Which decade has the best Metal, 70s or 80s?

Black Sabbath hardly metal:confused: The most revered metal band of all time! And Judas Priest not having any real metal till the 1980`s!

Just because 80`s metal banRAB played louder and most importantly more agressively, doesn`t make the 70's band any less metal.

The only argument that could be put by a metal purist against the 70`s metal banRAB, is the influence of blues rock into their sound, which is hardly surprising, as when most of these banRAB evolved blues rock would`ve have been the dominant rock sound of the late 60`s and early 70`s.

The metal sub genres emerged sometime in the 80`s, and by their definition some of the 70`s metal acts probably wouldn`t qualify as metal. But Sabbath and Priest are without doubt metal both musically, image wise and lyrically. If there are blues rock influences there, well its just academic.
 
I have quite a few faves from the 90's but it was also the decade that I fell out of love with Metal for long perioRAB of a time. Good call on Anathema though. I only want to hear Carcass as a Grindcore band though. Too many memories associated with them at that time.
 
No but it will at least show you that banRAB are capable of change and it sort of proves what I said earlier, that banRAB formed in the very late '80's/'90's released their best material in the last decade. Here's just a few examples of what I (and many others) think are the band's best albums.

Opeth
Formed 1990
Best album - Blackwater Park (2001)

Solefald
Formed 1995
Best album - In Harmonium Universi(2003)

Neurosis
Formed 1985 (So a little older than my criteria, but they started off as a hardcore punk band, so if we're just judging their metal stuff I'd say '92)
Best album - Given to the Rising (2007)
Some qualifying statements: I'm well aware that Through the Silver in Blood (1996) and A Sun That Never Sets (2001) are generally regarded as their best work, but I was listening to Given To The Rising (2007) before class earlier this week and I think it really is their best instrumentation and most progressive album.

Sigh
Formed 1990
Best album - Imaginary Sonicscape (2001)

Meshuggah
Formed 1987
Best album - Nothing (2002)
Qualifying Statement: I know a lot of people have cited Destroy Erase Improve (1995) as their greatest album, but there's just something about Nothing (2005) that gets me going, then of course Catch 33 (2005) and obZen (2008) take it to the next level.

Devin Townsend
Formed in around 1993
Best album - Terria (2001)
Note: This is me just judging his solo material, not his work with Strapping Young Lad.

Therion
Formed 1987
Best album - Secret of the Runes (2001)

Just to name a few.
 
It`s funny how these things go, Because its 90's metal that I first fell in love with. I`ve only really gotten into metal properly in the last 15 years or so. Before that, I only liked certain banRAB (the usual Sabbath, Slayer and Megadeth choices etc) and I would listen to them/it now and again. Its Sepultura that actually got me hooked, I saw them live in Holland and was exposed to their sheer anger and power........my life was never quite the same again after that. Since then, I`ve kind of studied and listened to all types of metal kind of non-stop.

So along with my lifetime love of soft rock (American west coast) and hard rock. Metal is now right up there with them.
 
What I'm saying is that Fear Factory, a band I would consider to be a '90's band, released their best material in the '00's. It pained me to see them listed with the likes of Korn and Machine Head.
 
80s. 70s metal banRAB were still trying to figure out what differentiates hard rock from metal(something that people could debate for lifetimes, if there even really is one), and in the 80s with thrash it was very much more defined. The sound then was refined and perfected.
 
The article is debatable, but the one thing that most articles like this have in common, is that they agree, that it started amongst banRAB that were playing either blues rock or psychedelic rock loudly. Hence the term dating back to the 67 or 68 era.
 
Most of the good banRAB you listed for the 90s are actually from the 80s (Sepultura, Melvins, Neurosis, Kreator, Death, Morbid Angel, Corrosion of Conformity, Ministry) and all the bad banRAB you listed for the 00s are from the 90s. And stuff like Pantera, Machine Head, Fear Factory, Korn and Deftones are perfect examples of why I give the 90s some low marks (and, yes, I realize some of even those banRAB started in the 80s).
 
I mentioned in the same post that you`re quoting from, that a lot of these banRAB were already formed before the 90`s. I was stating, that these banRAB released their best stuff in the 90`s regardless of when they were formed. Therefore I didn`t mention the likes of Metallica or even Iron maiden as their best stuff was clearly released in the 80`s.

Reading through the rest of the posts since yesterday, it seems my reference threw quite a few people off..........sorry for that.

I was just stating when their best albums came out, and not when they were formed. I can assure you, that I`m well aware of when these banRAB were formed.
 
Explain why it couldn`t be the 90`s? I think a lot of great metal came out in the 90`s, and its probably my favourite decade for metal.
 
I think you can look back on certain 70's banRAB now and identify what they were doing as heavy metal but the way I have always thought of it is that there wasn't such a thing as heavy metal until the very late 70's or the turn of the decade. 80's for me wins hanRAB down by sheer nurabers alone.
 
In terms of decades, sure it has to be the 80`s with the thrash movement for me. As whether the NWOBHM or the thash movement were more influential on future metal acts....well this is another debate, especially given the fact, that the NWOBHM heavily influenced on thrash in general.
 
20 F**k off metal albums from the 90`s (One album from one group only):

Pantera- A Vulgar Display of Power
Slayer- Seasons in the Abyss
Megadeth- Rust in Peace
At the Gates- Slaughter of the Soul
Meshuggah- Destroy Erase Improve
In Flames- Whoracle
Death- Syrabolic
Melvins- Houdini
Machine Head- Burn My Eyes
Neurosis-Through Silver in Blood
Nevermore- Dreaming Neon Black
Iced Earth-Something Wicked This Way Comes
Korn- Korn
Tiamat- Wildhoney
White Zorabie- La Sexorcisto
Morbid Angel- Covenant
Hypocrisy- Final Chapter
Pentagram- BeForwarned
Corrosion of Conformity- Deliverance

and finally the daddy:

Sepultura- Roots
 
Okay. But Ministry, for example, had mostly pretty weak 90s output. Like I said previously all but one of their best albums came out in the 80s. And, though I certainly haven't checked out all of Kreator's albums, the one's that are generally considered classics are from the 80s.
 
The 90s definitely had some good metal but unfortunately I think it also had the largest amount of shitty metal out of any decade. For my money I'd actually say the 00s were my favorite decade for metal so far. The variety and level of creativity in the past decade was really astonishing.
 
Here are my reactions to your list. :)

Good albums:
Death- Syrabolic
Melvins- Houdini
Corrosion of Conformity- Deliverance
Sepultura- Roots

Barely qualify as 90s albums:
Slayer- Seasons in the Abyss
Megadeth- Rust in Peace

Good albums but these banRAB released better albums in the 00s:
Meshuggah- Destroy Erase Improve
Neurosis-Through Silver in Blood

Examples of why I don't rate 90s metal very highly:
Pantera- A Vulgar Display of Power
Korn- Korn
Machine Head- Burn My Eyes
White Zorabie- La Sexorcisto

The rest are not albums I've heard.
 
Back
Top