I met Metallica through the Reload album when I was 11. It fucking changed my life and made me want to learn to play the guitar. That’s how I was introduced to the metal scene. The album holds a special place in my heart
@@Besseloff when I found the early stuff I was blown away. My fav is the AJFA. As for the newer albums, I have to agree with you. Dont like them at all. Especially the last two. Death Magnetic is the only album I’d save from that bunch
Ha, I am in the same boat. I remember listenining to Load and Reload on a tape someone wrote on my Walkman and loving these songs. In fact, in my late 30s I think I can listen to these records more easilty than their thrash stuff which is just overplayed. Also, I think these 2 albums really influenced the Stoner/Heavy Rock scene of the last decade or so because many who play in these bands grew up on these 2 records and they kinda filtered Kyuss, CoC etc. though the Metallica prism of Load/Reload.
Load and Reload are both so well-rounded, dark, moody. It's hard-edge enough to be heavy, but the emotional journey they take you on is indescribable. The production is impeccable from my standpoint. The mix in my opinion is some of the best they've ever done, much thanks to Bob. There are lots of kick ass tracks on those records.
@@kurokuma2485 The Philosopher was my first Death song, and the fretless bass is my favourite thing about that song. I wouldn't be a Death fan if it wasn't for the bass. Steve DiGiorgio is a god. Hell, every single member who was in Death was a master of their instrument
@@DylanJouglah-Shields I LOVE how this thread immediately started to discuss Steve's fretless bass. I've seen him live with DTA and it's amazing. Definetly inspired many people with that sound!
@@george5737 No, I mean it's not a top 5 Maiden record for me, but it's still decent enough, Senjutsu, on the other hand, I find it quite boring if I'm honest, too slow, at least Brave New World was more upbeat.
Brave new world and a matter of life and death is the ONLY good pre bailey albums😂maiden has fucking lost it, and they used the be my favorite band. But now ot just makes me sad to think about how much they lost their mojo. But their 80s shit is still legendary
I've always loved this album. I remember when they put detonation out as a teaser... I couldn't wait! Still love Ember to Inferno the best. But In Waves rocked my balls off when it came out too! And theyre still kicking ass
My Kerry King story; in the mid 80’s, i was lead singer for Sacramento, California metal/rock/dance/comedy band, Critical Mass. our friends, Red Rum, and Sentinel Beast were the metal gods of the 916. Our proximity to the Bay Area put us in contact with all of the kings of thrash metal. In 84, my friends in Red Rum held a “pool” party, by pool, i mean, drained pool, so that skaters would attend, crank the metal, punk, and just get ridiculously drunk. At this particular party, i met this young guy, who was metal as fuck. He decided to take this 17 year old kid under his wing, and teach him how to properly drink alcohol. His drink of the night? Bottom shelf vodka, and lemonade kool ade drink mix. It was god awful, but after a couple, made absolute sense. Spent the evening hanging out with the boys from slayer, King in particular, my pals in SB and RR, the kids from testament were there, and the death angel upstarts. I’m sure exodus were there as well. It was when metal was ours, and no one else’s. Great night. Woke up in the front yard, no idea where i was. Awesome…..
that is rad! i went to see Corrosion Of Conformity at the holy diver bar a few years back. we ended up hanging out the guys and drinking beer with them for the night. Then we went to the aftershock festival for the next few days on the weekend. kickass fun time in Sacramento. cheers from Melbourne!
@@robvegas9354 played that place a lot when i was frontman of my last band, Skin of Saints. Hated lugging cabs and amps up those damned stairs! Much preferred Ace of Spades and the Boardwalk. Grew up in Sacramento, went to high school with Frank Hannon of Tesla, still good friends with Michael Spencer, Sentinel Beast, Flotsam and Jetsum, Trauma. Loved living there!
The Crusade has always been my favorite Trivium album, never understood the hate. Insane riffs throughout really gives your riffing hand a work out, insane solos, great choruses, Becoming the Dragon?!?!? COME ON! That's the coolest song about Magikarp that's ever been created. Tread the Floods, To the Rats! Killer killer jams! and then the massive Title track instrumental! thRow in a little 80s hair metal CHEESE in Rising and you got it all!
To me, one of the most underrated albums of all time is Dehumanizer by Black Sabbath. Not only was it the return of Dio, but it's probably the ehaviest Sabbath album, every song is an absolute BANGER, and Geezer Butler probably gave his best performance ever.
Dude it's heavy af. But does this really tell anything? It's got a cartoony production (which may fit the power metal of that era like Hammerfall and Astronomica-Crimson Glory but not Priest), laughable lyrics and many useless filler tracks. Cathedral of Spires I dig, the rest are quite forgettable. Giving credit where it's due though, Demolition had probably the first and only merging ever of groovy Pantera riffs, classic heavy metal vocals/soloing and nu metal electronics. Shame it still has fillee
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business Slayer - Show No Mercy Sepultura - Schizophrenia Death - Spiritual Healing & ITP Exodus - Impact Is Imminent Overkill - Feel The Fire Testament - The Legacy D.R.I. - Thrash Zone Gorguts - Considered Dead Tankard - The Morning After Crisix - Full HD Stone - Colours
The Blaze Bayley version of „Afraid to shoot Strangers“ is honestly better than the Bruce Dickinson version and I’ll die on this hill. Thank you very much
death magnetic is not even that bad mixing, at least it doesn't matter because it has ENERGY all nightmare long is sick AF also best modern kirk solo in the day that never comes, long but good, just like justice
Death Magnetic is a great modern Metallica album, and I put All Nightmare Long in there amongst their best songs. It doest get the same attention it deserves because of the First Four Album Rule. (FFAR)😁 But seriously, it is brilliant, as is My Apocalypse. Yet, the equally great Spit out the Bone is spoken about asthough its their only "fast thrashy" song in years. But DM is an album FULL of riffs like that!
IMO Death magnetic is equally good as first 4 albums. And I really don't mind mix that much because it has no weak songs. Also I agree with All nightmare long, everytime I hear it, I get adrenaline pump
The Tony Martin Sabbath albums are hugely underappreciated, a shame because there's some real gems in there. People often behave like the band split up after 'Born Again' and then got back together with Ozzy for '13'. Dehumanizer (their early '90s comeback album with Dio) also has some good songs, especially 'TV Crimes'.
Systematic Chaos was the first Dream Theatre album I ever heard and it blew me away, I didn't know music could sound like that, my tiny mind was opened wide
my metalhead teacher saw me wearing a sabbath shirt and he pretty much gave me that extra kick in the ass to dive deeper into metal. he let me borrow his Low cd and now i am where i am lol
@milkbloodymilk I was in a band in like 96 when I was 14 and I remmeber playing Trail of Tears for my band and when that opening sweep hit in the guitar solo everyone went ballastic.
I think i would go with Mob Rules or Heaven and Hell by Black Sabbath. Everyone knows the Ozzy stuff, but people forget how amazing the Dio stuff was. Also Octavarium is definitely underrated. The title track in particular is their magnum opus in my opinion. They put everything they learned in their 20 years as a band into that song and specifically the version from the live album Score gives me chills everytime.
Everyone makes a big deal of the title track off or 'Heaven and Hell'; but it's 'Neon Knights' that gives me the chills off that album. It's like proto-power metal before it was even a thing. I love both Ozzy and Dio, and to be honest in my opinion the other vocalists all have something to appreciate.
The crusade proved that Trivium were willing to experiment with their sound in so many cool ways. Of course there's the heavier emphasis on thrash, but also on songs with even more complex instrumentation. There's even some songs with an element of groove like Sadness will Sear, Becoming the Dragon, and Contempt Breeds Contamination.
Anthem is a kickass song. It's on all my workout playlists. Another underrated Maiden alum is A Matter of Life and Death. Some killer songs there. Sometimes feels like a prog album. The best version of their modern sound.
I like AMOLAD, but I don't love it, maybe I have to listen to it again and it'll grow on me, it's certainly different, darker than other modern albums by them.
Fear of the Dark was my first Maiden album. One of my brother's friends had it on cassette, hated it, gave it to me when I was 9 and I listened to it nonstop. It's also the first album I listened to all the way through. On that note, on of my favorite underrated albums is Vol. 3 by Slipknot.
9:02 I'm not a fan of Dream Theater, but I was surprised to hear how this guitar solo sounds so much like Watain. Particularly Watain's album Lawless Darkness.
For some reason "The System has Failed" is the only MD album I can listen to front to back....I've tried to figured out why but I have no real explanation.
I’ve always thought that if Metallica had combined Load and Reload into one giant album, it would arguably be their second best record. An album with Bleeding me, Outlaw Torn, and Fixxxer on it would already be amazing. But there are also bangers like devils dance, unforgiven II, carpe diem, until it sleeps, memory remains, king nothing, and fuel.
MAN i love the octavarium album :) the song of the same name has one of the best outros of all time imo, and sacrificed sons is also very good :) love the content bradley :D
Judas Be My Guide is Iron Maiden's most underrated song. Its so underrated if you look up a list of underrated Maiden songs it doesnt appear on the list
And the best metal album from a non-metal band goes to: PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation. (2023) By, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard. For me this album beats any metal album from the 80s/90s, which were always my go to.
I agree with your comments on The Crusade. The guitar work on it is probably the best in the genre. People just weren't expecting a poppy-thrash album from them. They wanted more metalcore-type shit at the time.
Judas Priest - Ram It Down. I get that it’s not exactly as “heavy” as Screaming for Vengeance or Defenders of the Faith, but it has a sound of its own that still works. Blood Red Skies is an amazing song where Rob really shows off his vocal range.
Happy to hear some The Crusade appreciation. Such good melodies and solos. The World Can't Tear Us Apart is such a banger. Octavarium was my intro to Dream Theater, so quite the soft spot for that too.
I've put together my own little compilation of Load and Reload, my own little 'best of..' if you will. Those two albums are what got me into Metallica, when I was a little shit, before '...And Justice' became my ultimate favourite record of all time (The one with bass audible, that is) but anyways - King Nothing, Bleeding Me, Outlaw Torn / Fuel, Devil's Dance, Unforgiven II, Better Than you, Attitude. But yeah, I gotta agree that these two albums are outrageously underrated.
I love Octavarium! The whole concept behind the album, plus how masterfully well-crafted the title track is, was what really made me fall in love with Dream Theater.
My list of Underrated albums by Iconic bands: Type O Negative - Slow, Deep And Hard Sepultura - Against Nightwish - Imaginaerum Cattle Decapitation - The Harvest Floor (along with every other album they made before that tbh) Mudvayne - L.D.50 (as much as everyone loves Dig and Death Blooms, i dont hear many people talking about the whole album in general)
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I totally agree with your comment about The Crusade, it's the best album from Trivium tbh.... Fear of the dark is great, but I really thought that you were going to mention A matter of life and death, which is one of my favorite albums of Iron Maiden (y)
When I was at a grocery store recently the cachier saw my Octavarium shirt and said "That's an underrated album!" First of all, wow, a cashier knew Octavarium. Second of all, he's right. It's great.
after heating S&M at like age 10, reload was my first Metallica album haha and while the early stuff is more "metal", i have a soft spot for that trippy, strung out, dark blues rock of the middle era Metallica, spread thin by fame and substances
Just a few underrated favorites of mine of the top off my head Yngwie Malmsteen - Fire & Ice Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer Exumer - The Raging Tides Coroner - Grin
I've always loved load and reload. I agree that reload is objectively better, but I went through a phase where I would listen to load any time I was sad and now it's my sobbing album. hero of the day? mama said? until it sleeps? instant tears man
People are split in two groups and I am with the ones who love new Opeth too. The last album was fire. It was so good damn it's so underrated. No not underrated, it is unrecognized.
I love United Abominations. looking at the cover and listening to Gears of War always reminds me of playing the Gears of War game when I was younger. so nostalgic.
I’d say that Dance of Death is also an underrated Maiden album. It was so diverse and unique, yet for some reason people only remember it because of the ugly cover artwork. I also think that Jugulator by Judas Priest is underrated. It’s such a heavy and bombastic album, and Ripper’s voice sounds phenomenal.
How about The Great Southern Trendkill? I'm not sure if it's slept on these days, but it's my second favorite Pantera album. Also the second Mudvayne album The End of All Things to Come.
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When are you doing Iron Maiden discography video
You played Rust in Peace in full, now you should play Megadeth’s entire discography in full lol
How about the entirety of the big four discography in one take with all solos
he sould play the entire metallica dischograpy to since dave wrote it to
he should play all of st. anger using a giant beans can as snare
How about The Better big 4’s so Exodus’s, Testament’s, Overkill’s & Death Angel’s discography
@@FinThrasher87 nuclear assault instead of death angel
I met Metallica through the Reload album when I was 11. It fucking changed my life and made me want to learn to play the guitar. That’s how I was introduced to the metal scene. The album holds a special place in my heart
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I grew up with the early stuff but still loved Load and Reload. Could never get into anything after these albums though.
@@Besseloff when I found the early stuff I was blown away. My fav is the AJFA. As for the newer albums, I have to agree with you. Dont like them at all. Especially the last two. Death Magnetic is the only album I’d save from that bunch
Ha, I am in the same boat. I remember listenining to Load and Reload on a tape someone wrote on my Walkman and loving these songs. In fact, in my late 30s I think I can listen to these records more easilty than their thrash stuff which is just overplayed. Also, I think these 2 albums really influenced the Stoner/Heavy Rock scene of the last decade or so because many who play in these bands grew up on these 2 records and they kinda filtered Kyuss, CoC etc. though the Metallica prism of Load/Reload.
I feel so sorry for you. Poor man
Load and Reload are both so well-rounded, dark, moody. It's hard-edge enough to be heavy, but the emotional journey they take you on is indescribable. The production is impeccable from my standpoint. The mix in my opinion is some of the best they've ever done, much thanks to Bob. There are lots of kick ass tracks on those records.
It is crazy how much better Load and Reload sound than the last two albums. Or anything that they've released since then.
You two need to kiss and cuddle with takes like that
Tracks 5-8 on Reload are the leg of the journey that is better off being slept through.
@@spencerwood2247 i disagree big time, attitude and bad seed are just groove machines and i love them
Junk. Throw in bin
Obligatory Death fan here. Individual Thought Patterns deserves way more love!
Stop it 😂
ITP is awesome!! The DiGorgio fretless bass work really gives it a unique charm in the Death canon.
@@kurokuma2485 The Philosopher was my first Death song, and the fretless bass is my favourite thing about that song. I wouldn't be a Death fan if it wasn't for the bass. Steve DiGiorgio is a god. Hell, every single member who was in Death was a master of their instrument
The only Death's record that's underrated is Spiritual Healing, all the rest is either properly rated or slightly overrated
@@DylanJouglah-Shields I LOVE how this thread immediately started to discuss Steve's fretless bass. I've seen him live with DTA and it's amazing. Definetly inspired many people with that sound!
Brave new world is a certified banger, and it is actually ridiculous that they made such a great album that late in their career.
Yeah I agree, It's a great album, in fact for me it's their best post-Blaze album, it has many great songs.
Just look rock in rio ...hlfk ... the size of the stage the guys running non stop ...fok yeaa. 🤘
Strongly disagree. It is a high point in the second Bruce era but it is a lazy and repetitive record imo.
@@george5737 No, I mean it's not a top 5 Maiden record for me, but it's still decent enough, Senjutsu, on the other hand, I find it quite boring if I'm honest, too slow, at least Brave New World was more upbeat.
Brave new world and a matter of life and death is the ONLY good pre bailey albums😂maiden has fucking lost it, and they used the be my favorite band. But now ot just makes me sad to think about how much they lost their mojo. But their 80s shit is still legendary
Respect for adding The Crusade
Used to hate that album but have come to appreciates it over the years.
Actually my favorite trivium album next to ascendancy
I've always loved this album. I remember when they put detonation out as a teaser... I couldn't wait! Still love Ember to Inferno the best. But In Waves rocked my balls off when it came out too! And theyre still kicking ass
I think that A matter of life and death is even more underrated.
Megadeth's System Has Failed is also underrated af
A matter of life and death is my favourite Iron Maiden album
My Kerry King story; in the mid 80’s, i was lead singer for Sacramento, California metal/rock/dance/comedy band, Critical Mass. our friends, Red Rum, and Sentinel Beast were the metal gods of the 916. Our proximity to the Bay Area put us in contact with all of the kings of thrash metal. In 84, my friends in Red Rum held a “pool” party, by pool, i mean, drained pool, so that skaters would attend, crank the metal, punk, and just get ridiculously drunk. At this particular party, i met this young guy, who was metal as fuck. He decided to take this 17 year old kid under his wing, and teach him how to properly drink alcohol. His drink of the night? Bottom shelf vodka, and lemonade kool ade drink mix. It was god awful, but after a couple, made absolute sense. Spent the evening hanging out with the boys from slayer, King in particular, my pals in SB and RR, the kids from testament were there, and the death angel upstarts. I’m sure exodus were there as well. It was when metal was ours, and no one else’s. Great night. Woke up in the front yard, no idea where i was. Awesome…..
God bless you man
@@AskoGraff if you want a laugh, you can still find a Critical Mass live set on UA-cam somewhere, and see an 18-year old me being hilarious!!
that is rad! i went to see Corrosion Of Conformity at the holy diver bar a few years back. we ended up hanging out the guys and drinking beer with them for the night. Then we went to the aftershock festival for the next few days on the weekend. kickass fun time in Sacramento. cheers from Melbourne!
@@robvegas9354 played that place a lot when i was frontman of my last band, Skin of Saints. Hated lugging cabs and amps up those damned stairs!
Much preferred Ace of Spades and the Boardwalk.
Grew up in Sacramento, went to high school with Frank Hannon of Tesla, still good friends with Michael Spencer, Sentinel Beast, Flotsam and Jetsum, Trauma. Loved living there!
The Crusade has always been my favorite Trivium album, never understood the hate. Insane riffs throughout really gives your riffing hand a work out, insane solos, great choruses, Becoming the Dragon?!?!? COME ON! That's the coolest song about Magikarp that's ever been created. Tread the Floods, To the Rats! Killer killer jams! and then the massive Title track instrumental! thRow in a little 80s hair metal CHEESE in Rising and you got it all!
Endgame is a criminally underrated Megadeth album, and 'This Day We Fight!' is an insanely killer track.
How The Story Ends is my fav off of Endgame. Just sounds like classic thrash, but it has a meatier sound and Dave had some cool vocal lines 🤘🤘
Endgame is in the top 3 Megadeth albums and still holds up over a decade later
Underrated comment!!
Fuck yes.
Not underrated by us fans. We know it fuckin rocks!
To me, one of the most underrated albums of all time is Dehumanizer by Black Sabbath. Not only was it the return of Dio, but it's probably the ehaviest Sabbath album, every song is an absolute BANGER, and Geezer Butler probably gave his best performance ever.
Heaviest thing they did until Lord Dio returned again for the Heaven and Hell album
Strange Highways from Dio's solo band feels like a sequel to Dehumanizer. I'd say it's even more underrated.
@@vincentfalcone9218 hell yes, someone else who knows that album exists
This. I, I, I!!!!!!
That James LaBrie Big Chungus clip will never not make me laugh. Gold!
beanley hallsworth just want you to know you are one of my biggest inspirations in guitar
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Same here
Judas Priest - Jugulator I know, Halford era is unmatched, but Jugulator has really killer tunes and follows faithfully the road paved on Painkiller.
Dude it's heavy af. But does this really tell anything? It's got a cartoony production (which may fit the power metal of that era like Hammerfall and Astronomica-Crimson Glory but not Priest), laughable lyrics and many useless filler tracks. Cathedral of Spires I dig, the rest are quite forgettable. Giving credit where it's due though, Demolition had probably the first and only merging ever of groovy Pantera riffs, classic heavy metal vocals/soloing and nu metal electronics. Shame it still has fillee
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business
Slayer - Show No Mercy
Sepultura - Schizophrenia
Death - Spiritual Healing & ITP
Exodus - Impact Is Imminent
Overkill - Feel The Fire
Testament - The Legacy
D.R.I. - Thrash Zone
Gorguts - Considered Dead
Tankard - The Morning After
Crisix - Full HD
Stone - Colours
i think testament’s the gathering is underrated af too
Haha what’s wrong with Metallica
@@drachireidnoc6659 you know your metal Band is overrated AF If you do a fucking collab with lady gaga And every poser wears your band’s shirts
What’s wrong with Lady Gaga she writes banger pop tunes
@@drachireidnoc6659If Paul Baloff was alive, you wouldn’t be
The Blaze Bayley version of „Afraid to shoot Strangers“ is honestly better than the Bruce Dickinson version and I’ll die on this hill. Thank you very much
death magnetic is not even that bad mixing, at least it doesn't matter because it has ENERGY
all nightmare long is sick AF also best modern kirk solo in the day that never comes, long but good, just like justice
Some Bands would be glad to have the Ideas they put in all nightmare long on a full album😂
And I do think that the bassdrum is mixed weird. Everytime He goes double paddle it loses its punch
Death Magnetic is a great modern Metallica album, and I put All Nightmare Long in there amongst their best songs. It doest get the same attention it deserves because of the First Four Album Rule. (FFAR)😁 But seriously, it is brilliant, as is My Apocalypse. Yet, the equally great Spit out the Bone is spoken about asthough its their only "fast thrashy" song in years. But DM is an album FULL of riffs like that!
IMO Death magnetic is equally good as first 4 albums. And I really don't mind mix that much because it has no weak songs. Also I agree with All nightmare long, everytime I hear it, I get adrenaline pump
God Hates us All is definitely my favorite Slayer album
Dehumanizer is great too
The Tony Martin Sabbath albums are hugely underappreciated, a shame because there's some real gems in there.
People often behave like the band split up after 'Born Again' and then got back together with Ozzy for '13'.
Dehumanizer (their early '90s comeback album with Dio) also has some good songs, especially 'TV Crimes'.
Systematic Chaos was the first Dream Theatre album I ever heard and it blew me away, I didn't know music could sound like that, my tiny mind was opened wide
To the Rats is one of the best Thrash Riffs ever written.
Load is so underrated as is Low by Testament. My buddy James played guitar on that album. The Crusade SLAPS!
my metalhead teacher saw me wearing a sabbath shirt and he pretty much gave me that extra kick in the ass to dive deeper into metal. he let me borrow his Low cd and now i am where i am lol
@milkbloodymilk I was in a band in like 96 when I was 14 and I remmeber playing Trail of Tears for my band and when that opening sweep hit in the guitar solo everyone went ballastic.
I think i would go with Mob Rules or Heaven and Hell by Black Sabbath. Everyone knows the Ozzy stuff, but people forget how amazing the Dio stuff was.
Also Octavarium is definitely underrated. The title track in particular is their magnum opus in my opinion. They put everything they learned in their 20 years as a band into that song and specifically the version from the live album Score gives me chills everytime.
Dio over Ozzy all fucking day
The most underrated song by Ozzy is devils daughter on no rest for the wicked
Everyone makes a big deal of the title track off or 'Heaven and Hell'; but it's 'Neon Knights' that gives me the chills off that album.
It's like proto-power metal before it was even a thing.
I love both Ozzy and Dio, and to be honest in my opinion the other vocalists all have something to appreciate.
Dehumanizer is peak underrated
@@spencerwood2247 200% agree
The crusade proved that Trivium were willing to experiment with their sound in so many cool ways. Of course there's the heavier emphasis on thrash, but also on songs with even more complex instrumentation. There's even some songs with an element of groove like Sadness will Sear, Becoming the Dragon, and Contempt Breeds Contamination.
Anthem is a kickass song. It's on all my workout playlists.
Another underrated Maiden alum is A Matter of Life and Death. Some killer songs there. Sometimes feels like a prog album. The best version of their modern sound.
I like AMOLAD, but I don't love it, maybe I have to listen to it again and it'll grow on me, it's certainly different, darker than other modern albums by them.
was going to write that
Its easily best reunion album! I think almost every song is a banger on it. The first two or three kinda suck then it gets real good.
@@ElevatedLevetator reunion? Brave New World was the reunion album!
Called Load and Reload, nice job!
First day asking bradley to do a full album cover of Peace Sells 😢🙏🏻
Octavarium was my entry to DT, and it’s still one of my favorites and I think the title track is the best song they ever did
What about Black Sabbath's 1992 Dehumanizer? I'm more into Ozzy era of Sabbath, but I think that Dehumanizer is one of the best albums they made.
Glad you gave The Crusade some love! Definitely an underrated album! I'm looking forward to see a overHATED albums video.
Fear of the Dark was my first Maiden album. One of my brother's friends had it on cassette, hated it, gave it to me when I was 9 and I listened to it nonstop.
It's also the first album I listened to all the way through.
On that note, on of my favorite underrated albums is Vol. 3 by Slipknot.
The X Factor is underrated. Such a gem. Darkest Iron Maiden album ever.
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I loved the Crusade! Fantastic album!
Now this is a cool shirt! Keep up the style Beanley 🤘.
What shirt is it?
9:02 I'm not a fan of Dream Theater, but I was surprised to hear how this guitar solo sounds so much like Watain. Particularly Watain's album Lawless Darkness.
I have never noticed this but it totally makes sense now
That's interesting I guess, considering Lawless Darkness came out 5 years later. Great album
Load is better than Reload🎉
I'm gonna say Vanity/Nemesis by Celtic Frost is seriously underrated. Some great riffs on there
Anthrax - Stomp 442 ❤
Crusade is and always will be one of my top albums of all time! So much love for it ❤
What do you think of our picks? What other albums would you add??
Black Sabbath - Headless Cross
Ministry - Filth Pig
Danzig - Circle of Snakes
Fear of the Dark is f*n amazing, IMO...👍🏻
Machine Head - The Burning Red
Good list, Id add:
Testament-Low
Anthrax- SOWN/442
Megadeth-CW
Metallica-Death Mag
Slayer - Diabolus in Musica...
While i do like some songs on both load and reload, that whole phase felt like a huge midlife crisis for metallica
For some reason "The System has Failed" is the only MD album I can listen to front to back....I've tried to figured out why but I have no real explanation.
Your commentary and reactions are just hilarious. More like this!! Please Bradley Hall Sir!
I’ve always thought that if Metallica had combined Load and Reload into one giant album, it would arguably be their second best record. An album with Bleeding me, Outlaw Torn, and Fixxxer on it would already be amazing. But there are also bangers like devils dance, unforgiven II, carpe diem, until it sleeps, memory remains, king nothing, and fuel.
Thanks for bringing attention to United Abominations! My favourite album of all time!
MAN i love the octavarium album :) the song of the same name has one of the best outros of all time imo, and sacrificed sons is also very good :)
love the content bradley :D
Stomp 442. I will never stop saying that this album is heavily underrated
Totally with you on trivium, slayer and mega’s picks. Gears of war was great! You’re winning our kid!
Fear of the Dark was what got me into metal as a kid and I still listen to it. Great call on Maiden.
Fear of the dark is a straight banger and the last great Maiden album imo 🤘🤘
Trivium is the start of metals downfall, fcking shit
Judas Be My Guide is Iron Maiden's most underrated song. Its so underrated if you look up a list of underrated Maiden songs it doesnt appear on the list
load>reload you cant change my mind
Point of Entry - Judas Priest
Load - Metallica,
sooo underrated, I love these albums
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That is an absolutely wild take
Dehumanizer, Headless Cross and Born Again are the most painfully slept on Black Sabbath albums imo
I also like that James Labries vocals are perfectly bearable on octavarium
And the best metal album from a non-metal band goes to:
PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation. (2023) By, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard.
For me this album beats any metal album from the 80s/90s, which were always my go to.
nah smoke on the water rules.
Anthrax....State of Euphoria is a fantastic album and definitely underrated💯🤘
I agree with your comments on The Crusade. The guitar work on it is probably the best in the genre. People just weren't expecting a poppy-thrash album from them. They wanted more metalcore-type shit at the time.
Judas Priest - Ram It Down. I get that it’s not exactly as “heavy” as Screaming for Vengeance or Defenders of the Faith, but it has a sound of its own that still works. Blood Red Skies is an amazing song where Rob really shows off his vocal range.
It's way heavier than both of them, especially RID and Hard as Iron also Monsters of Rock
Judas Be My Guide and Wasting Love are both fantastic. Along with the title track, Fear of the Dark deserves more appreciation. I agree
God Hates Us All is the only Slayer album I genuinely like...
Finally somebody that pays respect to reload
Happy to hear some The Crusade appreciation. Such good melodies and solos. The World Can't Tear Us Apart is such a banger. Octavarium was my intro to Dream Theater, so quite the soft spot for that too.
good shirt bradley
Fear of the Dark is a brilliant album agreed. Bought it on cassette tape at the time and still love every song. So many awesome solos.
I'm so happy you chose Iron Maiden's Fear Of The Dark because the title track is my favorite song by them actually.
Fear of the Dark was the first Maiden album I bought. I was pleased.
Load and Reload are fucking extreme great albums!!For sure the most underrated metal albums ever!
I'm here for Maiden. Fear of the Dark is awesome. Brave New World is one of my favorites.
I've been saying the Fear Of The Dark one for ages, I'd say it might be in their top 5
Where can I get the album covers you have hanging in your room ?
"No Prayer for the Dying" is definitely an underrated Maiden album. Probably my third or fourth favorite from the band.
Seasons was the best sounding SLAYER album IMO. Guitar tone was killer!
I've put together my own little compilation of Load and Reload, my own little 'best of..' if you will. Those two albums are what got me into Metallica, when I was a little shit, before '...And Justice' became my ultimate favourite record of all time (The one with bass audible, that is) but anyways - King Nothing, Bleeding Me, Outlaw Torn / Fuel, Devil's Dance, Unforgiven II, Better Than you, Attitude. But yeah, I gotta agree that these two albums are outrageously underrated.
I love Octavarium! The whole concept behind the album, plus how masterfully well-crafted the title track is, was what really made me fall in love with Dream Theater.
SOMEONE WHO LIKES THE CRUSADE THANK YOU
My list of Underrated albums by Iconic bands:
Type O Negative - Slow, Deep And Hard
Sepultura - Against
Nightwish - Imaginaerum
Cattle Decapitation - The Harvest Floor (along with every other album they made before that tbh)
Mudvayne - L.D.50 (as much as everyone loves Dig and Death Blooms, i dont hear many people talking about the whole album in general)
I totally agree with your comment about The Crusade, it's the best album from Trivium tbh.... Fear of the dark is great, but I really thought that you were going to mention A matter of life and death, which is one of my favorite albums of Iron Maiden (y)
When I was at a grocery store recently the cachier saw my Octavarium shirt and said "That's an underrated album!" First of all, wow, a cashier knew Octavarium. Second of all, he's right. It's great.
after heating S&M at like age 10, reload was my first Metallica album haha and while the early stuff is more "metal", i have a soft spot for that trippy, strung out, dark blues rock of the middle era Metallica, spread thin by fame and substances
Dude I freaking love The Crusade. It's actually what sealed Trivium as an amazing band for me.
Just a few underrated favorites of mine of the top off my head
Yngwie Malmsteen - Fire & Ice
Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer
Exumer - The Raging Tides
Coroner - Grin
Napalm Death’s “Order of the Leech” is an absolutely underrated and crushing album.
I've always loved load and reload. I agree that reload is objectively better, but I went through a phase where I would listen to load any time I was sad and now it's my sobbing album. hero of the day? mama said? until it sleeps? instant tears man
man, these are literally the albums me and my friends worshipped and grew up listening to (I was a teenager in early 2000)
The great southern trendkill should be on here. By far the best Pantera album imo
I've always loved Fear Of The Dark. One of the first Maiden albums I bought. There are a few stinkers, but the rest is gold!
Heyyy! Death Magnetic is great.
Reload and Fear Of The Dark are amazing
People are split in two groups and I am with the ones who love new Opeth too. The last album was fire. It was so good damn it's so underrated. No not underrated, it is unrecognized.
I really agree on the Crusade!
I love United Abominations. looking at the cover and listening to Gears of War always reminds me of playing the Gears of War game when I was younger. so nostalgic.
I’d say that Dance of Death is also an underrated Maiden album. It was so diverse and unique, yet for some reason people only remember it because of the ugly cover artwork. I also think that Jugulator by Judas Priest is underrated. It’s such a heavy and bombastic album, and Ripper’s voice sounds phenomenal.
How about The Great Southern Trendkill? I'm not sure if it's slept on these days, but it's my second favorite Pantera album. Also the second Mudvayne album The End of All Things to Come.
track Fear of the Dark is a big favorite in Finland. Ironmaiden has noticed this also.
4:20 The Crusade is great even though it can be cheesy at times.
That album got me even more deeper into metal as a 12-13 year old