The Metal Thread Genre • Page 183

took a break from my oldies binge and checked out the ataraxy record, this is really cool

 

far beyond driven or vulgar display of power would be my vote for fav pantera album, hard to choose

 

ok so im like really diving into iron maiden because they're one of the most egregious bands im not familiar with that i absolutely should be. so my question is what is everyones favorite maiden album

 

The Number of the Beast

Judas Priest > Iron Maiden (IMO)

 

judas is another really big one i never really got into they're up next

 

yeah I also overlooked Maiden and Priest for waaayyyy too long. I still haven't listened to either of these band's full discographies (kind of daunting at this point).

That said, Powerslave is my go-to for Maiden

 

I gotta go with Trendkill too, for the same reasons. I'd probably put Far Beyond Driven next, after that it's kind of a toss-up between Cowboys, Vulgar, and Steel. All really good records either way.

I gotta go with The Number of the Beast, but Killers, self-titled, Powerslave, and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son are all excellent too. Really anything from those first seven albums I'd say is essential.

gonna go ahead and say that Priest's best albums are Point of Entry, Hell Bent for Leather, British Steel, Stained Class, Defenders of the Faith, and Painkiller.

Screaming for Vengeance is really good too but I've honestly never connected with it the same way a lot of fans have, and even though it gets cited as their best along with British Steel, I feel like all the other albums I listed are better.

 

digging the late 80s death metal by bands like death and sepultura and morbid angel

 

@sophos34 you into In Flames?

 

ive been meaning to get into them and added their discog to my library tonight

 

hell yeah. Jester Race-Whoracle-Colony is honestly the peak of melodic guitar playing in metal to me. Clayman is pretty good too. I honestly might recommend just stopping right there though lol

 

yeah thats the hardest part of getting into these really storied bands is scouring opinions on the internet as to which albums are essential and which ones arent worth the time of day haha

 

also im like super into documentaries lately so if theres any great metal documentaries about specifics bands or movements let me know what i should be watching

 

It's almost universally agreed the first 4 albums are the shit and the drop after Clayman is steep. if you're at anything Reroute to Remain-onward and you feel like you can't stomach something slightly worse than what you just listened to, don't go on to the next album

 

A few specific recs:

Anvil: The Story of Anvil is a great metal doc that's equal parts inspiring and infuriating because of some of the choices that they make. They have a great story though. It was on Netflix last I saw.

Until the Light Takes Us is the first one that comes to mind. It's about the 90s Scandinavian black metal scene looking at what drove the movement and the controversies behind it. No idea where you'd find it.

Noisey/Vice also had a docuseries a while back that focused one-man black metal projects called One-Man Metal, I believe. The whole thing is on YouTube IIRC.

It's also twelve years old at this point, but I did also enjoy Workhorse Chronicles from Mastodon. Not sure where'd you'd find it nowadays.

 

hell yeah this is why I'm here

 

also yeah stay away from post-Colony In Flames. The Jester Race is a masterpiece.

 

ive always been familiar with rust in peace but im getting into megadeths other albums more, do people here prefer rust or peace sells more?

 

Rust in Peace

For this song alone:

 

hangar 18 for me

 

mustaine may be a piece of shit but holy fuck can he play a guitar

 

That's another one that's good.

 

Out of the 100 metal albums I listened to a few years ago, I rated Rust In Peace higher than anything else. It's near perfect (the only blemish being the weird "Dawn Patrol" even tho it has a sick bass line). Peace Sells is still a great album, followed by Killing and So Far. Countdown is also solid as the album where they followed Metallica's lead and left thrash behind.

Dave is crazy, but yeah that guy can shred.

 

I've stayed away from Pantera for a good while because I've not wanted anything Phil Anselmo in my life but I dunno. Am I fucking up by doing that?

 

dammit all this talk of the classics got me listening to the good stuff again