Top 10 Rock Acts? I'd LOVE to see your list Il! :beer:

something like this:-

My Bloody Valentine
The Beach Boys
The Who
The Ramones
The Beatles
Judas Priest
Of Montreal
Olivia Tremor Control
KISS
Captain Beefheart

Interesting list.

Whats your fav Kiss album?

i only have compilations

So you've never listened to Destroyer and Rock N ROll Over? What is your favorite Kiss song?

Beth, actually

and I have all the four solo albums, though "Peter Criss" really blows

"Ace Frehley" is essential, though

So I'm feeling like some hard rock, and I've decided that it's between AC/DC, (anything you guys want to recommend other than If You Want Blood and Back In Black) Metallica's Load and/or Reload, GNR's "Chinese Democracy" or something by Kiss. If you guys had choose between buying one or two of these, what would you choose?

I will say it before and say it again on AC/DC... "Powerage".

Load may have it's flaws, but it is a masterpeice compared to Chinese Democracy.

Alright so Powerage is a definite pick up eh? Is Chinese Democracy really that bad? Does that mean you would recommend Load?

I do not mind Load, not something I would listen to all the time, but it is alright. uneven, it is a middle ground album for me.

Okay cool, and you said it was very blues rockish? Like LA Woman? Do you know any other good blues tinged hard rock? Did Kiss ever do any You don't like Reload right?

Thats a pretty bad list. If I had to choose i'd pick Back in black or a KISS record for sure. Avoid Chinese democracy like the plague.

Chinese Democracy was THAT bad?

yes, it is. awful record.

SO are th two UYI albums miles better than it?

meh, not miles better.... but better none the less. I have never been huge into G'n'R... but "Appetite for Destruction" is still a good raunchy record, that is good for the ocassional listen.

If anyone here likes Melodic metal, try Children of Bodom! They are a Finnish band that has some seriously good tunes, I often highlight them on Fusionrise.

Does anyone know what the tracklisting on the 1990 version of Are You Experienced is?

Also, what year do you guys recommend for the Hendrix albums?

That album originally came out in 1967 but without the previously released singles on the album, you need to make sure that you get the version with the singles on (both the A-sides and B-sides) and at that time B-sides were normally just as good as the A-sides anyway. My version is the 1997 one and these are the 17 tracks:

Foxy Lady
Manic Depression
Red House
Can You See Me
Love or Confusion
I Don`t Live Today
May This Be Love
Fire
Third Stone From the Sun
Remember
Are You Experienced?
Hey Joe
Stone Free
Purple Haze
51st Anniversary
The Wind Cries Mary
Highway Chile

Get all three albums they are essential to any rock collection.

So do you think I would be most safe getting the 1997 AYE and whatever year of ELL and ABAS?

Yes.

this is every bit as essential as well:
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and this:
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What album should I get, Shout at the Devil by Motley Crue or Stained Class by Priest?

Also, what do you guys think is better, Use Your Illusion 1 and 2 or Metallicas Load and Reload?

I'd go with Metallica, I don't care what any purist says.

Is death n' roll exclusive to Entombed or are there other groups that experimented with the sound as well?

Gorefest:

first 2 albums were more just Death Metal, and like Entombed, starting on their third album "Erase", they started going the death n roll route..


Carcass:

Their last album "Swansong" was a Death n Roll album, before that they started out a goregrind band/Death Metal band, before going more melodic Death Metal on "Heartwork", and the last album was a Death n Roll album



Death Breath:

"Stinking Up the Night" is one of the best in the style, them and Entombed were the tops of this style to me. The album came out in 2006.



Macabre:

Their last album "Grim Scary Tales" was a very Death n Roll album, before that they were known as many styles, Macabre were an early Death Metal band, not getting a lot of credit for it.. They also had elements of grindcore, hardcore punk and even acoustic rock..





those are a few. Entombed, Gorefest and Death Breath are the tops in that style to me.

Death 'n' Roll *(aka Death & Roll) - Music Genres - Rate Your Music

I guess to a certain extent, could count Six Feet Under as well.



"Haunted" alwas had a bit of that sound to me. I am by no means a SFU fanatic, I think they are just meh... but "Haunted" to me is still a fun record, nothing groundbreaking or original, but a sort of every once in a shile thing. As is the follow up "Warpath", which I think is their best.. They are a guilty please band for me, many Death Metal fans will ream ya out for admiting to liking SFU, but whatever.

Thanks for the recommendations! I found Carcass and Gorefest to be the best of your list. Six Feet Under was....average. I think its pretty damn cool how varied the discography of Carcass is. They were truly quite innovative.

yeah, SFU are average. I like Haunted though, it as essentially Obituary and Chris Barnes. Fun album, just not very original.

Carcass, yeah.. they were always reinventing themselves. "Heartwork" and "Symphony of Sickness" are my favorites from them.

For Gorefest, "False" is my favorite from them.

Everyone go listen to "Monotheist" by Celtic Frost. I stumbled across it the other day and forgot that I had it. Suffice to say I can't stop listening. ****ing brilliant work of art.

"To Mega Therion" is still my favorite by Celtic Frost.

i find Therion (band) to be better than Celtic Frost but that's just me

"To Mega Therion" is pretty awright, I guess

For older Celtic Frost, Morbid Tales is my fav. That's not to discredit the other albums, I like all their other stuff expect for Crystal Lake. Monotheist is still my fav overall though, nothing else out there sounds quite like it.

Therion is alright to me, never got that into them, "Beyond Sactorum" is about all i really enjoy. stuff after was just not my cup of tea.

I find most symphonic metal so be somewhat corny...

I am not sure your views on Death Metal, but Therion's first 3 albums are different from what they are doing now, "Of Darkness..." was a straight ahead Death Metal album, "Beyond Sactorum" is a Death Metal album with hints of Doom Metal, and "Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas" was a Death Metal, Doom Metal and Avant-Garde Metal album...

those albums I actually enjoy from time to time... not huge on the stuff that came after, though "Lepaca Kliffoth" was decent, symphonic metal with a thrash influence.

"Theli" and on is when they went really symphonic.

I recommend "Beyond Sanctorum" to anybody who is curious about Death Metal and wants to get into the style. One of the best.

Another one was Darkthrone's first album "Soulside Journey", their one and only Death Metal album before shifting to Black Metal.

Do you listen to Hellhammer? Their Satanic Rites demo is pretty solid and if you haven't heard it already it's well worth checking out. They're a bit more primitive compared to Celtic Frost but a key influence on black metal.

I have heard of Hellhammer, another Tom Warrior project, yes?

When it comes to death metal, I don't really listen to it much. I do recognize its importance and respect the genre very much. Bands like Atheist and Necrophagist (just for examples) are pretty untouchable in terms of technicality. Personally, I attribute my lack of a taste for death metal to the difference in generations between myself and most MB members on this forum. I didn't grow up with death metal.