Swansong is a brilliant album. Even the tracks for the album that weren’t put on there but were released on “Wake Up and Smell the Carcass” are incredible
I'm glad I have that Celtic Frost album, Tom will never let it be reissued or be on streaming services. Even though it's their worst overall it's still got some good heavy metal songs. And that Morbid Angel would have made a really good 5 song EP.
X Factor and Virtual XI... I honestly love those two. X Factor has such a dark vibe to it and Virtual XI has some great songwriting in my honest opinion. I also listened to another controversial Maiden album for the first time recently, namely "No Prayer for the Dying". I also like that one a lot more than most do. It's a bit daft, but mostly actually good when you accept the style it's going for.
@@ThatMetalBloke I just kind of like the vibe of the two Blaze albums, so I can forgive that he sounds a bit awkward on those songs at times. They could have written something more fitting of his vocals, like they did back with Paul Dianno. His voice was perfect for the Killers album, because the songs were written to suit him.
I'm convinced that Celtic Frost's "Cold Lake" would have done much better if they had used their old logo and not included any band photos. Certainly a flawed album, but some of the tracks are pretty good. "(Once) They Were Eagles" is very heavy and "Downtown Hanoi" has a bit of a Bowie feel to it. As for Iron Maiden's X-Factor", it has really grown on me over the years, despite not being among their best releases. It's atmospheric, gloomy, and contains some epic songs like "Fortunes Of War" and "The Sign Of The Cross". I also really like that Cro-Mags album as well. Take care!
I like all the albums you mencioned. Some of them were the introduction to those bands. But i gotta admit that ST Anger is not a easy listen because of that production. Anyway, great video lad!
I firmly believe that cold lake was a great album for what it is. It’s blackened glam. I think if it would have been a side project called cold lake instead of a Celtic frost album, it would be revered instead of hated
Good choices here! For Maiden I'd probably have gone with No Prayer for the Dying. What are your thoughts on Once More Round the Sun by Mastodon? Was an absolute crushing disappointment for me, but not that I was that satisfied with The Hunter
"Diabolus in Musica" was not that bad. At least it was better than "Repentless" and "Undisputed Attitude." It was not a Nu metal album, it was Groove metal with Alternative metal.
I Love Iron Maiden's The X Factor, but I can't say I care much for Virtual XI (Except for Clansman & Futureal). If I were to rank IM's albums without Bruce on Vocals my ranking would be: 1. The X Factor 2. KIllers 3. Iron Maiden 4. Virtual XI
I'm going to give that Cro Mags album a listen, I love The Age of Quarrel and Before the Quarrel is really good. Can't wait to hear your hardcore list.
Legend has it this fella roams around talking to a camera in a beautiful open field non stop day n night for all eternity… long before anyone else was here and will continue long after we’re all gone one day
@@jonzaker8880 Super Collider is good. It's not a Thrash album, but it's a solid traditional Heavy Metal album. It's better then 13, The Lame, The boring, and the Dread, Dystopia, The World Needs a Hero, and Risk. To be fair I don't like Dystopia because it's over produced and Dave's voice is done. Songs are good. At this point Megadeth needs someone else co-singing
The one with Chris Adler drumming was alright. I'm not really a Megadeth fan. I saw them at Welcome to Rockville with Adler drumming it was a cool set. It was awhile ago. I'm a Testament fan. Dark Roots of Earth was really good album probably one of my go to when I can't find anything to listen to Lol😂. I know Jimmy Degrasso was drumming for Megadeth and he's good. He was on Suicidal Tendencies suicidal for life considered one of the worst albums from that band. useless information.
Blaze co-wrote Man on the Edge. And most of the more classic sounding songs. You should listen to his solo stuff. Highly underrated singer/songwriter. He has his unique sound. And I love it!
Loving your videos. 👍 I'm not familiar with most of these albums (just not my cups of tea), but I would say X Factor was my least favourite Maiden album. 3 songs I liked ok (the first 3, I think). Not a terrible album, but their worst IMO. I didn't mind Virtual XI. That one had more songs that I liked.
Which part of the country are you taking your walks on? Just curious... Celtic Frost are one of my fav bands (Into the Pandemonium is in my Top 10 fav albums of all time), but yeah, Cold Lake is a hard one to love...
Ah yes,i like Prophecy but that`s about it,a true folly. Dictionary Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more folly /ˈfɒli/ noun 1. lack of good sense; foolishness. "an act of sheer folly" 2. a costly ornamental building with no practical purpose, especially a tower or mock-Gothic ruin built in a large garden or park.
That was the most positive 'worst' albums video I have seen. Another great video. I have never listened to it but isn't there a Six Feet Under album that makes it onto every worst of list?
@@Simon-T. Very true. Their last one (at least). I'm glad you brought them up. There are some hilarious UA-cam reviews, panning it. Really funny. Plus a few of the Graveyard Classics covers albums, maybe every one, are very bad. I think one of them was a cover album of the whole of AC/DC's Back In Black, unless I am mistaken. I've heard bits of them all, here and there. If their aim, as a DM band, was to be putrid, stinking and vile, they've succeeded but probably not how they'd want. I mean Back In Black. Pure Rock n' Roll. In a Death Metal stylee. Who needs that shit? Not me.
The thing I don't get about people being apoplectic about Illud is that everyone felt like the industrial/aggrotech sound came out of nowhere despite Trey openly and transparently showing his newfound love for club techno above death metal for at least a few years leading up to it. If people paid more attention...
In my opinion, "Cold lake" and "The X Factor" are both pretty good, provided one ignores the band name on the cover. "St. Anger" is half-baked. Some good ideas but the whole affair is really messy. "Diabolus in Musica" is B-O-R-I-N-G. That being said, I dig your list and your arguments.
The burning red is a masterpiece! Some of it is a product of the times in metal but its excellent. Supercharger has a few goid songs. The emotion and riffs are there. But maybe supercharger is a bit nostalgia for me as i was 21 at the time.
You made a perfect point, and I also always repeat the same: the main issue with St. Anger is not the poor production/mixing, because a lot of metal albums (especially from 80's or 90's) are not well produced, nonetheless great riffs and songs on them compensate for this. Unfortunately this is not the case with St. Anger. The album just suffers terribly from a lack of good/worthy musical ideas. Most riffs sounds very forced, coarse and uninspired. The same applies to lyrics - most of them are awful. Only songs I somehow dig are the title track and The unnamed felling. Rest can go to a bin for me. Metallica is a great band. I justify this decline in creativity by the deep internal crisis they were undergoing then - the departure of Jason, addiction porblems of James, and ego problems of James and Lars.
Will check out that Cro Mags album, love Age Of Quarrel. Whenever I think of worst albums, Nightmares Of The Decomposed by Six Feet Under comes to mind
Never listened to Black Sabbath, but I just checked out their supposedly absolute worst, Forbidden (the new Anno Domini 89-95 box set Tomi Iomi Remix) and it's a pretty decent album in itself on first listen.
Diabolus in Musica bangs compared to absolute wreck that was Repentless Also, if you want more insane Celtic Frost stuff you can only listen to on youtube, check out the weird, weird EP/demo from 2002 called ''Prototype''. It's almost universally hated but its a demo for a reason. And that reason is because its weird electronic hip-hop and Tom G is rapping his butt off.
"Diabolus in Musica" was actually the first slater album i listened to and imo it wasn't even that bad and not even their worst album, close but not the worst.
Gotta agree about the X Factor, I had high hopes as I didn't think much of Fear Of The Dark apart from a few songs, so I thought they needed a shot in the arm maybe, loved Wolfsbane's EP All Hells Breaking Loose... but I have to say I was so disappointed when I heard Blaze on that album, the tunes had so much potential but Blaze just didn't fit, I was a happy camper when Bruce and H came back into the fold.
agreed. weird thing is imo im not sure how many singers cd have been a better fit but then again it didnt work..i guess we were so used to bruce smashing it so well
@@steve-vx3lx Yeah I guess after D'ianno Bruce really could only ever be their singer, even the multiple covers of Maiden songs with amazing singers it still doesn't beat Bruce's performance, it's just his tone and delivery that is uniquely his own I guess.
I agree wholeheartedly about Load. I'm actually a huge fan of that album. The vast majority of the songs are incredible, with noticeable standouts being The House Jack Built, Until It Sleeps, Bleeding Me, Mama Said, and The Outlaw Torn.
I don’t care much for the majority of the songs in Load but some of the songs on there are incredible. I agree with the songs you listed, except I personally would replace Mama Said with King Nothing.
@@raulramirez9657 Right on. King Nothing is good, but the reason I elevated Mama Said is due to my upbringing. I come from a family where country dominates the radio, and although I'm not a fan of modern pop-country, I adore outlaw country, folk, and Americana. Listening to Mama Said feels like home.
When I am in a morose, unhealthy mindset, St Anger is one of the best albums to listen to. Some Kind of Monster, Dirty Window, Invisible Kid and Unnamed Feeling, are aggressive, unhinged and destructive songs. You can get swept up in the madness of yelling out the lyrics. The raw, unfiltered production style gives the songs a live, and unplanned vibe, which suits the dark themes. Even the predictable, repetitive song structures alude to a lack of care, an abandonement of artistic endeavour. These songs need to be expressed right fuckn now! When you are in an awful mood, feeling isolated but stuck with your own worst enemy yourself, then spinning a few tracks from St Anger will definitely see you through. As an end note, I think Frantic is one of the best songs Metallica has ever written and I can listen to it, whatever the weather within. It is an absolutely killer song to have cranking in the headsets when you are going for a run!
So for me, I think if it's not for the latest album imperial, infestissumam is probably my favorite overall from says one whole album. I think the debut has good strong tracks in the first three not counting the intro, but after that most of them kind of sound the same in particular stand by him, Satan prayer, and death kneel. Meliora is a well-produced album and has some good songs on it, but there are some tracks that while I like them I don't think are as great as what other people think on that album or I think other tracks on other albums are better than those. Those being he is Majesty absolution and Deus in absentia . I also think infestissumam has a better flow from beginning to end compared to the other albums with the exception of imperia
As a massive Queensryche fan I have to admit that "Dedicated To Chaos" is an absolute stinking pile of S#&T. i know how great they were back in the 80's but this album was a complete disaster from start to finish.
I must be the only one that thinks Slipknot’s album “All hope is gone” was good. Unlike their other albums; I can listen all the way through it without losing myself after at least the fifth track
I wasn't into them but a couple of years ago I heard that the DM band, Massacre, managed to almost commit career suicide, with the follow up to their influential 1st album, From Beyond, with a 2nd album, 5 years later, called Promise. It gets a 6% average rating, from 9 reviews, on The Metal Archives. I checked it on UA-cam and it truly does sound like shooting ones own self in the foot with a Trident, Polaris, Cruise and Scud missile all at once.
Totally agree with what you said about St Anger. That's the album that made me give up on Metallica. Bit surprised that Risk by Megadeth isn't here, but it could be argued that it's not a metal album, it's more of a rock album. And I kinda like it. Fight me. lol
I wanna defend the songs St. Anger, Frantic, & Dirty Window from St. Anger, but only when played live. I can't defend the studio versions. Also All Withing My Hands is good when acoustic, or acoustic with orchestra.
I disagree with some of these for sure. St Anger I've always thought was an incredible album front to back (probably didn't help that it was the first Metallica album I ever bought when I was a teenager so I absorbed it like a sponge). I also think Diabolus in Musica is extremely underrated and Stain of Mind, In the Name of God and Point are some of the best songs Slayer ever wrote.
Infestissumam is better than the first album, it has a lot of variety which makes for an enjoyable listen. Ghuleh / Zombie Queen and Year Zero are two of Ghost's better songs
Sorry, Infestissumam IS a great album, In fact it is their best album. Meliora is a great album too but missing that rawness. Infestissumam is where the band were feeling out their commercial side but had enough of the occult rock fuzz that made them so appealing in the early days.
It ruined the entire album. Without it, the album would have probably actually been decent, or at least listenable. I think it would still be Metallica's worst album, regardless, but it definitely wouldn't be as bad without that snare.
What about catharsis? I am surprised that album didn’t make it on this list, but supercharger did. Supercharger was forgettable bad, but catharsis was just bad for the wrong reasons.
I've defended Diabolus in Musica since it came out. Bitter Peace is one of Slayer's best tracks, and easily their best OPENING track out of any album. Fight me. The album has some misses, but if you pull your head out and use your ears you realize that they have WAY worse albums than this in their catalog. Like everything after God Hates Us All. And their first two albums. And Undisputed Attitude, but I don't know if that even counts.
I will always defend St. Anger. Yes...the production (intentional....and now they joke about it). Yes, the solos (intentional). Yes, the length of some tracks (it's more of a studio project than meant to be played live). But it goes along well with the SKOM documentary, and the rehearsal DVD that came with the CD made me appreciate the "songwriting" even more. Having said that, I'll be the fanboy and say I've watched the DVD and listened to this album countless times. Some of their best and most aggressive "songwriting" does appear on this album. Cheer s \m/
That may be an unpopular opinion, but I really dislike Three Days Grace's first album. I Hate Everything About You resonates with me despite how low-key juvenile and simple the lyrics are, but the album is just as juvenile and sounds like something written by a fried frat boy who's learning about emotions for the first time. That was a big disappointment. I'm happy they grew out of it eventually.
I thought, the worst metal album ever is Killer Fox "Orgasm of death". I appreciate Cold Lake (but it shouldn't have been published as Celtic Frost) Swansong and Illud (I love death metal, the industrial ingredients made it even heavier, and I am morbid is their catchiest song ever). I'll listen to the mentioned records (except those from Ghost and Slayer, I got them, but they don't left any impression (not good, not bad) for me.
Cold Lake ain't glam. It has nothing in common with it, except the horrendous back cover photo, and maybe some of Warrior's vocal "stylings". I don't get any Poison, Warrant etc. vibes from it, not what I would call a commercial sell-out album. It's mainly thrash at its core, a few good songs, Roses Without Thorns is brilliant. Their all albums were different from each other, Vanity/Nemesis is fantastic, up there with the first 3.
Illud kicks ass. If it weren't MA, it would have been respected from day one. Because it's MA, they changed it, so it must suck... 🤔 I rather like it, so good on them.
Horrible. Just horrible. The fact that it was MA makes it even more horrible considering that we know they were more than capable of doing something far better. And Vincent was just horrible on that album.
Hell yeah, Swansong! I don't care what people say about this album, i fucking love it (yes, it's a harsh one after Heartwork, but in context they made it as a "fuck you" to their label at the time....at least legend has it). Siren Charms - in Flames = unlistenable.
Agreed. There are some great tracks on Swansong. Not a single bad album in their discography for me. In Flames have been very hit and miss over the years which is a real shame because when they get it right they are so good
I like Death Magnetic but that production sucks. Rick Rubin sucks. I don't mind Supercharger, there's some great songs. Too long though. I have the Parched With Thirst compilation. It has some tracks from Cold Lake and I don't mind them. Vanity/Nemesis is fantastic though. I cant sit through Into the Pandemonium. I didn't like Alpha and Near Death initially, but I bought them last year and I like them now. Sometimes the listener needs to mature into an album. I look at that Morbid Angel album same as I do Into the Pandemonium. It was an experiment, some of it works and some of it doesn't. I love Diabolus In Musica. It's probably Slayer's darkest album. The production is fantastic. You can hear Kerry playing Tom's bass parts. Some great songs like Bitter Peace and Point, it just lags on Kerry's songs. This is better then Repentless! I liked Swansong initially, didn't age well for me. Good songs but lacks any real passion. I loved Ghost in that era. Year Zero was the song that really turned me onto them. I still listen to that album. All hope is Gone has got great tracks, it's just not cohessive in anyway. This feels like an album that was written during covid where everyone wrote their thing at home, it all got submitted and put together. Bruce does the Blaze stuff really well live. I'm glad that he'll do that stuff live, not all bands would.
I really enjoy Death Magnetic even though the production leaves a lot to be desired. I also can't stand Rick Rubin. One of the most overrated people in the music industry
I know Scorpio Rising by Prong is the least fav of their catalog even Tommy the lead singer hates that album. But I'm one of the few that likes it. I'm also one of the 5 people on this planet to like Promise by Massacre. lol
I have what is going to probably be the spiciest take in the entire comments section but 100% genuine opinion. All Hope Is Gone is the best Slipknot album - and by that I mean it's the only one that doesn't make me cringe when I hear it. You know that impulsive cringe you get when you hear Limp Bizkit? Slipknot does that for me. I think All Hope Is Gone is actually still a bad album, but it's the one that gets the least visceral reaction from me.
All Metallica albums after "Master of Puppets". Ps: "And Justice For All" could have been a Fantastic album but because James and Lars Wicked and Cruel streak by Sabotating Jason work on the album on a Utterly Despicabale and Disgusting way "And Justice For All" it's another Metallica album "outside" the 1st 3 Metallica releases but even so can be better than the Massive Pile of Shit that is the Metallica catalogue after that. By selling their Soul to mainstream for fame and fortune Lars and James turn the back and betrayed the Real True Metallica fans becoming a Absolute Disgrace/Joke of a metal( well that's debatable)band who nowadays sell out arenas wuth 2/3 of the audience being Millennials and Kardashian like people with brand new Metallica T-shirts taking selfies for hours on end to post on Instagram. And all those people don't even know a single word from a Metallica song. A very Sad and Laughable life that they deserve it big time for being Greedy, Wicked and Immoral human beings.
I still can find some quality in "Ride the lighting" and "and justice for all". EVERYTHING after that, is pure mainstream metal. Don't care how many people the black album brought to metal, Metallica is an awful representation of metal.
No Prayer for the dying and Final Frontier .......worst Maiden albums . Blaze was just side project that failed . They were his backing band , lol , FAIL .
Peronally i think All Hope is Gone is their 3rd best album after Iowa being the best and S/T coming in second , AHIG has some of the best Slipknot songs like Sulfur , This Cold Black and Gematria
Can't like Diabolus In Musica, sorry. It's them trying to be nu or groove metal. Maybe it's another thing...i really don't know what the hell is, to be honest. I throw that album into the bin, without thinking. All hope is gone is a good album. I kinda lost interest in Slipknot after that album.
Swansong by Carcass is good shit and there was a video disc with St anger that had them jamming the songs with a raw feel that should have been the album.
Swansong is great. I have the 2 disc version of St Anger you are talking about and agree that the filmed performance is better than the album. Still a lot of bloated songs though
I can't really think of a terrible album in all honesty as I usually find some part of them enjoyable. I know I have made a lot of "Most Hated" videos but I am usually quite complimnetary of the albums/bands I speak about. I guess the main thing I wanted to highlight in this video was that a lot of the albums we have been led to believe are terrible are not actually that bad at all
St. Anger is bad, but I hate Load and ReLoad even more. And I'm also not a fan of that boring, mainstream Black album. As for Machine Head, they have several bad albums. That Catharsis album is absolute garbage. I have no idea what they were thinking writing that. The Slayer album isn't great, but that's a band I would never include on a list like this. Too much respect for them.
Load is way better than St Anger in my opinion but each to their own. Catharsis has a couple of good tracks but Supercharger was just trying to capitalise on the Nu-Metal trend of the time. I included Diabolous because it is constantly slated and I wanted to defend it just like I did with many of the other albums in my list
Actually didn't mind the St. Anger album by Metallica though i wouldn't say it was their best album . It had its moments . Same deal with Slayer and Slipknot in the albums mentioned . They had their moments but nothing that stick out overly impactful . Just my opinion . Take it as that .
No worries. My main point with this video was to point out that they are not terrible albums like a lot of people seem to say they are. Just not the best
Worst albums for me 1) Kreator-Renewal 2)Venom-Calm Before the Storm 3)Danzig -Blackacidevil 4) Unleashed-Warriors 5) Megadeth - Risk 6) Judas Priest - Ram it Down 7) Motorhead - Snake Bite Love 8) Agnostic Front - Riot, Riot, Upstart & Dead Yuppies. 9) Body Count - Murder for Hire 10) Slayer - Repentless
St.Anger. I got a version, that has the DVD with it and they play the album live in some garage type thing. It was way tolerable listening to it that way, but yeah. It's arse.
Swansong is a brilliant album. Even the tracks for the album that weren’t put on there but were released on “Wake Up and Smell the Carcass” are incredible
Like emotional flatline. Great tune.
@ that riff lives in my head
I liked it actually.
Hell yeah for the Swansong love. Those first three tracks melt my brain!
Great album in my opinion. So many great riffs
I'm glad I have that Celtic Frost album, Tom will never let it be reissued or be on streaming services. Even though it's their worst overall it's still got some good heavy metal songs. And that Morbid Angel would have made a really good 5 song EP.
I agree on Cold Lake. I actually enjoyed a lot of what I heard and I think the the Morbid Angel album was a fun listen
I ❤ Diabolus in Musica by Slayer. It’s the first slayer album I ever bought. Killer video.
X Factor and Virtual XI... I honestly love those two. X Factor has such a dark vibe to it and Virtual XI has some great songwriting in my honest opinion.
I also listened to another controversial Maiden album for the first time recently, namely "No Prayer for the Dying". I also like that one a lot more than most do. It's a bit daft, but mostly actually good when you accept the style it's going for.
I think if they had just let X Factor in the oven a bit longer it would easily make top 5 Maiden
I think that the songwriting and instrumentation are great but Blaze's vocals really let them down. Not a bad vocalist, just not for Maiden
@@ThatMetalBloke I just kind of like the vibe of the two Blaze albums, so I can forgive that he sounds a bit awkward on those songs at times.
They could have written something more fitting of his vocals, like they did back with Paul Dianno. His voice was perfect for the Killers album, because the songs were written to suit him.
I'm convinced that Celtic Frost's "Cold Lake" would have done much better if they had used their old logo and not included any band photos. Certainly a flawed album, but some of the tracks are pretty good. "(Once) They Were Eagles" is very heavy and "Downtown Hanoi" has a bit of a Bowie feel to it. As for Iron Maiden's X-Factor", it has really grown on me over the years, despite not being among their best releases. It's atmospheric, gloomy, and contains some epic songs like "Fortunes Of War" and "The Sign Of The Cross". I also really like that Cro-Mags album as well. Take care!
Nah, it was fucking awful.
I like all the albums you mencioned. Some of them were the introduction to those bands. But i gotta admit that ST Anger is not a easy listen because of that production. Anyway, great video lad!
I firmly believe that cold lake was a great album for what it is. It’s blackened glam. I think if it would have been a side project called cold lake instead of a Celtic frost album, it would be revered instead of hated
Good choices here! For Maiden I'd probably have gone with No Prayer for the Dying.
What are your thoughts on Once More Round the Sun by Mastodon? Was an absolute crushing disappointment for me, but not that I was that satisfied with The Hunter
"Diabolus in Musica" was not that bad. At least it was better than "Repentless" and "Undisputed Attitude." It was not a Nu metal album, it was Groove metal with Alternative metal.
Diabolis in Musica is awful
@jonathantrotter8544 No it wasn't. It was better than all the albums on the list. I don't know why is on the thumbnail when is not even mentioned.
It is mentioned in the video. Album number 6
I think the only truly bad Slayer album is the punk covers one. Every studio album after Seasons hovers around 7/10.
Yes, I totally agree.
Just found your channel, and subscribed. Looks like I have a lot of binge watching to do....
Thanks a lot. Hope you enjoy the videos my fellow bloke 🤘
I Love Iron Maiden's The X Factor, but I can't say I care much for Virtual XI (Except for Clansman & Futureal).
If I were to rank IM's albums without Bruce on Vocals my ranking would be:
1. The X Factor
2. KIllers
3. Iron Maiden
4. Virtual XI
I'm going to give that Cro Mags album a listen, I love The Age of Quarrel and Before the Quarrel is really good. Can't wait to hear your hardcore list.
Let me know what you think. It is an aquired taste for sure but I think it is great
Legend has it this fella roams around talking to a camera in a beautiful open field non stop day n night for all eternity… long before anyone else was here and will continue long after we’re all gone one day
I'm surprised that Risk from Megadeth was not on here. I love Megadeth but that whole album is terrible.
Super collider wasn't much better.
crazy enough I liked it , I thought Cryptic Writings was much worse ,
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@@jonzaker8880 Super Collider is good. It's not a Thrash album, but it's a solid traditional Heavy Metal album. It's better then 13, The Lame, The boring, and the Dread, Dystopia, The World Needs a Hero, and Risk. To be fair I don't like Dystopia because it's over produced and Dave's voice is done. Songs are good. At this point Megadeth needs someone else co-singing
The one with Chris Adler drumming was alright. I'm not really a Megadeth fan. I saw them at Welcome to Rockville with Adler drumming it was a cool set. It was awhile ago. I'm a Testament fan. Dark Roots of Earth was really good album probably one of my go to when I can't find anything to listen to Lol😂. I know Jimmy Degrasso was drumming for Megadeth and he's good. He was on Suicidal Tendencies suicidal for life considered one of the worst albums from that band. useless information.
Ironically St. Anger went multi platinum and won a grammy which is mind blowing.
Blaze co-wrote Man on the Edge. And most of the more classic sounding songs. You should listen to his solo stuff. Highly underrated singer/songwriter. He has his unique sound. And I love it!
Some of these are definitely bad but the worst ever is completely ridiculous
Can you make the ten favorite non metal artists? Or albums? Or songs?
Loving your videos. 👍
I'm not familiar with most of these albums (just not my cups of tea), but I would say X Factor was my least favourite Maiden album. 3 songs I liked ok (the first 3, I think). Not a terrible album, but their worst IMO. I didn't mind Virtual XI. That one had more songs that I liked.
Which part of the country are you taking your walks on? Just curious...
Celtic Frost are one of my fav bands (Into the Pandemonium is in my Top 10 fav albums of all time), but yeah, Cold Lake is a hard one to love...
Nostradamus is up there amongst the worst i'v ever heard. It's like the Star Wars prequels of metal, being over-bloated, pretentious and.... 💩
Ah yes,i like Prophecy but that`s about it,a true folly.
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It is a tough album to get through that's for sure
That was the most positive 'worst' albums video I have seen. Another great video.
I have never listened to it but isn't there a Six Feet Under album that makes it onto every worst of list?
@@Simon-T. Very true. Their last one (at least). I'm glad you brought them up. There are some hilarious UA-cam reviews, panning it. Really funny. Plus a few of the Graveyard Classics covers albums, maybe every one, are very bad. I think one of them was a cover album of the whole of AC/DC's Back In Black, unless I am mistaken. I've heard bits of them all, here and there. If their aim, as a DM band, was to be putrid, stinking and vile, they've succeeded but probably not how they'd want.
I mean Back In Black. Pure Rock n' Roll. In a Death Metal stylee. Who needs that shit? Not me.
@@LouisWinthorpe622 That was it... the Back in Black covers album
Cheers mate. I find it difficult to talk badly about albums even in a most hated list 🤣
The thing I don't get about people being apoplectic about Illud is that everyone felt like the industrial/aggrotech sound came out of nowhere despite Trey openly and transparently showing his newfound love for club techno above death metal for at least a few years leading up to it. If people paid more attention...
It's just trendy to slag off Cold Lake because of the look, the riffs are still sinister
I really need a long walk in the countryside on a nice day, cheers!
Machinehead - Catharsis is way worse than Supercharger... IMO... Not a single song on there I remotely liked.
In my opinion, "Cold lake" and "The X Factor" are both pretty good, provided one ignores the band name on the cover. "St. Anger" is half-baked. Some good ideas but the whole affair is really messy. "Diabolus in Musica" is B-O-R-I-N-G. That being said, I dig your list and your arguments.
In a world of Metallica why choose st anger when the fuck god awful lulu exists
"Lulu" is a Lou Reed album in collaboration with Metallica that's why... Boring album as f***
The burning red is a masterpiece! Some of it is a product of the times in metal but its excellent. Supercharger has a few goid songs. The emotion and riffs are there. But maybe supercharger is a bit nostalgia for me as i was 21 at the time.
My top 10
10 . Marduk viktoria 2018 .
9 . Exciter the dark command 1997 .
8 . Suicide silence become the hunter 2020 .
7 . Venom fallen angels 2011 .
6 . Slipknot we are not your kind 2019 .
5 . Dimmu borgir enonian 2018 .
4 . Pantera the great southern trendkill 1996 .
3 . slipknot mate feed kill repeat 1996 .
2 . Venom calm before the storm 1987 .
1 . Kittie oracle 2001 .
I went to college with you…. Well, probably 10 of you. 😂 Love the passion
You made a perfect point, and I also always repeat the same: the main issue with St. Anger is not the poor production/mixing, because a lot of metal albums (especially from 80's or 90's) are not well produced, nonetheless great riffs and songs on them compensate for this. Unfortunately this is not the case with St. Anger. The album just suffers terribly from a lack of good/worthy musical ideas. Most riffs sounds very forced, coarse and uninspired. The same applies to lyrics - most of them are awful. Only songs I somehow dig are the title track and The unnamed felling. Rest can go to a bin for me. Metallica is a great band. I justify this decline in creativity by the deep internal crisis they were undergoing then - the departure of Jason, addiction porblems of James, and ego problems of James and Lars.
Loving your videos
I love all hope is gone personally, dig the production and the groove metal direction they went with. Gematria riff is insane too
Will check out that Cro Mags album, love Age Of Quarrel. Whenever I think of worst albums, Nightmares Of The Decomposed by Six Feet Under comes to mind
Never listened to Black Sabbath, but I just checked out their supposedly absolute worst, Forbidden (the new Anno Domini 89-95 box set Tomi Iomi Remix) and it's a pretty decent album in itself on first listen.
Sweet Amber on St. Anger is an awesome song.
Diabolus in Musica is Slayers best album with Paul as the drummer. The writing fit to his playing style the best.
Diabolus in Musica bangs compared to absolute wreck that was Repentless
Also, if you want more insane Celtic Frost stuff you can only listen to on youtube, check out the weird, weird EP/demo from 2002 called ''Prototype''. It's almost universally hated but its a demo for a reason. And that reason is because its weird electronic hip-hop and Tom G is rapping his butt off.
"Diabolus in Musica" was actually the first slater album i listened to and imo it wasn't even that bad and not even their worst album, close but not the worst.
I think it is way better than people give it credit for but not their best for sure
Gotta agree about the X Factor, I had high hopes as I didn't think much of Fear Of The Dark apart from a few songs, so I thought they needed a shot in the arm maybe, loved Wolfsbane's EP All Hells Breaking Loose... but I have to say I was so disappointed when I heard Blaze on that album, the tunes had so much potential but Blaze just didn't fit, I was a happy camper when Bruce and H came back into the fold.
agreed. weird thing is imo im not sure how many singers cd have been a better fit but then again it didnt work..i guess we were so used to bruce smashing it so well
Pretty much exactly how I feel about it 🤘
@@steve-vx3lx Yeah I guess after D'ianno Bruce really could only ever be their singer, even the multiple covers of Maiden songs with amazing singers it still doesn't beat Bruce's performance, it's just his tone and delivery that is uniquely his own I guess.
paul did the albums proud no arguement but even bruce smashed them
I agree wholeheartedly about Load. I'm actually a huge fan of that album. The vast majority of the songs are incredible, with noticeable standouts being The House Jack Built, Until It Sleeps, Bleeding Me, Mama Said, and The Outlaw Torn.
I don’t care much for the majority of the songs in Load but some of the songs on there are incredible. I agree with the songs you listed, except I personally would replace Mama Said with King Nothing.
@@raulramirez9657 Right on. King Nothing is good, but the reason I elevated Mama Said is due to my upbringing. I come from a family where country dominates the radio, and although I'm not a fan of modern pop-country, I adore outlaw country, folk, and Americana. Listening to Mama Said feels like home.
When I am in a morose, unhealthy mindset, St Anger is one of the best albums to listen to. Some Kind of Monster, Dirty Window, Invisible Kid and Unnamed Feeling, are aggressive, unhinged and destructive songs. You can get swept up in the madness of yelling out the lyrics.
The raw, unfiltered production style gives the songs a live, and unplanned vibe, which suits the dark themes. Even the predictable, repetitive song structures alude to a lack of care, an abandonement of artistic endeavour. These songs need to be expressed right fuckn now!
When you are in an awful mood, feeling isolated but stuck with your own worst enemy yourself, then spinning a few tracks from St Anger will definitely see you through.
As an end note, I think Frantic is one of the best songs Metallica has ever written and I can listen to it, whatever the weather within. It is an absolutely killer song to have cranking in the headsets when you are going for a run!
So for me, I think if it's not for the latest album imperial, infestissumam is probably my favorite overall from says one whole album. I think the debut has good strong tracks in the first three not counting the intro, but after that most of them kind of sound the same in particular stand by him, Satan prayer, and death kneel. Meliora is a well-produced album and has some good songs on it, but there are some tracks that while I like them I don't think are as great as what other people think on that album or I think other tracks on other albums are better than those. Those being he is Majesty absolution and Deus in absentia . I also think infestissumam has a better flow from beginning to end compared to the other albums with the exception of imperia
As a massive Queensryche fan I have to admit that "Dedicated To Chaos" is an absolute stinking pile of S#&T. i know how great they were back in the 80's but this album was a complete disaster from start to finish.
I must be the only one that thinks Slipknot’s album “All hope is gone” was good.
Unlike their other albums; I can listen all the way through it without losing myself after at least the fifth track
X Factor???Are you serious??This was a great,dark vibe album....
I wasn't into them but a couple of years ago I heard that the DM band, Massacre, managed to almost commit career suicide, with the follow up to their influential 1st album, From Beyond, with a 2nd album, 5 years later, called Promise.
It gets a 6% average rating, from 9 reviews, on The Metal Archives. I checked it on UA-cam and it truly does sound like shooting ones own self in the foot with a Trident, Polaris, Cruise and Scud missile all at once.
I have never heard that album but I will check it out
Opeth - Heritage 🤮
As far as Cro-Mags, Best Wishes 🤘🏻
I love that album but think that Alpha/Omega gets a lot of hate for no reason. Only album of theirs I struggle with is Near Death Experience
Totally agree with what you said about St Anger. That's the album that made me give up on Metallica.
Bit surprised that Risk by Megadeth isn't here, but it could be argued that it's not a metal album, it's more of a rock album. And I kinda like it. Fight me. lol
I did think about 'Risk' but I am not that familiar with it so it was tougher for me to have a real opinion on it
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All hope is gone is my favourite slipknot album
I wanna defend the songs St. Anger, Frantic, & Dirty Window from St. Anger, but only when played live. I can't defend the studio versions. Also All Withing My Hands is good when acoustic, or acoustic with orchestra.
Alpha Omega is my favorite Cro-Mags album
The track All hope is gone kicks ass!
I disagree with some of these for sure. St Anger I've always thought was an incredible album front to back (probably didn't help that it was the first Metallica album I ever bought when I was a teenager so I absorbed it like a sponge). I also think Diabolus in Musica is extremely underrated and Stain of Mind, In the Name of God and Point are some of the best songs Slayer ever wrote.
I've always enjoyed Diabolus and think there are some great songs on there. Never truly got into St Anger though unfortunately
Deathcore Metalcore dead put a fork in it !!!!
Infestissumam is better than the first album, it has a lot of variety which makes for an enjoyable listen. Ghuleh / Zombie Queen and Year Zero are two of Ghost's better songs
St Anger is a great album. Finally something heavy instead of all the shit they released before that. Load? Really?!
Machine Head is aggressively mediocre.
Near death experience by Cro-Mags is overhated. Not the best album, but I heard worse by popular bands. Overall great review
Near Death Experience is my least favourite of theirs but it is still a decent album
I think The x factor isn't the worst album but not the best and Virtual XI is way better than people say
Sorry, Infestissumam IS a great album, In fact it is their best album. Meliora is a great album too but missing that rawness. Infestissumam is where the band were feeling out their commercial side but had enough of the occult rock fuzz that made them so appealing in the early days.
I checked the poll. As of writing this Queen is in the lead by 2%, or at least that’s what is showing for me. Stop the vote! 😁
That snare drum sound was just terrible on St Anger .
It ruined the entire album. Without it, the album would have probably actually been decent, or at least listenable. I think it would still be Metallica's worst album, regardless, but it definitely wouldn't be as bad without that snare.
Truly awful snare sound but I think the songs are forgettable for the most part as well
What about catharsis? I am surprised that album didn’t make it on this list, but supercharger did. Supercharger was forgettable bad, but catharsis was just bad for the wrong reasons.
I've defended Diabolus in Musica since it came out. Bitter Peace is one of Slayer's best tracks, and easily their best OPENING track out of any album.
Fight me.
The album has some misses, but if you pull your head out and use your ears you realize that they have WAY worse albums than this in their catalog. Like everything after God Hates Us All. And their first two albums.
And Undisputed Attitude, but I don't know if that even counts.
Metal heads are just very limited thats all. As soon as a metal band tries something outside the box the fans starts to cry. 🫤
Bullshit
Ben, I like to ask people who hate St Anger this question - how would you rate the album if it were not recorded by Metallica but by some other band?
I genuinely find it boring. The only reason I ever listen to it is BECAUSE it is Metallica.
I will always defend St. Anger. Yes...the production (intentional....and now they joke about it). Yes, the solos (intentional). Yes, the length of some tracks (it's more of a studio project than meant to be played live). But it goes along well with the SKOM documentary, and the rehearsal DVD that came with the CD made me appreciate the "songwriting" even more. Having said that, I'll be the fanboy and say I've watched the DVD and listened to this album countless times. Some of their best and most aggressive "songwriting" does appear on this album. Cheer s \m/
Well said, Hetfield plays some cracking riffs on that album.
anything by slayer , anthrax, Ozzy Osbourne, van halen , Kiss , motley crue,
ted Nugent why .
That may be an unpopular opinion, but I really dislike Three Days Grace's first album. I Hate Everything About You resonates with me despite how low-key juvenile and simple the lyrics are, but the album is just as juvenile and sounds like something written by a fried frat boy who's learning about emotions for the first time. That was a big disappointment. I'm happy they grew out of it eventually.
I thought, the worst metal album ever is Killer Fox "Orgasm of death". I appreciate Cold Lake (but it shouldn't have been published as Celtic Frost) Swansong and Illud (I love death metal, the industrial ingredients made it even heavier, and I am morbid is their catchiest song ever). I'll listen to the mentioned records (except those from Ghost and Slayer, I got them, but they don't left any impression (not good, not bad) for me.
I like st anger actually ngl. Speaking of Metallica the black album is my favorite from them. I actually love it
black album listened to it once then gave the CD away
Why does Cold Lake by Celtic Frost get SOO much hate, when VANITY/ NEMESIS also SUCKS really hard? In fact, it sucks without it trying to be Glam.
Cold Lake ain't glam. It has nothing in common with it, except the horrendous back cover photo, and maybe some of Warrior's vocal "stylings". I don't get any Poison, Warrant etc. vibes from it, not what I would call a commercial sell-out album. It's mainly thrash at its core, a few good songs, Roses Without Thorns is brilliant. Their all albums were different from each other, Vanity/Nemesis is fantastic, up there with the first 3.
Illud Divinum Insanus wasn't that bad - apart from one song. Supercharger was awful, but not as bad as Catharsis.
I dont care about X Factor by Iron Maiden either - But they never disapoint with the guitar solos. NEVER!
Agreed. The instrumentation on the Blaze albums are as amazing as always. Just the vocals that let it down
Illud kicks ass. If it weren't MA, it would have been respected from day one. Because it's MA, they changed it, so it must suck... 🤔
I rather like it, so good on them.
I think the songs without industrial stuff are pretty good
Horrible. Just horrible. The fact that it was MA makes it even more horrible considering that we know they were more than capable of doing something far better. And Vincent was just horrible on that album.
Swansong and The X Factor do not belong here at all.
Hell yeah, Swansong! I don't care what people say about this album, i fucking love it (yes, it's a harsh one after Heartwork, but in context they made it as a "fuck you" to their label at the time....at least legend has it).
Siren Charms - in Flames = unlistenable.
Agreed. There are some great tracks on Swansong. Not a single bad album in their discography for me.
In Flames have been very hit and miss over the years which is a real shame because when they get it right they are so good
I like Death Magnetic but that production sucks. Rick Rubin sucks. I don't mind Supercharger, there's some great songs. Too long though. I have the Parched With Thirst compilation. It has some tracks from Cold Lake and I don't mind them. Vanity/Nemesis is fantastic though. I cant sit through Into the Pandemonium. I didn't like Alpha and Near Death initially, but I bought them last year and I like them now. Sometimes the listener needs to mature into an album. I look at that Morbid Angel album same as I do Into the Pandemonium. It was an experiment, some of it works and some of it doesn't. I love Diabolus In Musica. It's probably Slayer's darkest album. The production is fantastic. You can hear Kerry playing Tom's bass parts. Some great songs like Bitter Peace and Point, it just lags on Kerry's songs. This is better then Repentless! I liked Swansong initially, didn't age well for me. Good songs but lacks any real passion. I loved Ghost in that era. Year Zero was the song that really turned me onto them. I still listen to that album. All hope is Gone has got great tracks, it's just not cohessive in anyway. This feels like an album that was written during covid where everyone wrote their thing at home, it all got submitted and put together. Bruce does the Blaze stuff really well live. I'm glad that he'll do that stuff live, not all bands would.
I really enjoy Death Magnetic even though the production leaves a lot to be desired. I also can't stand Rick Rubin. One of the most overrated people in the music industry
@@ThatMetalBloke But we have Rick Rubin to thank for Reign in Blood.
I love Alpha Omega. I never understood the hate!
A great album. I listen to that one a lot
I know Scorpio Rising by Prong is the least fav of their catalog even Tommy the lead singer hates that album. But I'm one of the few that likes it. I'm also one of the 5 people on this planet to like Promise by Massacre. lol
I have what is going to probably be the spiciest take in the entire comments section but 100% genuine opinion. All Hope Is Gone is the best Slipknot album - and by that I mean it's the only one that doesn't make me cringe when I hear it. You know that impulsive cringe you get when you hear Limp Bizkit? Slipknot does that for me. I think All Hope Is Gone is actually still a bad album, but it's the one that gets the least visceral reaction from me.
Fair enough mate. I enjoy a lot of their songs but totally get it if you don't 🤘
St. Anger is in my opinion def the best metallica album
Go fight me in the comments (i wont read it but have fun haha)
All Metallica albums after "Master of Puppets".
Ps: "And Justice For All" could have been a Fantastic album but because James and Lars Wicked and Cruel streak by Sabotating Jason work on the album on a Utterly Despicabale and Disgusting way "And Justice For All" it's another Metallica album "outside" the 1st 3 Metallica releases but even so can be better than the Massive Pile of Shit that is the Metallica catalogue after that.
By selling their Soul to mainstream for fame and fortune Lars and James turn the back and betrayed the Real True Metallica fans becoming a Absolute Disgrace/Joke of a metal( well that's debatable)band who nowadays sell out arenas wuth 2/3 of the audience being Millennials and Kardashian like people with brand new Metallica T-shirts taking selfies for hours on end to post on Instagram. And all those people don't even know a single word from a Metallica song.
A very Sad and Laughable life that they deserve it big time for being Greedy, Wicked and Immoral human beings.
I agree with you. They lost Cliff and the band became mediocre.
I still can find some quality in "Ride the lighting" and "and justice for all".
EVERYTHING after that, is pure mainstream metal. Don't care how many people the black album brought to metal, Metallica is an awful representation of metal.
No Prayer for the dying and Final Frontier .......worst Maiden albums . Blaze was just side project that failed . They were his backing band , lol , FAIL .
Book of Souls was also utter trash
I can agree with that also....
No Bruce , no Maiden , X-Factor was crap beyond crap , in a soup of crap , with crap ingredients cooked on crap and served in a crap bowl ..,
Bruce albums are cheesy power metal.
says the bowling for soup fan@@paulhetrick1759
I think the music was as solid as usual but the vocals just ruin it for me
@@ThatMetalBloke apart from angel damn even the music was shite it was almost a spinal tap type.moment
@@steve-vx3lx , agreed
Peronally i think All Hope is Gone is their 3rd best album after Iowa being the best and S/T coming in second , AHIG has some of the best Slipknot songs like Sulfur , This Cold Black and Gematria
There are some great songs on there for sure. I don't hate the album at all. I just think it is ok
Can't like Diabolus In Musica, sorry.
It's them trying to be nu or groove metal. Maybe it's another thing...i really don't know what the hell is, to be honest. I throw that album into the bin, without thinking.
All hope is gone is a good album. I kinda lost interest in Slipknot after that album.
Prefer that Ghost album to the last one they released
Fair enough 🤘
Swansong by Carcass is good shit and there was a video disc with St anger that had them jamming the songs with a raw feel that should have been the album.
Swansong is great. I have the 2 disc version of St Anger you are talking about and agree that the filmed performance is better than the album. Still a lot of bloated songs though
curious what you consider a terrible album
I can't really think of a terrible album in all honesty as I usually find some part of them enjoyable. I know I have made a lot of "Most Hated" videos but I am usually quite complimnetary of the albums/bands I speak about. I guess the main thing I wanted to highlight in this video was that a lot of the albums we have been led to believe are terrible are not actually that bad at all
St. Anger is bad, but I hate Load and ReLoad even more. And I'm also not a fan of that boring, mainstream Black album.
As for Machine Head, they have several bad albums. That Catharsis album is absolute garbage. I have no idea what they were thinking writing that. The Slayer album isn't great, but that's a band I would never include on a list like this. Too much respect for them.
yeah load and rl were even worse than st. a imo
Load is way better than St Anger in my opinion but each to their own. Catharsis has a couple of good tracks but Supercharger was just trying to capitalise on the Nu-Metal trend of the time.
I included Diabolous because it is constantly slated and I wanted to defend it just like I did with many of the other albums in my list
Actually didn't mind the St. Anger album by Metallica though i wouldn't say it was their best album . It had its moments . Same deal with Slayer and Slipknot in the albums mentioned . They had their moments but nothing that stick out overly impactful . Just my opinion . Take it as that .
No worries. My main point with this video was to point out that they are not terrible albums like a lot of people seem to say they are. Just not the best
Worst albums for me 1) Kreator-Renewal 2)Venom-Calm Before the Storm 3)Danzig -Blackacidevil 4) Unleashed-Warriors 5) Megadeth - Risk 6) Judas Priest - Ram it Down 7) Motorhead - Snake Bite Love 8) Agnostic Front - Riot, Riot, Upstart & Dead Yuppies. 9) Body Count - Murder for Hire 10) Slayer - Repentless
Snake Bite Love is solid
St.Anger. I got a version, that has the DVD with it and they play the album live in some garage type thing. It was way tolerable listening to it that way, but yeah. It's arse.
I have that version myself and no what you mean but I still think the songs are bloated and boring for the most part
Yes absolutely.