best metal album of all time!

But now that I'm a man, theoretically -- *thinks* the Misfits' _Walk Among Us_, which I admittedly just relistened to, or Carcass' _Symphonies of Sickness_, which is and remains utterly hilarious, intentionally so.

Well actually no, but it's interesting how cool it seems to be to like metal now - after general hating in the 80s and grudging reappraisals in the 90s, it's become the reverse-equivalent of country music, i.e. in the way that music fans say they like "anything except country", EVERY music fan suddenly is or was 'into metal' or if they're not they sure as shit won't say so.

Anyway, I own hardly any metal. "Appetite For Destruction" is what I like best out of what I've got.

Paranoid. It still sounds excellent.

Personal Tie for...

Back In Black - AC/DC Appetite For Destruction - G'n'R

Listen. I don't think I really have albums that qualify as metal, it's more individual songs I like of that genre than anything else. If it qualifies, I like Appetite for Destruction and I do like Black Sabbath but I can't decide which album I like best. Does The Holy Bible count as some form of goth-metal? I think it does, so therefore, my favorite Metal Album is The Holy Bible.

I really tried to be into metal when I was younger cos everyone else was but I couldn't wrap myself into it. I'm not a good headbanger, unfortunately. I just can't work it out, my head tries to bang but it just sort of half assed whips. It never really gets going, bad neck I think. So I just couldn't listen to the music. Very sensible reason if you ask me.

50's
Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio - s/t
Link Wray - Rumble! (best of)
60's
The Very Best of the Music Machine
Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum
70's
Black Sabbath - Paranoid, Masters of Reality, Vol 4, Sabotage
Alice Cooper - Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits
80's
Angry Samoans - Inside My Brain, Back to Samoa
The Possessed - Seven Churches
90's
Gasp - Drome Trilers of Puzzle Zoo People
Turbonegro - Apocalypse Dudes
00's
High on Fire - The Art of Self Defense
Le Shok - We Are Electrocution

If you like the Soilent Green check out the Gasp album.

Guns n Roses - Appetite for Destruction, Slayer - South of Heaven, Deicide - Deicide

Which just goes to show my progression into darkness. Interestingly enough I'm a Christian now...

but right now, the 'gonna get a little laid ... FUCK OFF' line from 'straightjacket' by love/hate is in my head, and so i am going to go out on a limb and vote for their debut album, 'black out in the red room.'

no disrespect meant to 'appetite for destruction,' of course, but really how much of THE ROCK is about going with the moment? you know what i'm talking about.

Annihilator - Never, Neverland Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction Anthrax - Persistence of Time Tool - Opiate

at this moment i sincerely believe this. i mean, who's more dangerous and evil and threatening: satan or ayn rand? no contest.

black sabbath - master of reality
black sabbath - volume 4
megadeth - rust in peace
opeth - still life
katatonia - the great cold distance (if you want to call it metal)
dark tranquillity - the mind's i
metallica - ride the lightning
metallica - master of puppets
slayer - reign in blood
my dying bride - the dreadful hours

in fact, those are my top 10 metal records probably (no order). on a given day, you can replace the dark tranquillity with opeth's 'blackwater park'

-- Phil Paterson

And he still thinks the same all these years later.

I had a strong Atheist and Cynic phase. Love the fusion influences! Those songs'll go from Death to Mahavishnu Orchestra and back again.

But ultimately it's Chaosphere and Still Life for me.

i am convinced the great cold distance is the best. last fair deal gone done comes extremely close. but every thing CLICKED on the last record. they avoided repetitive song structures which was exactly what was wrong with viva emptiness. 'tonight's music' remains the best katatonia song, but in terms of sheer consistency, and on a song for song basis, 'the great cold distance' is simply phenomenal.

usually, i have a boringly predictable take on records, but even if i stand alone in claiming 'the great cold distance' as one of the best records of 2006, i can take solace in the fact that i've played it more than anything else this year

words can't quite describe how i quite feel about that disc.

tom never did get into metal did he?

kbp never changed either

hah i said the same thing 4 years ago too

Possibly one of the worst opening posts of all time.

this was the 1st ILM thread on metal (at least according to the search engine)

this was the 2nd. Alex In NYC was on form
Hi-Fashion Ironic Vintage Metal/Punk Kitsch

hey bill check this one
New List to rip apart: Revolver Mag's 69 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time

Wow, thats pretty bad. As much as I like Pantera, no way that should be #2. and that's just the tip of the iceberg with that list.