1001 Metal Albums you should hear before you die

Mondo Bungle · 01-31-2015, 03:36 AM

I was thinking of doing that one earlier

Trollheart · 01-31-2015, 05:10 AM

Also, Batty asked if number 66 would be reserved for Slayer. Play the game, Norg. Or learn to read.

Over to you Batty!

ETA: I would also agree one album per post, and that you need to write a few lines about the album, why it should be included on the list, or if you're a nerd like me and have reviewed it, link to it. Any post that doesn't follow those basic rules will be ignored as Batty has said, so yeah, only Norg's 64 is accepted and we're now up to that magical number....

The Batlord · 01-31-2015, 06:52 AM

^^^

Oh ****! Thanks for reminding me.

66(6). Slayer - Reign In Blood - (1986)

Everyone on Earth with a sack has heard this album, and with good reason: it's the Thrash Bible. It's everything that thrash at its most basic ever was or ever tried to be; not because it came around and just summarized everything that had come before it, but because it blazed the thrash trail so definitively that nobody else really had anything left to add. Wasn't much left to do after that but go death metal. From those first blazing riffs and hideous shriek, to the crack of thunder and falling rain at the end, this album is nothing more and nothing less than one thirty-minute-long headbang.

Spoiler for SSSSSSSSSSLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:

Primeval Scum · 01-31-2015, 12:16 PM

^perfect description for that album, Batty

67. Ensiferum - Ensiferum - (2001)

Ensiferum takes you on an brave journey across torrid seas and to faraway wondrous lands. This album is a hell of a lot of fun and an escape from unmagical, boring day-to-day life. The band's perfectly balanced mix of folk metal, melodic death metal and power metal will take you to a place where anything is possible and the power of music can accomplish anything. From Markus Toivonen's infectious folk melodies to Jari Mäenpää's soaring cleans and spirited growls, Ensiferum is a jolt of pure folk metal energy. This album, my friends, is what I like to call EPIC.

Primeval Scum · 02-01-2015, 08:18 PM

71. Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes (1994)

This album is Amorphis' crowning achievement, their magnum opus. Tales From The Thousand Lakes might just be one of the best and most atmospheric melodeath albums of all time. They combine a lot of influences here (death metal, Finnish folk, doom metal, prog) that all unite to form a dark and rich atmosphere that grips you from the very beginning and never lets up. Every track has multiple insanely memorable riffs that are melodic yet doomy, folky yet heavy. Tomi Koivusaari's growls are deep and resonant, enhancing the gloomy ambiance. The artwork is beautiful and the lyrics are epic, inspired by The Kalevela (the national poem of Finland). The keyboards are utilized tastefully, contributing to the album's unique swampy atmosphere without being overdone or tacky. Songs like "The Castaway", "Black Winter Day", "Drowned Maid" and "Magic And Mayhem" are forever cemented as classics of the genre. The deluxe version of the album also includes bonus tracks (Moon And Sun Pts. I & II) that are equally excellent.

LoathsomePete · 02-01-2015, 09:06 PM

72. Cobalt - Gin (2009)

American black metal inspired by Ernest Hemingway and Hunter S. Thompson. I remember back in 2009 this album was pretty popular among the metal community on this forum and for good fucking reason. I've heard some people draw comparisons between Cobalt and Neurosis, and while it's an apt comparison, it does sell Cobalt a little short. The band really captures the essence and antipathy towards the human condition through the horrors of war, with a kind of digression from civilized society to the kill-or-be-killed world of the animal kingdom. While that's not exactly something new to the genre, it's not always as elegantly delivered.

**Frownland** · 02-01-2015, 09:17 PM

^I had forgotten about that album, I'll be giving it another listen soon. I remember rating it as highly as you do.

LoathsomePete · 02-01-2015, 09:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frownland

^I had forgotten about that album, I'll be giving it another listen soon. I remember rating it as highly as you do.

6 years later and it holds up surprisingly well. Apparently they also have a new album due this year, so there's that to look forward to.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 02-02-2015, 12:01 AM

All of Norg's defecating in this thread has been removed.
Carry on.

The Batlord · 02-02-2015, 07:45 PM

73. Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare - (1988)

The second coming of Exodus' Bonded By Blood. This is Neanderthal thrash at its Neanderthaliest. It's also pretty much as brutal as thrash gets without a death metal influence---while still being far more intense than any Sepultura album. The vocals are an "acquired taste" perhaps, but any album this trashy needs a vocalist to match, and he has an odd, percussive cadence that really suits this band's energy. This bad mutha also perfected the gang shout; no band before or since has utilized this lost art so perfectly. Thrash².

Spoiler for I've come for the dead:

The rerelease also comes with a full live album, Live @ Slim's, from a reunion show that comes with a version of "Kill On Command" that just blows the studio version out of the water. Best track they ever laid down IMO. Track that version down, as it's a live album worthy of being released all by itself.

Spoiler for "Kill On Command" live:

01-31-2015, 05:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Also, Batty asked if number 66 would be reserved for Slayer. Play the game, Norg. Or learn to read. Over to you Batty! ETA: I would also agree one album per post, and that you need to write a few lines about the album, why it should be included on the list, or if you're a nerd like me and have reviewed it, link to it. Any post that doesn't follow those basic rules will be ignored as Batty has said, so yeah, only Norg's 64 is accepted and we're now up to that magical number.... __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

01-31-2015, 12:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
Primeval Scum Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 146	^perfect description for that album, Batty 67. Ensiferum - Ensiferum - (2001) Ensiferum takes you on an brave journey across torrid seas and to faraway wondrous lands. This album is a hell of a lot of fun and an escape from unmagical, boring day-to-day life. The band's perfectly balanced mix of folk metal, melodic death metal and power metal will take you to a place where anything is possible and the power of music can accomplish anything. From Markus Toivonen's infectious folk melodies to Jari Mäenpää's soaring cleans and spirited growls, Ensiferum is a jolt of pure folk metal energy. This album, my friends, is what I like to call EPIC. __________________ Last.fm RateYourMusic Don't grieve for me, I'm not there. I am the gentle autumn rain. Hold up my lamp to light your way. Farewell to thee...

02-01-2015, 08:18 PM	#5 (permalink)
Primeval Scum Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 146	71. Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes (1994) This album is Amorphis' crowning achievement, their magnum opus. Tales From The Thousand Lakes might just be one of the best and most atmospheric melodeath albums of all time. They combine a lot of influences here (death metal, Finnish folk, doom metal, prog) that all unite to form a dark and rich atmosphere that grips you from the very beginning and never lets up. Every track has multiple insanely memorable riffs that are melodic yet doomy, folky yet heavy. Tomi Koivusaari's growls are deep and resonant, enhancing the gloomy ambiance. The artwork is beautiful and the lyrics are epic, inspired by The Kalevela (the national poem of Finland). The keyboards are utilized tastefully, contributing to the album's unique swampy atmosphere without being overdone or tacky. Songs like "The Castaway", "Black Winter Day", "Drowned Maid" and "Magic And Mayhem" are forever cemented as classics of the genre. The deluxe version of the album also includes bonus tracks (Moon And Sun Pts. I & II) that are equally excellent. __________________ Last.fm RateYourMusic Don't grieve for me, I'm not there. I am the gentle autumn rain. Hold up my lamp to light your way. Farewell to thee...

02-01-2015, 09:06 PM	#6 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	72. Cobalt - Gin (2009) American black metal inspired by Ernest Hemingway and Hunter S. Thompson. I remember back in 2009 this album was pretty popular among the metal community on this forum and for good fucking reason. I've heard some people draw comparisons between Cobalt and Neurosis, and while it's an apt comparison, it does sell Cobalt a little short. The band really captures the essence and antipathy towards the human condition through the horrors of war, with a kind of digression from civilized society to the kill-or-be-killed world of the animal kingdom. While that's not exactly something new to the genre, it's not always as elegantly delivered. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

02-01-2015, 09:17 PM	#7 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	^I had forgotten about that album, I'll be giving it another listen soon. I remember rating it as highly as you do. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

02-02-2015, 12:01 AM	#9 (permalink)
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