Overrated / Underrated
Albums that I thought were shafted, albums that got more than their rdue, albums that I'm rrrrrrhappy to see got what they deserved. |
| 1 | | Need More Love: Underrated
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| 2 |  | The Ocean
Heliocentric
I get it. People are pissed that they changed style. Whatever. "Firmament" and "The Origin..." are fantastic. |
| 3 |  | Isis
In the Absence of Truth
Deserves to be mentioned alongside Oceanic and Panopticon. |
| 4 |  | Deep Purple
Fireball
The traded heaviness for progressiveness. It was hella cool. Nearly as good as Machine Head. |
| 5 |  | Killswitch Engage
As Daylight Dies
It's metalcore, I know. But it has some great variation and the songs pack some serious punch. |
| 6 |  | Howl
Full of Hell
It gets a little monotonous but Full of Hell could be the prelude to something Mastodon-esque. |
| 7 |  | Opeth
Ghost Reveries
Their best IMO. "Underrated" only in the sense that it's so far behind Blackwater and Still Life. |
| 8 |  | Wolves in the Throne Room
Celestial Lineage
The extended folk/chanted parts in the middle turn a lot of people off. Have a heart. It's pretty. There's
plenty of blistering black metal here to go around. |
| 9 |  | Edguy
Theater of Salvation
Gamma Ray and Blind Guardian rightly get all the best reviews, but for a while Edguy stood right with them. |
| 10 |  | Mastodon
Leviathan
Yeah I know, it's already pretty high. But I wouldn't mind seeing this rated among the very best. |
| 11 |  | Judas Priest
Jugulator
Like Heliocentric, they changed the singer and the sound and people freaked. It's got some great songs
though. |
| 12 | | I Don't Get It: Overrated
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| 13 |  | Melvins
Houdini
Spread Eagle Beagle wasted several minutes of my life which I won't get
back. |
| 14 |  | Kylesa
Spiral Shadow
They simplified the songs, particularly the drumming. It just sounds so tame compared to Static Tensions. |
| 15 |  | Bathory
Hammerheart
Most of this album is out-of-tune wailing over power chords and slow drums and it gets old real fast. The
opener is a classic though. |
| 16 |  | Judas Priest
Screaming for Vengeance
The first few tracks are awesome. Then Halford loses his tuning fork and the middle is nearly unlistenable at
times. It's a great album, but I wouldn't call it classic. |
| 17 |  | Helloween
Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2
"Eagle Fly Free" and "I Want Out" are classic, but Keeper 2 isn't as consistent as the first. The title track also
meanders way too long. |
| 18 |  | Sylosis
Edge of the Earth
Now I'm the one complaining about the new singer. That, and the whole dynamic range of this album seems
stifled compared to its predecessor. |
| 19 |  | Agalloch
Ashes Against the Grain
The opening quartet is great, particuarly 2 and 4, but the ending to the album is almost not worth listening to
in comparison. Especially that last static thing, wtf mate? |
| 20 | | Sunn 0)))
Monoliths and Dimensions
*croak*...*screech*...*croak* BWWWOOWWWW... Big Church is kinda cool but the other songs are incredibly
monotonous. |
| 21 |  | Justin Bieber
My World
I had to. Too bad you can't rate things a zero. |
| 22 | | They Got it Right
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| 23 |  | Rainbow
Rising
This is the best hard rock album ever. Not Zep. Not Sabbath. This one. Especially the last two tracks. |
| 24 |  | W.A.S.P.
The Headless Children
Yeah, WASP got pretty corny later on. But for just a while, Blackie hit the nail on the head with great driving
heavy metal. |
| 25 |  | My Dying Bride
The Dreadful Hours
I feel almost masochistic listening to this, but it hurts so good. |
| 26 |  | Nightwish
End of an Era
Tarja went out with style. "Once" is the focus, as is should be. The drum cam guy forgot his Ritalin. |
| 27 |  | Dragonforce
Sonic Firestorm
If only the next two weren't carbon-copies of it, this would look better. |
| 28 |  | Sylosis
Conclusion of an Age
The songwriting is massive, the guitarwork is fantastic, and the singer kicked ass. Oh well. |
| 29 | | Magma
Mekanik Destructiw Kommandoh
The greatest experimental music you've never heard. |
| 30 |  | Gamma Ray
Somewhere Out in Space
So much more consistently awesome than LotF, this is the best power metal album. Period. |
| 31 |  | Ulcerate
The Destroyers of All
An improvement over Everything is Fire, the post-metal influenced help make Destroyers even more crushing,
depressing and awesome. |
| 32 |  | Septic Flesh
The Great Mass
The best use of an orchestra in any recent death metal album. Experimental songs towards the end get big
points. |
| 33 |  | Meshuggah
I
The perfect length to enjoy the scope of their talent, "I" sees Meshuggah base everything of Haake's
jamming and it turns out awesomely. |
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