Average Rating: 3.56 Rating Variance: 0.84 Objectivity Score: 78% (Well Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name5.0 classicD.R.I. CrossoverThe defining crossover thrash album, literally. It's punk enough for punks and thrash enough for thrashers. Death Angel The Ultra-ViolenceIt's hard to believe that an album this awesome was made by a bunch of fucking kids. I mean, the drummer was 15. Is that not badass? This album is everything that thrash is about. Speed, agression, but it's got plenty of melody too, and the guitarwork is excellent. Exodus Fabulous DisasterWhile many disagree, I think this is the best thing Exodus ever did. While every other thrash band at the time was trying to be political and shit, Exodus were still singing about moshing and headbanging. Steve Souza is an amazing vocalist, and Gary Holt is definitely in the top five thrash guitarists ever. Hinder Welcome to the FreakshowKate Bush Hounds of LoveMotorhead Ace of SpadesAce of Spades isn't just a classic heavy metal album, it's just a great rock n' roll album. There's a few albums that truly capture the spirit of rock n' roll, the sleaziness, the dirtiness, the raw power that is rock n' roll, and Ace of Spades is one of those albums. This is just great shit for everyone. Thrashers, punks, any rock n' roll fan should get something from this.Rush Clockwork Angels4.5 superbAC/DC Highway To HellAtheist Piece of TimeCeltic Frost To Mega TherionD.R.I. 4 of a KindD.R.I. Dirty RottenD.R.I. Dealing with It!Deep Purple Machine HeadDeep Purple Made in JapanTake a bunch of three and four minute songs, and make them, like, ten minutes longer with more guitar wankery. Sounds like a bad idea, but it fucking worked for Deep Purple. While the long, indulgent solos prove that Richie Blackmore is a self-centered prick, it makes some great rock music. Diamond Head Lightning to the NationsOne of the best metal albums ever made, Lightning to the Nations was an influence on everyone at the time. Just listen to Metallica's Kill 'Em All and you can hear Diamond Head influence in every song. Exodus Bonded by BloodHeaven and Hell Live From Radio City Music HallMotorhead InfernoMotorhead OverkillMotorhead Iron FistMotorhead Another Perfect DayMotorhead Rock 'N' RollMotorhead No Sleep 'til HammersmithMotorhead Better Motörhead Than Dead: Live At HammersmithMotorhead MotorizerRainbow RisingRainbow Long Live Rock 'n' RollTestament The New OrderVenom Black MetalI bought this album a little after it was released simply for its album cover. It was just too evil too pass up. The music blew my mind. I felt weird listening to something that sounded so evil. Venom Welcome to HellListening to awesome albums like Welcome To Hell kinda makes me sad, knowing that Venom will never put out an album this good again, ever. 4.0 excellentAC/DC If You Want Blood You've Got ItAnvil Forged in FireAtheist ElementsAtheist Unquestionable PresenceCeltic Frost Morbid TalesD.R.I. Thrash ZoneDeath Angel Act IIIDeath Angel Frolic Through the ParkDeep Purple Deep Purple In RockDeep Purple FireballExodus Another Lesson in ViolenceExodus Tempo of the DamnedExodus Pleasures of the FleshHeaven and Hell The Devil You KnowRonnie is about one-hundred years old, and he can still fucking rock. It's hard to imagine a bunch of old guys like this sitting around playing music this heavy. Tony Iommi is like, 63, right? In my town, a man in his sixties doesn't even listen to music anymore.Motorhead 1916Motorhead BastardsMotorhead BomberMotorhead No Sleep at AllMotorhead March Or DieMotorhead Kiss of DeathRainbow Ritchie Blackmore's RainbowMan on the Silver Mountain has one of the best riffs ever conceived by Ritchie Blackmore.Rainbow On StageSaxon Wheels of SteelSaxon Denim and LeatherSaxon had a ton of great albums, but in my opinion, they never released a true classic like other bands at the time like Iron Maiden or Judas Priest. This, Denim and Leather, is my favorite Saxon album, and it rocks.Saxon The Eagle Has LandedSaxon Strong Arm of the LawTestament Practice What You PreachTestament The LegacyVenom At War with Satan3.5 greatAC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt CheapAC/DC Back In BlackAC/DC Let There Be RockAC/DC High VoltageAnvil Metal on MetalAnvil sounded so fucking evil back in the day. I thought that they were the Satan-worshipping sex fiend warrior perverts of metal. But nowadays, this is decent at best. However, LIVE, they still got it.D.R.I. LiveDeath Angel Kill as OneDeath Angel The Art of DyingDeath Angel Killing SeasonDiamond Head Borrowed TimeExodus Shovel Headed Kill MachineExodus The Atrocity Exhibition: Exhibit AMotorhead MotörheadMotorhead On ParoleSaxon CrusaderSaxon SaxonSaxon Power and the GlorySaxon The Inner SanctumSaxon Into the LabyrinthTestament The GatheringTestament Souls of BlackTestament Return to the Apocalyptic CityTestament The Formation of DamnationAt least they're playing pure thrash again. Their best album since Souls of Black.3.0 goodAC/DC PowerageAnvil Hard 'n' HeavyAnvil This Is ThirteenCeltic Frost Into the PandemoniumD.R.I. DefinitionD.R.I. Full Speed AheadDeep Purple Perfect StrangersDecent album, but really, if you've heard In Rock, Fireball, Machine Head, and Made In Japan, there's no real point in even listening to this. After a certain point, it seems like Deep Purple just became useless. Deep Purple Who Do We Think We AreDef Leppard On Through the NightDiamond Head CanterburyExodus Let There Be BloodMotorhead OrgasmatronMotorhead We Are MotorheadMotorhead HammeredTestament The RitualTestament Low2.5 averageAC/DC For Those About To Rock We Salute YouCeltic Frost MonotheistDeep Purple BurnDeep Purple StormbringerDef Leppard High 'N' DryExodus Impact Is ImminentMotorhead Snake Bite LoveMotorhead SacrificeRainbow Down To EarthAfter releasing some amazing rock n' roll albums, Ronnie James Dio left Rainbow and they never were the same.Saxon Rock the Nations2.0 poorBadlands BadlandsI figured since the band was made up of Sabbath members and former Ozzy axeman, Jake E. Lee, this would be good. But instead, this album is just another hair band's attempt at becoming the next Led Zeppelin.Def Leppard PyromaniaDef Leppard's first two records sound pretty lame and dated now, but back in the day, it was badass. Def Leppard were apart of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal for a reason. But then they released this over-polished, pop metal album, and I haven't bought a Def Leppard record since. Saxon Innocence is No ExcuseTestament DemonicVenom PossessedVenom Metal BlackVenom HellVenom Calm Before the Storm1.5 very poorAC/DC Black IceBlack Ice fucking sucks, but at this point in their career, we all expected it to suck. I still payed cash to see them on this tour, and they still put on a good show, but I didn't even buy a shirt at the show.Celtic Frost Cold LakeA sad attempt to achieve mainstream popularity. But think about it, how could a band named CELTIC FROST ever become popular anyway? Unless they changed their name to Celtic Snake or Celtic Lion, or Frost Snake, they'd never be popular.Whitesnake WhitesnakeI was so stupid in 1987. I heard that this was actually a good album. But it fucking wasn't! Just more hair rock bullshit trying to sound like Led Zeppelin. 1.0 awfulMetro Zu HashPipe JazzWhitesnake Slide It InIn 1984, I hadn't yet moved on to much extreme metal. I had a few Venom records, and I owned Kill 'em All and Show No Mercy. But I still loved the lighter bands like Iron Maiden and Ozzy and Dio. I read about a "metal" band called Whitesnake in a magazine and read that they had a good blues rock thing going (like Led Zeppelin, a band that I was just starting to love at the time). So I picked this up. And I fucking hated it.
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