Good start, dude.

For me, the question always is: what do you imply when you say: "albums that everyone needs to hear at least once"?

If this is just a list of your personal favourites, fine. I have done that, it is always a good thing to do I think.
But does really everyone need to hear all your favourite albums at least once? No offense, I doubt that.

If this is supposed to imply some objectivity to some degree then I would want some more arguments with each album as to why you consider them greatest albums of all time, in order to give this list some meaning.

Really, dude, no offense intended, I am just thinking out loud now.

This looks like every other "best albums ever" list on this site.

Written by Redel on 22.05.2020 at 23:44

Good start, dude.

Thanks!

Written by Redel on 22.05.2020 at 23:44

For me, the question always is: what do you imply when you say: "albums that everyone needs to hear at least once"?

If this is just a list of your personal favourites, fine. I have done that, it is always a good thing to do I think.
But does really everyone need to hear all your favourite albums at least once? No offense, I doubt that.

If this is supposed to imply some objectivity to some degree then I would want some more arguments with each album as to why you consider them greatest albums of all time, in order to give this list some meaning.

Really, dude, no offense intended, I am just thinking out loud now.

No offense taken at all! What I mean by "should be heard by everyone" (though I do mean fans of metal and its subgenres, not literally everyone) is that if someone hasn't heard an album on this list, they've missed out on something that is either truly excellent or at least truly different/unique. Some albums on this list ARE NOT personal favorites, but I still feel they are essential for fans of metal.

I guess that can come across as self-important, but it wasn't intended as such. And you are 100% correct in that I should add mini-reviews to each selection to justify the choices. I will get to work on that soon.

Written by [user id=220667] on 22.05.2020 at 23:49

This looks like every other "best albums ever" list on this site.

I don't believe you. I think you are just upset at the lack of Hammerfall on the list

Written by Metren on 22.05.2020 at 23:53

Written by [user id=220667] on 22.05.2020 at 23:49

This looks like every other "best albums ever" list on this site.

I don't believe you. I think you are just upset at the lack of Hammerfall on the list

I don't give a rats ass about Hammerfall so guess again.

Written by [user id=220667] on 23.05.2020 at 00:02

I don't give a rats ass about Hammerfall so guess again.

That was a joke.

I like the list, Metren. It needs a few additions if it's supposed to be a list of important/influential metal albums anyone should listen to at least once though.

Written by nikarg on 26.05.2020 at 01:12

I like the list, Metren. It needs a few additions if it's supposed to be a list of important/influential metal albums anyone should listen to at least once though.

Cheers! And yeah, this list needs a lot more work

BTW "An album everyone needs to hear" is a statement about how awesome these albums are, it's not me saying everyone needs to listent to what I listen to haha.

Written by Metren on 26.05.2020 at 14:56

BTW "An album everyone needs to hear" is a statement about how awesome these albums are, it's not me saying everyone needs to listent to what I listen to haha.

Yeah, I got that, don't worry

I got/heard 20 of them. You got the right Metallica one. Don't think much of Puppets.

Man, in the last 12 years there is just one album "that everyone needs to hear at least once"?

Written by Evil Cooper on 28.05.2020 at 11:35

Man, in the last 12 years there is just one album "that everyone needs to hear at least once"?

It's like an appeal to tradition.

Written by Evil Cooper on 28.05.2020 at 11:35

Man, in the last 12 years there is just one album "that everyone needs to hear at least once"?

Those were the first forty or so albums off of the top of my head. I will be adding more newer (and older) ones too once I find the time.

Written by Troy Killjoy on 28.05.2020 at 13:57

Written by Evil Cooper on 28.05.2020 at 11:35

Man, in the last 12 years there is just one album "that everyone needs to hear at least once"?

It's like an appeal to tradition.

Yeah, I suspected it...
If I didn't find more than one album "that everyone needs to hear at least once" in more than 10 years, I'd pass to some other genre. Maybe dubstep has something more to offer?

Written by Metren on 28.05.2020 at 15:36

Written by Evil Cooper on 28.05.2020 at 11:35

Man, in the last 12 years there is just one album "that everyone needs to hear at least once"?

Those were the first forty or so albums off of the top of my head. I will be adding more newer (and older) ones too once I find the time.

Well, still it sounds weird to me that in the first 40 albums that came to your mind just one is from the last 12 years and less than 1/3 in the last 20.

Written by Evil Cooper on 28.05.2020 at 15:40

Well, still it sounds weird to me that in the first 40 albums that came to your mind just one is from the last 12 years and less than 1/3 in the last 20.

That's because I haven't listened to much metal in the last 2-3 decades. I've been too busy loving all that dubstep.

EDIT: Added 3 newer albums, that's all I got time for now. Enjoy the vastly improved less tradition-appealing list

Lots of great ones here!
At the Heart of Winter, Sad Wings..., Moontower, Epicus..., Ride the Lightning, Melissa, Dont Break..., Leprosy, Rust in Peace, Burnt Offerings, Rising, Holy Diver, Crimson, Images and Words

Nice list, a few great ones in there.

Awesome list!! So many masterpieces in there.