Old Man Metal's Top Ten AlbumsApr 17 '04 Write an essay on this topic.The Bottom Line Here it is. Another album list, like you haven't seen any of these before. This one is to celebrate my first anniversary on Epinions. I am posting this compendium of my personal favorite metal albums on the date of my Epinions first anniversary. These are not the albums I probably would have chosen five years ago but then again I wasn't that much into metal then. It's not that my tastes have changed that much, it's just that I have discovered a style of music that I favor and didn't even know was around and it happens to be called Metal. So you might say that I don't like this music because it's characterized as metal but despite that fact. Many of the artists on my list are of that newly discovered style which for the purpose of this review I will call - NWOEPM [New Wave of European Progressive Metal]. Yes, I borrowed from that old abbreviation NWOBHM, so I'm a copycat, sue me! So, you say, there are lots of lists, is your lists better than anybody elses? Honestly, probably not, though I would like to point out a few things. Anybody's list (mine included) is by nature, subjective. There are, though, a couple reasons why my list might be more interesting than the other lists. One, where most members lists are selected from a narrow collection of CDs, my list, as a CD seller, is taken from probably 300-400 Metal CDs. Two, whereas the majority of the lists that I have perused pretty much stay in mainstream or popular Heavy Metal, I'm going to provide two lists, one for the popular Heavy Metal and one for the NWOEPM artists, which you may but probably are not familiar with. Now, it you are thoroughly familiar with the standard Heavy Metal releases and are looking for a little more, something a little different, you may find my NWOEPM list of interest. If not, you may find my popular metal list and most of the other lists more to your liking. The Ten Best Classic Metal Albums of the last Twenty-five Years 10] Powertrip - Monster Magnet(June 6, 1998) - A monster album from a monster group. At sixty plus minutes this is long for a hard rock/heavy metal album and gives us glimpses into space rock as well. 09] For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge(June 17, 1991) - Van Halen - I know everybody has there own favorite Van Halen album but this happens to be mine. You gotta admit, from Poundcake to Top of the world, this really does have a lot of great songs on it and Right Now was a fixation song of mine. 08] The Wake of the Magellan(April 8, 1998) - Savatage - Call this an achievement award for being a consistent though under appreciated band. More than any other band except maybe Ayreon, Savatage has led the resurgence of concept albums. 07] Use Your Illusion II(Sept. 1991) - Guns and Roses - A close call with Use your Illusion I but II gets the nod on the strength of "Breakdown", "Estranged", "Pretty Tied up" and "You Could be Mine". 06] Metallica - Metallica(Aug. 1991) - 1991 was a great year for mainstream metal and Metallica's Black Album was one of the years mainstays being the no. 1 album of the year and having five top hundred hits. 05] The Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Iron Maiden(1988) - Yes there are lots of great Ironmaiden albums but with "Only the Good Die Young", "Seventh So of a Seventh Son" "Moonchild" and "the Evil that Men Do", how many can claim to be better. 04] Savage Amusement - Scorpions(1988) - I picked this over Love at First Sting because there just isn't a bad song on the album. 03] Images and Words - Dream Theater(1992) - Another close call with Awake and Change of Seasons, This is the ultimate Progressive Metal album. 02] Aenima - Tool(Oct. 1, 1996) - Another masterful album. Actually a tie with Operation Mindcrime for the greatest metal(albeit with an industrial flavor) album to date. 01] Operation Mindcrime - Queensryche(Apr 27, 1988) - Obviously 88 was a banner metal year with three of my top ten albums including the best all around and the best concept album of all time. Honorable Mention Astro Creep: 2000 - White Zombie Awake - Dream Theater Use Your Illusion I - Guns and Roses Neruda - Red Rider Love at First Sting - Scorpions Youthanasia - Megadeth The Wall - Pink Floyd Queen's Greatest Hits - Queen Hillbilly Deluxe - Rob Zombie High 'N' Dry - Def Lepard Mother Love Bone - Mother Love Bone Sixteen Stone - Bush The Ten Best Metal albums of the Last Five Years 10] In Nomine Noctis - Artrosis - A Femme Fronted metal act from Poland. http://www.epinions.com/content_103193939588 09] Chronicles of Dysphoria - Chalice - A Femme Fronted metal act from Brisbane Australia. http://www.epinions.com/content_103591677572 08] The Game - Dreams of Sanity - Another Femme Fronted group, now disbanded, from Germany; http://www.epinions.com/content_120352706180 07] Ayreon - The Final Experiment - The new rock opera master - Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Netherlands 06] Mother Earth - Within Temptation - Femme Fronted classical Goth metal band from Netherlands. http://www.epinions.com/content_102189993604 05] Silence - Sonata Arctica - Very good Epic Power Metal from the musically prolific country of Finland. http://www.epinions.com/content_101670882948 04] Once and Future King part I - Gary Hughes - Another very good rock opera from the lead singer of the British group Ten; http://www.epinions.com/content_126211165828 03] Theli - Therion - The ultimate in Operatic/Symphonic Metal from Norway. http://www.epinions.com/content_103591153284 02] Light of Day, Day of Darkness - Green Carnation - Another Norwegian masterpiece. One Album, one song. sixty minutes long. http://www.epinions.com/content_96814599812 01] In Search of Truth - Evergrey - Nos one and two are tied again for there is no better album between these two. http://www.epinions.com/content_112586428036 Here are twelve other superb albums that barely missed the cut. Phantom Agony - Epica; http://www.epinions.com/content_132956982916 Century Child - Nightwish; http://www.epinions.com/content_112356134532 The Sign of the Winner - Heavenly; http://www.epinions.com/content_110652067460 Hastings 1066 - Thy Majestie; http://www.epinions.com/content_103144853124 Fantasma - Everon; http://www.epinions.com/content_120357293700 Hallowed be thy Name - Mob Rules; http://www.epinions.com/content_110649380484 Lake of Sorrow - The Sins of thy Beloved; http://www.epinions.com/content_98096680580 Once upon our Yesterdays - Cornerstone Crystal Empire - Freedom Call; http://www.epinions.com/content_96261082756 Moving Target - Royal Hunt; http://www.epinions.com/content_97616760452 In the Flames of Black Art - Darzamat; http://www.epinions.com/content_103352077956 In a Reverie - Lacuna Coil; http://www.epinions.com/content_98096942724 Voimasta Ja Kunniasta - Moonsorrow; http://www.epinions.com/content_111018806916  |
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