Your Top 10 Hard Rock/Metal Released in 1994

Here are mine....

1-Vanishing Lessons by Tourniquet
2-Bust A Nut by Tesla
3-Blood by Red Sea
4-Swing, Swang, Swung by Guardian
5-Dogman by King's X
6-Where It All Begins by Allman Brothers Band
7-Rattle Your Cage by Barren Cross
8-Blood World by Mortification
9-Exhumed Of The Earth by Paramaecium
10-Hellig Usvart by Horde

Honourable Mention is the compilation CD from Rugged Records called Premium Cuts

Megadeth- Youthanasia
Testament- Low
Machine Head- Burn My Eyes
Savatage-Handful of Rain
The Obsessed-The Church Within
Soundgarden-Superunknown
Corrosion of Conformity-Deliverance
Precious Death- Southpaw
Tourniquet- Vanishing Lessons
Red Sea- Blood

No particular order.

Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
COC - Deliverance
Testament - Low
Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
Slayer - Divine Intervention
Prong - Cleansing
Annihilator - King of the Kill
Tourniquet - Vanishing Lessons
Mortification - Blood World
King’s X - Dogman

1. Skyclad - Prince of the Poverty Line
2. Doctor Butcher
3. Impellitteri - Answer to the Master
4. Dream Theater - Awake
5. Bruce Dickinson - Balls to Picasso
6. Axel Rudi Pell - Between the Walls
7. Helloween - Master of the Rings
8. Savatage - Handful of Rain
9. Rage - X Years in Rage
10. Overkill - W.F.O.

In no particular order :

Overkill - W.F.O.
Vicious Rumors - Word Of Mouth
Black Sabbath - Cross Purposes
Helloween - Master Of The Rings
Testament - Low
Megadeth - Youthanasia
Loudness - Heavy Metal Hippies
Forbidden - Distortion
Rage - 10 Years In Rage
Running Wild - Black Hand Inn

Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes
Kyuss - Welcome To Sky Valley
King's X - Dogman
Testament - Low
Bolt Thrower - For Victory
Obituary - World Demise
Dio - Strange Highways
Machine Head - Burn My Eyes
Pride & Glory - S/T
Megadeth - Youthanasia

Bad Biscut - The American Dream?
Black Sabbath - Cross Purposes
Doctor Butcher - s/t
Mercyful Fate - Time
The Poor - Who Cares
Prong - Cleansing
Red Sea - Blood
Savatage - Handful of Rain
Testament - Low
Warrior Soul - Space Age Playboys*

*released in Europe in '94, USA in 1995.

nevermore wrote:

Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

That's '94 as well? Damn. That's a good one. I would have to somehow fit that in my top 10, if I re-did it.

Lari wrote:

8. Savatage - Handful of Rain

Forgot all about that one. One of my favorite non Criss recordings

10.) Samael - Ceremony of Opposites
09.) Brutal Truth - Need to Control
08.) Amorphis - Tales From a Thousand Lakes
07.) Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory
06.) Cryptopsy - Blasphemy Made Flesh
05.) Incantation - Mortal Throne of Nazarene
04.) Crisis - 8 Convulsions
03.) Obituary - World Demise
02.) Asphyx - Asphyx
01.) Napalm Death - Fear, Emptiness, Despair

Inner Thought - Worldly Separation is another fine album that just barely missed the cut.

Just couldn't do 10. All of these albums kicked my ass in 94!!


Edge of Sanity – Purgatory Afterglow
Samael - Ceremony of Opposites
Amorphis - Tales From a Thousand Lakes
Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory
Grave - Soulless
Asphyx - Asphyx
Marduk – Opus Nocturne
Mercyful Fate – Time
Hypocrisy – The Fourth Dimension
Solitude Aeturnus – Through the Darkest Hour
Slayer – Divine Intervention
Gorefest – Erase
Testament – Low
Mayhem – De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Memento Mori – Life, Death, and Other Morbid Tales
At the Gates - Terminal Spirit Disease

Lurideath wrote:

Grave - Soulless

Damn, how did I forget that powerhouse? Excellent choice!

10. Vicious Rumors - Word of Mouth
09. C.O.C. - Deliverance
08. Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
07. Slayer - Divine Intervention
06. Danzig - Danzig 4
05. Soundgarden - Superunknown
04. Machine Head - Burn My Eyes
03. Mercyful Fate - Time
02. Testament - Low
01. Megadeth - Youthanasia