I see some people have mentioned My Dying Bride's 34...% Complete and Light at the End of the World. Here's another for you... "A Line of Deathless Kings" is my favourite MDB album and one of my favourite albums of all time. It's evidently divisive based on reviews here on MA and elsewhere on the internet, but I would consider it peak MDB. For me, nothing they've released since has come close to this... forlorn experience. Just typing this out has made me put the album on for another spin.

Is this not one of the most popular Nile albums?

Domination by Morbid Angel. I think it's a pretty good album but the public opinions are very mixed. The wrestler voice fits I'd argue.

Chaosphere by Meshuggah. Their best and most overlooked work.

Clearly Dehumanizer by Sabbath.
Heaviest heavy metal ever, god-tier vocalist, inspired melodies. I choose this one over all 70s Sabbath albums combined, despite their historical importance.

Huh. Well, in that case... I agree with most Nightwish fans then, lol. It's the best post-Tarja album.

Unless we're talking about live albums because I love "Showtime, Storytime" (and it has a version of "Song of Myself" without that horrible spoken word bit - the first half of SoM is quite awesome... it just gets bad when it turns into that for the last half).


I completely agree. It isn't going to beat classics like "Altars of Madness" and "Covenant" (which might be my two favorite oldschool DM albums ever), but it's a hell of a good time at least.

Gonna be killed for this one but i fucking love "The Unspoken King" by cryptopsy. I listen to contemplate regicide constantly. None so vile is def still my favorite mainly cuz of phobophile but The Unspoken King is what got me into them in the first place

I also like insineratehymn by deicide wayyyy more than any of their first albums. The lyrics are still pretty dumb but i think they are well written and get stuck in my head constantly. I fucking love the lyrics to The Gift That Keeps on Giving its definitely my favorite deicide song.

Nope, I understand what he is saying.
My favorite Maiden album will always be No Prayer for the Dying, but everybody in the world, including myself knows it is definitely not their best album. I love that album for many reasons dear to myself, and that's why its my favorite.
Everybody knows Turbo isn't Priest's best record, but I can respect and relate when someone specifically worded that it's their favorite while acknowledging that it isn't the band's best album.

The Unspoken King is not a good album however I still maintain that the first 3 tracks are worth your time before it descends into mediocrity. But hey, you do you.

Fear Of The Dark by Iron Maiden and Sorceress by Opeth are my fav albums by the 2 respective bands.

Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy, Rituals and Heretics are easily my fav Rotting Christ albums.

I also love St Anger. I'm not really a Metallica fan to be quite honest, its the only album if theirs together with Kill Em All i listen to on a semi-regular basis.

Queensryche - Rage for Order

Mindcrime is considered better in all respects - and I agree, but I love Rage so much more.

The X Factor
Russian Roulette
Flick of the Switch

I actually really dig Entombed's Same Difference.

I don’t get how people don’t like Nostradamus.

Honestly, that's probably just unpopular opinion on this site. Most metalheads I know who are into Rotting Christ generally prefer their more recent material. The Heretics I think was a bit more hit-or-miss, but the other two I'd consider to be among their better albums (not that they've ever released any bad ones).

This made me think of a non metal band but they are on the archives so...

Rush - Grace Under Pressure

This is easily one of their top 5 albums. Dark and to me the ultimate version of their guitars plus synth era. Lyrically excellent with incredible musicianship.

All three of these are great, with "Flick" and "Russian" being absolute classics.

Oh yes: Gamma Ray's 'Sign no More'.

Absolute gem of an album. It's rocking power metal, with huge (power plant-sized) energy flow going on. My top-3 album from the band with 'Power Plant' and 'No World Order!'. Totally fucking underappreciated.

It's not just this site. Look, it's also this one. As an old Rotting Christ enjoyer who knows other Rotting Christ enjoyers, there's no mistaking what the classic albums are - and they are not the last three.

The band's profile has grown and they tour more and show up at more festivals. As they should. All the years of work put in and all the notoriety from that name have paid off.

But they still close sets with songs off the first three albums - even they know what's up.

Dio - Angry Machines. So dark, so outside Dio's main work. I hated it when it came out, slowly started loving it 10 years after.