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Irritatingly Underrated Metal


I think that the albums listed below are underrated.
Even those albums that are rated more than 8.6, should've made it to the top 200, or higher in that list. It's not only the score, but also the low amount of attention from the metal community to some of these albums.
Albums are in no particular order.
No, I am not fond of Euro power metal.

Created by: cynicoren | 10.08.2016



1. Anthrax - Among The Living
1987
2. Anthrax - Fistful Of Metal
1984
3. Anthrax - Sound Of White Noise
1993
4. Biohazard - State Of The World Address
1994
5. Danzig - Danzig 4
1994
6. Deicide - Deicide
1990
7. Deicide - Legion
1992
8. Dismember - Indecent And Obscene
1993
9. Down - Nola
1995
10. Fear Factory - Soul Of A New Machine
1992
11. Gwar - Ragnarök
1995
12. Obituary - Back From The Dead
1997
13. Overkill - Horrorscope
1991
14. Overkill - From The Underground And Below
1997
15. Suffocation - Breeding The Spawn
1993
16. Six Feet Under - Warpath
1997
17. Sodom - Tapping The Vein
1992
18. White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1
1992
19. AC/DC - The Razor's Edge
1990
20. Annihilator - Criteria For A Black Widow
1999
21. Body Count - Body Count
1992
22. Cannibal Corpse - Tomb Of The Mutilated
1992
23. Carcass - Swansong
1996
24. Death Angel - The Art Of Dying
2004
25. Deftones - Adrenaline
1995
26. Exodus - Fabulous Disaster
1988
27. Faith No More - Album Of The Year
1997
28. Faith No More - King For A Day... Fool For A Lifetime
1995
29. Filter - Short Bus
1995
30. Gorefest - Soul Survivor
1996
31. Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I
1991
32. Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II
1991
33. Iron Maiden - Killers
1981
34. James Murphy - Convergence
1996
35. James Murphy - Feeding The Machine
1999
36. Korn - Korn
1994
37. Mötley Crüe - Girls, Girls, Girls
1987
38. Macabre - Sinister Slaughter
1993
39. Macabre - Dahmer
2000
40. Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
1996
41. Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction
1992
42. Metallica - Metallica
1991
43. Metallica - Garage Inc.
1998
44. Napalm Death - Diatribes
1996
45. Napalm Death - Fear, Emptiness, Despair
1994
46. Nuclear Assault - Game Over
1986
47. Obituary - World Demise
1994
48. Pantera - Reinventing The Steel
2000
49. Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill
1996
50. Raise Hell - Not Dead Yet
2000
51. Sadus - A Vision Of Misery
1992
52. Sadus - Elements Of Anger
1997
53. Salem - Collective Demise
2002
54. Sigh - Scenario IV: Dread Dreams
1999
55. Six Feet Under - Haunted
1995
56. Slayer - Divine Intervention
1994
57. Sodom - Better Off Dead
1990
58. Suicidal Tendencies - The Art Of Rebellion
1992
59. Suicidal Tendencies - Still Cyco After All These Years
1993
60. System Of A Down - System Of A Down
1998
61. Twisted Sister - Love Is For Suckers
1987
62. Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses
1993
63. Van Halen - 1984
1984



Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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17.12.2017 - 17:58
VIG
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This is by far one of the stupidest lists I have ever seen. 99% of these bands are some of the most popular bands in metal, and some even in general (Van Halen, Metallica, etc.)

How are Metallica, Marilyn Manson, AC/DC, Type O Negative, System Of A Down, Megadeath, Guns N' Roses, and every other band here underrated?
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18.12.2017 - 00:14
cynicoren

Thank you for your polite response.
Now read the header: I wrote that these albums deserved a higher rating in the site (in my opinion). Never said the bands were underrated, but maybe your English is faulty, or you felt like bashing someone.
Thank you for reading the list and taking the time to respond.
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18.12.2017 - 13:42
Paz
Nuclear Cowboy
Some of these albums are actually irritatingly overrated if you ask me
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18.12.2017 - 14:19
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by cynicoren on 18.12.2017 at 00:14

Thank you for your polite response.
Now read the header: I wrote that these albums deserved a higher rating in the site (in my opinion). Never said the bands were underrated, but maybe your English is faulty, or you felt like bashing someone.
Thank you for reading the list and taking the time to respond.



You say the following in the header:
Quote:
It's not only the score, but also the low amount of attention from the metal community to these albums.


Most of the albums you call "Irrirtatingly Underrated" in the title of this list actually get huge amounts of attention from the metal community. Instead of saying VIG's might be faulty it seems that your English is faulty. And how on earth is his comment bashing you? He just states his opinion, which I happen to agree with.
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18.12.2017 - 14:26
Metren
Dreadrealm
This list is missing some obscure gems like Painkiller, Number Of The Beast and Blackwater Park.
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18.12.2017 - 14:53
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by Metren on 18.12.2017 at 14:26

This list is missing some obscure gems like Painkiller, Number Of The Beast and Blackwater Park.


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18.12.2017 - 20:57
cynicoren

Funny - there are 63 albums here, most of them didn't make the top 200. Most of them are considered second best. You guys see Among the living and Countdown To Extinction and miss 80-90% of this list with albums like Soul Of A New Machine,Scenario IV: Dread Dreams ,Not Dead Yet ,or Collective demise - and 50+ other albums. So Marcel, as he is entitled to his opinion (and he speaks of the bands, not albums. English. All Anthrax albums were made in the same quality?), sure am entitled to mine, even if you think I'm wrong.
When I write about the attention of the community I mean this community - many albums here have less than 200 ratings, some less than 100.
Metren - funny pun aside, those albums are perfect 10s for me. So in a way, they are underrated too (;
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18.12.2017 - 21:09
Metren
Dreadrealm
Written by cynicoren on 18.12.2017 at 20:57

Metren - funny pun aside, those albums are perfect 10s for me. So in a way, they are underrated too (;


I think I kind of see where You're coming from. A work of art can be massively appreciated and still underrated in some sense, I guess. There are a few such works that people love that I personally feel still aren't loved enough - or perhaps not for the right reasons. It's just that I disagree with most of the choices on Your list, that's why I wrote that comment. Glad You didn't take offense

P.S. Painkiller is a 7, Number is an 8 and Blackwater Park is a 9 in my book
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18.12.2017 - 21:14
cynicoren

Written by Metren on 18.12.2017 at 21:09

Written by cynicoren on 18.12.2017 at 20:57

Metren - funny pun aside, those albums are perfect 10s for me. So in a way, they are underrated too (;


I think I kind of see where You're coming from. A work of art can be massively appreciated and still underrated in some sense, I guess. There are a few such works that people love that I personally feel still aren't loved enough - or perhaps not for the right reasons. It's just that I disagree with most of the choices on Your list, that's why I wrote that comment. Glad You didn't take offense

P.S. Painkiller is a 7, Number is an 8 and Blackwater Park is a 9 in my book


Got me there. For example, Deicide's first album blows my head off each time I hear it after so many years. I can't understand why others don't see it that "perfect 10" way. I really enjoy that Raise Hell album, but it seems people don't care about it too much.
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18.12.2017 - 21:16
Metren
Dreadrealm
Written by cynicoren on 18.12.2017 at 21:14

Got me there. For example, Deicide's first album blows my head off each time I hear it after so many years. I can't understand why others don't see it that "perfect 10" way.


P.P.S. Your list gave me the idea of making a list of overrated albums just for fun... thanks
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18.12.2017 - 21:20
cynicoren

Written by Metren on 18.12.2017 at 21:16

Written by cynicoren on 18.12.2017 at 21:14

Got me there. For example, Deicide's first album blows my head off each time I hear it after so many years. I can't understand why others don't see it that "perfect 10" way.


P.P.S. Your list gave me the idea of making a list of overrated albums just for fun... thanks


Glad to help you. As a matter of fact, as other claimed here you can take this very list and change the title (:
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21.12.2017 - 15:59
theFIST

Written by cynicoren on 18.12.2017 at 20:57

....most of them didn't make the top 200. Most of them are considered second best.
....albums like Soul Of A New Machine....

there"s a reason albums like Soul of a new Machine are considered also rans
it absolutely is a very good album, but clearly not Demanufacture or Mechanize
is it better than Transgression, Digimortal and Genexus? easily
better than Industrialist and Archetype? probably
better than Obsolete? maybe
still, it"s not their best, end even that doesn"t make the top 200 on here
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Haha, that's like saying "compose your own Metal album and upload it here, instead of writing a review of an album". :lol:
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22.12.2017 - 14:23
cynicoren

Written by theFIST on 21.12.2017 at 15:59

Written by cynicoren on 18.12.2017 at 20:57

....most of them didn't make the top 200. Most of them are considered second best.
....albums like Soul Of A New Machine....

there"s a reason albums like Soul of a new Machine are considered also rans
it absolutely is a very good album, but clearly not Demanufacture or Mechanize
is it better than Transgression, Digimortal and Genexus? easily
better than Industrialist and Archetype? probably
better than Obsolete? maybe
still, it"s not their best, end even that doesn"t make the top 200 on here


It's one way too see it. When examining it by itself (without comparing to the other FF albums) I see it as a very innovative album (1992) to it's time. It is a very special, dark, violent and as I said - innovative album. It's not Just Burton using growl and clean vocals, it's not the machine-like drumming,not the no solos, it's the whole thing. It's rated 7.5 here.
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22.12.2017 - 14:27
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by cynicoren on 22.12.2017 at 14:23

Written by theFIST on 21.12.2017 at 15:59

Written by cynicoren on 18.12.2017 at 20:57

....most of them didn't make the top 200. Most of them are considered second best.
....albums like Soul Of A New Machine....

there"s a reason albums like Soul of a new Machine are considered also rans
it absolutely is a very good album, but clearly not Demanufacture or Mechanize
is it better than Transgression, Digimortal and Genexus? easily
better than Industrialist and Archetype? probably
better than Obsolete? maybe
still, it"s not their best, end even that doesn"t make the top 200 on here


It's one way too see it. When examining it by itself (without comparing to the other FF albums) I see it as a very innovative album (1992) to it's time. It is a very special, dark, violent and as I said - innovative album. It's not Just Burton using growl and clean vocals, it's not the machine-like drumming,not the no solos, it's the whole thing. It's rated 7.5 here.


Soul Of A New Machine is indeed extremely underrrated. Like you say it is an extremely innovative album. I remember hearing it when it was released and how it blew me, and almost everyone else (journalists and fans and other bands alike) away due to it being so innovative.
That albums score of 7.5 is way way too low.
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Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight
Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.)
05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996

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22.12.2017 - 14:31
cynicoren

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 22.12.2017 at 14:27

Written by cynicoren on 22.12.2017 at 14:23

Written by theFIST on 21.12.2017 at 15:59

Written by cynicoren on 18.12.2017 at 20:57

....most of them didn't make the top 200. Most of them are considered second best.
....albums like Soul Of A New Machine....

there"s a reason albums like Soul of a new Machine are considered also rans
it absolutely is a very good album, but clearly not Demanufacture or Mechanize
is it better than Transgression, Digimortal and Genexus? easily
better than Industrialist and Archetype? probably
better than Obsolete? maybe
still, it"s not their best, end even that doesn"t make the top 200 on here


It's one way too see it. When examining it by itself (without comparing to the other FF albums) I see it as a very innovative album (1992) to it's time. It is a very special, dark, violent and as I said - innovative album. It's not Just Burton using growl and clean vocals, it's not the machine-like drumming,not the no solos, it's the whole thing. It's rated 7.5 here.


Soul Of A New Machine is indeed extremely underrrated. Like you say it is an extremely innovative album. I remember hearing it when it was released and how it blew me, and almost everyone else (journalists and fans and other bands alike) away due to it being so innovative.
That albums score of 7.5 is way way too low.


I felt the same way. Heard it ("Martyr") on the radio when it got out, just after Guns and Roses and Ugly Kid Joe songs, and It was like "Wow! What was the name of that band again???"
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