Average Rating: 4.22 Rating Variance: 0.47 Objectivity Score: 49% (Poorly Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name2019 Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Ghosteen5.0Tool Fear Inoculum4.52017 Converge The Dusk in Us4.02016 Metallica Hardwired...To Self-Destruct4.0The Dillinger Escape Plan Dissociation4.52015 Baroness Purple4.5Parkway Drive Ire4.0Faith No More Sol Invictus4.0Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly3.52014 Mastodon Once More 'Round the Sun4.52013 Alter Bridge Fortress4.5Dream Theater Dream Theater4.0Nine Inch Nails Hesitation Marks4.0Black Sabbath 134.5Queens of the Stone Age ...Like Clockwork4.5Alice in Chains The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here4.0The Dillinger Escape Plan One of Us Is the Killer4.52012 Muse The 2nd Law4.0Devin Townsend Project Epicloud4.5Baroness Yellow and Green4.5Rush Clockwork Angels4.5Kreator Phantom Antichrist4.0Overkill The Electric Age3.52011 Metallica Beyond Magnetic4.0Lou Reed and Metallica Lulu4.5Yes overall, this is a piece of shit. Musically monotonous and uninteresting, with dull vocals and lyrics and awful riffs and licks, and the fact it?s a two disc release that lasts for more than 90 minutes you will never get back, however it didn?t bother me as much as other fans. Some definitely took Lulu too close to heart not realising it?s not the tenth Metallica record, it?s just something on the side I guess, even if it?s not very, well, good.Tom Waits Bad As Me4.0Mastodon The Hunter4.5Opeth Heritage3.0With Heritage, Opeth recorded a very audacious record featuring no death growls and barely any elements of a Progressive Death Metal group. This album combines classic 70's Prog with a touch of Jazz Fusion. Overall it doesn't take your breath away but perhaps in retrospect it will be looked upon more positively.Dream Theater A Dramatic Turn of Events3.0The only two tracks that are really good are "On The Backs Of Angels" and "Outcry", the remainder being average. Red Hot Chili Peppers I'm With You3.0It sounds crisp, almost perfect in a way, but the overall approach isn't spectacular. I was expecting Josh Klinghoffer to show off his guitar playing and prove to everyone why he is a worthy replacement for John Frusciante but instead we were treated to Flea's bass that at times vastly overpowers the guitar. Other than that, Kiedis' vocals are great and the catchiness of the album cannot be ignored.2010 The Contortionist Exoplanet4.5Still can't believe how much I really like this album. One of my favourites from the 2010's thus far.Deftones Diamond Eyes4.0Alcest Écailles De Lune4.52009 Them Crooked Vultures Them Crooked Vultures4.0Devin Townsend Project Addicted4.0Slayer World Painted Blood2.5Tom Waits Glitter and Doom Live4.5Baroness Blue Record4.5Converge Axe to Fall5.0Alice in Chains Black Gives Way to Blue4.5Porcupine Tree The Incident3.5Muse The Resistance4.0Dream Theater Black Clouds and Silver Linings4.0Alestorm Black Sails at Midnight3.0Mastodon Crack the Skye5.02008 AC/DC Black Ice3.5Metallica Death Magnetic3.0If the production quality was better, this would be worthy of a 4. Musically, not a bad album however.Slipknot All Hope Is Gone2.0Opeth Watershed4.0The Mars Volta The Bedlam in Goliath4.02007 The Dillinger Escape Plan Ire Works4.5Alter Bridge Blackbird4.5Between the Buried and Me Colors1.0Just plain awful and atrocious to listen to. How this band is being heralded as one of the greats of the last ten or so years is beyond me. Very poor in every way.Baroness Red Album4.5Queens of the Stone Age Era Vulgaris3.5Dream Theater Systematic Chaos4.0Rush Snakes & Arrows4.0Porcupine Tree Fear of a Blank Planet4.5Silverchair Young Modern1.5These guys were favourites of mine when I was younger, but once I heard "Straight Lines" and the rest of the release, almost all my appreciation for them had vanished out the window. This was truly selling out and it reflected negatively on not just myself but many others who love or loved all of their previous albums.2006 Brand New The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me4.0Tom Waits Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards3.5ISIS In the Absence of Truth4.0Mastodon Blood Mountain4.0The Mars Volta Amputechture4.0Audioslave Revelations3.0Good, but weak in comparison to their first two records. Boasts some good tracks but overall it's rather bland.Agalloch Ashes Against the Grain4.5It's very difficult picking between this and The Mantle as to which is my favourite album from these guys, but I always lean slightly more towards Ashes, partly because overall it's a heavier sounding album but it has more to do with "Limbs" being one of the most astounding Metal songs of the century. Muse Black Holes & Revelations4.0Strapping Young Lad The New Black4.0Anata The Conductor's Departure4.0Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium3.5Tool 10,000 Days4.0Katatonia The Great Cold Distance4.52005 Korn See You on the Other Side2.5The beginning of Korn's journey into the mediocre, if not poor string of releases that do nothing to capture the magnificence of this one time juggernaut in Nu-Metal.The Mars Volta Scab Dates4.0My Morning Jacket Z4.0Opeth Ghost Reveries4.0Dream Theater Octavarium3.5Audioslave Out of Exile4.0Porcupine Tree Deadwing4.5Queens of the Stone Age Lullabies to Paralyze4.0The Mars Volta Frances the Mute4.5Karnivool Themata5.0Gojira From Mars to Sirius4.02004 Rammstein Reise, Reise4.0ISIS Panopticon4.5Tom Waits Real Gone4.0Mastodon Leviathan4.5Alan Parsons A Valid Path4.0The Dillinger Escape Plan Miss Machine5.0Neurosis The Eye of Every Storm4.0Slipknot Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses2.0Clutch Blast Tyrant5.0The Butterfly Effect Begins Here4.5Angra Temple of Shadows4.02003 Korn Take a Look in the Mirror3.0Dream Theater Train of Thought4.0Anathema A Natural Disaster4.5Although not quite as stunning as Judgement (but pretty damn close), A Natural Disaster is still, from top to bottom, a flawless piece of work. At the time, it was the band's softest sounding record, but what we have here is a collection of beautifully crafted songs, more reliant on keyboards and ambience than guitars, which trust me, isn't a bad thing. It works ever so well. Definitely an album that, along with Judgement, is ideal for being the first piece of music you own from this brilliant band. Depends on where your music taste lies.Muse Absolution4.0A Perfect Circle Thirteenth Step4.0The Mars Volta De-Loused in the Comatorium4.5Metallica St. Anger2.0"Well at least it was heavy." Yes, but Load and ReLoad in my opinion contain some memorable tracks, whereas this has none, perhaps that is more to do with the atrocity of the sound (the kitchen pot snare drum) and the nasty Guitar sound, with Hetfield's rubbish vocal delivery over the top. Had all that been of a higher standard, it would've be perceived as more of an accomplishment.Deftones Deftones4.0Opeth Damnation4.5Streetlight Manifesto Everything Goes Numb4.52002 Audioslave Audioslave4.5Amon Amarth Versus the World4.0Opeth Deliverance3.0My least favourite of Opeth's discography. Overall it is actually quite decent in most areas but falls below par compared to other releases that the bad had output thus far in their careers. There's definitely more aggression and heaviness, but at times the record feels monotonous and some riffs drag on for a very long time, so there is a mixture of pros and cons.Porcupine Tree In Absentia5.0Queens of the Stone Age Songs for the Deaf4.5Red Hot Chili Peppers By the Way4.5Atmosphere God Loves Ugly5.0Mastodon Remission4.0Tom Waits Alice4.0Tom Waits Blood Money3.5Silverchair Diorama3.5Dream Theater Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence4.0ISIS Oceanic5.0Agalloch The Mantle4.5Not as grand in my opinion as Ashes Against The Grain but still an outstanding effort.Korn Untouchables4.02001 Converge Jane Doe5.0Radiohead Amnesiac3.5Slipknot Iowa1.5Muse Origin of Symmetry5.0Devin Townsend Terria4.5Tool Lateralus5.0Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds No More Shall We Part5.0Rammstein Mutter4.0Opeth Blackwater Park4.0A bit overrated, but still a great album. "Harvest" and the title track are incredible.2000 Radiohead Kid A4.0At the Drive-In Relationship of Command5.0Deftones White Pony4.5Queens of the Stone Age Rated R5.0A Perfect Circle Mer de Noms5.0Pantera Reinventing the Steel3.0Pantera's last hurrah resulted in a sound that was heavier than ever, combing a mixture of elements and incorporating sounds from all the band's previous outings, which sounds absolutely fantastic, but in reality, it was like drinking coffee and tea at the same time. Well, maybe not that bad but it doesn't capture the skill and amazement of the first two Pantera albums. There is definitely some ferociousness that results in some memorable moments such as "Revolution Is My Name" and "Uplift" but it is let down by inconsistency. Lets put it this way: overall, it's actually good and listen after listen it gradually grows on you but this is my least favourite Pantera release and not the record I would play to introduce people to this Heavy Metal juggernaut.Dead Meadow Dead Meadow5.0Immolation Close to a World Below2.5I Don't understand all the hype that surrounds this. Listened to it, thought it was very average, not terrible but very overrated.Porcupine Tree Lightbulb Sun4.5Cave In Jupiter5.01999 Botch We Are the Romans5.0Dream Theater Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory5.0If there's any album that HAS to be played in its entirety every time you go and listen to it, than Dream Theater's conceptual masterpiece would be it (along with a handful of other concept albums). What makes it so unique is that not only is the story integrated into the music very intriguing, but when reading/listening to the lyrics, you can actually figure out the premise. Very few albums fit this mould, and man, do these guys deliver in that sense. Also, the musicianship is downright incredible, combining blistering heaviness with a ton of melody and atmospheric passages. Stupendous stuff, and very few have managed better.Opeth Still Life5.0The Dillinger Escape Plan Calculating Infinity4.5Mr. Bungle California4.0Slipknot Slipknot3.0Testament The Gathering4.5Anathema Judgement5.0My "it's night-time and it's raining outside" band, and this is the album I reach for more than any other. Anathema have a number of outstanding albums, but I, much like many others, feel that Judgement is the band's magnum opus. I'd go as far to say it's one of the best albums of all time. It's always classed under the "depressing albums" title, and that's because it is, and it works in its favour. Albums can be dark and depressing lyrically, but the music fails to accompany it. Judgement however, does that in spades. That's why it works so well, why it's become the soundtrack to depressed people's lives, and why it's so damn brilliant.Muse Showbiz3.5Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication4.0Tom Waits Mule Variations5.0Neurosis Times of Grace4.5Godspeed You! Black Emperor Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada4.0Silverchair Neon Ballroom4.0Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles4.5Porcupine Tree Stupid Dream4.5Poison the Well The Opposite of December5.01998 Metallica Garage Inc.4.0Refused The Shape Of Punk To Come5.0Queens of the Stone Age Queens of the Stone Age4.0Death The Sound of Perseverance5.0When I was 13 and 14 years old, I began to delve more into both Prog and Extreme Metal. I was keen to expand my taste, and having never heard an Extreme Metal album in full, this was the one I tried out first. I regret having done so, as nothing within the genre I've heard since has eclipsed the sheer brilliance and lunacy that you find on The Sound Of Perseverance. The solos are blistering, the riffs are pummelling, Richard Christy's drumming is monumental and, of course, Chuck Schuldiner. Don't ask me to go more in depth with that, because you already know why. Among the top Metal albums ever, without fucking question, technical Metal at its finest.Elliott Smith XO5.0Opeth My Arms, Your Hearse4.0Korn Follow the Leader4.0Slayer Diabolus in Musica1.5Massive Attack Mezzanine4.5Dirty Three Ocean Songs5.0Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea4.0Gorguts Obscura3.01997 Metallica Reload2.5Load, surprisingly, brought us a bunch of memorable tracks, more good than bad. ReLoad is split down the middle: half the songs are good, half are not. Therefore, it receives the 2.5 rating. That's it.Modest Mouse The Lonesome Crowded West4.5Deftones Around the Fur5.0This was the first album I bought by this band, and still remains my undoubted favourite. Many would disagree, especially the Nu-Metal detractors, as Around The Fur was the last Deftones release to be fully rooted in the Nu-Metal sound. What came afterwards with White Pony and all their future releases was fantastic, but the personal connection really wins on this one. Sounds and feels just as good in darkness as it does in beaming light, and there aren't many albums that are able to cater to both. Dream Theater Falling into Infinity4.0Very underrated. Not a masterpiece, but man does this contain some truly brilliant tracks.Rammstein Sehnsucht4.0Pantera Official Live: 101 Proof4.0Devin Townsend Ocean Machine: Biomech4.5Misfits Static Age4.5Radiohead OK Computer3.0Faith No More Album of the Year4.0Ben Folds Five Whatever and Ever, Amen5.0Elliott Smith Either/Or4.5Strapping Young Lad City5.0The Prodigy The Fat of the Land5.0Emperor Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk5.0Silverchair Freak Show4.01996 Tool Ænima5.0Weezer Pinkerton3.0Melvins Stag4.5Opeth Morningrise4.5Easily ranks as one of Opeth's greatest ever achievements. A must listen for any new fans.Metallica Load3.5Pantera The Great Southern Trendkill5.0Modest Mouse This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About5.0No fanfare. No major label. No hit single. Perhaps that?s why Modest Mouse?s debut record was greeted with such little attention, and the reason why 20 years later, it has never really garnered the respect and admiration it truly deserves. To be fair, when listening to this album, it doesn?t exactly scream Top 40 or No.1 on the Billboard charts, probably because Isaac Brock didn?t want to make the kind of music that would be considered accessible for that audience. What Modest Mouse gave us instead was a gut-wrenching portrayal of isolation that one would associate with rural life. The album?s title is a pin-point accurate reflection of the music and lyrics, containing sweeping, beautiful melodies along with tense and abrasive musicianship that can make for an uneasy listen. Some might find the album?s constant theme overwhelming given its vast length, but it is nothing but: This Is A Long Drive is 74 minutes of perfection, from a band that has not put a foot wrong since its inception. Their other records are astounding, but their debut is still their creative peak, one that should be sought after wherever possible.Rage Against the Machine Evil Empire4.0Neurosis Through Silver in Blood4.5Edge of Sanity Crimson5.0Is it an album or not? I ask this because the holy masterpiece that is Edge Of Sanity's Crimson consists solely of one track that runs for 40 minutes. Why is it a "holy masterpiece"? Because it's one of the most well executed releases ever, and what's disappointing about that is it doesn't garner the appreciation it deserves. Conceptually, it's amazing and musically, it combines Prog/Melodic Death Metal in a most astounding fashion. Could possibly be the greatest Concept album in Metal, and if you're not convinced, Mikael Akerfeldt sings on this thing.Sepultura Roots4.0Cryptopsy None So Vile4.0DJ Shadow Endtroducing.....5.0Ks Choice Paradise in Me4.5Katatonia Brave Murder Day4.01995 Alice in Chains Alice in Chains4.5Def Leppard Vault: Greatest Hits 1980 - 19954.0The Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness4.0Dream Theater A Change of Seasons4.5Red Hot Chili Peppers One Hot Minute1.5Not as hideous of an album as I used to think, but it's still pretty bad.Silverchair Frogstomp3.5Pink Floyd Pulse4.5Opeth Orchid3.0A good debut, despite it being rather monotonous and poor sounding. Worth checking out, but Opeth have offered us much better since.Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory?3.5Blind Guardian Imaginations from the Other Side4.5Radiohead The Bends5.0Faith No More King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime5.0Death Symbolic5.0Not quite as good as The Sound Of Perseverance, but not many things are. Symbolic is still, pound for pound, one of the best albums of the genre, for many of the same reasons TSOP is. Amazing riffs, incredible solos, and Gene Hoglan giving perhaps his finest drumming performance in his career to date. Although more straightforward than what came after it, Symbolic was also the first true Technical Death Metal offering in Death's catalogue. The title track, "Empty Words", "Without Judgement", you cannot go wrong with any track on this thing. An absolute classic.Mad Season Above5.0At the Gates Slaughter of the Soul5.0The crown jewel of Melodic Death Metal. One of the most brutal albums I've ever come across but an album that is also surprisingly intricate. "Blinded By Fear", "Cold" and "World Of Lies" are the standout tracks.Therapy? Infernal Love5.01994 Megadeth Youthanasia4.0Tiamat Wildhoney5.0Korn Korn4.5Dream Theater Awake4.0Manic Street Preachers The Holy Bible4.5Jeff Buckley Grace5.0Machine Head Burn My Eyes5.0Kyuss Welcome to Sky Valley5.0Emperor In the Nightside Eclipse4.5Stone Temple Pilots Purple4.5Weezer Weezer4.5Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Let Love In5.0Pantera Far Beyond Driven3.5Soundgarden Superunknown5.0Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral5.0Alice in Chains Jar of Flies5.0Without question, one of the greatest music releases ever. A big call, perhaps? Well maybe, but the way this album resonates with me is profound. It had a massive impact on a very weird period of my life. The predominantly acoustic instrumentation only enhances the impact this album has had or could have on someone who has never heard it, but Layne's vocals and lyrics are what make this recording most memorable. Every track is glorious, but it's "Nutshell", clocking in at 4:19, that is this release's crown jewel. An absolute must have.1993 Wu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)4.5Pearl Jam Vs.5.0The Afghan Whigs Gentlemen5.0The Afghan Whigs? Gentlemen certainly isn?t going to make you feel warm and fuzzy inside. An album all about the downfalls of relationships isn?t one that most would find intriguing, given that it?s an idea that has been done to death since forever, but two things: 1. it?s far more thought-provoking and personal than you?d imagine, and 2. It doesn?t really matter anyways, because musically, this record excels in all aspects. Alt. Rock is something that can be (and was, at this time) very watered down and inexcusably generic, but whatever was running through frontman Greg Dulli?s mind going into this record made this an amazing beast. Undoubtedly, his love for funk and R&B music helped (listen to ?Debonair?, the band?s only minor hit), not to mention the incorporation of strings and piano, but also that he and the band were always very determined, which is a shame considering they fell under the radar. ?My Curse?, sung phenomenally by Marcy Mays of Scrawl, is the album?s emotional peak, but it?s another emotive track ?When We Two Parted? that is this album?s highlight, a delicate, poignant epic that makes this record one of the most underappreciated and unique records of all time.Melvins Houdini4.0X Japan Art of Life4.5The Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream4.5Death Individual Thought Patterns4.5The Cranberries Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?5.0Tool Undertow4.0Carcass Heartwork4.5Cynic Focus4.51992 Dr. Dre The Chronic5.0Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine5.0This is perhaps my favourite album of all time. There's not a damn flaw on this record: absolutely mind-blowing, an prominent, powerful and exciting record that should belong in everyone's music collection.AC/DC Live4.0Alice in Chains Dirt5.0Could possibly rank as my favourite album ever, certainly in the top three or four. Grunge has had several incredible releases under its umbrella, but Dirt eats all of them up for breakfast in every way imaginable. From sludgy, dirgy metallic riffs to eerie guitar melodies, a superb rhythm section and Layne Staley's incredible vocal talents, this record is perfect in every way. The lyrics are extremely thought-provoking as well. It's so difficult just picking a stand-out track, because they all are. "Down In A Hole", "Rain When I Die", "Dirt", "Sickman", even "Rooster" and "Would" are two singles you never get sick of hearing. An absolute masterpiece, a genius piece of work.Tom Waits Bone Machine5.0Darkthrone A Blaze in the Northern Sky4.5Dream Theater Images and Words4.5Megadeth Countdown to Extinction4.0Kyuss Blues for the Red Sun4.0Faith No More Angel Dust4.5Stone Temple Pilots Core4.5Tool Opiate4.0Actually a better release than what some might think. Very impressive debut E.P.rPantera Vulgar Display of Power4.0Nocturnus Thresholds4.5Ministry Psalm 695.0Neurosis Souls at Zero5.01991 Death Human4.5Slayer Decade of Aggression4.0Soundgarden Badmotorfinger4.5Red Hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex Magik4.0Atheist Unquestionable Presence4.5Pearl Jam Ten4.5Mr. Bungle Mr. Bungle4.5Metallica Metallica4.5Dismember Like an Ever Flowing Stream4.5Although they are often looked down upon as being a poor man's Entombed (yes, people actually think that), Dismember's first studio effort is in my opinion better than anything Entombed ever released, not only because it's perhaps the best album to come out of the Swedish Death Metal scene, but within the whole scope of Death Metal. Every song on it is killer and the sound is extraordinary. Paved the road down for many bands to come out of the same scene afterwards.Overkill Horrorscope5.0Slint Spiderland4.0The Smashing Pumpkins Gish5.01990 Slayer Seasons in the Abyss4.5Megadeth Rust in Peace4.5Annihilator Never, Neverland4.0Judas Priest Painkiller4.5Alice in Chains Facelift4.5Nocturnus The Key4.0Pantera Cowboys from Hell4.5Death Spiritual Healing3.5Atheist Piece of Time4.5Unquestionable Presence is fantastic, but this is the one that always gets me banging my head. Not as complex and "jazzy" as their future albums, a bit more straightforward, but it makes up for it by being their heaviest release and being technical as hell. Incredible stuff and definitely worth checking out. R.I.P. Roger Patterson, one of Metal's most underrated Bassists. He kills it on this.1989 Pestilence Consuming Impulse4.0Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine4.5Overkill The Years of Decay4.5Soundgarden Louder Than Love3.5Red Hot Chili Peppers Mother's Milk4.0Alice Cooper Trash4.0Faith No More The Real Thing5.0Kreator Extreme Aggression4.5Dream Theater When Dream and Day Unite2.5There's actually some good material present here ("Ytse Jam" is a major highlight) but the remainder of the album is average, but for a first time effort it showcases a great deal of potential for the future.Sepultura Beneath the Remains4.5The Cure Disintegration4.5Black Sabbath Headless Cross3.5Pixies Doolittle4.0Obituary Slowly We Rot4.5Ministry The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste4.0Terrorizer World Downfall5.01988 Anthrax State of Euphoria3.5Metallica ...And Justice for All5.0Death Leprosy4.5Slayer South of Heaven3.0Testament The New Order4.5Queensryche Operation: Mindcrime4.0Iron Maiden Seventh Son of a Seventh Son4.0Pixies Surfer Rosa5.0The Church Starfish5.0Megadeth So Far, So Good... So What!4.0Crimson Glory Transcendence 5.0This record was released in the same year as ...And Justice For All, Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son and Operation: Mindcrime, so it isn't hard to understand why this was vastly overlooked. Transcendence is such a criminally underrated record, it's better than all three and for my money, one of the greatest Metal albums ever recorded. Fantastic musicianship, combining elements of Prog, Power Metal, even a little Glam, with Midnight's freakish vocal abilities. Outstanding work.Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back5.0Jason Becker Perpetual Burn4.01987 Red Hot Chili Peppers The Uplift Mofo Party Plan3.5Tom Waits Franks Wild Years4.5King Diamond Abigail4.5Death Scream Bloody Gore4.0Anthrax Among the Living4.51986 Slayer Reign in Blood2.5Iron Maiden Somewhere in Time3.5Megadeth Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?4.0The Smiths The Queen Is Dead4.0Candlemass Epicus Doomicus Metallicus4.5Depeche Mode Black Celebration5.0Metallica Master of Puppets5.0Kreator Pleasure to Kill4.51985 Anthrax Spreading the Disease3.5Slayer Hell Awaits4.0Tom Waits Rain Dogs4.5Megadeth Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!3.5Dire Straits Brothers in Arms5.0Capturing beauty at its finest. That is what Dire Straits did best, and nothing proved it more than this absolute gem of a record. Not a single solitary second is wasted, and the length of these tracks only adds more to its allure. The whole band kills it, but of course, you cannot mention Dire Straits in a positive light without mentioning Mr. Mark Knopfler, as this record is the highest showcase of both his vocals and guitar prowess. He shows that you don't have to play at blistering speeds to be an amazing guitar player. It's also about atmosphere, and he has that in spades. The title track is still in my opinion one of the greatest songs ever, ditto with "Your Latest Trick".Exodus Bonded by Blood5.0Overkill Feel the Fire4.0Husker Du New Day Rising3.51984 Mercyful Fate Don't Break the Oath4.0Iron Maiden Powerslave4.0Red Hot Chili Peppers The Red Hot Chili Peppers2.0Sounds poor, musically and vocally not a fantastic start and the production is lacking desperately. Certain qualities that would make up the Chili Peppers in the future, most notably funk and groove are almost absent.Metallica Ride the Lightning5.0Prince Purple Rain4.5Minutemen Double Nickels on the Dime4.5Anthrax Fistful of Metal3.5Black Flag My War4.01983 Mercyful Fate Melissa5.0Tom Waits Swordfishtrombones4.0Black Sabbath Born Again2.0Metallica Kill 'Em All4.0Stevie Ray Vaughan Texas Flood4.5Dio Holy Diver5.0The fact that this is a 5/5 album and not even the best album Ronnie James Dio sang on in my opinion is quite breathtaking. It's amazing how a vocalist can climb aboard any band or project and record amazing material, regardless of who the musicians are. This is a true sentiment to Dio. Holy Diver is a genius record and one of the true Metal classics, one that needs to belong in your collection. Just picking a favourite track off of this is a very daunting task, but I have to give it to the title track. Iron Maiden Piece of Mind4.51982 Dire Straits Love Over Gold4.5Rush Signals3.5Judas Priest Screaming for Vengeance4.0The Alan Parsons Project Eye in the Sky4.5Iron Maiden The Number of the Beast4.5Bad Brains Bad Brains4.01981 Black Flag Damaged4.5Black Sabbath Mob Rules4.5King Crimson Discipline4.5Rush Moving Pictures4.5Iron Maiden Killers4.51980 Motorhead Ace of Spades5.0Dire Straits Making Movies4.0AC/DC Back In Black4.5I initially had this rated a 3, but I realised I was being stupid. It really is a superb album, but it brings back a great deal of nostalgia.Peter Gabriel Melt5.0Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell4.5Iron Maiden Iron Maiden5.0Judas Priest British Steel3.5Tom Waits Heartattack and Vine4.0Rush Permanent Waves4.01979 The Clash London Calling5.0Pink Floyd The Wall3.5Frank Zappa Joe's Garage4.5AC/DC Highway To Hell4.5Neil Young Rust Never Sleeps5.0The ultimate Neil Young album, showcasing his beautiful acoustic side for one half, only to then unleashing "Old Black" to massive enjoyment. Music rarely eclipses the brilliance Neil layed down on this tremendous release.1978 Rush Hemispheres5.0Dire Straits Dire Straits4.5Thin Lizzy Live and Dangerous4.5AC/DC Powerage5.0Rainbow Long Live Rock 'n' Roll4.5Judas Priest Stained Class4.0Tom Waits Blue Valentine4.01977 Queen News of the World4.0David Bowie "Heroes"5.0Rush A Farewell to Kings4.0Tom Waits Foreign Affairs2.5Steely Dan Aja5.0AC/DC Let There Be Rock4.5Television Marquee Moon5.0Fleetwood Mac Rumours4.5Pink Floyd Animals4.51976 Frank Zappa Zoot Allures4.0AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap4.0Rainbow Rising5.0Rush 21124.5Judas Priest Sad Wings of Destiny4.5Tom Waits Small Change4.51975 Queen A Night at the Opera4.5Patti Smith Horses5.0Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here5.0I can barely explain how much this album means to me. One of my favourites of all time from arguably my favourite group.Tom Waits Nighthawks At The Diner3.5Rainbow Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow4.0Black Sabbath Sabotage4.5Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti2.0I've never been a massive Zeppelin fan, I enjoy them but I'm not overly obsessed with them. It's obvious that they're a huge influence and a pivotal part of Rock music, but I don't get they hype that surrounds this double L.P. and that there are people that consider it their best work. Very few memorable songs and even those tracks that feature some redeeming features are not enough to redeem the entire ordeal being presented to us here.Alice Cooper Welcome To My Nightmare4.5Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks4.5Bruce Springsteen Born to Run4.01974 Genesis The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway2.5Queen Sheer Heart Attack4.0King Crimson Red5.0King Crimson Starless and Bible Black4.0Queen Queen II4.5Camel Mirage4.5Rush Rush4.0Tom Waits The Heart of Saturday Night4.01973 Black Sabbath Sabbath Bloody Sabbath4.0Genesis Selling England by the Pound5.0Lynyrd Skynyrd Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd4.5Stevie Wonder Innervisions4.5Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy4.0Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon4.5King Crimson Larks' Tongues in Aspic4.5Lou Reed Berlin4.0Camel Camel4.0The Stooges Raw Power4.5Aerosmith Aerosmith3.5Tom Waits Closing Time4.51972 Deep Purple Machine Head4.0Lou Reed Transformer4.5Genesis Foxtrot4.5Black Sabbath Vol. 44.0Yes Close to the Edge3.0David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars4.5The Rolling Stones Exile on Main St.4.5Nick Drake Pink Moon4.51971 David Bowie Hunky Dory4.5Yes Fragile4.0Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV3.5Pink Floyd Meddle5.0A dimply breathtaking record. "Echoes" sends shivers up my spine like no other song..The Who Who's Next4.5Black Sabbath Master of Reality5.0This record belongs on the Mt. Rushmore of Heavy Metal. The first two Black Sabbath albums gave birth to what is now known as Heavy Metal. FACT. Master Of Reality however, took it to another level. Iommi's guitar riffs were much heavier, and it layed the foundations for Stoner Rock, Sludge Metal, not to mention Grunge. Geezer and Bill, perhaps the greatest rhythm section in Rock/Metal ever, are at the height of their abilities and power here. This is an album that if isn't in your collection needs to be rectified right away. One of my favourites of all time. It should be one of yours too. ESSENTIAL LISTENING.The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers4.0Mahavishnu Orchestra The Inner Mounting Flame4.5Joni Mitchell Blue4.51970 King Crimson Lizard4.0Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III4.0Black Sabbath Paranoid4.5Neil Young After the Gold Rush4.5Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo's Factory4.5The Stooges Fun House5.0Deep Purple Deep Purple In Rock4.5King Crimson In the Wake of Poseidon3.0Miles Davis Bitches Brew4.0Black Sabbath Black Sabbath4.51969 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II2.0Ranks for me as one of the dullest and most uninteresting Hard Rock albums of all time, yet most people will tell you it's a crown jewel, which I just find unfathomable. King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King4.5The Beatles Abbey Road3.0Neil Young Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere4.5Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin4.5Frank Zappa Hot Rats5.01968 The Beatles The Beatles4.0The Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland5.0Relocate yourself to England, find the best rhythm section and make great music. Sounds like an ambitious plan that James Marshall Hendrix had when he wanted to form a group, but rather than make just great music, he and his Experience made what many would argue was the most influential and timeless rock music ever made. Whilst Are You Experienced and Axis: Bold As Love are landmark records, they?re relatively straightforward compared to the trio?s third and final album Electric Ladyland. From the straight up rock ?n? roll gems of ?Crosstown Traffic? and the astounding Bob Dylan cover ?All Along The Watchtower?, to the psychedelic freak-out of ?1983? and the extended jam classic ?Voodoo Chile?, Electric Ladyland experiments with different vibes and sounds they hadn?t yet ventured into (thanks to the prominent influence of LSD; go on, google what an ?electric ladyand? is). Its gamete of influences sets it apart drastically from their previous work and any music from that decade. It?s a supremely complete and revolutionary release, making it one of the greatest original double albums as well as the best record of the 1960?s.The Velvet Underground White Light/White Heat4.51967 The Jimi Hendrix Experience Axis: Bold as Love4.5The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band3.5The Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced4.5The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground & Nico4.5The Doors The Doors4.51966 Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde4.51965 Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited4.0Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home4.5John Coltrane A Love Supreme4.51959 Miles Davis Kind of Blue5.0
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