Author:Kingcrimsonprog
Subject: Most Important Albums Suggestions
Posted: 21 May 2013 at 2:13pm
Ooooh. Brilliant feedback. Cheers.
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Subject: Most Important Albums Suggestions
Posted: 21 May 2013 at 2:13pm
| Originally posted by Vic I was scrolling through your list and bumped into the Slayer albums. You are missing two very important pieces there, their first two albums, which have influenced and marked the whole of every extreme music (esp. Hell Awaits is ridiculously important). If Testament has two albums listed, I would argue it would have to be The Legacy and The Gathering. The latter also marks the old school thrash metal revival, the aweakening of the beast sort to speak, that is the first monumental thrash metal album in the new era. Also provided a blueprint. I was very surprised to see Walls of Jericho missing, monumental and highly influential. It essentially sums up the entire German scene of the mid-80s, balancing between speed, power and thrash. Likewise, I was surprised to see Under Jolly Roger, which although it contains the s/t hymn and is largely considered the start of the piracy years, it's not their best album, not by a longshot. I would sincerely suggest you include Port Royal, if you have to have only one album but I would also say that a proper list should at the very least include Death or Glory. Helloween/Running Wild and Rage are the exact equivalent of Kreator/Sodom/Destruction for speed/power metal. You are missing Metal Church's debut, which is extremely iconic and also a masterpiece. Ah, and looking at your power metal list, I have extreme reservations. Two Savatage albums only? You can't ignore Sirens or Gutter Ballet and include some Finnish symphonic band that influenced nobody. Same thing for Vicious Rumors, at least get Digital Dictator somewhere in there. My favorite Blind Guardian IS Somewhere Far Beyond but if you include just one album, it has to be Imaginations. But I would also include Nightfall... Stratovarius should be covered by Dreamspace and one of the following (Fourth Dimension, Episode, Visions). It's wrong to ignore the first three Gamma Ray albums, especially Heading for Tomorrow and Insanity and Genius. No World Order is certainly nice but nothing special in the history of metal. At all. You are missing Holy Land by Angra. You have Kings of Metal there. Fine album but it's inexcusable to take precedence over Into Glory Ride or Sign of the Hammer, which are by far their most important and influential albums along with Hail to England. Twilight in Olympus is definitely not the album I would choose to represent Symphony X, I'd start with Divine Wings, then Paradise Lost or V. Similarly, having A Dramatic Turn of Events in the list and NOT Awake is just WRONG man! :) You need Snot - Get Some in the groove metal stuff. One of the best and most well-known albums in the genre. Ah, I think I am not helping much, I keep looking at the list and I have extreme objections that could take all day. I think this list more or less represents your taste and not the most important albums (Hear in the New Frontier? Really? And no Empire or Promised Land or the EP? - Just no man!). Anyway, I'll stop here because I don't have the time and I think you don't need some random dude telling you off about your choices! :P Oh, but you should remove Chinese Democracy from the last list there. That album got negative feedback for everything else except for the music (which happens to be awesome): Because it bore the name Guns n Roses on the cover (no slash, no Guns, the people have spoken), because it took forever to be released and even dark Side of the moon could not live up to the expectations and because everyone hates Axl. You could add Pink bubbles go Ape or even better Chameleon. Endorama by Kreator. Diabolus in Musica by Slayer. |
Ooooh. Brilliant feedback. Cheers.
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I've updated the post. Thanks for spotting it! 
