DCMaximo 0 Report post Posted August 27, 2004 Here is the first half of UK mag Metal Hammer's 100 Heaviest Albums. Discuss 100.Kreator-Terrible Certainty 99.The Acacia Strain-Thirty Seven Fifty 98.Mountain-Climbing! 97.Oxbow-Let Me Be A Woman 96.Sir Lord Baltimore-Kingdom Come 95.Faith No More- King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime 94.Anthrax-Spreading The Disease 93.Fudge Tunnel- Hate Songs In E Minor 92.Marduk-Panzer Division Marduk 91.The Berzerker- Berkerker 90.Throbbing Gristle-Second Annual Report 89.Voivod-War And Pain 88.Sleep-Sleep's Holy Mountain 87.Jesus Lizard-Goat 86.Mercyful Fate- Don't Break The Oath 85.Labrat-Ruining It For Everyone 84.Burning Witch-Crippled Lucifer 83.Butthole Surfers-Locust Abortion Technician 82.Fear Factory-Soul Of A New Machine 81.Goatsnake-Goatsnake Volume One 80.Eyehategod-Take As Needed For Pain 79.Uriah Heep-Look At Yourself 78.Entombed-Wolverine Blues 77.The Obsessed-Lunar Womb 76.Children Of Bodom-Hate Crew Deathroll 75.Painkiller-Guts Of A Virgin 74.Sunn O)))-White 1 73.At The Gates-Slaughter Of The Soul 72.Converge-Caring And Killing 71.Electric Wizard-Dopethrone 70.Corrosion Of Conformity-Technocracy 69.Deep Purple-Machine Head 68.MC5-Kick Out The Jams 67.Today Is The Day-Temple Of The Morning Star 66.Ministry-The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste 65.The Stooges-Fun House 64.Will Haven-WHVN 63.Mastodon-Remission 62.Sick Of It All-Scratch The Surface 61.Celtic Frost-To Mega Therion 60.Raging Speedhorn-Raging Speedhorn 59.Khanate-Things Viral 58.Lamb Of God-New American Gospel 57.Dillenger Escape Plan-Calculating Infinity 56.Blue Cheer-Vincebus Eruptum 55.Hatebreed-Perserverence 54.Saint Vitus-Born Too Late 53.The Melvins-Gluey Porch Treatments 52.Manowar-Hail To England 51.DRI-Dirty Rotten Album Second half coming up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted August 27, 2004 umm... ya Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted August 27, 2004 watch the bottom list is nothing more than Metallica, Slayer, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCMaximo 0 Report post Posted August 27, 2004 You've read it already? No, the rest of the list is pretty disappointing in comparison, but some less predictable stuff does sneak through. Without further ado... 50.Nile-In Their Darkened Shrines 49.Meshuggah-Destroy Ease Improve 48.Akercocke-The Goat Of Mendes 47.Big Black-Songs Abour Fucking 46.Exodus-Bonded By Blood 45.Iron Maiden-Killers 44.Neurosis-Souls At Zero 43.Mistress-Mistress 42.Strapping Young Lad-City 41.The Locust-Plague Soundscapes 40.Iron Monkey-Our Problem 39.Down-Nola 38.Emperor-Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk 37.Nine Inch Nails-The Downward Spiral 36.Godflesh-Godflesh 35.Cannibal Corpse-Butchered At Birth 34.Motorhead-Overkill 33.Trouble-Psalm 9 32.Zyklon-Aeon 31.Testament-The Legacy 30.Anaal Nathrakh-The Codex Necro 29.Cradle Of Filth-The Principles Of Evil Made Flesh 28.Bathory-Under The Sign Of The Black Mark 27.System Of A Down-System Of A Down 26.Deicide-Deicide 25.Napalm Death-From Enslavement To Obliteration 24.Darkthrone-A Blaze In The Northern Sky 23.Carcass-Symphonies Of Sickness 22.Megadeth-Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? 21.Satyricon-Nemesis Divina 20.Korn-Korn (WTF??) 19.Kyuss-Blues From The Red Sun 18.Shadows Fall-The Art Of Balance 17.Death-Scream Bloody Gore 16.Arch Enemy-Anthems Of Rebellion 15.Dimmu Borgir-Stormblast 14.Morbid Angel-Blessed Are The Sick 13.Obituary-Slowly We Rot 12.Chimaira-The Impossibility Of Reason 11.Sepultura-Chaos AD 10.Venom-Black Metal 9.Killswitch Engage-The End Of Heartache 8.Superjoint Ritual-A Lethal Dose Of American Hatred 7.Machine Head-Through The Ashes Of Empires 6.Slipknot-Iowa 5.Pantera-Vulgar Display Of Power 4.Slayer-Reign In Blood 3.Metallica-Kill 'Em All 2.Black Sabbath-Black Sabbath 1.Judas Priest-Stained Class Thoughts? While the second half is a let down, from the pretty predictable top 15, which is over-populated with recent releases, to some controvertial positions (in no way are Korn heavier than Iron Monkey or Akercocke), the first half is pretty damn good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted August 27, 2004 Personaly, Stained Class is a great album, but if anything by Judas Priest it would be Sad Wings of Destiny. I am surprised to see that there, instead of Master of Puppets thouhg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye 0 Report post Posted August 27, 2004 How are they describing "heavy"? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KanadianKrusty 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2004 34.Motorhead-Overkill 6.Slipknot-Iowa Metal Hammer should be stripped of the word "Metal" for this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Corey_Lazarus 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2004 Nile sould be in the Top 10. One of the best metal acts EVER. Terrific songstructure, amazing brutality...everything a death metal band should be. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mindless_Aggression Report post Posted August 28, 2004 How the fuck is Slipknot, Chimaira, Shadows Fall, Killswitch Engage and Superjoint Ritual anywhere even near this list? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted August 28, 2004 How are they describing "heavy"? 9.Killswitch Engage-The End Of Heartache 8.Superjoint Ritual-A Lethal Dose Of American Hatred 7.Machine Head-Through The Ashes Of Empires 6.Slipknot-Iowa Apparently the same as "shitty." When I started reading this, I thought "HEY!" what with the Khanate mention, a couple Nile cds, Fuckin' The Locust, etc..That top ten is really, really bad, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLAGIARISM! 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2004 There's a couple of decent non-metal things in there. 83.Butthole Surfers-Locust Abortion Technician 47.Big Black-Songs About Fucking Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted August 28, 2004 57.Dillenger Escape Plan-Calculating Infinity 56.Blue Cheer-Vincebus Eruptum Oh fuck off. 80.Eyehategod-Take As Needed For Pain Wow, this is one of a couple swamp mentions on here, and STILL no Acid Bath..sigh. Fun fact: The drummer of this band sold Phil Anselmo the heroin he took when he died the second time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLAGIARISM! 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2004 Who the fuck are 'Blue Cheer'? unless that's some kind of Columbian street slang for an interesting way of killing someone, not a name I'd pick to suggest heaviness. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AboveAverage484 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2004 A fuckin' OLD SCHOOL metal band. Not really metal really, but some people think they had the first metal song a couple years before "Black Sabbath" and "Communication Breakdown" with their "Summertime Blues." It's admittedly pretty damn heavy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLAGIARISM! 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2004 \m/SUMMERTIME BLUES!!!\m/ This gets better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giuseppe Zangara 0 Report post Posted August 29, 2004 #87 is pretty awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest GreatOne Report post Posted August 30, 2004 I like Priest, even with the two debacles known as Point of Entry and Turbo but......... Stained Class? Good album, but no 1 in any category, and as said earlier, how do they define 'heavy'? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCMaximo 0 Report post Posted August 30, 2004 Irritatingly, they don't actually give any criteria for how they've deemed something "heavy", but in regards to Priest, they admit that it isn't as sonically heavy as "Painkiller" or "Jugulator", but the impact that "Stained Class" had on heavy music in general earns it the place in the list. Seemingly, they tried to combine the influence the albums had on metal with actual heaviness. This seems to be the case with Blue Cheer, which they claim helped develop the concept of heavy metal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo Effect 0 Report post Posted August 30, 2004 Irritatingly, they don't actually give any criteria for how they've deemed something "heavy", but in regards to Priest, they admit that it isn't as sonically heavy as "Painkiller" or "Jugulator", but the impact that "Stained Class" had on heavy music in general earns it the place in the list. Seemingly, they tried to combine the influence the albums had on metal with actual heaviness. This seems to be the case with Blue Cheer, which they claim helped develop the concept of heavy metal. Ahhh, well, there's the justification for Korn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted August 30, 2004 I'm still pissed that Killers made it over the list over better Maiden albums Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KanadianKrusty 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2004 I'm still pissed that Killers made it over the list over better Maiden albums Well there are only 4 other Maiden albums and Killers IS the better one, or at least it's heavier. 1-S/t 2-Dickinson Formula inc. 3-X-Factor 4-Virtual XI I really don't see how any of these can top Killers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest GreatOne Report post Posted September 1, 2004 Irritatingly, they don't actually give any criteria for how they've deemed something "heavy", but in regards to Priest, they admit that it isn't as sonically heavy as "Painkiller" or "Jugulator", but the impact that "Stained Class" had on heavy music in general earns it the place in the list. Seemingly, they tried to combine the influence the albums had on metal with actual heaviness. This seems to be the case with Blue Cheer, which they claim helped develop the concept of heavy metal. I think Sad Wings had more of an impact (from Slayer to even Def Leppard, well I guess in 80 and 81 they weren't SO bad). Although just everyone and his brother with two cents on it called SC 'ten years ahead of its' time', and it of course has the song Tipper's Witches went after them for--despite the fact it wasn't even their song Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2004 I'm still pissed that Killers made it over the list over better Maiden albums Well there are only 4 other Maiden albums and Killers IS the better one, or at least it's heavier. 1-S/t 2-Dickinson Formula inc. 3-X-Factor 4-Virtual XI I really don't see how any of these can top Killers. The Number of the Beast Piece of Mind Powerslave Somewhere In Time Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son... all better than Killers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest GreatOne Report post Posted September 1, 2004 Since Dickinson adds X more to those than Di'Anno did with Iron Maiden and Killers, I'd have to second that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KanadianKrusty 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2004 The Number of the Beast Piece of Mind Powerslave Somewhere In Time Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son... You may have some kind of a point here but all you mentionned is just one album repeated over and over again really. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest GreatOne Report post Posted September 3, 2004 ?????? Lessee, Number Of The Beast, Run To The Hills, Hallowed Be Thy Name Where Eagles Dare, Revelations, Flight Of Icarus, The Trooper Aces High, Two Minutes To Midnight, Powerslave Wasted Years, Sea Of Madness, Stranger In A Strange Land The Evil That Men Do, The Clairvoyant. The repetitiousness between each of those songs is??????????????? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLAGIARISM! 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2004 Random tidbit: I love that 'Wasted Years' song. I like Maiden well enough anyways, but for some reason that's always been a favourite. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Metal Maniac 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2004 The real question, as far as I'm concerned, is not how he lacks the ability to tell the difference between the albums, but why he refers to it as the Dickinson formula. Steve Harris has ALWAYS written the bulk of Maiden's material. Thus, if all the albums with Dickinson on them are so formulaic that you can't tell them apart (and I'm sorry, if you honestly can't tell the difference between Fear of the Dark and Piece of Mind, then you need to be slapped) then the same should hold true with the rest, because it's the same guy writing the music. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2004 Dance of Death has been a combination of Bruce solo stuff and Blaze Bailey songs, just with Bruce singing them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KanadianKrusty 0 Report post Posted September 4, 2004 The real question, as far as I'm concerned, is not how he lacks the ability to tell the difference between the albums, but why he refers to it as the Dickinson formula. Because during Dickinson's first stint with Maiden they failed to make any kind of attempt at truly evolving and changing their sound. And GreatOne, don't all these song have a guitar intro of relatively similar length, a solo that doesn't change all that much form song to song, and Bruce screaming at the end? As for the difference between Piece of Mind and FOTD, yes they sound different because Janick's guitar playing and Bruce's voice changing a bit but the song formula is still pretty much the same. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
