Best 90's Metal

Dagon

In no particular order after the first one:

1. Helloween |TIE|
1. Gamma Ray |TIE|
2. Morbid Angel
3. Stratovarius
4. Iced Earth
5. Rhapsody
6. Hammerfall
7. Satyricon
8. Labyrinth
9. Suffocation
10.Primal Fear
11.Running Wild
12.Primordial
13.Death
14.Control Denied
15.Marduk
16.Immortal
17.Cannibal Corpse
18.Pink Cream 69
19.Vision Divine
20,Edguy
21.Grave Digger
22.Kamelot
23.Bruce Dickinson
24.Nile
25.Pessimist
26.Ayreon
27.SymphonyX
28.Dream Theatre (of course!!)
29.Angra
30.Angelcorpse
31.Secret Sphere
32. Judas Priest

I could of course mention many more but these are the ones the spring to mind!!

By the way, I would have stuck the awesome AVANTASIA (www.tobiassammet.com) in too but it's more of a project than a proper band. All the same, I rate this material highly. Manowar and Iron Maiden don't make it in simply because they have both only had one good album in the 90's - and that just isn't good enough.

Again, please note this list is *not* in order of preference. If I had to do that I'd drive myself insane heheh...

Does anyone here have similar tastes?

Dagon

Doh! Emperor should be in there, and after seeing Nightwish at wacken last year...why not stick them in too?

I'm sure I'll think of more and more bands that I've forgotten.

Like Kreator, Anihilator and Obituary!

Doooooohhh

Karl Hungus

I scoff at thee...

You mention such fabulous bands, and yet Cradle Of Filth are not amongst these?


Well thats another one to add to your list...

As well as:

Dimmu Borgir
Opeth
Lacuna Coil
Type O Negative
Nine Inch Nails
Tristania

And just out of spite.
I met Marduk.

FreaK_BrutheR

Death Metal wise Id have to have Bathory (Blood Fire Death), Death(Leprosy) and Obituary(Slowly We Rot). Putting in albums to tell u round about the time-frame i was listening to that. about 10 years ago really. Kreator yeah them too. I dunno there was alot of good stuff about back then. Napalm Death, from enslavement to obliteration and scum everything else they did imo sucked. Anyway.....

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OSiriS

I seem to recall my taste for heavy metal getting heavier and heavier until I got 3 of deaths albums. I listened to them once and my taste returned to lighter stuff. I dunno, I like to have a vocalist that can actually sing to compliment the instruments, rather listen to some guy groan and roar into a mic.
I was always fond of Kreator and Paradise Lost ...

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Can we include Alloys? Oops /me just realised the topics true meaning

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WhiteWashMan

god, now some of these take me back.
what ****e did i listen too?
carcass, awww great stuff.
death. well, i mean, the original death metal band!
paradise lost. saw them in mcgonagles. you young uns wouldnt remember that place!!!
metallica, still the best concerts i have ever been too.
suicidal tendencies. like the band so much, i got the tattoo. mind you, its embaressing now
cannabil corpse. ahhh heppy re-birthday!
god, too many other really crappy bands to mention. although liked helloween and stuff.
mind you, these all seem to be bands that were left over from the 80's.
did any good metal bands appear in the 90's?
if the did, i think i missed them as my musical taste sort of changed when i left school in 92 and i found out there was sooo much more to listen to than people singing er, songs whilst chewing beer bottles.

black_wizardd

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by WhiteWashMan:
people singing er, songs whilst chewing beer bottles.</font>

lol, very humourous indeed

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DadaKopf

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Dagon:
In no particular order after the first one:

1. Helloween |TIE|
1. Gamma Ray |TIE|
2. Morbid Angel
3. Stratovarius
4. Iced Earth
5. Rhapsody
6. Hammerfall
7. Satyricon
8. Labyrinth
9. Suffocation
10.Primal Fear
11.Running Wild
12.Primordial
13.Death
14.Control Denied
15.Marduk
16.Immortal
17.Cannibal Corpse
18.Pink Cream 69
19.Vision Divine
20,Edguy
21.Grave Digger
22.Kamelot
23.Bruce Dickinson
24.Nile
25.Pessimist
26.Ayreon
27.SymphonyX
28.Dream Theatre (of course!!)
29.Angra
30.Angelcorpse
31.Secret Sphere
32. Judas Priest

I could of course mention many more but these are the ones the spring to mind!!

By the way, I would have stuck the awesome AVANTASIA (www.tobiassammet.com) in too but it's more of a project than a proper band. All the same, I rate this material highly. Manowar and Iron Maiden don't make it in simply because they have both only had one good album in the 90's - and that just isn't good enough.

Again, please note this list is *not* in order of preference. If I had to do that I'd drive myself insane heheh...

Does anyone here have similar tastes?</font>

Wow, you know so many bands. Why don't you tellus EVERY band you know and impress us even more.

--Kaiser--

Shut up

Dagon

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by WhiteWashMan:
god, now some of these take me back.
what ****e did i listen too?
carcass, awww great stuff.
death. well, i mean, the original death metal band!
paradise lost. saw them in mcgonagles. you young uns wouldnt remember that place!!!
metallica, still the best concerts i have ever been too.
suicidal tendencies. like the band so much, i got the tattoo. mind you, its embaressing now
cannabil corpse. ahhh heppy re-birthday!
god, too many other really crappy bands to mention. although liked helloween and stuff.
mind you, these all seem to be bands that were left over from the 80's.
did any good metal bands appear in the 90's?
if the did, i think i missed them as my musical taste sort of changed when i left school in 92 and i found out there was sooo much more to listen to than people singing er, songs whilst chewing beer bottles.</font>

Well...actually you have missed a lot of great new bands and some great material by older bands. Helloween have progressed and grown throughout the 90's, never once being left choking in the dust (like Iron Maiden, who went backwards not forwards in the 90's). They have done the impossible by keeping with the times yet with one foot firmly in their glorious past. From the list, I'm sure you can see a decent smattering of newer bands like Rhapsody and Labyrinth and probably Stratovarius who only came into their own in 94ish. These are incredible bands too, and none of them sing whilst chewing beer bottles (heheh) although if you want some deathgrunts and thrash riffs, theres plenty of that around too. Destruction have a great new album out and the new Kreator is said to be a return to the old style (I love Pleasure to Kill).

I saw Cannibal Corpse last year in dublin and they were incredible, I've also seend Morbid ANgel twice in the last year and they slay live! As do Iron Maiden...

If you were into Helloween before, you should certainly check out Gamma Ray, it's basically Kai Hansens band and he is the singer too. They are possibly the second best live band I've seen (after Iron Maiden of course)

boddah

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Dagon:
In no particular order after the first one:

1. Helloween |TIE|
1. Gamma Ray |TIE|
2. Morbid Angel
3. Stratovarius
4. Iced Earth
5. Rhapsody
6. Hammerfall
7. Satyricon
8. Labyrinth
9. Suffocation
10.Primal Fear
11.Running Wild
12.Primordial
13.Death
14.Control Denied
15.Marduk
16.Immortal
17.Cannibal Corpse
18.Pink Cream 69
19.Vision Divine
20,Edguy
21.Grave Digger
22.Kamelot
23.Bruce Dickinson
24.Nile
25.Pessimist
26.Ayreon
27.SymphonyX
28.Dream Theatre (of course!!)
29.Angra
30.Angelcorpse
31.Secret Sphere
32. Judas Priest

I could of course mention many more but these are the ones the spring to mind!!

By the way, I would have stuck the awesome AVANTASIA (www.tobiassammet.com) in too but it's more of a project than a proper band. All the same, I rate this material highly. Manowar and Iron Maiden don't make it in simply because they have both only had one good album in the 90's - and that just isn't good enough.

Again, please note this list is *not* in order of preference. If I had to do that I'd drive myself insane heheh...

Does anyone here have similar tastes?</font>

amazing. someone has managed to post a list of 32 artists, only 2 of which i have ever heard of, not to mind heard their music

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--Kaiser--

I suppose that makes you COOL or something then, boddah?

boddah

no, where the f*ck did you get the idea that that was what i was implying?

i just said that i've only heard of 2 of those bands

--Kaiser--

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by OSiriS:
I dunno, I like to have a vocalist that can actually sing to compliment the instruments, rather listen to some guy groan and roar into a mic.

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Are you implying that singers who do roar into the mic can't actually sing?
A surprising number of metal vocalists who scream and groan are fantastic singers.

And anyway, why doesnt screaming into a microphone compliment really heavy metal?

the celtic tiger

heavy metal is cack.

i too have only heard of 2/3 of those bands.

cack i say.....CACK!

black_wizardd

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by the celtic tiger:
heavy metal is cack.

i too have only heard of 2/3 of those bands.

cack i say.....CACK!</font>

All a matter of personal taste, that's what I say.

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Dagon

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by --Kaiser--:
Are you implying that singers who do roar into the mic can't actually sing?
A surprising number of metal vocalists who scream and groan are fantastic singers.

And anyway, why doesnt screaming into a microphone compliment really heavy metal?</font>

Hehehe, right now I'm listening to Angra's version of "Wuthering Heights". Anyone know who did that song originally? Well...Angra are one versatile band, they can do some fairly heavy speedy stuff but they also have laid back, easier listening stuff (like their version of w.h.). Believe it or not, this guy (Andre Matos) can sing as good as Kate Bush, not one note out of key (and I would know, I've done many years of classical piano/ear training). The only difference is the use of some electric guitars in the background and a really fantastic piece of lead guitar that obviously wasn't in the original version.

"screaming into a microphone"? Not quite...

boddah

more like farting into microphones, eh Kaiser?

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zeemoud

music is what you want it to be its so vast and openly available, so everybody has a diferent favourite

OSiriS

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by --Kaiser--:
Are you implying that singers who do roar into the mic can't actually sing?
A surprising number of metal vocalists who scream and groan are fantastic singers.

And anyway, why doesnt screaming into a microphone compliment really heavy metal?</font>

I wasn't implying anyhting, just stating that I like to hear them sing. Knowing that they are fine singers doesnt change what they are doing, and while it is to many peoples taste, it is not to mine.

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--Kaiser--

Lots of metal bands variate between screaming gutterally and singing normally, you should listen to some Opeth

Dagon

Yes, and lots of Metal bands have singers that *only* sing really melodic, difficult stuff with the precision of an opera singer. For examples, check out Rhapsody, Labyrinth, Angra, SymphonyX...open your minds to the world of music

Karl Hungus

Yeah, Opeth.
Although I personaly prefer the clean vocals there, the distorted sounds a bit too much like Death Metal Vocals for my liking...
But fantastic band none the less.

As for what Dagon said about the melodic singing, check out Nightwish. Their singer *IS* an Opera singer.

strader

In my opinion the best metal band of the 90s is Amorphis. Check out their first 3 albums, The Karellian Isthmus, Thousand Lakes and Elegy.

WhiteWashMan

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Dagon:

Hehehe, right now I'm listening to Angra's version of "Wuthering Heights". Anyone know who did that song originally? ...</font>

you will find kate bush originally did it.
good tune as well

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Black666Evil

What the **** is your problem "Dagon"?

Ok you had some good bands in there, henceforth sprung the legions of gay Metal bands mixed in like a pot of bad stew. Rhapsody sing about unicorns and Gamma ray wrote songs based on ****ing Star-anorak-Trek. How cool is that? Not very cool at all I'd wager, in fact maybe they should all be destroyed!

And that band Immortal are also a totally homosexual bunch with all manner of makeup and eyeliner. And Dream theater? they are an overly musician oriented bunch of show-offs. By the way, Wacken is called off.

Sorry to **** on your parade and all --- but it has to be done.