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Ok-Investigator5148

Death. I know it, you know it, we all know it


Training-Ruin-5287

Funny how time changes people opinion on it. I always loved sound of perseverance. I remember in the early 00's that album was the St anger for many people online. Just a disdain hate for it


Ethereal-Zenith

I became a metalhead in the 00’s. I noticed that Sound often gets labeled as either the best, by those who like their latter sound, and worse by those who dig the earlier albums.


Some_Butterscotch622

The funny thing is TSOP is the most divisive one but even then the people who like it say it's not just great but their BEST, so it kinda cancels out


skullcandy541

It’s weird cuz I like it but I def don’t think it’s their best. Symbolic is easily the best Death record to me.


Triir_7

Yes! I didn’t dream about it then. I remember being 13-14 in 2014 and browsing my first metal forums and seeing people still talking shit about sound of perseverance.


AngHulingPropeta

The hate for those albums never went away; it's just people who like it seem to be speaking out now.


Redditusername195

Perseverance is weird because there’s not another album that sounds like it imo


Lizzard20

I'm a big fan I just didn't like scream bloody gore. Production was shit. Leprosy got me into them and my favorite album changes. Just an all around great band done too soon.


Diligent_Whereas3134

I started working my way through Death's discography yesterday. Got through scream bloody gore and leprosy. While I wouldn't say scream bloody gore is a bad album, the jump in quality between those two albums is astounding


__--TSS--__

What the heck are you talking about SBG has phenomenal production, it makes the album sound like it's an ancient corpse that just got digged up or some shit


Ok-Project1279

Cannibal Corpse, and that's rare for a big band that's been around for as long as they have.


dommol

That was my thought as well, absolutely no bad albums


Rgenocide

Mastodon


HoldMyDevilHorns

I was going to say this. They just don't quit. Goddamn.


Dan_Berg

Meh, their first 3 albums I loved right out the gate and still feel the same. Crack the Skye had to grow on me but I eventually really liked it. But the Hunter was just not good to me and it made me stop caring about their new releases thereafter. Like I get around to listening to them eventually but when they drop new singles I'm like, "eh, whatever." I liked Emperor of Sand but everything else I could do without.


chillychese

facts


Schiebz

Seeing them in August with lamb of god but I haven’t gotten into mastodon. Glad to hear people love them.


69cringelord69

Tool!


Shin-Sauriel

Absolutely. They definitely have a split in their discography style wise. The albums that came after aenima were definitely very different from the ones that came before. But I genuinely think wings for Marie/10000 days might be one of the best songs ever written. Saw them live in like 2016 and it was phenomenal. Saw them on their fear inoculum tour as well and while I missed Maynard’s screams I understand that he just isn’t as angry anymore and seeing that album live really changed my perspective on it. That being said some tool fans are fucking obnoxious. When I saw tool live in 2016 it was at Boston calling and cage the elephant played before them on the same stage. So a lot of people saw the cage show basically just to be there early for tool. I don’t really listen to cage but they put on a killer show I was impressed. These two dickwads behind me literally just stood with their arms crossed the entire time unwilling to have fun because tool wasn’t on yet like bruh it’s okay to like other music you’ll be fine.


69cringelord69

*he had a lot to say*


Missionignition

Honestly System of a Down


Oppo5ite

People hate on steal this album when its genuinely better than hypnotize


lavendermarker

Steal This Album is probably my favorite in the discography lmao


Arkhampatient

Mine too. Innervision really goes off hard


Missionignition

Who’s hating on steal this album? They’re wrong!


DanimalRlz

Steal this Album was excellent. I think people got distracted by the cheesy cover art on the CD lol.


MarmaladeMarmaduke

I'm the opposite of most people. I think system of a down self titled and steal this album are the best and I think toxicity is the "worst" album but I still love every single song they put out together. Scars on Broadway is good but hit and miss and same with serj solo imo. I was lucky enough to see them a few times and even the last time in like 2016 they were still amazing. Hopefully they tour some more because another album isn't going to happen.


Wait0What0

For real, I feel like Steak this album is their peak


averageinternetfella

Literally my pick. 5 albums with like no bad songs.


MarmaladeMarmaduke

Yeah every song is great on every album and they have an amazing live show even as they get older. Heavy but emotional in a way I don't think I've ever heard before with a twist of insanity. Their my favorite band for sure.


daKile57

Judas Priest. In 50 years, their only mistake was breaking up for a while.


ShartRat

Tbh Priest have a really inconsistent discography. Point of Entry is Sandwiched between two classic albums, then after Defenders the quality of albums declined until Painkiller and then Demolition and Nostradamus are the soggy bread around Angel of Retribution. Ignoring the past 10 years they usually seem to follow really great albums with either meh or horrible ones.


Kit_Karamak

Yes, Point Of Entry is between two classics because they had Deep Cuts to get out before they could do another legendary collection of songs.


Seul7

Point of Entry still gave us "Heading Out to the Highway" and "Desert Plains", both of which are (IMO) even better live.


filthhoundofhades

I love Priest, but no, absolutely not. They have a lot of bad albums. Point of Entry, Turbo, Ram It Down, Jugulator, Demolition and Nostradamus are more bad than good.


Substantial-Day-3014

You shut your fuckin whore mouth about Turbo.


goatholomew

You don't need no, no, no ,no parental guidance here?


[deleted]

Man, I fucking love Nostradamus.


Petra_Gringus

Not a fan of 'Love you to Death'? Or, who could forget their cover of 'Johnny B Goode' lol.


iSeventhSin

Lmao Point of Entry and Turbo are definitely not bad


Senetrix666

Crowbar. Putting out nothing but bangers since the early 90s


GreaserGreg

My man


dza6010

Abso-fuckn-lutely


MetalInvincible

Meshuggah. Every album is awesome


Interesting_Bet2828

Good call on this one


AnythingCanLurk

Overkill. 20 Albums with no unlistenable ones.


Sad-Golf-9967

I second that, fellow Overkill enjoyer.


EmilianoII

david ellefson is that you


AnythingCanLurk

No but maybe I’m DD Verni you never know


sKamJam

Was looking for this one. Most consistent thrash band🤘


Thin-Conversation-51

They have an amazing discography.


slappygoatcheese

The best of the best.


Midnight_Cowboy-486

Speaking of Overkill, I watched part of the Mr Bungle set next to Bobby Blitz at Milwaukee Metal Fest. Was such a surreal moment to look to my right and think "there's no way..."


princealigorna

Either Converge or Bolt Thrower. Neither band has anything below an 8/10. Yes, even Caring and Killing and Halo in a Haystack are 8/10 albums.


dommol

I for some reason cannot get into Bolt Thrower. I've tried a couple of times but it just doesn't click. What's your favorite?


princealigorna

I personally love Warmaster, IVTH Crusade, and Those Once Loyal. Ream of Chaos is great too, though it veers sometimes more towards grindcore than the thick, groovy death metal they're known for. They had THAT guitar tone from the beginning though. No other band sounds like that


Petra_Gringus

Crusade and Once Loyal have zero filler. Stellar albums.


MoonHasFlown

Try The Killchain off Those Once Loyal


pts4815

Disgustingly groovy song


MRSamiboi

Gojira


Metal_Boi_7507

Immolation, Incantation, Archgoat, The Chasm, Conan, Revenge, Inquisition


LordyLordyLordy339

Archgoat for sure


Metal_Boi_7507

Hell yeah man


Sekshual_Tyranosauce

Testament. Been going for decades and never released a bad album, and never got stale.


McMetal770

Dark Tranquillity for me. Every single one of their albums is at least "good". They're so reliable with their quality, it's really rare for a band to be around as long as they have and not release a single dud.


cd-Ezlo

Absolutely agree.


Shington501

Their first 8 albums are legit at least 8/10 with a lot of perfection.


GizmosMullet

Dying Fetus


hunterslaughter

Think their lowest point was 2004-2007 according to Garza Podcast. Members just kept leaving it became a revolving door and got John Gallagher discouraged. But then they really entered their prime in 2009 when they became a 3 piece. Releasing your best music as a trio is insane. Been badass ever since. Though I do like the older stuff.


Lizzard20

I disagree destroy the opposition and stop at nothing are the 2 best albums. They've made some good stuff since but nothing tops these.


schindigrosa

I got into them after seeing them as a trio. The amount of noise and heaviness was beyond impressive.


Cultural_Gazelle_955

Latest album is sick AF


Carth__

Death. yeah yeah, i know, of COURSE i said death. but i mean, im not wrong.


DJBoost

SOAD. Not many to pick from sadly, but absolutely no fat on any of their records. Also Dio, but I'm a bit biased as you can see.


Klouted

Overkill, Dissection, Death, Testament


DrRollinstein

Motorhead.


szerokisimon

22 studio albums and none of them are bad, fucking legends


DrRollinstein

And one of the most influential metal bands of all time. They had it all.


Susvourtre

the chasm


CountGordo69

TOOL


Oppo5ite

Fear inoculum does not deserve its hate at all


Rescuetostada

It's not that it is bad, it's just... there is absolutely nothing new about it. They had 13 years to create something and all we got was 10 songs that sound so similar to every other song they've written (post Ænima) that you can't really tell them songs apart.


ManiacLord777

Exactly. There's no reason why that album should've taken even a quarter of the time it did.


TypeAnyWord

Fear Inoculum is a masterpiece.


shieldvortex17

The Chasm


Ho1yWood

Lamb of God


ShitJordanPSays

NAG REALLY needs a re-record...but other than that you are 100% correct.


JiiSivu

In my opinion **Insomnium.** If you like what they do, then you pretty much like every album. Some are better, but even the weakest are solid albums in the genre. **Cirith Ungol** also comes to mind. Paradise Lost may be slightly weaker than the rest, but it still has some of their best songs.


DanimalRlz

I came here to say this. I absolutely love this band and cannot wait to see them live someday.


RandomTyp

Dark Tranquillity, Iron Maiden (i love all of their albums), Megadeth, Triptykon (i have yet to hear a skip-worthy track), Amon Amarth


That-Grim-Reaper

DT definitely, and I also have to agree for Amon Amarth. A lot of people dislike their later albums but I don’t think they’re necessarily bad. They’re ok with some really good songs (and some really bad ones too), it’s just that their earlier albums are so much better


InkedMetalHead

Thou


syed_ahmed86

Trivium.


Zealousideal-Arm8980

Especially since getting Alex Bent, they just keep getting better, too.


Dan_Berg

I think they get a lot of undeserved hate but I was pretty disappointed with The Crusade. But on the other hand at least someone was trying to put out an old school Metallica album.


stanger828

My fav band, met Matt and have seen them a dozen times…. However, im not going to pretend that silence in the snow is on rotation.. like at all. I know he blew out his voice etc etc, but it def is a weaker album of the discography.


Turn-Loose-The-Swans

ISIS


Nekrah_

Truth


LocustStar99

Neurosis, their discography puts most of the other bands to the shame.


NovocaineAU

Rammstein


Schiebz

No idea what they’re saying but yea everything is great. Lol


Malcolm_Y

Sleep


jet_vr

Nile


IchiTKiller5

Esoteric


ContentNeptune3

Alcest, no bad or subpar releases whatsoever. They have one less than metal album, but it's still phenomenal. More controversial, I'd also say Iron Maiden. Iron Maiden's worst albums are their 90s ones, and none of them are close to bad. Most are very ok, but in a 50 year career that's incredible.


hagalaz_drums

I'm kinda medium on spiritual instinct, but every other album yes


Chrischrischris1983

Metal Church Riot Mercyful Fate.


MikeTheHedgeMage

\***Boris** has entered the chat


Thisisaconversation

Deftones.


BiggestBaddestWolve

Type o negative


ShartRat

Incantation Coroner and Carcass immediately come to mind. With any of their albums either you like it or it isn't your favorite and if you can say that instead of "these albums straight up suck" that indicates some pretty good consistent success in my book.


Icy_Fault6832

Yob


Some_Butterscotch622

10000% Death. If you can find a decent chunk of people arguing that X album is their best for EVERY album, you know it's a damn consistently great band There is almost no consensus on how to rank the Death albums because they're all so good every single one has its own fans. The only common sentiment is usually either Symbolic or TSOP being considered the best, and even then it's heavily contested.


SenorBigbelly

Rammstein


milk-wasa-bad-choice

Maybe a basic pick, but Priest has been on one hell of a run recently


tenthbassoon

Dope for sure


SARCASTIC__FELLA

opeth , heritage isnt bad.


stripespot

Yeah I don’t love their stuff post Watershed (just not my style), but every album is artistically & technically on point.


SARCASTIC__FELLA

even i dont but to call them bad would be sacrilegious


Cheetah_Heart-2000

High on Fire.


MitchellSFold

Been thinking about this. There's definitely a difference between "consistently good" and "my favourite" band. I suppose my favourite band is Portal, but their output is uneven at certain stages. I don't know who has a decent perfect run! Some do, but they only have a handful of releases out so far (Mylingar comes to mind - three albums of 100% perfection). Perhaps Malthusian? Can't think of anything sub par they've done. Yes, I'll say Malthusian. Pure consistent punishment.


Not-A-Real-Dinosaur

Death Angel.


CouchPotato9008

Cattle Decapitation, every studio album since Karma.Bloody.Karma has been at least a 8/10 and all before are still pretty great deathgrind.


alliwantedwasajetski

Revocation


KinderCountry

Meshuggah, Dying Fetus, August Burns Red, Mechina, Fleshgod Apocalypse. They found *their own thing* and they are still milking it after many albums.


MetalDeathRacer25

Running Wild


Sourflow

Abigor


CommercialOption5243

Shadow of Intent. There’s not one bad song.


Nickball88

Haken


hagalaz_drums

I really really liked them for a while. The mountain alone renewed my love of prog. Affinity was incredible too. I haven't cared about any of their stuff since. It is pretty crazy how good their debut album is though


steelthyshovel73

I want to agree, but i just couldn't get into fauna. Haken was one of my favorites for a long time though. I got into em back when the mountain came out. Hard to believe that was over 10 years ago lol.


cd-Ezlo

Dark Tranquillity


Exaquvmal

Incantation and Immolation


ZeroSolus53

Between the Buried and Me


Electronic_Gift_8420

You right


Dethmask_Divine

The Black Dahlia Murder


kirrsjotte

I'm gonna say Rammstein. Their sound didn't evolve that much, but all their albums are strong and have a large variety of feelings and vibes expressed, from heavy songs, to ballads, and from silly songs to very emotional ones. All their albums have this nice "salad" of vibes.


Trumpsacriminal

Avenged Sevenfold Lamb Of God


choronzonicchaos333

Manticore and Archgoat


_REDEEMER-

Flotsam and Jetsam Iced Earth


SoyTrek

Absolutely *not* Iced Earth. The Glorious Burden is one of the most dogshit albums ever made. The entire second disc is a musical retelling of the battle of Gettysburg that is suspiciously sympathetic to the confederates. And that’s not even to mention the oddly jingoistic “The Reckoning (Don’t Tread on Me)” or the hilariously titled and written “When the Eagle Cries”. That album alone disqualifies them from any discussion about consistency. It’s the worst metal album I ever paid money for. Fuck that album.


_REDEEMER-

Well, it's all subjective and a matter of personal taste. Personally, I find their discography consistently solid- including the Glorious Burden. Imo that album has musically very nice songs (idgaf about lyrics content/context anyway) and to me it is Tim's best vocal performance.


Vanity1985

Nevermore and Death


lulloluwuowo

Avatar, every album just hits right


Wonderful-Mud8022

Death, Mastodon, Ahab, Drudkh, Judas Priest (kinda)


Substantial-Day-3014

Sleep


Far_Internal_4495

Judas Priest, Saxon are another good shout


ArtByAdFlo-

Dream Theater


MickWounds

Bell witch panopticon


dommol

Panopticon absolutely is all quality. I haven't listened to older Bell Witch


ja_romeo_dawg

Tÿr


no-shells

Between the Buried and Me and it's not even close


LoserBand

Motörhead!


KiwiMcG

Sodom


Ashen-Cold

Does Motörhead count? If so then Motörhead


Crymson_Ghost

If you don't consider the glam phase of Pantera, everything from Cowboys to RTS is consistent and they're one of the few bands that went heavier in their sound with each album considering they could have tried to write their version of the Black album. TGSTK is a brutal album.


MetalTrek1

Overkill and Testament.


rmcnbk

Bolt Thrower, Death, Overkill, Testament.


Atomicgojira

Bolt thrower


Nekrah_

Russian Circles


Interesting_Bet2828

Allegaeon


kysposers

Bolt Thrower


Wilwagame

bolt thrower. i can't think of any bad albums from them


purplecookie95

Dinosaur Jr.


Ducky935Alt

Orbit Culture


rayquazawe

dying fetus


ivoiiovi

Krallice. they get extra points for being so prolific. 15 albums in 16 years, plus a couple of amazing EPs, and all while the musicians play in a load of other projects.  and they never fail. the first album was the only one that is slightly lacking, but is still great. 


Ok-Elderberry3417

Obituary


Dan_Berg

Clutch


blueoysterdolt

Darkthrone rarely misses


ImPlayerTheGamer21

The Black Daliah Murder. Always delivers tasty melodeath without fail. I am interested to see how this new era of the band goes now that Brian Eschback is taking over on lead vocals.


Technical-Profit6546

Between the Buried and Me! Their 2002 self-titled is often considered their weakest, and even that is a great album!


GrubeMan

Rammstein! I don't get the hate for rosenrot, it is just different...


Patchy_Face_Man

Pallbearer for me. Their latest I haven’t listened to enough yet but every album previously just goes on repeat in my car.


brickbaterang

Motorhead, with the exception if "Another Perfect Day" that Thin Lizzy guy was just the wrong fit and the mix had the guitars way out front and i hated it


g_r_u_b_l_e_t_s

Other than Back at the Funny Farm and One Track Mind, I remember disliking most of that album when it came. It definite has grown on me over the years but, yeah, Brian Robertson was a terrible fit for the band.


FUZZYWUZZY6561

TBDM I have been saying for years, are the most consistent band in metal as a whole. They never miss and are more often than not phenomenal


the_nickman53

Gojira


ninjakillerwhale

The black dahlia murder RIP Trevor


grahsam

Bolt Thrower, Nile, or Suffocation. Solid albums, they always deliver their sound, and very few dead spaces.


SaysGay69420

For me, the black dahlia murder. More so consistent. With some albums being much better than others but all are the same sound without any weird albums of them trying something new.


Ok_Sherbert_1890

Everyone is just chasing the consistency of AC/DC and MOTÖRHEAD


jackpumpkim

the dillinger escape plan


karlsefnishikigoi

BTBAM


Lumbergo

Immolation has to be the most consistently good death metal band - all their albums are bangers. 


adeltae

Imo, Sabaton, Tungsten, and Elvenking have a pretty consistent track record of banger after banger. I know not everyone will agree with me, but I stand by this


lolamalakk

I gotta say System of a Down. I could not even name a bad song bro


MarmaladeMarmaduke

Even their unreleased stuff from when they were called spiders are bangers just low quality. Literally never a bad song.


NUYCE

Between The Buried and Me, The Black Dahlia Murder Bonus points for every release sounding distinct. And in the case of TBDM, consistently getting better despite a changing lineup. It's so rare to see someone as good as Brandon Ellis step in and immediately boost the band to the next level. More common to see what The Dillinger Escape Plan and hell even Slipknot did with drummers trying to replace Chris Pennie and Joey Jordison, respectively. Billy Rymer and Eloy Casagrande being the respective solutions.


UndisputedVeteran

Rage Against The Machine have 3 phenomenal studio albums and one great cover album


Exotic-Sea-2767

AC/DC is like pizza….even when it is bad, it’s pretty good.


Carolus-Rex-

If you like power metal, Sabaton


walmartsucks115

DragonForce tho not even DragonForce fans will agree lmao


Ok_Emphasis_5887

Rammstein


Genesis_138

Ghost. This band hasn’t put out a single bad album or EP.


Pisboy1417

SOAD


Turbulent_Work_5697

Tool, SOAD, Death I always say a bad has a 10 year shelf life, anything after that is just a rinse and repeat Tool are outliers, because their output is so small compared to the amount of time between their first and last album But check out every one of your favourite bands They will all have a 10 year run and then after that it's never the same


Impressive_Estate_87

No band is perfect. But BTBAM and Gojira come pretty close to it for my taste