Members' Top Ten Metal Albums Lists
Time to continue the countdown selected by Janszoon, and a band I know The Batlord is also very fond of is at number
7
Death is this communion --- High on Fire --- 2007
Is there a reason, I wonder, why so many of Jansz’s top albums are all from the 21st century? Four so far. Interesting. This may be a little more accessible for me. Maybe. Yeah, this is much better. I dig this kind of metal. Vocal is a little gravelly but not off-putting; anyway, I’m slowly learning to live with those sort of vocals. Really like “Khanrad’s Wall”, very eastern-sounding and some great guitar work that doesn’t shake my fillings loose. “Thorazine” is very good too, basically just a drum solo but cool. I also really like “DII” --- are they cellos at the end? “Ethereal” is quite excellent too. Yeah, really like this album. Nice one, Jansz!
And on to number
6
which is
Angel dust --- Faith No More --- 1992
The first record in Jansz’s list that comes from the twentieth century!
What’s there to say about this that has not already been said? It’s a classic album, which I had not heard till last year when I reviewed in it my journal, so I’ll say no more except to report that I was not blown away by it, but then this mix of rap and rock never really sits well with me. Damn successful album though, and one of their most loved.
We now reach the mid-point, and for his number
5
Jansz has chosen
Il secondo tragico --- Psychofagist (THAT gave the filter a problem!) --- 2009
I can’t find the album online, and though Jansz offered to send me any album I couldn’t locate, as I see this is grindcore I’m gonna be a little scared girl and wimp out here, use the excuse I couldn’t find it and move on. Sorry man!
And as we get closer to his number uno album, we check out number
4
on his list, to find
Witchcult today --- Electric Wizard --- 2007
Now this is one I’m actually interested to hear. I’m getting a little into Doom Metal and though Jansz describes this more as Thrash Metal, well I like that too, so this may not be the worst album I’ve ever listened to. Well it’s only one track in and I already love this. Don’t see the thrash in it, not yet, but crushingly heavy and no Cookie Monster vocals. That’ll do for me. Yeah, there’s nothing bad I have to say about this album, and I can see why it’s high in Jansz’s list. Have to listen to more of these guys’ music.