Greatest Metal Debut Albums

Negative Creep · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:21 pm **Posts:** 11802

THIS IS NOT OFFICIAL. IT'S A ROUGH DRAFT THAT WE CAN PROGRESSIVELY WORK ON TOGETHER.
If anyone's interested.

Criteria:
-Influence
-Importance
-Originality (in the context of the era)
-Acclaim

1. Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath)
2. Kill 'em All (Metallica)
3. Iron Maiden (Iron Maiden)
4. Blizzard Of Ozz (Ozzy Osbourne)
5. Holy Diver (Dio)
6. Melissa (Mercyful Fate)
7. Scream Bloody Gore (Death)
8. Altars Of Madness (Morbid Angel)
9. Lightning To The Nations (Diamond Head)
10. Bonded By Blood (Exodus)

JRA · **Joined:** Thu Oct 14, 2010 10:47 am **Posts:** 2017

Too Fast For Love should not be #4.

The following cold make the top 10.

Morbid Angel: Altars of Madness
Emperor: In The Nightside Eclips
Possessed: Scream Bloody Gore
Megadeth: Killing Is My Business
Mercyful Fate: Melissa

Sherick · **Posted:** Sat Jul 30, 2011 9:52 pm

JRA wrote:

Possessed: Scream Bloody Gore

Nesquik · **Posted:** Sun Jul 31, 2011 12:23 am

JRA wrote:

Too Fast For Love should not be #4.

The following cold make the top 10.

Morbid Angel: Altars of Madness
Emperor: In The Nightside Eclips
Possessed: Scream Bloody Gore
Megadeth: Killing Is My Business
Mercyful Fate: Melissa

All of these and also Death: Seven Churches

Negative Creep wrote:

1. Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath)
2. Kill 'Em All (Metallica)
3. Iron Maiden (Iron Maiden)
4. Too Fast For Love (Motley Crue)
5. Blizzard Of Ozz (Ozzy Osbourne)
6. Holy Diver (Dio)
7. Facelift (Alice In Chains)
8. Show No Mercy (Slayer)
9. Rising Force (Yngwie Malmsteen)
10. Walls Of Jericho

THIS IS NOT OFFICIAL. IT'S A ROUGH DRAFT THAT WE CAN PROGRESSIVELY WORK ON TOGETHER.
If anyone's interested.

Kill 'Em All and Too Fast for Love seem unreasonably high. Same with Facelift, actually. I can't think right now, but I might come up with some suggestions later.

Sherick · **Posted:** Sun Jul 31, 2011 12:26 am

I don't see anything wrong with KEM's postitioning.

Nesquik · **Posted:** Sun Jul 31, 2011 2:23 am

Sorry, I shouldn't say unreasonably high. I think it should fall to 3rd.

JRA · **Joined:** Thu Oct 14, 2010 10:47 am **Posts:** 2017

Sherick wrote:

I don't see anything wrong with KEM's postitioning.

Neither do I. Either it or Maiden's album should be 2 or 3.

and :lol:

at my blunder.

Negative Creep · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:21 pm **Posts:** 11802

Wow, I honestly thought this would get ignored for like two weeks. :smile:

But again, that top 10 is NOT in official order, it's just a basic starting point.

I take it everyone agrees that Black Sabbath is #1?

Negative Creep · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:21 pm **Posts:** 11802

Also, as the ultimate Megadeth fanboy here, there's no way KIMB is top 10. I doubt it's even top 50.

Sid_Vicious_24 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 31, 2011 2:59 pm

Whoa, hang on there. First, you're not the ultimate Megadeth fanboy. Second, Killing is not bad, man. Top 10? No, but out of the Top 50 sounds a little too much. Again, it's a solid album.

Off the top of my head... Bonded by Blood by Exodus, Welcome to Hell by Venom, The Legacy by Testament, Alice in Hell by Annihilator. I don't know if top ten, but they should be considered for the list.

Woodgod · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 12:16 pm **Posts:** 327

Agree that Too Fast For Love is too high, like by 50 spots.

The AiC album shouldn't make the top 10. Probably shouldn't even make the top 20.

Negative Creep · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:21 pm **Posts:** 11802

Sid_Vicious_24 wrote:

Whoa, hang on there. First, you're not the ultimate Megadeth fanboy. Second, Killing is not bad, man. Top 10? No, but out of the Top 50 sounds a little too much. Again, it's a solid album.

Off the top of my head... Bonded by Blood by Exodus, Welcome to Hell by Venom, The Legacy by Testament, Alice in Hell by Annihilator. I don't know if top ten, but they should be considered for the list.

Oooh good call on Exodus, but didnt they have an album before Bonded?

KIMB is a cool album, but I've never heard it mentioned by any other metal artist. As far as 'greatness', it's merely a blip on the radar compared to their other stuff.

Negative Creep · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:21 pm **Posts:** 11802

Woodgod wrote:

Agree that Too Fast For Love is too high, like by 50 spots.

The AiC album shouldn't make the top 10. Probably shouldn't even make the top 20.

AGAIN, it's not an official top 10. It's a starting point.

JRA · **Joined:** Thu Oct 14, 2010 10:47 am **Posts:** 2017

Suggestion:

1. Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath)
2. Kill em All (Metallica)
3. Iron Maiden (Iron Maiden)
4. Altars of Madness (Morbid Angel)
5. Blizzard of Ozz (Ozzy Osbourne)
6. Show No Mercy (Slayer)
7. In The Nightside Eclipse (Emperor)
8. Holy Diver (Dio)
9. Seven Churches (Possessed)
10. Melissa (Mercyful Fate)

Also, I realize it's not the "official" debut, but does anyone besides me think Cowboys From Hell should be on the list?

Negative Creep · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:21 pm **Posts:** 11802

Hmmm, dunno if we can count it. Were those pre-Cowboys albums even official releases?

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