Bands With 5 Awesome Albums (or more?!)

GJ · Post by GJ » Wed May 27, 2009 9:12 am

No! (Dio: First album - a few songs, + a few later songs)

@ Helm: As for fantasizing about Anacrusis. They're going to play at KIT 13 next year maybe that explains them being "active". I'll keep fantasizing though and hope that they still have their individuality intact but that their open-mindedness haven't let too much new influences/sounds in.

MEXDefenderOfSteel · Post by **MEXDefenderOfSteel** » Wed May 27, 2009 9:13 am

Helm wrote:DIO? What?! Nooo

sorry if you dont like it but i can easily mention 5 great albums without hesitating,for me that would be:

-Holy Diver
-The last in line
-Sacred Heart
-Dream Evil
-Master of the Moon

Sgt. Kuntz · Post by **Sgt. Kuntz** » Wed May 27, 2009 9:40 am

VIRGIN STEELE anyone?

"Noble Savage" + "Age of Consent" = one of the very best ever!
"The Marrige...Part 1 + 2" = essential as well, high class!
"Virgin Steele" + "Guardians of the Flame" I personally love them, great early US metal imo.
"Invictus" the sound is a bit strange, but with convinsing songwriting all along the line, a good one

Abyss · Post by **Abyss** » Wed May 27, 2009 9:46 am

GJ wrote:No! (Dio: First album - a few songs, + a few later songs)

I agree, Holy Diver is the only awesome album from Dio.

Sgt. Kuntz wrote:VIRGIN STEELE anyone?

"Noble Savage" + "Age of Consent" = one of the very best ever!
"The Marrige...Part 1 + 2" = essential as well, high class!
"Virgin Steele" + "Guardians of the Flame" I personally love them, great early US metal imo.
"Invictus" the sound is a bit strange, but with convinsing songwriting all along the line, a good one

Nobel Savage is the only one I would consider awesome the rest are very hit and miss with me.

MEXDefenderOfSteel · Post by **MEXDefenderOfSteel** » Wed May 27, 2009 9:52 am

damn, i cant see why so much hate towards Dio,while others even consider bands like Turbo for this thread ,anyways i guess im a fan here....

GJ · Post by GJ » Wed May 27, 2009 10:00 am

"Not awesome" equals "hate"?

Dio is a great singer and has done lots of great stuff and lots average to good stuff.

Helm · Post by **Helm** » Wed May 27, 2009 10:08 am

Virgin Steele actually I think 'Invictus' is the album they always wanted to make (well, actually Virgin Steele are pretty schizoid, half of their material is epic metal Olympus and the other half is songs about having sex with jailbait... I'm talking about the epic metal side here cuz I don't care about Defeis' sexual habits) and I don't often listen to any of their other albums.

GJ · Post by GJ » Wed May 27, 2009 10:24 am

Need to work more on the later (post-Noble Savage

) VS albums. I've always thought them to be a bit on the syrupy side for whatever reasons. Never liked the noble proud knight on a white horse angle I guess. Two songs always stood out for me: Guardians of the Flame and The Redeemer.

great_knuthulhu · Post by **great_knuthulhu** » Wed May 27, 2009 10:26 am

Definitely:
Black Sabbath (first six, H&H, Mob Rules)
Thin Lizzy (Fighting, Jailbreak, Jimmy the fox, Bad rep, Black Rose, Renegade, T&L)
Manilla Road (Metal, CL, Deluge, Mystification, Open the Gates - conservative estimate!)
Judas Priest (their 70s albums, Defenders of the Faith, Screaming, Painkiller)
Ac/Dc (every single Bon Scott album plus BiB)
Saint Vitus
(Pentagram if the collections of unreleased material count)

Off topic:
Gentle Giant
Yes
Jethro Tull
Cornelis Vreeswijk
Tom Waits
Hawkwind
King Crimson
Monster Magnet

Sgt. Kuntz · Post by **Sgt. Kuntz** » Wed May 27, 2009 10:37 am

Helm wrote:Virgin Steele actually I think 'Invictus' is the album they always wanted to make (well, actually Virgin Steele are pretty schizoid, half of their material is epic metal Olympus and the other half is songs about having sex with jailbait... I'm talking about the epic metal side here cuz I don't care about Defeis' sexual habits) and I don't often listen to any of their other albums.

Haha, okay good point here.

But sex can be epic, too. Just as "Chains of Fire"!

Korgüll · Post by **Korgüll** » Wed May 27, 2009 11:05 am

MEXDefenderOfSteel wrote:damn, i cant see why so much hate towards Dio,while others even consider bands like Turbo for this thread ,anyways i guess im a fan here....

Don't worry, I'm with you on this one..

Last In Line is one of the first albums I ever heard! Essential!

ION BRITTON · Post by **ION BRITTON** » Wed May 27, 2009 11:52 am

Sgt. Kuntz wrote:VIRGIN STEELE anyone?

"Noble Savage" + "Age of Consent" = one of the very best ever!
"The Marrige...Part 1 + 2" = essential as well, high class!
"Virgin Steele" + "Guardians of the Flame" I personally love them, great early US metal imo.
"Invictus" the sound is a bit strange, but with convinsing songwriting all along the line, a good one

My ratings for those albums go something like this:

Noble savage - 10/10
Guardians - 9/10
Marriage pt.1 - 9/10
Marriage pt.2 - 8.5/10
Invictus - 8.5/10
Age - 7.5/10
S/T - 6/10

I think they qualify

The Erlking · Post by **The Erlking** » Wed May 27, 2009 12:10 pm

For me DIO's first two albums are essentials (and even they include a few average moments) and the rest of his discography have some good songs but also muchos of "meh".

Korgüll · Post by **Korgüll** » Wed May 27, 2009 12:45 pm

Besides the obvious Voivod, Rush & Venom.. Maiden, Savatage, Bathory etc..
..here are some of my essential first 5 album artists:

ANTHEM (make it first 6, minus the live album)
BLUE OYSTER CULT (minus Live album)
GWAR
LIZZY BORDEN (including the Live album!)
METAL CHURCH (all albums are consistently good! First 4 essential)
RISK (definitely for thrash/riff fans, great stuff!)
UNLEASHED
MERCYFUL FATE
KING DIAMOND
etc...

Non-metal essentials:
KILLING JOKE (first 6!)
LYNYRD SKYNYRD (minus 'One More From The Road' Live album!)
REPLACEMENTS (all 7 albums essential!)

Nearly there, but not quite:
OVERKILL (first 4 only, after that = crap-ola!)
ASPHYX (first 4, then 5th was average, then 6th was great, but 5 if you count the EP

)
QUEENSRYCHE (first 4 ....then downhill from there.....)

There's so many more bands that released 3 or 4 great albums then either split up or released crap there after.... waaaay too many to go through!

Abyss · Post by **Abyss** » Wed May 27, 2009 3:19 pm

nothing is essential.