Heavy Metallurgy Presents: Ep

[@mdkmckee2937]

I forgot to mention the year 97 but as of two weeks ago Aeternus beyond the wandering moon. I think played that more then anything in the last few weeks. I didn’t know about them then but amazing album. Great show tonight everyone!!!

[@Doomherre]

Great picks!

[@symbolic_acts_95]

I couldn’t take much time to put this together, so I can’t say it’s unchangeable, but here’s my list in “Winner/Runner-up” fashion. 1990 - Rust In Peace/Coma of Souls 1991 - Parallels/Human 1992 - Images & Words/The Crimson Idol 1993 - Icon/Parallel Minds 1994 - Tales From the…/Wildhoney 1995 - Symbolic/Storm of the Light’s Bane 1996 - The Jester Race/Elegy 1997 - Nighttime Birds/Visions 1998 - The Sound of…/Legacy of Kings 1999 - Demons & Wizards/At the Heart of… Awesome crew and topic, thanks!

[@sothis1448]

God awful pop metal.

[@symbolic_acts_95]

@ Thanks for your invaluable contributions, cult and tough guy ;))

[@s.craigzahler6797]

Lots of good picks!

[@MrRacoon666]

Great episode and topic guys. People who think metal was dead in the 90s might be living in a cave or something. Here my picks: 90 Judas Priest - Painkiller 91 Heavens Gate - Livin' in Hysteria 92 Dream Theater - Images and Words 93 X Japan - Art of Life 94 Stratovarius - Dreamspace 95 Gamma Ray - Land of the Free 96 Helloween - Time of the Oath 97 Symphony X - Divine Wings of Tragedy 98 Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth 99 Immortal - At the Heart of Winter So painful to leave out Death, Running Wild, Savatage, Iced Earth, Emperor, Bathory , Fates Warning, Morbid Angel, Rage and others. Great decade for metal music

[@Patch-vb5ny]

Just sat down,and watched this vid...brilliant...great nostalgia trip... Great picks ..Great in depth to each release... Gone mad now picking out the cassettes vinyls and cds to listen too... Always enjoy the channel...👍👍🤘🤘,

[@amasvodka]

You can't talk about the best albums of the 90s and not mention Danzig. Respect Alan!

[@saltpeter7429]

Danzig is in my top 5 greatest singer/ songwriters of all time. He catches shit online, but, whatever, the greats always are criticized.

[@cbn6635]

Great fun, guys (and gal)! 🤘 I knew in advance, that Melanie and Simon would mention a lot of the same albums from the decade, that I also find essential, but Alan was the one, who surprised me the most with his excellent picks like Fates Warning, Danzig and Sanctuary; bands I absolutely adore, but wouldn't immediately have thought of mentioning myself. 👍Already looking forward to the Heavy Metallurgy team going though the years 2000-2009... 😎

[@cowmark67]

Tough but awesome topic. My experience of the '90s is second hand as I was born in '97 but I have connected with more albums from the '90s than the '80s so I can actually pick an album from each year. Here is my list. 1990: Entombed - Left Hand Path (death metal) 1991: Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger (grunge/alternative metal/heavy metal/sludge metal) 1992: Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky (black metal) 1993: Dissection - The Somberlain (melodic black metal/melodic death metal) 1994: Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory (death metal) 1995: Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane (melodic black metal/melodic death metal) 1996: Sacramentum - Far Away from the Sun (melodic black metal/melodic death metal) 1997: Hades - The Dawn of the Dying Sun (black metal/Viking metal) (Aeternus was so f'ing close) 1998: Aeternus - ...and So the Night Became (melodic black metal/atmospheric death metal) 1999: Windir - Arntor (melodic black metal/Viking metal/folk metal)

[@fatbomb2338]

Great picks.

[@kaptaink1897]

The '90s were an excellent decade for metal. Still discovering great music from the era. Wish I could have watched the whole stream thing live.

[@mazzoh2454]

90's was my formative musical years 1990 Deicide - Deicide 1991 Cathedral - Forest of Equilibrium 1992 Hypocrisy - Penetralia 1993 Anathema - Serenades 1994 Samael - Ceremony of Opposites 1995 Sentenced - Amok 1996 Cradle of Filth - Dusk and Her Embrace 1997 Graveland - Following the Voice of Blood 1998 Falkenbach - ... Magni Blandinn ok... 1999 Windir - Arntor Great topic thank you!!!

[@shannonm.townsend1232]

I have that Malevolent Creation (Retribution) tape. Its true that it seems overlooked at least in casual discourse.

[@SteelDrumSolace1983]

Anacrusis was so ahead of their time and brilliant...saw the video for Sound The Alarm on Much Music's LOUD show, which got me into so many awesome bands

[@mizxecio]

A hard topic with so many of the extreme genres having their peak year/s in the 90s. Here's my list - I'm 38 but only listening to metal for ~10 years. 1990 Entombed - Left Hand Path 1991 Dismember - Like an Everflowing Stream 1992 Demigod - Slumber of Sullen Eyes. Death - Human possibly close, its a borderline 9.5/10 for me. 1993 Immortal - Pure Holocaust. Katatonia very close behind. 1994 Oof this is the first really tough one! Have to give it to Abigor like Simon. Dawn and Hades are pretty much equal, and Gorement a little behind those. 1995 Death - Symbolic. Abigor very close. 1996 Sacramentum - Far Away From the Sun 1997 I hate to have to relegate Aeturnus, but Borknagar - The Olden Domain is a special album for me. 1998 Diabolical Masquerade - Nightwork. Borknagar again, and Blind Guardian very close for me. 1999 Immortal - At the Heart of Winter Predictable maybe but it is what it is - I could make a list sans DM/BM all of stuff well in the 90%s ratings for me, the above are pretty much all my 10/10 albums.

[@saltpeter7429]

Alan, too wierd about the FATES WARNING cd. That was the first cd I owned as well, and yes, I didnt have a cd player either. I was just flabbergasted to hear another person say they had the same Obscure experience. And...I was not able to play it in anyone elses player. I do think someone dubbed it on tape for me, but I cant recall. I also had IRON MAIDEN's first release and Ozzy SPEAK OF THE DEVIL on vinyl. With no record player!! At least I could look at the cool artwork on the covers...

[@thomashubner697]

You stole my relax sunday. While I was watching the show I could not stop to look what my favourite albums of the 90s are. To be honest, this decade was worse for traditional hardrock and heavy metal sounds than I thought. Here we go: 1999 Best: Lefay- The seventh seal Good: Candlemass- From the 13th sun, Annihilator- Criteria for a black widow 1998 Best: Bruce Dickinson- The chemical wedding Very good: Blue öyster cult- Heaven forbid, Good:Nightwish- Oceanborn 1997 Best: Fates Warning- A pleasent shade of gray Very good: Paradise lost- One second, Bruce Dickinson- Accident of birth, Saxon- Unleash the beast, Good: Aerosmith- Nine lives 1996 Best: Morgana Lefay- Maleficium Good: Annihilator- Refresh the demon, Metallica Load 1995 Best: Virgin Steele- The marriage of heaven and hell 2 Very good: Grave Digger- Heart of darkness, King Diamond- The spiders lullabye, Trouble- Plastic green head, Good: Savatage- Dead winter dead, Nevermore- Nevermore, W.A.S.P- Still not black enough, Y. Malmsteen- Magnum opus 1994 Best: Megadeth- Youthanasia Very good: Queensryche- Promised land, Running wild- Black hand inn, Annihilator- King of the kill, Virgin Steele- The marriage of heaven and hell 1, Fates Warning- Inside out, Threshold- Psychedelicatessen Good: Savatage- Handful of rain, Black Sabbath- Cross purposes, Helloween- Master of the rings 1993 Best: Riot- Nightbreaker Very good: Morgana lefay- The secret doctrine,Mercyful fate- In the shadows, Grave Digger- The reaper, Threshold- Wounded land, Annihilator- Set the world on fire, Fight- War of words Good: Voivod- The outer limits, Dio- Strange highways, Overkill- I hear black, Nuclear assault- Something wicked 1992 Best: Warrior soul- Salutaitons from the ghetto nation Very good: Metal church- Hanging in the balance, Trouble- Manic frustration, Prong- Prove you wrong, Exodus- Force of habit, Kiss- Revenge, Testament- The ritual, Xentrix- Kin, Megadeth- Countdown to extinction, Tiamat- Clouds, Running wild- Pile of skulls, Rage- Trapped 1991 Best: Fates Warning- Paralells Very good: Savatage Streets, Cirith ungol- Paradise lost, Iced earth- Night of the stormrider, Warrior soul- Drugs, god and a new republic, Tiamat- The astral sleep, Metal Church- The human factor, Overkill- Horrorscope, Vicious Rumours- Welcome to the ball, Heathen- Victims of deception, Voivod- Angel rat, Ignorance- The confident rat, Xentrix- Dilute to taste, Skid row- Slave to the grind, Gypsy Kyss- Songs from a swirling ocean, Motörhead 1916, Bathory- Twillight of the gods, Armored Saint- Symbol of salvation, Primus- Sailing the seas of cheese, Ozzy- No more tears, Morbid Angel- Blessed are the sick, Pestilence- Testimony of the ancients 1990 Best: Gypsy Kyss- When passion murdered innocense (a top ten band of all time!) Very good: Megadeth- Rust in peace, Sacred reich- The american way, Death- Spiritual healing, Napalm death- Harmony corruption, Warrior soul- Last decade dead century, Iced earth- Iced earth, Sanctuary- Into the mirror black, Pantera- Cowboys from hell, Ratt- Detonator, Slayer- Seasons of the abyss, Trouble- Trouble, Riot- The privelige of power, Annihilator- Never neverland, Extreme- Pornograffiti, Death angel- Act III, Titan force, Winner/ Loser, Queensryche- Empire, Xentrix- For whose advantage, Celtic frost- Vanity/ Nemesis, Suicidal tendencies- Lights, camera, revolution. That's all for the 90s. Have a nice sunday!

[@s.craigzahler6797]

This is fun. Lots of good choices. I feel 1990 is one of the greatest years for metal ever: my favorite King Diamond (The Eye), my favorite Judas Priest (Painkiller), my favorite Saint Vitus (V), and my favorite Megadeth (Rust in Peace), which is also my favorite metal album ever. Four top offerings by four legacy bands. Plus Artillery's By Inheritance is great and the ultra-nasty glam metal pinnacle WWIII (Mandy Lion / Vinny Appice / Tracy G). Each one of these six gems is worthy of an Album of the Year title. A peak year for metal releases, probably the peak for me. Cirith Ungol's Paradise Lost and Carcass' Necroticism battle for 91. At the Heart of Winter, Domination, Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk, Heartwork, Wolf's Lair Abyss, Nattens Madrigal, and Imaginations from the Other Side also ruled that decade.

[@HeavyMetallurgy]

It was such an influential decade, rivaling the 80s. Glad you enjoyed the episode!

[@jtd_flamingmetalsystem]

There are some hard choices up until '94, but after that point they get easy for me, then again in the past few years I listen to stuff from the 90s instead of the 80s about 10% of the time. 1990 - Hammerheart 1991 - Twilight of the Gods 1992 - Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism 1993 - Under a Funeral Moon 1994 - Be Forewarned 95 - Panzerfaust 96 - Blood on Ice 97 - Come my Fanatics 98 - Into the Infernal Regions of the Ancient Cult 99 - At the Heart of Winter

[@sothis1448]

Some great albums but far from the best.

[@jtd_flamingmetalsystem]

@@sothis1448 As you can see i am not well versed in the 90s, so lots are albums from bands I enjoy most of their discography. I could have picked Left Hand Path or debut Deicide for '90, or Tortured Existence or Blessed are the Sick for '91, but Epic Bathory has more meaning to me than those absolute blood boilers mentioned above. Same goes for '94, there are many black metal albums very high in my opinon from that year, but Pentagram just means more to me personally. Cheers Brother!

[@robertmorris8371]

Really enjoyed the video so many great picks from everyone and I'm looking forward to watching Alan's German power metal video too!

[@sadboi7537]

This episode should be renamed, “Our favorite Black and Death Metal albums of the 1990’s”. 😂 Good stuff, guys. 👍

[@sothis1448]

Thrash and heavy metal died off and succumbed to commerciality by 1990, anyone who knows anything about metal knows this.

[@psychicvacuum555]

​@@sothis1448 Not really true. Case in point: a good portion of Alan's picks and honourable mentions in this show... That said, the majority of great albums (and most of my favourites) were on the more extreme side.

[@amasvodka]

1990: Judas Priest - Painkiller 1991: Fear of God - Within the Veil 1992: Danzig - Danzig III: How the Gods Kill 1993: Morbid Angel - Covenant 1994: Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom. Sathanas 1995: Dissection - Storm of the Light’s Bane 1996: Cryptopsy - None So Vile 1997: Strapping Young Lad - City 1998: Cradle of Filth - Cruelty and the Beast 1999: Devourment - Molesting the Decapitated

[@steeldrumsolace]

How The Gods Kill! You rule Alan!

[@fatbomb2338]

For me 91 is the hardest year to pick a favourite from, insane year for Death metal. Armored Saint-Symbol of Salvation, Skid Row-Slave to the Grind, Paradise lost-Gothic and Sepultura-Arise (their most death metal sounding album) are some of the best non-Death metal releases of 91. If I had to pick from Death Metal I would say Entombed-Clandestine because I listened to it the most.

[@saltpeter7429]

Great year for sure. My " formative" years as a little lad, tape trading in Jr high. Who the hell knew I would look back and realize how amazing that time and music was? I lived way in the woods. Buddies at school would tape me episodes of HEADBANGERS BALL and wvery wednesday night was the " War Dance" on WPCR. Plymouth State College Radio. Holy shit, I heard more good stuff on there, Carcass, Type O, Sepultura...

[@fatbomb2338]

I was a teenager in the mid 90's, definitely the best decade for the genre.

[@biggravycapone4778]

Some of these years are fucking criminal to pick one 😂 1990 and 1992 for me particularly hard, so many all timers came out

[@s.craigzahler6797]

Die Healing is an awesome pick. My second favorite Vitus behind V.

[@HeavyMetallurgy]

I did enjoy the album, though Vitus isn’t a home run band for me. Thanks for watching!

[@jonaskazlauskas9084]

Again slept on this episode. 😂

[@Jkh837]

Great episode people!

[@causticgrip8329]

I was hoping someone would name Paradise Lost's Lost Paradise for their (at least runner-up) 1990 pick. Love that album. I know it never ranks high anywhere, but to me it's a phenomenal debut. I would pick it over Cannibal Corpse's debut any day of the week.

[@sothis1448]

90 Entombed - Left Hand Path 91 Morbid Angel - Blessed Are the Sick 92 Deicide - Legion 93 Immortal - Pure Holocaust 94 Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss 95 Immortal - Battles in the North 96 Burzum - Filosofem 97 Summoning - Dol Goldur 98 Gorguts - Obsucra 99 Mutiilation - Remains of a Ruined Dead Cursed Soul

[@sadekx5251]

Marty, big The Cure fan here, even though I kinda didn't care much after Wish. The new one is pretty good (agree with one of the best closing tracks) but I have an issue with the production. It just doesn't suit that kind of music.

[@rogerkjorvik]

Excellent stream as always. Very difficult to pick favourites, cause there were a lot of essential metal coming out, at least 90-96, metal dropped in quality after that in my opinion. Cheers. 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@radmusicchat]

I did watch this but no mention of Symbolic by Death??

[@agatopipa]

my list of This Fantastic Decade (yes!) : 1990 KREATOR Coma of souls 1991 AUTOPSY Mental funeral 1992 CANNIBAL CORPSE Tomb of the mutilated 1993 MY DYING BRIDE Turn loose the swans 1994 SLAYER Divine intervention 1995 KREATOR Cause for conflict 1996 IMMOLATION Here in after 1997 EMPEROR Anthems to the welkin at dusk 1998 INCANTATION Diabolical conquest 1999 TESTAMENT The gathering

[@agatopipa]

I have not known FATES WARNING before. Thanx to Alan, I listen to it now. Well, this is VERY good ! Very good. But I dont hear here nothing more that QUEENSRYCHE have not done before...

[@thomasfarmer1730]

looks like Simon laughs and sticks his nose up any unobvious choices....like the Saint Vitus pick

[@sadekx5251]

1990 Entombed Left Hand Path 1991 Sepultura Arise 1992 Neurosis Souls At Zero 1993 Type O Negative Bloody Kisses 1994 Prong Cleansing 1995 Fear Factory Demanufacture 1996 Neurosis Through Silver In Blood 1997 Voivod Phobos 1998 "nothing really I keep going to from that year" 1999 Dream Theater Scenes From A Memory

[@sothis1448]

More pop music than metal.

[@sadekx5251]

@sothis1448 sure Mr KVLT guy

[@a.s27]

​@@sothis1448because nothing says pop like Neurosis. 😂

[@sothis1448]

@@a.s27 Hipster trash post-Pain of Mind.

[@thomasfarmer1730]

The 'Painkiller' album is just JP doing a cheesy King Diamond copy/paste....and a lot of HM fans CANNOT see that

[@thomasfarmer1730]

.....yes i know JP is influential on King Diamond