Quality Comeback Albums

[Carnage]

I quite like the first Audioslave album, though the others were poor alright.

[Paul keohane]

Great call on Amorphis-Eclipse!

[Petardo]

Coroner - Dissonance Theory.

A masterpiece that far exceeded expectations.

[Circlepit]

I don't quite agree it's a bag of shite but yeah, it probably got a bit more kudos than it rightly deserved.

King Animal was an absolute non-event, but I'd have the same feelings towards Down on the Upside as well. Just such an incredibly dull album, and a massive downer after Superunknown.

Think I'll just listen to Limo Wreck on repeat and pretend that Audioslave never happened.

When Down On the Upside was released I remember listening to it and thinking when is this going to pick up a bit.
It didn't really. Having said that I now think it's brilliant. Especially the really sedate songs.

King Animal was such a last down. I've never gone back to it and I don't see it ever happening.


Something's Gotta Give by Agnostic Front is a brilliant album, great comeback after their hiatus.

[Naraka]

Tighter & Tighter and Overfloater are two of my favourite Soundgarden songs. Whenever I put Down on the Upside on, I usually skip to those two. I remember thinking how much of a letdown it was when it was released.

Traced in Air is definitely one of the greatest comeback albums, ever bit as good as Focus.

[Pentagrimes]

Yeah I go bac to Down on the Upside about once a year but it never really works for me. I love Pretty Noose and Applebite but that's about it.

[Floss]

I loved Down on the Upside when it came out - but it was always going to be a let down after Superunknown which was one of the finest collection of songs, start to finish, that any band ever put out. Amazing that they topped Badmotorfinger in such style. DOTU took a while took a while to get into... but i never listen to Soundgarden these days - after he died I just couldn't listen, and maybe i still cant.   King Animal was unnecessary - it just wasn't up to par and I haven't heard it since they played in Dublin.

I guess there's a difference between a "comeback album" and a "return to form" album. Return to forms would be stuff like Violent Revolution, Brave new World, System has Failed.... As comebacks go though i think Alice in Chains did it better than anyone, that album is just perfect. I haven't listened to it in years, have a long flight today so i must put it on. Rainer For was also brilliant but the red one wasn't great, I hope they put out another one... that gig in the Olympia a few years ago was incredible - I'd waited a lifetime to see them.

Bruce Dickinson's Mandrake was also a great comeback (after 20yrs i think it qualifies as a comeback).

The Carcass comeback was great too, but the most recent one didn't stick with me.

At War With Reality was pretty decent too as comebacks go, but near impossible to follow up what came before it.

Reinkaos was an interesting comeback - it sounded like The Jester Race in a lot of ways. No blast beats etc... it was so different from the previous releases that it was hard to take - I think a lot of people were initially disappointed by it and didnt get it, myself included, but it grew on me over time, though I rarely listen to it now - but it's definitely a great comebackm if very different to the early pair of albums stylistically

Will we get a comeback Dismember album?

Will we get a comeback Emperor album? Nah.

Bolt Thrower is the comeback I want - but it'll never happen

Will we get a return to form Morbid Angel album? Not bloody likely looking at the basket case Trey sadly is these days

Will we get a proper Immortal comeback album?

I hear that Swedish band Sacrilege will have a comeback at some stage too.

[Circlepit]

I've never thought about Reinkaos being like The Jesters Race. I love both of those albums. Even the Maith An Cailin bit.

I heard somewhere that the new Ihsahn solo album came about after birth he and Samoth realised they weren't going to be able to capture the magic of yesteryear and decided to leave it rather than out an album for the sake of it.

As Ihsahn was doing all the heavy lifting he used the music for his solo stuff.
I'd mush rather no comeback album over a half baked one from them.

I find with some bands like In Flames that I have to accept that they won't write an album like The Jesters Race, Whoracle or Colony again. It feels like they have decided to leave that style behind and morph into something different.
Having said that they style they morphed into is shit and they seem happy to repeat that formula album after album.
The progression is gone it's just rinse, repeat and tour the festival circuit.

That's another thread altogether, bands that keep releasing the same album and bands that leave the style that put them on the map only to become stuck on their new sound.

Vast Reaches Unclaimed by Majesties out does In Flames at being In Flames nowadays.

Apologies,I went  way off topic.

Slayer's World Painted Blood was hailed as a return to form or a comeback of sorts.
No.

[mickO)))]

I thought Surgical Steel was a snooze fest instantly forgettable and the most recent album was even worse. The only good thing about Carcass reforming was finally being able see them live.

One mentioned earlier in the thread Monotheist. I would even go as far as saying it's the best Frost album. I have been waiting years for a reissue.

[John Kimble]

Agreed on Carcass. The initial reaction to both was good, esp since they went out on such a low with Swansong but in truth there's very little on either that brings me back.

Monotheist is a great album. I wouldn't say it's their greatest but its not far off either and is much better than any comeback album has a right to be.

[Cailleach]

Some of the Amorphis albums before Eclipse were far from  dull. I also agree about Carcass. However their comeback gig in Camden was brilliant.

[Ducky]

Ah lads, Surgical Steel is a perfect slab of melo-death; melodic, catchy, but still muscular and aggressive.

It's chock full of memorable riffs too.

[Paul keohane]

Some of the Amphoris albums before Eclipse were far from  dull. I also agree about Carcass. However their comeback gig in Camden was brilliant.

the run of albums between Elegy and Eclipse were all dull as shite!.Absolutely nothing memorable!

[Cailleach]

Some of the Amphoris albums before Eclipse were far from  dull. I also agree about Carcass. However their comeback gig in Camden was brilliant.

the run of albums between Elegy and Eclipse were all dull as shite!.Absolutely nothing memorable!

What is wrong with you
 Elegy and Tuonela are  great albums.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Yeah, Surgical Steel didn't do much for me. Younger bands they'd helped inspire were releasing better stuff around the same time.