Best Metal / Hard Rock Albums

[ardchieftain]

Lynchboy, , noticed a lot of old Thrash there. Got the old Thrash tapes out a few summers ago but i found a lot of it didn't age very well.

Why don't some of you lot check out and support Irish bands, there is a healthy scene  here with about a dozen bands releasing albums via reputable Record Labels. Most of them are 10 times more popular abroad, due in no small way to the conservative nature of the Irish media.

On Metallica - first 3 albums only for me but will give And Justice the odd spin

Listening to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath as i type.

Never thought i'd see a thread like this on here!

[under the bar]

Black Lace - Agadoo II

[lynchbhoy]

Lynchboy, , noticed a lot of old Thrash there. Got the old Thrash tapes out a few summers ago but i found a lot of it didn't age very well.

Why don't some of you lot check out and support Irish bands, there is a healthy scene  here with about a dozen bands releasing albums via reputable Record Labels. Most of them are 10 times more popular abroad, due in no small way to the conservative nature of the Irish media.

On Metallica - first 3 albums only for me but will give And Justice the odd spin

Listening to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath as i type.

Never thought i'd see a thread like this on here!

A lot of old thrash is right - don't think there has been any new thrash or even any decent metal since well since I've left the 'scene' in the mid 90's.
Kasabian and shitdisco more or less the only two of note since the mid 90's.
Reading loads of books on lizzy, lynnott, iommi, led zep, Ac/Dc etc and about to start on mick walls Metallica book.
Good thrash had fast intricate melodic accurate guitar picking which kicked ass off most supposed musicians - eg Dave mustaine
I listen to the old stuff because the new stuff is sterile and shit.

[Itchy]

Lynchboy, , noticed a lot of old Thrash there. Got the old Thrash tapes out a few summers ago but i found a lot of it didn't age very well.

Why don't some of you lot check out and support Irish bands, there is a healthy scene  here with about a dozen bands releasing albums via reputable Record Labels. Most of them are 10 times more popular abroad, due in no small way to the conservative nature of the Irish media.

On Metallica - first 3 albums only for me but will give And Justice the odd spin

Listening to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath as i type.

Never thought i'd see a thread like this on here!

Agree on Metallica, never thought that much of &justice for all.

[cadence]

Lynchboy, , noticed a lot of old Thrash there. Got the old Thrash tapes out a few summers ago but i found a lot of it didn't age very well.

Why don't some of you lot check out and support Irish bands, there is a healthy scene  here with about a dozen bands releasing albums via reputable Record Labels. Most of them are 10 times more popular abroad, due in no small way to the conservative nature of the Irish media.

On Metallica - first 3 albums only for me but will give And Justice the odd spin

Listening to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath as i type.

Never thought i'd see a thread like this on here!

you could even hone the metallica albums down to the first two. can't stand them now, very corporate. some kind of monster is fascinating though, i did watch that.

[Denn Forever]

Why don't some of you lot check out and support Irish bands, there is a healthy scene  here with about a dozen bands releasing albums via reputable Record Labels. Most of them are 10 times more popular abroad, due in no small way to the conservative nature of the Irish media

What are the names of these bands?  I'd love to check some of them out.

The only irish band I can think of is Mama's Boys.

Needle in the Groove
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWsWRF3cY64

[ardchieftain]

Mamas Boys, haha, my first ever gig as a 14 year old.

Irish bands to check out - Primordial, Waylander, cruachan, Mourning Beloveth, Mael Mordha, Darkest Era. etc etc
Irish Metal Archive is a good resource.

Primordial for example, are huge abroad and will sell out a decent sized venue in Dublin tonight

Lynchboy, check out Gama Bomb, Irish Thrash who released a few albums on Earache records [home of Napalm Death for donkeys years].

[Maguire01]

And Justice for All suffers from terrible production.

[bennydorano]

That was the main jist of Hetfield's comments too,  too heavy on the guitar & drums, but f**k me One is made by the guitars & drums!

[Maguire01]

That was the main jist of Hetfield's comments too,  too heavy on the guitar & drums, but f**k me One is made by the guitars & drums!

You can't hear the bass on Justice at all.

Still, as bad as it is, nothing compares to the production on St Anger!

[bennydorano]

No great loss imo, when i hear talk of great bass & bass players it's lost on me. When i think of a bass player Mark King of Level 42 mincing about the stage comes to mind

[Wildweasel74]

Slayers seasons in the abyss (their best album) would probably be the best thrash album outside of metallicas efforts

[Itchy]

Slayers seasons in the abyss (their best album) would probably be the best thrash album outside of metallicas efforts

Not even slayers best album!

[cadence]

Why don't some of you lot check out and support Irish bands, there is a healthy scene  here with about a dozen bands releasing albums via reputable Record Labels. Most of them are 10 times more popular abroad, due in no small way to the conservative nature of the Irish media

What are the names of these bands?  I'd love to check some of them out.

The only irish band I can think of is Mama's Boys.

Needle in the Groove
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWsWRF3cY64

mama's boys at the milford inn was my first gig ever. i prefer them pre power and passion. runaway dreams, great tune that.   

[From the Bunker]

Slayers seasons in the abyss (their best album) would probably be the best thrash album outside of metallicas efforts

Not even slayers best album!

Reign in Blood is Slayers best album. I'm not a fan of Metallica, so i can't even compare. That said  i seen Metallica in the Point in 1992, and it was a good gig.