Is this the best album of the '90s?

[Trollsmasher]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFEDhm3dWkY

[navy]

Not even close. Heavy Metal is terrible

[Trollsmasher]

Not even close. Heavy Metal is terrible
This is a sludge metal tho

[Draz]

Not even close. Heavy Metal is terrible
Not unless you're high asf. That's the only way I enjoy it

[Kawhi]

Illmatic was released in '94. Therefore, no.

[Patrick Chewing]

Didn't think I'd find another Down fan on here.


There are only a few perfect albums in my whole collection (close to 1000) and NOLA is definitely one of them.

[navy]

This is a sludge metal tho
Just as terrible.

[references]

this is what I would expect an emo teen who's being forced to attend a republican rally with his family would be listening to on his headphones all mad in the backseat

[Trollsmasher]

this is what I would expect an emo teen who's being forced to attend a republican rally with his family would be listening to on his headphones all mad in the backseat
who's your Dad voting for?

[Derka]

Awesome album for sure, but not even Down's best album.

Edit: this is entirely just my opinion. Down II blew my mind. I don't knock people for taking NOLA at the top, it's certainly worthy.

[Duderonomy]

I've always maintain that this is the greatest album of the 90's. Even if you think Punk is bullshit**, this still holds up.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/broadtime_photo/418454811617

[FillJackson]

The Pine Valley Cosmonauts Salute the Majesty of Bob Wills: King of Western Swing, Pioneer, Traditionalist, Avant-Gardist, Magician

http://cont-1.p-cdn.com/images/public/rovi/albumart/7/2/9/2/744302002927_500W_500H.jpg

[Heavincent]

Not even close. Heavy Metal is terrible

Only if you have shit taste in music.

[navy]

Only if you have shit taste in music.

You mean good taste

[Heavincent]

You mean good taste

Metal music objectively consists of some of the most skilled and technically proficient musicians on the planet. I'd only put jazz and classical ahead of it in that area (even though I prefer metal).

Don't like it? Whatever, but to write off the entire genre as being terrible is asinine. As I said, many of the musicians within the genre are objectively gifted. You probably think it's that "devil worship screamo stuff".

[Patrick Chewing]

Metal music objectively consists of some of the most skilled and technically proficient musicians on the planet. I'd only put jazz and classical ahead of it in that area (even though I prefer metal).

Don't like it? Whatever, but to write off the entire genre as being terrible is asinine. As I said, many of the musicians within the genre are objectively gifted. You probably think it's that "devil worship screamo stuff".


Losers have probably never heard of Dream Theater.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz7bxTBhtVo

[Heavincent]

Losers have probably never heard of Dream Theater.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz7bxTBhtVo

One of Dream Theater's best albums :applause:

[ArbitraryWater]

Metal music objectively consists of some of the most skilled and technically proficient musicians on the planet. I'd only put jazz and classical ahead of it in that area (even though I prefer metal).

Don't like it? Whatever, but to write off the entire genre as being terrible is asinine. As I said, many of the musicians within the genre are objectively gifted. You probably think it's that "devil worship screamo stuff".

lol... how do you evaluate that? You could say the same for every genre (besides pop.. inbefore pop is just popular music).

I do think Heavy Metal is trash. Most of the people who listen to it are a bit off, imo

[FatComputerNerd]

Radiohead's "OK Computer" probably tops the list for me.

[Overdrive]

lol... how do you evaluate that? You could say the same for every genre (besides pop.. inbefore pop is just popular music).

I do think Heavy Metal is trash. Most of the people who listen to it are a bit off, imo

Music theory is based on physics and that's based on maths. Speed, rhythm & harmonics are objectively measureable. That's why so many people fall for the same stuff. Some rhythm patterns just seem to work, same for chord progressions, note choice.

Pop music is quite diverse(or used to be), but the top level stuff is often technical very profound, slick music by highly professional musicians.

OT: Down is nice, but they're lacking something for me.

Queen's Innuendo, RATM's eponymous, GNR's Use Your Illusion I&II, Alice In Chain's Dirt, Tool's Aenima and Pantera's Cowboys From Hell are some of my absolute 90s favs.

[Milbuck]

I haven't been into metal or metal-related stuff for a while now, but to just dismiss a massive genre like that completely as garbage and generalize the people that like it is really dumb. Some of the most brilliant, technically gifted musicians in history come from metal. As a drummer names like Lombardo, Haake, Mangini, Carey, Donati, etc come to mind..and those are just some of the bigger names, not even counting less well known more modern guys like Rymer, Pennie, Gartska, Halpern, etc.

Some really narrow minded middle school nonsense in this thread. Not all metal is Slipknot the same way not all rap is Soulja Boy.