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by John Frank
Wed Oct 19, 2022 11:17 am
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Top Favorite Black Metal Albums ... rank them
Replies: 4
Views: 223

Re: Top Favorite Black Metal Albums ... rank them

Not much of a fan of traditional black metal. All but one of these are proggy. The other (Iskald) is melodic. 1. Warpstone - Daemonic Warpfire (2012) 2. Drottnar - Welterwerk (2006) 3. Thy Darkened Shade - Liber Lvcifer I: Khem Sedjet (2014) 4. Veilburner - The Obscene Rite (2016) 5. Ephel Duath - P...
by John Frank
Wed Oct 19, 2022 11:14 am
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Top Favorite Death Metal Albums ... rank them
Replies: 18
Views: 507

Re: Top Favorite Death Metal Albums ... rank them

Euro (almost all are melodeath) 1. Soilwork - The Chainheart Machine (1999) 2. Carcass - Heartwork (1994) 3. Pestilence - Malleus Maleficarum (1988) 4. Without Grief - Deflower (1997) 5. Arch Enemy - Burning Bridges (1999) 6. Ebony Tears - Tortura Insomniae (1997) 7. Sacrilege - The Fifth Season (19...
by John Frank
Thu Oct 13, 2022 10:17 am
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Top Favorite AOR / Melodic Hard Rock Albums ... rank them
Replies: 8
Views: 328

Re: Top Favorite AOR / Melodic Hard Rock Albums ... rank them

I have a compilation of around 300 songs from the 80s that I play when I am in the car with my wife. On my own, I always listen to some form of metal. The albums below have 2-3 songs that are on my compilation. 1. Journey - Frontiers 2. ZZ Top - Eliminator 3. Survivor - Vital Signs 4. Asia - s/t 5. ...
by John Frank
Wed Sep 21, 2022 1:22 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Top Favorite Melodic Metal/Hard Rock Albums ... rank them
Replies: 30
Views: 2247

Re: Top Favorite Melodic Metal/Hard Rock Albums ... rank them

Yeah - I wonder if it has anything to do with when we got into that scene? You have a bunch of second generation bands on there… Also, I think my take on it is more the bluesy aspect (like the ones I enjoy most from Extreme, Cinderella and Great White as an example are their bluesists albums) I got...
by John Frank
Wed Sep 21, 2022 12:01 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Top Favorite Melodic Metal/Hard Rock Albums ... rank them
Replies: 30
Views: 2247

Re: Top Favorite Melodic Metal/Hard Rock Albums ... rank them

The hair list … hmmm I don’t care about Ratt, Kiss, Hardcore S, SixxAM …. And what the heck is Taking Dawn? I just listened on Amazon music and I’m at a loss for words (and not in a good way hahaha). At least we agree on technical thrash :) Yeah, it looks like we do not agree on much hair metal. I ...
by John Frank
Wed Sep 21, 2022 10:59 am
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Top Favorite Melodic Metal/Hard Rock Albums ... rank them
Replies: 30
Views: 2247

Re: Top Favorite Melodic Metal/Hard Rock Albums ... rank them

The hair list … hmmm I don’t care about Ratt, Kiss, Hardcore S, SixxAM …. And what the heck is Taking Dawn? I just listened on Amazon music and I’m at a loss for words (and not in a good way hahaha). At least we agree on technical thrash :) Yeah, it looks like we do not agree on much hair metal. I ...
by John Frank
Tue Sep 20, 2022 2:05 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Top Favorite Doom & Gothic Metal Albums ... rank them
Replies: 12
Views: 387

Re: Top Favorite Doom Metal Albums ... rank them

The only doom albums that make my all-time list (and only on the "half of the album is excellent" list at that) are Nightfall and Tales of Creation. I like Turn Loose the Swans and a few Solitude Aeturnus tracks. Otherwise, it's newer doom like Crypt Sermon, Lord Vigo, Sorcerer, and others. But none...
by John Frank
Tue Sep 20, 2022 2:00 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Top Favorite NWOBHM Albums ... rank them
Replies: 7
Views: 364

Re: Top Favorite NWOBHM Albums ... rank them

I am not as big of a fan of the NWOBHM as you are. I have added a bunch of albums from this category in the past five years, but the only all-time classics for me come from Priest, Maiden, and Satan. Half of that Cloven Hoof album is great, so that could be fourth on my list.
by John Frank
Tue Sep 20, 2022 1:56 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Top Favorite Melodic Metal/Hard Rock Albums ... rank them
Replies: 30
Views: 2247

Re: Top Favorite Melodic Metal/Hard Rock Albums ... rank them

Classics 1. Dio - The Last in Line (1984) 2. Crimson Glory - Transcendence (1988) 3. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (1980) 4. Leatherwolf - Street Ready (1989) 5. Disturbed - Ten Thousand Fists (2005) 6. Hittman - s/t (1988) 7. Queensryche - The Warning (1984) 8. Savatage - Hall of the Mountain Kin...
by John Frank
Tue Sep 20, 2022 12:32 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Top Favorite Melodic Metal/Hard Rock Albums ... rank them
Replies: 30
Views: 2247

Re: Top Favorite Melodic Metal/Hard Rock Albums ... rank them

So are "classics" by definition older (70s-90s) or can they also be more recent melodic metal albums (Disturbed, Dynazty, Eclipse, etc.)?
by John Frank
Sun Aug 14, 2022 9:23 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Top concept discs I can't live without......
Replies: 6
Views: 294

Re: Top concept discs I can't live without......

Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime (1988)
Sabbat - Dreamweaver (Reflections of Our Yesterdays) (1989)
King Diamond - Abigail (1987)
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)
Zero Hour - The Towers of Avarice (2001)
by John Frank
Sun Aug 14, 2022 8:24 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Top Favorite Thrash Metal Albums ... rank them
Replies: 14
Views: 416

Re: Top Favorite Thrash Metal Albums ... rank them

Yeah, we were pretty close except on the Euro list. You have a bunch of albums on your list that I do not care for at all. 1. Celtic Frost - Into the Pandemonium 6. Sodom - Agent Orange 11. Warrant - The Enforcer 12. Living Death - World Neurosis 13. Holy Moses - New Machine of Liechtenstein 14. Ang...
by John Frank
Sun Aug 14, 2022 5:59 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Top Favorite Thrash Metal Albums ... rank them
Replies: 14
Views: 416

Re: Top Favorite Thrash Metal Albums ... rank them

I tried to play by your rules this time. US THRASH METAL 1. Metallica - ...And Justice for All (1988) 2. Mordred - In This Life (1991) 3. Death Angel - Act III (1990) 4. Holy Terror - Terror and Submission (1987) 5. Testament - The Legacy (1987) 6. Slayer - Reign in Blood (1986) 7. Forbidden - Twist...
by John Frank
Sun Aug 14, 2022 5:07 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Top Favorite Power Metal Albums ... rank them
Replies: 28
Views: 975

Re: Top Favorite Power Metal Albums ... rank them

Yeah, as you said, these things are debatable. Painkiller is clear power metal to my ears, for example. From your list, Savatage, Crimson Glory, Titan Force, and Warlord are all trad metal to me. I classify old Agent Steel as thrash. Albums like Abigail, Them, and Conspiracy sound heavier to me tha...
by John Frank
Sat Aug 13, 2022 4:51 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Top Favorite Power Metal Albums ... rank them
Replies: 28
Views: 975

Re: Top Favorite Power Metal Albums ... rank them

Judas Priest are English and KD is from Denmark, both part of Europe.... :D And Pariah is British too :) I think John was going purely by sound not geography - which I guess is fine. It wasn’t what I intended with the post but hey … Now, in terms of sound, neither of them are US power metal if you ...
by John Frank
Fri Aug 12, 2022 10:22 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Top Favorite Power Metal Albums ... rank them
Replies: 28
Views: 975

Re: Top Favorite Power Metal Albums ... rank them

I am a huge fan of American power metal. Cutting that list down to 15 was painful. For Europower, I was struggling just to find enough titles to complete the list. Only the first six Europower albums are all-time faves of mine. Everything on the American power list is an all-time fave, and there are...
by John Frank
Wed Aug 03, 2022 10:26 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Top Favorite Old-school Prog Metal Albums ... rank them
Replies: 39
Views: 1279

Re: Top Favorite Old-school Prog Metal Albums ... rank them

1. Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime (1988) 2. Watchtower - Control and Resistance (1989) 3. Spiral Architect - A Sceptic's Universe (2000) 4. Dream Theater - When Dream and Day Unite (1989) 5. Thought Industry - Songs for Insects (1992) 6. Power of Omens - Rooms of Anguish (2003) 7. GracePoint - S...
by John Frank
Tue Jan 11, 2022 6:34 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Top 100 Albums of 2021
Replies: 22
Views: 1080

Re: Top 100 Albums of 2021

Claus - In case you want to see my full list, here is the link. I do not have the energy to rank the entries, let along write blurbs anymore. I admire your dedication. https://pmx2.krose.org/forum?action=view&forum_id=1&message_id=573459 Oh, yeah I saw that one, and I forgot to ask about Vektor - w...
by John Frank
Tue Jan 11, 2022 6:31 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Top 100 Albums of 2021
Replies: 22
Views: 1080

Re: Top 100 Albums of 2021

Thanks John - wow, 58, that's a high number for sure. Anything you think I need to check out (anything that's "obvious" to you that I really missed out on)?? Are any of these unfamiliar to you? Deviant Process – Nurture Discordance - Vertex Home Style Surgery - Brain Drill Poetry Incinerate - Back ...
by John Frank
Sun Jan 09, 2022 9:57 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Top 100 Albums of 2021
Replies: 22
Views: 1080

Re: Top 100 Albums of 2021

Claus - In case you want to see my full list, here is the link. I do not have the energy to rank the entries, let along write blurbs anymore. I admire your dedication.

https://pmx2.krose.org/forum?action=vie ... _id=573459
by John Frank
Sun Jan 09, 2022 5:26 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Top 100 Albums of 2021
Replies: 22
Views: 1080

Re: Top 100 Albums of 2021

Great writeup, Claus! Thanks for the effort. We have 58 in common. Not too shabby. Thanks for tipping me off to Zornheym, Interloper, and Opera Diabolicus. Glad to see Molybaron and Nanga Parbat on your list. I have not seen them mentioned much, and they both rule. Thanks John - wow, 58, that's a h...
by John Frank
Fri Jan 07, 2022 10:53 am
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Top 100 Albums of 2021
Replies: 22
Views: 1080

Re: Top 100 Albums of 2021

Great writeup, Claus! Thanks for the effort. We have 58 in common. Not too shabby. Thanks for tipping me off to Zornheym, Interloper, and Opera Diabolicus. Glad to see Molybaron and Nanga Parbat on your list. I have not seen them mentioned much, and they both rule.
by John Frank
Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:53 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Animate - Infinite Imaginations
Replies: 4
Views: 435

Re: Animate - Infinite Imaginations

This is pretty good. Thanks for the tip.
by John Frank
Tue Jan 05, 2021 6:59 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Top 100 of 2020
Replies: 15
Views: 1166

Re: Top 100 of 2020

Great writeup, Claus. We have 38 albums in common - not too shabby! Your list introduced me to I Am Abomination and Ebonivory, so thanks for that. Thanks John. I'm surprised we don't have Havok in common, I would have thought that right up your alley ... I like Havok's first three full-lengths with...
by John Frank
Sat Jan 02, 2021 10:00 pm
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: Top 100 of 2020
Replies: 15
Views: 1166

Re: Top 100 of 2020

Great writeup, Claus. We have 38 albums in common - not too shabby! Your list introduced me to I Am Abomination and Ebonivory, so thanks for that. 99. Scardust - Strangers 97. Deadrisen – Deadrisen 93. Paralydium – World’s Beyond 92. VoidCeremony – Entropic Reflections Continuum: Dimensional Unravel...
by John Frank
Sat Mar 09, 2019 1:11 am
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: 3 "big" new releases this week, but ...
Replies: 10
Views: 2060

Re: 3 "big" new releases this week, but ...

introclaus wrote:
The Surfing Alien wrote:
btw, is the other band you are referring to Be the Wolf? I found it just yesterday from your list. Very cool stuff. May be the best pure hard rock from Italy I've ever heard.
Yup, Be the Wolf is one amazing band.
Listening to Be the Wolf now. So far, I quite like them. Thanks for the tip!
by John Frank
Thu Nov 01, 2018 11:09 am
Forum: PM: Core
Topic: The Forgotten Heroes of Prog Metal Thread
Replies: 195
Views: 63858

Re: The Forgotten Heroes of Prog Metal Thread

Cool thread. I checked out multiple releases and added the Kidd Robin disc and both Ebony Ark albums to my collection. I will add the following suggestions to the mix: All That I Bleed - Dying to Remember Catharsis - Pathways to Wholeness Caveat - Red Complex 7 – Process GracePoint - Science of Disc...