The Finest Metal Album of the 90's?

IanSavage

As soon as I saw the thread title 'Burn My Eyes' jumped to mind - although definite honourable mentions for 'Follow The Leader', 'Chaos AD' / 'Roots', Prong's 'Rude Awakening', Fear Factory's 'Demanufacture', White Zombie's 'Astro Creep 2000'...oooohhhh, and I've just noticed that 'Cowboys From Hell' and Megadeth's 'Countdown To Extinction' crept into the 90s as well. 

I don't think I could honestly just pick one. But if I had to, the Black Album wouldn't even be in the running  

PolarityMan

Oh good shout on astrocreep

viz

Vai - Sex and Religion

Bidley

Agreed on Aenima, Heartwork and Rust In Peace. I never liked Machine Head myself, either.

My picks;

At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul

Judas Priest - Painkiller

Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley

Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane

Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth

Along with hundreds more I can't remember!

mike_l

Defo agree with Painkiller.

PolarityMan

What about System of a down's first album...also I loves me some kill II this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqCMH0jl5Fc

Not really metal but www.pitchshifter.com was pretty awesome.

octatonic

Drew nailed it.

Strapping Young Lad's "City" is very, very close to it.

daveyh

What exactly is the definition of metal because tbh I get very confused at times.

fretmeister

Rust In Peace. Superb album.

I do love Slayer though. Even though my tastes change a lot, Slayer is always there.

Reverend

Trouble - s/t
Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
Dark Throne - A Blaze In The Northern Sky
At The Gates - Gardens Of Grief
Saint Vitus - V
Scald - Will Of The Gods Is Great Power
Mayhem - Die Mysteriies Dom Sathanas
Entombed - Clandestine
Dissection - Both of them.
Dismember - Like An Everflowing Stream
Cathedral - Forest Of Equilibrium

Reverend

Sepultura peaked by 89.

not_the_dj

Good to see 'Rust in Peace' getting mentioned a few times, that was my first thought as well. I don't listen to a lot of that stuff these days but every now and then I stick that one on for the drive home.

 

mike_l

not_the_dj said:

Good to see 'Rust in Peace' getting mentioned a few times, that was my first thought as well. I don't listen to a lot of that stuff these days but every now and then I stick that one on for the drive home.

 

I don't dare, last time I put it on a 45 minute journey turned into a 20 minute journey....

randomhandclaps

 

mike_l said:

I don't dare, last time I put it on a 45 minute journey turned into a 20 minute journey....

You literally can't help it.  Once upon a time before I had kids and responsibilities to stay alive for I used to put a great metal album on my iPod on the Motorbike ride home.  It not only makes you slightly more 'positive' on the throttle, it also makes you feel a bit more invincible than you really should on a bike.

mike_l

randomhandclaps said:

 

mike_l said:

I don't dare, last time I put it on a 45 minute journey turned into a 20 minute journey....

You literally can't help it.  Once upon a time before I had kids and responsibilities to stay alive for I used to put a great metal album on my iPod on the Motorbike ride home.  It not only makes you slightly more 'positive' on the throttle, it also makes you feel a bit more invincible than you really should on a bike.

Hence why I drive a Volvo/Chieftan tank....