@Derfel Cadarn Very cool! We have been playing shows for years and just writing with a plethora of musicians. We will be opening a studio here shortly not only for our own music but to produce/fill in for any bands as well. Super fun and rewarding to just write and play music all day! Would love to hear some of your work some time! Cheers!
@@megaduck7965 absolutely...... if I stopped listening to music made by people who are dicks, I would have to stop listening to most of my favorite bands :D:D so, I have no choice, but to separate the art from the artist.......
How about Deeds of Flesh - Of What's To Come ? All the critics, and Death Metal fans in general talking down the album . Testament - Souls of Black is widely considered an album of total filler , just recorded to fill a recording commitment . Deicide - Insinheratehymn ? It gets bad reviews. Digger was the best Heavy Metal album I ever heard.
I'm 36 and I have really been growing my music collection the past several years because I keep discovering more great stuff I missed out on. I will warn you, its addicting. Take care and have fun though.
@Redrum Err, so was I as I spent every cent on albums, guitars, amps and the like. In my 60's now and still play them all, both recordings and my own guitars..
MetalJesusRocks A lot of it depends on when and where you were at the time. Know what I mean? I was a Priest fanatic in the early 80s with Stained Class being my introduction. Saw them twice on the Defenders tour. So Turbo was a let down for me. However I can see why anyone could enjoy it. It’s just not in my first 10 choices of Priest albums.
Turbo is as different as Sin After Sin was after Sad Wings of Destiny and as Point of Entry was after British Steel. Always wondered though how much they were paid to play those synth guitars.
Turbo is more like the typical '80s Scorpions album than Judas Priest, it's so different from anything else they were doing that decade. Take, say Point of Entry it's a complete masterpiece compared to Turbo when you have songs like Solar Angels, Heading Out To The Highway, Desert Plains and Turning Circles you've got a winner and killer album no matter what. There's really nothing of this strong caliber on Turbo, even Defenders Of The Faith didn't have a solid collection of classic gems like that.
@@reclaimerReclaimer reclaimerReclaimer I Love every track on Point of Entry and if you listen to British Steel many of its songs like The Rage and Metal Gods would fit in with those tracks flawlessly but to say Freewheel Burning, Jawbreaker, Rock Hard, Ride Free, The Sentinel. Love Bites, Eat Me Alive, Some Heads Are Gonna Roll, Night Comes Down right in a row are not gems compared to PoE let alone Turbo makes me question your sanity.😉
@@betornween Well, I agree about POE it's fantastic and strangely underrated, it's actually my fave Priest album from the '80s. British Steel to be honest, is not that much more heavy really POE is just a more cohesive record where BS is a bit more diverse. Overall though, apart from a few tracks Defenders disappointed me at the time, somewhat muddled sounding coming after the excellent Screaming For Vengeance.
Oh yes, especially Sony/Atlantic. They are the ones that forced Raven, Ted Nugent and Savatage into a commercial direction that was out of character for them. Everybody wanted their bands to sound like whatever was selling at the time. Quiet Riot - Metal Health was big in the early 80's so Atco Records pushed Blackfoot to sound more like Quiet Riot and we got the terrible Vertical Smiles album out of it. Haha!
DOKKEN was a great example of a band they should have left alone and not try to turn them into Poison or Warrant. They really could have thrived as a gritty hard rock band instead of being cast as the next Def Leppard.
@@masonb9788 I would say that Dokken was a slightly different case because what they had been doing would have probably shot them straight to the top had they been able to stay together for a few more years when the "Hair Band explosion" would've made them one of it's biggest stars. If you listen to Dokken and Lynch talk, you can tell that they know their business, between Don pointing out melodic hooks when he is showcasing new material and George coming up with awesome riffs and licks on the fly even today they could still release new material that would outclass anything written by their contemporaries at the same time. The fact of the matter is that they are two people who have figured out their art of popular songwriting, they just have trouble keeping themselves on the same track to work that magic.
Gordon Heaney you are absolutely correct. This is why I'm glad for the rise in social media and true metal's ride in the underground carrying them away from the mainstream. Yeah we got Bieber, but we got The Black Dahlia Murder and Anterior too!
People only seem to think the whole of the black album sounds like nothing else matters , the intro of wolf of man alone begs to differ . Wack wack wack that snare drum / guitar sound is as hard as a coffin nail . Well written songs doesn’t = selling out haha
Mega ducK No arguments from me. I like the black album. However I think the reason fans called it a sellout was because it was slower, had a more commercially acceptable production, etc. in other words, it wasn’t thrash.
Scott Waters for sure , if “your Metallica “ is Cliff Burton and fight fire with fire , battery and whiplash . Then I’m sure them putting out an album of massive rock/metal anthems must have been a complete wtf moment if you’re expecting the heaviest most crushing album after justice . I love Load as well , but again I can totally see the hair cut and sounding like Sabbath Skynrd and Alice in chains must have been and even bigger curve ball . All that said , I got into them in the early 2000s and started with justice puppets St anger and the black album . So I was just rabidly exploring their back catalogue .
I’m with you 1000% with Another Perfect Day! From day one I was on board with that album and still think it’s absolutely one of the best Motörhead albums of all time… From start to finish fantastic songwriting even though it was a departure from there then signature… Dancing on your grave all time classic
cbond99 I think the bands sound overall was more simplified in the 80s compared to other their more complex 70s releases. Screaming for Vengeance is awesome. One of my all time favorite albums. Saying it’s “dumbed down” does not mean it’s bad. Songs like Heads Are Gonna Roll and Another Thing Coming are great songs but fall right in line with Breaking the Law and Living After Midnight.
@@nolifetilmetal1 Right. Another Thing Coming is sooo different that the rest of the songs on Screaming. It sounds almost like they felt obligated to write a anthem type song to fill out the album. The guitars leads the other songs had spread within them are absent.
@@nolifetilmetal1 true, because back in the 70's the approach to songwriting was much more complex in general...... it's because late 60's and 70's were a period of time when in rock music many bands had space to experiment and 70's were also the era of progressive rock, so even most metal/heavy rock bands were trying to implement some of that prog complexity into their style, Judas Priest including(especially on "Sad Wings" album)...... but still, albums like "Painkiller" or "Defenders" had amazing instrumental work and especially guitar solos....... when Travis Scott joined the band, Priest's drum work went 2 levels higher......
I finally listened to "Cold Lake" last year for the 1st time and didn't think it was bad at all. In fact it has a nice sound. Tom is pretty creative and even at his worst, he's still pushing the envelope somehow. I agree about the Motorhead record. The others...eh, could take 'em or leave 'em. I often like bands or albums that are not popular at all. That would be a big list to compile, but one off the top of my head is Mercury Fang's "Ignition" album. They were a Swedish hard rock band similar to Whitesnake, Deep Purple. I also think Griffin's 1st album "Flight of The Griffin" is one of the most brilliant metal records ever. It has a small fan base but it's pretty obscure. Same with Halloween's ""Don't Metal With Evil." I'll try to think of some more.
Personally I like some glam, or just hardrock as I prefer to call it. The problem with "Cold Lake" is that is has nothing to do with what they did before. And It is much better heavy metal/hardrock out there,
@@donmc621 That's a terrible argument that I hear being used far too often. First of all, comparing pop and metal artists is idiotic - they're two completely different genres with completely different fan bases and demographics. Secondly, lots of one hit wonder artists sell millions of copies of one or even two albums, but only truly great bands have highly successful 30 and 40+ year careers and continue to sell millions of albums decades later like Metallica and a handful of other legendary rock and metal bands have. Use your brain before making such moronic statements.
The Black Album is a great album. Thirty years later its a classic Metallica album for me. What bothers me are metal fans who just want a band to keep the same sound and release a samey sounding album every other year. “Don’t try and do anything different! That’s wrong! You sell outs!”
I totally agree with you on Another Perfect Day , so many great tracks like Dancing On Your Grave , One Track Mind & Another Perfect Day , the whole album is great ! Strength Of Steel , another great album , I’d honestly rank it pretty high if I was ranking the Anvil studio albums ! You showed more albums that I really like than don’t like lol . Great idea for a video 🤘 Take care Scott
Absolutely! So many hated APD bc it wasn't the classic lineup anymore, but it was/is an excellent album from start to finish. IMHO, I find Iron Fist to be a bit subpar,even though there's a handful of classics there,and felt the production was lacking as well. Still like it, but if rather hear APD.
I remember most reviews disliked APD quite a bit, I didn't warm to it immediately either it took a while because (at the time) the song structure seemed very different from their known sound. I loved the single Rock It right away, very catchy for a Motorhead tune and a minor radio hit even. I absolutely love Iron Fist, I listened to it nonstop whereas APD was like a whole new band and acquired taste, in many ways it was with new guitarist and different producer. I think some fans objected to the slickness of the sound, wheras IF was the complete opposite down and dirty maybe too dirty, even for Lemmy's liking.
I might be in the minority, but I always liked Judas Priest - Turbo. No, it's not their heaviest album. They went into a commercial, glam direction for some reason. It's different, but I still think the songs are good. Saying that, I'm glad they went back into a heavier direction.
Venom "Possessed" is an album that gets no love and I absolutely love it! Another Perfect Day is my favorite Motorhead album too, so maybe I am the idiot.
You're not...I loved Possessed. Harmony Dies, and Mystique are a couple of my favorite Venom Songs. The production just is muddy. And Another Perfect Day fits into classic Motorhead era fine. I'd have to say the biggest piece of shit Venom album was Calm Before the Storm...I fucking hated that album.
@@nolifetilmetal1 I think part of the hatred for Possessed is that when Venom released that album, they proved that they were no longer Innovators in the genre. Where once they were the top dogs in heaviness, and offensive lyrics, they had really fallen behind bands like Metallica, Slayer, Exodus, and a slew of other bands coming up, who were doing it heavier, faster, and more over the top. I think if Possessed was Venom's first album in 1980 in would have been considered ground breaking, but by 1985 it was just a good album in a sea of bands that were doing it better by then.
Another Perfect Day.. damn i fuckin love this album.. the guitar solos with some melody made this album stand out from other Motorhead releases! i like Possessed too, it's different, my second best after Black Metal.
As strange as this may sound, I watch your videos because you have such a kind face, comforting voice, and an uplifting personality. You never fail to make me smile. 🥰💖💗
Killer vid Scott! Couldn't believe no one hated the one and only... "The Black Album"... It was different at the time and now every band was influenced from this band and this album... Your right... They didn't repeat themselves on every albums... People don't like change... Thanks brother! 🎶🤘🎵🎼👊🙂❤
I include myself in the "don't like change" category. Sometimes it takes me some time to enjoy an album in which a band changes their sound. Sometimes I never do like it, other times I love it. It's all a matter of taste.
Same here... When Testament and Deliverance changed their sound in '91- '92... Was a shock and I thought these bands we're not gonna change and stay heavy forever.... Thanks Scott! 🤘❤👊🎼
Great idea for a video, I really enjoyed it. I didn’t mind Cold Lake either but it was a complete surprise when I picked it up back in the day. I love In Search of Sanity, Steve did a killer job singing on this album. Very true that the post Black albums ultimately made the Black album better. Helloween’s Pink Bubbles (and maybe Chameleon) could be on the list as well.
Personally I loved Onslaught's "In Search of Sanity". Yeah, the "Let There Be Rock" cover wasn't brilliant and is probably the weakest track on the album, but come on, tracks like "Blood Upon The Ice" and the title track are absolute beasts! I actually preferred it to the first two albums if I'm being honest, which were ok, but there were much better bands doing the whole growly darker stuff in those days, so getting in a vocalist as good as Grimmett was a great move for me, yes it was different, but it was great! As was Celtic Frost's "Into The Pandemonium" following on from the Hellhammer stuff as well as "Morbid Tales" and "To Mega Therion". Sometimes it's important to try and do something different from previous albums if you want your sound to progress. However "Cold Lake" was a bad move. As you say it has a few reasonable tracks on it, but it's just not Celtic Frost at all. I'd agree that if it being released as a glam rock album, then it's better than most glam albums from that period. I'm just not a huge fan of the glam side of metal personally. Metallica's Black album is a great record with some solid songs on it. Is it as good as the first four? Of course not. But as you say, it's way better than most of the Metallica albums that have followed it.
I actually like the cover of Let There Be Rock. Of course it's hard to beat a classic AC/DC song like that, but it's not a bad cover nonetheless. I'd say Cold Lake was a bad move as well, though I don't think it's a bad album. If Cherry Orchards had been on the previous album I think people would have praised it. It's not really all that different from I Won't Dance or their cover of Mexican Radio IMO. Yes, I like Metallica's black album. It's far from my favorite, but it's about 1000x better than St. Anger or...cough, cough, Lulu.
I got Turbo in high school. I liked it back then but it is far from the Priest I know and love. Glad they decided to go back to their metal roots on their later albums.
I've always thought Cold Lake was solid as hell. I never cared what a band looked like. Another Perfect Day is awesome; Dancing On Your Grave blew me away back in the 80s. Sometimes the experimental or off-model album is among a band / artist's best: Alice Cooper's Flush The Fashion, Discharge's Grave New World, Manson's Mechanical Animals.
How 'bout Bad Religion's "Into the Unknown" (1983)? BR , for their second LP, put aside their hardcore punk sound in favor of "heavy New Wave Arena Rock"... and EVERYONE hated it! Except as part of a 15 LP box set it NEVER got an official reissue (even on CD) and BR are STILL apologising for it. However... it is a GREAT KICKASS ALBUM! Since it has been posted on TH-cam more-than-once (either as a whole or individual tracks) call it up & make your own decision...
I loved Another Perfect Day so much I had to kind of break up with it. Every album I owned had to compare to it. The funny thing is that I am not the biggest Motorhead fan. The thing about Turbo is that people would actually buy records back then, in record stores, and not all girls would immediately leave the room when you played it. It was a new experience for me and my gang back then. Good Times.
The Blaze albums were both dog shit. When I hear them, I just can't imagine why they hired that guy. Terrible....and they should have booted Gers along with him.
@@twikirobot6897 He's definitely not a terrible singer, he's just different. He's not unlike John Bush of Armored Saint with that low, raspy delivery. It's very metal IMO! But he isn't Bruce and I think that's the point. However, even if Bruce had sang on X-Factor, the music is very different.
The big problem with it is they were trying too hard to have it like a garage sound. Which is hard to to do on purpose and is better when it is real and natural. Like when your band is first starting in a garage. Not in the middle of your career. lol Besides the lack of guitar solos and Lars sounding like he is banging on trash cans. lol
St. Anger is one of the best out of the norm albums ever by a band as big as Metallica. Better than that symphony album and that Lou Reed album. I look at it as a punk covers album of Metallica songs.
Your Morta Skuld shirt is a huge holy shit for me. I'm from WI still live here. Why I don't know. So I digress...I remember seeing their flyers in like '93ish. They were a local bad with a "Record Deal" Legends at the time! Once a legend always a legend!
In search of sanity is still my favourite album from Onslaught alot of these bands had to make a change to keep up with times alot of new genres, and pretty much most of the bands were being viewed on video, obviously a new way to be viewed by the fans and I bet the record companies in the day had control of what the bands had to do probably with the promise of more money. So many things and reasons for alot of these changes fans don't think of.
My favorite ozzy album is the ultimate sin and I know people that hate it but to me personally it's just fantastic JAKE E LEE is amazing on the album as well as bark at the moon scott would love have your opinion on this album
that is my fav ozz album period. jake e lee was at his primo best on it. love every song on it. my fav song on it is lightening strikes. owww!! then never, then never know why, then the rest. listen to the excellent guitar work in never, just fabulous.
@@thomassibley9475 I agree with you but zakks first album with OZZY is his best but nothing on ozzys catolouge can beat ultimate sin or bark at the moon
@@2112res The first Priest album with a really heavy guitar tone was Unleashed In The East. The versions of all those songs on that album destroy the studio versions.
Much of it is what you grew up with. If you grew up with Hell Bent For Leather and Stained Class then Turbo may not be your thing. Doesn't mean it's bad necessarily. Its all a matter of taste. For me, Turbo wasn't the Priest I knew and loved. It was too bubblegum at the time. However, I certainly can understand and appreciate how people who grew up with that album would love it.
Pretty spot on, totally agree with you on a lot of these. IMO, any true metalhead should have diverse taste, whether it its glam or less heavy all the way to the brutal screamy grunty stuff. Its ALL good. Going to check out your other videos as well. cheers
Seriously? That's when so many of their fans gave up, including me. The image change was horrible too. To Mega Therion was when they were at their best IMO.
Onslaught's In Search Of Sanity is the first album I ever listened to by them. I saw their video of the AC/DC song Let There Be Rock on MTV'S Headbanger's Ball back in the day and I loved it. I got the deluxe edition of In Search Of Sanity a few years ago and it sounds better than ever. It is remastered and the second CD is live show and it sounds phenomenal also. My favorite song has always been Welcome To Dying even though it is a rip-off of Metallica's Sanatarium Welcome Home song.
John Katsoudas And that is the purpose for many cover songs. They pull you in and hopefully get you to listen to the rest of the album. When my band use to play clubs we would always play originals but we would throw in a cover just because we knew it would draw in the crowd who may not know our originals.
I think growing up discovering KISS at 8 shortly before they released Dynasty was a cosmic gift. Being that young and so into KISS allowed me to accept that they tried something new with Dynasty, Unmasked and finally the Elder before going back to the harder sound of Creatures and I never had the thought that "this sucks" because I Was Made For Loving You wasn't another Deuce. It was KISS. Years later I took my favorite bands trying something different in stride and while I had friends who would drop bands over albums they didn't like because it wasn't the same as the albums they had released before. I'd have gotten bored if each band only released the same shit over and over again.
I was 14 when that turd came out. I was a major Kiss fan since I was 11. Love Gun was already pushing it. I loved the ferocity of Alive, and liked the "live" parts of Alive 2. The studio tracks blew. The solos were a joke. I finally saw them on the dynasty tour. Judas Priest opened. Holy shit!
Great video Scott . I felt the same about the black album , from the day it came out up until just a couple years ago . There's some great stuff on that album I just think I was liking other music more when it was initially released . I also feel the same about Saint Anger , I just can't do it , maybe some day , but I don't think so . Take care and enjoy the summer .
No, St. Anger is a crap album. Had any band released that as their demo they would have been laughed at by any record label, no less sell millions of copies of it. Throw the Metallica name on it and suddenly it's gold? Nope, it's still crap! Metallica could release and album of fart noises and fans would defend it to the death. (Oh wait, they sort of did...Lulu!)
@@nolifetilmetal1 Ironically Celtic Frost were were about experimenting and taken as part of their whole career Cold Lake kind of fits that broader description.
Another big problem for Cold Lake was simply that it followed a masterpiece like "Into the Pandemonium". Every part of that album was a nocturnal dream, from Reed's unmistakable drumming(The beat from "Babylon Fell" is STILL stuck in my head), Ain's ominous bass(Seriously, that line right before the chorus on "Mesmerized"), and Tom's awesome sludgy guitar along with his indescribable acoustic passages (the end of "Sorrows of the Moon", anyone?)
@@nolifetilmetal1 Those three did something special on ItP and I consider it a truly complete interpretation of the nocturnal atmosphere it described. I wish they had managed to give us one more release with that atmosphere. Reed St. Mark is one of the most unique drummers I have ever heard, coupled with Ain, they were something else entirely, along with the melodies Tom came up with,. A truly one of a kind trio.
When Another Perfect Day was released, I read a review praising it, saying it was a return to form after Iron Fist. Iron Fist was my introduction to Motörhead so I'll always love that album, and to me, Another Perfect Day was great from the beginning because it meant I was gonna hear more Motörhead on the radio as records were just too expensive for a kid like me.
Tom Warrior wrote about this in his book "Are You Morbid?". He was pretty broken after Into The Pandemonium, tired of fighting his label and bandmates he basically broke up the band. He was pretty much done, but a guy by the name of Oliver Amberg convinced him to restart Frost with a new lineup. Having been so beat up, he let Oliver pretty much run a lot of the show, write music and kind of lead a bit. Tom for his part admits he just wanted to have fun playing music again so he conceded a lot of control to Oliver in both the band writing and presentation. They got talented guys in to play {Stephen Priestly who played with Tom in Hellhammer and early Frost) And Kurt Bryant who stayed with the band for the next album. I mean, at the time Tom didn't hate it, In fact the only official video release from Frost was the video of that tour. However in time, Tom got out of his funk, clashed with Oliver and learned that the songs Oliver "wrote" were actually riffs stolen from other bands. From that point on, Tom has soured on the album and because of this has stated he considers the album unfit for remastering.
Hmmm... Interesting subject. I feel similarly about Satyricon's 2000s albums, Rebel Extravaganza, Volcano, The Age of Nero, and those releases. Many people back then criticised them intensely, but I like those albums. I like their fist three as well, but their third-wave sound defined them completely and that side of black metal. During that time, some people were not impressed with Fate of Norns by Amon Amarth, but I find that album solid. And, this one might be obvious, but Venom's albums are great, yet everyone only listens to the first three. I get it, I love Black Metal very much, it's a classic that many of us grew up on, but Storm the Gates is amazing! Great video as always! Take care. 🤘🤘🤘
I thought Possessed by Venom was quite good as well. Raven suffers from the same problem. People only listen to the first three albums. I'm not a big fan of Amon Amarth so I can't speak to them and I am only vaguely familiar with Satyricon.
Possessed, Prime Evil, From The Very Depths and especially Resurrection are brilliant albums. Cast In Stone has its moments of greatness as does Calm Before The Storm. Metal Black could have used more songs like the title track, which is just ripping and menacing piece of black metal. Satyricon's Volcano and The Age Of Nero are great albums and Volcano's Possessed is a total killer!
Hey dude, really nice video. I was thinking about an album which a lot of people got disappointed with and Swansong (1996) popped in my head. It's the only album which is very different from their discography.
That it did. Old school fans were dying for new stuff, and kids that were too young for AJFA had grown up enough to start getting into harder rock, and saw Enter Sandman video a billion times on MTV
@@Sue_V accurate summation. It bummed me out. But, In hindsight of all that was to come, it wasnt horrible. They stood for something, going against the system, at least I was young and stupid enough to think that. When in interviews they say " after Justice, there wasnt anything left to do with heavy duty thrash, ya know?". No. I dont. You can still keep making awesome metal albums in succession nothing wrong with that. Mainstream radio rock? See ya.
@@saltpeter7429 I agree totally. There's still some good songs on The Black Album, but for the most part it was kind of a disappointment. Turned out it was the last one I bought too, other than the Garage Days that came out around 2000
Cold Lake fan here. I think that album is fascinating, I always liked it despite being not a CF specialist and/or super collector or super fan, great band of course but not one of those I grew up with or listened a lot to. I always got some sort of weird Megadeth-meets-Discharge vibe through the album. And most of all, absolutely nothing to do with the "hair metal" thing at all! Enjoyed the video, thank you.
I was disappointed with the black album the second I had seen the video for enter sandman on mtv. I still bought it in hopes that there would be some heavy thrash songs on it but in the end there were none. I still don't care for it. I also had turbo lover and I don't really remember much from that album except for the title track which I do like as well as the video for it. I lost the tape years ago but I would buy the cd just for the title track "turbo lover".
I am still surprised at the HATRED Motorhead's '83 LP generates! It DOES have some of their best moments: "dancing on your grave", "one track mind", "I got mine" and the Ramones-esque "back on the funnyfarm"...!
Great show! I have a natural affinity for albums that go against the usual flow... I was told to avoid Power Windows and Grace Under Pressure by Rush and they're my favourites by them!!
No Mention of Megadeth RISK? I bought that album. put it on in the parking lot. Skipped from song to song without finding anything worth hearing. Removed from my cd player and gave it away about an hour later.
Does Turbo actually get hate though? Everytime I've seen Priest live, they play a track from Turbo and the crowd goes louder than anything else on the set list.
I loved that accept record from the minute I got it. If it was released under a different name it would have been huge. Not many bands can pull off the new lead singer with much success
The Tony Martin era is very underated. I love The Eternal Idol,TYR, and especially The Headless Cross. The Headless Cross is a MASTERPIECE!!!! Every song on it is amazing. One of my all time favorite Black Sabbath songs is When Death Calls.
my best judas priest album is defender of the faith,brilliant from start to finish.when i first heard turbo lover,i was thinking of a billy idol song,but i still liked it.
Cold Lake doesn't sound like anything other than Celtic Frost. They were always doing weird stuff, and Cold Lake fits right in. If you think it sounds like Glam, show it to your girlfriend, and see how she reacts. Also, Eat the Heat, Canterbury, In Search of Sanity, Turbo, and Another Perfect Day are all amazing records.
When first heard cold lake i was like wtf . But later on after really listening to it. I have to say it's good album. It's heavier than a true glam metal. I think if wasn't a celtic frost album it would be more accepted.
I actually like it a lot as well, apart from the naff sounding drum machine. That track "Crosstitution" is a total rager in my book. I disliked "Octagon" a lot more actually.
To me, In Search of Sanity is the only album I like from Onslaught. I like the cleaner vocals and the song, Welcome to Dying is a true epic. As far as Priest, Turbo was and still is a special album for me. I was in high school and I remember watching Headbanger's Ball and seeing the video for Turbo. I was sold.
The Black Album is a unique/modern Heavy Metal album by a Thrash band (until this point) that it's quality and timing extented it's impact to crossing the borders of pop culture. Not everyone can do this. It's soo well executed, it's production is always "fresh", it's importance for bringing new blood to the genre is invaluable.
Onslaught's In Search of Sanity is their best album, as far as I'm concerned. Purists annoy me. Blood Upon The Ice, Shellshock, & Lightning War are as good as any track on Metallica's Puppets. Yes, I take it that far. The album is as good as Annihilator's Alice in Hell. The thing is terrific, and people shouldn't give it shit. Just pass on it, if Steve Grimmet's vocals are so upsetting. The guitars are aces.
Three out of my top five Black Sabbath albums are Headless Cross, Tyr and Seventh Star, none of which are that well received generally among Sabbath fans (or Ozzy fans at least). I also love Maiden's The X Factor, I find it way better overall than the rest of their 90s catalog. Also, love Another Perfect Day! I actually own a few albums in this countdown, and I think I mostly agree with you on them all, except I still don't like the Black Album. It has nothing to do with lack of thrash or anything like that, I just don't connect with most of the songs somehow.
There's a decent and respectable underground fanbase of post-Ozzy Black Sabbath fans. Me included. It just makes Tony Iommi greater. A mainstream metal legend and an underground metal reference at the same time.
I got into metal around the end of NWOBHM and I remember hearing Raven on the radio (from the Wiped out album I think) and it blew me away! Than I head Venom, Black Metal, and that blew me even further away! Greetings from the UK
I learned a long time ago, keep cds, albums, cass.tapes no matter how much I didn't like it at the time. As I get older ( and I am getting older) music I bought and didn't like years ago , now I like. So I keep all that I buy, you never know when the next time i play it the thing it will really rock. lol 🤘🤘🤘
I love the Motorhead & Onslaught Lp's. All MH is cool anyway. I heard some of the same comments about Whiplash's Insult To Injury as the Onslaught album around that time, but I loved that one too.
I was sooo happy to land a copy of anything Celtic Frost. I bought it, took it home and played it. I was like...umm...what happened to the sound from Mega Therion? I'm keeping it, it's great 80s hard rock/metal. Great theme. Later Scott! ~Corey
I love Turbo Lover, and Out In The Cold. I'd like to hear that one redone without the synths. But It's probably my favorite Priest song. Of course, The previous albums were much different.
Personally I think when Judas Priest ''dumbed down'' their sound was when they really came into their own. Almost throughout the 80s they had amazing hooks and songs that makes it almost impossible not to headbang. For me, Turbo is fantastic, but I also love more complex stuff like Queensrÿche and early to mid 90s Dream Theater.
oh man!! cold lake!!!! i ordered it....waited six weeks for it to arrive from overseas...paid through my ass for it and was never more disappointed in an album.....i kept it for about a year and tried to gt into it but eventually frisbeed it from the top of our block of flats....
Couldn't agree more about Raven! Was a Huuuge fan before this album and after, was so disappointed in it! Also 100% agree about Atlantic Records; same with A&M Records. Those labels were signing Metal bands just because Metal was very popular and they wanted to cash in, they didn't know what to do with Metal!
"Eat The Heat" gets regular playtime in my household thanks to my wife. Before "Blood of The Nations" was released, "Eat The Heat" was my wife's favorite Accept album. Really anything that Udo wasn't on is what my wife enjoys when it comes to Accept. For some reason she just never liked Udo in Accept despite him being one of her favorite vocalist's in Metal. She absolutely loves U.D.O. so I always thought that was a bit strange. I've heard the original consensus that "Metal Heart" was Accept selling out or close to it but that's the album from the Udo era that I like the most. The title track is excellent.
Pikkon89 Your wife’s perspective is interesting but we all like different things. I love both U.D.O. and Accept. Eat the Heat is far better than people give it credit for, so I’d have no problem with it being a regular spinner in my home.
Your take on Judas Priest was spot on! I grew up with British Steel and beyond Priest, so I had no idea what had happened. As the years went by, and I got Sad Wings of Destiny and Stained Class, I was dumbstruck by how much the band had changed. Why did they dumb down the music? Though they hit some home runs on British Steel (The Rage being the most criminally overlooked) and later, I still couldn't shake the notion that something changed drastically.
Agreed! Another Perfect Day was brilliant even if that line-up was toxic. Long Live the Loud? Wow! Never really knew fans hated that record. I guess that is because I always loved it.
@@nolifetilmetal1 Because fans don't hate it. The first 3 Exciter albums are considered their best. I'd say first 4 though. Long Live the Loud is a great album.
Scott Waters congrats for the great video! Metal fans can be extremely resistant to change and then complain when bands don't change and evolve. Obviously I don't expect AC/DC to do an electronic album, but when Paradise Lost put out Host most fans despised it but I think It is a cool album, not remotely their best, but still a well constructed record.
Hey Scott!! Funnily enough "The Pack is Back" was the first Raven album I picked up. I'm not proud of that, lol! I had heard a handful of songs by the band, thought they were cool, and it just happened that the first album I came across in the wild was "The Pack", and as soon as I spun it I was like "What the???". But luckily I've gotten several of their better albums since then. Coincidentally, "Another Perfect Day" was also the first Motorhead album I picked up back in the day. That one however, I've always liked, just like you said. Great stuff Scott. I'm making up for lost time and catching up on videos I've missed, haha! Cheers brother! -Jex
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There's been so many bad albums after " the black album" it makes it one of the good ones... love that statement
None More Black. / Shit Sandwich./ Lars Ulrich Smells The Glove.
@Derfel Cadarn asswipe #124342352109999 with a You Tube app. has spoken. ........yawn
Totally agree with you, for such a great band, they have recorded some crap albums!!
@Derfel Cadarn Oh cool, what band do you play in?
@Derfel Cadarn Very cool! We have been playing shows for years and just writing with a plethora of musicians. We will be opening a studio here shortly not only for our own music but to produce/fill in for any bands as well. Super fun and rewarding to just write and play music all day! Would love to hear some of your work some time! Cheers!
"Another Perfect Day" is genius album...... the guitar work on it is phenomenal
Brian , may be a bit of a dick but man can he play guitar
@@megaduck7965 absolutely...... if I stopped listening to music made by people who are dicks, I would have to stop listening to most of my favorite bands :D:D so, I have no choice, but to separate the art from the artist.......
100% agree
One track Mind is a pretty cool song.
How about Deeds of Flesh - Of What's To Come ? All the critics, and Death Metal fans in general talking down the album . Testament - Souls of Black is widely considered an album of total filler , just recorded to fill a recording commitment . Deicide - Insinheratehymn ? It gets bad reviews. Digger was the best Heavy Metal album I ever heard.
I'm only 18 and have 12 records and you are inspiring me to get more! Keep up the awesome videos
Keep going. I have to warn you though. Its a rabbit hole. Good luck with your collecting.
I'm 36 and I have really been growing my music collection the past several years because I keep discovering more great stuff I missed out on. I will warn you, its addicting. Take care and have fun though.
Been collecting since the good ol days of british punk. You will never stop! Vinyl is more addictive than crystal meth!!!!!!!!!!!!
Collecting records and CDs is a fun, albeit expensive, life long habit. Enjoy brother.
@Redrum
Err, so was I as I spent every cent on albums, guitars, amps and the like.
In my 60's now and still play them all, both recordings and my own guitars..
I dig Turbo a lot... but I understand the hate cuz it’s not their strongest
MetalJesusRocks A lot of it depends on when and where you were at the time. Know what I mean? I was a Priest fanatic in the early 80s with Stained Class being my introduction. Saw them twice on the Defenders tour. So Turbo was a let down for me. However I can see why anyone could enjoy it. It’s just not in my first 10 choices of Priest albums.
Turbo is as different as Sin After Sin was after Sad Wings of Destiny and as Point of Entry was after British Steel. Always wondered though how much they were paid to play those synth guitars.
Turbo is more like the typical '80s Scorpions album than Judas Priest, it's so different from anything else they were doing that decade. Take, say Point of Entry it's a complete masterpiece compared to Turbo when you have songs like Solar Angels, Heading Out To The Highway, Desert Plains and Turning Circles you've got a winner and killer album no matter what. There's really nothing of this strong caliber on Turbo, even Defenders Of The Faith didn't have a solid collection of classic gems like that.
@@reclaimerReclaimer reclaimerReclaimer I Love every track on Point of Entry and if you listen to British Steel many of its songs like The Rage and Metal Gods would fit in with those tracks flawlessly but to say Freewheel Burning, Jawbreaker, Rock Hard, Ride Free, The Sentinel. Love Bites, Eat Me Alive, Some Heads Are Gonna Roll, Night Comes Down right in a row are not gems compared to PoE let alone Turbo makes me question your sanity.😉
@@betornween Well, I agree about POE it's fantastic and strangely underrated, it's actually my fave Priest album from the '80s. British Steel to be honest, is not that much more heavy really POE is just a more cohesive record where BS is a bit more diverse. Overall though, apart from a few tracks Defenders disappointed me at the time, somewhat muddled sounding coming after the excellent Screaming For Vengeance.
The record labels had so much power back then, they are responsible for a lot of this! It was all about sales and units, NOT musical integrity
Oh yes, especially Sony/Atlantic. They are the ones that forced Raven, Ted Nugent and Savatage into a commercial direction that was out of character for them. Everybody wanted their bands to sound like whatever was selling at the time. Quiet Riot - Metal Health was big in the early 80's so Atco Records pushed Blackfoot to sound more like Quiet Riot and we got the terrible Vertical Smiles album out of it. Haha!
Funny how record companies want people to chase trends when their original sound got them signed in the first place.
DOKKEN was a great example of a band they should have left alone and not try to turn them into Poison or Warrant. They really could have thrived as a gritty hard rock band instead of being cast as the next Def Leppard.
@@masonb9788 I would say that Dokken was a slightly different case because what they had been doing would have probably shot them straight to the top had they been able to stay together for a few more years when the "Hair Band explosion" would've made them one of it's biggest stars. If you listen to Dokken and Lynch talk, you can tell that they know their business, between Don pointing out melodic hooks when he is showcasing new material and George coming up with awesome riffs and licks on the fly even today they could still release new material that would outclass anything written by their contemporaries at the same time. The fact of the matter is that they are two people who have figured out their art of popular songwriting, they just have trouble keeping themselves on the same track to work that magic.
Gordon Heaney you are absolutely correct. This is why I'm glad for the rise in social media and true metal's ride in the underground carrying them away from the mainstream. Yeah we got Bieber, but we got The Black Dahlia Murder and Anterior too!
People only seem to think the whole of the black album sounds like nothing else matters , the intro of wolf of man alone begs to differ . Wack wack wack that snare drum / guitar sound is as hard as a coffin nail .
Well written songs doesn’t = selling out haha
Mega ducK No arguments from me. I like the black album. However I think the reason fans called it a sellout was because it was slower, had a more commercially acceptable production, etc. in other words, it wasn’t thrash.
Scott Waters for sure , if “your Metallica “ is Cliff Burton and fight fire with fire , battery and whiplash . Then I’m sure them putting out an album of massive rock/metal anthems must have been a complete wtf moment if you’re expecting the heaviest most crushing album after justice . I love Load as well , but again I can totally see the hair cut and sounding like Sabbath Skynrd and Alice in chains must have been and even bigger curve ball .
All that said , I got into them in the early 2000s and started with justice puppets St anger and the black album . So I was just rabidly exploring their back catalogue .
I’m with you 1000% with Another Perfect Day! From day one I was on board with that album and still think it’s absolutely one of the best Motörhead albums of all time… From start to finish fantastic songwriting even though it was a departure from there then signature… Dancing on your grave all time classic
Prototype makes Cold Lake sound like Morbid Tales.
Onslaught´s In search for sanity is a Masterpiece
no shit
Nothing on Screaming for Vengeance was "dumbed down" and very little on Defenders of the Faith.
cbond99 I think the bands sound overall was more simplified in the 80s compared to other their more complex 70s releases. Screaming for Vengeance is awesome. One of my all time favorite albums. Saying it’s “dumbed down” does not mean it’s bad. Songs like Heads Are Gonna Roll and Another Thing Coming are great songs but fall right in line with Breaking the Law and Living After Midnight.
@@nolifetilmetal1 Right. Another Thing Coming is sooo different that the rest of the songs on Screaming. It sounds almost like they felt obligated to write a anthem type song to fill out the album. The guitars leads the other songs had spread within them are absent.
@@nolifetilmetal1 true, because back in the 70's the approach to songwriting was much more complex in general...... it's because late 60's and 70's were a period of time when in rock music many bands had space to experiment and 70's were also the era of progressive rock, so even most metal/heavy rock bands were trying to implement some of that prog complexity into their style, Judas Priest including(especially on "Sad Wings" album)...... but still, albums like "Painkiller" or "Defenders" had amazing instrumental work and especially guitar solos....... when Travis Scott joined the band, Priest's drum work went 2 levels higher......
Everything after Unleashed in the East is of no interest me.
@@nolifetilmetal1 I really am no fan of the anthemic stuff. United truly sucks. I wish they could have made BS the brutal lp.
I finally listened to "Cold Lake" last year for the 1st time and didn't think it was bad at all. In fact it has a nice sound. Tom is pretty creative and even at his worst, he's still pushing the envelope somehow.
I agree about the Motorhead record. The others...eh, could take 'em or leave 'em.
I often like bands or albums that are not popular at all. That would be a big list to compile, but one off the top of my head is Mercury Fang's "Ignition" album. They were a Swedish hard rock band similar to Whitesnake, Deep Purple.
I also think Griffin's 1st album "Flight of The Griffin" is one of the most brilliant metal records ever. It has a small fan base but it's pretty obscure. Same with Halloween's ""Don't Metal With Evil." I'll try to think of some more.
Personally I like some glam, or just hardrock as I prefer to call it. The problem with "Cold Lake" is that is has nothing to do with what they did before. And It is much better heavy metal/hardrock out there,
i got like 65 bucks for the cd on ebay about 7 or 8 yrs ago didn't realize there were no re-issues was wondering why people were bidding it up
100% agree w you on Cold Lake. I also like that it’s not on Spotify. Owning the CD is cool! I enjoy the album.
So what Lars is saying is that Diamond Head was such an influence on them they made their own Canterbury in the black album.
Ha! Pretty much.
Except the Black Album sold millions.
@@dmitryowens there are lots of albums that have gone platinum or beyond that suck. Justin Beiber is but one example.
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That's a terrible argument that I hear being used far too often. First of all, comparing pop and metal artists is idiotic - they're two completely different genres with completely different fan bases and demographics. Secondly, lots of one hit wonder artists sell millions of copies of one or even two albums, but only truly great bands have highly successful 30 and 40+ year careers and continue to sell millions of albums decades later like Metallica and a handful of other legendary rock and metal bands have. Use your brain before making such moronic statements.
The Black Album is a great album.
Thirty years later its a classic Metallica album for me.
What bothers me are metal fans who just want a band to keep the same sound and release a samey sounding album every other year.
“Don’t try and do anything different! That’s wrong! You sell outs!”
I totally agree with you on Another Perfect Day , so many great tracks like Dancing On Your Grave , One Track Mind & Another Perfect Day , the whole album is great ! Strength Of Steel , another great album , I’d honestly rank it pretty high if I was ranking the Anvil studio albums ! You showed more albums that I really like than don’t like lol . Great idea for a video 🤘 Take care Scott
I'm glad at least you and I like Strength of Steel. Haha! You are one of the few who defended it.
I Got Mine, Dancing on your Grave, Back at the Funnyfarm are untouchables.
I think your totally right people get hung up on the looks and dont focus on the music.
Exactly.
That's one of my favorite motorhead albums. Love it...
Mine as well.
Absolutely! So many hated APD bc it wasn't the classic lineup anymore, but it was/is an excellent album from start to finish. IMHO, I find Iron Fist to be a bit subpar,even though there's a handful of classics there,and felt the production was lacking as well. Still like it, but if rather hear APD.
I remember most reviews disliked APD quite a bit, I didn't warm to it immediately either it took a while because (at the time) the song structure seemed very different from their known sound. I loved the single Rock It right away, very catchy for a Motorhead tune and a minor radio hit even. I absolutely love Iron Fist, I listened to it nonstop whereas APD was like a whole new band and acquired taste, in many ways it was with new guitarist and different producer. I think some fans objected to the slickness of the sound, wheras IF was the complete opposite down and dirty maybe too dirty, even for Lemmy's liking.
Another Perfect Day was one of my favourite albums growing up.
I love Motörhead's Another perfect day...its only guilt is that it came after the band's most classic albums.
I agree. It has stood the yest of time very well. Plus the album artwork is awesome.
My favorite Motörhead
Damn straight! Not a bad song on there. Dancing On Your Grave is still one of my top 10 Motorhead songs of all time!
I might be in the minority, but I always liked Judas Priest - Turbo. No, it's not their heaviest album. They went into a commercial, glam direction for some reason. It's different, but I still think the songs are good. Saying that, I'm glad they went back into a heavier direction.
Venom "Possessed" is an album that gets no love and I absolutely love it! Another Perfect Day is my favorite Motorhead album too, so maybe I am the idiot.
You're not...I loved Possessed. Harmony Dies, and Mystique are a couple of my favorite Venom Songs. The production just is muddy. And Another Perfect Day fits into classic Motorhead era fine. I'd have to say the biggest piece of shit Venom album was Calm Before the Storm...I fucking hated that album.
I thought Possessed was great but you are correct many fans hated it when it came out.
@@nolifetilmetal1 I think part of the hatred for Possessed is that when Venom released that album, they proved that they were no longer Innovators in the genre. Where once they were the top dogs in heaviness, and offensive lyrics, they had really fallen behind bands like Metallica, Slayer, Exodus, and a slew of other bands coming up, who were doing it heavier, faster, and more over the top. I think if Possessed was Venom's first album in 1980 in would have been considered ground breaking, but by 1985 it was just a good album in a sea of bands that were doing it better by then.
Another Perfect Day.. damn i fuckin love this album.. the guitar solos with some melody made this album stand out from other Motorhead releases! i like Possessed too, it's different, my second best after Black Metal.
I love Venoms Possessed album
As strange as this may sound, I watch your videos because you have such a kind face, comforting voice, and an uplifting personality. You never fail to make me smile. 🥰💖💗
Thank you.
Killer vid Scott! Couldn't believe no one hated the one and only... "The Black Album"... It was different at the time and now every band was influenced from this band and this album... Your right... They didn't repeat themselves on every albums... People don't like change... Thanks brother! 🎶🤘🎵🎼👊🙂❤
I include myself in the "don't like change" category. Sometimes it takes me some time to enjoy an album in which a band changes their sound. Sometimes I never do like it, other times I love it. It's all a matter of taste.
Same here... When Testament and Deliverance changed their sound in '91- '92... Was a shock and I thought these bands we're not gonna change and stay heavy forever.... Thanks Scott! 🤘❤👊🎼
Great idea for a video, I really enjoyed it. I didn’t mind Cold Lake either but it was a complete surprise when I picked it up back in the day. I love In Search of Sanity, Steve did a killer job singing on this album. Very true that the post Black albums ultimately made the Black album better. Helloween’s Pink Bubbles (and maybe Chameleon) could be on the list as well.
I just recorded a Part 2 to this video and Chameleon is one of the albums I chose. It's just uhhhhh...not Helloween.
I was shocked when CF released Cold Lake...I though it was a joke, it hurt my feelings, man.
Its pretty damned good compared to most shit today to be honest
I still haven't listen thru the whole album.
It just hurt.
Loving your videos, Scott! Glad I found you.
Thank you.
Personally I loved Onslaught's "In Search of Sanity". Yeah, the "Let There Be Rock" cover wasn't brilliant and is probably the weakest track on the album, but come on, tracks like "Blood Upon The Ice" and the title track are absolute beasts! I actually preferred it to the first two albums if I'm being honest, which were ok, but there were much better bands doing the whole growly darker stuff in those days, so getting in a vocalist as good as Grimmett was a great move for me, yes it was different, but it was great! As was Celtic Frost's "Into The Pandemonium" following on from the Hellhammer stuff as well as "Morbid Tales" and "To Mega Therion". Sometimes it's important to try and do something different from previous albums if you want your sound to progress. However "Cold Lake" was a bad move. As you say it has a few reasonable tracks on it, but it's just not Celtic Frost at all. I'd agree that if it being released as a glam rock album, then it's better than most glam albums from that period. I'm just not a huge fan of the glam side of metal personally. Metallica's Black album is a great record with some solid songs on it. Is it as good as the first four? Of course not. But as you say, it's way better than most of the Metallica albums that have followed it.
I actually like the cover of Let There Be Rock. Of course it's hard to beat a classic AC/DC song like that, but it's not a bad cover nonetheless.
I'd say Cold Lake was a bad move as well, though I don't think it's a bad album. If Cherry Orchards had been on the previous album I think people would have praised it. It's not really all that different from I Won't Dance or their cover of Mexican Radio IMO.
Yes, I like Metallica's black album. It's far from my favorite, but it's about 1000x better than St. Anger or...cough, cough, Lulu.
I got Turbo in high school. I liked it back then but it is far from the Priest I know and love. Glad they decided to go back to their metal roots on their later albums.
Same here brother.
REALLY digging that Morta Skuld shirt.
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Thanks.
I've always thought Cold Lake was solid as hell. I never cared what a band looked like. Another Perfect Day is awesome; Dancing On Your Grave blew me away back in the 80s. Sometimes the experimental or off-model album is among a band / artist's best: Alice Cooper's Flush The Fashion, Discharge's Grave New World, Manson's Mechanical Animals.
How 'bout Bad Religion's "Into the Unknown" (1983)? BR , for their second LP, put aside their hardcore punk sound in favor of "heavy New Wave Arena Rock"... and EVERYONE hated it! Except as part of a 15 LP box set it NEVER got an official reissue (even on CD) and BR are STILL apologising for it. However... it is a GREAT KICKASS ALBUM! Since it has been posted on TH-cam more-than-once (either as a whole or individual tracks) call it up & make your own decision...
ANVIL's look never really changed i think part of their appeal was that they were sort of a half way point between speed/thrash metal and hair metal.
I loved Another Perfect Day so much I had to kind of break up with it. Every album I owned had to compare to it. The funny thing is that I am not the biggest Motorhead fan. The thing about Turbo is that people would actually buy records back then, in record stores, and not all girls would immediately leave the room when you played it. It was a new experience for me and my gang back then. Good Times.
The X Factor from Iron Maiden is also one of the most hated albums in genre, but it's a great one.
Mateja Cveticanin Part 2 uploading tonight. X-Factor made the list.
Yeah it took a while for me to get it, but yeah it's got some great stuff on there. Dark, but good.
The Blaze albums were both dog shit. When I hear them, I just can't imagine why they hired that guy. Terrible....and they should have booted Gers along with him.
@@twikirobot6897 He's definitely not a terrible singer, he's just different. He's not unlike John Bush of Armored Saint with that low, raspy delivery. It's very metal IMO! But he isn't Bruce and I think that's the point. However, even if Bruce had sang on X-Factor, the music is very different.
Xfactor better than all albums after bnw
I'm a big Thin Lizzy & Mötorhead fan & I think "Another perfect day" is one of their best.
I love the black album! I can’t stand st anger though
St Anger had one redeemable song, the Unnamed fealing. The rest was trash.
@Dr. Cultys Horror Movie Collection Yeah, I cant exactly disagree with you on the magazine comment, haha.
The big problem with it is they were trying too hard to have it like a garage sound. Which is hard to to do on purpose and is better when it is real and natural. Like when your band is first starting in a garage. Not in the middle of your career. lol Besides the lack of guitar solos and Lars sounding like he is banging on trash cans. lol
St. Anger is one of the best out of the norm albums ever by a band as big as Metallica. Better than that symphony album and that Lou Reed album. I look at it as a punk covers album of Metallica songs.
load was worse in my opinion.
Your Morta Skuld shirt is a huge holy shit for me. I'm from WI still live here. Why I don't know. So I digress...I remember seeing their flyers in like '93ish. They were a local bad with a "Record Deal" Legends at the time! Once a legend always a legend!
Onslaught: loved it more because I am a HUGE Steve Grimmett fan
Yeah, I loved that album. Welcome to Dying is epic. It actually became my favorite of their first three records.
Steve is the man.
In search of sanity is still my favourite album from Onslaught alot of these bands had to make a change to keep up with times alot of new genres, and pretty much most of the bands were being viewed on video, obviously a new way to be viewed by the fans and I bet the record companies in the day had control of what the bands had to do probably with the promise of more money.
So many things and reasons for alot of
these changes fans don't think of.
In Search For Sanity is my favorite as well.
In search of sanity had some killer songs, definitely had some Metallica inspired riffs, I still occasionally listen to it
My favorite ozzy album is the ultimate sin and I know people that hate it but to me personally it's just fantastic JAKE E LEE is amazing on the album as well as bark at the moon scott would love have your opinion on this album
that is my fav ozz album period. jake e lee was at his primo best on it. love every song on it. my fav song on it is lightening strikes. owww!! then never, then never know why, then the rest. listen to the excellent guitar work in never, just fabulous.
@@jimjam1719 definitely dude all killer no filler album
I remember in 1986 Ozzy & Co. LUVED "Ultimate Sin"! THe ONLY ones who hated it were those who already hated Ozzy...!
I would take Bark at the moon and The Ultimate Sin over any Zakk album any day
@@thomassibley9475 I agree with you but zakks first album with OZZY is his best but nothing on ozzys catolouge can beat ultimate sin or bark at the moon
Love the videos man🔥🔥
My two favorite Priest albums are Sad Wings and Stained Class. Beautiful blend of complex melodies and heavy metal.
Brilliant albums!
Agreed, but Stained isn't the greatest sonically.
@@2112res Fair enough.
@@TheMetalGaia But that was about the time I saw them open for Kiss. I was a Kiss freak...what an eye-opener!
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The first Priest album with a really heavy guitar tone was Unleashed In The East. The versions of all those songs on that album destroy the studio versions.
I love Priest's Turbo! I don't care what others say. A fun album and a great 80's snapshot of my life back then.
Much of it is what you grew up with. If you grew up with Hell Bent For Leather and Stained Class then Turbo may not be your thing. Doesn't mean it's bad necessarily. Its all a matter of taste. For me, Turbo wasn't the Priest I knew and loved. It was too bubblegum at the time. However, I certainly can understand and appreciate how people who grew up with that album would love it.
I love Onslaught , is a good album.With Steve it's great.
Pretty spot on, totally agree with you on a lot of these. IMO, any true metalhead should have diverse taste, whether it its glam or less heavy all the way to the brutal screamy grunty stuff. Its ALL good. Going to check out your other videos as well. cheers
COLD LAKE IS THIS THE MAJOR ALBUM OF CELTIC FROST 🐩🐩🎸🎸
Seriously? That's when so many of their fans gave up, including me. The image change was horrible too. To Mega Therion was when they were at their best IMO.
@@GordonHeaney CELTIC FROST IS COLD LAKE,IS ONE FANTASTIC ALBUM 💄🐩🎸🎤
Cold Lake is a great record
Honestly, it might be their best album--not trying to be contrarian.
Cold Lake is the only Celtic Frost album I ever liked.
Nice to see people still keeping it goin,it does get a little lonely out there,cool stuff!
Thank you.
Onslaught's In Search Of Sanity is the first album I ever listened to by them. I saw their video of the AC/DC song Let There Be Rock on MTV'S Headbanger's Ball back in the day and I loved it. I got the deluxe edition of In Search Of Sanity a few years ago and it sounds better than ever. It is remastered and the second CD is live show and it sounds phenomenal also. My favorite song has always been Welcome To Dying even though it is a rip-off of Metallica's Sanatarium Welcome Home song.
John Katsoudas And that is the purpose for many cover songs. They pull you in and hopefully get you to listen to the rest of the album. When my band use to play clubs we would always play originals but we would throw in a cover just because we knew it would draw in the crowd who may not know our originals.
In Search Of Sanity is the first album I heard from Onslaught and got me into their catalog. I'm forever going to be a fan of this album.
That being said, I can see how "day 1 fans" could consider this a betrayal of the sound.
The consensus isn’t always right. Very cool that you’re so open to these universally panned albums 👍
Haha! The consensus likes like a lot of crap! I just listen to what I enjoy and ignore the rest.
I think growing up discovering KISS at 8 shortly before they released Dynasty was a cosmic gift. Being that young and so into KISS allowed me to accept that they tried something new with Dynasty, Unmasked and finally the Elder before going back to the harder sound of Creatures and I never had the thought that "this sucks" because I Was Made For Loving You wasn't another Deuce. It was KISS. Years later I took my favorite bands trying something different in stride and while I had friends who would drop bands over albums they didn't like because it wasn't the same as the albums they had released before. I'd have gotten bored if each band only released the same shit over and over again.
Even though I Was Made For Lovin' You was labeled as a disco song, I never saw it that way. I guess I saw it as another KISS song.
@@ericjohnson2543 Same here. I was just thrilled to get more music from a band I liked.
@@johnlawless5036 nice to know I'm not the only one who thought that.
I was 14 when that turd came out. I was a major Kiss fan since I was 11. Love Gun was already pushing it. I loved the ferocity of Alive, and liked the "live" parts of Alive 2. The studio tracks blew. The solos were a joke. I finally saw them on the dynasty tour. Judas Priest opened. Holy shit!
Great video Scott . I felt the same about the black album , from the day it came out up until just a couple years ago .
There's some great stuff on that album I just think I was liking other music more when it was initially released .
I also feel the same about Saint Anger , I just can't do it , maybe some day , but I don't think so .
Take care and enjoy the summer .
No, St. Anger is a crap album. Had any band released that as their demo they would have been laughed at by any record label, no less sell millions of copies of it. Throw the Metallica name on it and suddenly it's gold? Nope, it's still crap! Metallica could release and album of fart noises and fans would defend it to the death. (Oh wait, they sort of did...Lulu!)
I just picked up a copy of Cold Lake. For what it is, it’s good. Sounds like sleezy metal to me which I’m a fan of.
Exactly! It's good for what it is, it's just very different and out of character for Celtic Frost
@@nolifetilmetal1 Ironically Celtic Frost were were about experimenting and taken as part of their whole career Cold Lake kind of fits that broader description.
Another big problem for Cold Lake was simply that it followed a masterpiece like "Into the Pandemonium". Every part of that album was a nocturnal dream, from Reed's unmistakable drumming(The beat from "Babylon Fell" is STILL stuck in my head), Ain's ominous bass(Seriously, that line right before the chorus on "Mesmerized"), and Tom's awesome sludgy guitar along with his indescribable acoustic passages (the end of "Sorrows of the Moon", anyone?)
Josh Smith could not have said it better myself. Cold Lake just was not what we were expecting nor was it what Tom promised.
@@nolifetilmetal1 Those three did something special on ItP and I consider it a truly complete interpretation of the nocturnal atmosphere it described. I wish they had managed to give us one more release with that atmosphere. Reed St. Mark is one of the most unique drummers I have ever heard, coupled with Ain, they were something else entirely, along with the melodies Tom came up with,. A truly one of a kind trio.
Best song on Turbo is Reckless, still a good album even if it's different.
Another Perfect Day is killer!
When Another Perfect Day was released, I read a review praising it, saying it was a return to form after Iron Fist. Iron Fist was my introduction to Motörhead so I'll always love that album, and to me, Another Perfect Day was great from the beginning because it meant I was gonna hear more Motörhead on the radio as records were just too expensive for a kid like me.
Iron Fist is a solid album and a GREAT song! Like it so much my band use to play it live and recorded a cover of it on our Lex Metalis record.
Tom Warrior wrote about this in his book "Are You Morbid?". He was pretty broken after Into The Pandemonium, tired of fighting his label and bandmates he basically broke up the band. He was pretty much done, but a guy by the name of Oliver Amberg convinced him to restart Frost with a new lineup. Having been so beat up, he let Oliver pretty much run a lot of the show, write music and kind of lead a bit. Tom for his part admits he just wanted to have fun playing music again so he conceded a lot of control to Oliver in both the band writing and presentation. They got talented guys in to play {Stephen Priestly who played with Tom in Hellhammer and early Frost) And Kurt Bryant who stayed with the band for the next album.
I mean, at the time Tom didn't hate it, In fact the only official video release from Frost was the video of that tour.
However in time, Tom got out of his funk, clashed with Oliver and learned that the songs Oliver "wrote" were actually riffs stolen from other bands. From that point on, Tom has soured on the album and because of this has stated he considers the album unfit for remastering.
I am very happy that i've found this metal channel. Cheers from Italy \m/
Scott's collection is so huge that he actually has to take a golf cart to travel from one end of the storage facility to the other .
Hmmm... Interesting subject. I feel similarly about Satyricon's 2000s albums, Rebel Extravaganza, Volcano, The Age of Nero, and those releases. Many people back then criticised them intensely, but I like those albums. I like their fist three as well, but their third-wave sound defined them completely and that side of black metal. During that time, some people were not impressed with Fate of Norns by Amon Amarth, but I find that album solid. And, this one might be obvious, but Venom's albums are great, yet everyone only listens to the first three. I get it, I love Black Metal very much, it's a classic that many of us grew up on, but Storm the Gates is amazing!
Great video as always! Take care. 🤘🤘🤘
I thought Possessed by Venom was quite good as well. Raven suffers from the same problem. People only listen to the first three albums.
I'm not a big fan of Amon Amarth so I can't speak to them and I am only vaguely familiar with Satyricon.
Possessed, Prime Evil, From The Very Depths and especially Resurrection are brilliant albums. Cast In Stone has its moments of greatness as does Calm Before The Storm. Metal Black could have used more songs like the title track, which is just ripping and menacing piece of black metal. Satyricon's Volcano and The Age Of Nero are great albums and Volcano's Possessed is a total killer!
Still can't get behind Metallica's black album. Can't do it. They peaked at ....And Justice.
They peaked at Master of Puppets and Ride the Lightning
1000% agree... Black is when it all went downhill at a break neck pace. That's the last Metallica album I ever bought. (Common Denominator "Bob Rock")
Justice was good, but they peaked at Puppets.
I second that .... justice for all is their peak
I liked the album when it was fresh but tbh the new commerciallity of it made me get bored of it before too long
Hey dude, really nice video. I was thinking about an album which a lot of people got disappointed with and Swansong (1996) popped in my head. It's the only album which is very different from their discography.
14:00 Metallica Black sold pretty well for a Spinal Tap tribute album. ;)
LOL! It sold like gangbusters.
That it did. Old school fans were dying for new stuff, and kids that were too young for AJFA had grown up enough to start getting into harder rock, and saw Enter Sandman video a billion times on MTV
@@Sue_V accurate summation. It bummed me out. But, In hindsight of all that was to come, it wasnt horrible. They stood for something, going against the system, at least I was young and stupid enough to think that. When in interviews they say " after Justice, there wasnt anything left to do with heavy duty thrash, ya know?". No. I dont. You can still keep making awesome metal albums in succession nothing wrong with that. Mainstream radio rock? See ya.
@@saltpeter7429 I agree totally. There's still some good songs on The Black Album, but for the most part it was kind of a disappointment. Turned out it was the last one I bought too, other than the Garage Days that came out around 2000
Cold Lake fan here. I think that album is fascinating, I always liked it despite being not a CF specialist and/or super collector or super fan, great band of course but not one of those I grew up with or listened a lot to. I always got some sort of weird Megadeth-meets-Discharge vibe through the album. And most of all, absolutely nothing to do with the "hair metal" thing at all! Enjoyed the video, thank you.
Awesome. Well that makes three of us who like Cold Lake. Haha.
I was disappointed with the black album the second I had seen the video for enter sandman on mtv. I still bought it in hopes that there would be some heavy thrash songs on it but in the end there were none. I still don't care for it. I also had turbo lover and I don't really remember much from that album except for the title track which I do like as well as the video for it. I lost the tape years ago but I would buy the cd just for the title track "turbo lover".
The live versions of Turbo Lover are better than the studio version IMO.
I was dismayed when I got the black album when it was released and sold/swapped it but 30 years later I really enjoy it
I loved Turbo when I was 15. Almost 50 now and still rock it from time to time.
Raven's "Pack is Back" is a crap. "Turbo Lover" its also a big crap, but "Another perfect Day" its a fair album!
I am still surprised at the HATRED Motorhead's '83 LP generates! It DOES have some of their best moments: "dancing on your grave", "one track mind", "I got mine" and the Ramones-esque "back on the funnyfarm"...!
Another Perfect Day is Motörhead's most underrated album along with Iron Fist.
Great show! I have a natural affinity for albums that go against the usual flow... I was told to avoid Power Windows and Grace Under Pressure by Rush and they're my favourites by them!!
No Mention of Megadeth RISK? I bought that album. put it on in the parking lot. Skipped from song to song without finding anything worth hearing. Removed from my cd player and gave it away about an hour later.
I remember back when it first came out people disliked or even hated “Theater of Pain” by Motley, that’s kind of washed away as well.
i actually like Turbo. Ram It Down I think is ridiculous.
Me too. Turbo was awesome!
Does Turbo actually get hate though? Everytime I've seen Priest live, they play a track from Turbo and the crowd goes louder than anything else on the set list.
I like Turbo but Ram It Down is amazing.
I've tried and tried but struggle with Turbo. After the title track,it gets hard to listen to.
Turbo and Ram both have some worthy songs on it. Are they the best in the Priest catalog? Far from it, but there's some good songs on these albums.
I loved that accept record from the minute I got it. If it was released under a different name it would have been huge. Not many bands can pull off the new lead singer with much success
I like Headless Cross and Tyr. Those Sabbath albums are not popular at all
Two great Black Sabbath masterpieces, very underrated though.
The Tony Martin era is very underated. I love The Eternal Idol,TYR, and especially The Headless Cross. The Headless Cross is a MASTERPIECE!!!! Every song on it is amazing. One of my all time favorite Black Sabbath songs is When Death Calls.
The BEST Black Sabbath albums 👍
Headless Cross is by far the best Black Sabbath album.
My Two fav too, in a time when Sabbath was almost forgotten, before Dehumanizer
my best judas priest album is defender of the faith,brilliant from start to finish.when i first heard turbo lover,i was thinking of a billy idol song,but i still liked it.
Cold Lake doesn't sound like anything other than Celtic Frost. They were always doing weird stuff, and Cold Lake fits right in. If you think it sounds like Glam, show it to your girlfriend, and see how she reacts. Also, Eat the Heat, Canterbury, In Search of Sanity, Turbo, and Another Perfect Day are all amazing records.
100% agree! It's not like Cold Lake sounds like Bon Jovi.
When first heard cold lake i was like wtf . But later on after really listening to it. I have to say it's good album. It's heavier than a true glam metal. I think if wasn't a celtic frost album it would be more accepted.
Bathory's Requiem is a killer in my humble opinion, thats pretty hated one
So many albums people hate because it didn't fit into "what we want them to do."
Sorry Hammerheart was my worst album buying i thought it sucked but its ok now.
Quorthon's solo album was worse. Any song w the lyric, "I'll never eat pussy again" is a travesty!
I actually like it a lot as well, apart from the naff sounding drum machine. That track "Crosstitution" is a total rager in my book. I disliked "Octagon" a lot more actually.
To me, In Search of Sanity is the only album I like from Onslaught. I like the cleaner vocals and the song, Welcome to Dying is a true epic. As far as Priest, Turbo was and still is a special album for me. I was in high school and I remember watching Headbanger's Ball and seeing the video for Turbo. I was sold.
Do more videos about the albums people cant stand
Haha! Ok, I'll probably do a Part 2.
The Black Album is a unique/modern Heavy Metal album by a Thrash band (until this point) that it's quality and timing extented it's impact to crossing the borders of pop culture. Not everyone can do this. It's soo well executed, it's production is always "fresh", it's importance for bringing new blood to the genre is invaluable.
Onslaught's In Search of Sanity is their best album, as far as I'm concerned.
Purists annoy me.
Blood Upon The Ice, Shellshock, & Lightning War are as good as any track on Metallica's Puppets.
Yes, I take it that far.
The album is as good as Annihilator's Alice in Hell.
The thing is terrific, and people shouldn't give it shit.
Just pass on it, if Steve Grimmet's vocals are so upsetting.
The guitars are aces.
Cavages!? You in Buffalo, NY? There was a Cavages in the Boulevard Mall on Niagara Falls Blvd. Loved that place!
I was expecting 'Music From... The Elder' by Kiss. It's a very good album, in my opinion. It's just not a "Kiss" album.
How many times did I see the ‘Turbo Lover’ promo clip on tv in Australia ...a million times,and ‘Another Perfect Day’ is a great album 🤘
Black album is a great record. I think Load is a more hated album than self titled record.
Three out of my top five Black Sabbath albums are Headless Cross, Tyr and Seventh Star, none of which are that well received generally among Sabbath fans (or Ozzy fans at least). I also love Maiden's The X Factor, I find it way better overall than the rest of their 90s catalog.
Also, love Another Perfect Day! I actually own a few albums in this countdown, and I think I mostly agree with you on them all, except I still don't like the Black Album. It has nothing to do with lack of thrash or anything like that, I just don't connect with most of the songs somehow.
There's a decent and respectable underground fanbase of post-Ozzy Black Sabbath fans. Me included. It just makes Tony Iommi greater. A mainstream metal legend and an underground metal reference at the same time.
I got into metal around the end of NWOBHM and I remember hearing Raven on the radio (from the Wiped out album I think) and it blew me away! Than I head Venom, Black Metal, and that blew me even further away! Greetings from the UK
I learned a long time ago, keep cds, albums, cass.tapes no matter how much I didn't like it at the time. As I get older ( and I am getting older) music I bought and didn't like years ago , now I like. So I keep all that I buy, you never know when the next time i play it the thing it will really rock. lol 🤘🤘🤘
I love the Motorhead & Onslaught Lp's. All MH is cool anyway. I heard some of the same comments about Whiplash's Insult To Injury as the Onslaught album around that time, but I loved that one too.
Yes, Insult to Injury would be another one of those much hated records. Like you, I like it.
You know I like Destruction's "The Least Successful Human Cannonball" - that shoulda made the list IMO
defo one of the worst names for an album lol
I was sooo happy to land a copy of anything Celtic Frost. I bought it, took it home and played it. I was like...umm...what happened to the sound from Mega Therion? I'm keeping it, it's great 80s hard rock/metal.
Great theme. Later Scott! ~Corey
Thanks Corey. GREAT to hear from you brother. Yes, I think Cold Lake is good, but obviously very out of character for Celtic Frost.
I love Turbo Lover, and Out In The Cold. I'd like to hear that one redone without the synths. But It's probably my favorite Priest song. Of course, The previous albums were much different.
JEppsLars Out In The Cold is a classic!
Personally I think when Judas Priest ''dumbed down'' their sound was when they really came into their own. Almost throughout the 80s they had amazing hooks and songs that makes it almost impossible not to headbang. For me, Turbo is fantastic, but I also love more complex stuff like Queensrÿche and early to mid 90s Dream Theater.
oh man!! cold lake!!!! i ordered it....waited six weeks for it to arrive from overseas...paid through my ass for it and was never more disappointed in an album.....i kept it for about a year and tried to gt into it but eventually frisbeed it from the top of our block of flats....
Couldn't agree more about Raven! Was a Huuuge fan before this album and after, was so disappointed in it! Also 100% agree about Atlantic Records; same with A&M Records. Those labels were signing Metal bands just because Metal was very popular and they wanted to cash in, they didn't know what to do with Metal!
Holy crap. The dude sang the lyrics I just wrote about. I could party with this guy.
"Eat The Heat" gets regular playtime in my household thanks to my wife. Before "Blood of The Nations" was released, "Eat The Heat" was my wife's favorite Accept album. Really anything that Udo wasn't on is what my wife enjoys when it comes to Accept. For some reason she just never liked Udo in Accept despite him being one of her favorite vocalist's in Metal. She absolutely loves U.D.O. so I always thought that was a bit strange. I've heard the original consensus that "Metal Heart" was Accept selling out or close to it but that's the album from the Udo era that I like the most. The title track is excellent.
Pikkon89 Your wife’s perspective is interesting but we all like different things. I love both U.D.O. and Accept. Eat the Heat is far better than people give it credit for, so I’d have no problem with it being a regular spinner in my home.
Your take on Judas Priest was spot on! I grew up with British Steel and beyond Priest, so I had no idea what had happened. As the years went by, and I got Sad Wings of Destiny and Stained Class, I was dumbstruck by how much the band had changed. Why did they dumb down the music? Though they hit some home runs on British Steel (The Rage being the most criminally overlooked) and later, I still couldn't shake the notion that something changed drastically.
Another Perfect Day is brilliant!
My second favourite Motorhead lp.
Want a good one for this theme?
Exciter - Long Live the Loud
Agreed! Another Perfect Day was brilliant even if that line-up was toxic.
Long Live the Loud? Wow! Never really knew fans hated that record. I guess that is because I always loved it.
@@nolifetilmetal1 Because fans don't hate it. The first 3 Exciter albums are considered their best. I'd say first 4 though. Long Live the Loud is a great album.
Scott Waters congrats for the great video! Metal fans can be extremely resistant to change and then complain when bands don't change and evolve. Obviously I don't expect AC/DC to do an electronic album, but when Paradise Lost put out Host most fans despised it but I think It is a cool album, not remotely their best, but still a well constructed record.
Hey Scott!!
Funnily enough "The Pack is Back" was the first Raven album I picked up. I'm not proud of that, lol! I had heard a handful of songs by the band, thought they were cool, and it just happened that the first album I came across in the wild was "The Pack", and as soon as I spun it I was like "What the???". But luckily I've gotten several of their better albums since then.
Coincidentally, "Another Perfect Day" was also the first Motorhead album I picked up back in the day. That one however, I've always liked, just like you said.
Great stuff Scott. I'm making up for lost time and catching up on videos I've missed, haha! Cheers brother! -Jex
But just found your channel and like what I'm seeing bro. Gotta support fellow METAL HEADS.