Let's have a Metal discussion. Undoubtedly, I'm somewhat of a fan. Here's what I have and know that I like:
Testament - Low and Dark Roots Of The Earth - Both of these are very good IMO. Trail Of Tears may possible be my favorite metal song.
Armored Saint - La Raza and Symbol Of Salvation - Love the voice of the vocalist. Both of these are excellent as well.
Metallica - Everything, but I like the two above bands better.
Megadeth - Several releases, including the last three. I also like Megadeth better than Metallica.
Anthrax - Just Worship Songs and the covers EP from last year. I believe I'd like to pick up another album from them, what should I start with?
Savatage - I have nothing, but I think I'm gonna start with Gutter Ballet. Is that a good place to start?
Helloween - Nothing. Thinking about getting Keeper Of The Seven Keys, Pt. 1.
I'm a melody guy for the most part, and Thrash isn't exactly known for melody. But there are good melodies here and there. And I'm not a Cookie Monster kind of guy, so none of that for me (very occasional use I can stand).
So what should I pick up next from these bands above? C'mon TR and Jon, you guys are metal gurus.
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Neither Armored Saint nor Savatage come close in my book to being thrash metal. Metal, yes...thrash metal, no.
But I'm not into it very much, so I'll let the experts take over. But, even though I dont like thrash very much, I do have a ton of Megadeth, and 4 Metallica releases.
For me, the best Savatage is "Hall Of The Mountain King", and "Handful Of Rain". Both live releases are good as well. One made in Japan with the Zachary Stevens/Chris Cafferey lineup, and one that is a tribute to Criss Oliva (R.I.P), that has both the Oliva brothers on it. But "Gutter" is a good one, too, in my opinion.
Thanks G.
So, another question added by Gordon...should Armored Saint or Savatage be considered Thrash Metal or something else?
By the way, Testament just blew my ears off with Low.
I adjusted the title from Thrash Metal Discussion to Metal Discussion...
Sorry if I got "picky"! But the Anthrax, Slayer, Testament, Overkill....that is what I think of in terms of thrash. Along with Megadeth and Metallica, of course!
Helloween isn't thrash, it's power metal. Substitute Death Angel, and then we'll talk.
Testament you can add The Ritual & The Formation Of Damnation.
Armored Saint you can add Symbol Of Salvation. Not thrash metal.
Anthrax you can add Persistence Of Time, We've Come For You All & Sound Of White Noise
Savatage is a personal taste to start for me, and that would be Dead Winter Dead and Poets & Madmen. The early Savatage ain't what you would expect if you listen to the latter part of their catalogue though. Not thrash either.
Since you mentioned Helloween (even though they're not thrash) I still dig Chameleon, Rabbit Don't Come Easy and Gambling With The Devil
Testament's "Practice What You Preach" is pretty good and The Formation of Damnation is another must get.
Armored Saint...you have to get their album "Raising Fear".
Anthrax - "We've Come For You All" and "State of Euphoria".
Helloween - Both Keeper CDs, and then pretty much any album other than "Chameleon" and "Rabbit Don't Come Easy".
By the way, Armored Saint is NOT thrash. They are straight up heavy metal.
Savatage was "thrashy" in the beginning, but they are more symphonic metal beginning with Hall of the Mountain King.
And you should get every single album Savatage has ever released so you can see the progression of the band from start to finish.
Savatage discography:
The Dungeons are Calling (EP)
Sirens
Power of the Night
Fight for the Rock
Hall of the Mountain King
Gutter Ballet
Streets: A Rock Opera
Edge of Thorns
Handful of Rain
Dead Winter Dead
The Wake of Magellan
Poets and Madmen
Gordon originally pointed it out, which is why I changed the title of the thread to just Metal Discussion.
Good thing you removed THRASH from the discussion, or I would've missed this totally. I know ZERO, NADA, about Thrash and have no desire to learn ...
here's where My Metal Heart lies....
As far as some of the bands mentioned here, I've never been exposed to them except through this site, and not much of it has worked for me.
My two cents...
AC/DC would be Hard Rock to me. Can everybody else chime in on this?
I would agree 100%, what I was trying to say was, at that moment in time, they were a metal band.
I get where you're coming from.
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