Albums I Prefer Over Their Presumed Career Highlights
Albums I Prefer Over Their Presumed Career Highlights
This list came into being after reading RaduP's [link]Getting Into: Negura Bunget[/link] article. I have always wondered why people are so in awe of Om and disregard Vîrstele Pămîntului. Since this is not the only band where I tend to prefer another album than what many perceive as the climax of a band. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.
The ranking of the list is solely based on alphabetical order
The ranking of the list is solely based on alphabetical order
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Abigor
- Totschläger (A Saintslayer's Songbook)
although Nachthymnen is an absolute classic of the Austrian Black Metal scene, Totschläger is such an array of ideas and styles that somehow manages to melt order out of chaos that I cannot withstand its appeal
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Agalloch
- Pale Folklore
Most people revere Agalloch for their masterpieces "THe mantle" and "Ashes Against the Grain", but I am just so awestruck by the track "She painted fire across the skyline" that Pale Folklore just takes the win for me.
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Amon Amarth
- Versus The World
Don't get me wrong .. both "Twilight of the Thundergod" and "With Oden On Our Side" are absolute beasts before Amon Amarth settled for a more accessible style, but both albums have their moments that I find only okay, whereas "Versus the World" is a no filler, just killer album
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Blind Guardian
- Nightfall In Middle-Earth
As a Tolkien afficionado, I have to choose this one over "Somewhere Far Beyond", although it is not just that.. for me Nightfall also has the more memorable songs in my opinion
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Dornenreich
- Her Von Welken Nächten
Well, what can I say .. I have spent quite some time with Dornenreich's discography since I shot a horrormovie with some of my students with only Dornenreich music as the score. In this time I really came to appreciate the multifacetted work that is "Her von Welken Nächten"
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Led Zeppelin
- Led Zeppelin I + II
Sure, "Led Zeppelin IV" has Stairways, but I still prefer the bluesy, tempi-diverse and almost stonerish attitude of its predecessors
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Negură Bunget
- Vîrstele Pămîntului
Don't believe that I do not appreciate Black Metal, and i certainly do not undervalue the atmosphere that "Om" creates, but Virstele has just more of the Romanian Folk elements that I love about Negura Bunget. It is totally enchanting! Try it while driving through the Carpathians.
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11.
Primordial
- To The Nameless Dead
Somehow I found this album more memorable than "The Gathering Wilderness" and I cannot even say why
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12.
Septicflesh
- Titan
While most would call "The Great Mass" their zenith, I have always found that Titan manages to interweave the metal and the symphonic parts much better.
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14.
Wolves In The Throne Room
- Celestial Lineage
"I will lay down my bones among the rocks and roots" is one of my favourite metal songs .. probably top 10 .. not just black metal, metal in general .. but "C L" draws me in a trancelike state in which I want to dance naked through a starlit forest.
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Great idea for a list, Can I borrow it and create a list myself? 
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Posts: 491 Written by John_Doe on 04.02.2023 at 12:46 of course! I am glad you like it!
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Yes, nice idea! I'll have to check some of these out
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I definitely agree with your picks on Blind Guardian and Amon Amarth. Though to be fair for the later, my favourite was always Fate Of Norns.
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