# Metal fans: Your top 5 contemporary metal albums? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 27, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-fans-your-top-5-contemporary-metal-albums/702664 "2014-10-27T17:10:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-fans-your-top-5-contemporary-metal-albums/702664/21 "2014-10-28T23:52:08Z")
> [@Rattlehead02](#): > > Motherfuckers Be Trippin’ is such a terrific album. It’s got a perfect mix of silly juvenile fun (It’s a Good Night For My Drinkin’, Bubblegum and Beer) mixed with really fucking catchy music and fun, instead of silly and stupid, lyrics. Plus the more serious songs (Sleepy Vampire, Nowhere Special) are legitimately good songs. It’s also the only album I’ve ever heard by them. But they remind me of The Bloodhound Gang, but more straight-up rock, and less goofiness. Just great sounding music that’s fun to listen to. > > **Volbeat** > > Guitar Gangsters and Cadillac Blood > > Terrific album. Suffers similarly to Coheed in that the singer seems polarizing to me. I personally really like his style. I was very surprised to learn they’re Scandinavian of some sort…Dutch, I think? (And I may be using Scandinavian wrong. But I think they come from within driving distance to wooden windmills and pot cafes.) Really like Volbeat. Was a big fan of Social D and Volbeat is basically Social D but just a hair heavier. His voice is very hard to imitate. Have to like hold my breath to kind of do it. Sounds like he doesn’t breath out of his nose. Hehe. > [@](#): > > However, the best modern metal album is Sepultura’s Roots, which is massively cheating since it came out in 1996. In fact, it’s the best metal album of all time. It felt and feels contemporary to me Roots is a good album. One of their better ones. After Derrick Coleman (I think that’s his name) took over it just wasn’t the same. If you haven’t heard their 2 disc live album Under a Pale Grey Sky definitely check it out. It’s awesome and the production is top notch. It was right before Max rolled out. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-fans-your-top-5-contemporary-metal-albums/702664/22 "2014-10-28T23:58:40Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > Roots is a good album. One of their better ones. After Derrick Coleman (I think that’s his name) took over it just wasn’t the same. They basically were over after Roots. Igor Cavalera has also left now. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-fans-your-top-5-contemporary-metal-albums/702664/23 "2014-10-30T22:51:22Z")
This is a very difficult question, btw 🙂 Baroness - _The Blue Record_ [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zuG6P-K1FEs/hqdefault.jpg "Baroness - The Gnashing") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuG6P-K1FEs) Oranssi Pazuzu - _Valonielu_ [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LFufCURB0l4/hqdefault.jpg "Oranssi Pazuzu - Tyhjä Temppeli") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFufCURB0l4) Jesu - _Jesu_ [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VvH9_2KCEE) Rosetta – _The Galilean Satellites_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/id2LGa204uE/maxresdefault.jpg "Rosetta - Departe") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id2LGa204uE) Neurosis – _Honor Found In Decay_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ugSrm5EWWrU/maxresdefault.jpg "Neurosis - Casting Of The Ages") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugSrm5EWWrU) ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-fans-your-top-5-contemporary-metal-albums/702664/24 "2014-11-13T19:09:56Z")
Figure this is as good a place as any for general discussion of this topic. Couple of new albums have dropped in the last couple months I wanted to mention as I just heard them on Spotify. **In Flames** has a new one. It’s getting torched in the reviews on Amazon for sounding like shit and after listening to it, I agree, it’s pretty shitty. The days of Colony are long behind them. I happen to really like Come Clarity (my fav) and the apparently much maligned Reroute to Remain. Playground had some good cuts on it too. The new one is not good on the first listen through. **Machine Head** also has a new one out. Unto the Locusts was a MASSIVE surprise for me because it was completely fucking amazing and is probably my favorite MH album by far. They put out some stinkers before that IMHO so I was super stoked that Locusts was so good. The new one is also good, old fashion, badass metal. Old school MH, Sep, Slayer, etc… It seems pretty good on the first listen but I can already tell it won’t dethrone Locusts for me. Track 5 completely breaks the flow of this album though as it’s one of those REALLY long ambient tracks. It’s WAY too long for a mid-album stopper like that. Anyone else heard these new albums and want to chime in with their thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-fans-your-top-5-contemporary-metal-albums/702664/25 "2014-11-13T20:38:49Z")
I like some metal, like Black Sabbath, Metallica, Tool. But to me, most modern metal is too fast and growly. I prefer it to be _heavy_ not to be loud / fast. Are there any of the bands mentioned here that fit this category? I sampled a few of the mentioned bands, and they didn’t really work for me. ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-fans-your-top-5-contemporary-metal-albums/702664/26 "2014-11-13T20:45:07Z")
Oh, and the best Shrinebuilder song is Blind For All To See [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8xszku3Jhz4/maxresdefault.jpg "Shrinebuilder - Blind For All To See") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xszku3Jhz4) ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-fans-your-top-5-contemporary-metal-albums/702664/27 "2014-11-13T21:33:31Z")
Tons of absolutely _magical_ stuff has come out in the last decade. Picking just five albums is quite a challenge - but OK, here goes, in no particular order: **Teitanblood - _Seven Chalices Of Vomit And Blood_** **دمار [i.e. “Damaar”] - _Triumph Through Spears Of Sacrilege_** **Mortuus - _De Contemplanda morte; De Reverencie Laboribus Ac Adorationis_** **The One - _I, Master_** **Cornigr - _Relics Of Inner War_** Honourable mentions: Absurd - _Blutgericht_ (so much better than the early stuff!); Funeral Mist - _Maranatha_; Kataxu - _Hunger Of Elements_; the Deathspell Omega debut; the first Burzum post-prison album; everything by Cultes Des Ghoules, Doombringer, Akitsa and Mefitic; recent cassettes by Maléfices and Chätiment and blah blah blah. I could go on a while, but probably shouldn’t. Oh and hey **Macca26** , nice to see some Summoning love on the Dope! Never thought I’d see the day. 😉 “Oath Bound” is great, “Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame” is fucking glorious, and the new one is wonderful as well. > [@mr.jp](#): > > But to me, most modern metal is too fast and growly. I prefer it to be _heavy_ not to be loud / fast. There is a _lot_ of excellent new or new-ish heavy / slow / pounding metal these days - in fact, that’s been a HUGE trend over the last five years or so. Guess you missed it? Check out Jex Thoth, The Devil’s Blood, Saturnalia Temple, Encoffination and maybe the Mortuus album mentioned in my top-five list, for starters. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-fans-your-top-5-contemporary-metal-albums/702664/28 "2014-11-13T21:50:38Z")
> [@mr.jp](#): > > I like some metal, like Black Sabbath, Metallica, Tool. > > But to me, most modern metal is too fast and growly. I prefer it to be _heavy_ not to be loud / fast. > > Are there any of the bands mentioned here that fit this category? I sampled a few of the mentioned bands, and they didn’t really work for me. > [@Steken](#): > > (snip) > > There is a _lot_ of excellent new or new-ish heavy / slow / pounding metal these days - in fact, that’s been a HUGE trend over the last five years or so. Guess you missed it? Check out Jex Thoth, The Devil’s Blood, Saturnalia Temple, Encoffination and maybe the Mortuus album mentioned in my top-five list, for starters. We even had a thread about it. > **[Heavy Blues Rock/Psych Rock recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=722628)** > > So I’ve been diving lately into heavy blues rock and psych rock and I feel like I’ve missed a lot of good stuff but there’s a lot of noise and it’s hard to find the vein of rock I really like… First, blues. I love slow, heavy, Sabbath-esque riffs... ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-fans-your-top-5-contemporary-metal-albums/702664/29 "2014-11-13T22:06:18Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > We even had a thread about it. > > [Heavy Blues Rock/Psych Rock recommendations? - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=722628) Missed that one! Going through it real quick, I second Electric Wizard, Cough, YOB and some Sunn O))) (I’m not _that_ big of a fan, but when they’re good, they’re really fucking good), among the bands from that thread. Also gotta mention [this goddamn monster of a song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJlitOWYgF0), by Finland’s Stabat Mater, from the _Crushing The Holy Trinity_ compilation. Now that’s slooooooow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-fans-your-top-5-contemporary-metal-albums/702664.md?page=1)