re: Post your METAL essentials album in ten tracks

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ACDC - For those about to Rock ( it's got a cannon on there!!)

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Deep down I know AC/DC is hard rock, but from 1978-1982 they were arguably just as heavy as Judas Priest and even Motorhead at times.

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As much as I hate to admit it sometimes, metal has become a highly fluid and diverse genre of music.

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It did that almost immediately. Even the 60s rock acts were experimenting with heavier sounds - heavily, but not exclusively, because of the marriage of the Gibson Les Paul(or SG) with the Marshall.

Was Hendrix "metal"? Probably not, but one has to admit that he was flirting with the line.

2 songs from my list - Born to be Wild and Stone Cold Crazy - obviously, Born to be Wild has "heavy metal thunder" in the lyrics. Anyone who can't hear the birth of speed metal or thrash in Stone Cold Crazy isn't listening. And no one is ever going to argue that either band is a traditional heavy metal act. Ditto for The Beatles' Helter Skelter, as far as hearing what was to be called "heavy metal."

Is anybody talking about Zeppelin being heavy metal in this thread? I may have missed it, but I don't think so. Ditto for Deep Purple. This thread tends to follow the stereotype of metal being Sabbath, then jumping to NWOBHM (primarily Maiden and Priest), THEN jumping to thrash.

There is a lot to consider in between those gaps and even before Sabbath.

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Is anybody talking about Zeppelin being heavy metal in this thread? I may have missed it, but I don't think so. Ditto for Deep Purple.

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I had a Purple song in my list, and wanted to include Zep's Kashmir, but didn't want to argue semantics with everybody. That song is 'heavy' metal to me, more in the vibe and the lyrics than anything else.

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I love what Norway and Sweden have contributed to metal music. Even now, guys like Ola Englund are putting out great material.

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I'm not sure if there is another region of the world that puts out more quality music artists per capita than Norway and Sweden. Hell, even their Scandinavian brothers in Finland, Denmark, and Iceland have done some phenomenal things.

It just seems like the best elements of American culture and music influenced these artists from the past two or three generations. Thrash, death, and prog have all undergone a discernibly Nordic shift in sound and style.

There was a time not long ago when it would have been absurd to lump any non-British or American band with the revered Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Metallica, Slayer, etc. But now, how can you not include bands as influential as At the Gates, Opeth, Meshuggah, Entombed, Dismember, Dissection, and so many more?

So this thread is 3 pages long and no one has nominated Kiss....... That makes me smile, I always thought Kiss was a joke band. They were a lot more candy pop than hard rock or metal.

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Deep down I know AC/DC is hard rock, but from 1978-1982 they were arguably just as heavy as Judas Priest and even Motorhead at times.

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I agree 100% but I had to represent ACDC on my list. 40 years of great albums and tours is very much what " metal" is to me.

Rainbow-Stargazer
Metallica-Master Of Puppets
Metallica-Fade To Black
Scorpions-Sails Of Charon (seriously, check this one out)
Scorpions-The Zoo
Judas Priest-Green Manalishi (Unleashed In The East live version)
Black Sabbath-Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath-Children Of The Grave
Motorhead-Ace Of Spades
Iron Maiden-Hallowed Be Thy Name

Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Down - Temptation's Wings
Mortification - Distarnish Priest
Pantera - Psycho Holiday
Metallica - Trapped Under Ice
Anthrax - Got the Time
Pantera - I'm Broken
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
Ministry - N.W.O.
Fear Factory - Zero Signal

Iron maiden-- caught Somewhere in time
Megadeth - In My Darkest Hour
SOD - United Forces
Gamma Ray - Rebellion in Dreamland
Burzum- Jesus Tod
Bathory- one Rode to Asha Bay
Paradise Lost - Once Solemn
Nighwish- Ghost Love Score
Overkill -- Ellimination
Opeth- Black Rose Immortal

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As much as I hate to admit it sometimes, metal has become a highly fluid and diverse genre of music.

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I've watched quite a bit of the multi episode metal documentary, and it seems that what you say is true.

I am no expert-far far from it.

That said, is Rammstein considered metal?

Of all the songs listed here I'd say The Zoo is my favorite, although I'd like to hear it without the talk box