One album

[Jondur]

Do you ever find that there are bands that you enjoy but for whatever reason, you only feel the need to own one album by them?

By this I mean, you like the band but one of their albums seems to sum all their good points to such an extent that you only really listen to that one album. I'm a bit of a record nerd (understatement) so if I like a band I tend to buy all of their albums and do geeky things like listening to them all chronologically in one sitting - which is epic when we're talking about Sabbath!

For me, well I love Deicide but when I say that I mean I love the first album. I have Legion and Once upon the Cross and although they're good they just seem exactly the same as the first album but just not as good. I also bought Scars of the Crucifix and it was rubbish.

Other examples:

Dark Tranquility - 'The Gallery' is such a genre-defining moment that I've never felt the need to get any other albums (although I've heard most of them - and lost interest after Projector)

Hecate Enthroned - I've known about them from years and did a gig with them before 'Upon Promethean Shores' and was never really interested. But then they released 'Kings of Chaos' which is such a great piece of blackened death metal that it is a regular on my CD Player of death. But then (and I really don't know why) I never bothered to pick up or listen to any of their other albums.

Obituary - although this is a bit of a cheat because there's actually two albums I worship: Slowly We Rot and Cause of Death. Heard in isolation I am sure that The End Complete is a good album but it loses its impact when heard in context.

Lykathea Aflame - another wierd one because they've only released one album, but if they released another, I wouldn't buy it.

[DC_rhoads82]

I do know what you mean. 'Gallery' is an amazing album...but Fiction has really blown me away. I love cd's so after I get one from a band, I'll usually experiment and track another one down and try it out so I'm never really limited to one album from a band. But there are those albums that all you need is one to sum up the band.

[Riva]

I have the same for Sodom - Agent Orange, it's a kickarse album and I can't really see the point in listening to any others.

Also, Stratovarius - Destiny is the peak of the band, and everything else just doesn't cut it quite as well.

[Apocalyptic Raids]

I feel the same about Deicide.

other bands that applies to are

Possessed (Seven Churches)
NWA (Straight Outta Compton)
Entombed (Left Hand Path. Clandestine is alright but I always get my Entombed fix from LHP.)
Mayhem (De Mysteriis)
Suffocation (Effigy of The Forgotten)
Blind Guardian (Somewhere In Time)

[Jondur]

I feel the same about Deicide.

other bands that applies to are

Possessed (Seven Churches)

Entombed (Left Hand Path. Clandestine is alright but I always get my Entombed fix from LHP.)
Mayhem (De Mysteriis)
Suffocation (Effigy of The Forgotten)


Agree wholeheartedly with those (can't really comment on NWA or Blind Guardian, in fact I struggle to decide which I like least).

And just for you I'll add Rage Against The Machine "Rage against the Machine". Another genre-defining moment, but never felt the need to hear any more.

[Sleepy]

UneXpect - We, Invaders was an awesome EP. Their first full-length, Utopia, was awful. In a Flesh Aquarium was better, but still not up there with that EP.

Otherwise, I really can't think of anyone.

[Apocalyptic Raids]

And just for you I'll add Rage Against The Machine "Rage against the Machine". Another genre-defining moment, but never felt the need to hear any more.
I'd disagree about RATM but I'm a fanboy. It's easily their finest moment though.

[Hate Crew Deathroll]

For me it's Nile. The only album I can stand listening to and enjoy is Annihilation of the Wicked.

[pixiesfanyo]

My Dying Bride - The Angel and The Dark River

[Det_Nosnip]

Hmm...MDB had other albums that were great, but I guess that would be "the" album if you were to get only one.

My pick would probably be Aghora. I absolutely love their S/T...probably one of my favorite albums. They should have disbanded after Malone+Reinert left, though..."Formless" is pretty damn terrible, even with Reinert guesting a few tracks.

The new Dimmu Borgir album is actually listenable, whereas the past few albums are not and the early stuff never really interested me.

Naglfar - Sheol. Could never really get into their other stuff, but I'm crazy about this one.

Ayreon - The Human Equation. His earlier stuff is too cheesy for me, but that album is amazing.

[Luc214]

Bastard, I love Formless. :(

Hmmm.

Earth - Hex; Or Printing In The Infernal Method. Their other albums just feel pretty generic and boring to me, but this one is amazing.

Folkearth - By The Sword Of My Father. I hate their other albums, but once again this one is great.

I think there's a couple more but I can't remember.

I'll pick the Earth. Because Drone is a hard genre to get into or innovate in, and they did just that, made it accesible and awesome, and completely different.

[G_Mac07]

Ayreon - The Human Equation. His earlier stuff is too cheesy for me, but that album is amazing.

+1

Same goes for Mayhem.


I have a heaps of bands I just like one album from. What I can think of from the top of my head:

Cryptopsy - None So Vile [though Blasphemy Made Flesh can be pretty cool to]
Slayer - Reign In Blood
Gojira - From Mars To Sirius
Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
Mr. Bungle - California
Guns N' Roses - Appettite For Destruction [UYI albums have a couple of good songs between them, but I can't stand listening to the full things]
Pig Destroyer - Prowler In The Yard
A crap load of music that's not Rock or Metal. Mostly Rap.

That'll do me.

[Dr. Jake Destructo]

I think Bungle's California will be on several lists.

[pate]

I feel the same about Deicide.

other bands that applies to are

Possessed (Seven Churches)
NWA (Straight Outta Compton)
Entombed (Left Hand Path. Clandestine is alright but I always get my Entombed fix from LHP.)
Mayhem (De Mysteriis)
Suffocation (Effigy of The Forgotten)
Blind Guardian (Somewhere In Time)

Caught somewhere in tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime.

I believe you mean Somewhere Far Beyond, dearest Jono.

[superpeer]

Opeth - Blackwater Park is good, but the rest of their stuff is boring

I second De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas.

Probably more, but I forget.

[AA-12]

Dimmu Borgir - New one

The old stuff is lolterrible and this one is worth listening to. Generally if I like a band, i'll always have all of their work.

[Cocaine]

Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss

Sure his other (non-shitty prison) material is good enough, but I just never go past this album it seems.

[Jom]

Porcupine Tree.

[Det_Nosnip]

Same goes for Mayhem.
What album?


Slayer - Reign In Blood


Oh, yeah...them. :p Mine is South of Heaven...Seasons is ok and RIB is fun for about 5 minutes, but everything else they've done blows IMO.

Dimmu Borgir - New one

The old stuff is lolterrible and this one is worth listening to. Generally if I like a band, i'll always have all of their work.

Hey! We agree! :eek:

[Altmer]

Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Strat just sucks overall lol but I have Destiny
Faith No More - Angel Dust (ok ok Album of the Year is pretty cool)

[Cocaine]

Faith No More - Angel Dust (ok ok Album of the Year is pretty cool)

Get "King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime" right now please.

[Eliminator]

Envy - A Dead Sinking Story

[Apocalypticon]

Arsis - A Diamond For Disease

[Eliminator]

That too.

[Kyle]

The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow

[Txus]

Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone
Mirrorthrone - Carriers of Dust
Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
Runic - Liar Flags

[Apocalypticon]

I could even do with only the song A Diamond For Disease.

[Cocaine]

Arsis - A Diamond For Disease

Yeah, but just that title track. Nothing else on that EP is worth my time.

[Luc214]

Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone
Mirrorthrone - Carriers of Dust
Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
Runic - Liar Flags

I thought you liked Of Wind And Weeping?

[Cocaine]

Of Wind and Weeping is okay but it's completely forgettable. I agree with Tchusie.

[Apocalypticon]

Of Wind and Weeping is okay but it's completely forgettable. I agree with Tchusie.

Mirrorthrone? Forgettable? Never.

[Txus]

Shut up, Steve.

Luc: What Tyler said.

[BoboTheRagingHobo]

Psycroptic - Scepter Of The Ancients
Mutiilation - Vampires Of Black Imperial Blood
Vlad Tepes - March To The Black Holocaust

[Zebra]

Pharoah Sanders - Karma

[Txus]

Damn, I forgot the Psycroptic album. I had The Isle of Disenchatment and it was boring :(

[Broken Arrow]

Pharoah Sanders - Karma

Yes. I didn't even think of looking further into his work.

[Daven]

Demigod - Slumber Of Sullen Eyes

[Txus]

Shadow Mechanics is also really good....

[Daven]

I never bothered checking it out.

[Apocalyptic Raids]

What album?
De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas, probably.

[G_Mac07]

De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas, probably.

Correct. I didn't think it needed to be made that clear, considering DMDS had already been mentioned X amount of times.

Damn, I forgot the Psycroptic album. I had The Isle of Disenchatment and it was boring

Yeah, their first album blows compared to The Scepter... and Symbols Of Failure.

[Apocalyptic Raids]

and they both blow compared to Scepter.

[Killtacular]

Dimmu Borgir - Stormblast (Original)
Cryptopsy - None So Vile
Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity

I'm sure there's more, I'm just not thinking hard enough.

[G_Mac07]

and they both blow compared to Scepter.

Oh no you didn't. :mad:

/snaps fingers

[Stalusk]

Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Alice In Chains - Dirt
COC - Blind

[niobium]

I think Bungle's California will be on several lists.

Although it was my first, I have since moved on, and it's not my favorite anymore.

For me, I always just preferred Cynic's Focus, I didn't need get their other two albums whoops did I blow the secret

[the2stranger]

Amon Amarth - Versus The World

Every CD is pretty good, but it all sounds the same, so having just one CD is ok by me. :p

[Jondur]

Amon Amarth - Versus The World

Every CD is pretty good, but it all sounds the same, so having just one CD is ok by me. :p

Amon Amarth are a perfect example! For me it's "The Avenger" - just cos I got it first!


Alice In Chains - Dirt
Yes
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
COC - Blind

No! That's madness. Both bands have changed sooo much over their careers that to say one album is enough is silly. Compare the (quite fantastic) crossover of "Animosity" to "Deliverance"

[Luc214]

Yeah, but just that title track. Nothing else on that EP is worth my time.

The other two songs aren't bad, but yeah they are pretty disposable.

The title track is absolutely amazing though.

[Altmer]

Get "King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime" right now please.

I have that album, but I find it kinda disappointing :(

[i am the robots]

Antimatter - Planetary Confinement
As Cities Burn - Son, I Loved You At Your Darkest
Yaphet Kotto - Syncopated Synthetic Laments For Love

[Cocaine]

Antimatter - Planetary Confinement


I don't know if I agree with this, they have three (I think?) fairly different albums. It'd be like limiting yourself to Ulver's metal work and ignoring their later material, or vice versa.

[Deth]

Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane
Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northen Sky
Mayhem - DMSM
Autopsy - Severed Survival (omg I hope Jondur doesn't impale me)
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness (from what I've heard anyway)

[FatalEnergy]

I like Jester Race by In Flames. Everything else I heard by them I though licked butt.

[Deth]

Oh yeah, that's another one.

[pate]

I like Jester Race by In Flames. Everything else I heard by them I though licked butt.

I like it and Lunar Strain, and hate the rest.

[Flynn]

No love for Whoracle man? Wait, maybe I read it wrong....

I like it and Lunar Strain, and Whoracle and hate the rest.

Yeah, that's what I thought you typed :p

[pate]

Only Episode 666. I don't care for the rest of it.

[Flynn]

Worlds Within The Margin? Come on, Pate, I've seen your posts forever man, I know you like this album:p

[pate]

:lol: :lol: There's just not much to it that interests me.

[Flynn]

that's cool, it's just weird knowing someone that likes The Jester Race and not Whoracle :p

[Jondur]

Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane
Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northen Sky
Mayhem - DMSM
Autopsy - Severed Survival (omg I hope Jondur doesn't impale me)
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness (from what I've heard anyway)

Wow! You might as well have walked up to me in a bar, spilt my pint and tried it on with my girlfriend!

I mean really! For a start 'The Somberlain' is better, ignoring 'Soulside Journey' and 'Transilyvanian Hunger' is denying yourself much pleasure, i almost agree on 'Severed Survival' because it is such a great album but still I think Mental Funeral is also a classic, and finally Morbid Angel have four more classic albums - and Domination.

Everyone seems to be agreed on DMDS and I think that's fair. Deathcrush is an interesting piece historically, but are they classic songs? No.

I'd only impale you to put you out of your misery because your missing out on a lot of great music.

[mick7]

My pick would probably be Aghora. I absolutely love their S/T...probably one of my favorite albums. They should have disbanded after Malone+Reinert left, though..."Formless" is pretty damn terrible, even with Reinert guesting a few tracks.

Totally agree about this one. Frames is one of my all-time favourite metal songs and plus I think the musicianship in this album surpasses a lot of other albums made around the same time. Plus I just found out about Cynic at the same time so it double awesome for me! :smoke:

[Lord Abortion]

Carcass. I have Reek of Putrefication, and I don't really see what the fuss is.
Dissection, too. Where dead angels lie is all you really need. I enjoy the Somberlain, but I don't care for it too much.
Meh, I'll think of more.

On Jondur's...I love the first three songs on Scars of the Crucifix, but the rest of the album sucks, and I would check out The stench of redemption, because it's their best yet, IMO.

[Apocalyptic Raids]

do you mean is Reek of Putrefaction the only Carcass you have? or that it's the only one you like?

[AA-12]

All Carcass is good in it's own way really, though I don't like Heartwork much. RoP and SoS are ****ing classic grind albums.

[Lord Abortion]

do you mean is Reek of Putrefaction the only Carcass you have? or that it's the only one you like?

It's the only full album I have, but the other stuff I have is a little generic grind-y for me.

[Apocalyptic Raids]

You would probably like Necroticism, not really any grind there. Same goes for Heartwork.

[AA-12]

It's really grindy tbh

Heartwork is just melo-death.

[Apocalyptic Raids]

How so?

[AA-12]

It just sounds like grind with death metal cut in.

[Apocalyptic Raids]

I think you've mistaken Necroticism with Symphonies of Sickness.

I'd love to go on a jonorant about why you're wrong but it's really late

:-*

[AA-12]

more like I'd love to go on a jonorant about why you're wrong but it's really me that's wrong lol

:-*

[Lord Abortion]

I haven't got much of a problem with grind, I love some of it, but it has to have original aspects to it to hold my attention for long.

[Deth]

Jono is in all likelyhood correct. There isn't any grind on Necroticism at all. It's all pretty midpaced for the most part.

Wow! You might as well have walked up to me in a bar, spilt my pint and tried it on with my girlfriend!

I mean really! For a start 'The Somberlain' is better, ignoring 'Soulside Journey' and 'Transilyvanian Hunger' is denying yourself much pleasure, i almost agree on 'Severed Survival' because it is such a great album but still I think Mental Funeral is also a classic, and finally Morbid Angel have four more classic albums - and Domination.

Everyone seems to be agreed on DMDS and I think that's fair. Deathcrush is an interesting piece historically, but are they classic songs? No.

I'd only impale you to put you out of your misery because your missing out on a lot of great music.

It hurt to type that knowing that it's your thread :p. I don't mind the other Darkthrone, but I don't feel the need to listen to them and as far as Morbid Angel goes, nothing captures me the same way as the first album.

So there ya go.