Great albums not even mentioned... Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King Death Angel - The Ultra Violence Sacrifice - Forward To Termination Agent Steel - Unstoppable Force Voivod - Killing Technology Toxik - World Circus Overkill - Taking Over Kreator - Terrible Certainty Destruction - Release From Agony Sodom - Persecution Mania Black Sabbath - The Eternal Idol Manilla Road - Mystification
me too. I like these Lps BUT No Over Kill Taking over? I find it hard to believe GNR was sandwiched in between Thrash Metal LPs.I was expecting Def leppard to be on there. any way im proud to say I bought GNR on Tape in 1987, before MTV went crazy with it & they became Huge in 1988.
King Diamond & Mercyful Fate are the ultimate metalhead's metal bands. Never mainstream enough to quite make it into the mainstream lists but super important and notable in the metal world
my top 5 from 1987 Necrophagia - Season of the Dead (feb 87) Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark (may 87) Death - Scream Bloody Gore (may 87) Sarcófago - INRI (aug 87) Sepultura - Schizophrenia (oct 87)
@@jfs13 Never liked King Diamond? I truly pity you for all the amazing music you're missing out on!! Especially the Abigail album; it's a true classic!
@@nonprogrediestregredi1711 ....i TRULY appreciate the civil nature of yer responce. I was prepared for an EPIC shitstorm. I knew i was poking a hornets nest😉(can you expect less from an 80's thrasher?!?) Nah. I could never get into his vocals.....idk. maybe ill check it out again.
@@jfs13 Yeah, I just had to throw my 2 cents in. I'd be lying if I didn't say that King had to grow on me a little when I first heard him on the Mercyful Fate-Melissa album. I don't think everything he's done is stellar, but his early solo stuff definitely stands out to me. Btw, I agree, DRI has some great music too. I grew up in the 80s and still love it!
Yeah Most Bands & The piece of shit singers all sound the Same!at least in the 80's you could tell what band it was by the singer. I Liked Kreator, Sodom & sepulture in 1988-90 BUT got tired of every damn singer imitating other singers.
Another fantastic album, not mentioned even in the runner ups in this video, is TAKING OVER from Overkill. Great stuff, not one bad song. I was in 3rd and 4th grade in 1987, but this was the year I discovered metal. Can't believe it's been 30 years. Where's my Metamucil?
I was just about to comment that Taking Over is my favorite album from 1987, and I saw your comment. Kudos to you, I was 11 in 1987. My friend Chris came over with his boom box and played In Union We Stand for me, and it changed my whole world. I was really happy to see Helloween on the list. That was a huge album for me as well.
Many metal publications have a thing for ignoring Voivod, even Sam ignored them for the prog metal episode. People seem to forget how influencial they where to metal and rock in general. When the bands that praised you and cited you as an influence includes: Sonic Youth, Cynic, Death, Darkthrone, Gorguts, Pantera, Foo Fighters, Dillinger Escape Plan, Neurosis, Soundgarden, Opeth, Dream Theater, Primus, Mr. Bungle, Metallica and, oh idk, THE MAJORITY OF THE MODERN METAL SCENE FROM PROG METAL TO DJENT, then you possibly a very influencial band. For fuck sakes, even Rolling Stone gave Voivod praise, they put Dimention Hatross in the top 100 Greatest metal albums of all time! wtf?
Yep, easily the number 1. That album revolutionized metal more than any other album from that time. It was way ahead of its time. The reason why Voivod are ignored is because their brand of thrash and later prog was way too adventurous and way too complex and unpredictable, thus not safe enough for the masses, even for the metal masses. What is mind-boggling is that people do not praise Voivod as prog innovators, as they do with bands such as Dream Theater, Queensryche or Fates Warning, who weren't as innovative as them.
and sam wears Voivod shirts and mentions them repeatedly in lockhorns, i think a lot of people just dont know Voivod. Voivod, Gorguts and Cryptopsy are all from my city and even here lots off people don't know them because they're niche.
OK here's my top 5 1. Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King 2. Candlemass - Nightfall 3. King Diamond - Abigail 4. Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark 5. Testament - The Legacy Thumbs up if you like my TOP5 more than the one from the video.
5. Persecution Mania, 4. Terrible Certainty, 3. Abigail, 2. Taking Over, 1. Scream Bloody Gore. Oh, and by the way: Appetite is a monster album. Night Train is a Classick!!!
Death Angel are pure Thrashers. The Ultra-Violence is a great album, but I am biased towards Death Angel cause we (they and I) share the same home town.
@@jprp999 oh shit... my bad. I wasn't even thinking of "the one who originally posted." I just now watched the video again looking for an actual poster that I missed somewhere. I have yet to find one in this video, but I'll be sure to let ya know if I do LOL! What was I thinking??? Peace
Not on the list that should at least merit mention Death Angel-The Ultra Violence Exodus-Pleasures of the Flesh Cacophony-'Speed Metal Symphony D.R.I.-Crossover Celtic Frost-Into the Pandemonium Sanctuary-Refuge Denied Suicidal Tendencies-Join the Army Overkill-Taking Over (in my list would be #1) Kreator-Terrible Certanty White Lion-Pride (insert sarcasm)
I was 14 when Among the Living came out and I loved it. I was slowly creeping out of my metal phase at this point and getting back into punk (a couple favorites from that year were from Dinosaur and the Butthole Surfers) , but Charlie Benante's drumming is undeniably great. He is metal's most underrated drummer, hell, one of music's most underrated drummers. His work on Spreading the Disease and Speak English Or Die are unmatched.
Excellent episode Sam! Maybe you could do more shows like this one. It would be interesting hearing current perspectives on the classic albums of yesterday.
1992 perhaps, like 25 years ago. So many balling releases Megadeth, Testament, Darkthrone, Imortal, Brutal Truth, Kyuss, Exhorder, Fear Factory, Pantera, Maiden, Ministry, NIN, Canible Corpse, Deicide, Faith No More, Rage Against the Machine, Alice in Chains, Napalm Death, Tool, White Zombie, Therapy. would be intresting to see what people would vote for as like groove, death, black, stooner, alt and industrial were all at their hight at the time
Personally, I'd go... 5. Death - "Scream Bloody Gore" 4. Sepultura - "Schizophrenia" 3. King Diamond - "Abigail" 2. Coroner - "R.I.P." 1. Sodom - "Persecution Mania" And honourable mentions to "Forward to Termination" by Sacrifice, "The Ultra-Violence" by Death Angel, "Crossover" by D.R.I., "Under the Sign of the Black Mark" by Bathory, "Taking Over" by Overkill, and "Release from Agony" by Destruction
My own top5 1987 1. Voivod "Killing Technology" 2. Destruction "Release from Agony" 3. Holy Moses "Finished with the Dogs" 4. Living Death "Protected from Reality" 5. Coroner "R. I. P."
I would have included KD Abigail in the proper list myself, but that's me I played the shit out of that record back in the day. This was back when we has album covers to look at while you were listening. As a matter of fact I have a tradition where I play that cd in its entirety every 7th of July. Of course I crank it other times as well. But Among The Living is awesome too!
My top 5 of 1987: Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark Death - Scream Bloody Gore Sepultura - Schitzophrenia Testament - The Legacy Exodus - Pleasures Of The Flesh
Voivod - Killing Technology Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence Heathen - Breaking the Silence King Diamond - Abigail
Surprised to see GnR in here as I thought it was a list of heavy/thrash metal. Does anyone else just love the crappy production of 80s (thrash) metal records?
I would label GNR as hard rock, not metal, but YOU, Sam Dunn, listed them as a contender on the video that announced the polls for the best metal albums of 1987. Since you made that album a metal contender, I put it at #1. Otherwise, I would've picked Anthrax's Among the Living as #1 metal album. So all you people who are negating Appetite's metal status, don't blame the voters; blame Sam Dunn (whom I respect, BTW, but HE DID list GNR's A4D as a metal contender, not me).
1. King Diamond - Abigail 2. Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys part 1 3. Exodus - Pleasures of the Flesh 4. Alice Cooper - Raise Your Fist and Yell 5. Napalm Death - Scum But again, many many more great metal albums in '87
1. Pleasures of the Flesh- Exodus 2. Abigail- King Diamond 3. Among the Living- Anthrax 4. Taking Over- Overkill 5. The Legacy- Testament Honorable mention- NIghtfall- Candlemass, Killing Technology- VoiVod, Scream Bloody Gore- Death, Keeper of the Seven Keys- Helloween, Schizophrenia- Sepultura, Know Your Enemy- Laaz Rockit, Terrible Certainty- Kreator, Death Angel- The Ultra Violence, and Hall of the Mountain King- Savatage.
Among The living can stand toe to toe with just about any metal album out there. Holy shit I remember listening to that album constantly when I first got it. An absolute classic!
Relax folks, don't get so wound up and take other people's best of lists so seriously. As always, these lists are subjective and at the end of the day, there really is no "best", it's just about what your, their, my favorite records are, but I digress. On another note, Jeff Becerra was still delivering vocals and growling just like Chuck at that time(or vice versa) Obviously they had very similar vocal styles and voices, just saying. But between Scream Bloody Gore and Eyes of Horror, well yeah, Chuck definitely created the stronger record that year IMO, and a hugely important one at that. All in all, great video and albums! DC
I mentioned Taking Over from Overkill in a comment above a couple years back, but yes, Pleasures From The Flesh is another classic. Gary Holt is up there with Hetfield as a riff writer, no doubt. The Ultra-Violence and Persecution Mania are also killer, ‘87 ruled for thrash.
Hi guys, just to make the point that for the Legacy Sam mentions it's the only Testament album that Steve Souza has song writing credits on. But there are certainly others, Souza contributed lyrics to The Formation of Damnation and The Dark Roots of Earth. Chuck Billy tends to write lyrics with him.
A few killers that I haven't seen mentioned or mentioned much: Bulldozer - IX Carnivore - Retaliation Coroner - RIP Infernal Majesty - None Shall Defy Running Wild - Under Jolly Roger Sarcofago - INRI Slaughter - Starppado One of my absolute favorite years in metal.
It would be nice if you could do a Top Five Albums of the pre-metal years ('67 for example, with albums such as Disraeli Gears & Axis: Bold as Love). I get that this is a metal channel, but metal is such a wide genre that developed from so many genres of music, or included some elements from genres such as jazz, blues and even hip hop. As i am aware of the fact that Sam Dunn is not a metal elitist and enjoys other genres of music, it would be nice to see a series such as non metal albums for metalheads, or something like that. It would be a breath of fresh air and also a retrospective look on the things that were and on the things that are to come. Much respect.
I'd like to paraphrase the video: "The rest of Appetite For Destruction doesn't really hold up like the big three hits. FOUR AND A HALF STARS!!1!one!" Thank christ Martin Popoff reviewed '77. My personal top 5 metal albums for 1987, in no order: 1. U.D.O.- Animal House 2. Helloween- KotSK pt. 1 3. Anthem- Bound To Break 4. Motorhead- Rock 'n' Roll 5. Whitesnake- 1987 (argue all you want about how this album isn't metal, but holy shit John Sykes is on fire.) Hon. mention: King Diamond- Abigail
Excellent choice. If it were a top 10, I might also shove Loudness' Hurricane Eyes, Racer X's Second Heat, and Black Sabbath's The Eternal Idol in there somewhere.
Testament ‘s the legacy what brutal album was it, can’t argue about it. Manowar’s fighting the world? Cacophony speed metal symphony? GNR it isn’t metal but appetite for destruction, it is an amazing album King Diamond ‘s Abigail, best king Diamond album of all times, gladly mentioned
can't complain about the list since is popular vote... but c'mon Sam that review fro "keeper" was quite unfair. (even tho is your opinion therefore there's no "fair, its just how i feel")
Carlzdash I second your feeling. keeper is the most important record on power metal. period. I know Sam is not a fan of power metal; but hey come on! maybe being bias there?
Carlzdash sure that's my point as well. out those 5 I will argue keeper and scream have the most legacy. But hey it's just a popular vote and his opinion so no blame to anybody.
FINALLY A FIRST 5 SKULLS ALBUM!!!!! As I was watching at first I was thinking "I wonder if there will ever be an album that Sam will give 5 stars to." I agree that Among The Living is a 5 star album. And about GNR even if its not metal, I still wanted to hear Sams take on it. Love this format! Can't wait for more. Do more of them. If its by year, maybe it can be extended to top 10 so more people can get their top choice in, just split the video into 2 parts. And I also would like to hear what Sams opinion of his top album. Reviewers choice, if you will.
I give many props for the 'King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime' T-shirt...that is one criminally underrated album from Faith No More! I would be absolutely remiss if I didn't trumpet your thoughts regarding 'Appetite For Destruction.' It was certainly a landmark album that came at a time when Pop Metal (I hate the terms Glam Metal and especially Hair Metal) that was quickly "cannibalising" itself. However, (like your commentary) it wasn't as consistent as history reflects. I always thought that 'Rocket Queen' was an unsung hero of the album, but there was a lot of material (just like the follow-up 'Use Your Illusion I & II) that was sub-par. This was (at best) a one-album band and will never understand their massive popularity with Hard Rock and Heavy Metal fans alike. I would love to discuss this topic at length! Cheers, Brent
Having been born in 1993, I really gotta go back and check out more early thrash, death and power metal. I haven't really appreciated the production value back then, but then again, I haven't really gone deep into it. Cheers, Banger and Sam Dunn!
Great albums not even mentioned...
Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King
Death Angel - The Ultra Violence
Sacrifice - Forward To Termination
Agent Steel - Unstoppable Force
Voivod - Killing Technology
Toxik - World Circus
Overkill - Taking Over
Kreator - Terrible Certainty
Destruction - Release From Agony
Sodom - Persecution Mania
Black Sabbath - The Eternal Idol
Manilla Road - Mystification
Hall of the Mountain King is definitely one of my favourite metal albums of all time.
The Classic Heavy Metal Vault The Ultra-Violence... arguably the best instrumental ever. I still have that on my playlist.
Exodus pleasure of the flash
Coroner - R.I.P
Back for the Attack by Dokken
I'm still disappointed that Hall of the Mountain King isn't up there.
Indeed, it's by far their best album.
Zach Ritchie good call Zach I forgot about that album, definitely more metal than gnr
Zach Ritchie
That's my name. Don't wear it out.
me too. I like these Lps BUT No Over Kill Taking over? I find it hard to believe GNR was sandwiched in between Thrash Metal LPs.I was expecting Def leppard to be on there. any way im proud to say I bought GNR on Tape in 1987, before MTV went crazy with it & they became Huge in 1988.
For me
King Diamond-Abigail
Damn right!
100%
They have appetite for destruction and no Abigail, ridiculous....
King Diamond & Mercyful Fate are the ultimate metalhead's metal bands. Never mainstream enough to quite make it into the mainstream lists but super important and notable in the metal world
It's remarkable how memorable Among the Living is. Everyone underestimates how great that album and Anthrax in general is.
Does not sound like any other band (cept maybe S.O.D) fast & great production. Prbly the Pinnacle of their career.
Regina Ayat SOD was pretty much Anthrax with Billy Milano on vocals.
Easily their best!
my top 5 from 1987
Necrophagia - Season of the Dead (feb 87)
Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark (may 87)
Death - Scream Bloody Gore (may 87)
Sarcófago - INRI (aug 87)
Sepultura - Schizophrenia (oct 87)
Sepultura "Schizophrenia" 1987
Sepultura in it's prime... (Along with beneath the remains)
Rammelhoofd
Beneath The Remains is so uncompromising...I love that album
Not that good.
1987 was a great freakin' year for "crossover" music. Suicidal Tendencies-Join The Army, D.R.I.-Crossover, C.O.C.-Technocracy ep
Just saw D.R.I.(22june2019)
Fkn awesome.
Still holds up....
.......never liked king diamond.
@@jfs13 Never liked King Diamond? I truly pity you for all the amazing music you're missing out on!! Especially the Abigail album; it's a true classic!
@@nonprogrediestregredi1711
....i TRULY appreciate the civil nature of yer responce. I was prepared for an EPIC shitstorm.
I knew i was poking a hornets nest😉(can you expect less from an 80's thrasher?!?)
Nah. I could never get into his vocals.....idk. maybe ill check it out again.
@@jfs13 Yeah, I just had to throw my 2 cents in. I'd be lying if I didn't say that King had to grow on me a little when I first heard him on the Mercyful Fate-Melissa album. I don't think everything he's done is stellar, but his early solo stuff definitely stands out to me. Btw, I agree, DRI has some great music too. I grew up in the 80s and still love it!
Also agnostic front liberty and justice for all
No King Diamond's Abigail?????????????
alex ladrón king diamond sucks mate
Right? Abigail is a flawless album, and nothing from 87 can touch it.
Totally agree it should be here, but to many people must not be able to get into his voice. Which is kinda understandable.
Blasphemy!
@@GrungeJeans Then you should stick to listening to your Winger albums.
Bathory's Under The Sign Of The Black Mark is from 1987. Hail Quorthon.
The production standards of 2017? Shitty triggers and every band sounds the same? Give me 80s production any fucking day.
im with you....
AMEN! Just what i thought.
totally with you, pretty much all metal albums of that time had a sound of its own....now everything just sounds generic and boring
Alexander Dinesen "every band sounding the same" you must not be paying much attention
Yeah Most Bands & The piece of shit singers all sound the Same!at least in the 80's you could tell what band it was by the singer. I Liked Kreator, Sodom & sepulture in 1988-90 BUT got tired of every damn singer imitating other singers.
Another fantastic album, not mentioned even in the runner ups in this video, is TAKING OVER from Overkill. Great stuff, not one bad song. I was in 3rd and 4th grade in 1987, but this was the year I discovered metal. Can't believe it's been 30 years. Where's my Metamucil?
I was just about to comment that Taking Over is my favorite album from 1987, and I saw your comment. Kudos to you, I was 11 in 1987. My friend Chris came over with his boom box and played In Union We Stand for me, and it changed my whole world. I was really happy to see Helloween on the list. That was a huge album for me as well.
Damn right !!
Don't you mean Metal-mucil?
metaldams78 Overkill...HELL YES...waaay underrated band that never got their due... I have a bunch of their stuff on my current playlist.
metaldams78 lol, the Metamucal is sitting by the Depends
Honorable Mentions
Exodus - Pleasures of the Flesh
Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence
' bout time someone mentions Exodus !
Voivod - Killing Technology
Easily #1 from 1987 for me. Not even an honorable mention for your fellow Canucks, Sam? :/ Not a fan?
forgotten in space RULES
....more worthy than fucking Helloween, that's for sure.
Many metal publications have a thing for ignoring Voivod, even Sam ignored them for the prog metal episode. People seem to forget how influencial they where to metal and rock in general. When the bands that praised you and cited you as an influence includes: Sonic Youth, Cynic, Death, Darkthrone, Gorguts, Pantera, Foo Fighters, Dillinger Escape Plan, Neurosis, Soundgarden, Opeth, Dream Theater, Primus, Mr. Bungle, Metallica and, oh idk, THE MAJORITY OF THE MODERN METAL SCENE FROM PROG METAL TO DJENT, then you possibly a very influencial band. For fuck sakes, even Rolling Stone gave Voivod praise, they put Dimention Hatross in the top 100 Greatest metal albums of all time! wtf?
Yep, easily the number 1. That album revolutionized metal more than any other album from that time. It was way ahead of its time. The reason why Voivod are ignored is because their brand of thrash and later prog was way too adventurous and way too complex and unpredictable, thus not safe enough for the masses, even for the metal masses. What is mind-boggling is that people do not praise Voivod as prog innovators, as they do with bands such as Dream Theater, Queensryche or Fates Warning, who weren't as innovative as them.
and sam wears Voivod shirts and mentions them repeatedly in lockhorns, i think a lot of people just dont know Voivod. Voivod, Gorguts and Cryptopsy are all from my city and even here lots off people don't know them because they're niche.
OK here's my top 5
1. Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King
2. Candlemass - Nightfall
3. King Diamond - Abigail
4. Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
5. Testament - The Legacy
Thumbs up if you like my TOP5 more than the one from the video.
Death scream bloody gore ? More metal than hairspray and poses
Under the Sign of the Black Mark number 1
Love your list, I would only change it to Abigail in the top spot!
James West I agree
Leaving out Scream Bloody Gore is a crime... I mean it kicked off death metal...
Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Kreator - Terrible Certainty
King Diamond - Abigail...............
5. Persecution Mania, 4. Terrible Certainty, 3. Abigail, 2. Taking Over, 1. Scream Bloody Gore. Oh, and by the way: Appetite is a monster album. Night Train is a Classick!!!
The REAL top 5: 5)Among the Living 4)Scream bloody gore 3)Nightfall (by Candlemass) 2)The Legacy 1)The Ultra Violence
Lol taking over isnt even in top 10 albums, overkill is overrated af, The Legacy destroys it
Death Angel:The Ultra-Violence!!!
Punk n Thrash Absolutely!!! Incredible Album!
Punk n Thrash absolutely awesome. Gonna go listen to right now
Death Angel are pure Thrashers.
The Ultra-Violence is a great album, but I am biased towards Death Angel cause we (they and I) share the same home town.
He is replying to "Punk n thrash" (poster).
@@jprp999 oh shit... my bad. I wasn't even thinking of "the one who originally posted." I just now watched the video again looking for an actual poster that I missed somewhere. I have yet to find one in this video, but I'll be sure to let ya know if I do LOL! What was I thinking???
Peace
I like Dio dream evil from 1987
Yes, truly great. Hail DIO
Not on the list that should at least merit mention
Death Angel-The Ultra Violence
Exodus-Pleasures of the Flesh
Cacophony-'Speed Metal Symphony
D.R.I.-Crossover
Celtic Frost-Into the Pandemonium
Sanctuary-Refuge Denied
Suicidal Tendencies-Join the Army
Overkill-Taking Over (in my list would be #1)
Kreator-Terrible Certanty
White Lion-Pride (insert sarcasm)
White Lion was more metal than G-n-R.
White Lion's Pride is a good album, who gives a fuck what haters say. "Hair Metal" has the word metal in it for a reason.
I was 14 when Among the Living came out and I loved it. I was slowly creeping out of my metal phase at this point and getting back into punk (a couple favorites from that year were from Dinosaur and the Butthole Surfers) , but Charlie Benante's drumming is undeniably great. He is metal's most underrated drummer, hell, one of music's most underrated drummers. His work on Spreading the Disease and Speak English Or Die are unmatched.
Excellent episode Sam! Maybe you could do more shows like this one. It would be interesting hearing current perspectives on the classic albums of yesterday.
Thanks David. As long as you guys are prepared to vote, we'll be making more!
1992 perhaps, like 25 years ago. So many balling releases Megadeth, Testament, Darkthrone, Imortal, Brutal Truth, Kyuss, Exhorder, Fear Factory, Pantera, Maiden, Ministry, NIN, Canible Corpse, Deicide, Faith No More, Rage Against the Machine, Alice in Chains, Napalm Death, Tool, White Zombie, Therapy. would be intresting to see what people would vote for as like groove, death, black, stooner, alt and industrial were all at their hight at the time
Great vid! Do one for each 80s year up to 90. Abigail should have taken the GNR spot
My fav album of 1987 was Lizzy Borden's Visual Lies. 30% power metal, 30% traditional metal, 30% hair metal, and 10% cheese !!!!!
King Diamonds Abigail should have been included in my opinion.
Do you know how voting works?
@@jimmywest1526 yeah, I think he might be hinting that people are stupid for not voting for Abigail....I'm inclined to agree.
Canadian metal was my highlight in 1987: Voivod “Killing Technology”, Sacrifice “Forward to Termination” and DBC “Dead Brain Cells”.
Yes, yes ,YES! DBC was my first metal show!
Shocking, no one on this channel is EVER bias toward Canada
Love the shirt! FNM is one of my all time favourites!
Shaun Kipke Mine too. Angel Dust is my favorite Faith No More album.
+Shaun kipke .Yeah man ! Introduce yourself is a mile stone in the history of alternative heavy rock .Chuck is a fucking legend !!
lol. Chuck is a burn out.
I'd put that album at least in my Top 5 of all time
When Luca Modric started doing metal shows?
Two things... guns 'n roses is not a metal band... and I miss Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King.
AIS they are glam metal
Most overrated band ever.
Hard rock...something, not metal.
OMFG Where's King Diamond's "Abigail"?? Both King más Andy Larocque at their finest.
Personally, I'd go...
5. Death - "Scream Bloody Gore"
4. Sepultura - "Schizophrenia"
3. King Diamond - "Abigail"
2. Coroner - "R.I.P."
1. Sodom - "Persecution Mania"
And honourable mentions to "Forward to Termination" by Sacrifice, "The Ultra-Violence" by Death Angel, "Crossover" by D.R.I., "Under the Sign of the Black Mark" by Bathory, "Taking Over" by Overkill, and "Release from Agony" by Destruction
My own top5 1987
1. Voivod "Killing Technology"
2. Destruction "Release from Agony"
3. Holy Moses "Finished with the Dogs"
4. Living Death "Protected from Reality"
5. Coroner "R. I. P."
Please do more of these types of reviews, they are awesome!!
Keeper Of The Seven Keys is just fuckin classic. I still have both parts on my local storage. It NEVER gets old...... \m/
King Diamond - Abigail
I would have included KD Abigail in the proper list myself, but that's me I played the shit out of that record back in the day. This was back when we has album covers to look at while you were listening. As a matter of fact I have a tradition where I play that cd in its entirety every 7th of July. Of course I crank it other times as well. But Among The Living is awesome too!
I feel it's one of the greatest releases of all time. It's EVERYTHING Metal should be!
I was expecting Abigail to be on this list too
Abigail🤘
@@hvitekristesdod At #1 where it should've been!
I still cannot believe that you guys skipped one of the arguably biggest years of thrash, 1986.
you should do every year from 1970 til now
King Diamond - Abigail
Death - SBG
Testament - The Legacy
Anthrax - ATL
....
I really liked this. You should do more of them for other years. 1980 was a good year for metal - so many classic albums that year
My top 5 of 1987:
Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
Death - Scream Bloody Gore
Sepultura - Schitzophrenia
Testament - The Legacy
Exodus - Pleasures Of The Flesh
THAT is more like it
The rappers Anthrax over King "fuckin" Diamond? No way
Totally agree
Candlemass Nightfall for sure! Plus Armored Saint Raising Fear, think this was my favorite year for metal releases.
Among the living was a staple in my cassette deck for sure!
SAVATAGE - Hall of the Mountain King
Voivod - Killing Technology
Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence
Heathen - Breaking the Silence
King Diamond - Abigail
Abigail
This channel deserves way more views and subscribers
Surprised to see GnR in here as I thought it was a list of heavy/thrash metal.
Does anyone else just love the crappy production of 80s (thrash) metal records?
Sicsta yes.
Yeah, I love that record, but it's hard rock.
1. King Diamond Abigail
2. Testament The Legacy
3. Anthrax Among The Living
4. Death Scream Bloody Gore
5. Bathory Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
I would label GNR as hard rock, not metal, but YOU, Sam Dunn, listed them as a contender on the video that announced the polls for the best metal albums of 1987. Since you made that album a metal contender, I put it at #1. Otherwise, I would've picked Anthrax's Among the Living as #1 metal album.
So all you people who are negating Appetite's metal status, don't blame the voters; blame Sam Dunn (whom I respect, BTW, but HE DID list GNR's A4D as a metal contender, not me).
This list takes me back to my childhood, when I first got into metal!
Abigail should be number 1!!
Agree
This is an AWESOME concept for Overkill Reviews. I hope there are more to come. I would love to see a list of what Sam thinks are other 5-star albums.
1. King Diamond - Abigail
2. Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys part 1
3. Exodus - Pleasures of the Flesh
4. Alice Cooper - Raise Your Fist and Yell
5. Napalm Death - Scum
But again, many many more great metal albums in '87
great idea for a new segment. Not my favs, but well reasoned analysis.
The Ultra-Violence from Death Angel deserves a spot on there.
1. King Diamond - Abigail
2. OverKill - Taking Over
3. Tankard - Chemical Invasion
4. Kreator - Terrible Certainty
5. Toss up between Death & Sodom.
what a crime!! Where's Sodom P.M?
Wilbeerthoven And Kreator's Terrible certainty? No German bands, no Coroner? Wtf?
localescariaco I wore terrible certainty out. flawless...what great times....17 years old....
Helloween is german. But I miss the german thrashers too.
1 The Legacy
2 Keeper of the Seven Keys
3 Among the Living
4 Abagail
5 The Ultra Violence
Was that picture of Steve Sousa from those "Heavy Metal" trading cards that were sold around 1990 for a short period of time?
akopciuch That was a thing?
Yep, that's how great metal was back in those days. So many magazines and merch, mtv, underground local radio stations everywhere.
1. Pleasures of the Flesh- Exodus 2. Abigail- King Diamond 3. Among the Living- Anthrax 4. Taking Over- Overkill 5. The Legacy- Testament Honorable mention- NIghtfall- Candlemass, Killing Technology- VoiVod, Scream Bloody Gore- Death, Keeper of the Seven Keys- Helloween, Schizophrenia- Sepultura, Know Your Enemy- Laaz Rockit, Terrible Certainty- Kreator, Death Angel- The Ultra Violence, and Hall of the Mountain King- Savatage.
And Candlemass - Nightfall?
REALLY like this new format. Keep it up guys.
what about these 3 .. killer lps
Second Heat by Racer X (my best of 87)Unstoppable Force - Agent Steel
Nightfall by Candlemass
Among The living can stand toe to toe with just about any metal album out there. Holy shit I remember listening to that album constantly when I first got it. An absolute classic!
The lack of King Diamond really chaps my ass....
Great job Sam, good to see you talking about classic albums, please more videos like this
Relax folks, don't get so wound up and take other people's best of lists so seriously. As always, these lists are subjective and at the end of the day, there really is no "best", it's just about what your, their, my favorite records are, but I digress. On another note, Jeff Becerra was still delivering vocals and growling just like Chuck at that time(or vice versa) Obviously they had very similar vocal styles and voices, just saying. But between Scream Bloody Gore and Eyes of Horror, well yeah, Chuck definitely created the stronger record that year IMO, and a hugely important one at that. All in all, great video and albums! DC
I was gonna bring up Transcendence, but it came out in 88! Still, hope one day you guys will spend a minute on this album. It’s incredible
Seems that everyone forgot the trashalbum of the year in1987. Exodus with Pleasures of the flesh?!
I mentioned Taking Over from Overkill in a comment above a couple years back, but yes, Pleasures From The Flesh is another classic. Gary Holt is up there with Hetfield as a riff writer, no doubt. The Ultra-Violence and Persecution Mania are also killer, ‘87 ruled for thrash.
Hail Exodus
Among the living is one of my favorite metal albums ever
..well, I guess I'll have to check that "among the living" one more time as well...
all tracks on appetite rock
don't know which tracks don't hold up
great vid, i love these "best of"
Guns and Roses is NOT Metal. Period.
Obviously not "period," since many people disagree with you. Deal with it.
They are definitely not a metal band.
Can someone name any song that GNR has, that's METAL?
Arthur Grella GNR is good old classic Blues based Hard Rock not Metal
Arthur Grella So what
once again man, great review and holy shit I remember pumuling my family's ears with that anthrax and testimony album!! great channel keep it Up!
Where's King diamond Abigail and candlemass nightfall ??
Hi guys, just to make the point that for the Legacy Sam mentions it's the only Testament album that Steve Souza has song writing credits on. But there are certainly others, Souza contributed lyrics to The Formation of Damnation and The Dark Roots of Earth. Chuck Billy tends to write lyrics with him.
No King Diamond No Sepultura!
A few killers that I haven't seen mentioned or mentioned much:
Bulldozer - IX
Carnivore - Retaliation
Coroner - RIP
Infernal Majesty - None Shall Defy
Running Wild - Under Jolly Roger
Sarcofago - INRI
Slaughter - Starppado
One of my absolute favorite years in metal.
A thorough review and very well done. Learned that Sam is a 74 generation like me he he he. Banger delivering good stuff as usual. \m/
GNR are not metal and never were.. wtf?
GNR are poser!
GNR were and are always Hard Rock and not Metal ... just like AC/DC
Couldn’t agree more! Compared to the other albums listed here, just 2nd rate 70s rehash. With some of the worst rock singing EVER!
Adi Ibukic bruh they’re glam metal
@@THEshaggyrogers which aint even metal LOL
It would be nice if you could do a Top Five Albums of the pre-metal years ('67 for example, with albums such as Disraeli Gears & Axis: Bold as Love). I get that this is a metal channel, but metal is such a wide genre that developed from so many genres of music, or included some elements from genres such as jazz, blues and even hip hop. As i am aware of the fact that Sam Dunn is not a metal elitist and enjoys other genres of music, it would be nice to see a series such as non metal albums for metalheads, or something like that. It would be a breath of fresh air and also a retrospective look on the things that were and on the things that are to come. Much respect.
I'd like to paraphrase the video: "The rest of Appetite For Destruction doesn't really hold up like the big three hits. FOUR AND A HALF STARS!!1!one!" Thank christ Martin Popoff reviewed '77.
My personal top 5 metal albums for 1987, in no order:
1. U.D.O.- Animal House
2. Helloween- KotSK pt. 1
3. Anthem- Bound To Break
4. Motorhead- Rock 'n' Roll
5. Whitesnake- 1987 (argue all you want about how this album isn't metal, but holy shit John Sykes is on fire.)
Hon. mention: King Diamond- Abigail
Excellent choice. If it were a top 10, I might also shove Loudness' Hurricane Eyes, Racer X's Second Heat, and Black Sabbath's The Eternal Idol in there somewhere.
Candlemass - Nightfall would fit well on a best of 87 list.
I wish "Abigail" and "Hall of the Mountain King" had made the list.
I'm surprised Banger only has 69k subscribers. Love the shirt.
imo:
King Diamond Abigail
Testament the Legacy
Anthrax Among the Living
Pentagram Day of Reckoning
Coroner RIP
Even though I was born in 87, Among the Living is probably one of my favorite thrash albums. When I think of thrash, Anthrax always comes to mind.
Without watching, I'm going to guess Anthrax: Among the Living.
Testament ‘s the legacy what brutal album was it, can’t argue about it.
Manowar’s fighting the world?
Cacophony speed metal symphony?
GNR it isn’t metal but appetite for destruction, it is an amazing album
King Diamond ‘s Abigail, best king Diamond album of all times, gladly mentioned
can't complain about the list since is popular vote... but c'mon Sam that review fro "keeper" was quite unfair. (even tho is your opinion therefore there's no "fair, its just how i feel")
Carlzdash I second your feeling. keeper is the most important record on power metal. period. I know Sam is not a fan of power metal; but hey come on! maybe being bias there?
well of course it's biased, it's his opinion. I just think it should've gotten more credit for relevancy, even if Sam didn't like the genre
Carlzdash sure that's my point as well. out those 5 I will argue keeper and scream have the most legacy. But hey it's just a popular vote and his opinion so no blame to anybody.
Awesome. Thank you, Sam. Nothing beats the old.
overkill - taking over
king diamond - abigail
FINALLY A FIRST 5 SKULLS ALBUM!!!!! As I was watching at first I was thinking "I wonder if there will ever be an album that Sam will give 5 stars to." I agree that Among The Living is a 5 star album. And about GNR even if its not metal, I still wanted to hear Sams take on it. Love this format! Can't wait for more. Do more of them. If its by year, maybe it can be extended to top 10 so more people can get their top choice in, just split the video into 2 parts. And I also would like to hear what Sams opinion of his top album. Reviewers choice, if you will.
Scream bloody Gore deserves 5 out of 5 skulls, regardless of "lists"
Nice Faith No More shirt. Faith No More is awesome.
Keeper of the Seven Keys deserves at least 4.5 skulls.... and why isn't Abigail up there?!?!?! Too much thrash ;)
I give many props for the 'King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime' T-shirt...that is one criminally underrated album from Faith No More!
I would be absolutely remiss if I didn't trumpet your thoughts regarding 'Appetite For Destruction.' It was certainly a landmark album that came at a time when Pop Metal (I hate the terms Glam Metal and especially Hair Metal) that was quickly "cannibalising" itself. However, (like your commentary) it wasn't as consistent as history reflects. I always thought that 'Rocket Queen' was an unsung hero of the album, but there was a lot of material (just like the follow-up 'Use Your Illusion I & II) that was sub-par.
This was (at best) a one-album band and will never understand their massive popularity with Hard Rock and Heavy Metal fans alike.
I would love to discuss this topic at length!
Cheers,
Brent
Awesome shirt, Faith no More is an insane awesome band, specially in that album!!
Having been born in 1993, I really gotta go back and check out more early thrash, death and power metal. I haven't really appreciated the production value back then, but then again, I haven't really gone deep into it. Cheers, Banger and Sam Dunn!
Gnr is hard rock.