What do you guys think of my picks?? I tried to be as objective as possible, with my personal opinion only influencing things a tiny bit
@BradleyHallGuitar8 ай бұрын
🧐
@The_witcher08 ай бұрын
Pretty much a good idea of how linear and unlinear metals evolution has been
@baronrogers8068 ай бұрын
Great picks! I wouldn’t say Red is really metal though, strikes me more as prog rock/progressive rock
@phobixthething56928 ай бұрын
If you actually chose St.Anger for 2003, (which the thumbnail implied), I would've dipped my balls in the nearest deep fryer holy fucking shit.
@j.n74428 ай бұрын
You're triggering me with the 2003 pic in the thumbnail
@eamonahern74958 ай бұрын
98 Should be Sound of perseverance tho
@Yourlocalbrazilianfemboy3 ай бұрын
Bradley hates that album. There's no way he would put it there. But 1995 should have been Symbolic tho.
@jamesslayer420 күн бұрын
For real dude
@9431extremevisceraldestruction8 күн бұрын
Seeing Rainbow and Dio here truly puts a smile on my face. There is so many things extremely Metal about Dio's presence in his prime, which is just his entire musical career haha. I also think that the 2000s and 2010s just had so much great material to work from, and I can't wait to see how the 20s work off of such a foundation.
@RC32Smiths018 ай бұрын
Agreed man, dio is the man
@ilikeguitars35118 ай бұрын
Rainbow Rising is one of the best metal albums ever in my opinion. Easily in my top 5.
@MikaelLV8 ай бұрын
Same
@nathangrueber98348 ай бұрын
Slaughtered At The Soul is awesome, but I think Symbolic should've won.
@periachi49618 ай бұрын
To bad Dio sucked ass
@saukkonen13288 ай бұрын
1980 had sooooo many all time great albums: Blizzard of Oz - Ozzy Osbourne Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath Ace of Spades - Motorhead British Steel - Judas Priest Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden Wheels of Steel - Saxon Lightning to the Nations - Diamond Head I'm sure I missed a few. Really hard to pick a winner here!
@IaMD.B.7 ай бұрын
Other great Metal or Hard Rock releases in 1980 include Angel Witch - angel witch Def Leppard - on through the night Rush - permanent waves Triumph - progression of power Van Halen - women and children first Scorpions - animal magnetism Kiss - unmasked AC/DC - back in black
@SaintMartins7 ай бұрын
ACE OF SPADES! ACE OF SPADES! ACE OF SPADES!
@huntzzio7 ай бұрын
Iron Maiden debut still the best
@HitlerGaymes1236 ай бұрын
fuckin love phantom of the opera
@fartexboy42255 ай бұрын
@@fartexboy4225 Strange World
@HitlerGaymes1235 ай бұрын
the beauty of metal is that there’s always something for everyone, glad we’ve got a big metal family community, love you guys :)
@CliveHand5th8 ай бұрын
ok
@niko46138 ай бұрын
Love u too
@worshipkyama95667 ай бұрын
Metal is dead
@gerardoa91797 ай бұрын
@@gerardoa9179 it's not dead,if u consume mainstream garbage then you'll obviously think that,there is a lot of metal,ur just not paying attention.. it's just not mainstream anymore besides which let's face it ,most mainstream music nowadays is just pure filth (coming from a gen z'er)
@worshipkyama95667 ай бұрын
Agree
@Yourlocalbrazilianfemboy3 ай бұрын
King Crimson's "Red" - one of the best records in general. Simply amazing.
@lukasz.908 ай бұрын
A prog rock band that make many metal band embarrassed
@cahesolo92678 ай бұрын
It’s a great album, but calling it metal is a real stretch.
@ragingbill8 ай бұрын
Exactly. The album that defined prog metal for decades. In every modern prog metal album you can hear something from Red
@Lokharn58 ай бұрын
@@ragingbill They're obviously not a Metal band but that album is absurdly heavy for its time
@BradleyHallGuitar8 ай бұрын
@@BradleyHallGuitar Exactly so. It's the same with Moving Pictures. Not a metal album per se but hooooooly fuuuuuck is it influential in more ways than people realize for its production quality and the number of people influenced by the musicianship.
@warren_r8 ай бұрын
Can't say I really agree with much of this. But that's the beauty of metal. There's something for everyone. 🤘
@SpacemanXC8 ай бұрын
Same here! I wouldn't have picked over half.
@franklittle878 ай бұрын
Especially not the blastbeat-ridden deathgrind stuff or endless breakdown grindcore. It's just so BORRRRIIIING.
@cdfox858 ай бұрын
@@cdfox85 lol but thats the stuff i would add 😅 i like the part that goes CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG RE REEE CHUG REEEEE CHUG CHUG
@SpacemanXC8 ай бұрын
Precisely! Such a diverse genre will never have a definitive answer, and that's amazing!
@i.d.97548 ай бұрын
That why trying to make objective lists are a waste of time. I'd much rather see a list from somone who has nothing whatsoever in common with me, than from someone trying to please everyone. There's nothing wrong with being proud of what you like, even if no one else does.
@BarbaricAvatar8 ай бұрын
Metal is such a diverse and awesome genre that you could pick like 20 different albums for each year, awesome time to be a metal fan with new awesome bands on the horizon while most of the classic bands like megadeth, maiden etc are still around releasing bangers
@picklesandwich59498 ай бұрын
I absolutely agree
@fanaticofmetal8 ай бұрын
1988 should be Operation: Mindcrime from Queensryche. According to Steve Harris (Iron Maiden), Bruce told him that O:M was exactly what Seventh Son should have been.
@benitokamelo2528 ай бұрын
Now Queensryche play Rebel Yell with La Torre , ajaja . Geoff Tate is the one.
@velonmusk5 ай бұрын
I love that you picked Individual Thought Patterns for 1993. If you picked any of Reign In Blood, Master Of Puppets, Peace Sells or Somewhere In Time for 1986 I would have been satisfied with that pick. I expected Sad Wings Of Destiny to be in there but Rainbow is a good choice anyway.
@eamonahern74958 ай бұрын
and 1998 should have been The Sound of Perseverance, not the Blind Guardian one
@weon_penca8 ай бұрын
@@weon_pencathat BG album is a masterpiece. I don't even like power metal and death is my fav death metal band, but this particular album is so good
@Blaze-wb6bk8 ай бұрын
@@weon_penca I'm not even a Blind Guardian fan but there's no way TSOP is beating out that album lmao
@BradleyHallGuitar8 ай бұрын
Stained Class is one of the most influential albums ever, spawning both NWOBHM and thrash so I expected to see that in 1978
@scifiordie8 ай бұрын
@weon_penca The curse of feanor alone is better than Deaths entire discography after Leprosy
@floppafloppa79908 ай бұрын
Not having From Mars to Sirius for 05 and TWOAF for 08 is pure madness
@AndyVasilev8 ай бұрын
I really wanted to include a Gojira album, they were just very unlucky with the years they picked to release music 😆
@BradleyHallGuitar8 ай бұрын
I love gojira, but no way it beats Ghost Rebveries
@Blaze-wb6bk8 ай бұрын
@@Blaze-wb6bk imo it beats, i would put Blackwater park in 2000
@yuramalets4998 ай бұрын
Magma > Terminal Redux
@davinsch74238 ай бұрын
Catch Thirty-Three > Ghost Reveries, Mars to Sirius
@Nothing-bl7bj8 ай бұрын
2:17 Pantera's the great southern trendkill is one of my favorites because is a great mixture of a sound like the depressive Alice in chains and the typical band's sound i love it
@mikepineda47138 ай бұрын
Life is but a dream was a great surprise to me, never been a big fan of this band but i really enjoy some songs, and this album really impressed me
@Weed-Bat8 ай бұрын
Late '90s through the mid 2000s were so great with bands like COB, In Flames, KSE, Symphony X, LOG, Nevermore, Soilwork, Scar Symmetry, etc. hitting their peaks.
@jonjones39588 ай бұрын
lack of St. Anger, truly infuriating
@ST0NE_2068 ай бұрын
Why would st anger be here?
@RayhanToombs2 ай бұрын
@@RayhanToombs it was a joke I made because it’s shown in the thumbnail
@ST0NE_2062 ай бұрын
Huh. Btw what song is used at 2012 for monolith of inhumanity?
@RayhanToombs2 ай бұрын
So glad to see some Dio love on this list. You should do a Dio speed run. It’d be hilarious to see you doing those vocals.
@TheWhokulele8 ай бұрын
Love individual thought patterns. Great pick
@jacktheus22658 ай бұрын
Having Terminal Redux on here is such a great choice! Glad to see such an underrated masterpiece given credit
@frankbald39578 ай бұрын
Vektor is an amazing blackened progressive thrash band, that put a smile on my face
@xraygamer98958 ай бұрын
My favourite album of all time! Was shocked to see it here actually!
@henrywalton59678 ай бұрын
@@henrywalton5967 same
@busterbruhn92008 ай бұрын
best album since music was a concept
@likupisnos8 ай бұрын
Honestly just happy to see Great Southern Trendkill get some love. I feel like it's the forgotten Pantera album. Probably my favorite metal album ever. The mix of Southern groove with Phils death and black metal influences is perfection
@xVooDooPiMPx8 ай бұрын
10/10 album no doubt. Dimes solos in there are unmatched by anyone else
@donbrown38568 ай бұрын
My favorite too bro, discover it when I was 10, what a punch in my face !
@leprimate8 ай бұрын
In my opinion Cowboys From Hell was 1990 best metal album
@jackob_c87328 ай бұрын
@@jackob_c8732está duro pero el rust in peace es una joya del trash🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
@jasonx10008 ай бұрын
The chorus in the title song hits so hard. Most angry dude in history😂
@SnusKing8 ай бұрын
It warms my heart you put a couple of Devin Townsend albums. Super underrated.
@levikeins8 ай бұрын
Thanks for doing this. Exposed me to some newer albums that I’m enjoying
@bumrecordingstudios8 ай бұрын
Rainbow was such a damn good band, shame I never got to see them live.
@LocrianDorian8 ай бұрын
Such a ridiculously sick band, way underrated!
@BradleyHallGuitar8 ай бұрын
@@BradleyHallGuitar Speaking of, see you on Saturday dude.
@LocrianDorian8 ай бұрын
One of the most slept on albums in my opinion. Phenomenon by UFO another album that doesn't get enough live in my opinion. @@BradleyHallGuitar
@ozzy29918 ай бұрын
Come to Italy, I play in a tribute band to Dio...you can see the next best thing! (we're not amazing, but we get the job done)
@chuckcassidymusic8 ай бұрын
@BradleyHallGuitar seen em...they were meh tbh. Ufo tho were fkin awesome live
@zfid8 ай бұрын
Glad to see some respect con Blind Guardian and Symphony X. Incredible albums
@andreshermosilla8648 ай бұрын
It's so nice to see Devin Townsend in this list twice. Especially Addicted - first collab between the two of my favourite metal artists - Anneke Van Giersbergen and Devin Townsend.
@hredwolf8 ай бұрын
I was thinking that too! I only know of Anneke from Ayreon but I really missed out on her collabs with Devin back then. Better late than never!
@miahthorpatrick10135 ай бұрын
i can agree with literally everything on here keep up the good work bradley
@guitar_covers1728 ай бұрын
Hahahhaa nice thumbnail 😂
@TonyJuanPailos8 ай бұрын
Ain’t wrong tho
@Erik-bd6ll8 ай бұрын
@@Erik-bd6llThis afternoon I listened to my St. Anger cd. It's actually fucking great for what it is.
@HeathenDance8 ай бұрын
St. Monguer... xD 🤪
@isaactl8 ай бұрын
@@HeathenDance best album of 2033
@TonyJuanPailos8 ай бұрын
@@TonyJuanPailosFrom the future?... it will be in 30 years?... 🤔💭
@isaactl8 ай бұрын
Huge props for including 'Sunbather'. It's has such a unique sound and I can never understand why it's so hated.
@pratyushbzr8 ай бұрын
Because they're hipster posers, but the record is great tbh
@jumhed9948 ай бұрын
It's simple because the Americans (USA) tend to be seen as the pioneers when in reality the true innovators are France, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Iceland, Post Black Metal existed and had been developing in France/Germany long before, The same thing happens with Lorna Shore, generally DeathCore fans believe that they invented extreme metal with keyboards, something that is already 30 years old and is called Symphonic Black Metal. Many people in the USA came to discover bands like Behemoth only a couple of years ago when they went on tour with Slipknot, a band that has existed for more than 30 years 💀 So...saying that Deafheaven invented post black metal is simply disrespectful
@bernardocatrilef28468 ай бұрын
@@bernardocatrilef2846literally no one believes that Lorna Shore invented extreme metal with keyboards lol
@BUFFALO_cougar_slayer7 ай бұрын
It's hated because it's very boring.
@lukino6666 ай бұрын
Come to think of it, Children of Bodom brought it to the mainstream, I think 🤔
@BUFFALO_cougar_slayer6 ай бұрын
I was surprised, but pleased, to see Nightfall in Middle Earth. I would have made a lot of different choices, but I appreciate the diversity of sub genres. I was really surprised to see LIBAD here. I don’t know that it’s the best of the year, but it’s probably the most divisive.
@6li8storm408 ай бұрын
Love your picks, love that you used mostly Deep cuts for the song samples. Excellent. One glaring thing for me - I think Mercyful fate/King Diamond need a spot here. Probably Melissa (as much as I enjoy Holy Diver) or Abigail.
@louisyank53265 ай бұрын
Also the fact that you know, Rush - Moving Pictures and KC’s Red aren’t metal albums at all
@Chrillin___4 ай бұрын
I love Melissa, but it feels like a warm-up. Don't Break The Oath is MF's masterpiece, just banger after banger. As for K. Diamond, I agree on Abigail -- it's as perfect as can be. The Eye took a long time to grow on me, but when it "clicked", I couldn't get enough of it.
@ghostofyourmom4 ай бұрын
@@ghostofyourmom согласен во многом. Меня кидало от одного альбома к другому,но Абигейл это что то чуть выше всего
@fedorpopof41243 ай бұрын
It's great to see some Power Metal representation! Power Metal is so underappreciated these days, and both "Nightfall on Middle Earth" and "Odyssey" are pasterpieces in their own right.
@TheNightmareRider8 ай бұрын
Yes! Both amazing bands! NightFAAAAALL!
@senditkevin8 ай бұрын
I mean, some of the bigger metal bands right now are power metal bands, think of Sabaton and Powerwolf for example
@manulogiudice8 ай бұрын
@@manulogiudice no.... no it isnt... power metal is a niche. Power metal is about 5-10% of my listening
@diabolivirtusen-tavares-ea46458 ай бұрын
@@manulogiudicebut that's way Different to what Power metal was then...
@maxjbg8 ай бұрын
@@diabolivirtusen-tavares-ea4645 I don't think that your listening or my listening experience alone can be representative of the state of the genre in 2023😅
@manulogiudice8 ай бұрын
Happy to see Nightfall by Blind Guardian, you really nail it 🤘
@paulvulcano16 ай бұрын
Didnt expect to see Vektor here! Great choice, the cattle decap appreciation for 2012 too was nice to see
@greennx8 ай бұрын
Leviathan is genuinely one of the absolute best records I will ever listen to.
@J.PC.Designs8 ай бұрын
@@apollonsears I will have to check it out thank you
@J.PC.Designs8 ай бұрын
It truly is
@king-zahi24386 ай бұрын
I recently read Moby Dick, and I kept thinking to myself: "damn they really did their homework on that album."
@richXPT70719 күн бұрын
I would add in 89 Sepultura Beneath the Remains, in 96 Aenema by Tool, 2000 Opeth Blackwater Park and I miss some Gojira in 2008 with The way of all flesh, but you nailed it with Vektor's Terminal Redux, what an album! Great picks anyways bro 🤘
@olivergarcia36358 ай бұрын
89 i woulf choose terrorizer - world downfall(the better album on which pete sendoval plays, not altars of shitness), and i agree with 2000, bwp is a masterpiece. 96 none so vile and 94 i would go with when the kite string pops. And yeah terminal redux is just amazing.
@xraygamer98958 ай бұрын
Blackwater Park was released in 2001 tho !
@alexandremarchand88158 ай бұрын
@@alexandremarchand8815 you are right, was recorded in 2000 but released in 2001
@olivergarcia36358 ай бұрын
I agreed with ya on SEPULTURA
@lowlifeangler8 ай бұрын
Eh, Trendkill was metal, Aenma feels more alternative hard rock
@REGIZ1Ай бұрын
so many great picks on here, I probably would've put Vildhjarta in there too
@broncoxy7 ай бұрын
Gonna have to write some of these down and get to them.
@TheHobatron8 ай бұрын
It's insane how many albums you can put in 1990. The fact that RIP is interchangeable speaks lengths at how great of a year 1990 was, damn. On top of the previously mentioned Rust In Peace, there's Painkiller, Seasons In The Abyss, Cowboys From Hell, and the list just keeps going and going. What a UNIT of a year! People say "Metal was dead in the 90s" yeah yeah yeah talk about bullshit. On another note, I'd put Demanufacture in 1995's slot, that album is a GEM.
@MetalheadCurt8 ай бұрын
1990 IS such an amazing year for Metal. Sadly a lot of classic bands really struggled after that year, but there certainly were some great new ones who picked up the torch (even if they weren’t filling arenas the way the classic bands had.)
@sdamon8 ай бұрын
I'd throw Tales From The Twilight World from Blind Guardian in there also, although at that point they were still growing musically it seems.
@senditkevin8 ай бұрын
1990 isn't the 1990's 😉 But of course it's bullshit, there are loads of great metal albums from the 90's. It's more like metal was considered 'dead' from a popularity standpoint, I guess. Of course it was still a great decade for metal fans, but we're a niche audience in respect to the broader popular music scene.
@MrLBPug8 ай бұрын
Demanufacture is such a masterpeice, its so 90's yet so futuristic at the same time
@henrywalton59678 ай бұрын
Coma of Souls, By Inheritance, Twisted Into Form, Swallowed in Black, Persistence of Time, Never Neverland... great year for Thrash!
@alejandrocruzmontano70538 ай бұрын
Life Is but a dream is a severely under rated album. It is just pure artistic genius.
@mayatmaot8 ай бұрын
Too true!
@BradleyHallGuitar8 ай бұрын
def best album of 2023 the Avenge album@@BradleyHallGuitar
@misguidedyouth20068 ай бұрын
It just came out, too early to call it underrated. Personally I'm not a fan tbh.
@LocrianDorian8 ай бұрын
Judging by how quickly I forgot that A7X even had an album this year and how all the talk died down, I guess it’s about as forgotten as it deserves to be. I kind of see why some people consider it a masterpiece but I’m not one of them.
@Fkod888 ай бұрын
I like the first half of it but after that the quality starts dropping
@thepotatolord30528 ай бұрын
Seeing Toxicity making it on the list brings a smile to my face
@Cole2OO58 ай бұрын
I really enjoyed this
@shadytree_pfw8848 ай бұрын
2005 was such a peak year for metal, between your pick and also City if Evil, Are You Dead Yet, Mars to Sirius, etc
@eoghanwalsh75698 ай бұрын
Yes! One of the best years of all time for Metal for sure. That spot could have been several different albums but Ghost Reveries is one of the best damn records of all time 🥰
@BradleyHallGuitar8 ай бұрын
Octavarium, Room V, The Godless Endeavor, Character were that year too. Not really my favourite year by any means but pretty good.
@LocrianDorian8 ай бұрын
Strong year, but This Godless Endeavor was a masterpiece.
@guywinar63098 ай бұрын
@@BradleyHallGuitar and Blackwater Park is even better 🥶
@puttu_racing8 ай бұрын
Funny that you say that, because there was no metal in 2005
@TheMetalMerchant8 ай бұрын
Loved the inclusion of DEATH for 93, each record produced is a absolute blast
@bubblyproduction98098 ай бұрын
Spiritual healing is mid, the rest are amazing
@xraygamer98958 ай бұрын
Great album indeed but I would put Cynic - Focus.
@malakbrood6678 ай бұрын
@@xraygamer9895 Spiritual Healing is underrated, it's got the best Chuck vocals and some of his best riffs
@andrearenaudo90458 ай бұрын
@@andrearenaudo9045Also spiritual healings got Jon a Qua so….
@caolan80818 ай бұрын
@@apollonsears Symbolic is the culmination of the second half of Death's career: it puts together the best elements from SH, Human and ITP. On the other hand I never cared much for TSOP: the vocals are meh and most of the songs are "prog" in the worst sense of the word, meaning that they're too long for their sake and meander needlessly. Yes, it has some great riffs but still it isn't enough
@andrearenaudo90458 ай бұрын
1:27 desert island by cacophony, you love to see it, the clean guitar has delay right?
@michaelm41538 ай бұрын
So much to choose from...some i may need to check out....
@zerohope67208 ай бұрын
Glad to also see that Hevy Devy is getting the love he deserves!
@Wegetsu8 ай бұрын
The man is a treasure. And the greatest Disney princess that ever existed.
@Dolfidus26Ай бұрын
1994 should also be Pantera - Far Beyond Driven which debuted at #1 on Billboard, never before, never since has happened in metal
@rogerwalker22248 ай бұрын
yeah and 1997 should be follow the leader by korn
@glimps_signature8 ай бұрын
@@glimps_signature1998?
@Faks.098 ай бұрын
@@Faks.09August of '98 👍👍 You're not called Faks for nothing
@347Jimmy8 ай бұрын
@@347Jimmy shit my bad yall im not really in ftl
@glimps_signature8 ай бұрын
Quiet Riot's Metal Health debuted as #1
@AndriiVozniak8 ай бұрын
Fair amount of effort and a fair list Everyone’s will be different, but certainly some good shit on there innit
@AVM-Music4 ай бұрын
im glad you used Lost for the a7x album, its such a good song
@prestongehrig28248 ай бұрын
Terminal Redux is severely underrated, excellent pick
@windyr8 ай бұрын
Insane album!
@BradleyHallGuitar8 ай бұрын
Dude from Vektor is a POS sadly, kinda wished something else made it even though the album is great.
@BrofUJu8 ай бұрын
@@BrofUJu Allegedly. People are still giving him shit over it so he made a video not too long ago explaining his side further. It's pretty much just he said/she said so I'm certainly not going to stop listening to Vektor over it
@windyr8 ай бұрын
@@windyrExactly. Nobody can prove anything. These kinds of conflicts are nothing for the public, they are for the court!
@MaxTV_CCm128 ай бұрын
@@BradleyHallGuitar going to check em out now. Thanks for the recommendations!
@captainchaos87018 ай бұрын
I agree with around 60% of these, which is actually pretty good for this type of content. Well done! I'm sad Operation: Mindcrime and From Mars to Sirius didn't get on the list.
@kriticalitygaming10488 ай бұрын
No Mindcrime but two Ghost albums. Yeah, this list is suspect af.
@Powermad-bu4em8 ай бұрын
@@Powermad-bu4emdifferent years, dude. Eighties were far richer in metal albums than 2015.
@grievuspwn4g38 ай бұрын
Also Crack the Skye in 2009 should've been a no brainer...
@fourseasons41058 ай бұрын
Absolutely! One of the best albums of all time imo@@fourseasons4105
@kriticalitygaming10488 ай бұрын
Helmet's Meantime is my fav one. Good things on this selection, man!
@RicardoCesarPM7 ай бұрын
I can agree with a LOT of your choices. Especially Symphony X, though Underworld should have been in there as well.
@JGKingCrusher8 ай бұрын
Iron Maiden's Brave New World is such an underrated album for them. Out of the Silent Planet was a great song! (And better book)
@Samfan4Films7778 ай бұрын
@Samfan4Films777 black sabbath is very underrated band in the world
@Brian.wang58 ай бұрын
Underrated ? Not really
@samycovo31708 ай бұрын
@@samycovo3170Repetitive and Fairly stock. Thin Line Between Love and Hate should have that crown.
@doodlebob37587 ай бұрын
Nice list! I did a list of best metal albums for every year since 1970 myself once and I see that many of your picks are the same as mine. Here is my list. Disclaimer: it's based purely on my subjective opinion and my taste and not necessarily caring about popularity, influence, critical reception, etc. 1970 | Black Sabbath - Paranoid 1971 | Black Sabbath - Master of Reality 1972 | Deep Purple - Machine Head 1973 | Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 1974 | Rush - Rush 1975 | Black Sabbath - Sabotage 1976 | Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny 1977 | Judas Priest - Sin After Sin 1978 | Van Halen - Van Halen 1979 | Motörhead - Overkill 1980 | Judas Priest - British Steel 1981 | Def Leppard - High ‚n’ Dry 1982 | Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast 1983 | Metallica - Kill ‘Em All 1984 | Iron Maiden - Powerslave 1985 | Anthrax - Spreading the Disease 1986 | Metallica - Master of Puppets 1987 | Dio - Dream Evil 1988 | Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part II 1989 | Annihilator - Alice in Hell 1990 | Megadeth - Rust in Peace 1991 | Metallica - Metallica 1992 | Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power 1993 | Sepultura - Chaos A.D. 1994 | Korn - Korn 1995 | Fear Factory - Demanufacture 1996 | Edge of Sanity - Crimson 1997 | In Flames - Whoracle 1998 | Death - The Sound of Perseverance 1999 | Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory 2000 | Iron Maiden - Brave New World 2001 | System of a Down - Toxicity 2002 | Korn - Untouchables 2003 | Iron Maiden - Dance of Death 2004 | Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache 2005 | Trivium - Ascendancy 2006 | Killswitch Engage - As Daylight Dies 2007 | Machine Head - The Blackening 2008 | Sylosis - Conclusion of an Age 2009 | Megadeth - Endgame 2010 | Exodus - Exhibit B: The Human Condition 2011 | Blood Stain Child - Epsilon 2012 | Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I 2013 | Deafheaven - Sunbather 2014 | Babymetal - Babymetal 2015 | Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls 2016 | Testament - Brotherhood of the Snake 2017 | Trivium - The Sin and the Sentence 2018 | Psychostick - Do 2019 | Amon Amarth - Berserker 2020 | Trivium - What the Dead Men Say 2021 | Spiritbox - Eternal Blue 2022 | Electric Callboy - Tekkno 2023 | Sleep Token - Take Me Back to Eden
@Kecajaligator8 ай бұрын
Good list. I actually think i even prefer that one over his one.
@HorseloverFat19848 ай бұрын
Great picks here too. Giving some to love Annihilator - Alice in Hell and Testament-Brotherhood of the Snake.
@brianjohnston52218 ай бұрын
No Ghost? No A7X? Wow...
@maxheili60298 ай бұрын
@@HorseloverFat1984 Thank you.
@Kecajaligator8 ай бұрын
@@maxheili6029 Oh yeah, I like Ghost. Were I to list more than one favorite album from each year, I’d definitely mention Prequelle for 2018. Love that album. Avenged Sevenfold are one of a few bands that everyone seems to love, but I could just never get into despite giving them numerous tries. Mastodon are another. I appreciate A7X for what they are doing though and I do like some of their songs at least. I friggin love Exist. Had that song on repeat in 2016 for a while. Like I said, I know my list may be a bit jarring. Anyone is free to disagree with it and I realize many folk would do disagree with it.
@Kecajaligator8 ай бұрын
Dude, I never imagined that you liked In the Nightside Eclipse that much! A really incredible album and indeed the best Metal Album of 1994.
@ArchieAgis8 ай бұрын
Really love seeing Cacophony on this list, such a wildcard!
@semdallinga698 ай бұрын
Seeing Rainbow on here made me so happy! One of my favourite bands for sure. I feel like they don't get mentioned enough
@Chris22118 ай бұрын
Yes!!! Seventh Son of A Seventh Son is my favorite Maiden album!! So glad to see you picked it!
@Wegetsu8 ай бұрын
It could be also Keeper of the Seven Keys part II for 1988
@dimdimis29368 ай бұрын
Agreed! What a wicked album.
@thejudge-kv2jk8 ай бұрын
1990 is tricky as you have ' Painkiller ' as well as ' Rust in peace '
@peterdavies46237 ай бұрын
The creator of this video obviously likes Power Metal 😂
@joshuasante5383 ай бұрын
Wow wasn’t expecting you to put spiritbox in this list. They definitely are moving modern metal in an awesome direction i think. Love the list!!
@calebraines30068 ай бұрын
Loved seeing “Sin After Sin” and “Nightfall in Middle-Earth” in here. Two of my top 10 albums ever, personally. There were a bunch I also like, and some I don’t do much, but a compelling list!
@stephantom82378 ай бұрын
I didn't know Moving pictures is a metal album. And 1987 is Helloween's year with their great double album
@folker4127 ай бұрын
1987? - King Diamond-Abigail
@screamingmetalgarage97884 ай бұрын
And my personal pick for 2002 would be Oceanic by Isis, a fantastic record. And even for 2004 I'd take Isis's Panopticon over Mastodon's Leviathan, which is a great album nonetheless.
@texasboy55278 ай бұрын
Great list, but for 1988 I would pick Queensryche's Operation: Mindcrime instead of Maiden's Seventh Son. Don't get me wrong Seventh Son is still great, but Mindcrime takes the win for me.
@scottduncan38878 ай бұрын
I was so happy to see SYL-City on the list. It's an album I´ve listened to so many times and has a special place in my heart. Best album of 2023 so far? Terrasite by Cattle decaptitation.
@TheHeadown8 ай бұрын
City might be the angriest album ever made.
@matthewedwards21168 ай бұрын
@@matthewedwards2116or Alien
@mikeym96198 ай бұрын
Terrasite is a f#@€& masterpiece. Agree 1000% 🤘🤘
@techdeath36098 ай бұрын
My favourite album from this year is called Nemesta and is written by a not very well known band called TDK. Whoever is reading this can give it a listen :)
@ManMan-jg6om6 ай бұрын
Crack the Skye by Mastodon should’ve won 2009. It’s a prog metal masterpiece with an incredible concept and gorgeous instrumentation. The Czar is one of the best prog songs ever.
@Metal_Screamer4 ай бұрын
Such a great record. The Czar is a masterpiece. I missed Lateralus too.
@marcoantoniorodriguez53764 ай бұрын
@@marcoantoniorodriguez5376 Crack the Skye is so good that it becomes hard to describe. It’s so good it’s beyond words.
@Metal_Screamer3 ай бұрын
Slaughter of the Soul , what a masterpiece in 95. Nice to see Altars of Madness and Death on there too.
@RiffSL4YER8 ай бұрын
Great list! I do feel gojira deserved either 2012 or 2008 but still a great list! Mastodon absolutely deserves what they got as well!
@shanew63328 ай бұрын
Wow, you've named the exact two bands I love to rip on the most as examples of lame sissy shit haha, amazing
@icankillbugs8 ай бұрын
@@icankillbugs oh? Mind if I ask why?
@shanew63328 ай бұрын
@@shanew6332 Because they stink and they're sissy shit? As I sort of just mentioned haha
@icankillbugs8 ай бұрын
@@icankillbugsplease enlighten us mortal beings with what you consider to be non sissy lame shit
@tose55668 ай бұрын
@@icankillbugs ok gatekeeper
@samulation50478 ай бұрын
Nunca creí que Rush fuera considerado una banda de metal 😮
@juanfernandomondragon3894 ай бұрын
No lo son, yo creo que este tipo se metió perico antes de hacer este video
@Chrillin___4 ай бұрын
Oh my god that delay section before the guitar solo is money on speed metal symphony.
@johnnyflorence2198 ай бұрын
DO YOU FEEL WHAT I FEEL? SEE WHAT I SEE?
@ce85398 ай бұрын
Thumbnail is indeed 10/10 lol, especially 2003 best album
@NinoRockStar8 ай бұрын
THANKS FOR SYMPHONY X BROOOO
@cum_crusader8 ай бұрын
Glad to see Vektor on the list. Very, very underrated band! They deserve much more credits for sure.
@aleksandarsavic58248 ай бұрын
The "Terminal Redux" Album is - imho - a piece of art not mentioned to be ever fully understood by mere men ...
@NorthernWolf888 ай бұрын
One day Haken is gonna be there, I believe it. They just have to keep putting out amazing albums and playing big shows like Archtangent, which I'm still mad I didn't get to go.
@michaelberresford42918 ай бұрын
YES!!! ANTHRAX LOVE!!! SPREADING THE DISEASE IS MY FAVORITE ALBUM GLAD IT WAS REPRESENTED!!!! Edit: I appreciate the SYL love too!! City is one of my favorite metal albums of all time!!!
@thewheelistaken8 ай бұрын
at work im playing my music by full power and i get more strange looks when I play Anthrax then when I play Lorna Shore
@RustingPeace8 ай бұрын
Probably would've chosen Feel the Fire for 1985, but that's a great album too.
@stephenhughes51568 ай бұрын
I miss The Dillinger Escape Plan. "Dissociation" is a masterpiece.
@Yuxor19778 ай бұрын
Libd of a7x is a masterpiece nice to see someone recognizing it
@andzera25678 ай бұрын
addicted is devy's best post-SYL album in my opinion, soooo good
@gallargus8 ай бұрын
Yes!! Doesn't get enough love
@BradleyHallGuitar8 ай бұрын
Symphony Xs The Odyssey. Such a great album on so many levels.
@Dylan_RD8 ай бұрын
I agree with so many of these, amazing list
@BObbert1792 ай бұрын
Personally, 2012 I would've gone with Phantom Antichrist (Kreator). Absolute masterpiece.
@williams63347 ай бұрын
Your 70's, 80's and 90's had me nodding along. Realised there isn't much in the 2000's I've particularly enjoyed.
@thejudge-kv2jk8 ай бұрын
As much as I love Red and like Moving Pictures more than a lot of this list, I wouldn't have thought to put them on a list of metal albums.
@bitkower8 ай бұрын
Yeah same, both are some of my all time favorite albums but I wouldn’t see them as Metal, maybe Prog Hard Rock
@ninjaking25488 ай бұрын
@@ninjaking2548 I can like kinda see an argument for Red being like proto-prog metal, but not as much Moving Pictures. Geddy Lee's voice and not really much distortion, etc.
@bitkower8 ай бұрын
Red is definitely metal
@hybridgarden8 ай бұрын
@@hybridgarden By what metric? King Crimson doesn't consider themselves metal. No KC fan I've ever met considers them metal. Them influencing later bands that identify as metal doesn't make them metal.
@bitkower8 ай бұрын
Both are much heavier albums than for example 'Rising' by Rainbow. End of this useless discussion.
@marklar91568 ай бұрын
Literally every single album on this list is fucking amazing. You have officially won the title for best album ranking
@orangejews1508 ай бұрын
I agree all of these are incredible albums, but I would personally put Angel of Salvation by Galneryus for 2012. Listening to that is simply put a majestic experience.
@MrOoYT8 ай бұрын
oh well, let's do this too: 1970: Black Sabbath - Paranoid 1971: Black Sabbath - Master of Reality 1972: Deep Purple - Machine Head 1973: Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 1974: Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla (didn't have much to compare it to) 1975: Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare ('75 also wasn't a year i explored much, this is technically not even metal) 1976: Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak (there's probably more metal albums from 1976 out there) 1977: Motörhead - Motörhead 1978: Van Halen - Van Halen 1979: Motörhead - Overkill 1980: Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations (there's a bunch of good metal from that year, but i feel this one is my favorite) 1981: Mötley Crüe - Too Fast For Love (there's probably better, more important metal records from that year though) 1982: Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast 1983: Metallica - Kill 'em All 1984: Metallica - Ride the Lightning 1985: Possessed - Seven Churches 1986: Slayer - Reign in Blood or Metallica - Master of Puppets 1987: Napalm Death - Scum or Death - Scream Bloody Gore 1988: Metallica - ...and Justice For All 1989: Sepultura - Beneath the Remains 1990: Judas Priest - Painkiller or Pantera - Cowboys From Hell 1991: Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle 1992: Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power 1993: Carcass - Heartwork 1994: Korn - Korn 1995: Death - Symbolic 1996: Burzum - Filosofem 1997: Electric Wizard - Come My Fanatics 1998: Death - The Sound of Perseverance 1999: Botch - We Are the Romans (does metalcore count?) 2000: Electric Wizard - Dopethrone 2001: Converge - Jane Doe (does metalcore count?) 2002: Agalloch - The Mantle 2003: Linkin Park - Meteora (does Linkin Park count?) 2004: Mastodon - Leviathan 2005: Amenra - Mass III 2006: Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain 2007: Machine Head - The Blackening 2008: Misery Signals - Controller 2009: Baroness - Blue Record 2010: Kvelertak - Kvelertak 2011: Woods of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason 2012: Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind 2013: Deafheaven - Sunbather 2014: Behemoth - The Satanist 2015: Ghost - Meliora 2016: Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas - Mariner 2017: Trivium - The Sin and the Sentence 2018: Zeal & Ardor - Stranger Fruit 2019: Cult of Luna - A Dawn to Fear 2020: Poppy - I Disagree (yeah, i went there) 2021: Whitechapel - Kin 2022: Chat Pile - God's Country 2023: Agriculture - Agriculture
@robiu0138 ай бұрын
1990 is literally the hardest Rust in peace, Cowboys from hell, Painkiller are all one of the greatest albums in all metal history
@user-yt2rl3rq5z8 ай бұрын
Plus, I dont think Van Halen is metal
@user-yt2rl3rq5z8 ай бұрын
So glad Beanley put Cattle Decapitation into this list. They're incredible!
@mita_c8 ай бұрын
Pleasantly surprised to see DTP Addicted!. Good stuff
@jesseleicht55266 ай бұрын
😳😳😳 Life is but a dream....best album of 2023?! I love you! From now on you are my favourite KZheadr ever! I can even get over the fact that 2005 was not CoE, but for 2023 Life is but a dream... DEFINITELY deserves a spot! Many people will disagree, idc this album has some of their best songs evera and I love the fact that it exists
@mobafan37133 ай бұрын
OMG i was not expecting to see Vektor on this list! But yes, terminal Redux is one of the best albums ever made. I would say of that decade for sure.
@Haplano8 ай бұрын
In Waves is such a great album. My dad isn't into the screaming stuff, but we saw them opening for Dream Theater during that album cycle and even he likes that song haha
@paramourcat8 ай бұрын
I had a friend in college I took to see DT and Trivium in Atlanta at that time, and he wasn't a fan of Trivium until after he saw them live. A couple years later we saw KsE and Trivium and some other similar bands. It was awesome.
@JLujan44928 ай бұрын
did you choose the least popular songs from each album to be different? Do you feel good about yourself?
@morThanatos8 ай бұрын
Solid list I would personally put British Steel for 1980, and Aenima for 1996 And I'm a sucker for early CoB, so Hatebreeder and/or Follow the Reaper would be there For the rest we can debate all day, I agree with most of these, or at least I understand why you put the albums where they are
@stumct3806 ай бұрын
Thx for having Avenged Sevenfold, Nightmare, Meliora, Prequelle, Ride the Lightning and the Black Album! Every single song on these albums is a banger ❤
@maxheili60298 ай бұрын
Ministry: The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste for 1989 & Fear Factory: Demanufacture for 1995 would've been my picks. Glad to see you agreed with SYL: City for 1997 though.👍
@mikespearwood39148 ай бұрын
Anyone know what the pantera song at 2:19 is? I’m not familiar with any of their music but that riff sounds sick
@darthdump54408 ай бұрын
Floods
@zachstoraasli75706 ай бұрын
Red King Crimson inclusion is awesome. Moving Pictures by Rush, I don't know much about the year but that does strike me as an inspired choice.
What do you guys think of my picks?? I tried to be as objective as possible, with my personal opinion only influencing things a tiny bit
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Pretty much a good idea of how linear and unlinear metals evolution has been
Great picks! I wouldn’t say Red is really metal though, strikes me more as prog rock/progressive rock
If you actually chose St.Anger for 2003, (which the thumbnail implied), I would've dipped my balls in the nearest deep fryer holy fucking shit.
You're triggering me with the 2003 pic in the thumbnail
98 Should be Sound of perseverance tho
Bradley hates that album. There's no way he would put it there. But 1995 should have been Symbolic tho.
For real dude
Seeing Rainbow and Dio here truly puts a smile on my face. There is so many things extremely Metal about Dio's presence in his prime, which is just his entire musical career haha. I also think that the 2000s and 2010s just had so much great material to work from, and I can't wait to see how the 20s work off of such a foundation.
Agreed man, dio is the man
Rainbow Rising is one of the best metal albums ever in my opinion. Easily in my top 5.
Same
Slaughtered At The Soul is awesome, but I think Symbolic should've won.
To bad Dio sucked ass
1980 had sooooo many all time great albums: Blizzard of Oz - Ozzy Osbourne Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath Ace of Spades - Motorhead British Steel - Judas Priest Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden Wheels of Steel - Saxon Lightning to the Nations - Diamond Head I'm sure I missed a few. Really hard to pick a winner here!
Other great Metal or Hard Rock releases in 1980 include Angel Witch - angel witch Def Leppard - on through the night Rush - permanent waves Triumph - progression of power Van Halen - women and children first Scorpions - animal magnetism Kiss - unmasked AC/DC - back in black
ACE OF SPADES! ACE OF SPADES! ACE OF SPADES!
Iron Maiden debut still the best
fuckin love phantom of the opera
@@fartexboy4225 Strange World
the beauty of metal is that there’s always something for everyone, glad we’ve got a big metal family community, love you guys :)
ok
Love u too
Metal is dead
@@gerardoa9179 it's not dead,if u consume mainstream garbage then you'll obviously think that,there is a lot of metal,ur just not paying attention.. it's just not mainstream anymore besides which let's face it ,most mainstream music nowadays is just pure filth (coming from a gen z'er)
Agree
King Crimson's "Red" - one of the best records in general. Simply amazing.
A prog rock band that make many metal band embarrassed
It’s a great album, but calling it metal is a real stretch.
Exactly. The album that defined prog metal for decades. In every modern prog metal album you can hear something from Red
@@ragingbill They're obviously not a Metal band but that album is absurdly heavy for its time
@@BradleyHallGuitar Exactly so. It's the same with Moving Pictures. Not a metal album per se but hooooooly fuuuuuck is it influential in more ways than people realize for its production quality and the number of people influenced by the musicianship.
Can't say I really agree with much of this. But that's the beauty of metal. There's something for everyone. 🤘
Same here! I wouldn't have picked over half.
Especially not the blastbeat-ridden deathgrind stuff or endless breakdown grindcore. It's just so BORRRRIIIING.
@@cdfox85 lol but thats the stuff i would add 😅 i like the part that goes CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG RE REEE CHUG REEEEE CHUG CHUG
Precisely! Such a diverse genre will never have a definitive answer, and that's amazing!
That why trying to make objective lists are a waste of time. I'd much rather see a list from somone who has nothing whatsoever in common with me, than from someone trying to please everyone. There's nothing wrong with being proud of what you like, even if no one else does.
Metal is such a diverse and awesome genre that you could pick like 20 different albums for each year, awesome time to be a metal fan with new awesome bands on the horizon while most of the classic bands like megadeth, maiden etc are still around releasing bangers
I absolutely agree
1988 should be Operation: Mindcrime from Queensryche. According to Steve Harris (Iron Maiden), Bruce told him that O:M was exactly what Seventh Son should have been.
Now Queensryche play Rebel Yell with La Torre , ajaja . Geoff Tate is the one.
I love that you picked Individual Thought Patterns for 1993. If you picked any of Reign In Blood, Master Of Puppets, Peace Sells or Somewhere In Time for 1986 I would have been satisfied with that pick. I expected Sad Wings Of Destiny to be in there but Rainbow is a good choice anyway.
and 1998 should have been The Sound of Perseverance, not the Blind Guardian one
@@weon_pencathat BG album is a masterpiece. I don't even like power metal and death is my fav death metal band, but this particular album is so good
@@weon_penca I'm not even a Blind Guardian fan but there's no way TSOP is beating out that album lmao
Stained Class is one of the most influential albums ever, spawning both NWOBHM and thrash so I expected to see that in 1978
@weon_penca The curse of feanor alone is better than Deaths entire discography after Leprosy
Not having From Mars to Sirius for 05 and TWOAF for 08 is pure madness
I really wanted to include a Gojira album, they were just very unlucky with the years they picked to release music 😆
I love gojira, but no way it beats Ghost Rebveries
@@Blaze-wb6bk imo it beats, i would put Blackwater park in 2000
Magma > Terminal Redux
Catch Thirty-Three > Ghost Reveries, Mars to Sirius
2:17 Pantera's the great southern trendkill is one of my favorites because is a great mixture of a sound like the depressive Alice in chains and the typical band's sound i love it
Life is but a dream was a great surprise to me, never been a big fan of this band but i really enjoy some songs, and this album really impressed me
Late '90s through the mid 2000s were so great with bands like COB, In Flames, KSE, Symphony X, LOG, Nevermore, Soilwork, Scar Symmetry, etc. hitting their peaks.
lack of St. Anger, truly infuriating
Why would st anger be here?
@@RayhanToombs it was a joke I made because it’s shown in the thumbnail
Huh. Btw what song is used at 2012 for monolith of inhumanity?
So glad to see some Dio love on this list. You should do a Dio speed run. It’d be hilarious to see you doing those vocals.
Love individual thought patterns. Great pick
Having Terminal Redux on here is such a great choice! Glad to see such an underrated masterpiece given credit
Vektor is an amazing blackened progressive thrash band, that put a smile on my face
My favourite album of all time! Was shocked to see it here actually!
@@henrywalton5967 same
best album since music was a concept
Honestly just happy to see Great Southern Trendkill get some love. I feel like it's the forgotten Pantera album. Probably my favorite metal album ever. The mix of Southern groove with Phils death and black metal influences is perfection
10/10 album no doubt. Dimes solos in there are unmatched by anyone else
My favorite too bro, discover it when I was 10, what a punch in my face !
In my opinion Cowboys From Hell was 1990 best metal album
@@jackob_c8732está duro pero el rust in peace es una joya del trash🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
The chorus in the title song hits so hard. Most angry dude in history😂
It warms my heart you put a couple of Devin Townsend albums. Super underrated.
Thanks for doing this. Exposed me to some newer albums that I’m enjoying
Rainbow was such a damn good band, shame I never got to see them live.
Such a ridiculously sick band, way underrated!
@@BradleyHallGuitar Speaking of, see you on Saturday dude.
One of the most slept on albums in my opinion. Phenomenon by UFO another album that doesn't get enough live in my opinion. @@BradleyHallGuitar
Come to Italy, I play in a tribute band to Dio...you can see the next best thing! (we're not amazing, but we get the job done)
@BradleyHallGuitar seen em...they were meh tbh. Ufo tho were fkin awesome live
Glad to see some respect con Blind Guardian and Symphony X. Incredible albums
It's so nice to see Devin Townsend in this list twice. Especially Addicted - first collab between the two of my favourite metal artists - Anneke Van Giersbergen and Devin Townsend.
I was thinking that too! I only know of Anneke from Ayreon but I really missed out on her collabs with Devin back then. Better late than never!
i can agree with literally everything on here keep up the good work bradley
Hahahhaa nice thumbnail 😂
Ain’t wrong tho
@@Erik-bd6llThis afternoon I listened to my St. Anger cd. It's actually fucking great for what it is.
St. Monguer... xD 🤪
@@HeathenDance best album of 2033
@@TonyJuanPailosFrom the future?... it will be in 30 years?... 🤔💭
Huge props for including 'Sunbather'. It's has such a unique sound and I can never understand why it's so hated.
Because they're hipster posers, but the record is great tbh
It's simple because the Americans (USA) tend to be seen as the pioneers when in reality the true innovators are France, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Iceland, Post Black Metal existed and had been developing in France/Germany long before, The same thing happens with Lorna Shore, generally DeathCore fans believe that they invented extreme metal with keyboards, something that is already 30 years old and is called Symphonic Black Metal. Many people in the USA came to discover bands like Behemoth only a couple of years ago when they went on tour with Slipknot, a band that has existed for more than 30 years 💀 So...saying that Deafheaven invented post black metal is simply disrespectful
@@bernardocatrilef2846literally no one believes that Lorna Shore invented extreme metal with keyboards lol
It's hated because it's very boring.
Come to think of it, Children of Bodom brought it to the mainstream, I think 🤔
I was surprised, but pleased, to see Nightfall in Middle Earth. I would have made a lot of different choices, but I appreciate the diversity of sub genres. I was really surprised to see LIBAD here. I don’t know that it’s the best of the year, but it’s probably the most divisive.
Love your picks, love that you used mostly Deep cuts for the song samples. Excellent. One glaring thing for me - I think Mercyful fate/King Diamond need a spot here. Probably Melissa (as much as I enjoy Holy Diver) or Abigail.
Also the fact that you know, Rush - Moving Pictures and KC’s Red aren’t metal albums at all
I love Melissa, but it feels like a warm-up. Don't Break The Oath is MF's masterpiece, just banger after banger. As for K. Diamond, I agree on Abigail -- it's as perfect as can be. The Eye took a long time to grow on me, but when it "clicked", I couldn't get enough of it.
@@ghostofyourmom согласен во многом. Меня кидало от одного альбома к другому,но Абигейл это что то чуть выше всего
It's great to see some Power Metal representation! Power Metal is so underappreciated these days, and both "Nightfall on Middle Earth" and "Odyssey" are pasterpieces in their own right.
Yes! Both amazing bands! NightFAAAAALL!
I mean, some of the bigger metal bands right now are power metal bands, think of Sabaton and Powerwolf for example
@@manulogiudice no.... no it isnt... power metal is a niche. Power metal is about 5-10% of my listening
@@manulogiudicebut that's way Different to what Power metal was then...
@@diabolivirtusen-tavares-ea4645 I don't think that your listening or my listening experience alone can be representative of the state of the genre in 2023😅
Happy to see Nightfall by Blind Guardian, you really nail it 🤘
Didnt expect to see Vektor here! Great choice, the cattle decap appreciation for 2012 too was nice to see
Leviathan is genuinely one of the absolute best records I will ever listen to.
@@apollonsears I will have to check it out thank you
It truly is
I recently read Moby Dick, and I kept thinking to myself: "damn they really did their homework on that album."
I would add in 89 Sepultura Beneath the Remains, in 96 Aenema by Tool, 2000 Opeth Blackwater Park and I miss some Gojira in 2008 with The way of all flesh, but you nailed it with Vektor's Terminal Redux, what an album! Great picks anyways bro 🤘
89 i woulf choose terrorizer - world downfall(the better album on which pete sendoval plays, not altars of shitness), and i agree with 2000, bwp is a masterpiece. 96 none so vile and 94 i would go with when the kite string pops. And yeah terminal redux is just amazing.
Blackwater Park was released in 2001 tho !
@@alexandremarchand8815 you are right, was recorded in 2000 but released in 2001
I agreed with ya on SEPULTURA
Eh, Trendkill was metal, Aenma feels more alternative hard rock
so many great picks on here, I probably would've put Vildhjarta in there too
Gonna have to write some of these down and get to them.
It's insane how many albums you can put in 1990. The fact that RIP is interchangeable speaks lengths at how great of a year 1990 was, damn. On top of the previously mentioned Rust In Peace, there's Painkiller, Seasons In The Abyss, Cowboys From Hell, and the list just keeps going and going. What a UNIT of a year! People say "Metal was dead in the 90s" yeah yeah yeah talk about bullshit. On another note, I'd put Demanufacture in 1995's slot, that album is a GEM.
1990 IS such an amazing year for Metal. Sadly a lot of classic bands really struggled after that year, but there certainly were some great new ones who picked up the torch (even if they weren’t filling arenas the way the classic bands had.)
I'd throw Tales From The Twilight World from Blind Guardian in there also, although at that point they were still growing musically it seems.
1990 isn't the 1990's 😉 But of course it's bullshit, there are loads of great metal albums from the 90's. It's more like metal was considered 'dead' from a popularity standpoint, I guess. Of course it was still a great decade for metal fans, but we're a niche audience in respect to the broader popular music scene.
Demanufacture is such a masterpeice, its so 90's yet so futuristic at the same time
Coma of Souls, By Inheritance, Twisted Into Form, Swallowed in Black, Persistence of Time, Never Neverland... great year for Thrash!
Life Is but a dream is a severely under rated album. It is just pure artistic genius.
Too true!
def best album of 2023 the Avenge album@@BradleyHallGuitar
It just came out, too early to call it underrated. Personally I'm not a fan tbh.
Judging by how quickly I forgot that A7X even had an album this year and how all the talk died down, I guess it’s about as forgotten as it deserves to be. I kind of see why some people consider it a masterpiece but I’m not one of them.
I like the first half of it but after that the quality starts dropping
Seeing Toxicity making it on the list brings a smile to my face
I really enjoyed this
2005 was such a peak year for metal, between your pick and also City if Evil, Are You Dead Yet, Mars to Sirius, etc
Yes! One of the best years of all time for Metal for sure. That spot could have been several different albums but Ghost Reveries is one of the best damn records of all time 🥰
Octavarium, Room V, The Godless Endeavor, Character were that year too. Not really my favourite year by any means but pretty good.
Strong year, but This Godless Endeavor was a masterpiece.
@@BradleyHallGuitar and Blackwater Park is even better 🥶
Funny that you say that, because there was no metal in 2005
Loved the inclusion of DEATH for 93, each record produced is a absolute blast
Spiritual healing is mid, the rest are amazing
Great album indeed but I would put Cynic - Focus.
@@xraygamer9895 Spiritual Healing is underrated, it's got the best Chuck vocals and some of his best riffs
@@andrearenaudo9045Also spiritual healings got Jon a Qua so….
@@apollonsears Symbolic is the culmination of the second half of Death's career: it puts together the best elements from SH, Human and ITP. On the other hand I never cared much for TSOP: the vocals are meh and most of the songs are "prog" in the worst sense of the word, meaning that they're too long for their sake and meander needlessly. Yes, it has some great riffs but still it isn't enough
1:27 desert island by cacophony, you love to see it, the clean guitar has delay right?
So much to choose from...some i may need to check out....
Glad to also see that Hevy Devy is getting the love he deserves!
The man is a treasure. And the greatest Disney princess that ever existed.
1994 should also be Pantera - Far Beyond Driven which debuted at #1 on Billboard, never before, never since has happened in metal
yeah and 1997 should be follow the leader by korn
@@glimps_signature1998?
@@Faks.09August of '98 👍👍 You're not called Faks for nothing
@@347Jimmy shit my bad yall im not really in ftl
Quiet Riot's Metal Health debuted as #1
Fair amount of effort and a fair list Everyone’s will be different, but certainly some good shit on there innit
im glad you used Lost for the a7x album, its such a good song
Terminal Redux is severely underrated, excellent pick
Insane album!
Dude from Vektor is a POS sadly, kinda wished something else made it even though the album is great.
@@BrofUJu Allegedly. People are still giving him shit over it so he made a video not too long ago explaining his side further. It's pretty much just he said/she said so I'm certainly not going to stop listening to Vektor over it
@@windyrExactly. Nobody can prove anything. These kinds of conflicts are nothing for the public, they are for the court!
@@BradleyHallGuitar going to check em out now. Thanks for the recommendations!
I agree with around 60% of these, which is actually pretty good for this type of content. Well done! I'm sad Operation: Mindcrime and From Mars to Sirius didn't get on the list.
No Mindcrime but two Ghost albums. Yeah, this list is suspect af.
@@Powermad-bu4emdifferent years, dude. Eighties were far richer in metal albums than 2015.
Also Crack the Skye in 2009 should've been a no brainer...
Absolutely! One of the best albums of all time imo@@fourseasons4105
Helmet's Meantime is my fav one. Good things on this selection, man!
I can agree with a LOT of your choices. Especially Symphony X, though Underworld should have been in there as well.
Iron Maiden's Brave New World is such an underrated album for them. Out of the Silent Planet was a great song! (And better book)
@Samfan4Films777 black sabbath is very underrated band in the world
Underrated ? Not really
@@samycovo3170Repetitive and Fairly stock. Thin Line Between Love and Hate should have that crown.
Nice list! I did a list of best metal albums for every year since 1970 myself once and I see that many of your picks are the same as mine. Here is my list. Disclaimer: it's based purely on my subjective opinion and my taste and not necessarily caring about popularity, influence, critical reception, etc. 1970 | Black Sabbath - Paranoid 1971 | Black Sabbath - Master of Reality 1972 | Deep Purple - Machine Head 1973 | Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 1974 | Rush - Rush 1975 | Black Sabbath - Sabotage 1976 | Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny 1977 | Judas Priest - Sin After Sin 1978 | Van Halen - Van Halen 1979 | Motörhead - Overkill 1980 | Judas Priest - British Steel 1981 | Def Leppard - High ‚n’ Dry 1982 | Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast 1983 | Metallica - Kill ‘Em All 1984 | Iron Maiden - Powerslave 1985 | Anthrax - Spreading the Disease 1986 | Metallica - Master of Puppets 1987 | Dio - Dream Evil 1988 | Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part II 1989 | Annihilator - Alice in Hell 1990 | Megadeth - Rust in Peace 1991 | Metallica - Metallica 1992 | Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power 1993 | Sepultura - Chaos A.D. 1994 | Korn - Korn 1995 | Fear Factory - Demanufacture 1996 | Edge of Sanity - Crimson 1997 | In Flames - Whoracle 1998 | Death - The Sound of Perseverance 1999 | Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory 2000 | Iron Maiden - Brave New World 2001 | System of a Down - Toxicity 2002 | Korn - Untouchables 2003 | Iron Maiden - Dance of Death 2004 | Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache 2005 | Trivium - Ascendancy 2006 | Killswitch Engage - As Daylight Dies 2007 | Machine Head - The Blackening 2008 | Sylosis - Conclusion of an Age 2009 | Megadeth - Endgame 2010 | Exodus - Exhibit B: The Human Condition 2011 | Blood Stain Child - Epsilon 2012 | Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I 2013 | Deafheaven - Sunbather 2014 | Babymetal - Babymetal 2015 | Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls 2016 | Testament - Brotherhood of the Snake 2017 | Trivium - The Sin and the Sentence 2018 | Psychostick - Do 2019 | Amon Amarth - Berserker 2020 | Trivium - What the Dead Men Say 2021 | Spiritbox - Eternal Blue 2022 | Electric Callboy - Tekkno 2023 | Sleep Token - Take Me Back to Eden
Good list. I actually think i even prefer that one over his one.
Great picks here too. Giving some to love Annihilator - Alice in Hell and Testament-Brotherhood of the Snake.
No Ghost? No A7X? Wow...
@@HorseloverFat1984 Thank you.
@@maxheili6029 Oh yeah, I like Ghost. Were I to list more than one favorite album from each year, I’d definitely mention Prequelle for 2018. Love that album. Avenged Sevenfold are one of a few bands that everyone seems to love, but I could just never get into despite giving them numerous tries. Mastodon are another. I appreciate A7X for what they are doing though and I do like some of their songs at least. I friggin love Exist. Had that song on repeat in 2016 for a while. Like I said, I know my list may be a bit jarring. Anyone is free to disagree with it and I realize many folk would do disagree with it.
Dude, I never imagined that you liked In the Nightside Eclipse that much! A really incredible album and indeed the best Metal Album of 1994.
Really love seeing Cacophony on this list, such a wildcard!
Seeing Rainbow on here made me so happy! One of my favourite bands for sure. I feel like they don't get mentioned enough
Yes!!! Seventh Son of A Seventh Son is my favorite Maiden album!! So glad to see you picked it!
It could be also Keeper of the Seven Keys part II for 1988
Agreed! What a wicked album.
1990 is tricky as you have ' Painkiller ' as well as ' Rust in peace '
The creator of this video obviously likes Power Metal 😂
Wow wasn’t expecting you to put spiritbox in this list. They definitely are moving modern metal in an awesome direction i think. Love the list!!
Loved seeing “Sin After Sin” and “Nightfall in Middle-Earth” in here. Two of my top 10 albums ever, personally. There were a bunch I also like, and some I don’t do much, but a compelling list!
I didn't know Moving pictures is a metal album. And 1987 is Helloween's year with their great double album
1987? - King Diamond-Abigail
And my personal pick for 2002 would be Oceanic by Isis, a fantastic record. And even for 2004 I'd take Isis's Panopticon over Mastodon's Leviathan, which is a great album nonetheless.
Great list, but for 1988 I would pick Queensryche's Operation: Mindcrime instead of Maiden's Seventh Son. Don't get me wrong Seventh Son is still great, but Mindcrime takes the win for me.
I was so happy to see SYL-City on the list. It's an album I´ve listened to so many times and has a special place in my heart. Best album of 2023 so far? Terrasite by Cattle decaptitation.
City might be the angriest album ever made.
@@matthewedwards2116or Alien
Terrasite is a f#@€& masterpiece. Agree 1000% 🤘🤘
My favourite album from this year is called Nemesta and is written by a not very well known band called TDK. Whoever is reading this can give it a listen :)
Crack the Skye by Mastodon should’ve won 2009. It’s a prog metal masterpiece with an incredible concept and gorgeous instrumentation. The Czar is one of the best prog songs ever.
Such a great record. The Czar is a masterpiece. I missed Lateralus too.
@@marcoantoniorodriguez5376 Crack the Skye is so good that it becomes hard to describe. It’s so good it’s beyond words.
Slaughter of the Soul , what a masterpiece in 95. Nice to see Altars of Madness and Death on there too.
Great list! I do feel gojira deserved either 2012 or 2008 but still a great list! Mastodon absolutely deserves what they got as well!
Wow, you've named the exact two bands I love to rip on the most as examples of lame sissy shit haha, amazing
@@icankillbugs oh? Mind if I ask why?
@@shanew6332 Because they stink and they're sissy shit? As I sort of just mentioned haha
@@icankillbugsplease enlighten us mortal beings with what you consider to be non sissy lame shit
@@icankillbugs ok gatekeeper
Nunca creí que Rush fuera considerado una banda de metal 😮
No lo son, yo creo que este tipo se metió perico antes de hacer este video
Oh my god that delay section before the guitar solo is money on speed metal symphony.
DO YOU FEEL WHAT I FEEL? SEE WHAT I SEE?
Thumbnail is indeed 10/10 lol, especially 2003 best album
THANKS FOR SYMPHONY X BROOOO
Glad to see Vektor on the list. Very, very underrated band! They deserve much more credits for sure.
The "Terminal Redux" Album is - imho - a piece of art not mentioned to be ever fully understood by mere men ...
One day Haken is gonna be there, I believe it. They just have to keep putting out amazing albums and playing big shows like Archtangent, which I'm still mad I didn't get to go.
YES!!! ANTHRAX LOVE!!! SPREADING THE DISEASE IS MY FAVORITE ALBUM GLAD IT WAS REPRESENTED!!!! Edit: I appreciate the SYL love too!! City is one of my favorite metal albums of all time!!!
at work im playing my music by full power and i get more strange looks when I play Anthrax then when I play Lorna Shore
Probably would've chosen Feel the Fire for 1985, but that's a great album too.
I miss The Dillinger Escape Plan. "Dissociation" is a masterpiece.
Libd of a7x is a masterpiece nice to see someone recognizing it
addicted is devy's best post-SYL album in my opinion, soooo good
Yes!! Doesn't get enough love
Symphony Xs The Odyssey. Such a great album on so many levels.
I agree with so many of these, amazing list
Personally, 2012 I would've gone with Phantom Antichrist (Kreator). Absolute masterpiece.
Your 70's, 80's and 90's had me nodding along. Realised there isn't much in the 2000's I've particularly enjoyed.
As much as I love Red and like Moving Pictures more than a lot of this list, I wouldn't have thought to put them on a list of metal albums.
Yeah same, both are some of my all time favorite albums but I wouldn’t see them as Metal, maybe Prog Hard Rock
@@ninjaking2548 I can like kinda see an argument for Red being like proto-prog metal, but not as much Moving Pictures. Geddy Lee's voice and not really much distortion, etc.
Red is definitely metal
@@hybridgarden By what metric? King Crimson doesn't consider themselves metal. No KC fan I've ever met considers them metal. Them influencing later bands that identify as metal doesn't make them metal.
Both are much heavier albums than for example 'Rising' by Rainbow. End of this useless discussion.
Literally every single album on this list is fucking amazing. You have officially won the title for best album ranking
I agree all of these are incredible albums, but I would personally put Angel of Salvation by Galneryus for 2012. Listening to that is simply put a majestic experience.
oh well, let's do this too: 1970: Black Sabbath - Paranoid 1971: Black Sabbath - Master of Reality 1972: Deep Purple - Machine Head 1973: Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 1974: Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla (didn't have much to compare it to) 1975: Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare ('75 also wasn't a year i explored much, this is technically not even metal) 1976: Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak (there's probably more metal albums from 1976 out there) 1977: Motörhead - Motörhead 1978: Van Halen - Van Halen 1979: Motörhead - Overkill 1980: Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations (there's a bunch of good metal from that year, but i feel this one is my favorite) 1981: Mötley Crüe - Too Fast For Love (there's probably better, more important metal records from that year though) 1982: Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast 1983: Metallica - Kill 'em All 1984: Metallica - Ride the Lightning 1985: Possessed - Seven Churches 1986: Slayer - Reign in Blood or Metallica - Master of Puppets 1987: Napalm Death - Scum or Death - Scream Bloody Gore 1988: Metallica - ...and Justice For All 1989: Sepultura - Beneath the Remains 1990: Judas Priest - Painkiller or Pantera - Cowboys From Hell 1991: Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle 1992: Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power 1993: Carcass - Heartwork 1994: Korn - Korn 1995: Death - Symbolic 1996: Burzum - Filosofem 1997: Electric Wizard - Come My Fanatics 1998: Death - The Sound of Perseverance 1999: Botch - We Are the Romans (does metalcore count?) 2000: Electric Wizard - Dopethrone 2001: Converge - Jane Doe (does metalcore count?) 2002: Agalloch - The Mantle 2003: Linkin Park - Meteora (does Linkin Park count?) 2004: Mastodon - Leviathan 2005: Amenra - Mass III 2006: Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain 2007: Machine Head - The Blackening 2008: Misery Signals - Controller 2009: Baroness - Blue Record 2010: Kvelertak - Kvelertak 2011: Woods of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason 2012: Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind 2013: Deafheaven - Sunbather 2014: Behemoth - The Satanist 2015: Ghost - Meliora 2016: Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas - Mariner 2017: Trivium - The Sin and the Sentence 2018: Zeal & Ardor - Stranger Fruit 2019: Cult of Luna - A Dawn to Fear 2020: Poppy - I Disagree (yeah, i went there) 2021: Whitechapel - Kin 2022: Chat Pile - God's Country 2023: Agriculture - Agriculture
1990 is literally the hardest Rust in peace, Cowboys from hell, Painkiller are all one of the greatest albums in all metal history
Plus, I dont think Van Halen is metal
So glad Beanley put Cattle Decapitation into this list. They're incredible!
Pleasantly surprised to see DTP Addicted!. Good stuff
😳😳😳 Life is but a dream....best album of 2023?! I love you! From now on you are my favourite KZheadr ever! I can even get over the fact that 2005 was not CoE, but for 2023 Life is but a dream... DEFINITELY deserves a spot! Many people will disagree, idc this album has some of their best songs evera and I love the fact that it exists
OMG i was not expecting to see Vektor on this list! But yes, terminal Redux is one of the best albums ever made. I would say of that decade for sure.
In Waves is such a great album. My dad isn't into the screaming stuff, but we saw them opening for Dream Theater during that album cycle and even he likes that song haha
I had a friend in college I took to see DT and Trivium in Atlanta at that time, and he wasn't a fan of Trivium until after he saw them live. A couple years later we saw KsE and Trivium and some other similar bands. It was awesome.
did you choose the least popular songs from each album to be different? Do you feel good about yourself?
Solid list I would personally put British Steel for 1980, and Aenima for 1996 And I'm a sucker for early CoB, so Hatebreeder and/or Follow the Reaper would be there For the rest we can debate all day, I agree with most of these, or at least I understand why you put the albums where they are
Thx for having Avenged Sevenfold, Nightmare, Meliora, Prequelle, Ride the Lightning and the Black Album! Every single song on these albums is a banger ❤
Ministry: The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste for 1989 & Fear Factory: Demanufacture for 1995 would've been my picks. Glad to see you agreed with SYL: City for 1997 though.👍
Anyone know what the pantera song at 2:19 is? I’m not familiar with any of their music but that riff sounds sick
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Red King Crimson inclusion is awesome. Moving Pictures by Rush, I don't know much about the year but that does strike me as an inspired choice.