Heavy Metal is 50 Years Old
Here's my revised list:
1970: Black Sabbath – “Paranoid”
1971: Black Sabbath – “Master Of Reality”
1972: Black Sabbath – “Vol 4”
1973: Black Sabbath – “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath”
1974: Budgie – “In For The Kill”
1975: Black Sabbath – “Sabotage”
1976: Judas Priest - "Sad Wings Of Destiny"
1977: Quartz – “Quartz”
1978: Judas Priest – “Killing Machine”
1979: Judas Priest – “Unleashed In The East”
1980: Diamond Head – “Lightning To The Nations”
1981: Motorhead – “No Sleep Till Hammersmith”
1982: Ozzy Osbourne – “Speak Of The Devil”
1983: Slayer – “Show No Mercy”
1984: Metallica – “Ride The Lightning”
1985: Exodus – “Bonded By Blood”
1986: Slayer – “Reign In Blood”
1987: Bathory – “Under The Sign Of The Black Mark”
1988: Metallica – “…And Justice For All”
1989: Morbid Angel – “Altars Of Madness”
1990: Slayer - "Seasons In The Abyss"
1991: Death – “Human”
1992: Alice In Chains – “Dirt”
1993: diSEMBOWELMENT – “Transcendence Into The Peripheral”
1994: Darkthrone – “Transilvanian Hunger”
1995: Suffocation – “Pierced From Within”
1996: Burzum – “Filosofem”
1997: The Gathering - "Nighttime Birds"
1998: ISIS – “The Mosquito Control” E.P.
1999: Botch - "We Are The Romans"
2000: Immolation – “Close To A World Below”
2001: Tool - "Lateralus"
2002: ISIS – “Oceanic”
2003: Boris – “Boris At Last -Feedbacker-“
2004: ISIS – “Panopticon”
2005: Deathspell Omega – “Kenose” E.P.
2006: Celtic Frost – “Monotheist”
2007: Ufomammut/Lento - "Supernaturals - Record One"
2008: Pig Destroyer - "Natasha" E.P.
2009: Dragged Into Sunlight - "Hatred For Mankind"
2010: Hate - "Erebos"
2011: Inside The Beehive - "Drink Bleach; Live Forever" E.P.
2012: 7 Horns 7 Eyes - "Throes Of Absolution"
2013: The Amenta - "Flesh Is Heir"
2014: Dead Congregation - "Promulgation Of The Fall"
2015: Akhlys - "The Dreaming I"
2016: Mick Gordon - "Doom (Original Game Soundtrack)"
2017: The Ruins Of Beverast - "Exuvia"
2018: Infernal Coil - "Within A World Forgotten"
2019: Altesia - "Paragon Circus"
2020: Oranssi Pazuzu - "Mestarin kynsi"
2021: Fange - "Pantocrator"
2022: Scarcity - "Aveilut"
It's been a long while, like 5 months, since I've last updated my "favorite metal albums by years" list. I will certainly still update this, while putting my "favorite metal albums" thread list to rest because of the Top 20 releases feature. I decided to scratch off the albums before 1984 because I've never really been listening to any of the late 70s/early 80s classic heavy metal bands lately (such as Accept and Savatage) and I'm thinking of moving away from that era altogether (more about that later). Also I changed the years in each era to coincide with the developing stage of metalcore, according to what's included in my monthly Revolution playlists. So...here's my updated list:
Beginning oldies (1984-1989)/B.M. (Before Metalcore):
1984: Voivod - War and Pain
1985: Dark Angel - We Have Arrived
1986: Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
1987: Voivod - Killing Technology
1988: Sadus - Illusions
1989: Godflesh - Streetcleaner
Old golden classics and millennium transition highlights (1990-2001)/Metalcore's humble beginnings and light of day-seeing classics:
1990: Rorschach - Remain Sedate
1991: Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
1992: Sadus - A Vision of Misery
1993: Pestilence - Spheres
1994: Godflesh - Selfless
1995: Earth Crisis - Destroy the Machines
1996: Vision of Disorder - Vision of Disorder
1997: Coalesce - Give Them Rope
1998: Embodyment - Embrace the Eternal
1999: Cave In - Until Your Heart Stops
2000: Eighteen Visions - Until the Ink Runs Out
2001: Candiria - 300 Percent Density
Modern favorites (2002-2013)/Rise of the full Revolution:
2002: Knut - Challenger
2003: Hatebreed - The Rise of Brutality
2004: Candiria - What Doesn't Kill You...
2005: Trivium - Ascendancy
2006: Deathstars - Termination Bliss
2007: The Number Twelve Looks Like You - Mongrel
2008: Shai Hulud - Misanthropy Pure
2009: Vektor - Black Future
2010: Crystal Lake - Into the Great Beyond
2011: Trivium - In Waves
2012: The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza - Danza IIII: The Alpha – The Omega
2013: Northlane - Singularity
The best of the most recent (2014-present)/A greater new uprising:
2014: Conquering Dystopia - Conquering Dystopia
2015: Vision of Disorder - Razed to the Ground
2016: Car Bomb - Meta
2017: Trivium - The Sin and the Sentence
2018: Crystal Lake - Helix
2019: Northlane - Alien
2020: Code Orange - Underneath
2021: Trivium - In the Court of the Dragon
2022 (so far): Northlane - Obsidian
2022 albums I'm looking forward to getting:
Lorna Shore - Pain Remains (my brother likes a couple of the pre-release singles, and considering how much I enjoy the band's 2021 EP, this album is a must)
We Came as Romans - Darkbloom (their first album without the late Kyle Pavone, RIP)
Architects - The Classic Symptoms of a Broken Spirit (self-recommendation)
Gothminister - Pandemonium (self-recommendation)
Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas - Cocoon for the Golden Future
Demon Hunter - Exile
Voivod - Ultraman EP
Chelsea Grin - Suffer in Hell/Suffer in Heaven (two new albums from this band, with the second one to be released in March 2023)
Disturbed - Divisive (revisiting a band from my alt-rock/metal past from 10 years ago)
Nickelback - Get Rollin' (revisiting a band from my alt-rock/metal past from 10 years ago)
Saint Asonia - Extrovert EP (revisiting a new project from the former lead vocalist of a band from my alt-rock/metal past from 10 years ago)
In the Woods - Diversum (self-recommendation in an attempt to restore my interest in black metal and avant-garde metal, with this band having been formed by former members of Green Carnation)
Here's my revised list:
1970: Black Sabbath – “Paranoid”
1971: Black Sabbath – “Master Of Reality”
1972: Black Sabbath – “Vol 4”
1973: Black Sabbath – “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath”
1974: Budgie – “In For The Kill”
1975: Black Sabbath – “Sabotage”
1976: Judas Priest - "Sad Wings Of Destiny"
1977: Quartz – “Quartz”
1978: Judas Priest – “Killing Machine”
1979: Judas Priest – “Unleashed In The East”
1980: Diamond Head – “Lightning To The Nations”
1981: Motorhead – “No Sleep Till Hammersmith”
1982: Ozzy Osbourne – “Speak Of The Devil”
1983: Slayer – “Show No Mercy”
1984: Metallica – “Ride The Lightning”
1985: Exodus – “Bonded By Blood”
1986: Slayer – “Reign In Blood”
1987: Bathory – “Under The Sign Of The Black Mark”
1988: Metallica – “…And Justice For All”
1989: Morbid Angel – “Altars Of Madness”
1990: Slayer - "Seasons In The Abyss"
1991: Death – “Human”
1992: Alice In Chains – “Dirt”
1993: diSEMBOWELMENT – “Transcendence Into The Peripheral”
1994: Darkthrone – “Transilvanian Hunger”
1995: Suffocation – “Pierced From Within”
1996: Burzum – “Filosofem”
1997: The Gathering - "Nighttime Birds"
1998: ISIS – “The Mosquito Control” E.P.
1999: Botch - "We Are The Romans"
2000: Immolation – “Close To A World Below”
2001: Tool - "Lateralus"
2002: ISIS – “Oceanic”
2003: Boris – “Boris At Last -Feedbacker-“
2004: ISIS – “Panopticon”
2005: Deathspell Omega – “Kenose” E.P.
2006: Celtic Frost – “Monotheist”
2007: Ufomammut/Lento - "Supernaturals - Record One"
2008: Pig Destroyer - "Natasha" E.P.
2009: Dragged Into Sunlight - "Hatred For Mankind"
2010: Hate - "Erebos"
2011: Inside The Beehive - "Drink Bleach; Live Forever" E.P.
2012: 7 Horns 7 Eyes - "Throes Of Absolution"
2013: The Amenta - "Flesh Is Heir"
2014: Dead Congregation - "Promulgation Of The Fall"
2015: Akhlys - "The Dreaming I"
2016: Mick Gordon - "Doom (Original Game Soundtrack)"
2017: Cavurn - "Rehearsal" demo
2018: Infernal Coil - "Within A World Forgotten"
2019: Esoteric - "A Pyrrhic Existence"
2020: Oranssi Pazuzu - "Mestarin kynsi"
2021: Fange - "Pantocrator"
2022: Scarcity - "Aveilut"
It's been a long while, like under 5 months, since I've last updated my "favorite metal albums by years" list. I will certainly still update this, while putting my "favorite metal albums" thread list to rest because of the Top 20 releases feature. Here's my updated list:
Beginning oldies (1984-1989)/B.M. (Before Metalcore):
1984: Voivod - War and Pain
1985: Watchtower - Energetic Disassembly
1986: Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
1987: Voivod - Killing Technology
1988: Sadus - Illusions
1989: Godflesh - Streetcleaner
Old golden classics and millennium transition highlights (1990-2001)/Metalcore's humble beginnings and light of day-seeing classics:
1990: Rorschach - Remain Sedate
1991: Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
1992: Sadus - A Vision of Misery
1993: Old - The Musical Dimensions of Sleastak
1994: Circle of Dust - Brainchild
1995: Fear Factory - Demanufacture
1996: Morning Again - Hand of Hope
1997: Will Haven - El Diablo
1998: Embodyment - Embrace the Eternal
1999: The Kovenant - Animatronik
2000: Living Sacrifice - The Hammering Process
2001: Candiria - 300 Percent Density
Modern favorites (2002-2013)/Rise of the full Revolution:
2002: Despised Icon - Consumed by Your Poison
2003: Hatebreed - The Rise of Brutality
2004: Mnemic - The Audio Injected Soul
2005: Trivium - Ascendancy
2006: Sikth - Death of a Dead Day
2007: A Day to Remember - For Those Who Have Heart
2008: Dead to Fall - Are You Serious?
2009: Vektor - Black Future
2010: Crystal Lake - Into the Great Beyond
2011: Trivium - In Waves
2012: Twelve Foot Ninja - Silent Machine
2013: Living Sacrifice - Ghost Thief
The best of the most recent (2014-present)/A greater new uprising:
2014: Beartooth - Disgusting
2015: Caligula's Horse - Bloom
2016: Issues - Headspace
2017: Gothminister - The Other Side
2018: The Browning - Geist
2019: Northlane - Alien
2020: Code Orange - Underneath
2021: Trivium - In the Court of the Dragon
2022: Lorna Shore - Pain Remains
2023 albums I'm looking forward to getting:
In Flames - Foregone (revisiting one of the melodeath bands I used to enjoy)
Avatar - Dance Devil Dance (revisiting one of the melodeath bands I used to enjoy)
Code Orange - What is Really Underneath?
Insomnium - Anno 1696 (self-recommendation in an attempt to finally get into listening to a band I've heard of since first listening to that genre)
For the Fallen Dreams - For the Fallen Dreams (self-recommendation)
Chelsea Grin - Suffer in Heaven
Kamelot - The Awakening (revisiting one of the only power metal bands I still want to keep)
August Burns Red - Death Below
Ne Obliviscaris - Exul
Bury Tomorrow - The Seventh Sun (self-recommendation)
Enter Shikari - A Kiss for the Whole World
Deathstars - Everything Destroys You
Revision to my list
1970 Black Sabbath - Paranoid
1971 Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
1972 Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
1973 Hawkwind - The Space Ritual Alive
1974 Kiss - s/t
1975 Black Sabbath - Sabotage
1976 Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
1977 Motorhead - s/t
1978 Judas Priest - Stained Class
1979 Motorhead - Overkill
1980 Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
1981 Iron Maiden - Killers
1982 Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
1983 Metallica - Kill 'Em All
1984 Metallica - Ride The Lightning
1985 Iron Maiden - Live After Death
1986 Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
1987 Death - Scream Bloody Gore
1988 Metallica - …And Justice For All
1989 Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
1990 Obituary - Cause of death
1991 Morbid Angel - Blessed Are The Sick
1992 Demolition Hammer - Epidemic of Violence
1993 Burzum - Det som engang var
1994 Mayhem - De mysteriis dom sathanas
1995 Suffocation - Pierced from Within
1996 Neurosis - Through Silver In Blood
1997 Borknagar -The Olden Domain
1998 Death - Sound of Perseverance
1999 Immortal - At the Heart of Winter
2000 Immolation - Close To A World Below
2001 Opeth - Blackwater Park
2002 Bloodbath - Resurrection Through Carnage
2003 Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God
2004 Horna - split w/ Behexen
2005 Opeth - Ghost Reveries
2006 Drudkh - Blood In Our Wells
2007 WITTR - Two Hunters
2008 Darkspace - Dark Space III
2009 Drudkh - Microcosmos
2010 Hooded Menace - Never Cross The Dead
2011 Autopsy - Macabre Eternal
2012 Panopticon - Kentucky
2013 Gorguts - Colored Sands
2014 Varathron - Untrodden Corridors of Hades
2015 Akhlys - The Dreaming I
2016 Ulcerate - Shrines Of Paralysis
2017 Condor - Unstoppable Power
2018 Winterfylleth - The Harrowing of Heirdom
2019 Overkill - The Wings of War
2020 Akhlys - Melinoë
2021 Altarage - Succubus
2022 Messa - Close
Here's my updated list:
Beginning oldies (1984-1989)/B.M. (Before Metalcore):
1984: Voivod - War and Pain
1985: Watchtower - Energetic Disassembly
1986: Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
1987: Voivod - Killing Technology
1988: Sadus - Illusions
1989: Godflesh - Streetcleaner
Old golden classics and millennium transition highlights (1990-2001)/Metalcore's humble beginnings and light of day-seeing classics:
1990: Rorschach - Remain Sedate
1991: Old - Lo Flux Tube
1992: Sadus - A Vision of Misery
1993: Old - The Musical Dimensions of Sleastak
1994: Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes
1995: Fear Factory - Demanufacture
1996: Amorphis - Elegy
1997: Will Haven - El Diablo
1998: Embodyment - Embrace the Eternal
1999: The Kovenant - Animatronik
2000: Living Sacrifice - The Hammering Process
2001: Candiria - 300 Percent Density
Modern favorites (2002-2013)/Rise of the full Revolution:
2002: The Red Chord - Fused Together in Revolving Doors
2003: All Shall Perish - Hate. Malice. Revenge
2004: Mnemic - The Audio Injected Soul
2005: Trivium - Ascendancy
2006: Insomnium - Above the Weeping World
2007: Despised Icon - The Ills of Modern Man
2008: Dead to Fall - Are You Serious?
2009: Vektor - Black Future
2010: Crystal Lake - Into the Great Beyond
2011: Trivium - In Waves
2012: Twelve Foot Ninja - Silent Machine
2013: Living Sacrifice - Ghost Thief
The best of the most recent (2014-present)/A greater new uprising:
2014: Beartooth - Disgusting
2015: Amorphis - Under the Red Cloud
2016: Insomnium - Winter's Gate
2017: Gothminister - The Other Side
2018: The Browning - Geist
2019: Northlane - Alien
2020: Code Orange - Underneath
2021: Trivium - In the Court of the Dragon
2022: Lorna Shore - Pain Remains
2023 so far: Insomnium - Anno 1696
2023 albums I'm looking forward to getting:
For the Fallen Dreams - For the Fallen Dreams (self-recommendation)
Chelsea Grin - Suffer in Heaven
Kamelot - The Awakening (revisiting one of the only power metal bands I still want to keep)
August Burns Red - Death Below
Ne Obliviscaris - Exul
Attack Attack! - Dark Waves EP
Enter Shikari - A Kiss for the Whole World
Crown the Empire - Dogma (self-recommendation)
Deathstars - Everything Destroys You
Unearth - The Wretched; The Ruinous
The Acacia Strain - Step into the Light/Failure Will Follow (self-recommendation)
The Amity Affliction - Not Without My Ghosts (self-recommendation)
Veil of Maya - Mother
The Ocean - Holocene
Omnium Gatherum - Slasher EP (self-recommendation)
Godflesh - Purge
Saturnus - The Storm Within (revisiting a Fallen band to try to revive my interest)
Ii has been over two years since I last updated my list and I have been putting together a list of my AOTY's in the lists section, so now seems like a suitable time for a revision.
https://metal.academy/lists/single/231
1970: Black Sabbath - Paranoid
1971: Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
1972: Black Sabbath - Vol 4
1973: Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
1974: Pinnacle - Assasin
1975: Black Sabbath - Sabotage
1976: Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
1977: Motörhead - Motörhead
1978: Judas Priest - Stained Class
1979: Motörhead - Bomber
1980: Angel Witch - Angel Witch
1981: Iron Maiden - Killers
1982: Witchfinder General - Death Penalty
1983: Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
1984: Metallica - Ride the Lightning
1985: Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
1986: Slayer - Reign in Blood
1987: Candlemass - Nightfall
1988: Sabbat - History of a Time to Come
1989: Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
1990: Winter - Into Darkness
1991: Autopsy - Mental Funeral
1992: Darkthrone: A Blaze in the Northern Sky
1993: Earth 2: Special Low Frequency Version
1994: Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
1995: Mütiilation - Vampires of Black Imperial Blood
1996: Scald - Will of the Gods Is Great Power
1997: Skepticism - Lead and Aether
1998: Solstice - New Dark Age
1999: Opeth - Still Life
2000: Immolation - Close to a World Below
2001: Evoken - Quietus
2002: Reverend Bizarre - In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend
2003: Monolithe - Monolithe I
2004: Nehëmah - Requiem Tenebrae
2005: Tyranny - Tides of Awakening
2006: Warning - Watching From a Distance
2007: Shining - V-Halmstad
2008: Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale
2009: Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue With the Stars
2010: Grand Magus - Hammer of the North
2011: Dead to a Dying World - Dead to a Dying World (2011)
2012: Hell - Hell III
2013: Subrosa - More Constant Than the Gods
2014: Saor - Aura
2015: Panopticon - Autumn Eternal
2016: Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä
2017: Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper
2018: Bismuth - The Slow Dying of the Great Barrier Reef
2019: Esoteric - A Pyrrhic Existence
2020: MSW - Obliviosus
2021: Panopticon - ...and Again Into the Light
2022: Messa - Close
2023: Khanate - To Be Cruel
Yeah, a lot of changes again, but what you gonna do??
Here's my updated list:
Beginning oldies (1984-1989)/B.M. (Before Metalcore):
1984: Voivod - War and Pain
1985: Watchtower - Energetic Disassembly
1986: Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
1987: Voivod - Killing Technology
1988: Sadus - Illusions
1989: Godflesh - Streetcleaner
Old golden classics and millennium transition highlights (1990-2001)/Metalcore's humble beginnings and light of day-seeing classics:
1990: Rorschach - Remain Sedate
1991: Old - Lo Flux Tube
1992: Sadus - A Vision of Misery
1993: Old - The Musical Dimensions of Sleastak
1994: Circle of Dust - Brainchild
1995: Waltari - Big Bang
1996: Red Harvest - HyBreed
1997: Waltari - Space Avenue
1998: Embodyment - Embrace the Eternal
1999: Botch - We Are The Romans
2000: Extol - Undeceived
2001: Candiria - 300 Percent Density
Modern favorites (2002-2013)/Rise of the full Revolution:
2002: Red Harvest - Sick Transit Gloria Mundi
2003: Animosity - Shut It Down
2004: ISIS – Panopticon
2005: Trivium - Ascendancy
2006: Dog Fashion Disco - Adultery
2007: Dethklok - The Dethalbum
2008: In This Moment - The Dream
2009: Vektor - Black Future
2010: Whitechapel - A New Era of Corruption
2011: Trivium - In Waves
2012: Bury Tomorrow - The Union of Crowns
2013: Dethklok - The Doomstar Requiem: A Klok Opera
The best of the most recent (2014-present)/A greater new uprising:
2014: The Acacia Strain - Coma Witch
2015: Sikth - Opacities
2016: Insomnium - Winter's Gate
2017: Brendon Small - II: Become the Storm
2018: Fit for a King - Dark Skies
2019: Northlane - Alien
2020: Code Orange - Underneath
2021: Trivium - In the Court of the Dragon
2022: Lorna Shore - Pain Remains
2023 so far: Dødheimsgard - Black Medium Current
2023 albums I'm looking forward to getting:
Atreyu - The Moment You Find Your Flame
Dethklok - Dethalbum IV/Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar
Asking Alexandria - Where Do We Go from Here?
The Word Alive - Hard Rest
Polaris - Fatalism
Code Orange - The Above
Of Mice & Men - Tether
Beartooth - The Surface
In This Moment - Godmode
Paradise Lost - Icon 30 (revisiting this band for a 30th anniversary album recording)