What do you think of the rock/metal 1990's? Really such a bad & boring decade?

I think the 90's metal scene was as interesting as the 80's one. Better is another question, but it is full of cool, unique, good, heavier, interesting and different (maybe more than the 80's) releases. Some masterpiece albums too.
 
Quite the opposite for me. Fantastic Norwegian black metal albums, some great death / post death stuff from Sweden and Finland too.
 
No, there were plenty of great music in the 90’s if you had an open mind. I grew up in the 90’s, so that was awesome. Not so good for typical 80’s heavy metal and glam metal, but great for the alternative scene/grunge. Also lot of activities in the underground, think american/swedish death metal, scandinavian black metal, european power metal, european doom metal.
 
Magnus said:
Quite the opposite for me. Fantastic Norwegian black metal albums, some great death / post death stuff from Sweden and Finland too.
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... and Dark Millennium's legendary first 2 albums, and Primordial's, and two great by Bathory, etc, etc...
 
I disagree with the usual narrative. The was plenty of good metal in the 90s and in the Netherlands we had two metal festivals (Waldrock and Dynamo).
 
You guys know I'm more of a "Top... List" guy, so I will name some of my favourite albums from the 1990s (a great and an important decade for both Metal and Rock).

Pantera - Cowboys From Hell, Vulgar Display Of Power
Death - Human, Symbolic, The Sound Of Perseverance
Alice In Chains - Facelift, Dirt
Symphony X - The Damnation Game, The Divine Wings Of Tragedy, Twilight In Olympus
Dream Theater - Images & Words, Awake, Metropolis Pt. 2
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Megadeth - Rust In Peace, Countdown To Extinction, Youthanasia, Cryptic Writings
Mercyful Fate - Time (basically their entire 90s run)
KoRn - KoRn, Follow The Leader, Issues
Stone Temple Pilots - Core, Purple
Prong - The Cleansing
Bruce Dickinson - Accident Of Birth, The Chemical Wedding
Corrosion Of Conformity - Deliverance (their entire 90s run)
Crowbar - Odd Fellows Rest (their entire 90s run)
Down - NOLA
Green Day - Dookie, Insomniac, Nimrod
Nirvana - Nevermind
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Extreme - Pornograffiti
Sepultura - Arise, Chaos A.D.
Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten, Pierced From Within
Bolt Thrower - The IVth Crusade, ...For Victory, Mercenary
Cynic - Focus
Carcass - Heartwork, Swansong
Heathen - Victims Of Deception
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I & II
Slash's Snakepit - It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere
Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, Balance
Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer, Cross Purposes
AC/DC - The Razor's Edge, Ballbreaker
 
Hehe, I kinda forgot about these:

Judas Priest – Painkiller
Megadeth – Rust in Peace, Countdown to Extinction
Sepultura – Arise, Chaos A.D.

And of course, Metallica’s Black Album.

Nevertheless, I — like some others — see the ’90s as the years of metal’s decline, a sort of "dark ages."
 
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