Albums you consider underrated.

Iron Maiden - No Prayer for the Dying

Bruce Dickinson - Tattooed Millionaire

Black Sabbath - The Eternal Idol

BLACK SABBATH - Tyr
BLACK SABBATH - Mob Rules
DIO - Strange Highways
INTRUDER - Psycho Savant
WICKED MYSTIC - The Paramount Question
ANTITHESIS - s/t
anything by CAULDRON BORN
SINISTER - Aggressive Measures

QUIET RIOT - All albums they did after their first three.
IRON MAIDEN - The Blaze albums.
RAINBOW - Stranger in us all

Troublezone wrote:

Iron Maiden - No Prayer for the Dying

Totally agree with this one!

And I'd also have to add:


Riot - Thundersteel

Chastain - The 7th of Never

Chastain - Ruler of the Wasteland

Virgin Steele - Age of Consent

Virgin Steele - Noble Savage

Prophet - Cycle of the Moon

Mass - Voices in the Night

TNT - Intuition

Exxplorer - Symphonies of Steel
Iron Maiden - The X-Factor
Candlemass - From the 13th Sun
Heir Apparent - Graceful Inheritance
Brocas Helm - Black Death
Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
Solstice - New Dark Age
Fates Warning - The Spectre Within / Awaken the Guardian

The list goes on and on...

I don't know if it would be 'underrated' or 'underappreciated' but albums I think are well rec'd but never get mentioned a lot:
Fifth Angel--fifth angel
Powermad--absolute power
Riot--thundersteel
Warrior--fighting for the earth
Xentrix--shattered existence
Atrophy--both cds
Solstice--solstice (the FL. death metal band)
etc etc

I don't know if it would be 'underrated' or 'underappreciated' but albums I think are well rec'd but never get mentioned a lot:
Fifth Angel--fifth angel
Powermad--absolute power
Riot--thundersteel
Warrior--fighting for the earth
Xentrix--shattered existence
Atrophy--both cds
Solstice--solstice (the FL. death metal band)
etc etc

allthingsmetal wrote:

I don't know if it would be 'underrated' or 'underappreciated' but albums I think are well rec'd but never get mentioned a lot:
Fifth Angel--fifth angel
Riot--thundersteel
Warrior--fighting for the earth

Good choices!

KISS - (Music From) The Elder

thejokeriv wrote:

KISS - (Music From) The Elder

Indeed! I love that album.

Olafsto wrote:

IRON MAIDEN - The Blaze albums.
RAINBOW - Stranger in us all

Yes!!!

Warrior Soul - LAST DECADE DEAD CENTURY and SALUTATIONS FROM THE GHETTO NATION
Scatterbrain - HERE COMES TROUBLE
The entire Savatage catalog

Olafsto wrote:

QUIET RIOT - All albums they did after their first three.
IRON MAIDEN - The Blaze albums.
RAINBOW - Stranger in us all

Totally agree!

Alice Cooper-DA DA
AC/DC-Flick of the Switch
Black Sabbath-The Eternal Idol
Black Sabbath-Cross Purposes
Aerosmith-Done With Mirrors
Dio-Strange Highways
Ted Nugent-If You Can't Lick 'em...Lick 'Em
Deep Purple-Slaves and Masters
Deep Purple-The Battle Rages On
Rainbow-Down to Earth
Rainbow-Stranger In Us All
Rush-Caress of Steel
The Michael Schenker Group-Built to Destroy
KISS-Alive III
The Doors-The Soft Parade
E-Z-O-s/t
Judas Priest-Rocka Rolla

Wasted Youth - Black Daze
Vio-Lence - Oppressing The Masses
Sodom - Better Off Dead
Mordred - Fool's Game
Johnny Crash - Neighborhood Threat
Girlschool - Demolition
Diving For Pearls - s/t
Destruction - Cracked Brain
Blessed Death - Hour Of Pain
Any Atheist

A lot of the most underrated albums for me are ones that get forgotten or over-looked in a bands discography. With that, my most underrated album....

Suicidal Tendencies - Join The Army

Quote :

Dio-Strange Highways
Deep Purple-Slaves and Masters
Deep Purple-The Battle Rages On

Absolutely on these.

Dio - Strange Highways
TNT - Firefly
Warrant - Dog Eat Dog
Journey - Arrival
U2 - Pop
Rush - Counterparts
Atomic Opera - For Madmen Only
Amorphis - Tuonela
Katatonia - Discouraged Ones
Vicious Rumors - Vicious Rumors
Sentenced - Down
Tad Morose - A Mended Rhyme
The Awful Truth - s/t
Bigelf - Cheat The Gallows
Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning
Jellyfish - Spilt Milk
Conception - Flow
Dream Theater - Falling Into Infinity
Engine - s/t
King's X - Please Come Home...Mr. Bulbous
Platypus - Ice Cycles
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun
Richie Kotzen - Into The Black
Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music...Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop
Temple Of The Dog - s/t
Harem Scarem - Believe

[quote="Fat Freddy"]Warrior Soul - LAST DECADE DEAD CENTURY and SALUTATIONS FROM THE GHETTO NATION/quote]

A few I could think of:
TT Quick - Metal of Honor
Nektar - Down to Earth
Aerosmith - Rock in A Hard Place
Aerosmith - Night in the Ruts
Cirith Ungol - Frost & Fire
Anvil - Strength of Steel
Anvil - Plenty of Power
Raven - Nothing Exceeds Like Excess
Raven - Glow
Motorhead - Rock and Roll
Motorhead - Overnight Sensation
Overkill - From the Underground and Below
The Moshketeers - The Downward Spiral (why did Intense pass on this?!)
Fates Warning - Spectre Within (still my favorite from them)
Powermad - Absolute Power
At War - Infidel (killer comeback. No one cares!)
Mortification - Hammer of God (a great record that is ignored for the most part)
Alice Cooper - Last Temptation (every bit as good as anything he's ever done!)
SeventhSign - Perpetual Destiny
Sircle of Silence - s/t
Threshold - Hypothetical
Nuclear Assault - Something Wicked
Nuclear Assault - Third World Genocide
Black Sabbath/Tony Iommi - Seventh Star
Dio - Dream Evil
Gillan - Glory Road
Leatherwolf - Street Ready
Armored Saint - March of the Saint (why didn't this make them HUGE?)
Anthrax - Fistful of Metal (perhaps their best! Turbin was great on vox!)
UFO - No Place to Run (easily as good as any Schenker/UFO album!)

Onslaught-In Search of Sanity
Flotsam & Jetsam-When the Storm Comes Down
Rigor Mortis-Rigor Mortis
Death Angel-Act III

Q5-steel the light
Rogue Male-first visit
Icon-s/t and night of the crime
Neon Cross-torn
Holy Soldier-promise man

and Ult's list 'specially No Place To Run by UFO

Not much I can add, some great stuff. Maybe:

Ozzy's Ultimate Sin. Even Ult pans it.

manny wrote:

AC/DC-Flick of the Switch


KISS-Alive III
T
Judas Priest-Rocka Rolla

Agree with these three!!!! I remember getting Flick as a new release!!!!!

Alive II has a GREAT sound!!!

Black Sabbath - Born Again & Headless Cross

I agree with Anthrax "Fistful of Metal", that's actually my favourite Anthrax album

also

Slayer - Show No Mercy (my favourite Slayer album)
Witchkiller - Day of the Saxons (it was only an EP, but a great one at that)
Accused - Maddest Stories Ever Told
Bulldozer - IX
Darkness - Terror Squad