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Black Sabbath over Overkill. I was pleasantly surprised with the latter, but "Headless Cross" is just an amazing album. Motörhead over Opeth. @Diesel 11 summed it up perfectly - for all their obvious talent and skill, Opeth never managed to truly grab me. Motörhead, on the other hand, always...

I've been searching for the best way to describe my general view of Opeth, and this is perfect. Thank you.

Léven never struck me as a long-term solution for Candlemass, more like someone Edling knew who was reliable and didn't make any crazy demands. He did a decent job, and I do think he was the main factor in keeping the band together when Edling was ill, but I still prefer Lowe, and I think they...

In Flames and Nightwish.

I had already listened to Ulver’s second album, "Kveldssanger", and wasn’t thoroughly impressed going into this. However, I was more than pleasantly surprised – "Bergtatt" is absolutely brilliant. So atmospheric, and perfectly blending the black metal sound with cleaner elements. Is it the same...

Neither album in the first pairing did much for me. Oranssi Pazuzu was strange, psychedelic, but very original I suppose. Gojira, on the other hand, was much more straightforward and not exactly breaking any new ground. Still, I think I’d prefer listening to the latter, so Gojira gets my vote...

"Chapter VI" is an odd one out in their discography, but I find it very enjoyable nonetheless. Its highs are very high - "Where the Runes Still Speak" is a monster of a track, up there with the best Candlemass has ever made.

I'd recommend "King of the Grey Islands", their first album with Robert Lowe on vocals (their ninth studio album, I think, if you're doing them chronologically). It's definitely their heaviest record, and while they fired Lowe later on due to some bad live performances, he might have the best...

Amorphis was pretty good. So was In Flames. The similarities in style doesn’t make the choice any easier. Hmm… While I liked the atmosphere of the Amorphis-album a lot, In Flames seemed to feature more interesting and engaging songwriting, so I’m gonna go with them. Gonna revisit both albums for...

Match 1: Sentenced is… bland. Boring. Commercial, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it’s seriously lacking flavour. Bewitched’s album, on the other hand, is almost the polar opposite – raw and unpolished, but they’re pretty fun and energetic, and at least sound passionate about what...

Match 1: Turilli/Lione and AC/DC turned out to be very similar listening experiences. Both albums start out well, but get boring to listen to after a while. And neither is hardly a contender for the best metal album of all time – I’m absolutely baffled that Metal Kingdom placed “Zero Gravity” so...

Haven't got the time to listen to more than just the posted songs this time around. Match 1: I’m not the biggest fan of Tony Kakko’s vocals, though I can’t really explain why – it seems to be an opinion shared by a few on these forums. Out of what I’ve heard previously by Sonata Arctica, this...

Match 1: I wasn’t familiar with Rage at all before this. I was actually a bit surprised to discover “Black in Mind” is their ninth studio album, as I find a certain youthful naivety about the songwriting, the kind that I would expect from one of a band's first offerings. The singer sounds like a...

Match 1: I’m not really a fan of glam rock/metal, save for very few bands. That being said, I do like Sebastian Bach’s voice, and I can’t honestly say anything bad about Skid Row's music – catchy choruses and decent riffs; I could easily have the album spinning in the background while doing...

Match 1: I can’t really determine if Bewitched are aiming for a satanic, serious or silly feel, but they’re entertaining enough. And they certainly get bonus points with me for their cover of Thor’s "Let the Blood Run Red" – I can’t express how much of a smile it put on my face when I heard Jon...

Match 1: Never been a big fan of AC/DC, but I appreciate a couple of their albums. This honestly seems like a weaker effort from them. Korn is still shit. AC/DC wins. Match 2: Giving Soundgarden a fair chance has been on my mind for a while, as I’ve seen numerous people praise them (and...

Match 1: The tracks I heard from this Deafhaven album gelled a bit better with me than the first one. Still not a fan though, and to completely honest, I’m not sure I could stomach an entire album of them. It’s not the black metal elements that bothers me, on the contrary – it’s that reverb-y...

First of all, kudos to @LooseCannon for putting this together. Feels like a gargantuan undertaking! I wish I'd been around to nominate a list myself, as I feel like there are a couple of albums I'd like to see here, but no matter - should be interesting anyway. My approach will be to listen to...

Good point! In that case however, I'd probably pick "Gates of Babylon" as my favourite track from '78 ;) Incredible song. It might be a cover, but no other version comes even close to what Nelson, Kristofferson, Jennings and Cash did.

Alright, I'mma try to do this without looking at the albums I posted in the other thread: 1970: Black Sabbath - "War Pigs" 1971: Jethro Tull - "Aqualung" 1972: Deep Purple - "Highway Star" 1973: Deep Purple - "Mary Long" 1974: Deep Purple - "Burn" 1975: The Alan Parsons Project - "The Raven"...