As per the thread name. I'm going with
Darktrone and their run of eleven at least remarkable albums ("Goatlord" included). Could it be topped?
Immolation had 5 classics in a row.
Wouldn't agree with the Darkthrone - some debatable albums in the mix there.
Death? Emperor? Maybe. Was thinking immolation too.
Immolation
Boring answer but all 6 of Sabbath's first run of albums are great. 5 and 6 slightly less so, but still great.
I know the proggy albums aren't to evryone's taste but I don't think they've released a bad one - Enslaved have an excellent 16 album run, 17 if you count Hordane's Land.
Candlemass, 13 albums, add in the EPs and it rises.
The Cure, from Boys Don't Cry* to Wish, 9 studio albums.
*It's the American release of their debut, it counts.
The boring answer is Maiden. From the debut to Seventh Son is a run of 7 that is hard to beat.
Fugazi
Hüsker Dü
Both had a flawless album career.
By chance "Repeater" is my Friday night spinnage :abbath:
Death for sure. I'll say Revocation too. "Chaos of Forms" ain't their best, but their other seven albums are all bangers.
Mourning Beloveth never did a bad album.
Ihsahn.
Between Emperor and his solo stuff he's been going since the 90's.
There's been some mental jumps in style, and he certainly can go up his own arse on occasion, but he has never released shit music.
The guy is a musical genius.
I sometimes like to watch Ihsahn's YouTube play troughs of his songs as he is a marvel to watch and a really inventive player, but I've yet to grab a solo album.
Killing Joke must deserve a mention.
My dying bride had a good run up to the dreadful hours.
Satyricon up to volcano.
Dark Throne up to Goatlord.
Quote from: Pagan Saviour on August 29, 2025, 08:46:17 PMWouldn't agree with the Darkthrone - some debatable albums in the mix there.
Debatable? Sure. But no duds. Four unquestionable classics and a run between "Panzerfaust" and "Sardonic Wrath" is savage in its own right.
Quote from: Carnage on August 29, 2025, 09:05:06 PMI know the proggy albums aren't to evryone's taste but I don't think they've released a bad one - Enslaved have an excellent 16 album run, 17 if you count Hordane's Land.
Candlemass, 13 albums, add in the EPs and it rises.
The Cure, from Boys Don't Cry* to Wish, 9 studio albums.
*It's the American release of their debut, it counts.
The Cure absolutely. Unbelievable run that might never be done again to keep that level of quality going for that many albums.
Not sold on Enslaved after Ruun but right up to that is basically a flawless run so they deserve a mention here for sure
Mike Murphy: 11 years, 1990 - 2001.
Rush from Fly by Night up to Presto, twelve albums, fourteen years, and a range of different styles
Warrel Dane, four Sanctury albums, seven Nevermore, and two solo albums, all great
Immolation for sure.
outside of metal, Pile might be on to it - 9th album came out last week and each one is better than the one before
Judas Priest from Sad Wings to Painkiller. I refuse to hear any Turbo & Ram It Down slander! They're feckin' great craic!
Quote from: Sworntothecans on August 30, 2025, 02:10:54 PMJudas Priest from Sad Wings to Painkiller. I refuse to hear any Turbo & Ram It Down slander! They're feckin' great craic!
If it wasn't for Point of Entry, the run from Sad Wings to Defenders would have been a great choice.
Quote from: Anvil on August 30, 2025, 02:35:29 PMQuote from: Sworntothecans on August 30, 2025, 02:10:54 PMJudas Priest from Sad Wings to Painkiller. I refuse to hear any Turbo & Ram It Down slander! They're feckin' great craic!
If it wasn't for Point of Entry, the run from Sad Wings to Defenders would have been a great choice.
C'mon now: Hot Rockin' like!? 😂
Quote from: Sworntothecans on August 30, 2025, 02:39:29 PMQuote from: Anvil on August 30, 2025, 02:35:29 PMQuote from: Sworntothecans on August 30, 2025, 02:10:54 PMJudas Priest from Sad Wings to Painkiller. I refuse to hear any Turbo & Ram It Down slander! They're feckin' great craic!
If it wasn't for Point of Entry, the run from Sad Wings to Defenders would have been a great choice.
C'mon now: Hot Rockin' like!? 😂
Not the worst song in the world but the video mentally scarred me for life.
Point of Entry isn't a bad album. Better than Turbo anyway.
Great craic doesn't cut it. We need bona fide classics and they ain't it. Ya, I'd take Point of Entry over Turbo and Ram It Down.
This is far too subjective anyway, well aside from Immolation and Sabbath.
Turbo and Ram It Down break that streak, no doubting that.
Piece Of Mind breaks the 80s Maiden streak too (2 duds and tinny production).
Dead Can Dance never released a bad album.
Peace of Mind :o ?
I've never given much time to Point of Entry actually, must rectify that.
Trouble during their original run for doomy stuff, six class albums.
YOB too actually, first one isn't up to much but they've only gotten better since imo.
I want to say Anathema up as far as Alternative 4 but I don't know if that is teenage me or middle aged me talking.
Quote from: Trev on August 30, 2025, 11:47:55 AMRush from Fly by Night up to Presto, twelve albums, fourteen years, and a range of different styles
Warrel Dane, four Sanctury albums, seven Nevermore, and two solo albums, all great
Forgot both of these! I'd go from 2112 to Hold Your Fire though. Caress of Steel is my least favourite Rush album, with Presto right behind it.
Agree wholehearted about Dane. One of the biggest talents in metal, sorely missed :abbath:
Metallica first 4 surely. They are one of the few bands that always have me thinking whichever album I'm on at the time is my favourite.
They are a shoe on for a band that managed to release a string of mediocrity after some classics.
Crowbar have never released a shit album, having said that they have 5 whoppers at the start.
It's hard to think of band that had maybe 2 or 3 absolute classics, went to shit and then managed to produce another string of classics.
Decide had the flash in the pan with Stench but then went back to plodding.
I find the first two Metallica albums fairly meh for a long time now. Some of RtL is top tier, but there's filler too.
I am going with Darkthrone, Opeth, Enslaved, My Dying Bride, Emperor. I cant think of any band whose quality didn't decline somewhat over the years- the closest to not doing so would be Darkthrone.
I still don't think anyone's managed to beat Sabbath's first six. Metallica have four or five depending on where you start/finish at. Maiden would be a good shout if it wasn't for Killers and to a lesser extent Piece Of Mind interrupting the flow. Saint Vitus are another candidate, flawless discography for the first five albums, if you like C.O.D. then that and the following album give a seven album streak.
You could make a case for Rush having five from 2112 to Moving Pictures but considering their shitty 80s keyboard albums as classics is just demented.
If Metallica are in the running, Slayer beat it with 4 plus an EP and if we want to stretch it further, Live Undead.
Could include No Life 'Til Leather. Sounds like a full-on tribute to Diamond Head, but that's in large part why I personally love it.
Hell Awaits breaks that, but from RIB to DI is also four.
Killers is, of course, excellent.
Absolute lunacy to include DI and DIM and not have possibly the best thrash album ever. Dunno why I even rise to this.
I didn't want to bring up Metallica as I r Jew it would come down to Slayer/Metallica
Hell Awaits is brilliant, no arguments.
The first 4 Burzum can stand up to anything out there.
Rainbow
Rising
Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
Heaven and Hell
Mob Rules
Holy Diver
Last In Line
Sacred Heart
Dio laughs at the suggestion four good ones is an accomplishment
Quote from: open face surgery on August 30, 2025, 06:18:03 PMIf Metallica are in the running, Slayer beat it with 4 plus an EP and if we want to stretch it further, Live Undead.
Yeah Slayer smoke The 'Tallica, the rest of the Big 4, and a lot of other bands in general.
I'm not a fan of HA, but I understand why it's revered, and it deserves its place.
Quote from: Bürggermeister on August 30, 2025, 09:21:46 PMRainbow
Rising
Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
Heaven and Hell
Mob Rules
Holy Diver
Last In Line
Sacred Heart
Dio laughs at the suggestion four good ones is an accomplishment
That's a mental run when you actually write it out.
Just listening to the new Gjendød and they're now on 6 although I never went back to the last one as much.
The last Gjendød is great. Worth a revisit.
Ya, I def will but I'll probably be on this new one for a while for now.
Atheist must have one of the longest winning streaks, if only in terms of elapsed time :) :abbath:
Coroner, man, after that new tune :eyeroll: :laugh:
Fingers crossed, but I didn't find the one new tune strong enough to assure me the album will be killer. A grand track, but every song on Jupiter is better than it, for example. But fingers crossed!
The dillinger escape plan in my humble opinion have been constantly brilliant
Quote from: 0ricky7 on August 30, 2025, 11:28:19 PMThe dillinger escape plan in my humble opinion have been constantly brilliant
I remember thinking "oh no, how will they manage with a new vocalist?", the Miss Machine landed in me mailbox.
"Sound", as if were.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on August 30, 2025, 11:25:33 PMFingers crossed, but I didn't find the one new tune strong enough to assure me the album will be killer. A grand track, but every song on Jupiter is better than it, for example. But fingers crossed!
Hmm,I dunno. It sounds more Coroner than anything sounds Atheist on Jupiter. And I enjoyed Jupiter too.
Okay, now I have a few minutes to think about this:
Opeth - 8
Rush - 8
Death - 7
Led Zeppelin - 7
Yes - 7
Primordial - 7 (6 albums + 1 EP)
Iron Maiden - 7 (at a pinch)
Black Sabbath - 6
Testament - 6 (prob only coming to mind because of the other discussion)
Emperor - 6 (4 albums + 1 EP + 1 demo)
Once it gets to five, just too many bands. Probably a couple other bands with a 6 or maybe even 7 album run that aren't coming to mind right now.
Quote from: 0ricky7 on August 30, 2025, 11:28:19 PMThe dillinger escape plan in my humble opinion have been constantly brilliant
I'd agree with this
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on August 30, 2025, 11:55:42 PMOkay, now I have a few minutes to think about this:
Opeth - 8
Rush - 8
Death - 7
Led Zeppelin - 7
Yes - 7
Primordial - 7 (6 albums + 1 EP)
Iron Maiden - 7 (at a pinch)
Black Sabbath - 6
Testament - 6 (prob only coming to mind because of the other discussion)
Emperor - 6 (4 albums + 1 EP + 1 demo)
Once it gets to five, just too many bands. Probably a couple other bands with a 6 or maybe even 7 album run that aren't coming to mind right now.
Of all the forum heads I'm surprised you skipped Mastodon! :abbath: :eyeroll:
Blood Mountain has never really clicked for me. I'd sooner include The Hunter in a run from Crack the Skye to Hushed and Grim (which would make them yet another 5). Actually, I was relatively slow in giving time to Crack the Skye after the disappointment of BM, which at the time sounded to me, in its best parts, like leftovers from Leviathan. Sleeping Giant was prob the best glimpse of better things to come.
That's interesting. Been on board meself with Mastodon since the debut (albeit between it and Leviathan, think Iron Tusk was the first song I heard via a sampler disc), and always loved BM.
Took me years to warm up to CtS, but enjoyed The Hunter and Once More right from the off.
Might actually stick on The Hunter now, haven't given it a go in ages.
Nile had a pretty good run!, Primordial worth a mention too.
Quote from: ldj on August 30, 2025, 03:23:19 PMYOB too actually, first one isn't up to much but they've only gotten better since imo.
Good call. So there's a 7 I missed. And Nevermore another :abbath:
Edit: Actually that's a bit too generous towards The Obsidian Conspiracy, which is only grand. Think I'd give King Diamond a 6 album run too, up to The Spider's Lullabye.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on August 30, 2025, 10:32:37 PMThe last Gjendød is great. Worth a revisit.
Gjendød definitely are on a run. Personally album number 4 is untouchable for me but they are all essential.
Primordial's debut is their only decent album.
Mastodon from Remission to Once... is a great run, the last two are just beige.
ITP and TSOP are shit so Death are out.
Emperor/Ihsahn - fuck off. See also: Darkthrone, everything after the debut is shite.
I mean, if you simply don't like a band, you're obviously not going to think they have a winning streak at all :laugh:
Ya, it's a stupid thread really.
Ah, it's grand... but only makes sense as discussion between fans of bands. And, as you said about JP, neither "great craic" or just "not bad" cut it when it comes to a "winning" streak. Like, I don't think Candlemass have any "bad" albums, yet I wouldn't personally call their entire discography a winning streak either.
All being said, and in relation to your cut off point of 5 albums, it's an amazing feat to be able to put out 5 good, let alone great, albums.
Voivod surely. I'd say 6 100% (Rrrrroar to Outer Limits), but no bad albums overall
Yes! :abbath: Might revisit the two albums without Snake now though, been ages.
Nevermore have a good run of albums tbf!
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on August 30, 2025, 11:55:42 PMOkay, now I have a few minutes to think about this:
Testament - 6 (prob only coming to mind because of the other discussion)
As much as I have a soft spot for Testament, I don't think they have 6 in a row. Good few fillers on the later 80s material and The Ritual is just bad bar 3 or 4 songs.
Unless you're counting the later career albums, which are arguably solid, but I'd consider them exhibition matches rather than wins.
I've always found Testament to be meh in general. Skolnick is by some margin the best lead player in thrash, but when your only enjoyment is "wait for the lead", it's a tough sell.
Few good tunes on The Gathering. Crazy lineup, but it feels like their talents were reined in to keep it "Testament". Murphy in particular, it's the album I least associate him with.
Death are one of the most consistant. Not a bad album in the bunch
No, Testament can fuck off. Souls is a Dud, Practice ain't a classic. Ritual as someone said 4 killer tracks
As I said, I'm pretty sure the only reason Testament even came to mind is because of the other discussion :laugh: They're a band who'd make it into, say, my top 50 metal bands, but not top 20. That said, even if The Gathering is my personal turn-to Testament album, I find their first five albums equally good and listen to them equally often. And then there's Low, which wouldn't be a personal favourite but, again looking to the other discussion, is clearly winner enough to get into a streak. They clearly never came near the early heights of Metallica or Megadeth, but I'd listen to any of those first six Testament records over Countdown or Load, or Seasons for that matter.
Countdown is so fucking naff in so many places. Still can't understand how anyone can prefer it over Youthanasia, which has the good grace to contain pretty much all of its naff to just one easily skippable tune :laugh:
Out of curiosity, which tune are you saying is the only shit one on Youthanasia? Genuinely no idea :laugh:
The one you turned it off during just last week ;)
I'd throw in a run of six for Symphony X from The Damnation Game up to Paradise Lost.
I'd personally add in one more with Iconoclast, but I know for a lot of people it was a bit too removed from their usual proggy leanings
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on August 31, 2025, 05:28:52 PMThe one you turned it off during just last week ;)
I felt I did well to get that far in the first place :laugh:
The Quietus did a lengthy piece on Slayer's 3 album run from Reign in Blood to Seasons in the Abyss recently
https://thequietus.com/opinion-and-essays/black-sky-thinking/slayer-best-albums/ (https://thequietus.com/opinion-and-essays/black-sky-thinking/slayer-best-albums/)
Quote from: Ducky on August 31, 2025, 02:58:37 PMI've always found Testament to be meh in general. Skolnick is by some margin the best lead player in thrash, but when your only enjoyment is "wait for the lead", it's a tough sell.
Skolnick is great but personally I'd have Friedman above him, I think his leads are more memorable. Could Hammett literally be the worst out of all his peers?
I think Testament certainly qualify for a good streak, with the only caveat being the quality of that streak in general is lower than something like the Sabbath streak.
Quote from: Mooncat on August 31, 2025, 07:13:39 PMI think Testament certainly qualify for a good streak, with the only caveat being the quality of that streak in general is lower than something like the Sabbath streak.
In a nutshell, yup.
I'd add Slough Feg, Blind Guardian, Rage and Sentenced to the list.
I am going to include Malokarpatan on this list- everything they have released is quality. They just seem to get better with every album too
Devin Townsend's catalog is all over the place but depending on how you look at it (does SYL actually count as separate or not?) you get either six or nine albums in a row of top tier material.
Ocean Machine
Infinity
Physicist
Terria
Accelerated Evolution
Synchestra
City, SYL, and Alien all also released within those.
There isn't a single bad Torche release either so that's five albums and two EPs in a row too.
Has anyone mentioned Bolt Thrower yet? Not a dud in sight.
Type O Negative have to be on a list of when it comes to a streak.
For me they are one of those bands that when you want Type O, nothing else will hit the spot.
Hardcore, Death and Black Metal have desert island disc artists but there was only one Type O Negative.
Quote from: Carnage on August 31, 2025, 09:45:24 PMHas anyone mentioned Bolt Thrower yet? Not a dud in sight.
Shit yeah, good call. 10? 8 albums + 2 EPs? 8) :abbath: :abbath:
Quote from: Carnage on August 31, 2025, 09:45:24 PMHas anyone mentioned Bolt Thrower yet? Not a dud in sight.
I'm happy to lock that answer in.
ACDC - 5 in a row
Let There Be Rock (1977)
Powerage (1978)
Highway to Hell (1979)
Back in Black (1980)
For Those About to Rock We Salute You (1981)
Dark Tranquillity's discography from Skydancer to Fiction, totalling six albums and two eps is fairly rock solid throughout. Marduk have hardly put out too many stinkers over the past 35 years.
Autopsy, all the way from Severed up to Shitfun, including all the EPs
I'd have said the reunion run, from The Tomb Within EP to Ashes..., about 10 releases between albums and EPs.
Definitely Yob. What a fucking band.
Electric Wizard from the debut to Witchcult Today, 6 albums (plus 2 EPs). Fell off a cliff after that IMO but before that they're all gold.
There is a good case to be made for
Autopsy. Especially considering their influence on Scandinavian DM and BM (see: Darkthrone).
Dodheimsgard for 7 (6 albums + 1 EP).
Any streak over 5 that is also a full discography should get bonus points :laugh:
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on September 01, 2025, 10:18:32 PMAny streak over 5 that is also a full discography should get bonus points :laugh:
It's like using your full hand in scrabble.
Fisting the Pouch of Tiles :abbath: :abbath:
Oh wait, I see what you mean.
Godflesh are another one that comes to mind. I know Us And Them and Hymns aren't thought of as their best but I think they're mighty, and their reunion era material is all decent too.
10 albums (I'm including the debut EP in that, it's a fair oul' length), add the EPs and it's a good ol' streak.
Quote from: The Heretic on September 01, 2025, 07:05:04 AMACDC - 5 in a row
Let There Be Rock (1977)
Powerage (1978)
Highway to Hell (1979)
Back in Black (1980)
For Those About to Rock We Salute You (1981)
You wouldn't put the first two in? They're two of my favourites. First is a classic and Dirty Deeds is underrated.
Pink Floyd would get a 7 from me too: Atom Heart Mother to The Wall. And in the space of only 9 years.
I'd cut The Wall from that myself but I'd take the other 6.
Quote from: Mooncat on September 01, 2025, 11:43:45 PMQuote from: The Heretic on September 01, 2025, 07:05:04 AMACDC - 5 in a row
Let There Be Rock (1977)
Powerage (1978)
Highway to Hell (1979)
Back in Black (1980)
For Those About to Rock We Salute You (1981)
You wouldn't put the first two in? They're two of my favourites. First is a classic and Dirty Deeds is underrated.
I think the first 2 have some filler songs, however both contain some classic ACDC songs that's for sure
I don't think Blind Guardian have ever done a bad album, but in terms of a streak I'd go their debut up to Night at the Opera for a seven album run
Night at the Opera switched me off Blind Guardian, never really paid attention to what they released after that, but loved everything they did until then.
I'm not a fan of it myself either, but even for fans who do like it, surely Night at the Opera still represents a cliff drop in quality coming after Nightfall in Middle-earth..? The later stuff I don't find very exciting personally, grand for background music though.
Appetite for Destruction until Appetite for Destruction
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on September 02, 2025, 11:34:30 AMI'm not a fan of it myself either, but even for fans who do like it, surely Night at the Opera still represents a cliff drop in quality coming after Nightfall in Middle-earth..? The later stuff I don't find very exciting personally, grand for background music though.
I actually prefer it to Nightfall. Precious Jerusalem, Soulforged, And Then There was Silence are probably some of my favourite stuff they've done, the drop for me came with A Twist in the Myth
Have you gave The God Machine a listen? More guitar based, tones down the symphonic elements, and in general it's a lot more like their 90s stuff
I don't think anyone's mentioned Clutch yet. They've released some classics over the years. They're not all as high quality as the likes of Blast Tyrant so that maybe throws off the winning streak.
Quote from: Trev on September 02, 2025, 11:55:32 AMI actually prefer it to Nightfall. Precious Jerusalem, Soulforged, And Then There was Silence are probably some of my favourite stuff they've done, the drop for me came with A Twist in the Myth
Have you gave The God Machine a listen? More guitar based, tones down the symphonic elements, and in general it's a lot more like their 90s stuff
I'll throw NatO on again later for another chance, but my memory of it, in total contrast to Nightfall, is of an extremely uneven hotch-potch of tunes that don't really work that well together.
I've listened to all their albums at least a couple of times each (some many times more, natch), but the later stuff mainly slipped into the background: inoffensive, grand. Will try give The God Machine a proper listen though, cheers :abbath:
Quote from: The Heretic on September 02, 2025, 11:39:53 AMAppetite for Destruction until Appetite for Destruction
😂 Fucken A
Someone must have called Crypt Sermon over these eight pages? Everything up to and including the new ep is gold for me ( what about the job they did on De Mysteriis, fuck me, outstanding ) , I recall a few naysayers over last year's album , The Scrying Orb in particular rubbed some folk up the wrong way but for me they're a phenomenal band on a phenomenal run, three albums and an ep of the finest Trad Doom you're likely to hear this side of Solitude Aeternus or Candlemass.