The TEN Worst Metal Albums Ever! ...or are they?

[@jamiedavieswright]

Hell yeah for the Swansong love. Those first three tracks melt my brain!

[@ThatMetalBloke]

Great album in my opinion. So many great riffs

[@mozsab]

Swansong is a brilliant album. Even the tracks for the album that weren’t put on there but were released on “Wake Up and Smell the Carcass” are incredible

[@mikedavis7636]

Like emotional flatline. Great tune.

[@mozsab]

@ that riff lives in my head

[@Barney_rubble983]

I liked it actually.

[@renekraan8125]

​@@mikedavis7636great song. Edge of darkness is good too

[@whocanmakeyourwholeweek7272]

🤘polarized

[@trashcanjoe4902]

Personally I really enjoy AHIG, pyschosical, sulfur, vendetta, etc. For my taste it’s a good album, although a lot of it’d forgettable. WAYNK was solid, agreed

[@AgentLemmon]

Ghost is awesome, and yes, infestissumam is the worst of their albums, but still a decent one. The production is my biggest gripe with that album. Also, anyone that claims to hate Ghost hasn't seen them perform live, or have no ears.

[@Skycladatdusk78]

I'm glad I have that Celtic Frost album, Tom will never let it be reissued or be on streaming services. Even though it's their worst overall it's still got some good heavy metal songs. And that Morbid Angel would have made a really good 5 song EP.

[@ThatMetalBloke]

I agree on Cold Lake. I actually enjoyed a lot of what I heard and I think the the Morbid Angel album was a fun listen

[@ggallinsdog4837]

I have that record as well ON PURPOSE lol

[@moopert86]

There's a few decent songs on Ilud yea. But they're dragged down by clunky bad industrial songs. It's far from the worst thing in the world, but with the Morbid Angel name on it and the return of David Vincent, the expectations werre much higher.

[@ZombieDime]

Machinehead - Catharsis is way worse than Supercharger... IMO... Not a single song on there I remotely liked.

[@andreaseverin1346]

If Supercharger is a trainwreck, Catharsis is the East Palestine disaster. And I say this as a massive Machine Head fan

[@progbloke6655]

Just found your channel, and subscribed. Looks like I have a lot of binge watching to do....

[@ThatMetalBloke]

Thanks a lot. Hope you enjoy the videos my fellow bloke 🤘

[@Forestgravy90]

I love all hope is gone personally, dig the production and the groove metal direction they went with. Gematria riff is insane too

[@MetalNeverDieswithMarkA]

I ❤ Diabolus in Musica by Slayer. It’s the first slayer album I ever bought. Killer video.

[@raakareiska9804]

First ever for me too but its time to admit it was the Slayers attempt to jump on the popular nu-metal wave that was at those years.

[@MetalNeverDieswithMarkA]

@ there’s a couple of numetal riffs in there and some songs remind me of Bio Hazard.

[@robvegas9354]

Awesome list mate!!! Swansong is a great album, i don't get the hate for it. Gorefest went on the do some great death 'n' roll albums in the late 90's as well. I could never get into those rap albums by Machine Head like burning red and supercharger, no idea what they were thinking with those.

[@GarySkadra]

I'd rather listen to "St. Anger" than "Re-Load"

[@a.h.6281]

I firmly believe that cold lake was a great album for what it is. It’s blackened glam. I think if it would have been a side project called cold lake instead of a Celtic frost album, it would be revered instead of hated

[@stunkman9554]

Blaze co-wrote Man on the Edge. And most of the more classic sounding songs. You should listen to his solo stuff. Highly underrated singer/songwriter. He has his unique sound. And I love it!

[@StephenZimmer]

Agree, Blaze has a great solo catalog, and I like X Factor quite a bit too. Always enjoy spinning that one.

[@moopert86]

I like his stuff outside of Maiden. And he seems like a pretty good guy. He just wasn't the right guy to fill in for a legend like Dickenson.

[@kenfrederick6223]

I'm convinced that Celtic Frost's "Cold Lake" would have done much better if they had used their old logo and not included any band photos. Certainly a flawed album, but some of the tracks are pretty good. "(Once) They Were Eagles" is very heavy and "Downtown Hanoi" has a bit of a Bowie feel to it. As for Iron Maiden's X-Factor", it has really grown on me over the years, despite not being among their best releases. It's atmospheric, gloomy, and contains some epic songs like "Fortunes Of War" and "The Sign Of The Cross". I also really like that Cro-Mags album as well. Take care!

[@AtropalArbaal-dk8jv]

Nah, it was fucking awful.

[@benhaggitt1]

I'm going to give that Cro Mags album a listen, I love The Age of Quarrel and Before the Quarrel is really good. Can't wait to hear your hardcore list.

[@ThatMetalBloke]

Let me know what you think. It is an aquired taste for sure but I think it is great

[@Viceace70]

Cro mags alpha omega is a good crossover album . The next one near death experience is shit.

[@beachhockey]

Legend has it this fella roams around talking to a camera in a beautiful open field non stop day n night for all eternity… long before anyone else was here and will continue long after we’re all gone one day

[@Fixxer315]

I was waiting for him to stop and say "where the hell am I?"

[@Andy-m6j]

YES MY DUDE!!!! Great vid man. I dig that second Ghost album too, I quite like it more than the debut. Took a few listens n all that you know.

[@WaffleDaBomb]

"Diabolus in Musica" was actually the first slater album i listened to and imo it wasn't even that bad and not even their worst album, close but not the worst.

[@ThatMetalBloke]

I think it is way better than people give it credit for but not their best for sure

[@entermesser178]

Alpha & Omega Cro Mags is fantastic! 🤘😎

[@grungil7570]

I like all the albums you mencioned. Some of them were the introduction to those bands. But i gotta admit that ST Anger is not a easy listen because of that production. Anyway, great video lad!

[@masterofpuppets1249]

"Diabolus in Musica" was not that bad. At least it was better than "Repentless" and "Undisputed Attitude." It was not a Nu metal album, it was Groove metal with Alternative metal.

[@jonathantrotter8544]

Diabolis in Musica is awful

[@masterofpuppets1249]

@jonathantrotter8544 No it wasn't. It was better than all the albums on the list. I don't know why is on the thumbnail when is not even mentioned.

[@ThatMetalBloke]

It is mentioned in the video. Album number 6

[@TMINE100]

I think the only truly bad Slayer album is the punk covers one. Every studio album after Seasons hovers around 7/10.

[@davidburns6284]

Yes, I totally agree.

[@IntercactusYKW]

Biggest missing mentions here are Massacre's 'Promise' and Destruction's 'The Least Successful Human Cannonball'. Hell in audio form (and not in the cool way).

[@blastbeatpie3239]

Good choices here! For Maiden I'd probably have gone with No Prayer for the Dying. What are your thoughts on Once More Round the Sun by Mastodon? Was an absolute crushing disappointment for me, but not that I was that satisfied with The Hunter

[@ChonkyMIG-15]

I wanna defend the songs St. Anger, Frantic, & Dirty Window from St. Anger, but only when played live. I can't defend the studio versions. Also All Withing My Hands is good when acoustic, or acoustic with orchestra.

[@FourBudgies87]

The second Blaze Bayley album "Virtual XI" is more infamous and hated on than "The X Factor". Probably because of "The Angel and the Gambler".

[@PUNKinDRUBLIC72]

An ex girlfriend bought me St. Anger. I'd already heard it,but I did the obligatory hug and "cheers"!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@henriknielsen2517]

New sub! Good video. Loving the scenery ;)

[@petewilliamson4935]

Machine Head Super Charger Brilliant album. What I didn't like was when Phil joined and there was guitar battling between him and Rob. Love Super Charger

[@ryandiamond5871]

I saw maiden for x factor with fear factory, at that point I was all about ff, but I'm a maiden fan huge, Baily was good live, mannerisms were spot on, vox sounded serviceable, again not their best outing I guess, but I wouldn't shit on it , good lists brother!

[@dexdiller3023]

Agree on the X-Factor album. But at least we got a magnificent song in "The Sign of the Cross" from that album, and Bruce make the song fantastic on the Rock in Rio live album. As he does with "The Clansman".

[@stefantopuzov6140]

Another one that usually makes it to those lists is Entombed's Same Difference. Not a good album for sure, but it has its moments. Kick in the Head is a good song for what it is. Groovy! They tried some new things that didn't quite work. Similar ideas manifest much more competently on later albums though.

[@eamonahern7495]

1. Agreed 2. Given what I thought of the more things change, I'm glad I never listened. 3. Never listened to it. 4. Don't know any of their stuff. 5. Never listened to it. 6. It was my favourite Slayer album for a while after it came out. It showed the nu-metal 💩 how it was supposed to be played and every song has some sort of a guitar solo. It hasn't aged well but it's still an album I like. The Slayer album I like least is God Hates Us All because, while it contains some classic songs, there is too much filler on the album with songs that sound like they're trying to appeal to the nu-metal trend that put me off listening to new bands at the time. 7. I think I listened to it once and didn't like it. 8. Never listened to them. Don't think I'll ever go out of my way to get into them. 9. Never got into them because I hate when metal bands don't bother with guitar solos. Especially when they are more than capable of them. 10. As an album, very disappointing by Iron Maiden standards. But some individual songs would have been very good if reworked and some work well in the live set with Bruce singing them, like Sign Of The Cross. Blaze and Janick wrote my favourite song on the album, Man On The Edge, but it and the rest of the album was let down by the weak, twangy rhythm guitar sound that didn't have enough overdrive/distortion. There were also overly long and slow intros to too many songs that would have made more of an impact if they got straight into it. But I got used to listening to it in rotation because I converted the tape to mp3 so I could always listen through the headphones on my phone. So it's not as bad as I thought when I first bought the tape in 1996.

[@malphasblackwing420]

Opinion of Behemoth and Rotting Christ and Ghost? Three of my favorite bands but I would love to hear your opinions. I know that Behemoth and Ghost are both bands that people absolutely love or absolutely hate.

[@sbobick2]

I agree with the comment about how frequently you listen to an album reveals how much you like or dislike it. That being said, I like St. Anger more than Reload. I just can't get in the mood to listen to Reload front to back. St Anger actually works for me in the gym when I'm pissed, and I listen to it eery time from front to back. The songs are bloated - they could all be cut to 4-5 min, and the tinny snare drum sound is grating, but there are many good heavy riffs and Hetfield sounds pissed. So I throw this in occasionally to my rotation when I'm pissed,

[@bananaempijama]

Can you make the ten favorite non metal artists? Or albums? Or songs?

[@Simon-T.]

That was the most positive 'worst' albums video I have seen. Another great video. I have never listened to it but isn't there a Six Feet Under album that makes it onto every worst of list?

[@LouisWinthorpe622]

@@Simon-T. Very true. Their last one (at least). I'm glad you brought them up. There are some hilarious KZbin reviews, panning it. Really funny. Plus a few of the Graveyard Classics covers albums, maybe every one, are very bad. I think one of them was a cover album of the whole of AC/DC's Back In Black, unless I am mistaken. I've heard bits of them all, here and there. If their aim, as a DM band, was to be putrid, stinking and vile, they've succeeded but probably not how they'd want. I mean Back In Black. Pure Rock n' Roll. In a Death Metal stylee. Who needs that shit? Not me.

[@Simon-T.]

@@LouisWinthorpe622 That was it... the Back in Black covers album

[@ThatMetalBloke]

Cheers mate. I find it difficult to talk badly about albums even in a most hated list 🤣

[@adamkay3610]

Dude, check that shit out! It has to be heard to be believed! Reinforcement if it was needed that Chris Barnes has obliterated his brain with weed and is delusional. It's a fucking train wreck and those twats went and released it for the world to hear. (To be fair it's not bad musically but you don't have to be as musically accomplished as Mozart to play​ AC/DC. But the vocals are abominable). Do yourself a favour and give yourself a good laugh. Graveyard Classics 2. Those fucking cretins! 😅 @LouisWinthorpe622

[@arte0021]

I had no idea Swansong by Carcass was hated. I probably like it more than Heartwork

[@storz76simon13]

X Factor???Are you serious??This was a great,dark vibe album....

[@ChonkyMIG-15]

I Love Iron Maiden's The X Factor, but I can't say I care much for Virtual XI (Except for Clansman & Futureal). If I were to rank IM's albums without Bruce on Vocals my ranking would be: 1. The X Factor 2. KIllers 3. Iron Maiden 4. Virtual XI

[@jamesadams8975]

Loving your videos. 👍 I'm not familiar with most of these albums (just not my cups of tea), but I would say X Factor was my least favourite Maiden album. 3 songs I liked ok (the first 3, I think). Not a terrible album, but their worst IMO. I didn't mind Virtual XI. That one had more songs that I liked.

[@punkrockdidi]

Great, honest video 👌 I liked the first 1,5 album of FFDP,they are clearly very talented musicians but everything after that is just a 100% rubish... Strange not to see any of those albums on any of these lists online. Maybe they are just not such a big band, even though they headline a lot 😂

[@jamieb5027]

Before watching this I thought I might be the only person to like Morbid Angel's "I Am Morbid". I can't help it, the song cracked me up the first time I heard it and it's so cheesy it just grows on you.

[@seanrobertson379]

I love Machine Head but when 'American High' kicked off from 'Supercharger' my heart sank. Supercharger is just not a good album. Thankfully, 'Through the Ashes...' was their long-awaited comeback album (at least to my ears).

[@cosimoruggiero4950]

Loving your videos

[@AndyFraserA]

I'm a Cold Lake defender. For context, I was 17 when it came out. I was listening to mostly traditional metal and thrash and was getting into the albums that started death metal but I also listened to some glam metal like Mötley Crüe and Poison. I was familiar with some of Celtic Frost's songs but wasn't a fan yet. To me Cold Lake sounded like a decent glam metal album with heavier guitars. I still have a copy of it to this day. I liked the Blaze Bailey Maiden albums. For me No Prayer For The Dying was the lowest point in their discography. By the time Diabolus In Musica came out I think I was getting fed up with the metal scene. The metal I grew up with was mostly gone and while there were still some good albums being released it didn't feel the same and I was ready to move on. Diabous is a good album but it didn't connect with me at the time and I think I interpreted that as me not liking it. I listen to it quite often now. I haven't changed my mind on St Anger though. I bought it on release day and could only listen to it once. The DVD of Metallica playing the songs live in the studio that came with it was actually better. I've tried listening to it several times over the years but I just don't like it. I agree that Lulu isn't really a Metallica album. In the context of it being a Lou Reed album featuring Metallica though I actually quite like it.

[@juan666q]

I really need a long walk in the countryside on a nice day, cheers!

[@gergonikk]

Diabolus in Musica was the first Slayer album I ever heard and owned. And it was the heaviest thing I had experienced - and come on, Bitter Peace, Scrum, OVERT ENEMY that song is heavy as shit!! I am obviously biased but still I never thought it’s anywhere close to a trainwreck.

[@jasufc]

Will check out that Cro Mags album, love Age Of Quarrel. Whenever I think of worst albums, Nightmares Of The Decomposed by Six Feet Under comes to mind

[@dougdougw]

I really like X Factor, I think it's vastly underrated. Sign of the Cross is wonderfully atmospheric, Lord of the Flies, Look For The Truth with its jaunty medieval rhythm, Blood on the World's Hands with its cool intro and epic choruses. Don't understand the hate. Virtual XI, on the other hand...

[@kylereece1979]

St. Anger sounds unfinished. Half way there. Like a demo CD of unloaded angst spewed out, waiting to be trimmed, toned and tightned up. Imagine some 80s esque Hammet soloing, give it a huge Black Album sized production, edit the songs length down. Make "Invisible Kid" dissapear. I respect and understand what was going on all within the band's hands and out of their control as they were trying to record it. Its 'supposed" to sound messed up, unhinged and raw, as thats how the actual vibe was in the studio. Alas, it is also unfocused, meandering and repeatitive. Again, like how they felt at the time.😂 I think there is a really good album in there beyond the rattling walls of untuned snaredrums and grubby riffs. Played live, the songs sound very different. Tighter, more together. Better.

[@Goatstorm-h5l]

Destructos vs. the Earth/Attack is a guilty pleasure of mine, I'll admit

[@Lightning_aus]

I think avenged sevenfold's recent 'life is but a dream' album is at the very least, extremely divisive. The same thing happened in 2005 when they switched from screaming to majority clean singing in city of evil.

[@jrballew7631]

I'm surprised that Risk from Megadeth was not on here. I love Megadeth but that whole album is terrible.

[@jonzaker8880]

Super collider wasn't much better.

[@Matias-music-71]

crazy enough I liked it , I thought Cryptic Writings was much worse ,

[@thestarseeker8196]

WANDERLUST

[@Gregbaltzer]

@@jonzaker8880 Super Collider is good. It's not a Thrash album, but it's a solid traditional Heavy Metal album. It's better then 13, The Lame, The boring, and the Dread, Dystopia, The World Needs a Hero, and Risk. To be fair I don't like Dystopia because it's over produced and Dave's voice is done. Songs are good. At this point Megadeth needs someone else co-singing

[@JonathanCameron-bu8tv]

The one with Chris Adler drumming was alright. I'm not really a Megadeth fan. I saw them at Welcome to Rockville with Adler drumming it was a cool set. It was awhile ago. I'm a Testament fan. Dark Roots of Earth was really good album probably one of my go to when I can't find anything to listen to Lol😂. I know Jimmy Degrasso was drumming for Megadeth and he's good. He was on Suicidal Tendencies suicidal for life considered one of the worst albums from that band. useless information.

[@w-james9277]

Nostradamus is up there amongst the worst i'v ever heard. It's like the Star Wars prequels of metal, being over-bloated, pretentious and.... 💩

[@MichaelRowe-cv3oq]

Ah yes,i like Prophecy but that`s about it,a true folly. Dictionary Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more folly /ˈfɒli/ noun 1. lack of good sense; foolishness. "an act of sheer folly" 2. a costly ornamental building with no practical purpose, especially a tower or mock-Gothic ruin built in a large garden or park.

[@ThatMetalBloke]

It is a tough album to get through that's for sure

[@tolsen8212]

In my old age I am starting to think Death Magnetic might be worse than St Anger. DM is so compressed, it's utterly boring and the solos are there but they're uninspired and annoying. Gun to my head, I'm probably going to listen to St Anger...And when you hear the re-recorded cover of the album on youtube where the snare is fixed and they tightened up the production it's actually quite bearable. I'm actually working on a de-bloated version of Hardwired To Self-Destruct, where I've cut about 2 minutes out of each song and removed the horrific Lars fills, and it is starting to sound incredible. I'll release it on YT in a year or two when I think it's good enough.

[@thephantomfanboy]

I went to college with you…. Well, probably 10 of you. 😂 Love the passion

[@STEPHENMCCANDLESS-n7z]

Absolutely agree on Diabolus in Musica.Don`t understand the hate towards this album.I actually prefer it to a lot of the stuff outside the first 5 great albums.I suppose the great the Great Thrash Masters Slayer doing anything other than trash is a little hard for some fans to get past.

[@Mercury_Shadow]

Diabolus in Musica is actually my 2nd fav Slayer LP, after Seasons taking my #1 spot. I also find St Anger unbearable but the rest of the LPs I can defend to some degree.

[@duncanrodd7691]

Some of these are definitely bad but the worst ever is completely ridiculous

[@Heavymetalaidan24]

My top 10 10 . Marduk viktoria 2018 . 9 . Exciter the dark command 1997 . 8 . Suicide silence become the hunter 2020 . 7 . Venom fallen angels 2011 . 6 . Slipknot we are not your kind 2019 . 5 . Dimmu borgir enonian 2018 . 4 . Pantera the great southern trendkill 1996 . 3 . slipknot mate feed kill repeat 1996 . 2 . Venom calm before the storm 1987 . 1 . Kittie oracle 2001 .

[@theycantallbezodiac]

It's just trendy to slag off Cold Lake because of the look, the riffs are still sinister

[@leviathansky7188]

The burning red is a masterpiece! Some of it is a product of the times in metal but its excellent. Supercharger has a few goid songs. The emotion and riffs are there. But maybe supercharger is a bit nostalgia for me as i was 21 at the time.

[@LouisWinthorpe622]

I wasn't into them but a couple of years ago I heard that the DM band, Massacre, managed to almost commit career suicide, with the follow up to their influential 1st album, From Beyond, with a 2nd album, 5 years later, called Promise. It gets a 6% average rating, from 9 reviews, on The Metal Archives. I checked it on KZbin and it truly does sound like shooting ones own self in the foot with a Trident, Polaris, Cruise and Scud missile all at once.

[@ThatMetalBloke]

I have never heard that album but I will check it out

[@VTM_isawesome]

Opeth - Heritage 🤮

[@Thabba76]

Honestly thats top 5 material for me

[@eleuthera10]

So for me, I think if it's not for the latest album imperial, infestissumam is probably my favorite overall from says one whole album. I think the debut has good strong tracks in the first three not counting the intro, but after that most of them kind of sound the same in particular stand by him, Satan prayer, and death kneel. Meliora is a well-produced album and has some good songs on it, but there are some tracks that while I like them I don't think are as great as what other people think on that album or I think other tracks on other albums are better than those. Those being he is Majesty absolution and Deus in absentia . I also think infestissumam has a better flow from beginning to end compared to the other albums with the exception of imperia

[@donmcglothlin841]

Swansong is one of those albums that had to grow on me Heartwork set a bar that this album didn’t meet but after some time it’s as important Child’s Play is one of the greatest songs Carcass ever wrote

[@metaltildeth6783]

I was a not surprised "St. Anger" was the first album here. I was surprised "Risk" did not make the cut. Perhaps the next video. I know there are many Megadeth fans who like "Risk", I just don't happen to be one. If I had been able to listen to the album before buying it back in 1999, I would have saved my money.

[@davemorrissey9133]

Hey Ben. Really really great channel 👌🎸🎸 Since your relaunch this year, the 2 original channels, a couple of years back, fantastic. Worst album, have to agree with Saint anger, there is At least 5 good songs, if Kirk had better solo ideas or Lars a better drum sound, I love Metallica since a kid, only album lulu is awful out of Metallica discography. If only James was the singer on that project, it may be better. Other worst albums. Queen & Paul Rodgers cosmic rocks. The stones a bigger bang The last 2 oasis albums Maiden, the xfactor Qotsa paralyse to lullabies Any chance Ben?? Your top metal / rock albums of 2024 Cheers

[@RealityCheckTV]

Ironically St. Anger went multi platinum and won a grammy which is mind blowing.

[@spectrefate]

Metallica could put out an album under their name with nothing but farts on it and it would go multi platinum. And sure as shit someone would say it's their favorite album.

[@punkjay4681]

I listened to the first Slipknot album a lot, but they failed to impress me after that. All Hope is Gone got me back to the band. I can't think why someone would consider it a weak album...

[@williamsmith666]

The thing I don't get about people being apoplectic about Illud is that everyone felt like the industrial/aggrotech sound came out of nowhere despite Trey openly and transparently showing his newfound love for club techno above death metal for at least a few years leading up to it. If people paid more attention...

[@joemajor2553]

Swansong is freakin awesome. I understand the hate at the time but it’s hugely influential.

[@renekraan8125]

It was a disapointing album at the time, coming after 'Heartwork'. But i think it's a solid album.

[@1megawhite]

I have to disagree with Blaze’s vocal on Falling Down. I really think that is a perfectly sang, structured and recorded shorts rock/metal song. He wrote it too with Janick. Not many Maiden songs have no scent of Mr Harris on them.

[@Metrikon9000]

I agree wholeheartedly about Load. I'm actually a huge fan of that album. The vast majority of the songs are incredible, with noticeable standouts being The House Jack Built, Until It Sleeps, Bleeding Me, Mama Said, and The Outlaw Torn.

[@raulramirez9657]

I don’t care much for the majority of the songs in Load but some of the songs on there are incredible. I agree with the songs you listed, except I personally would replace Mama Said with King Nothing.

[@Metrikon9000]

@@raulramirez9657 Right on. King Nothing is good, but the reason I elevated Mama Said is due to my upbringing. I come from a family where country dominates the radio, and although I'm not a fan of modern pop-country, I adore outlaw country, folk, and Americana. Listening to Mama Said feels like home.

[@EmperorPylades]

If they'd cut all the absolute filler (like 2x4, Slither and their ilk) that bloated Load and Reload, and released it as a single album, it would have been celebrated as a fantastic, rootsy exploration of Metal's origins in the Blues tradition. Honestly the biggest problem Metallica have had ever since the Black Album is their apparent refusal to edit their work - Death Magnetic is too long, Hardwired had no business being a double album, and 72 Seasons is about 68 seasons too long.

[@erasta7011]

I wonder if they remastered St Anger with better production and drum sound if it would be good. I don't know if the songs are any good because I could never get past the sound.

[@thegusb1]

Gotta agree about the X Factor, I had high hopes as I didn't think much of Fear Of The Dark apart from a few songs, so I thought they needed a shot in the arm maybe, loved Wolfsbane's EP All Hells Breaking Loose... but I have to say I was so disappointed when I heard Blaze on that album, the tunes had so much potential but Blaze just didn't fit, I was a happy camper when Bruce and H came back into the fold.

[@steve-vx3lx]

agreed. weird thing is imo im not sure how many singers cd have been a better fit but then again it didnt work..i guess we were so used to bruce smashing it so well

[@ThatMetalBloke]

Pretty much exactly how I feel about it 🤘

[@thegusb1]

@@steve-vx3lx Yeah I guess after D'ianno Bruce really could only ever be their singer, even the multiple covers of Maiden songs with amazing singers it still doesn't beat Bruce's performance, it's just his tone and delivery that is uniquely his own I guess.

[@steve-vx3lx]

paul did the albums proud no arguement but even bruce smashed them

[@greer776611]

World painted Blood by - Slayer is beneath them! I think the song Amerika is the only song worth a damn.

[@archonblaze]

My friend claims St Anger is not that bad once you listen to it a few times and get into it. But like the Metal Bloke here I cannot even get through a single listen.

[@beachhockey]

I like st anger actually ngl. Speaking of Metallica the black album is my favorite from them. I actually love it

[@sentenced03]

Weird cause ghosts 2nd and 3rd albums are the only ones i like in their discography... i didn't realize people didn't like their sophomore album.

[@akicauchemar7286]

Diabolus in Musica bangs compared to absolute wreck that was Repentless Also, if you want more insane Celtic Frost stuff you can only listen to on youtube, check out the weird, weird EP/demo from 2002 called ''Prototype''. It's almost universally hated but its a demo for a reason. And that reason is because its weird electronic hip-hop and Tom G is rapping his butt off.

[@lucasjankowski7117]

You made a perfect point, and I also always repeat the same: the main issue with St. Anger is not the poor production/mixing, because a lot of metal albums (especially from 80's or 90's) are not well produced, nonetheless great riffs and songs on them compensate for this. Unfortunately this is not the case with St. Anger. The album just suffers terribly from a lack of good/worthy musical ideas. Most riffs sounds very forced, coarse and uninspired. The same applies to lyrics - most of them are awful. Only songs I somehow dig are the title track and The unnamed felling. Rest can go to a bin for me. Metallica is a great band. I justify this decline in creativity by the deep internal crisis they were undergoing then - the departure of Jason, addiction porblems of James, and ego problems of James and Lars.

[@youknowimright.3137]

Just subbed ... 8:53 I'm sorry but I just don't hear the nu metal in that album ...I dont know why people keep saying it's slayer going to the nu metal side. I dont hear it.

[@Eastonv1000]

Shocked nightmares by six feet under wasnt on here lol

[@johnheffner7797]

I love Ghost 2nd album surprised to see it on here, Diabolus kicks ass too I still listen to that one

[@purpletemple1]

Which part of the country are you taking your walks on? Just curious... Celtic Frost are one of my fav bands (Into the Pandemonium is in my Top 10 fav albums of all time), but yeah, Cold Lake is a hard one to love...

[@richjnev70]

Infestissumam is better than the first album, it has a lot of variety which makes for an enjoyable listen. Ghuleh / Zombie Queen and Year Zero are two of Ghost's better songs

[@superstarthomas]

I know Scorpio Rising by Prong is the least fav of their catalog even Tommy the lead singer hates that album. But I'm one of the few that likes it. I'm also one of the 5 people on this planet to like Promise by Massacre. lol

[@trevorstevenson4038]

When I am in a morose, unhealthy mindset, St Anger is one of the best albums to listen to. Some Kind of Monster, Dirty Window, Invisible Kid and Unnamed Feeling, are aggressive, unhinged and destructive songs. You can get swept up in the madness of yelling out the lyrics. The raw, unfiltered production style gives the songs a live, and unplanned vibe, which suits the dark themes. Even the predictable, repetitive song structures alude to a lack of care, an abandonement of artistic endeavour. These songs need to be expressed right fuckn now! When you are in an awful mood, feeling isolated but stuck with your own worst enemy yourself, then spinning a few tracks from St Anger will definitely see you through. As an end note, I think Frantic is one of the best songs Metallica has ever written and I can listen to it, whatever the weather within. It is an absolutely killer song to have cranking in the headsets when you are going for a run!

[@gasolinechlorine]

Totally agree with what you said about St Anger. That's the album that made me give up on Metallica. Bit surprised that Risk by Megadeth isn't here, but it could be argued that it's not a metal album, it's more of a rock album. And I kinda like it. Fight me. lol

[@ThatMetalBloke]

I did think about 'Risk' but I am not that familiar with it so it was tougher for me to have a real opinion on it

[@yermomdotcom1]

Swansong is a way wicked album, and I stand by my original statement at the time that it's the best Megadeth album they never released.

[@terriblecertainity]

honestly, I really like St.Anger. In fact, in school, we all loved it and were really suprised when we read that it was hated. I love the raw emotion and the heaviness of it. Sure, some parts could be shortened, the snare mixed a bit less loud, and vocals more "produced". But it's a 7/10 for me, with several songs I genuinely enjoy hering live. Also, not too much I could complain about on Supercharger either. Catharsis is sooo much worse. 7,5/10 Diabolus in musica is...fine. It's entertaining, but neither their best nor their worst ( that would be Repentless...what a boring album). I LOVE "Bitter Peace". 6,5/10 hot take: X Factor is among maidens best. I love the darker tone, several great songs, and I like the vocals. 9/10 one album that would be on my list: Judas Priest: Turbo. What a terrible album, no redeeming qualities. I never managed to listen to the whole things

[@schoolgamer9592]

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[@bigbrutalbassbeer410]

Diabolis in Musica is a jamming album, just don’t try comparing it to Seasons or South of Heaven. As a stand alone, it’s pretty mean and has fucking teeth!💪🏻🤘🏻

[@kostasxrysogelos]

In my opinion, "Cold lake" and "The X Factor" are both pretty good, provided one ignores the band name on the cover. "St. Anger" is half-baked. Some good ideas but the whole affair is really messy. "Diabolus in Musica" is B-O-R-I-N-G. That being said, I dig your list and your arguments.

[@MLCrow]

Let's talk also about the artwork of the albums (the album covers). Some are really awful.

[@LaughWhileItsStillLegal]

Queensryche's Dedicated to Chaos, Motley Crue's Generation Swine, Danzig's Blackacidevil and Manowar's The Lord of Steel are worse than all of the albums on your list. P.S I wouldn't call Diabolous In Musica the least heavy Slayer album, Show No Mercy is decidedly their least heavy album (but still my favourite). It's the only album they have recorded in Standard E tuning and musically it's more of a NWOBHM album than thrash as the latter was still in infancy.

[@andrewreday3519]

As a massive Queensryche fan I have to admit that "Dedicated To Chaos" is an absolute stinking pile of S#&T. i know how great they were back in the 80's but this album was a complete disaster from start to finish.

[@avelinosilvadias]

Poor ole' 'cold lake' always keeps getting picked on 😖

[@AtropalArbaal-dk8jv]

Machine Head is aggressively mediocre.