Thank you for understanding what 'underrated' actually means, I've been getting really fed up with people either mistaking 'obscure' for 'underrated' or claiming albums that aren't at all underrated as being so! Great video, as always - yours is perhaps the only metal (etc.) channel I've found on TH-cam that is properly thoughtful and doesn't just seem to be looking for likes.
The entire Tony Martin era of Sabbath is underrated. From Eternal Idol to Cross Purposes. The period even inspired an entire sub-genre of prog/doom out of Sweden, with bands like Tad Morose, Sorcerer, and Evergrey.
''Headless Cross'' was my first Sabbath album. Iommi's riffs are still there and Geoff's keyboards compliment them well with the melodies. OK, the Bass could be beefier but they hired a (superb) session guy while they waited for Geezer to make up his mind and decide whether he wanted to come back. When he didn't, they went for Neil Murray to do the tour and stay for the next album - mainly because his musical chemistry with Cozy Powell means the two of them make a powerful rhythm section...and while Tony Martin was great on 'Eternal Idol', he's in his element on this.
I always find a new gem I've never heard of when you make a video like this. Was curious about the background music, followed the link and was sad to see that they only released a single LP.
Back when I was getting introduced to Sigh, everyone was saying Hail Horror Hail was basically their Blackwater Park, but by that time I was already drawn to Scorn Defeat and Infidel Art. It was actually around the time Gallows Gallery came out that people were telling me to listen to Hail Horror Hail. Might have been some newalbum-phobia on their part!
Suggestions for Vol. 2: UFO- "Obsession" (1978) QUIET RIOT- "Quiet Riot II" (79- w/ Randy Rhodes!) I. RON MAIDEN- "Killers" (81) RAINBOW- "Long Live Rock & Roll" (78- w/DIO!) MONTROSE- s/t (73- w/ Sammy Hagar) WARLOCK- "Burning the Witches" (84) MOTORHEAD- "Another Perfect Day" (83) SLAYER- "Show No Mercy" (83) ALICE COOPER- "Raise You Fist & Yell" (87) MARILYN MANSON- "Portrait of An American Family" (94) DEF LEPPARD - "High 'N Dry" (81)
Yes, Geoff was a HUGE ingredient of the post Ozzy chemistry. Most people don't realize how much he contributed and what a well rounded musician he was. Check out the new Quartz album "On The Edge Of No Tomorrow", which features Geoff's last work before he passed. He contributed lead vocals on two tracks and guitars as well. Also, Tony Martin makes a guest appearance on one track.
Can't stress this enough but throughout my time venturing through your work thank you so much for giving me a scheduled chance to revisit (stuff like Us & Them) as well as finally break through my huge ass list of bookmarked artists (your collection/topics) that I have put off for so long.
Over here eating some mf' tacos and scrolling through my TH-cam feed, than I see that you sir have dropped another video. I'm actually really glad you're making a video on this topic. I love metal and love to hear what other humans "underrated metal albums" are. Hoping to find some new shit too. 🤘
Wyatt, being a Summoning guy, I'm keen to know if you think Burzum's fallen is underrated. Like late-stage summoning, it has the fans crying that it's not black metal enough - but dang I will sure take me some dark ambient folk Varg.
@@wheelsofmercury I can't praise Hlidskjalf enough as it was a gateway for me for so many sounds as well as dark ambient and dungeon synth, same for Summonings Lost Tales.
i love the idea of a death metal/punk album and i actually like some Abscess, but for some reason i never got into Shitfun. Shit sounds too thin and weak.
Tony Martin Black Sabbath era is underrated, despite it being so fucking good. And I'm glad you mentioned Gallows Gallery, throughout the years it remains as my favorite Sigh album. What I find to be criminally underrated is Blasphemer's Mayhem era, Chimera is much better than DMDS and during that period the band really matured in terms of musicianship and I can't fathom how it's so neglected. DsO's The Synarchy of Molten Bones is also underrated, despite it being their best album by far, and I also think Dodheimsgard's output from 666 International onward doesn't get nearly as much credit as it deserves. And the final album I'd mention in the underrated category here is Voivod's The Outer Limits, love it to death and Jack Luminous remains as one of their best songs to date.
in my book these are underrated (just a few) Voivod - Negatron Paradise Lost - Lost Paradise Meshuggah - Contradictions Collapse At The Gates - With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness Testament - Low Atheist - Jupiter Sadus - Elements of Anger Carbonized - Screaming Machines
The talk about obscure vs underrated reminded me, I know of a fairly obscure EP by this small band called Concertina, I found it on TH-cam ages ago, and I think all the songs on it are absolutely brilliant, but barely anyone knows about it. I've found the best way to find it is to look up Concertina - Blood Eagle, as that's the first song. Should definitely give it a listen if you find the time.
For me Leytmotif Luzifer is by far the best newer Abigor album, it slays hard. People don't get Fractal Possession, on one hand there's a mechanical industrial edge, on the other side some of the guitars are recorded analogue and actually sound warm. That contrasts between the cold industrial sound and warm guitars is pretty unique. Also, I agree that the Darkthrone albums between the classic era and the buttrock era are underrated.
I totally agree with the Black Sabbath thing. Ps. I play guitar and bass lefty, kinda like Toni, so that’s kinda neat. Also, any era of Darkthrone I love, nothing by them is hated by me. Godflesh and heavy load are rad too.
A lot of your picks (and I agree with your definition of underrated) seem to be bands going experimental in one way or another and I get it, we want to hear the signature sound, but a little deviation is a creative necessity imo. maybe they'll go back with a refreshed sense of who they are, or need to continue in another direction. either way they'll get sh!t for it, but it's better to take control than burn out. talk about underrated, I've heard no one knew what to make of They Live at the time, maybe still don't, but it's undeniably a fun watch. "I've come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubble gum" - that's dedication to a mood.
listened to gallows gallery after this video and its one of the most interesting metal albums ive heard in a while and i absolutely love it, thanks for the recommendation 🙏
Man,I wasn't expecting to see Darkthrone's Plaguewielder. I remember seeing so much hate thrown at it on the Metal Archives. There are some goofy riffs on there for sure,but that's my only qualm with it personally. I think Plaguewielder and Hate Them are both underrated. I love Sigh's Scorn Defeat. I need to check out everything after that.
Goatlord kinda goes over my head a bit,and the pseudo female vocals are kinda awkward. I need to give it another spin or 3. You don't like any of their other albums?
For anyone complaining about "goofy riffs" honestly Under a Funeral Moon and A Blaze in the Northern Sky had pretty goofy riffs too might be because of the guitar tune but honestly i can't listen to Under a Funeral Moon without thinking how funny the main riff is
@@johngavin1175 well being "goofy" doesn't make it bad at all but it does give kind of a wacky vibe to a song that otherwise would probably be more grim and obscure i REALLY love Darkthrone's first black metal albums but because of the way the guitar is tunned i also think some of the riffs are a little funny/dancy
I fully agree with everything said about passion, it's highly misunderstood and I think that it's because it works far better as a front to back album than picking and choosing singles to listen to. I also think the album has a far more human feel especially Dave hunts' vocals which feel like a man in a room with minimal effects trying to shout over the top of the instruments rather than a buzzsaw at the front of the mix like in the constellation, which I think gives a human touch that contrasts with the cold music nicely.
Dude thanks so much for talking about Full Speed at High Level! I love that album and Heavy Load are one of my favorite bands, but I think people overlook FSaHL all the time despite it being so early.
Sigh's Gallows Gallery is an underrated album like you said. Their music is some of the most unique, avant-garde metal out there. But their albums are difficult to find and expensive
@@silafuyang8675 true in the general sense, but everyone who knows metal knows that Sigh is one of the best experimental bands and the very best metal band Japan has.
@@patrickbertlein4626 The technical flourishes and progressiveness on there was shocking to me coming from only listening to the black Metal stuff and skipping everything else. I don’t understand how people don’t like that release.
I'm just vibing to vinterland - Welcome my last chapter in the background. Such a great album. As for underrated (by your definition) albums, I'd maybe say Reinkaos from dissection. It has a very different target audience than their other godly albums, but that doesn't mean it's bad.
Pretty late on this but THANK YOU for giving appreciation to Shitfun. I think it's musically pretty great and probably the most fun I have with anything in their discography.
Hymns is easily considered some of their best albums. I would say that Songs of Love and Hate is more underrated. It's offputting for being so hiphop-y, but if you give it a couple of spins, you'll get down to it.
Iron Maiden's 90's albums are ones that come to mind. Especially the two with Blaze Bayley. Though Fear of the Dark (with Bruce of course) is my favorite 90's Maiden album. While a lot of fans only seem to love the famous title track - which of course I love well - the is album is filled with other great songs. Be Quick Or Be Dead, From Here to Eternity, Afraid to Shoot Strangers, Wasting Love, The Fugitive, Judas Be My Guide. Hell, even the songs some fans seem to hate are great in my ears. Like Weekend Warrior, Fear is the Key and Chains of Misery.
I'd say both definitions of underrated are acceptable, but I appreciate that you told us what the criteria is. How underrated is just it is percieved against how one thinks it should have been so, after all, obscured and undershadowed just mean "Without light"
I always loved Judas Priest’s ‘Point of Entry’, an album that apparently failed to please fans and critics and is even out of print in some territories 😔 a real shame because it’s a favourite.
Never understood the hate on Tony Martin era Sabbath, to me its the perfect blend of Ozzy doomy-ness and Dio epicness, specially Headless Cross. (When Death Calls its a Doom Metal classic to me). And i understand why people in the 80s hated it, but everyone i know loves Turbo to death, i even have a friend who hates Painkiller but loves Turbo because to him Painkiller was their sell-out album by jumping in the Power Metal wagon, and Turbo its just a classic Heavy Metal album with 80s vibes,
To me "Us and Them" is a record that is not only underestimated, but also underlistened. It is almost always mentioned alongside the drum n bass monkier, when the only drum n bass song is the opener "I Me Mine" (and maybe also "Defiled", even it would strictly be a breakbeat song... ackchually). In this record there are a lot of never mentioned catchy hip hop beats, and even some postpunk.
Estatic Fear. Somnium Obmutum from 1997. Only 5 tracks but with a 32 minute long second track. I love it. Death vocals, clear chants, female vocals, blackish metal vocals, flutes, acoustic guitar, keyboards and unsual song structures. I love it, The band only did two albums , but this one to me summed up the mid 90's when more unusual bands came out the woodwork, and the Gothic/Folk/Doom started to grow, and bands started experimenting with gothic and baroque imagery and artwork.
Regarding Gallows Gallery, a lot of people didn't like the production on the initial release, but gravitate more towards the remastered version Personally it's my favorite Sigh album, and one of my favorites in general, just cause it's essentially a BM band trying their hand at a more trad/power metal sounding album (in the band's words).
The story of Black Sabbath from 1986 till 1995 is really simple, my theory is based on conversations that i've had with fans of BS from Ozzy's era and dio's era and Tony Martin era, most of the fans of Ozzy and Dio never listened to the albums of BS with Tony Martin, they never considered the option that someone else will sing for the band besides Ozzy or Dio, so most of the fans of Tony Martin era are actually new fans of the band that were listening for the first time to BS, some of them knew about the band but never were big fans of the style with Ozzy or Dio, in 1986 Tony Iommi tried to release a solo album but the label insisted that it would be a BS album, from 1987 to 1995 minus the album from 1992 with Dio the band released some of the best melodic metal albums but only the new fans were listening or bought that albums with some veteran fans like myself, i'm a fan of BS since the early seventies and i love everything the band ever did, but i'm a minority, perhaps even a minority of one, with all my respect to Ozzy and Dio Tony Martin was the best vocalist for BS in terms of vocal abilities, Headless Cross is in my list of 5 best albums by BS and one of the best and greatest metal albums of all times, it was always in history that only the chosen ones were recognizing and enjoying the great arts!!!!!!
you know mate, I don't have a clue how the algorithm got me here, but as soon as I read the title I was like "bloody Headless Cross, mate". And I'm not a big Black Sabath fan. I got to know this album through RazorFist, and it's definetely overlooked."later edit" I wrote the comment before you got to Judas Priest. Materie, Turbo is fantastic, I think the synths are part of Judas sound, don't realky know why people gate it, cause you got synths on Ram and Painkiller ( A touch of Evil) . not to mention Firepower. just gives a cyberpunk kinda feel and makes Judas Priest so unique. All of the synth/dark retrowave metal artists are heavily influenced by this. just listn to Meteor.
Fuckin love Sadus! I heard that album for the first time one stormy night as a 14 year old kid. It was the heaviest thing I had ever heard at the time and I genuinely thought I was on fire listening to it.
@@squidzarecool720 i haven't heard such anger in a thrash album outside of that one. The production and drumming ESPECIALLY is top notch. It's what I want in an agressive piece of music
Mayhems Wolf lair abyss and following that Grand Declaration of War are probably my hands down favorite mayhem records just because of the sheer blood curdling screams maniac delivers and even though him general yelling at me like I'm back in jrotc is kinda cringe inducing it doesnt take me out of the album experience its far more technical and noisier than most other mayhem releases (at least WLA is) and even dabbles in an industrial track which is kinda mid but shows that without Euronymous mayhem was better off and could experiment more with whatever they liked. No one ever talks about gdow really unless they shit on how cringe the general vocals are or how it isnt trve kvlt or some gay crap mostly but their both underrated gems in mayhems discography
I agree. Insane riffage and drums, lyrical content is deep and synical. It's faithful to Euronymous's original vision of black metal. It shows that you can make even more intense stuff without satanism.
Hey bro, I highly recommend a band called Sea of Deprivation. They are a pretty obscure crust/metal band. One of the best to ever do it. They had on full length Catharsis in Disharmony. I promise it won't disappoint!
I’d say paegan terrorism tactics is definitely underrated, wtksp is an insanely well respected sludge album, but paegan gets swept under the rug in comparison
I almost listen to Autopsy's shitfun more than the three others. Im such a big fan of the first four albums that I even have em on vinyl. There is so many bangers on that album and they have never made an album like it, the closest thing autopsy has made to shitfun is in their other band called abscess, the album Urine Junkies are very close to shitfun, but overall the four first autopsy albums are probably my top 4 death metal albums of all time including the EP fiend for blood (they even had Steve DiGiorgio like in severed survival in the EP). And on Black Sabbath, I don't think headless cross is underrated, but albums like Forgotten and Eternal Idol is underrated in my opinion. The Tony Martin era is my 2nd favorite era in the black sabbath history. Headless cross, Tyr, Forgotten, Cross Purposes and eternal Idol are top notch material in my opinion.
Thank you for including Judas Priest's Turbo, I love this one and really don't understand the hate! Point of Entry is definitely their worst album for me (Halford, Demolition is worse), total snorefest!
The entire Tony Martin era from Sabbath is highly underrated. Headless Cross, TYR and The Eternal Idol are definitely some of their best albums in my opinion. It's just such a shame they were so poorly marketed that not many people, including Sabbath fans actually know they exist.
I'd personally pick the debut over Jouhou if I had to pick the most underrated Discordance Axis album. Also a fantastic album that's even more rooted in standard grind than Jouhou is, and like nobody talks about it
Have you ever heard of the band insanity cult? They're a Greek black metal band and they're fucking amazing and way too underrated. Their sound is kinda similar to inhumane minimalism so I think you'll love them
I have a couple albums to add divine intervention - slayer so far so good so what? - megadeth a dramatic turn of events - dream theater cannibal corpse - vile
You have to listen the band Aspid and his one and only album released Extravasation, i think you will get a surprise about how incredible his album is.
Really good and well made regardless of his personal opinion on specific albums Wish he would focus on that more instead of his pseudo conservative commentary videos
@@wyattxhim I personally enjoy some of his videos as he did introduce me to some bands I enjoy Like anthem and all that but I do disagree with him about stuff like the 90s I made up a drinking game take a shot everytime he mentions the 90s being bad
@@wyattxhim It's not pseudo conservative, it's full on neocon bullshit that he figured was the way to go to make cash on YT. And since neocons are gullible tards, he made a good business decision.
UPDATED Stuff from the top of my head that I deem underrated. Agalloch - The Serpent And The Sphere Blut Aus Nord - Hallucinogen Dimmu Borgir - For All Tid, maybe Stormblast Dirge - Elysian Magnetic Fields Evoken - Atra Mors Godkiller - The End Of The World Have A Nice Life - The Unnatural World Nurse With Wound & sunn O))) - The Iron Soul Of Nothing, their best collab Opeth - Blackwater Park Sabbat (JPN) - The Dwelling Summoning - With Doom We Come (but this release needs a serious reassess with its art, it’s the Cyberpunk 2077 of its type) Wolves In The Throne Room - Celestial Lineage Also thanks for clearing out the meaning of what is, I almost said a bunch of standalone cult titles.
.... off the top of my head... Vader's *THE BOOK* .... amputory's *ode to gore* ... behexen *by blessing of satan* kalmah's *the black waltz* ... cannibal corpse *gallery of suicide* .... monstrosity *SPIRITUAL APOCALYPSE*
Thank you for understanding what 'underrated' actually means, I've been getting really fed up with people either mistaking 'obscure' for 'underrated' or claiming albums that aren't at all underrated as being so! Great video, as always - yours is perhaps the only metal (etc.) channel I've found on TH-cam that is properly thoughtful and doesn't just seem to be looking for likes.
Same here, absolutely hate when a word loses its true meaning by virtue of being overused by people who don't know what it truly means
Thank you, finally I’ve been saying this for a while
Hard. Big difference between under rated and under appreciated
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@@Top10Dylan This doesn’t seem like the channel for you then.
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The whole Tony Martin era of Black Sabbath is really underrated. I dig Tyr in particular, Black Sabbath's stab at epic metal.
Anno Mundi is such a good vocal performance from Tony Martin
Tyr is Glenn Tipton's favorite Sabbath album, according to a comment he made in Kerrang back in the 90s.
Digged him even more when I herd him try out sessions with Candlemass.
I wish I could get into it but it’s just not catchy
Hahaha, finally someone talks positive about Tony Martin, he is my personal favourite Sabbath singer. His vocals complement the music really good.
The entire Tony Martin era of Sabbath is underrated. From Eternal Idol to Cross Purposes. The period even inspired an entire sub-genre of prog/doom out of Sweden, with bands like Tad Morose, Sorcerer, and Evergrey.
looking on TH-cam at BLACK METAL TEENS HEARING
I love that Vinterland is the background music, good shit brother!
DUDE your playing Vinterland in the background. Soooo damn good. That album of theirs is such a hidden gem. Nice
''Headless Cross'' was my first Sabbath album. Iommi's riffs are still there and Geoff's keyboards compliment them well with the melodies. OK, the Bass could be beefier but they hired a (superb) session guy while they waited for Geezer to make up his mind and decide whether he wanted to come back. When he didn't, they went for Neil Murray to do the tour and stay for the next album - mainly because his musical chemistry with Cozy Powell means the two of them make a powerful rhythm section...and while Tony Martin was great on 'Eternal Idol', he's in his element on this.
Godflesh rips my brain in half and throws it into next week. Great to listen to while watching world news.
Check out Final! Its his ambient stuff.
Shouts-out for this video, but also shouts-out for introducing me to Vinterland. Wild album.
I always find a new gem I've never heard of when you make a video like this. Was curious about the background music, followed the link and was sad to see that they only released a single LP.
Love that you shouted out Plaguewielder. "Wreak" is one Darkthrone's best songs, period.
As someone who loves listening to discographies I agree with these
seeing on TH-cam at BLACK METAL TEENS HEARING
Darkthrone's late 90s-early 2000s period definitely has a lot of underrated stuff. My personal favorite of that period is Hate Them.
Hate Them rules!!
I LOOOOOOVE THAT RECORD!
Hate Them is literally the best Darkthrone album. I gotta go listen to it right now
@@ifiwouldcouldyou1 Do iiiiit! 🤘🏻
@@wheelsofmercury I did kek
now that's how you make a killer record with absolutely no solos
Headless Cross is top 3 Sabbath for me. There's just something about it's mood that gives it an epic but almost sad vibe.
Back when I was getting introduced to Sigh, everyone was saying Hail Horror Hail was basically their Blackwater Park, but by that time I was already drawn to Scorn Defeat and Infidel Art. It was actually around the time Gallows Gallery came out that people were telling me to listen to Hail Horror Hail. Might have been some newalbum-phobia on their part!
Suggestions for Vol. 2:
UFO- "Obsession" (1978)
QUIET RIOT- "Quiet Riot II" (79- w/ Randy Rhodes!)
I. RON MAIDEN- "Killers" (81)
RAINBOW- "Long Live Rock & Roll" (78- w/DIO!)
MONTROSE- s/t (73- w/ Sammy Hagar)
WARLOCK- "Burning the Witches" (84)
MOTORHEAD- "Another Perfect Day" (83)
SLAYER- "Show No Mercy" (83)
ALICE COOPER- "Raise You Fist & Yell" (87)
MARILYN MANSON- "Portrait of An American Family" (94)
DEF LEPPARD - "High 'N Dry" (81)
Geoff Nichols: The unsung fifth member of Black Sabbath
Yes, Geoff was a HUGE ingredient of the post Ozzy chemistry. Most people don't realize how much he contributed and what a well rounded musician he was. Check out the new Quartz album "On The Edge Of No Tomorrow", which features Geoff's last work before he passed. He contributed lead vocals on two tracks and guitars as well. Also, Tony Martin makes a guest appearance on one track.
All my homies love Tony Martin era Sabbath
Intrigued to check out Anaal Nathrakh after this. Absolutely agree on Gallows from Sigh and a few others. Hope you've been doing well dear!
Can't stress this enough but throughout my time venturing through your work thank you so much for giving me a scheduled chance to revisit (stuff like Us & Them) as well as finally break through my huge ass list of bookmarked artists (your collection/topics) that I have put off for so long.
Over here eating some mf' tacos and scrolling through my TH-cam feed, than I see that you sir have dropped another video. I'm actually really glad you're making a video on this topic. I love metal and love to hear what other humans "underrated metal albums" are. Hoping to find some new shit too. 🤘
Wyatt, being a Summoning guy, I'm keen to know if you think Burzum's fallen is underrated. Like late-stage summoning, it has the fans crying that it's not black metal enough - but dang I will sure take me some dark ambient folk Varg.
fallen is the best post prison burzum album
I actually like Burzum's ambient stuff better than the black metal stuff (with the sole exception being Filosofem [I know; basic-ass choice]).
@@wheelsofmercury I can't praise Hlidskjalf enough as it was a gateway for me for so many sounds as well as dark ambient and dungeon synth, same for Summonings Lost Tales.
@@NeroAngelo616 I sometimes put on the Burzum Ambient playlist here on TH-cam and it's so calming.
@@wheelsofmercury better than most garbage pushed in your face by metal sites
Glad to see Heavy Load being mentioned, they deserve more attention.
Thank you!!! Shitfun is a perfectly fine Autopsy album. Doesn't deserve a fraction of the hate it gets.
i love the idea of a death metal/punk album and i actually like some Abscess, but for some reason i never got into Shitfun. Shit sounds too thin and weak.
Tony Martin Black Sabbath era is underrated, despite it being so fucking good. And I'm glad you mentioned Gallows Gallery, throughout the years it remains as my favorite Sigh album. What I find to be criminally underrated is Blasphemer's Mayhem era, Chimera is much better than DMDS and during that period the band really matured in terms of musicianship and I can't fathom how it's so neglected. DsO's The Synarchy of Molten Bones is also underrated, despite it being their best album by far, and I also think Dodheimsgard's output from 666 International onward doesn't get nearly as much credit as it deserves. And the final album I'd mention in the underrated category here is Voivod's The Outer Limits, love it to death and Jack Luminous remains as one of their best songs to date.
in my book these are underrated (just a few)
Voivod - Negatron
Paradise Lost - Lost Paradise
Meshuggah - Contradictions Collapse
At The Gates - With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness
Testament - Low
Atheist - Jupiter
Sadus - Elements of Anger
Carbonized - Screaming Machines
Agreed for ATG.
I agree with 2 of those 😁
The talk about obscure vs underrated reminded me, I know of a fairly obscure EP by this small band called Concertina, I found it on TH-cam ages ago, and I think all the songs on it are absolutely brilliant, but barely anyone knows about it. I've found the best way to find it is to look up Concertina - Blood Eagle, as that's the first song. Should definitely give it a listen if you find the time.
For me Leytmotif Luzifer is by far the best newer Abigor album, it slays hard. People don't get Fractal Possession, on one hand there's a mechanical industrial edge, on the other side some of the guitars are recorded analogue and actually sound warm. That contrasts between the cold industrial sound and warm guitars is pretty unique.
Also, I agree that the Darkthrone albums between the classic era and the buttrock era are underrated.
Tony fucking Martin. So good. Black Sabbath forever 🙏
I totally agree with the Black Sabbath thing.
Ps. I play guitar and bass lefty, kinda like Toni, so that’s kinda neat.
Also, any era of Darkthrone I love, nothing by them is hated by me.
Godflesh and heavy load are rad too.
Whll done man,you really expressed in high detail each albums reason for being a gem.
And all the Lugburz Wyatt loved, he loved alone
Reminds me of the first Falkenback, kind of the same more typical black metal but very under rated.
Yes! I fucking love Turbo. It offers things no other album can and I appreciate that
A lot of your picks (and I agree with your definition of underrated) seem to be bands going experimental in one way or another and I get it, we want to hear the signature sound, but a little deviation is a creative necessity imo. maybe they'll go back with a refreshed sense of who they are, or need to continue in another direction. either way they'll get sh!t for it, but it's better to take control than burn out.
talk about underrated, I've heard no one knew what to make of They Live at the time, maybe still don't, but it's undeniably a fun watch. "I've come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubble gum" - that's dedication to a mood.
listened to gallows gallery after this video and its one of the most interesting metal albums ive heard in a while and i absolutely love it, thanks for the recommendation 🙏
Man,I wasn't expecting to see Darkthrone's Plaguewielder. I remember seeing so much hate thrown at it on the Metal Archives. There are some goofy riffs on there for sure,but that's my only qualm with it personally. I think Plaguewielder and Hate Them are both underrated. I love Sigh's Scorn Defeat. I need to check out everything after that.
What about Goatlord? When I was a kid it was the only DT album I enjoyed.
Goatlord kinda goes over my head a bit,and the pseudo female vocals are kinda awkward. I need to give it another spin or 3. You don't like any of their other albums?
For anyone complaining about "goofy riffs" honestly Under a Funeral Moon and A Blaze in the Northern Sky had pretty goofy riffs too might be because of the guitar tune but honestly i can't listen to Under a Funeral Moon without thinking how funny the main riff is
@@thecommunistloli1042 You're right,they did have some goofy riffs. But they worked, I suppose.
@@johngavin1175 well being "goofy" doesn't make it bad at all but it does give kind of a wacky vibe to a song that otherwise would probably be more grim and obscure i REALLY love Darkthrone's first black metal albums but because of the way the guitar is tunned i also think some of the riffs are a little funny/dancy
I fully agree with everything said about passion, it's highly misunderstood and I think that it's because it works far better as a front to back album than picking and choosing singles to listen to. I also think the album has a far more human feel especially Dave hunts' vocals which feel like a man in a room with minimal effects trying to shout over the top of the instruments rather than a buzzsaw at the front of the mix like in the constellation, which I think gives a human touch that contrasts with the cold music nicely.
Dude thanks so much for talking about Full Speed at High Level! I love that album and Heavy Load are one of my favorite bands, but I think people overlook FSaHL all the time despite it being so early.
Glad someone mentioned Headless Cross. That albums' underrated as fuck. Tony Martin's my 2nd favourite Sabbath singer behind Ozzy actually.
Sigh's Gallows Gallery is an underrated album like you said. Their music is some of the most unique, avant-garde metal out there. But their albums are difficult to find and expensive
Sigh is an underrated band as a whole.
@@silafuyang8675 true in the general sense, but everyone who knows metal knows that Sigh is one of the best experimental bands and the very best metal band Japan has.
Got a copy 😇
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Quality list of underrated metal albums by a quality underrated metal channel. Looking forward to the now inevitable overrated list in the future
Fractal Possession & Headless Cross are my favorite Abigor and Sabbath albums. Great picks 👍👍
Goatlord is probably my favorite darkthrone release. I like the wonky death metal approach.
Same man! When I was a kid I didn't like the other DT albums, my buddies did but I was strictly Dead era Mayhem and Emperor. I did love Storm though!
@@patrickbertlein4626 The technical flourishes and progressiveness on there was shocking to me coming from only listening to the black Metal stuff and skipping everything else. I don’t understand how people don’t like that release.
Yeah people hate albums just because the production is not the best, I really dig that album
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I'm just vibing to vinterland - Welcome my last chapter in the background. Such a great album.
As for underrated (by your definition) albums, I'd maybe say Reinkaos from dissection. It has a very different target audience than their other godly albums, but that doesn't mean it's bad.
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Pretty late on this but THANK YOU for giving appreciation to Shitfun. I think it's musically pretty great and probably the most fun I have with anything in their discography.
Shitfun is excellent
Hymns by godflesh mad underrated, it’s what got me into them and it has some great tracks
Hymns is easily considered some of their best albums. I would say that Songs of Love and Hate is more underrated. It's offputting for being so hiphop-y, but if you give it a couple of spins, you'll get down to it.
Iron Maiden's 90's albums are ones that come to mind. Especially the two with Blaze Bayley. Though Fear of the Dark (with Bruce of course) is my favorite 90's Maiden album. While a lot of fans only seem to love the famous title track - which of course I love well - the is album is filled with other great songs. Be Quick Or Be Dead, From Here to Eternity, Afraid to Shoot Strangers, Wasting Love, The Fugitive, Judas Be My Guide. Hell, even the songs some fans seem to hate are great in my ears. Like Weekend Warrior, Fear is the Key and Chains of Misery.
I'd say both definitions of underrated are acceptable, but I appreciate that you told us what the criteria is. How underrated is just it is percieved against how one thinks it should have been so, after all, obscured and undershadowed just mean "Without light"
Your Black Sabbath takes are huge facts
I always loved Judas Priest’s ‘Point of Entry’, an album that apparently failed to please fans and critics and is even out of print in some territories 😔 a real shame because it’s a favourite.
Same here, one of mine too and first new Judas Priest album I bought back then.
Not only is Headless Cross a great album, but the video for "Headless Cross" is one of my favorite music videos of all time.
Never understood the hate on Tony Martin era Sabbath, to me its the perfect blend of Ozzy doomy-ness and Dio epicness, specially Headless Cross. (When Death Calls its a Doom Metal classic to me).
And i understand why people in the 80s hated it, but everyone i know loves Turbo to death, i even have a friend who hates Painkiller but loves Turbo because to him Painkiller was their sell-out album by jumping in the Power Metal wagon, and Turbo its just a classic Heavy Metal album with 80s vibes,
To me "Us and Them" is a record that is not only underestimated, but also underlistened. It is almost always mentioned alongside the drum n bass monkier, when the only drum n bass song is the opener "I Me Mine" (and maybe also "Defiled", even it would strictly be a breakbeat song... ackchually). In this record there are a lot of never mentioned catchy hip hop beats, and even some postpunk.
Great t-shirt fella.
Estatic Fear. Somnium Obmutum from 1997. Only 5 tracks but with a 32 minute long second track. I love it. Death vocals, clear chants, female vocals, blackish metal vocals, flutes, acoustic guitar, keyboards and unsual song structures.
I love it, The band only did two albums , but this one to me summed up the mid 90's when more unusual bands came out the woodwork, and the Gothic/Folk/Doom started to grow, and bands started experimenting with gothic and baroque imagery and artwork.
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oh good a video about this topic and the uploader isn't wearing a clown mask
Regarding Gallows Gallery, a lot of people didn't like the production on the initial release, but gravitate more towards the remastered version
Personally it's my favorite Sigh album, and one of my favorites in general, just cause it's essentially a BM band trying their hand at a more trad/power metal sounding album (in the band's words).
i love vinterland, i ordered the vinyl in purple. its my first vinyl ever. cant wait to spin this record.
This man is a living metal encyclopedia. I wonder how many hours he listens to music everyday
Lol, simp
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Awwwww the tizm
The story of Black Sabbath from 1986 till 1995 is really simple, my theory is based on conversations that i've had with fans of BS from Ozzy's era and dio's era and Tony Martin era, most of the fans of Ozzy and Dio never listened to the albums of BS with Tony Martin, they never considered the option that someone else will sing for the band besides Ozzy or Dio, so most of the fans of Tony Martin era are actually new fans of the band that were listening for the first time to BS, some of them knew about the band but never were big fans of the style with Ozzy or Dio, in 1986 Tony Iommi tried to release a solo album but the label insisted that it would be a BS album, from 1987 to 1995 minus the album from 1992 with Dio the band released some of the best melodic metal albums but only the new fans were listening or bought that albums with some veteran fans like myself, i'm a fan of BS since the early seventies and i love everything the band ever did, but i'm a minority, perhaps even a minority of one, with all my respect to Ozzy and Dio Tony Martin was the best vocalist for BS in terms of vocal abilities, Headless Cross is in my list of 5 best albums by BS and one of the best and greatest metal albums of all times, it was always in history that only the chosen ones were recognizing and enjoying the great arts!!!!!!
"They can take away our lives but they will never take our metal." 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
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you know mate, I don't have a clue how the algorithm got me here, but as soon as I read the title I was like "bloody Headless Cross, mate". And I'm not a big Black Sabath fan. I got to know this album through RazorFist, and it's definetely overlooked."later edit" I wrote the comment before you got to Judas Priest. Materie, Turbo is fantastic, I think the synths are part of Judas sound, don't realky know why people gate it, cause you got synths on Ram and Painkiller ( A touch of Evil) . not to mention Firepower. just gives a cyberpunk kinda feel and makes Judas Priest so unique. All of the synth/dark retrowave metal artists are heavily influenced by this. just listn to Meteor.
Sadus Chemical Exposure is the greatest thrash record but no one talks about it :(
Fuckin love Sadus! I heard that album for the first time one stormy night as a 14 year old kid. It was the heaviest thing I had ever heard at the time and I genuinely thought I was on fire listening to it.
@@squidzarecool720 i haven't heard such anger in a thrash album outside of that one. The production and drumming ESPECIALLY is top notch. It's what I want in an agressive piece of music
Swallowed in Black is a better Sadus album, but Sadus is generally underrated as a whole.
I feel that way with Sabbat's (JPN) The Dwelling.
"Kill In The Spirit World" is a Sabbath masterpiece. Just sayin.
Agreed!
Great video as always man!
Mayhems Wolf lair abyss and following that Grand Declaration of War are probably my hands down favorite mayhem records just because of the sheer blood curdling screams maniac delivers and even though him general yelling at me like I'm back in jrotc is kinda cringe inducing it doesnt take me out of the album experience its far more technical and noisier than most other mayhem releases (at least WLA is) and even dabbles in an industrial track which is kinda mid but shows that without Euronymous mayhem was better off and could experiment more with whatever they liked. No one ever talks about gdow really unless they shit on how cringe the general vocals are or how it isnt trve kvlt or some gay crap mostly but their both underrated gems in mayhems discography
Grand Declaration Of War is the best Mayhem album
I agree. Insane riffage and drums, lyrical content is deep and synical. It's faithful to Euronymous's original vision of black metal. It shows that you can make even more intense stuff without satanism.
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Godflesh ‘Us and Them’ is incredible!
Love that Sigh album, also my favorite so far.
Hey bro, I highly recommend a band called Sea of Deprivation. They are a pretty obscure crust/metal band. One of the best to ever do it. They had on full length Catharsis in Disharmony. I promise it won't disappoint!
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Acid Bath - when the kite string pop and pagan terrorism tactics instantly come to mind, cannot think of any better sludge metal
I’d say paegan terrorism tactics is definitely underrated, wtksp is an insanely well respected sludge album, but paegan gets swept under the rug in comparison
ACID BATH is the Metal Bands, Metal Band.
The Agents of Oblivion album the surviving members did was really good as well.
I almost listen to Autopsy's shitfun more than the three others. Im such a big fan of the first four albums that I even have em on vinyl. There is so many bangers on that album and they have never made an album like it, the closest thing autopsy has made to shitfun is in their other band called abscess, the album Urine Junkies are very close to shitfun, but overall the four first autopsy albums are probably my top 4 death metal albums of all time including the EP fiend for blood (they even had Steve DiGiorgio like in severed survival in the EP).
And on Black Sabbath, I don't think headless cross is underrated, but albums like Forgotten and Eternal Idol is underrated in my opinion. The Tony Martin era is my 2nd favorite era in the black sabbath history. Headless cross, Tyr, Forgotten, Cross Purposes and eternal Idol are top notch material in my opinion.
Jouhou is probably just as great as Inalienable Dreamless, but I think Ulterior is even more underrated by grind fans.
Thank you for including Judas Priest's Turbo, I love this one and really don't understand the hate! Point of Entry is definitely their worst album for me (Halford, Demolition is worse), total snorefest!
Agreed. Ram It Down too!
Violent Durge stuff. Obscure and underrated.
Do you know Tuco aka Vintage Vinyl Hunter channel? He used to play bass on Xenomorph. I think he still plays bass on Diabolic Possession nowadays.
The entire Tony Martin era from Sabbath is highly underrated. Headless Cross, TYR and The Eternal Idol are definitely some of their best albums in my opinion. It's just such a shame they were so poorly marketed that not many people, including Sabbath fans actually know they exist.
Necrophobic-Hrimsthum, Ofermod-Tiamtu, Arckanum-Antikosmos, Goatwhore-The Eclipse of Ages into Black, Vital Remains-Dawn of the Apocalypse
Thoughts on Grausamkeit Wyatt? Probably more underground than underrated.
I'd personally pick the debut over Jouhou if I had to pick the most underrated Discordance Axis album. Also a fantastic album that's even more rooted in standard grind than Jouhou is, and like nobody talks about it
Omg like this guy
Keep up the work dude
I love all Sabbath eras and I'll take Headless Cross up there with Sabotage, Heaven and Hell, Born Again, Paranoid. It's that good to me.
I think the short 'Seventh Star' era of Sabbath gets highly overlooked. Not only that people genuinely think that it is a glorified solo Iommi album.
Also regarding underrated albums, I'd throw Blood on Ice in that mix.
More fan sound in the background please
WRATHCHILD AMERICA - CLIMBIN' THE WALLS !
And they do a boss cover of Pink Floyd's "Time".
Have you ever heard of the band insanity cult? They're a Greek black metal band and they're fucking amazing and way too underrated. Their sound is kinda similar to inhumane minimalism so I think you'll love them
Mastodon The Hunter definitly fits this category ;)
I have a couple albums to add
divine intervention - slayer
so far so good so what? - megadeth
a dramatic turn of events - dream theater
cannibal corpse - vile
Lately it has been Imaginos by B.O.C. Unfortunately, Sony dropped them after this incredible album was released.
Underrated to who is question. Can't say these are what you say they are.
You have to listen the band Aspid and his one and only album released Extravasation, i think you will get a surprise about how incredible his album is.
5:53 What do you think about Rainer Landfermann’s solo album?
@Vae Victis last time I checked one of them gave it 100% and the other gave it 0% lmao
Once sent from the golden hall
Demolition Hammer - Epidemic of Violence
Off topic random question but what are your thoughts on razorfist and his metal mythos series
Really good and well made regardless of his personal opinion on specific albums
Wish he would focus on that more instead of his pseudo conservative commentary videos
@@wyattxhim I personally enjoy some of his videos as he did introduce me to some bands I enjoy Like anthem and all that but I do disagree with him about stuff like the 90s I made up a drinking game take a shot everytime he mentions the 90s being bad
@@wyattxhim It's not pseudo conservative, it's full on neocon bullshit that he figured was the way to go to make cash on YT. And since neocons are gullible tards, he made a good business decision.
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Stuff from the top of my head that I deem underrated.
Agalloch - The Serpent And The Sphere
Blut Aus Nord - Hallucinogen
Dimmu Borgir - For All Tid, maybe Stormblast
Dirge - Elysian Magnetic Fields
Evoken - Atra Mors
Godkiller - The End Of The World
Have A Nice Life - The Unnatural World
Nurse With Wound & sunn O))) - The Iron Soul Of Nothing, their best collab
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Sabbat (JPN) - The Dwelling
Summoning - With Doom We Come (but this release needs a serious reassess with its art, it’s the Cyberpunk 2077 of its type)
Wolves In The Throne Room - Celestial Lineage
Also thanks for clearing out the meaning of what is, I almost said a bunch of standalone cult titles.
Blackwater's? Underrated 😐🤣😂
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@@NAT-turners-Revenge I'm joking.
.... off the top of my head... Vader's *THE BOOK* .... amputory's *ode to gore* ... behexen *by blessing of satan* kalmah's *the black waltz* ... cannibal corpse *gallery of suicide* .... monstrosity *SPIRITUAL APOCALYPSE*
By the Blessing of Satan is the best Beherit album imo
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The Chasm rules!
to be far to turbo turbo lover is a live favourite.
True but the rest of the album isn’t