal".

[Guest JangoFett4Hire]

Coverdale/Page?

 

"Take me to the river baby, take me to the sea..."

 

I heard that HP is putting together a top 100 techno albums and Garbage's S/T is #1...

[Guest converge241]

dont make me unleash the fucking fury of C/P on your ass Jango

[Guest JangoFett4Hire]

Puh-leeze... Yngwie

Hey, is there a connection between the Yngwie bruhaha and the moby assault? Both incidents are somewhat connected to various forms of homophobia?

OH, and to make this post relevant to the thread, how the hell is CREAM metal?

[Guest converge241]

Hit Parader has to thrown in some random old bands for "credibility" that the editors have probably never even heard

[Guest saturnmark4life]

hehe, KISS at no3 in that second list is both really awesome and really wrong at the same time. Oh and has anyone seem kerrapp's top 100 singles? the less said about blink 182 in the top 10 the better....

[Guest converge241]

what?? on Kerrang

 

 

*sigh*

 

the mighty have fallen..i used to love that mag

[Guest NoCalMike]

Well, normally I would be crying FOUL, but that list came from Hit Parader, so no need to give a shit about what they think of heavy metal.......Any Top 100 Heavy Metal list without Slayer's "Reign in Blood" not in the Top 5 is not a credible List.

[Guest redbaron51]

Puh-leeze... Yngwie

Hey, is there a connection between the Yngwie bruhaha and the moby assault? Both incidents are somewhat connected to various forms of homophobia?

OH, and to make this post relevant to the thread, how the hell is CREAM metal?

back in the late 60's Cream was the heaviest band around before Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, and a heavier side of the Who.

[B. Brian Brunzell 0]

The riff for "Sunshine of Your Love" is soooo Metal.

[Guest CoreyLazarus416]

I figure I'll join in the bashing of Hit Parader with my fellow metalheads...

 

...only I'll point out all the non-metal bands/albums on this list~!

 

99. Rage Against the Machine - "Evil Empire"

98. Creed - "My Own Prison"

97. Tesla - "Psychotic Supper"

95. Whitesnake - "Slide It In"

94. Marilyn Manson - "Smells Like Children"

93. Puddle of Mudd - "Come Clean"

89. Grand Funk Railroad - "We're an American Band"

88. Marilyn Manson - "Antichrist Superstar"

87. Blue Cheer - "Vincebus Eruptum"

84. Thin Lizzy - "Jailbreak"

83. Lita Ford - "Lita"

82. Monster Magnet - "Powertrip"

80. Poison - "Look What the Cat Dragged In"

79. Linkin Park - "Hybrid Theory"

78. Tool - "Undertow"

77. Free - "Fire and Water"

74. Queen - "Queen"

73. Mountain - "Mountain"

72. Ratt - "Ratt"

71. Limp Bizkit - "Significant Other"

70. Alice Cooper - "Love It to Death"

69. Quiet Riot - "Metal Health"

68. Dokken - "Tooth & Nail"

67. Montrose - "Montrose"

65. Stone Temple Pilots - "Purple"

62. Rob Zombie - "Hellbilly Deluxe"

61. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magik"

60. Nine Inch Nails - "The Downward Spiral"

59. Cream - "Disraeli Gears"

57. Bon Jovi - "New Jersey"

55. Bush - "Razorblade Suitcase"

54. Deep Purple - "In Rock"

52. Alice in Chains - "Facelift"

51. Rush - "2112"

50. Metallica - "Load"

48. Soundgarden - "Badmotorfinger"

46. Staind - "Break the Cycle"

45. Sevendust - "Sevendust"

44. Jimi Hendrix - "Are You Experienced?"

43. Van Halen - "OU812"

41. The Cult - "Electric"

40. Aerosmith - "Pump"

39. Pearl Jam - "Vs."

36. Ted Nugent - "Cat Scratch Fever"

35. Def Leppard - "Hysteria"

33. Kiss - "Love Gun"

31. AC/DC - "Highway to Hell"

29. Korn - "Follow the Leader"

28. Stone Temple Pilots - "Core"

27. Guns N' Roses - "Use Your Illusion I & II"

26. Aerosmith - "Permanent Vacation"

25. Pearl Jam - "Ten"

23. Bon Jovi - "Slippery When Wet"

21. Def Leppard - "Pyromania"

20. Korn - "Korn"

19. Alice in Chains - "Dirt"

17. Led Zeppelin - "II"

16. Kiss - "Destroyer"

15. Deep Purple - "Machine Head"

14. Soundgarden - "Superunknown"

13. Judas Priest - "Screaming for Vengeance"

7. Aerosmith - "Rocks"

5. AC/DC - "Back in Black"

4. Kiss - "Alive"

2. Guns N' Roses - "Appetite for Destruction"

1. Led Zeppelin - "IV"

 

Take no list that puts White Zombie - La Sexorcisto on, but not White Zombie - Astro-Creep 2000 (which is the FAR superior album: heavier, faster, more complicated songs, and just better production and tunes).

[Guest The Metal Maniac]

When was Judas Priest not metal?

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

...and that Hybrid Theory was ranked above Undertow.

So what you're saying is..

 

A.) That Hybrid Theory is better than Undertow, and deserved a better ranking.

 

Or,

 

B.) You misread that Undertow was ranked better.

 

One of these answers might end up involving a car battery and your nads, as well as a jolly-good face ripping.