GREATEST METAL ALBUM CUP - Winner: Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son!
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No, you continue voting but without feelings.
karljant
Ancient Mariner
Hey... I did nominated Entombed but it wasn't Left Hand Path. It was Wolverine blues.
Entombed - Left Hand Path (1990)
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Maidenfans Nominators: @karljant
karljant
Ancient Mariner
Sure. But I decided I would only nominate one album per band. And BOTH albums changed the metal scene forever. Only picked WB because it was more original and daring and created a whole new sub genre in metal. It was a hard choice but nevertheless it was between Wolverine and Clandestine (which I consider to be even better than LHP).
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You are completely correct.Hey... I did nominated Entombed but it wasn't Left Hand Path. It was Wolverine blues.
Left Hand Path was a list entry, but I just checked the name of the band and missed that it was a list entry. Anyway, it's corrected.
Diesel 11
As you scream into the web of silence...
Yeah. I was referring to it not appearing on any lists, not that you didn’t include it.
karljant
Ancient Mariner
Yeah... see where you're coming from. I also kind of found it strange but then again I remember you the "love" old school death metal has been given on this game and with that in mind it's not that surprising.
Lampwick 43
Barstool Warrior
Facelift is the first album with a real shot to take down a Maiden album and will provide a good litmus test for any future album going up against Maiden; If Facelift can't win against VXI, then I'm afraid Maiden bias will be too much to overcome and all other albums will be doomed in the long run.
KidInTheDark666
What's yours is mine and what's mine is mine too
I'm pretty sure that Endgame would've won against Virtual XI and Facelift probably wouldn't win against The Final Frontier or Dance of Death, but you have a point.
Diesel 11
As you scream into the web of silence...
Sorry, I might have not read this post correctly, but were you saying that I really like old school death metal? Cuz if so I don’t actually have a death metal preference, I just take things artist by artist. Left Hand Path isn’t an album I have a particular fondness for, but it’s an album I have a lot of respect for. Just to clear things up!Yeah... see where you're coming from. I also kind of found it strange but then again I remember you the "love" old school death metal has been given on this game and with that in mind it's not that surprising.
karljant
Ancient Mariner
No, I wasn't talking about you in particular. Just saying the majority of voters on this game aren't particularly kin on late 80's/ early 90's Death Metal . So it's not that much of a surprise no one nominating Left Hand Path.
karljant
Ancient Mariner
Amen!
I'm not that sure (Facelift is actually losing to VXI). Like I say: it's a Maiden forum. What were we expecting?
Seriously Left Hand Path is fantastic. It was possibly the first extreme metal album that made me realize I could enjoy extreme metal by itself. Not as a fusion with other stuff, like prog metal, but actual pure extreme metal. I also love those buzzsaw guitar tones.
Jer
A window to the west, a blazing star above
This Entombed album is samey death metal with expectedly terrible vocals. It has a handful of nice melodic instrumental parts, but that can’t begin to make up for the rest of what’s on display here. On large sections of the album the vocals, guitars, and drums aren’t even staying in sync with the beat, so it’s kind of a mess. No contest, @Night Prowler ‘s nominee takes this one easily. Winner: Judas Priest
This Razor album is pretty raw punky thrash, with bad thrash vocals and an unhealthy obsession with cut-time drumming, but it does have some interesting guitar work and it consistently rocks. The Rainbow album has better songwriting and obviously better singing, but it commits the sin of being boring for large chunks of its runtime, it’s been in the game for far longer than it ever deserved to be, and it’s eliminated at least 4 other albums that were obviously better on the merits, including the awesome Lupus Dei by Powerwolf — so fuck this album, I’m going with @Dityn DJ James ’s nominee. Winner: Razor
I shouldn’t have to say anything about this third match. Facelift is more of a hard rock album than a grunge album, and it’s got mostly great songwriting and performances throughout. There isn’t a single bad song on this record, and even the weaker stuff is still solidly good. Compare this to Virtual XI, a steaming turd of an album that left a permanent skid mark on Iron Maiden’s legacy. What greater test of Maiden bias is there than this match-up? On the merits, the answer is painfully obvious. Sorry, @Niall Kielt, but TravisoftheDicarus nominated a great album here and you clearly did not. Winner: Alice In Chains
I cringe at the idea of corporate-engineered rap metal as much as any long-time metal fan would, but I’ll be damned if they didn’t do a great job engineering this one. Heavy, melodic, and catchy as hell, this album kicks ass from top to bottom, producing two all-time classics in “Crawling” and “In The End”, and delivering great tracks throughout, leading up to the excellent “Pushing Me Away” as a closer. Even the DJ’d instrumental is enjoyable. Compare this to a merely OK Deep Purple album that I struggle to remember any passages from and it’s a pretty easy call. Sorry, @matic22, but @KidInTheDark666 managed to display atypically good judgment once again. Winner: Linkin Park
This Razor album is pretty raw punky thrash, with bad thrash vocals and an unhealthy obsession with cut-time drumming, but it does have some interesting guitar work and it consistently rocks. The Rainbow album has better songwriting and obviously better singing, but it commits the sin of being boring for large chunks of its runtime, it’s been in the game for far longer than it ever deserved to be, and it’s eliminated at least 4 other albums that were obviously better on the merits, including the awesome Lupus Dei by Powerwolf — so fuck this album, I’m going with @Dityn DJ James ’s nominee. Winner: Razor
I shouldn’t have to say anything about this third match. Facelift is more of a hard rock album than a grunge album, and it’s got mostly great songwriting and performances throughout. There isn’t a single bad song on this record, and even the weaker stuff is still solidly good. Compare this to Virtual XI, a steaming turd of an album that left a permanent skid mark on Iron Maiden’s legacy. What greater test of Maiden bias is there than this match-up? On the merits, the answer is painfully obvious. Sorry, @Niall Kielt, but TravisoftheDicarus nominated a great album here and you clearly did not. Winner: Alice In Chains
I cringe at the idea of corporate-engineered rap metal as much as any long-time metal fan would, but I’ll be damned if they didn’t do a great job engineering this one. Heavy, melodic, and catchy as hell, this album kicks ass from top to bottom, producing two all-time classics in “Crawling” and “In The End”, and delivering great tracks throughout, leading up to the excellent “Pushing Me Away” as a closer. Even the DJ’d instrumental is enjoyable. Compare this to a merely OK Deep Purple album that I struggle to remember any passages from and it’s a pretty easy call. Sorry, @matic22, but @KidInTheDark666 managed to display atypically good judgment once again. Winner: Linkin Park
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JudasMyGuide
Ancient Mariner
Left Hand Path is one of the best "classic" death metal albums and it's much harder to overplay than, say, Psycroptic, so it really passes the test of time. And f*** Nostradamus has overstayed its welcome hundred times over already, something should finaly trample it.
Rainbow's debut is one of those albums I really can't get enough and for my money - if not the best - at least the most consistent of all the albums Dio's ever appeared on. I hope it gets far, though IIRC it seems to have way too many detractors here.
Of the original AiC albums, I certainly like Facelift the least - it's still a sound of a band searching for itself and it lacks the absolutely brutal effectiveness of Dirt (and it kinda drags in the second half) - and I even rather like VXI (I wish Amigos were given more love around here), but AIC's signature's style (even in its infancy) wins in the end.
I admit that I never got back around on how Linkin Park in hindisght are supposed to be actually good nowadays, to me it's just way too angsty, musically insubstantial, "hip" (and hop) radio rock with screaming would-be teenager and hooks that are reeeeeally easy to overplay. I already wrote this in this thread some time ago
So no, Burn all the way. The title track alone has more energy, balls and talent than the entire Lincoln Park discography.
Rainbow's debut is one of those albums I really can't get enough and for my money - if not the best - at least the most consistent of all the albums Dio's ever appeared on. I hope it gets far, though IIRC it seems to have way too many detractors here.
Of the original AiC albums, I certainly like Facelift the least - it's still a sound of a band searching for itself and it lacks the absolutely brutal effectiveness of Dirt (and it kinda drags in the second half) - and I even rather like VXI (I wish Amigos were given more love around here), but AIC's signature's style (even in its infancy) wins in the end.
I admit that I never got back around on how Linkin Park in hindisght are supposed to be actually good nowadays, to me it's just way too angsty, musically insubstantial, "hip" (and hop) radio rock with screaming would-be teenager and hooks that are reeeeeally easy to overplay. I already wrote this in this thread some time ago
So no, Burn all the way. The title track alone has more energy, balls and talent than the entire Lincoln Park discography.