I'm sure we've all come across this where a band releases an album but sometimes the band will actually release more than one really good album and your left wondering which is my favourite one or which one just about shades it?
I've only picked a handful of albums that often crop up with that question for me but they would be
Dissection The somberlain / Storm of the lights bane.
Morbid Angel Altars /Covenant.
In the Woods Heart of the ages / Omnio.
Bathory Twilight / Hammerheart.
Satyricon Dark medievil times /Nemesis Divina.
Moonspell Wolf heart /Irreligious .
What other albums have left you struggling to pick a favourite from ?
Iron Maiden. Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, Powerslave and Somewhere in Time. Depends on the day which one is my favourite.
Can never decide on my favourite Black Sabbath album either. Could be one of 4 or 5.
Slayer, how do you choose between RIB, Seasons and South of Heaven?
Death, how do you choose a favourite?
Warning. I got into them with Watching from a Distance. It utterly compelled me. I subsequently picked up The Strength to Dream which sounded weak at the time by comparison but is the one I reach for more these days. Now I would really struggle to choose between the two.
Strapping Young Lad with City and Alien. City I think is maybe a better album, but Alien I reckon has better individual songs. I generally find though that if I listen to one I end up sticking on the other straight after, they really complement each other perfectly
Marduk - Those of The Unlight and Opus Nocturne. Way too close to call.
Solitude Aeturnus - Into The Depths of Sorrrow and Beyond The Crimson Horizon. I always end up playing these back to back and they fit together perfectly.
Kreator - Pleasure To Kill and Endless Pain.
Quote from: Anvil on January 04, 2019, 05:41:32 PM
Death, how do you choose a favourite?
By picking "Leprosy".No contest.
Quote from: Pentagrimes on January 05, 2019, 10:15:29 AM
Quote from: Anvil on January 04, 2019, 05:41:32 PM
Death, how do you choose a favourite?
By picking "Leprosy".No contest.
100% Leprosy winner without doubt.
mine would be :
Dissection - the somberlain & Storm
Behemoth - the satanist & I loved you at your darkest
Sepultura - Beneath vs Arise
Windir - 1184 vs Arntor
Can never pick a favorite from My dying bride or Bathory
Could never pick one of the first 4 Cannibal Corpse albums.
Quote from: Pentagrimes on January 05, 2019, 10:15:29 AM
Quote from: Anvil on January 04, 2019, 05:41:32 PM
Death, how do you choose a favourite?
By picking "Leprosy".No contest.
Yeah but Human..
Burzum- Det som engang var /Hyss lyset tar oss/ Filosofem
Autopsy -Severed Survival /Mental Funeral
Katatonia - Last Fair Deal / Tonight's Decision / Discouraged Ones
Paradise Lost - Icon / Draconian Times
Isis - Oceanic / Panopticon
Bathory - Blood Fire Death / Hammerheart
Slayer - South of Heaven / Reign in Blood
Pantera - Cowboys / Vulgar / Far Beyond
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine / Downward Spiral
Primordial - TTND / The Gathering Wilderness
Suicidal Tendencies - How Will I Laugh / Join the Army / Lights Camera Revolution
Loads and loads
Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion / Monotheist
Living Colour - Vivid / Stain
Coroner - No More Colour / Mental Vortex / Grin
Megadeth - Peace Sells / Rust In Peace
Voivod - Killing Technology / Dimension Hatross / Nothingface
Morbid Angel - Blessed Are The Sick / Covenant
Deicide - Deicide / The Stench Of Redemption
Mindfunk - Mind Funk / Dropped
Couple more that spring to mind
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence/Elements
Type o Negative - October Rust/Bloody Kisses
Mastodon - Leviathan/Crack the Skye
Opeth - Still Life/Blackwater Park
Nevermore - This Godless Endeavour/Dead Heart
Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine/terria
Symphony X - Odyssey/Twilight in Olympus
Quote from: Trev on January 05, 2019, 09:03:51 PM
Couple more that spring to mind
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence/Elements
Ah holy fucking Mary and Joseph... are you serious? :o
I know most people see Unquestionable as their pinnacle, but Elements was the first album of theirs I had and listened to it relentlessly
Quote from: Trev on January 05, 2019, 09:03:51 PMType o Negative - October Rust/Bloody Kisses
Was just going to post this. It's a never ending switch around to which is the best. Currently thinking OR but BK has been above it for years for me.
Used to be NIN The Fragile / The Downward Spiral too because of how different they are but nowadays TDS is just ahead of fragile. Both unreal but there's few albums as well put together and leatheringly vicious as TDS.
Quote from: Trev on January 05, 2019, 09:03:51 PM
Couple more that spring to mind
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence/Elements
Type o Negative - October Rust/Bloody Kisses
Mastodon - Leviathan/Crack the Skye
Opeth - Still Life/Blackwater Park
Nevermore - This Godless Endeavour/Dead Heart
Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine/terria
Symphony X - Odyssey/Twilight in Olympus
Yeah that's another really difficult one and impossible to pick.
Quote from: Juggz on January 05, 2019, 09:19:05 PM
Quote from: Trev on January 05, 2019, 09:03:51 PM
Couple more that spring to mind
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence/Elements
Ah holy fucking Mary and Joseph... are you serious? :o
The same could be said about your Deicide choice to which everyone is entitled to their opinion of course but that Deicide debut for me is one of the cornerstones of death metal and stench isnt even close to it imo.
Few more that come to mind..
Dying Fetus -Killing on Adrenaline /Destroy the Opposition
Darkthrone -UAFM/Transylvanian Hunger
Enslaved -Vikingligr Veldi /Eld
Most Immolation albums..
Mercyful Fate - Melissa/Don't Break the Oath. This is the most obvious one to me, don't get how it hasn't been mentioned yet.
Venom - Welcome to Hell/Black Metal. More inclined to pick Black metal but I'm not sure.
Running Wild - Gates to Purgatory/Branded and Exiled/Under Jolly Roger/Port Royal/Death or Glory/Blazon Stone/Pile of Skulls/Black Hand Inn. Pick a favourite, I dare you.
Mortuary Drape - All the Witches Dance/Secret Suderia. More inclined to pick AtWD, but if I listen to SS that'll probably change
Cirith Ungol - Frost and Fire/King of the Dead. Uhhhhhhhhh
Quote from: TheFlyingGiraffe on January 06, 2019, 02:48:22 PM
Venom - Welcome to Hell/Black Metal. More inclined to pick Black metal but I'm not sure.
Running Wild - Gates to Purgatory/Branded and Exiled/Under Jolly Roger/Port Royal/Death or Glory/Blazon Stone/Pile of Skulls/Black Hand Inn. Pick a favourite
Yeah venom I can't decide on too.
But Running wild , it's gates of purgatory hands down is easily my favourite followed by death or glory.
Quote from: ochoill on January 05, 2019, 09:25:40 PM
Used to be NIN The Fragile / The Downward Spiral too because of how different they are but nowadays TDS is just ahead of fragile. Both unreal but there's few albums as well put together and leatheringly vicious as TDS.
I'll see your TDS and I'll raise you a Gway ta Fuck.
Maybe. A bit.
With Type O for me it is a throw between OR and World Coming Down, but OR just gets it.
Quote from: TheFlyingGiraffe on January 06, 2019, 02:48:22 PM
Mercyful Fate - Melissa/Don't Break the Oath. This is the most obvious one to me, don't get how it hasn't been mentioned yet.
Venom - Welcome to Hell/Black Metal. More inclined to pick Black metal but I'm not sure.
Running Wild - Gates to Purgatory/Branded and Exiled/Under Jolly Roger/Port Royal/Death or Glory/Blazon Stone/Pile of Skulls/Black Hand Inn. Pick a favourite, I dare you.
Mortuary Drape - All the Witches Dance/Secret Suderia. More inclined to pick AtWD, but if I listen to SS that'll probably change
Cirith Ungol - Frost and Fire/King of the Dead. Uhhhhhhhhh
Always King of the Dead for me..dont get the fuss about Frost and Fire at all.
Mercyful Fate..impossible choice that.
Voivod for me - always a tough call between Killing Technology and Nothingface, particularly as they're both so different.
It's probably one for the controversial opinions thread but it's mad looking at these how easy some of the choices are for me, though I'm definitely getting far fussier as I get older..for example I can't believe people like more than one Deicide record, think Arise is is anywhere in the same league as Beneath The Remains, or genuinely think October Rust (which is great but has a fair whack of filler to my ears) is as good as Bloody Kisses. Tis mad how many bands I loved when I was maybe between 14 and 16 who'd barely get a look in bar one album at this stage though, or that I just couldn't care less about full stop (cough..Entombed..cough).
On the plus side this thread has made me want to go back and listen to Athiest's post "Piece of Time" output
Forefather - Ours is the Kingdom // Steadfast
I've never been too sure how popular Forefather are, but I really like these 2 albums. The others never really clicked much for me, although they all seem to get decent reviews.
The best two that I´ve heard..Steadfast is killer from start to finish.
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Quote from: TheFlyingGiraffe on January 06, 2019, 02:48:22 PM
Venom - Welcome to Hell/Black Metal. More inclined to pick Black metal but I'm not sure.
Running Wild - Gates to Purgatory/Branded and Exiled/Under Jolly Roger/Port Royal/Death or Glory/Blazon Stone/Pile of Skulls/Black Hand Inn. Pick a favourite
But Running wild , it's gates of purgatory hands down is easily my favourite followed by death or glory.
Ye say that, and I wouldn't put it past you, but Port Royal has the trio heavy hitter of Raging Fire, Into the Arena and Uaschitschun. And probably RW's best track, Conquistadors.
Also Death or Glory with the best opening track ever, and Battle of Waterloo.
Extremely difficult decision to pick a favourite for me.
Death - Spiritual Healing/Human - Human is a landmark album in my life but SH is the one I go back and listen to the most.
King's X - Faith Hope Love/Dogman - very different but equally brilliant
Faith No More - We Care A Lot/Introduce Yourself/The Real Thing/Angel Dust - The Patton albums are arguably higher quality but there's just something about the first two which I find totally endearing.
Goatwhore - Carving Out The Eyes Of God/Blood For The Master -
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Quote from: Cernunnos on January 06, 2019, 06:16:29 PM
Quote from: TheFlyingGiraffe on January 06, 2019, 02:48:22 PM
Venom - Welcome to Hell/Black Metal. More inclined to pick Black metal but I'm not sure.
Running Wild - Gates to Purgatory/Branded and Exiled/Under Jolly Roger/Port Royal/Death or Glory/Blazon Stone/Pile of Skulls/Black Hand Inn. Pick a favourite
But Running wild , it's gates of purgatory hands down is easily my favourite followed by death or glory.
Ye say that, and I wouldn't put it past you, but Port Royal has the trio heavy hitter of Raging Fire, Into the Arena and Uaschitschun. And probably RW's best track, Conquistadors.
Also Death or Glory with the best opening track ever, and Battle of Waterloo.
Extremely difficult decision to pick a favourite for me.
Feck ya i see what you did there :) ok you've outlined some serious tunes, maybe im a bit biased as gates of purgatory was my first introduction to them so alot of good memories, so yes i now seem to have the Running wild conundrum :(
And yes Death or Glory does have the best opening track ever!
Metallica - Ride The Lightning/Master of Puppets
I guess most people rate Puppets as the better album but I have never been able to decide.
Sodom - Persecution Mania/ Agent Orange
Same story. Both are just too fucking good to have a clear winner for me.
Agreed with Death being impossible to settle on.
Atheist is either Piece of Time or Unquestionable Presence. The latter is musically a stronger album, but the debut has Roger Patterson. Impossible to pick for me. The reissue of UP has demo tracks featuring Patterson so that technically pushes it across the line, but thats cheating.
Any Rush album from Fly by Night to Moving Pictures, each one is just so, so good
Suicidal Tendencies - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow.... or Lights Camera Revolution.
Two total riff fests that I cannot make my mind up on being top of the pile.
For the record I do rate everything up to and including The Art Of Rebellion but the two I mention are the leading lights.
Quote from: Cernunnos on January 08, 2019, 11:24:00 AM
Quote from: TheFlyingGiraffe on January 07, 2019, 09:15:56 PM
Quote from: Cernunnos on January 06, 2019, 06:16:29 PM
Quote from: TheFlyingGiraffe on January 06, 2019, 02:48:22 PM
Venom - Welcome to Hell/Black Metal. More inclined to pick Black metal but I'm not sure.
Running Wild - Gates to Purgatory/Branded and Exiled/Under Jolly Roger/Port Royal/Death or Glory/Blazon Stone/Pile of Skulls/Black Hand Inn. Pick a favourite
But Running wild , it's gates of purgatory hands down is easily my favourite followed by death or glory.
Ye say that, and I wouldn't put it past you, but Port Royal has the trio heavy hitter of Raging Fire, Into the Arena and Uaschitschun. And probably RW's best track, Conquistadors.
Also Death or Glory with the best opening track ever, and Battle of Waterloo.
Extremely difficult decision to pick a favourite for me.
Feck ya i see what you did there :) ok you've outlined some serious tunes, maybe im a bit biased as gates of purgatory was my first introduction to them so alot of good memories, so yes i now seem to have the Running wild conundrum :(
And yes Death or Glory does have the best opening track ever!
Haha got ya! They're all fantastic albums!
One that I'm sure I'm not alone on here is trying to pick a favourite between Dirt, Black Gives Way To Blue and Jar Of Flies by Alice In Chains. All three are flawless.
Thin Lizzy are a prime contender for this. Class albums in all eras and that particular mid-late 70's run of strong ones,
My favourite changes all the time, 'tis a toss up between Black Rose & Johnny The Fox at the mo.
Can never decide between Mgla -> With Hearts Toward None & Exercises in Futility,
currently its With Hearts Toward None but that will change once i throw on Exercises!
Rotting Christ - Thy Mighty Contract /Non Serviam.
Eyehategod - Take as Needed for Pain/Dopesick
Napalm Death - Obviously they released seminal albums before 2000 but I prefer their output starting with Enemy of the Music Business .
Hard to decide what their best album from this period is. At the moment Time Waits for No Slave is my favourite.
Electric Wizard - Come My Fanatics.../Dopethrone