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DEATH - Symbolic Technical Death Metal
MASTODON - Leviathan Sludge Metal
MEGADETH - So Far, So Good... So What! Thrash Metal
MEGADETH - Rust in Peace Thrash Metal
EXODUS - Shovel Headed Kill Machine Thrash Metal
EXODUS - Bonded by Blood Thrash Metal
METALLICA - Ride the Lightning Thrash Metal
DEATH - The Sound of Perseverance Technical Death Metal
KAYO DOT - Choirs Of The Eye Avant-garde Metal | review permalink
DYSTOPIA - Human = Garbage Crust Punk | review permalink
AGALLOCH - Marrow of the Spirit Atmospheric Black Metal | review permalink
ISIS - Oceanic Atmospheric Sludge Metal
ISIS - Panopticon Atmospheric Sludge Metal
NEUROSIS - Times Of Grace Atmospheric Sludge Metal
NEUROSIS - Souls at Zero Atmospheric Sludge Metal
NEGURĂ BUNGET - OM Atmospheric Black Metal
CAPTAIN BEYOND - Captain Beyond Heavy Psych
PRIMUS - The Brown Album Funk Metal | review permalink
CULT OF LUNA - Somewhere Along The Highway Atmospheric Sludge Metal
MESHUGGAH - Destroy Erase Improve Progressive Metal

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Metal Genre Nb. Rated Avg. rating
1 Heavy Metal 51 3.23
2 Thrash Metal 51 3.91
3 Non-Metal 40 3.64
4 Progressive Metal 33 3.30
5 Sludge Metal 31 4.11
6 Atmospheric Sludge Metal 31 4.21
7 Atmospheric Black Metal 27 4.41
8 Hard Rock 27 3.59
9 Black Metal 24 4.46
10 Metal Related 24 4.02
11 Stoner Metal 21 4.33
12 Avant-garde Metal 17 4.00
13 Drone Metal 14 4.36
14 Funk Metal 12 3.75
15 Stoner Rock 12 4.04
16 Groove Metal 9 4.11
17 Folk Metal 7 3.71
18 Doom Metal 7 4.57
19 Death 'n' Roll 7 4.21
20 Proto-Metal 7 4.00
21 Technical Death Metal 6 4.08
22 NWoBHM 6 3.92
23 US Power Metal 6 4.42
24 Death Metal 5 3.80
25 Alternative Metal 5 2.90
26 Heavy Alternative Rock 3 4.00
27 Rap Metal 3 3.83
28 Power Metal 2 4.25
29 Industrial Metal 2 4.25
30 Mathcore 1 5.00
31 Heavy Psych 1 5.00
32 Metalcore 1 5.00
33 Speed Metal 1 4.00
34 Traditional Doom Metal 1 4.00
35 Hardcore Punk 1 3.50
36 Funeral Doom Metal 1 4.00
37 Crust Punk 1 5.00

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POSSESSED Seven Churches

Album · 1985 · Death Metal
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The missing link between thrash and death metal... there are all sorts of elements that fans of those two genres will recognize: riffs that wouldn't be out of place on Death Angel's The Ultraviolence, vocals that are almost growled and certainly heavier than any thrash metal band at the time (barring perhaps Celtic Frost, another genre-defying band), tremolo picking galore, but also Exodus-style guitar dueling solos. Most Primus fans probably have no clue Ler Lalonde used to rip like this. Mostly recommended for fans of early Slayer, Death and Morbid Angel. Also a very consistent album (no filler tracks) with great production value for being a bunch of teenagers in 1985.

Hard to sit still or turn it down once this album starts playing!

XYSMA Lotto

Album · 1996 · Stoner Rock
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Very strange album to be coming from a former death/grind band, though not totally unexpected given the trajectory Xysma's career had been taking up to this point. While the prior albums First and Magical and Deluxe being somewhat lighter & trippier variations on Entombed's "death-n-roll" theme, Lotto veers into stoner rock and even almost pop-punk. Think, a more garage version of Monster Magnet or Queens of the Stone Age. The production is intentionally a bit lo-fi, but it works.

The lyrics are goofy and the vocals are split duty between croaky and (surprisingly good) clean. Overall, the thing that strikes me most about Xysma and especially Lotto, is how lighthearted and fun it all is. Hard not to have a good time listening to this album.

Favourite tracks: We Just Came Inside, New Gel In Town, The Tram

ENTOMBED Morning Star

Album · 2001 · Death 'n' Roll
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If "Uprising" is Entombed's tribute to Motorhead, "Morning Star" is the greatest Slayer album that never was - just a nonstop, crushingly heavy, relentless, thrashy and sludgy metal masterpiece that still manages to be head-banging groovy.

The vocals and instruments are both heavier and harsher than the several previous album. Lyrics on the surface sound like boilerplate anti-Christian (not atypical in death metal), but lots of them are really just movie quotes. The rhythms are tight and chugging, crisp snappy drumming, spirited raw vocals, ripping guitar solos - Morning Star has a lot to offer, and is possibly the best release from this consistently great band.

Favourite tracks: Chief Rebel Angel, I for and Eye, Year One Now, Fractures, City of Ghosts, About to Die

ENTOMBED Uprising

Album · 2000 · Death 'n' Roll
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Entombed does Motorhead-

Stockholm band Entombed is mostly famous for two things - popularizing the Boss HM-2 "chainsaw" guitar tone, and pathfinding the unfortunately nicknamed "death-n-roll" style of music. Uprising is an album that has both those trademarks. Where it differs from Entombed's other offerings is in catchiness. The grind is all there, but the riffs have a toe-tapping 70s hard rock characteristic to them. The vocals are harsh, but not death metal growls. It's an album that would be hard to place in time if you didn't know better... and yet in a sense it is far heavier than most anything from the 70s and 80s. Truly worth a listen for the open minded metalhead. Great gym music, by the way, with far better production value than their earlier studio albums.

Favourite tracks: Seeing Red, Won't Back Down, Something out of Nothing

STONE Emotional Playground

Album · 1991 · Thrash Metal
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I'm torn; Emotional Playground probably has the best music, but the worst production of Stone's studios. The drums suffer most, sounding unfortunately a little too tinny to really beat the message across. Some of the guitar solos aren't loud enough, but they rip as hard as anything I've ever heard. Still a very enjoyable listen, and it's only because the other albums sounded so excellent that it is even noticeable.

They've dialed the prog rock back just a titch from Colours, and it works well here. It's a shame that they really came into their own sound so shortly before breaking up. I love the vocal harmonies on the opener, something that doesn't appear on any of their other albums. The vocals in general are much more diverse than the rest of the discography. Also a big fan of the "rattly" bass guitar tone they've found here. Compared to Colours, there is less dissonance, but more variety in tempo, time signature, and heaviness, which makes the whole thing flow quite well. I even heard some acoustic guitar in there. The crushingly awesome downtuned dirge "Years After" stands out as a big stylistic shift, almost an experiment.

Favourite tracks: Small Tales, Last Chance, Mad Hatter's Den, Dead End

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  • Posted 29 days ago in Paul Di'Anno has died
    RIP, Iron Maiden and Killers were some of the very first heavier albums I got into
  • Posted 33 days ago in Darkthrone Albums
    [QUOTE=adg211288]Please vote for the three best according to you. [/QUOTE] ok I actually read the OP now and I also voted Transilvanian Hunger and Arctic Thunder
  • Posted 33 days ago in Darkthrone Albums
    possibly my favorite band the last 5 years or so, love everything post-black-metal they did but impossible to not vote A Blaze In The Northern Sky which still blows me away, the drum sound is crazy for when it came out

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