Rock/Metal Albums That Still Sound New

The Cat · 05-15-2009, 08:17 AM

Seasons in the abyss is a very good album, i rate South of heaven very highly as a Slayer release, but it hard a hard act to follow with Reign in blood..i think thats why it took a while to grow on me, i was expecting more from it initially as i was waiting for it to be released...i am getting old!

SystemRob · 05-15-2009, 09:43 AM

Iron Maiden's "A Matter of Life and Death" fulfils this category i think

Comus · 05-15-2009, 12:09 PM

This album is still as extraordinarily heavy as it was when it was realeased. It still crushes my skull.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 05-15-2009, 12:38 PM

The band Pantera wish they were as good as

sidewinder · 05-15-2009, 12:43 PM

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This album is still as extraordinarily heavy as it was when it was realeased. It still crushes my skull.

Good call. I'd say Far Beyond Driven fits the bill as well. Gotta spin these again soon.

lucifer_sam · 05-15-2009, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I like Reign in Blood and Season in the Abyss about equally. Always thought South of Heaven was kind of overrated though. I mean it has it's moments but something about it just doesn't click with me.

South of Heaven overrated?

that's the one that got critically panned because they took stuff downtempo on it. even today it's definitely not a fan favorite. if anything i'd say it's their most underrated release. they improved their melodic sense for both those albums and the songs show it.

Seasons in the Abyss is definitely on par with Reign in Blood, and the songs are far catchier.

jackhammer · 05-15-2009, 01:52 PM

Christ Illusion was a brilliant comeback a couple of years back for Slayer. The thing with us oldies championing Reign in Blood so much is that it was genuinely just the best time (at that time) for Metal getting it's biggest transformation ever in 86/87 so you just embraced those albums wholeheartedly and don't want to let them go!

Anthrax-Among The Living
Testament-The Legacy
Death angel-The Ultra Violence
Sepultura-Schizophrenia
Metallica-Master Of Puppets
Napalm Death-Scum
Nuclear Assault-Game Over
Megadeth-Peace Sells..
Slayer-Reign In Blood
Kreator-Terrible Certainty
Death-Scream Bloody Gore
Obituary-Slowly We Rot

all these within 18 months of each other and all still great albums, so any consequent releases had to hold up to these. that's not to say I disliked albums by these bands after this time. Far far from it and as you say Seasons In The Abyss is a damn fine album but it was a certain time and nostalgia probably does play an unconscious part in our tastes.

**Janszoon** · 05-15-2009, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam

South of Heaven overrated?

that's the one that got critically panned because they took stuff downtempo on it. even today it's definitely not a fan favorite. if anything i'd say it's their most underrated release. they improved their melodic sense for both those albums and the songs show it.

Seasons in the Abyss is definitely on par with Reign in Blood, and the songs are far catchier.

Maybe it's just in the circles I travel in but my impression is that Reign in Blood, South of Heaven and Seasons in the Abyss are generally regarded as kind of the holy trinity of Slayer albums. I don't think South of Heaven is up to the level of the other two though, which is why I think it's kind of overrated.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 05-15-2009, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

Christ Illusion was a brilliant comeback a couple of years back for Slayer. The thing with us oldies championing Reign in Blood so much is that it was genuinely just the best time (at that time) for Metal getting it's biggest transformation ever in 86/87 so you just embraced those albums wholeheartedly and don't want to let them go!

Anthrax-Among The Living
Testament-The Legacy
Death angel-The Ultra Violence
Sepultura-Schizophrenia
Metallica-Master Of Puppets
Napalm Death-Scum
Nuclear Assault-Game Over
Megadeth-Peace Sells..
Slayer-Reign In Blood
Kreator-Terrible Certainty
Death-Scream Bloody Gore
Obituary-Slowly We Rot

all these within 18 months of each other and all still great albums, so any consequent releases had to hold up to these. that's not to say I disliked albums by these bands after this time. Far far from it and as you say Seasons In The Abyss is a damn fine album but it was a certain time and nostalgia probably does play an unconscious part in our tastes.

That's probably why you're into thrash more than me.
I just missed this lot by about a year - 2 years. the first thrash albums I ended up getting were a lot of the follow ups to a lot of these albums. So they didn't have quite the impression on me as they did with you.

Guybrush · 05-15-2009, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

The band Pantera wish they were as good as

I guess you might already know, but in case someone here doesn't, that's Tiny Tim on the cover there ..

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Christ Illusion was a brilliant comeback a couple of years back for Slayer. The thing with us oldies championing Reign in Blood so much is that it was genuinely just the best time (at that time) for Metal getting it's biggest transformation ever in 86/87 so you just embraced those albums wholeheartedly and don't want to let them go! Anthrax-Among The Living Testament-The Legacy Death angel-The Ultra Violence Sepultura-Schizophrenia Metallica-Master Of Puppets Napalm Death-Scum Nuclear Assault-Game Over Megadeth-Peace Sells.. Slayer-Reign In Blood Kreator-Terrible Certainty Death-Scream Bloody Gore Obituary-Slowly We Rot all these within 18 months of each other and all still great albums, so any consequent releases had to hold up to these. that's not to say I disliked albums by these bands after this time. Far far from it and as you say Seasons In The Abyss is a damn fine album but it was a certain time and nostalgia probably does play an unconscious part in our tastes. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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SystemRob Groupie Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 16	Iron Maiden's "A Matter of Life and Death" fulfils this category i think