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Originally Posted by The Batlord
****ing AOR dweebs.
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.....and you're already one of those AOR closet fans.
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Originally Posted by Anteater
Van Hagar at 12 is an interesting choice, as they do seem to be more AOR than even glam metal by the time Roth departed. Sacred Blade or maybe King Diamond might have been around this point if I were to do a "best of" metal of '86, but I like quite a bit on 5150....maybe it counts as a crossover album?
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The reason Sacred Blade on not on there is that I'd never heard of them until you just mentioned them, but based on what I'm hearing they're pretty good. As for KD I can barely get through one of his albums, even though I prefer the MF stuff a tad more, but even they were a struggle for me.
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Originally Posted by The Batlord
I'd say Van Halen's history as a metal band should give them some leeway, even if they weren't truly metal at that point. And I'm pretty sure US doesn't much like Mercyful Fate, so I don't imagine he likes King Diamond any better.
I need to listen to more KD actually. I've listened to enough Mercyful Fate over the years, but I've been really lazy about Diamond's solo material. I'm pretty sure I've actually only listened to Abigail once, and maybe a smattering of his other songs.
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Exactly Van Halen are on there for their history as a metal band and Van Hagar for his track record previous. It would be pretty strange to ignore a couple of Van Halen albums in the mid 1980s as not being metal enough, especially considering that these albums were huge sellers and the band a household name.