Underrated Metal Albums

Sceadugenga · **Posted:** Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:36 pm

Nocturn – Estranged Dimensions
Dismember – Indecent & Obscene
Gorefest - Mindloss (this band's dm era in general)
Darkthrone – Soulside Journey
Immortal – Blizzard Beasts
Slaughter - Strappado
Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence
Whiplash - Power and Pain
Judas Iscariot - Heaven In Flames (compared with other JI albums. This one always gets left out)

Afro_D-Shak · **Posted:** Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:44 pm

metalNESS wrote:

Adveser wrote:

Slipknot's Iowa.

I was 16 when I got this album and had a mainstream sensibility to go along with my classic metal palette. I think you either like Slipknot's riffs or you don't. I still think they write great riffs and some great melodies that fit along with them create a good counterpoint.

I'm not saying they are the Beatles, but I think that dynamic is there in that you have at least two people that write completely different things that fail when broken in two or left by itself. But together they are much stronger. The riffs have a sense of melody that goes very well with the vocals. The first album didn't quite have it together and vol. 3 completely failed to deliver that aspect at all.

I could name 100 great albums, but my MO is that I don't typically think much of the "classics" because I don't care about influence or anything other than the songwriting. I will hype something that sells 1000 copies as being better than Led Zeppelin IV until I'm blue in the face.

I think I very much have a producers and a songwriters sensibility in listening to music. IDK, if you want to know what is good in that sense, just ask.

My brother bought Iowa when it was released (we live in Nebraska) and just recently sold it for $800.

Wait what

Rhys · **Posted:** Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:47 pm

Afro_D-Shak wrote:

metalNESS wrote:

Adveser wrote:

Slipknot's Iowa.

I was 16 when I got this album and had a mainstream sensibility to go along with my classic metal palette. I think you either like Slipknot's riffs or you don't. I still think they write great riffs and some great melodies that fit along with them create a good counterpoint.

I'm not saying they are the Beatles, but I think that dynamic is there in that you have at least two people that write completely different things that fail when broken in two or left by itself. But together they are much stronger. The riffs have a sense of melody that goes very well with the vocals. The first album didn't quite have it together and vol. 3 completely failed to deliver that aspect at all.

I could name 100 great albums, but my MO is that I don't typically think much of the "classics" because I don't care about influence or anything other than the songwriting. I will hype something that sells 1000 copies as being better than Led Zeppelin IV until I'm blue in the face.

I think I very much have a producers and a songwriters sensibility in listening to music. IDK, if you want to know what is good in that sense, just ask.

My brother bought Iowa when it was released (we live in Nebraska) and just recently sold it for $800.

Wait what

Was it a gold-plated edition or something? :huh:

Sceadugenga · **Posted:** Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:57 pm

Was this to some rich 12 year old on ebay or something? Geez...

AlexandeR · **Posted:** Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:49 pm

Rhys wrote:

Afro_D-Shak wrote:

metalNESS wrote:

Adveser wrote:

Slipknot's Iowa.

I was 16 when I got this album and had a mainstream sensibility to go along with my classic metal palette. I think you either like Slipknot's riffs or you don't. I still think they write great riffs and some great melodies that fit along with them create a good counterpoint.

I'm not saying they are the Beatles, but I think that dynamic is there in that you have at least two people that write completely different things that fail when broken in two or left by itself. But together they are much stronger. The riffs have a sense of melody that goes very well with the vocals. The first album didn't quite have it together and vol. 3 completely failed to deliver that aspect at all.

I could name 100 great albums, but my MO is that I don't typically think much of the "classics" because I don't care about influence or anything other than the songwriting. I will hype something that sells 1000 copies as being better than Led Zeppelin IV until I'm blue in the face.

I think I very much have a producers and a songwriters sensibility in listening to music. IDK, if you want to know what is good in that sense, just ask.

My brother bought Iowa when it was released (we live in Nebraska) and just recently sold it for $800.

Wait what

Was it a gold-plated edition or something? :huh:

That's preposterous! :blink:

Kathaarian · **Posted:** Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:13 pm

metalNESS wrote:

Adveser wrote:

Slipknot's Iowa.

I was 16 when I got this album and had a mainstream sensibility to go along with my classic metal palette. I think you either like Slipknot's riffs or you don't. I still think they write great riffs and some great melodies that fit along with them create a good counterpoint.

I'm not saying they are the Beatles, but I think that dynamic is there in that you have at least two people that write completely different things that fail when broken in two or left by itself. But together they are much stronger. The riffs have a sense of melody that goes very well with the vocals. The first album didn't quite have it together and vol. 3 completely failed to deliver that aspect at all.

I could name 100 great albums, but my MO is that I don't typically think much of the "classics" because I don't care about influence or anything other than the songwriting. I will hype something that sells 1000 copies as being better than Led Zeppelin IV until I'm blue in the face.

I think I very much have a producers and a songwriters sensibility in listening to music. IDK, if you want to know what is good in that sense, just ask.

My brother bought Iowa when it was released (we live in Nebraska) and just recently sold it for $800.

WHAT?

Adveser · **Joined:** Tue Nov 13, 2007 1:26 am **Posts:** 2491

metalNESS wrote:

Adveser wrote:

Slipknot's Iowa.

I was 16 when I got this album and had a mainstream sensibility to go along with my classic metal palette. I think you either like Slipknot's riffs or you don't. I still think they write great riffs and some great melodies that fit along with them create a good counterpoint.

I'm not saying they are the Beatles, but I think that dynamic is there in that you have at least two people that write completely different things that fail when broken in two or left by itself. But together they are much stronger. The riffs have a sense of melody that goes very well with the vocals. The first album didn't quite have it together and vol. 3 completely failed to deliver that aspect at all.

I could name 100 great albums, but my MO is that I don't typically think much of the "classics" because I don't care about influence or anything other than the songwriting. I will hype something that sells 1000 copies as being better than Led Zeppelin IV until I'm blue in the face.

I think I very much have a producers and a songwriters sensibility in listening to music. IDK, if you want to know what is good in that sense, just ask.

My brother bought Iowa when it was released (we live in Nebraska) and just recently sold it for $800.

Well, I paid 50 bucks for the Vinyl version (had to sell it back at a 45 dollar loss though) which was "cut out" by roadrunner since it was a promo. You know where the corner of the sleeve if chopped off so it will be unsellable/non-mint condition. And it was missing the "free poster" and was likely resealed by the owner of the record store. I know for a fact it was a new vinyl though.

But 800. I can only see that if it was Paul Grey's personal RIAA Gold Record for the album.

stevelovesmoonspell · **Posted:** Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:54 pm

Sceadugenga wrote:

Nocturn – Estranged Dimensions
Dismember – Indecent & Obscene
Gorefest - Mindloss (this band's dm era in general)
Darkthrone – Soulside Journey
Immortal – Blizzard Beasts
Slaughter - Strappado
Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence
Whiplash - Power and Pain
Judas Iscariot - Heaven In Flames (compared with other JI albums. This one always gets left out)

Good list

dead1 · **Joined:** Tue Apr 13, 2010 7:22 am **Posts:** 2250

MetalStorm wrote:

You fucking idiot Significant Other isn't groovegrind it's fucking progressive porncore dumbass :rolleyes:

Bah, the progressive porncore is offset by groove grind guitar-drum interplay that is used by other groovegrinders ala Papa Roach or Alien Ant Arm.

Three Dollar Bill Y' All was the definitive progressive porncore album

Sceadugenga · **Posted:** Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:32 pm

dead1 wrote:

MetalStorm wrote:

You fucking idiot Significant Other isn't groovegrind it's fucking progressive porncore dumbass :rolleyes:

Bah, the progressive porncore is offset by groove grind guitar-drum interplay that is used by other groovegrinders ala Papa Roach or Alien Ant Arm.

If that isn't a real band name, then it should be! :lol:

MetalStorm · **Posted:** Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:50 am

Sceadugenga wrote:

dead1 wrote:

MetalStorm wrote:

You fucking idiot Significant Other isn't groovegrind it's fucking progressive porncore dumbass :rolleyes:

Bah, the progressive porncore is offset by groove grind guitar-drum interplay that is used by other groovegrinders ala Papa Roach or Alien Ant Arm.

If that isn't a real band name, then it should be! :lol:

Yes it's real unfortunately.

dead1 · **Joined:** Tue Apr 13, 2010 7:22 am **Posts:** 2250

Alien Ant Farm's only claim to fame is that they covered Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson.

My flatmate used to flog that song on repeat all the fucking time. Even his girlfriend avoided their room like the plague when he played it.

Legacy Of The Night · **Posted:** Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:01 am

dead1 wrote:

Alien Ant Farm's only claim to fame is that they covered Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson.

My flatmate used to flog that song on repeat all the fucking time. Even his girlfriend avoided their room like the plague when he played it.

People actually listen to that cover? Why even bother? You can't get any better than the original.

Goat · **Posted:** Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:29 am

I once owned that AAF album. I don't any more. True story.

Bruce_Bitenfils · **Posted:** Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:41 am

Legacy Of The Night wrote:

dead1 wrote:

Alien Ant Farm's only claim to fame is that they covered Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson.

My flatmate used to flog that song on repeat all the fucking time. Even his girlfriend avoided their room like the plague when he played it.

People actually listen to that cover? Why even bother? You can't get any better than the original.

I remember 10 years ago when I was called insane by people for telling this exactly. AAF's cover was very popular here, never understood why. Fucking people.

Metastable To Chaos · **Posted:** Thu Mar 31, 2011 2:39 pm

Hey hey, did we all forget that Alient Ant Farm crashed the BET Awards for their music video These Days? That was pretty funny.

cry of the banshee · **Posted:** Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:47 pm

Gehenna - Seen Through Veils Of Darkness
Mercyful Fate - In The Shadows
Mercyful Fate - Time
Running Wild - Gates To Purgatory
Running Wild - Branded And Exiled
Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia
King Diamond - Fatal Portrait
Covenant - In Times Before The Light (original version, fuck the re-make)
Deinonychous - Ark Of Thought
Funeral Fog - Under The Black Veil
Graveland - Will Stronger Than Death
Maniac Butcher - Epitaph
Maniac Butcher - Barbarians
Vargsang - Call Of The Nightwolves
Carpathian Forest - Bloodlust And Perversion
damn there are too many to list...

dead1 · **Joined:** Tue Apr 13, 2010 7:22 am **Posts:** 2250

Legacy Of The Night wrote:

People actually listen to that cover? Why even bother? You can't get any better than the original.

Of course the MJ version is inifintely better.

But my flatmate was one of them fellows who didn't like music per se but listened to whatever was on the radio.

Him and his girnlfriend also had the loudest sex ever. You could hear her moaning a mile away.

Very offputting when you're trying to cook a pasta bake.

stevelovesmoonspell · **Posted:** Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:43 pm

cry of the banshee wrote:

Gehenna - Seen Through Veils Of Darkness
Mercyful Fate - In The Shadows
Mercyful Fate - Time
Running Wild - Gates To Purgatory
Running Wild - Branded And Exiled
Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia
King Diamond - Fatal Portrait
Covenant - In Times Before The Light (original version, fuck the re-make)
Deinonychous - Ark Of Thought
Funeral Fog - Under The Black Veil
Graveland - Will Stronger Than Death
Maniac Butcher - Epitaph
Maniac Butcher - Barbarians
Vargsang - Call Of The Nightwolves
Carpathian Forest - Bloodlust And Perversion
damn there are too many to list...

I'm surprised you haven't mentioned Master's Hammer, Sarcofago, Sabbat JPN, Kvist, Goatlord, or any other lesser known bm acts most recently receiving their accolades nowadays. Also wb btw

Sceadugenga · **Posted:** Fri Apr 01, 2011 12:25 am

I forgot to add Necromantia's Crossing the Fiery Path and Scarlet Evil Witching Black. Not much can beat The Warlock. There ain't enough love for Necromantia in the world.

cry of the banshee wrote:

Running Wild - Gates To Purgatory
Running Wild - Branded And Exiled

Damn, these two should have been on my list. I totally agree, I love Gates to Purgatory especially. Such a great album. Despite that I really love Under Jolly Roger and everything up to Black Hand Inn, I still find myself wishing they would have come out with a few more albums like Gates and Branded and Exiled.

cry of the banshee wrote:

Vargsang - Call Of The Nightwolves

Forgot about this album. Definitely a good one if I remember right, should give it a spin.

cry of the banshee wrote:

Carpathian Forest - Bloodlust And Perversion

Pre-Black Shining Leather is pretty underrated, I agree. They were still playing some solid black metal back then that they aren't recognised for as much as when they fell into their own trademark sound with BSL. I still prefer BSL, Strange Old Brew and Defending the Throne, though. But then I think Carpathian Forest are underrated in general.

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