GREATEST METAL ALBUM CUP - Winner: Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son!

MindRuler said:
I thought you liked them because of your avatar. :lol:
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Def Leppard - A band that I only delved into years after their heyday when I realised a lot of modern releases weren't for me. This is a decent record but I prefer Pyromania and the first album to it.

Led Zeppelin - opinion given a few times

I could go either way with this one, both albums are decent enough but not my favourite from either band, Physical Graffiti is more likely to feature in best ever albums lists, but I'm going to accept Jer's judgement over Metal Storm, and also Mirror Mirror is a better track than Down by the Seaside. Def Leppard with the win

Powerwolf - Corny over produced euro metal

Rainbow - opinion given a few times

There's no way a "greatest album ever" list that takes itself seriously could include a derivative ten a penny euro metal album rather than the debut album of a classic band that feature two of metal's all time legends. Rainbow with the win.

System of a Down - Fairly straight forward ballad, but again a lot better than I was expecting from these, and produced sounding like an actual band not a producer pulling the strings. Opening lyric a bit too similar to Lou Reed though

Edguy - opinion given a few times

System of a Down with the win

Enslaved - terrible

W.A.S.P. - Opinion given a few times, good choice of track although saying that you can't go wrong with pretty much anything off this record

W.A.S.P. with the win
 
Def Leppard - their second album is a total classic! Only the album cover is meh.
Rainbow - everything by them is gold!
Edguy - Mandrake is one of their best albums.
W.A.S.P. - great album.
 
Lots of people are voting on the Cup, and I'm working. Feeling tempted to use work time to vote. :lol: Don't really have anything to do anyways. Voting should definitely be allowed during working hours, after all it's a citizen's duty. Maybe I should contact my MP. Well, I guess I'll be a nice girl and wait till my workday is over. There's always afternoon coffee break though...
 
Disappointing round:

a) Never liked Def Leppard even back in the early days when they weren't a sell out so an easy vote for Led Zeppelin.

b) Edguy's still here? And to end it I'll have to vote for a meh album by System Of A Down? Ok.

c) Powerwolf sound every bit as yet another hollow over produced recycling heavy metal 21st century act. No, thanks. Give me Rainbow.

d) Unlike what they did later in their career (with several albums I love) really early Enslaved is a sound that's an absolute turn off for me. Nevertheless, although Enslaved practices the genre of Black Metal I simply dislike in Vikingligr Veldi, there's already some signs of potential, of something different and more refined in their approach to that template that fortunately the band started to explore more and more. Nevertheless this particular one is not my thing by any sorts unlike the great album that is The Headless Children so it's an easy choice: WASP.
 
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Long songs this time around. :)

Def Leppard: Really don't like them.
Led Zeppelin: Don't really like them either, but prefer them to Def Leppard.

Powerwolf: This was quite nice actually. Good music, nice groove, what's not to like. Well, the "Satan, Satan" chant, but other than that, it was quite irresistible.
Rainbow: This song wasn't too bad, but Powerwolf was better.

System of a Down: Both music and lyrics on the example song were somewhat too simple. The story was very sad, but for some reason, I felt no compassion. The text was slightly too naive to my taste too.
Edguy: This song I liked rather a lot. 11 minutes wasn't too long at all. With a mysterious name like Mandrake, thrilling album cover and if the lyrics are what I think they are, this is music I might consider adding to my playlist.

Enslaved: 11 minutes of this was a bit monotonous. Maybe the purpose is to fall into a trance. The vocalist sounded like he may possibly test positive for Covid. (In case Covid jokes aren't politically correct, I'm sorry. Replace that word by strep throat or mono.)
WASP: Probably not my favourite, but this example song was ok.
 
KidInTheDark666 said:
I dunno guys, Powerwolf sounds pretty unique to me.
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I can see both sides of this. The core of the music is high-octane, well executed classic melodic metal. That part is familiar. Then you add the pipe organ and the variably operatic baritone singing and it gives it a more unique feel. The lyrical shtick was also pretty unique until werewolf metal became its own microgenre. But bottom line, you’re never going to confuse a Powerwolf song with a song by any other band, and that means the sound is unique enough.

I’m still beside myself at the number of people picking the Rainbow album over this one. Either people aren’t actually listening with an open mind, or the elements of the music that we appreciate the most are fundamentally different. To me, Lupus Dei is a killer metal album, and Rainbow is just a solid metal-adjacent album.
 
Jer said:
I’m still beside myself at the number of people picking the Rainbow album over this one. Either people aren’t actually listening with an open mind, or the elements of the music that we appreciate the most are fundamentally different. To me, Lupus Dei is a killer metal album, and Rainbow is just a solid metal-adjacent album.
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If it makes you feel better, I intend to vote for Lupus Dei. I wouldn't vote for it against Rising, but that's not showing up for a loooooooooooooooooooooong time.
 
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Def Leppard because it's not Led Zep, and also pre-sellout Def Leppard.

Rainbow's highs are higher than Powerwolf's highs, but this Powerwolf album is just better. And also overall Powerwolf has more good songs than Rainbow does, quantitatively speaking.

SOAD over Edguy easily.

I haven't heard either of the albums, but I overall heard more of Enslaved so I'm voting for them.
 
Jer said:
Sorry, @Magnus
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What for? I'm not playing on that album :D
On the contrary, thank you Jer for bothering to listen to albums that you know are not exactly your cup of tea and providing thoughtful comments on them (that goes for some other members as well, you know who you are) - that's the whole point of this game, isn't it?
Speaking of which, I'll vote after I hear the Edguy and Powerwolf albums - from which I expect nothing good but you never know.
 
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Magnus said:
On the contrary, thank you Jer for bothering to listen to albums that you know are not exactly your cup of tea and providing thoughtful comments on them (that goes for some other members as well, you know who you are) - that's the whole point of this game, isn't it?
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I guess I'm providing silly, uninformed comments on areas I'm not familiar with. Don't know what it's bringing to the game. Normally I tend not to advertise my ignorance on something, just be quiet so others may think I'm smarter than I actually am. On this Cup I've taken another approach, and I'm sometimes embarrassed of my input.
 
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