Unpopular opinions

I was listening to this in the car today (the full album version anyway):


and I got to thinking... This is better than the shit Sepultura was churning out in the 90s with the Cavaleras in the band. In fact, every album post-Max, except Against, is at least better than Chaos A.D. (And all are better than Roots, because it is a dogturd sprinkled with glitter). I also got to thinking, I like Schizophrenia better than Arise. And then I got to thinking (I should really stop making a habit of it...) there are a lot of other things I think about metal which a lot of people don't always agree with:

• I like LuLu
• I hate Rust in Peace
• The John Bush era Anthrax is as good as the Belladonna era
• Undisputed Attitude is a fucking good Slayer album, and God Hates Us All isn't
• Testament really weren't very good back in the 80s
• Mayhem is good, but way overrated
• Cannibal Corpse are a much more accomplished band than a lot of people give them credit for
• Death's gory old stuff is better than the jazz/prog stuff later on
• For a long time I said Dark Angel's Darkness Descends was at least as good as Reign In Blood. I was wrong
• As much as I want to like it, I just don't like Nuclear Assault post-The Plague
• The Number of the Beast is good, but way overrated, and The X Factor and Virtual XI are both perfectly fine albums. Iron Maiden have never released a bad one
• Judas Priest has released a lot of awful music, studded with some absolute gems
• I feel conflicted listening to Anal Cunt. I can't figure out if the sexism, racism, anti-Semitism and homophobia was a joke or not
• Suffocation are bloody awful
• Black metal in general is just really silly
• I would rather listen to Poison's Open Up and Say....Ahh! than any Kiss album ever
• Dream Theater and Opeth are really, really boring
• I don't get Led Zeppelin
• A lot of grindcore is just formless noise, but I still find myself attracted to it
• Paul Baloff was a really shit singer, but his style fitted Exodus really well back in the day

That will do for now. Anyone else have opinions which seem to run counter to the prevailing wind?

I remember having a similar topic to this on the Heavy Metal Haven forum years ago. I expect a lot of my opinions have changed since those days but there's a few that still hold true and a few newer opinions:

Andi Deris-fronted Helloween is better than Michael Kisk-fronted. Both Keeper of the Seven Keys albums are overrated as hell.

Pretty basic, but I think Atheist's Piece of Time is a way better album than Unquestionable Presence. 

Also, I hate Iron Maiden. That is all except for Somewhere in Time. Love that album to death. I always thought they were so stagnant and uncreative with each album.

metal sucks

My one-star review of 'Paranoid'.

I still stand by my review. 

^ personally i don't understand why anyone gives a flying fuck about what music someone else likes. I read reviews to get insight into an album's contents and possible new perspectives that i have missed.

One I forgot and just reminded myself of: