Favorite Album From Each Year

[Perun]

Machine Head is a good band though..

 

[Collin]

Bloodstone & Diamonds as well as Unto the Locust are near flawless albums. The Nu-Metal albums are definitely quite a few steps down though.

 

[Jer]

Sounds like you need to treat yourself to some FIREPOWER.

I finally got some, and yes, it’s my new best album of 2018.

 

[Cornfed Hick]

Killers is the only good album I've heard from that year. That's why it's a bad year.

Oh my. While 1981 wasn't at the level of, say, 1980 or 1982, it was still pretty damn good. Lots of classics, led by...

Moving Pictures - Rush

with strong contenders ...

Fair Warning - Van Halen
Mob Rules - Black Sabbath
For Those... - AC/DC
High and Dry - Def Leppard
Don't Say No - Billy Squier
Diary of a Madman - Ozzy
Tattoo You - Rolling Stones
Too Fast For Love - Motley Crue

Do you really believe that none of these is even a "good" album??

 

[KidInTheDark666]

Oh my. While 1981 wasn't at the level of, say, 1980 or 1982, it was still pretty damn good. Lots of classics, led by...

Moving Pictures - Rush

with strong showings from...

Fair Warning - Van Halen
Mob Rules - Black Sabbath
For Those... - AC/DC
High and Dry - Def Leppard
Don't Say No - Billy Squier
Diary of a Madman - Ozzy
Tattoo You - Rolling Stones

Do you really believe that none of these is even a "good" album??

Mob Rules is pretty good. Totally forgot about Diary of a Madman though. It's the second best of the year.

 

[Edington]

I finally got some, and yes, it’s my new best album of 2018.

Excellent. Track-by-track review in the Discography Discussion please.

 

[Diesel 11]

Excellent. Track-by-track review in the Discography Discussion please.

Watch him call Flamethrower the best song and give the title track a 5/10 because of the sloppy guitar work and Halford's "asleep at the wheel" singing style.

 

[Wogmidget]

Had another think

1990: Judas Priest - Painkiller
1991: Metallica - Metallica
1992: Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
1993: Motorhead - Bastards
1994: Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
1995: Blind Guardian - Imaginations From the Other Side
1996: Virgin Steele - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, part II
1997: Nightwish - Angels Fall First
1998: Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth
1999: Virgin Steele - The House of Atreus, Act I

2010: Blind Guardian - At the Edge of Time
2011: Alestorm - Back Through Time
2012: Sabaton - Carolus Rex
2013: Battle Beast - Battle Beast
2014: Sabaton - Heroes
2015: Maiden - The Book of Souls
2016: Amon Amarth - Jomsviking
2017: Mastodon - Emperor of Sand
2018: Judas Priest - Firepower
2019: Frozen Crown - Crowned in Frost (for now, at least)

 

[Wogmidget]

@Diesel 11 Now you've listened to a fair bit of new music, O great listmaker, do you fancy throwing your hat in the ring?

 

[Diesel 11]

Not quite yet.

 

[DJ James]

1985 saw the release of . . . Metal Church (Metal Church)

That Metal Church debut was '84, regardless, 1985 almost wins my favorite year from the 1980's if only on the merit of The Return......, Branded and Exiled (not even that big of a RW fan but this album kicks ass), Seven Churches, and those first two Razor albums. 1987 had some killers in it too. My favorites being your aforementioned Under Jolly Roger, Scum, Abigail, Nightfall (one of the greatest 80's heavy metal albums. In my top 20 from the 80's atleast), and Black Mark. That Death album from 1995, Symbolic, is probably in my top 5 death metal albums ever.

 

[DJ James]

Machine Head is a good band though..

I will give you this: I think Clenching the Fists of Dissent is one of the most aggressive songs ever recorded. Beyond that, I believe I outgrew them. And you know who knows, in 7 more years I'm probably gonna outgrow some of the stuff I listen to a lot right now.

 

[Wogmidget]

Not quite yet.

very sad

 

[The Dissident]

Went through these all last night, some years are a little sparse in terms of music I've listened to, those which I don't feel represent an album I enjoy have an N/A in the place until I find an album I like, I excluded EPs and Live Albums. Some things stuck out pretty quick like that every Alter Bridge record is featured here, and Iron Maiden also has a naturally strong showing. They nearly had 7 but I had to pick Blackout over The Number Of The Beast.

2019 - Alter Bridge - Walk The Sky
2018 - Judas Priest - Firepower
2017 - W.A.S.P. - ReIdolized: The Soundtrack Of The Crimson Idol
2016 - Alter Bridge - The Last Hero
2015 - Iron Maiden - The Book Of Souls
2014 - Slash Ft Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators - World On Fire
2013 - Alter Bridge - Fortress
2012 - Rush - Clockwork Angels
2011 - Evanescence - Evanescence
2010 - Alter Bridge - AB III

2009 - Dream Theater - Black Clouds And Silver Linings
2008 - Scorpions - Humanity: Hour 1
2007 - Alter Bridge - Blackbird
2006 - Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life and Death
2005 - Judas Priest - Angel Of Retribution
2004 - Alter Bridge - One Day Remains
2003 - Evanescence - Fallen
2002 - Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
2001 - N/A
2000 - Iron Maiden - Brave New World

1999 - Dream Theater - Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From A Memory
1998 - Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
1997 - N/A
1996 - N/A
1995 - Bon Jovi - These Days
1994 - Dream Theater - Awake
1993 - Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell II: Back To Hell
1992 - W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol
1991- Temple Of The Dog - Temple Of The Dog
1990 - Queensryche - Empire

1989 - W.A.S.P. - The Headless Children
1988 - Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
1987 - Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
1986 - Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
1985 - N/A
1984 - Iron Maiden - Powerslave
1983 - Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
1982 - Scorpions - Blackout
1981 - Black Sabbath - The Mob Rules
1980 - Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

1979 - Scorpions - Lovedrive
1978 - Rainbow - Long Live Rock N Roll
1977 - Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell
1976 - Rainbow - Rising
1975 - Scorpions - In Trance
1974 - Scorpions - Fly To The Rainbow
1973 - Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
1972 - Black Sabbath - Vol 4
1971 - Led Zeppelin - IV
1970 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid
1969 - Led Zeppelin - I

By Artist:
Alter Bridge – 6
Iron Maiden – 6
Scorpions – 5
Black Sabbath – 4
Dream Theater – 4
Led Zeppelin - 3
WASP – 3
Evanescence – 2
Judas Priest – 2
Meat Loaf – 2
Queensryche – 2
Rainbow – 2
Bon Jovi – 1
Bruce Dickinson – 1
Guns N Roses – 1
Rush – 1
Slash Ft Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators – 1
Temple Of The Dog – 1

 

[Wogmidget]

@The Dissident

May I recommend:

'85: Virgin Steele - Noble Savage
(Also a bit surprised you didn't include The Last Command)

'96: Helloween - The Time of the Oath
Virgin Steele - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Part II

'09: Black Sabbath - The Devil You Know

 

[The Dissident]

@The Dissident

May I recommend:

'85: Virgin Steele - Noble Savage
(Also a bit surprised you didn't include The Last Command)

'96: Helloween - The Time of the Oath
Virgin Steele - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Part II

'09: Black Sabbath - The Devil You Know

The Last Command didn't quite click for me as much as the other W.A.S.P. albums and The Devil You Know is pretty good but again doesn't click enough for me to really say it is my album of the year

 

[Wogmidget]

gee, tough crowd

 

[Kalata]

1997 - N/A

1994 - N/A

1985 - N/A

?.....
1985 - Accept: Metal Heart
1994 - Helloween: Master Of The Rings
1997 - Bruce Dickinson - Accident Of Birth

 

[The Dissident]

?.....
1985 - Accept: Metal Heart
1994 - Helloween: Master Of The Rings
1997 - Bruce Dickinson - Accident Of Birth

Haven't heard any of those before... Will have to add them to my list

 

[Black Wizard]

Haven't heard any of those before... Will have to add them to my list

You haven't listened to 'Accident of Birth' yet? You must be trolling.