Iron Maiden

[Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye 0]

Down II is somewhat less offensive as passive background noise during a social gathering, so I guess it wins out over Reinventing.

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

Reinventing has some good tracks, and gets points for not having anything to do with that horrible fucking band known as Crowbar.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Sammy Duet was in Crowbar.

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

...well then...uhhh...Crowbar still sucks.

 

Actually, that's one of the bands I notice a lot of bands I listen to point to as a big influence or a favorite, and...I don't see why. Of the area (swamp scene), there's better bands (most notably Acid Bath) that have gone unnoticed to certain regards, but Crowbar...I listen to Crowbar and I hear decent doom-laden riffs with annoying vocals. That's it.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

They're the poster child of great ideas and bad execution. Crowbar deservedly gets the love because they pre-dated a lot of that metal fad's high points such as Acid Bath, Soilent Green's Sewn Mouth Secrets, et al. Their myriad lineups (as far as I know) are a who's-who of metal musicians from the area. The swamp/southern metal Pigface, sort of.

[Rendclaw 0]

I love watching Metal: A Headbanger's Journey. Fascinating shit every time.

 

Then VH1 Classic does something weird by playing Classic Albums: Metallica, The Black Album

[Toshiaki Koala 0]

I've heard it called their best album by people whose opinions on music I respect far more than those of anyone on this board.

 

Wow, that was a run-on sentence of almost Meltzerian proportions!

[Red Baron 0]

I've heard it called their best album by people whose opinions on music I respect far more than those of anyone on this board.

 

Wow, that was a run-on sentence of almost Meltzerian proportions!

 

Who are they? 14 year olds? People that are deaf? Have they not heard of Number of the Beast, Killers, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, Caught Somewhere in Time?

 

All of them are much better than A Matter of Life and Death, by a long shot.

[tigeraid 0]

He could've been referring to Metallica's Black album...

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

In which case he'd be wrong either way. Anybody who says that The Black Album is Metallica's best needs to fucking listen to it again. The first four tracks are good, true...but the rest is "meh" until a decent near-closer with "The God That Failed" and my personal favorite of underrated Metallica tunes, "The Struggle Within." Outside of those 6 tracks on a 12-track album...what is there? Filler, rubbish, and stuff that sounded soft even when you realize it came out at the dawn of grunge. Considering that Metallica bumped off Megadeth's Countdown to Extinction (easily in Megadeth's top 3, and a much stronger album than anything Metallica's done after Justice), it's pretty fucking sad.

 

I'd like to know why people think that The Black Album is better than any of the four albums before it. Even Kill 'Em All's horrible production, songs that went too long, and one-step-above-punk songwriting has more of a charm than The Black Album.

[Red Baron 0]

Black Album and Load are much better than And Justice For All.

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

That's arguable, but not outlandish. Justice stretches on for too long with no real kick-in-the-ass outside of "One" and the closer of "Dyers Eve." But I'm waiting for an argue on how The Black Album tops Ride the Lightning and/or Master of Puppets, and that argument better not have anything to do with record sales (especially since Puppets went PLATINUM with virtually no help from radio or MTV).

[Toshiaki Koala 0]

I think I'm going to exit this thead quietly before I make a fool of myself any further.

[Rendclaw 0]

The absence of bass in Justice has always bothered me. It took Bob fucking Rock to convince Jaymz, Krk and Larz to give Jason his own sonic space.

 

In my world, Puppets and Lightning are 1 and 1a, switching position according to my mood, followed by the Black Album... but did we not have a thread about that previously?

[Toshiaki Koala 0]

"One" is so awesome, though. I can't name a better song from the 80s, even if "Beyond the Realms of Death" by Judas Priest is pretty much the same song done a decade earlier.

[Red Baron 0]

Hallowed Be Thy Name > One

[Slayer 0]

The absence of bass in Justice has always bothered me. It took Bob fucking Rock to convince Jaymz, Krk and Larz to give Jason his own sonic space.

Poor Jason New-guy

 

"One" is so awesome

Excellent song, although "Sanitarium" is my personal favorite Metallica song

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

I'm a big fan of "Damage, Inc." and "Disposeable Heroes," myself.

 

But yes. "Hallowed Be Thy Name" > "One," as baron so eloquently put it.

[randomguy 0]

I'm not a big fan of One at all. It is pedestrian.

[Epic Reine 0]

Fade To Black > One > Hallowed By Thy Name > Sanitarium.

[Rendclaw 0]

Broken down by album:

 

Metallica

Kill Em All: No Remorse

Ride the Lightning: Fade To Black

Master of Puppets: Orion

...And Justice for All: Harvester of Sorrow

Black Album: My Friend of Misery

Load: Until it Sleeps

Re-Load: Price Charming

 

Iron Maiden (to get back on topic somewhat)

Iron Maiden: Charlotte the Harlot

Killers: Purgatory

Number of the Beast: The Prisoner

Piece of Mind: Still Life

Powerslave: Losfer Words

Somewhere in Time: Stranger in a Strange Land/Waster Years (tie)

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son: The Clairvoyant

No Prayer For the Dying: Public Enema Number One

Fear of the Dark: Wasting Love

The X Factor: Man on the Edge

Virtual XI (shudder): The Clansman

Brave New World: Ghost of the Navigator

Dance of Death: Dance of Death

A Matter of Life and Death: The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

I don't have all of Maiden's, so I'll stick to the ones I do have and the Metallica ones (which I do have all of).

 

Metallica

Kill 'Em All: "The Four Horsemen"

Ride the Lightning: "Creeping Death"

Master of Puppets: "Disposeable Heroes"

...And Justice For All: "Dyers Eve"

Metallica: "My Friend of Misery"

Load: "The Outlaw Torn"

ReLoad: "Prince Charming"

St. Anger: "Frantic" (the only listenable song on the whole album)

[Rendclaw 0]

Glad to see we agree on Prince Charming... I think thats the only song from Re-Load I have on my computer.

[Epic Reine 0]

Metallica:

 

Kill 'Em All -"Seek & Destroy"

Ride The Lightning - "Fade To Black"

Master Of Puppets - "Disposable Heroes"

...And Justice For All - "One"

Metallica - "Wherever I May Roam"

Load - "King Nothing"

Reload - "Unforgiven II"

St. Anger - "Purify"

 

Iron Maiden:

 

Iron Maiden: "Phantom Of The Opera"

Killers: "Murders In The Rue Morgue"

Number Of The Beast: "The Prisoner"

Piece Of Mind: "The Trooper"

Powerslave: "Flash Of The Blade"

Somewhere In Time: "Wasted Years"

Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son: "Can I Play With Madness"

Fear Of The Dark: "From Here To Eternity"

Brave New World: "Dream Of Mirrors"

A Matter Of Life & Death: "For The Greater Good Of God"

 

And as an added bonus, SLAYER!

 

Reign In Blood: "Jesus Saves"

South Of Heaven: "Mandatory Suicide"

Seasons In The Abyss: "War Ensamble"

[The Metal Maniac 0]

Metallica:

 

Kill 'Em All: Motorbreath

Ride the Lightning: Fade to Black

Master of Puppets: Disposable Heros

And Justice for All: One

The Black Album: Sad But True

Load: Bleeding Me

Re-Load: Fixxxer

St. Anger doesn't have anything good on it at all.

 

Iron Maiden:

 

Iron Maiden: Charlotte the Harlot

Killers: Wrathchild

The Number of the Beast: Children of the Damned

Piece of Mind: Revelations

Powerslave: The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner

Somewhere in Time: Alexander the Great

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son: Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

No Prayer for the Dying: Mother Russia

Fear of the Dark: Childhood's End

The X Factor: Look for the Truth

Virtual XI: The Clansman

Brave New World: Blood Brothers

Dance of Death: Paschendale

A Matter of Life and Death: For the Greater Good of God

[Red Baron 0]

Metallica:

 

Kill Em All: Whiplash

Ride the Lightning: For Whom The Bell Tolls

Master of Puppets: Orion

...And Justice For All: Blackened

Metallica: My Friend of Misery

Load: Bleeding Me

Re-Load: The Memory Remains

St. Anger: Frantic

 

Iron Maiden:

 

Iron Maiden: Running Free

Killers: Wrathchild

The Number of the Beast: Hallowed Be Thy Name

Piece of Mind: The Trooper

Powerslave: Aces High

Somewhere in Time: Alexander the Great

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son: The Evil That Men Do

No Prayer For the Dying: Holy Wars

X-Factor: Sign of the Cross

Virtual XI: The Clansman

Brave New World: The Mercenary

Dance of Death: Journeyman

A Matter of Life and Death: Nothing is good on here.

[tominator89 0]

I'm feeling lazy right now so I'll just list Metallica

 

Metallica:

Kill 'Em All: Seek & Destroy

Ride the Lightning: Creeping Death

Master of Puppets: Welcome Home (Sanitarium)

And Justice for All: One

The Black Album: The Unforgiven

Load: The House That Jack Built

Re-Load: Devil's Dance

St. Anger: N/A

[The Metal Maniac 0]

Redbaron: You can find good tracks on both Blaze albums, NPFTD, AND St. Anger, but can't find a single tune you like on AMOLAD? I think you need to listen to the CD again.

[Red Baron 0]

I listened to it twice.

 

Different World is the only standout track on the album.

 

The rest is the same.

 

Hence one of the Worst albums Maiden as produced.

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

Eh, I can see where he's coming from. For as much a hyped album as A Matter of Life and Death was, it isn't all that monumental or great. It's good. That's...it. Bruce Dickinson's solo work, especially Accident of Birth, owns it.

 

Following the whole "favorite song on the album" route...

 

PANTERA

Cowboys From Hell: "Cemetery Gates"

Vulgar Display of Power: "Fucking Hostile"

Far Beyond Driven: "Good Friends and a Bottle of Pills"

The Great Southern Trendkill: "Drag the Waters"

Reinventing the Steel: "Revolution is my Name"

 

Pantera did a good job of making some of their best songs their singles, apparently.

 

SLAYER

Show No Mercy: "The Antichrist"

Hell Awaits: "Hell Awaits"

Reign in Blood: "Angel of Death"

South of Heaven: "Mandatory Suicide"

Seasons in the Abyss: A tie between "Spirit in Black" and "Skeletons of Society"

Divine Intervention: N/A (only heard "Dittohead," actually, and don't care for it too much)

Undisputed Attitude: "I Hate You" (heard half of it via my pal Petone owning the Soundtrack to the Apocalypse set)

Diabolous in Musica: N/A

God Hates Us All: "Payback"

Christ Illusion: "Cult"

 

THE MISFITS (hard to do, since the bulk of their Danzig-era material were EPs and whatnot)

Walk Among Us: "All Hell Breaks Loose"

Earth AD/Wolfsblood: "Death Comes Ripping"

Legacy of Brutality: "TV Casualty"

Static Age: "Attitude"

Collection I: "Die, Die My Darling"

Collection II: "Last Caress"

American Psycho: "The Crimson Ghost"

Famous Monsters: "Scream"

Cuts From the Crypt: "Bruiser"

Project 1950: "Great Balls of Fire"