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Posted by: SLASH91 Oct 1 2007, 07:21 AM

Hey everybody,
There have been many albums that have been hugely influential on the genre of metal. But what do you guys think the the best and most influential album ever is. I've heard many people say Master of Puppets by Metallica or Rust in Peace by Megadeth, but what do you guys think.

Posted by: Robin Oct 1 2007, 07:36 AM

Ooo I like this topic!

Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky



That album is one of the most important black metal albums. I was only a child at the time, so what do I know, but tons of people says it is, and I think it is the first black metal album, except from Bathory and Mayhem's albums. Its also Darkthrone's "best" and most known album.


For some crazy reason I didnt find anything from this album on youtube.

I found this live version of In The Shadow Of The Horns though:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=E9MIEYSWrm8

Posted by: VinceG Oct 1 2007, 07:58 AM

Mantas- Death By Metal

Well its influential because I think its the earliest death metal ever been recorded. It has all the classic death metal should be. Heavy guitars, gutteral vocals, and gore.

Metal Church- Red Skies

Earliest form of thrash metal. The combination of of heavy metal and hardcore punk are fused in this demo tape but its a lot heavier than thrash

Posted by: JVM Oct 1 2007, 08:17 AM

I love 'tallica but I'm going to go Rust in Peace on this one.

Posted by: Smikey2006 Oct 1 2007, 08:39 AM

Blackwater Park by Opeth.. i don't think it gets the recognition yet.. but it will.... Opeth doesn't write songs they write masterpeices.

Posted by: Guitarman700 Oct 1 2007, 09:45 AM

Rust In Peace, My Favorite album EVER!

Posted by: Hungus Oct 1 2007, 09:54 AM

I think Opeth's Blackwater Park is probably the best metal album of all time...

Not much else to say....

Posted by: FretDancer69 Oct 1 2007, 10:30 AM

Master Of Puppets!!! i was going for Ride The Lightning, but it has too many ballads

Posted by: Zephyr Oct 1 2007, 10:33 AM

I think it has to be Sargent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band... No competition.





































Or not...

Posted by: FretDancer69 Oct 1 2007, 10:38 AM

QUOTE (Zephyr @ Oct 1 2007, 03:33 AM)

I think it has to be Sargent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band... No competition.
Or not...

Posted by: Zephyr Oct 1 2007, 11:39 AM

Oops!

Posted by: SLASH91 Oct 1 2007, 11:42 AM

Cool, keep 'em comin' guys.

Posted by: FretDancer69 Oct 1 2007, 11:49 AM

QUOTE (Zephyr @ Oct 1 2007, 04:39 AM)

Oops!

Posted by: JVM Oct 1 2007, 01:06 PM

This thread made me pop in my copy of Blackwater park again.. I gotta say its really good. I still think Rust in Peace is better though

Posted by: Wyvernx Oct 1 2007, 02:04 PM

ooh I loved Something Wicked This Way Comes! & Burnt Offerings, ah hell! I'll go with Days of Purgatory for the collection of awesome Iced Earth songs.

Posted by: The Uncreator Oct 2 2007, 07:09 AM

Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Judas Priest - Painkiller/ Stained Class
Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine/ Rise Of The Tyrant
Death - Human
Cannibal Corpse - Butchered At Birth/ Tomb Of The Mutiliated
Carcass - Heartwork
Nightwish - Once
Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
Hammerfall - Crimson Thunder
Iced Earth - Something Wicked/ Framming Armageddon
Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky
Immortal - Sons Of Northern Darkness
Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
Epica - The Divince Conspiracy
Opeth - Ghost Reveries/ Damnation
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Evegrey - Inner Circle/ Monday Morning Apocalypse
Mercyful Fate - Melissa
Kind Diamond - Abigail/ Give Me Your Soul...Please
Trivium - The Crusade
Vainglory - Vainglory
Wintersun - Wintersun
Manowar - Hail To England/ Gods Of War
Nevermore - This Godless Endeavour
Dream Theater - Scenes From A Memory/ Systematic Chaos
Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side
The Black Dahlia Murder - Nocturnal
Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper/ Are You Dead Yet?
3 Inches Of Blood - Fire Up The Blades
Nile - Annhilation Of The Wicked/ Ithyphallic
Sanctity - Road To Bloodshed
Therion - Gothic Kabbalah/ Crowing Atlantis

Theres many more, the one in bold is if i HAD TO pick one.

Posted by: FretDancer69 Oct 2 2007, 07:22 AM

QUOTE (The Uncreator @ Oct 2 2007, 12:09 AM)

Posted by: Robin Oct 2 2007, 09:16 AM

QUOTE (The Uncreator @ Oct 2 2007, 06:09 AM)

Posted by: JVM Oct 2 2007, 09:32 AM

Hear the rime of the ancient mariner
see his eye as he stops one of three...
mesmerizes one of the wedding guests,
stay here and listen to the nightmare of the sea!

Posted by: muris Oct 2 2007, 10:31 AM

QUOTE (JVM @ Oct 2 2007, 10:32 AM)

Posted by: shredmandan Oct 2 2007, 11:01 AM

There's so many styles of metal but the ones that click for me when i hear greatest of all time is

Megadeth=Rust in Peace
Metallica=Master Of Puppets
Slayer=Reign in Blood
Pantera = Voluger Display of Power

Posted by: Understudy Oct 2 2007, 11:07 AM

Sorry guys, I'm going out a limb here and saying Black Sabbath, it doesn't matter which album. They are the godfathers of metal for me !!

Posted by: SLASH91 Oct 2 2007, 11:40 AM

QUOTE (shredmandan @ Oct 2 2007, 05:01 AM)

Posted by: Owen Oct 3 2007, 01:57 AM

QUOTE (SLASH91 @ Oct 2 2007, 11:40 AM)

Pretty much my list too, dude, but I think Kill 'em All really defined metal more than Master of Puppets.
I still like Master Of Puppets more though

Oh yeah, I'm still with my parents for another year and they'd freak if they heard Slayer so I've never gotten to listen to Reign in Blood. Just a couple of their songs.

Posted by: Pavel Oct 3 2007, 02:08 AM

This topic turned into another "favorite album" topic

Actually there is no MOST INFLUENTIAL album, or band or player. Each band contributed to the style it plays so i wouldn't go the way of eliminating all the others and stating only one.

If we list all of the albums you pointed out in this topic we will have another 100 albums list. Try eliminating 99 albums and leaving only 1! Pretty tough, ha?

Posted by: Fsgdjv Oct 3 2007, 05:26 AM

Yeah, that's right! Crimson with Edge of Sanity.

Maybe not a super polished album, but definetly a masterpiece and I consider this as THE progressive metal album. So yeah, it's the most awesome and influential metal album. (If I don't count black sabbath and stuff like that, that's obviously a lot more infueltioal on the metal genre since it kind of defined metal, but). In my opinion, of course

And yeah, since it has both Dan Swanö and Mikael Åkerfeldt on vocals, is there anything more to ask for?

Posted by: The Uncreator Oct 3 2007, 06:16 AM

this is more of a what metal albums influence you the most, i think.

Posted by: ZakkWylde Oct 3 2007, 06:25 AM

Most influencing I would say Cowboys from Hell by Pantera

Posted by: SLASH91 Oct 3 2007, 07:37 AM

QUOTE (Owen @ Oct 2 2007, 07:57 PM)

Harsh, My parents both hate death metal, but I listen to it and emulate the vocal style some of the time, apparently I'm not so considerate as yourself

Best Metal Album?

No idea, if I had to give one album that encompassed all of metal for me I'd say the new Darkest Hour album - Deliver Us.

I think its perfection, the lyrical concepts, the vocals, the balance between heavier metal and catchy riffing, it strikes dead on for me.

Props to Reign In Blood and Vulgar Display Of Power, the latter was my introduction to the genre.

Posted by: Owen Oct 4 2007, 12:09 AM

Hehe, what on dude?

"We're not having satanists in this house young man!"

Posted by: Ries Oct 6 2007, 07:30 PM

Alive or just breathing.. by the almighty Killswitch Engage!
with a decent second place for Cruel World by the farily unknown band Bloodsimple