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Energetic Disassembly edition
This thread is dedicated to the discussion of traditional heavy metal and anything else that’s related to it.
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1992's chart has begun! Reply to this post with your nominations!
1 vote = low priority
2 votes = higher priority
3+ votes = automatic inclusion
Blind Guardian - Somewhere in Time
Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun
Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain
Trouble - Manic Frustration
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Black Sabbath · Dehumanizer
Helmet · Meantime
Iron Maiden · Fear of the Dark
Kyuss · Blues for the Red Sun
W.A.S.P. · The Crimson Idol
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Epidemic of Violence kicks ass but it's way too extreme
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>>129310869
This will be interesting. 90 and 91 were very much spillover years from the 80s, but now we're really moving into the 90s when trad and thrash domination ends and we see the rise of other genres like prog, death, black etc.
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the pickings are only going to get worse as the decade goes on
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>Blind Guardian - Somewhere in Time
*Somewhere Far Beyond
>>129310912
Counted your votes
>Epidemic of Violence kicks ass but it's way too extreme
I don't recall any actual death metal songs on that one (unlike Tapping the Vein) but I do remember it being very fucking heavy. I'll mark it as a ? for now.
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>but now we're really moving into the 90s when trad and thrash domination ends and we see the rise of other genres like prog, death, black etc.
Yeah, I wrote down 50~ albums to check out for this chart, and I can pretty safely say that there's not a lot of thrash nor trad. What I'm really excited to see, is stoner metal creep onto these charts and doom become more common. Besides USPM, those two are my two favorites.
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My picks:
Alice in Chains - Dirt (might be too Alt)
Aversion - Fit to Be Tied
Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
Cro-Mags - III: Alpha Omega
Gladiator - Designation
GWAR - America Must Be Destroyed
Helmet - Meantime
Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain
Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction
Ministry - ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ [Psalm 69] (might be too extreme)
Saber Tiger - Invasion
Jeff Scheetz - Warp Speed
Skyclad - A Burnt Offering for the Bone Idol
Sodom - Tapping the Vein
W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol
White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1
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BLASTAN?
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Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
Dream Theater - Images & Words
Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer
Running Wild - Pile of Skulls
Skyclad - A Burnt Offering for the Bone Idol
Running Wild - Pile of Skulls
Rage - Trapped!
Elegy - Labyrinth of Dreams
Stratovarius - Twilight Time
Royal Hunt - Land of Broken Hearts
Shadow Gallery - Shadow Gallery
WASP - The Crimson Idol
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That was quick. Good stuff already
>lmao
For some reason I always remember it as Somewhere in Time, probably my brain mixing it and Traveler in Time together :p
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>Yes to Dirt
I'm on track 4 and so far this album just sounds like an amalgamation of stoner, sludge, trad, and alt metal. I'll accept it. (forgot how good Down in a Hole is too damn)
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Based, it's on the chart now
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>>129311055
Seconding, amazing album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtpgj9CQvJo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E17hqs4Un-k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olNNVEYiP20
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The opener is sort of lame and Metal Frenzy's a pointless instrumental but the rest was pretty damn good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9JOcjF9czM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vC2I-Mum3g
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>mid riffs
>Ass vocals
> Not heavy enough to justify lack of melody.
>Songs too long
Why do people rate this band so highly? Why are they known as one of the essentials? I fucking hate them.
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Nasty record with a lot of great riffs, and the Into the Void cover is one of the coolest things I've heard in a while. They do that classic some fucking justice. Nominating.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lGN2Q6ZH_lmlk1LBObQc4-XG C0_iZ7ROg
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Dirt
Helmet
Gwar
Megadeth
Skyclad
White Zombie
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Dream Theather
Sabbath
Running Wild
Stratovarius
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>Dirt
>Megadeth
Didn't you already second these two? I counted the rest
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TR2m4IfqPI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhaiAEvEiFI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGWrO2KTBwA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhQpEmG0mMo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zuqDt-KlkM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_yZXsO-3Mg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7q0NKIST-g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWDJ6R1nTnI
Blues for the Red Sun is sooooo fucking good.
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Wrote your vote down
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>>129315154
We're already over halfway done lol
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>>129315170
>WE"RE ALL METAL MERCHANTS AND THIER AINT NO FUCKING STARS
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https://youtu.be/5FRA7UXlGu8?si=boLkl2rzgjwTcNy6
https://youtu.be/f_X5A-BYjO8?si=oFeBhZpKARziZa9s
https://youtu.be/X8DO4EKAztM?si=uWglANIpU3zBSmCw
https://youtu.be/8pXLQF7Tdkc?si=tmfJWgqv_k4f0Czr
https://youtu.be/ZIHuF8WvdFk?si=-1zM8-gojmRiCsNn
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Votes counted!
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Don't forget:
Exhorder - The Law
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Really good power/prog, lot of classic Queensryche DNA here and besides a slightly hollow drum sound, I had no issues. Seconding!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81DK-_Hl_4c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INjJtXg_0Y4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcaI7by7E00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8HycPHjIKA (Amazing song)
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>>129311055
What's the best Maiden album? Piece of Mind isn't often cited, but I think a strong case could be made for it.
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Probably Powerslave
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I've never really gotten into Somewhere in Time
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>>129320412
Same, not sure what it is that's stopping me from really enjoying it. PoM is appealing to me because it's a great balance between the Di'Anno and Dickinson eras in sound, enjoyable from both perspectives.
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Banging
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Votes counted
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This used to be one of my favorite albums. Not strong on the JP cover, but outside of that I still really like it. Title track is an all-timer.
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>>129311055
Starts off sort of slow, the first two songs aren't anything special - but everything from the 3rd track to the end is some solid doom. Nominating.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgtvGkabBTgjfrH4YgIjX1S879rd6JF nU
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>Why do people rate this band so highly? Why are they known as one of the essentials?
The debut's good and they have "OG cred". I also think a lot of their praise comes from the fact that they had a very solid comeback in the 2000s. But yeah to me they were always an undisputably B-tier band.
They certainly don't deserve to be in the Big 4 like some people love claiming. Their songwriting never really beyond their first album. I mean their sophomore was an absolute fucking slump (compare that to evolution of bands like Metallica and Slayer from 1st to 2nd album, the difference is night and day). Also they kept changing vocalists, and all of them aren't particularly good. I hold similar sentiments with other bands like Overkill and Testament. They're 'classics' but kinda overrated at the same time, some of their work is highly enjoyable in their own right but they can't hold a candle to the greats.
Basically everyone takes the piss out of Anthrax and says these bands should replace them in the Big 4, and I may have agreed before, but now I honestly believe that's bullshit. They may not have been as 'heavy' but I feel like they just stuck to their own lane and did their own thing, and as a result their stuff is far more memorable. I recently revisited their early stuff, Spreading the Disease and Among the Living are excellent albums. Yes I'm one of the 4 people who defend Anthrax lol
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>Coundown to Extinction
There are like 2 passable songs on that album. Get that shit out of there
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Rust in peace or peace sells are better albums even youthanasia
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfcLesynJrc
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Oh I always dug Anthrax. Time is one of my most favourite thrash metal songs, Spreading the Disease is one of my all-time favourite albums and I even have Fistful of Metal on tape which even though it may not be thrash metal is a great metal album
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Other potential picks for 1992:
Danzig - III: How the Gods Kill
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k0phnVsjgl444aFKDLz00gV4 xRbA_0g24
Depressive Age - First Depression
https://youtu.be/I8vdr1JUrrQ
Despair - Beyond All Reason:
https://youtu.be/ms_DQgVtFmw
Forté - Stranger Than Fiction:
https://youtu.be/Pg_rzOR49HQ
Psychotic Waltz - Into the Everflow
https://psychoticwaltz.bandcamp.com/album/into-the-everflow
Root - The Temple in the Underworld (Might be too extreme but worth a shot):
https://youtu.be/YL69FrPwqUE
Thought Industry - Songs for Insects (Might be too wacky but worth a shot):
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m3h0sLOr78WptCvcjRnAVZwC gy6rVNmdU
人間椅子 [Ningen Isu] - 黄金の夜明け [Ōgon no yoake]
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k6mfQBGmhGdwIUgDywOM4EPW A9U16cC-Y
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Pretty good epic metal. Definitely blackened, but not by much; and pretty much all of the riffing is rooted in traditional heavy metal. I'll probably give this one a few more listens, because the atmosphere is excellent.
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I love pub metal so much
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The song this anon posted was "Pictures Of Home" by Deep Purple. Their video link is broken.
Here's an alternate link:
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=gNYkE37tfRY
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I usually call Pictures of Home a prototype of power metal. It has a few elements but lacks much of the speed and melody I'd expect in power metal. In my opinion it starts with Stargazer / A Light in the Black.
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Wino's newest band. Has some nice, fittingly eerie female vocals; and the riffs are pretty good. Solid release, though I hope that for their next LP they do some longer, more epic stuff. Most of these songs end just as you start to get in the groove.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNR3GP8GVIg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNO2nJBEsQU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ5DITwwvRs
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This band is so fucking good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06TmD8Q85ZU
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I find Screaming for Vengeance a very uneven record. Some songs are great, others are pretty weak. The title track I don't find that appealing, it's just Rob Halford literally screaming and they've done faster songs before (Exciter). Bloodstone is an underrated gem. And the guitar tone on Electric Eye is awesome.
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To me your link is broken. Must be a region thing.
>>129329384
I can see Blackmore's hand all over that opening melody, to the point that I was searching Rainbow's catalogue for it. Aside from the melody it also has that driving riff that's kind of USPM-ish, and the melodic vocals.
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>I can see Blackmore's hand all over that opening melody, to the point that I was searching Rainbow's catalogue for it.
It's an outlier for sure. Only song from the MK II I can think of that's similar is Bloodsucker; and that's purely for the fantastical lyrics.
>Aside from the melody it also has that driving riff that's kind of USPM-ish, and the melodic vocals.
I can see it. Crank up the distortion and make the riff faster, and you have something that wouldn't sound out of place in an Omen song.
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I don't care if it's not Bruce singing. This is the best live performance in Iron Maiden's history and he only has himself to blame for going on sabbatical to produce that gay Skid Row tier shit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epYKVcHrVr0
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This is my favorite album of 2026 so far. John Arch era Fates Warning + Candlemass; with cavernous, blackened production and some really, really fucking good songwriting. Highly recommended.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyDLYehUJWs
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>I don't care if it's not Bruce singing. This is the best live performance in Iron Maiden's history and he only has himself to blame for going on sabbatical to produce that gay Skid Row tier shit.
What are you referring to with bruce?
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also skid row was a good band:
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ9dnWoNdLk
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I gotchu
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Might as well post the albums that are less known. No point in posting the stuff that's already well known or already added to the chart.
Aversion: https://youtu.be/V4i4Nr6jaIY
Cro-Mags: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL34D8B4AE9C165B68
Gladiator: https://youtu.be/j2GmNef0N10
Saber Tiger: https://youtu.be/LKOVWprz0lk
Jeff Scheetz: https://youtu.be/fLhFbLe4h_M
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJkeqJqlbWU
What a great song and album (Warlord - Deliver Us). I love this more melodic, medieval, fantasy inspired heavy metal over the "yeah I'm so cool, I'm such a rock n roll biker" pentatonic kind that people seem to like.
Any more in the same vein?
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>I love this more melodic, medieval, fantasy inspired heavy metal over the "yeah I'm so cool, I'm such a rock n roll biker" pentatonic kind that people seem to like.
>that people seem to like
Because heavy metal comes directly from hard rock.
>Any more in the same vein?
Attack - Return of the Evil
Europe - Europe
Fates Warning - The Spectre Within
Heavy Load - Death or Glory
Heavy Load - Stronger Than Evil
Metal Church - Metal Church
Queensryche - Queensryche
Queensryche - The Warning
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>(and heavy metal that tries to be hard rock)
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>I take it you're already familiar with their work after 1994.
Yeah, it's huge here. They completely disowned their metal roots. Their attempt at grunge was also interesting but honestly going from deathrash to grunge is already an insane sellout in itself. Now that I think about it, it's like what Def Leppard did but 100x worse lmao
I guess since we're on the topic of Slovak bands, Tublatanka is a classic. It has a bit of that Heir Apparent-style USPM touch. Kinda wish they sang in English tho.
https://youtu.be/7ip9S67-kxk?si=icXOXrpLcMaw2jqq
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Fantastic release. Melodic, soaring metal in the same vein as Rainbow and with vocal melodies very reminiscent of Heavy Load. Loved the guitarwork.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6JtQD0FYvw