Juice's Metal Mastery [Metal Album Suggestion Thread]

[Comrade Khan]

I was going to say "yes, because I submitted it" but turns out I didn't. I'm shocked I've never dropped anything from Wintersun self-titled in there. I've done one from Time 2

I believe I submitted it for album wars

 

[Just Juice]

GLOIRE ÉTERNELLE BY FIRST FRAGMENT: This was a strange one for me. If it had been a pure instrumental album, it could have very easily been an instant classic for me. The jazzy, funky metallic mix at times really worked for me and at moments it actually felt Latin rather than French Canadian in its origin. I found myself craving for a soft Spanish soft vocal medley thrown in at times or perhaps just my brain was looking for Spanish/Mexican Metal at points when I knew it was never going to come. I listened to the whole album including In'El which for its length is quite the project peace but didn't win me over as much I perhaps had expected. I can certainly see its merits though, even subjectively not really my jam. I can also understand why this could be very popular with others though.

EN UN LUGAR DE LAR MARCHA BY BARON ROJO: I wanted something Spanish or Mexican. So I went with something Spanish and from the 80s all in one wild roulette spin. I didn't know what I was expecting, but I didn't get the Latin Flavour I was after perhaps a Mexican or South American band might offer that better. It did have a strong 80s feel to it and the final song Hijos de Cain really felt like it could have been song by a British band once upon a time. My favourite song was the first track Breakthoven! It was probably worth listening for the first track alone, but apart from the two songs mention nothing else really to write home about.

NIKAN AXKAN BY KALAVERZAZTEKAH: Mexican time. One of two I am curious by. Already the Death Metal vibes are strong (I feel this is a Jeff Album for sure). They are going hard as fuck, and using some instruments or sounds that sound like percussion but I can't even place what instruments they even are. It is out of this world almost. Still not the type of sound I was looking for after First Fragment, but very interesting and metal nonetheless. Wewekoyotl (El Coyote Viejo) might be my favourite death metal if I have classified it right, song at the current moment in time. Unexpected arrival too, as the harsh vocal is sometimes a struggle but not with this one. Really enjoyed this one! The final song was a perfect wrap to the whole record.

UNO BY METALACHI: Now this was massively underwhelming. I hoped for some fun covers, but I thought they were fairly lackluster and didn't find the flavour I was looking for. This was not what I expected to be a result of Fragment either. ​

 

[Professor Booty]

Here’s a band that is universally thought of as a band that would of been much bigger if they came out a year or two earlier but this album came out right before Nirvana and grunge killed hair metal.

Did this one get lost in the shuffle or you not feeling more glam at this time?

 

[Just Juice]

NO RULES BY KIK TRACEE: I can see the appeal of this album, unfortunately the appeal didn't include me in it. There is like a solid small venue vibe to them, but I am not reaching out for a second listen. I think its the voice that doesn't really engage me though, as a different vocalist might have hit differently for me. Shrug shoulders. Although I might actually explore if the lead vocalist sounds like in any other band he might have been in. There is the potential search for glory. I could only find one song 'New Leaf' by ZFM and yeah it is very much Stephen Shareaux's voice that I just quite connect to. Always interesting though to look deeper.

EXTREME II - PORNOGRAFFITI BY EXTREME: This is starting well. Decadence Dance is a really hard hitting and passionate start to this album, there is already a stronger connection then I had for the entire previous album just one song in. A few more song in and there is some pretty awesome guitar solos taking place that is lighting up the joint. And then 'More Than Words' cropped up and I was just left confused by an acoustic song out of nowhere. That was a real spanner in the works, that I was not expecting at all, but for me the next song brought the album back again. Was worried it was going to be an album of two very different styles blended into one. The album was enjoyable in finality, a couple of soft songs that left me confused but all in all I did enjoy this one in the majority though.


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[Hosferatu]

Since the requests seem to have slowed some, I'll drop the album I'm listening to currently.



No clue how it fits into your tastes. My cousin had this physical CD back in the day, so I ripped it onto my Xbox 360 and listened to it like crazy since my selection of music during that time was quite limited. I think it's still a good album with a few songs I like a lot, but it likely isn't even their best album. I'd still rate it a solid 8 probably though, big fan of the vocalist and the spacy style of music they utilized here.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Try a classic

 

[Professor Booty]

NO RULES BY KIK TRACEE: I can see the appeal of this album, unfortunately the appeal didn't include me in it. There is like a solid small venue vibe to them, but I am not reaching out for a second listen. I think its the voice that doesn't really engage me though, as a different vocalist might have hit differently for me. Shrug shoulders. Although I might actually explore if the lead vocalist sounds like in any other band he might have been in. There is the potential search for glory. I could only find one song 'New Leaf' by ZFM and yeah it is very much Stephen Shareaux's voice that I just quite connect to. Always interesting though to look deeper.

EXTREME II - PORNOGRAFFITI BY EXTREME: This is starting well. Decadence Dance is a really hard hitting and passionate start to this album, there is already a stronger connection then I had for the entire previous album just one song in. A few more song in and there is some pretty awesome guitar solos taking place that is lighting up the joint. And then 'More Than Words' cropped up and I was just left confused by an acoustic song out of nowhere. That was a real spanner in the works, that I was not expecting at all, but for me the next song brought the album back again. Was worried it was going to be an album of two very different styles blended into one. The album was enjoyable in finality, a couple of soft songs that left me confused but all in all I did enjoy this one in the majority though.


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Yeah that’s a hair band staple the power ballads sprinkled in because those became the biggest hits

 

[Professor Booty]