I'll happily bash Pantera with the rest of you, but "Walk" is one of the few songs that I'll stand up for. One of the few times that they did their whole schtick perfectly. That riff is just monstrous.

I said they were hated on here and not in the big wide world.

\m/ RUST IN PEACE \m/

Actually: Vulgar Display of Power!

Have yet to see Pantera on the receiving end of any hate. I just always assumed they were respected by almost anyone who's into metal.

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I like them enough to say that Vulgar Display Of Power is kind of important. The music that Anselmo made later is much more to my liking. But Pantera ended up sounding pretty good to me.

Why the hate, Jans?

Horses for courses, but I think Pantera were great. I saw them support Megadeth at the Manchester Apollo on their Countdown to Extinction Tour and they blew them off stage. Loads of energy and they put a massive amount of effort into their performance, with Phil showing a surprising amount of humility and gratitude to their fans. Shame that, eventually, it all went off the rails and I wonder if they would have reformed had the tragedy of Dimebag not happened.

For the record, Megadeth played for just over an hour and Mustaine was a real moody f*cker. They did one short encore and left. Crap.

I just love reign in blood and Vulgar display of power, but the album i've listened to the most would have to be The number of the beast.. awesome

I just don't like their music.

"Made in Japan is a great live album. But there's just something about the sound on "In Rock". Just a real ugly, abrasive sound that they never came close to after that. Of course, you could also describe it as a ****ty production job, but it fits the music.

Machine Head, Holy Diver, All the Rainbow albums except the last one. Top 4 in order
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Long Live Rock and Roll, Down to Earth, and Difficult to Cure.

Nearly all Waysted LP's. UFO's Strangers In The Night, Michael Schenker Group's Assault Attack. Just a few on my pea brain at the moment.

Really, they're usually one of the most slagged off metal bands on the forum. I've been here since 2009 and I've often noticed this.

Great choices here and its always great to see a UFO fan on the forum, that band were just so good back in the 1970s.

Nice to see another UFO fan period. We need to come out of the woodwork.

count me as another one

I fancy UFO too. They were great in the 70s.

For whatever reason, I get a bit of hate when I say this, but Black Sabbath's Heaven and Hell has been my favorite for quite some time, and for good reason. It's Dio at his best, but before he made Holy Diver.

I LOVE ugly and especially abrasive, hence Kill 'Em All! As soon as I can I plan on grabbing some Deep Purple up. I just need to get a bit more moolah; only been at my new job for a few months and it's pretty hard to get by let alone aford the music I want...

Something by Judas Priest and/or Pantara would be my choice for starters.

Not gonna go back through to see if anyone else posted it yet.

But seriously, if nobody's mentioned "Human" by Death, then I fear for this planet.

i'm more partial to "Individual Thought Patterns" myself

I'll second that.

**** both those albums. Boring ****e. The only acceptable answers are Scream Bloody Gore or Leprosy. ;)

I see somebody skipped on their Spanish classes;)

Of their later stuff I definitely prefer Symbolic and the Sound of Perseverance over Individual Thought Patterns. But they're all great albums.

^ This.

^ threefold