Trad Metal!

what is everyones favourite traditional metal albums?

my top favourite two would be

Iron Maiden - s/t
Black Sabbath - S/t

does anyone have a really good trad metal album they can recommend

Top 10 in no particular order

Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
Diamond Head - Lightning To The Nations
Dio - Holy Diver
Iron Maiden - Killers
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Judas Priest - Stained Class
Judas Priest - Killing Machine
Motörhead - Overkill
Saxon - Strong Arm Of The Law

anything by Judas Priest, Motorhead, Warlock/Doro, Accept, Iron Maiden, Dio

Excluding thrash, speed metal and what most now label 'hard rock'.

Accept - Restless & Wild
Accept - Balls to the Wall
Anvil - Metal on Metal
Anvil - Forged in Fire
Armored Saint - March of the Saint
Armored Saint - Symbol of Salvation
Barren Cross - Atomic Arena
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
Black Sabbath - Savatage
Black Sabbath - Heaven & Hell
Black Sabbath - Born Again
Bloodgood - Detonation
Bloodgood - Out of the Darkness
Brainstorm - Metus Mortis
Brainstorm - Soul Temptation
Cinderella - Night Songs
Cirith Ungol - Frost & Fire
Cirith Ungol - King of the Dead
Crimson Glory - Transcendance
Dangerous Toys - Hellacious Acres
Def Leppard - On Through the Night
Def Leppard - High 'n' Dry
Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations
Dickinson, Bruce - Accident of Birth
Dio - Holy Diver
Dio - Last in Line
Dio - Dream Evil
Dirty Looks - Cool from the Wire
Dream Evil - Evilized
Dream Theater - Images & Words
Exciter - Violence & Force
Fates Warning - The Spectre Within
Gillan - Double Trouble
Grave Digger - Heavy Metal Breakdown
Grave Digger - Excalibur
Grave Digger - Rheingol
Halford - Resurrection
Hammerfall - Legacy of Kings
Heathens Rage - s/t (EP)
Helstar - Remnants of War
Heretic - Breaking Point
Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes
Iron Maiden - s/t
Iron Maiden - Killers
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
Judas Priest - Stained Class
Judas Priest - Hell Bent for Leather
Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
Judas Priest - Painkiller
King Diamond - Abagail
Krokus - Headhunter
Lääz Rockit - Annihilation Principle
Liege Lord - Master Control
Loudness - Thunder in the East
Loudness - s/t
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
Metal Church - s/t
Metal Church - The Dark
Metal Church - Blessing In Disguise
Metal Church - The Human Factor
Metal Church - Hanging in the Balance
Motorhead - Overkill
Motorhead - Ace of Spade
Motorhead - Another Perfect Day
Motorhead - 1916
Motorhead - Bastards
Motorhead - Overnight Sensation
Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black
Queensryche - s/t
Queensryche - The Warning
Rage - Perfect Man
Rage - The Missing Link
Raven - Rock til You Drop
Raven - All for One
Recon - Behind Enemy Lines
Riot - Fire Down Under
Riot - Born in America
Riot - Restless Breed
Saint - Times End
Saint - Too Late for Living
Saint - In the Battle
Sacred Warrior - Master’s Command
Sanctuary - Refuge Denied
Sanctuary - Into the Mirror Black
Savatage - Sirens
Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King
Savatage - Edge of Thorns
Saxon - Denim & Leather
Saxon - Strong Arm of the Law
Saxon - Wheels of Steel
Scorpions - Taken By Force
Scorpions - Lovedrive
Scorpions - Animal Magnatism
Scorpions - Blackout
Stryper - Soldiers Under Command
Stryper - To Hell With the Devil
Sword - Metalized
Trouble-Run to the Light
TT Quick-s/t (EP)
TT Quick - Metal of Honor
Twisted Sister - Ruff Cuts
Twisted Sister - Under the Blade
Twisted Sister - You Can't Stop Rock n Roll
U.D.O. - Holy
U.D.O. - Man and Machine
UFO - Light Out
UFO - Strangers in the Night
Vicious Rumors - Digital Dictator
Voivod - Nothing Face
W.A.S.P. - s/t
W.A.S.P. - The Last Command
W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol

Ult... wouldn't Nevermore be considered thrash/prog? I'm pretty sure that Dreaming Neon Black isn't exactly a thrash or a progressive album, but I really don't think it's traditional metal either. And besides... who in their right mind could label that album by Nevermore hard rock? Just thought it looked kinda funny in that list, is all.

As far as traditional metal goes, maybe something by Dokken, like one of their first few albums, since I see they haven't been mentioned yet.

also check out:
SAINT-the Mark
MESSIAHS KISS-Metal
WARRIOR-the Code of Life

My favorite heavy/power metal bands are mainly from underground ... some favorites:



Judas Priest : practically everything, with Painkiller on the top

Accept : anything up to Russian Roulette (haven't heard the s/t though)

Iron Maiden : The Number of the Beast

Anvil : First three

Wikka : Wikka (Canadian best power metal band!!)

Lord Ryur : 7'' single from '86 - 2 tracks of completely brilliant heavy metal!!

Graven Image - The compilation People in Hell Still Want Ice Water,
which contains everything they've recorded. Amazing heavy metal !!

Leather Nunn - Take the Night (their only album from '86)

Mortician - No War EP. Austrian heavy metal legends!

Stud - 7'' single from '86 - my favorite Finnish band!

Akt - Demo '85 (The first track "Battleslay" simply slays 90% of well known heavy / power bands!!)

Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell - perfection!

And more ...

And of course the first Warrior album!!!

buggie_strikes_back! wrote:

Ult... wouldn't Nevermore be considered thrash/prog? I'm pretty sure that Dreaming Neon Black isn't exactly a thrash or a progressive album, but I really don't think it's traditional metal either. And besides... who in their right mind could label that album by Nevermore hard rock? Just thought it looked kinda funny in that list, is all.

As far as traditional metal goes, maybe something by Dokken, like one of their first few albums, since I see they haven't been mentioned yet.

Nevermore is one of those bands that are hard to categorize. I wouldn't call 'em thrash for sure. I wasn't sure whether to include them on this list or not, but decided to in the end. I guess they are borderline.

Oh, okay. I understand people see things differently and all, and I wasn't completely catagorizing Nevermore as thrash/prog, just that particular album. Their sound has definitely evolved from album to album. Either way, that's a great album, trad. metal or not, and anyone who's into metal will probably appreciate it.

Tradicional metal would be many of the NWOBHM bands of course, and euro metal bands from the 80s like PICTURE, TORCH, GRAVESTONE, SORTILEGE, NOISHUNTER, OBUS, PANZER, etc...
and of course bands like LOUDNESS, ANTHEM,

i mean i have stuff by saxon, sabbath, all of maidens albums, dio an ozzy

ult recommends voivod an i have dimension hatross already which i like.

i nearly bought painkiller by priest earlier today but all the cds in the crummy shop are all scratced an i aint payin a tenner for a scratched case

and yes i have heaven and hell by sabbath

JUDAS PRIEST - Unleashed in the East, Painkiller
WARLORD - Best Of
QUEENSRYCHE - EP, The Warning
DEADLY BLESSING - Ascend from the Cauldron
SCREAMER - Target: Earth
BLACK SABBATH - Mob Rules
CRIMSON GLORY - s/t, Transcendence
CAULDRON BORN - Born of the Cauldron
ONWARD - Evermoving
SACRED WARRIOR - Master's Command
LETHAL - Programmed
KING DIAMOND - Abigail
MERCYFUL FATE - In the Shadows
METAL CHURCH - The Dark
SAVATAGE - Hall of the Mountain King

Nevermore are power metal, the way Iced Earth and Metal Church are.

Some favorites

Angel Witch - Angel Witch
Armored Saint - March of the Saint
Avenger - Blood Sports
Cloven Hoof - A Sultan's Ransom
Def Leppard - On Through the Night
Dokken - Tooth and Nail
Exciter - Violence and Force
Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry
Grim Reaper - See You in Hell
Hexx - No Escape
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
Jaguar - Power Games
Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
Pretty Maids - Red, Hot and Heavy
Raven - All For One
Running Wild - Branded and Exiled
Satan - Court in the Act
Savatage - Sirens
Saxon - Innocence is No Excuse
Venom - Black Metal
Vicious Rumors - Digital Dictator

kmorg wrote:

Nevermore are power metal, the way Iced Earth and Metal Church are.

I'm sorry, but I just don't have it in me to call them power metal... at least not pure power metal... perhaps power/thrash? It's easier just to call Nevermore "metal."

Here's a few, leaving out some of the obvious....

Tyson Dog (both)

Saint- Warriors of the Son (re-recorded)

TNT- Knights of the New Thunder

Axxis- Kingdom of the Night

Trance- Power Infusion

Yngwie Malmsteen-Fire & Ice (the song "Teaser" is a poodle that doesn't belong on that CD, but I really like the rest of the thing.)

Overkill- I Hear Black (It's too slow to be called Thrash).

Trouble- Manic Frustration (It's too fast to be called Doom. Stoner maybe).


And I promised I'd never post about Sortilege again, so I won't. Obviously there too many great bands to list. What you guys are calling Trad. Metal, I usually call "Classic Power Metal".