Controversial Metal Opinions

[Ducky]

RTL is perfect, not a bad song on it. Escape is one of my favourite Metallica songs. If I had to I'd bring MOP down to 7 - Leper Messiah is shìt and Disposable Heroes isn't much better.

The sound is definitely thin on AJFA, like it or not that drags it down. We've all grown up with it and that's simply how the album sounds, but it could sound better. A lot better. The problem is, no matter how good a job someone has done on adding bass, remixed stems, etc. it just sounds wrong as it's not what we grew up with. Same thing with altered tracklists (Maiden) or rerecorded elements (MegaDave).

Leper Messiah is in my top two 'Tallica songs 

[Paul keohane]

Mop and AJFA tied for top spot for me!

[Sworntothecans]

There's a real drop in authenticity in James' vocals in several places on AJFA for me, forced like.

Cocaine and untreated trauma definitely had a part to play there.

[Don Gately]

I think Voivod are the most consistent band of my era, stone cold classics throughout their career. Northingface is my favourite but you could add another 4 at least to the list of 5 star albums and another 4 or 5,  4 star albums.

[Pentagrimes]

I think Voivod are the most consistent band of my era, stone cold classics throughout their career. Northingface is my favourite but you could add another 4 at least to the list of 5 star albums and another 4 or 5,  4 star albums.

Nothing controversial about this, it's just a straight up fact.

[Cosmic_Equilibrium]

Title track of AJFA is one of the most underrated Metallica songs.

[astfgyl]

I think Voivod are the most consistent band of my era, stone cold classics throughout their career. Northingface is my favourite but you could add another 4 at least to the list of 5 star albums and another 4 or 5,  4 star albums.

Nothing controversial about this, it's just a straight up fact.

tis yeah

Voivod up next for me but which album

[Sworntothecans]

I think Voivod are the most consistent band of my era, stone cold classics throughout their career. Northingface is my favourite but you could add another 4 at least to the list of 5 star albums and another 4 or 5,  4 star albums.

Nothing controversial about this, it's just a straight up fact.

tis yeah

Voivod up next for me but which album

Killing Technology/Dimension Hatross for sure.

But honestly they don't have a bad one.

[Bürggermeister]

The Eternal Idol might just be Iommi's heaviest riff

[Maggot Colony]

I've been listening repeatedly to Killers by Iron Maiden for the last week and I'm starting to think it's their best album. It's the perfect mix of heavy metal and punk with the unpredictability of prog.

There's loads of moments in the album where songs switch styles seamlessly - Murders in the Rue Morgue starts out with a mournful guitar passage before morphing into a more straightforward punky song. Genghis Khan is a fantastic instrumental that contains progressive twists but doesn't overstay it's welcome, and Prodigal Son wouldn't sound out of place on Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds.

I love the Bruce stuff but after Killers the band pretty much dumped the punk influences and the songwriting became less interesting. Also there are no dud tracks on Killers unlike every Brucey album.

[jpm4]

I've been listening repeatedly to Killers by Iron Maiden for the last week and I'm starting to think it's their best album. It's the perfect mix of heavy metal and punk with the unpredictability of prog.

There's loads of moments in the album where songs switch styles seamlessly - Murders in the Rue Morgue starts out with a mournful guitar passage before morphing into a more straightforward punky song. Genghis Khan is a fantastic instrumental that contains progressive twists but doesn't overstay it's welcome, and Prodigal Son wouldn't sound out of place on Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds.

I love the Bruce stuff but after Killers the band pretty much dumped the punk influences and the songwriting became less interesting. Also there are no dud tracks on Killers unlike every Brucey album.

I'll back you up on this one - they have never made a better sounding album, even the lesser tracks like Another Life sound awesome; there is nothing I would change about it.  The next album that was consistently as good was Seventh Son.

[Bürggermeister]

I've been listening repeatedly to Killers by Iron Maiden for the last week and I'm starting to think it's their best album. It's the perfect mix of heavy metal and punk with the unpredictability of prog.

There's loads of moments in the album where songs switch styles seamlessly - Murders in the Rue Morgue starts out with a mournful guitar passage before morphing into a more straightforward punky song. Genghis Khan is a fantastic instrumental that contains progressive twists but doesn't overstay it's welcome, and Prodigal Son wouldn't sound out of place on Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds.

I love the Bruce stuff but after Killers the band pretty much dumped the punk influences and the songwriting became less interesting. Also there are no dud tracks on Killers unlike every Brucey album.

Just listening to Killers again now... it is fucking deadly, it must be said

[Bürggermeister]

I have to say... Number of the Beast is fucjen amazeballs all the way through. Imagine the joy of hearing it in 1982

[The Heretic]

Title track of AJFA is one of the most underrated Metallica songs.

Have to agree there! 

[Ducky]

I'd listen to The X Factor any day ahead of Killers. The latter is awful muck.