Album/Song Rankings (10,836 views)

[Baronessa]

Mercyful Fate:
1. Melissa
2. 9
3. In the Shadows
4. Time
5. Don't Break the Oath
6. Dead Again
7. Into the Unknown

King Diamond:
1. Abigail
2. "Them"
3. The Graveyard
4. Conspiracy
5. The Puppet Master
6. Give Me Your Soul... Please
7. Fatal Portrait
8. The Eye
9. The Spider's Lullabye
10. Voodoo
11. House of God
12. Abigail II: The Revenge

Maybe. The King Diamond shit is surprisingly hard to rank.

[Batfleck]

In Flames:

1. Whoracle (10/10)
2. Colony (10/10)
3. Soundtrack to Your Escape (9/10)
4. The Jester Race (9/10)
5. Clayman (9/10)
6. Come Clarity (8/10)
7. Reroute to Remain (8/10)
8. Lunar Strain (7/10)
9. Sounds of a Playground Fading (7/10)
10. I, the Mask (6/10)
11. Battles (5/10)
12. A Sense of Purpose (4/10)
13. Siren Charms (3/10)

[Baronessa]

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard:
1. Nonagon Infinity
2. Flying Microtonal Banana
3. I'm in Your Mind Fuzz
4. Polygondwanaland
5. Fishing for Fishies
6. Paper Mâché Dream Balloon
7. Willoughby's Beach
8. K.G.
9. Quarters!
10. Butterfly 3000
11. 12 Bar Bruise
12. L.W.
13. Gumboot Soup
14. Float Along - Fill Your Lungs
15. Sketches of Brunswick East
16. Murder of the Universe
17. Oddments
18. Infest the Rats' Nest
19. Eyes Like the Sky

Not even close to a definitive ranking tbh.

[clem]

On a bit of an Iron Maiden kick again recently, with the new album and all that. Some of my choices are standard fare, others are a little more out there. This ranking changes quite often for me tho

1. Piece of Mind
2. Powerslave
3. The Number of the Beast
4. Somewhere in Time
5. Killers
6. Iron Maiden
7. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
8. The Final Frontier
9. A Matter of Life and Death
10. The Book of Souls
11. Fear of the Dark
12. Dance of Death
13. Senjutsu
14. No Prayer for the Dying
15. Brave New World
16. The X Factor
17. Virtual XI

[Rodney Blazershorts]

I haven't listened to their 90s or very earliest stuff enough to rank, but from what I have

1. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
2. A Matter of Life and Death
3. Powerslave
4. Brave New World
5. Dance of Death
6. Somewhere in Time
7. Piece of Mind
8. The Final Frontier
9. The Number of the Beast (too many songs that got worn out before I ever heard the album)
10. Book of Souls
11. Senjutsu

[Batfleck]

Iron Maiden:

1. Powerslave
2. Killers
3. Piece of Mind
4. Somewhere in Time
5. A Matter of Life and Death
6. The Number of the Beast
7. Iron Maiden
8. Brave New World
9. The Book of Souls
10. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
11. Fear of the Dark
12. Dance of Death
13. The X Factor
14. Senjutsu
15. The Final Frontier
16. No Prayer for the Dying
17. Virtual XI

[IhateMana]

as long as we all agree that Virtual XI, Senjutstu and No Prayer go at the bottom, idgaf where the rest of the albums in the ranking go (Somewhere In Time is mad underrated though)

[Captain Planet]

Sad that people hate Virtual XI so universally, songs like Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger and The Educated Fool are excellent.

Also I never got what people liked so much about Powerslave. Rime of the Ancient Mariner has 6 minutes of empty space, the title track and 2M2M are just bleh, and there are about 3 filler songs. Need I remind you guys that a certain song has a chorus that goes "Back in the village, back in the village, I'm back in the village again". Truly some of Steve Harris' most philosophical lyricism...

[Rodney Blazershorts]

Are you looking to Iron Maiden choruses for philosophical insight? Is that what you’ve been doing for all these years?

[Batfleck]

Oct 8, 2021 1:24:48 GMT Captain Planet said:

Sad that people hate Virtual XI so universally, songs like Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger and The Educated Fool are excellent.

Also I never got what people liked so much about Powerslave. Rime of the Ancient Mariner has 6 minutes of empty space, the title track and 2M2M are just bleh, and there are about 3 filler songs. Need I remind you guys that a certain song has a chorus that goes "Back in the village, back in the village, I'm back in the village again". Truly some of Steve Harris' most philosophical lyricism...

I only like "The Clansman", "Futureal" and "Como Estias Amigos" whenever it comes to Virtual 11.

About the second point, I'm kind of that way with Number of the Beast. I don't like "Invaders" nor "Gangland". And the title track from NOTB is probably the most overrated song in their catalogue (yeah, yeah, I know... it has that epic scream from Bruce and all that. Whatever..)

[clem]

Oct 8, 2021 1:24:48 GMT Captain Planet said:

Sad that people hate Virtual XI so universally, songs like Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger and The Educated Fool are excellent.

Also I never got what people liked so much about Powerslave. Rime of the Ancient Mariner has 6 minutes of empty space, the title track and 2M2M are just bleh, and there are about 3 filler songs. Need I remind you guys that a certain song has a chorus that goes "Back in the village, back in the village, I'm back in the village again". Truly some of Steve Harris' most philosophical lyricism...

It was the performances on Virtual XI that let it down as much as anything. The transitions between parts felt a bit clunky, and Blaze sounded more tired and pitchy than he did on The X Factor. It's the only Maiden album where I got the feeling the band weren't quite giving 100% in the way of effort (even though I would have liked Blaze to get a chance on an Iron Maiden album with a stronger set of songs too). Clansman was a good song though, and still gets an occasional live outing.

I think Powerslave is so widely enjoyed because it was that point of marriage of the two sides of Maiden. They were starting to take things into slightly more elaborate territory, and getting more virtuosic with the guitar lead breaks, but still generally keeping the soundscape of the earlier stuff, without as many synths and acoustic passages as would come on their proggier releases.

The "Back in the Village" chorus was unfortunately wimpy, but the other riffs in that song I enjoyed. As far as the chorus lyrics go though, there are quite a few Iron Maiden songs, even some really good ones, that have 1-2 line choruses.

[Rodney Blazershorts]

My life changed when I heard Bruce deliver the impassioned lines

Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son
Oh

[Henny Macc]

Kiss:

1. Psycho Circus
   
2. Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions
   
3. Music from "The Elder"
   
4. Revenge
   
5. Creatures of the Night
   
6. Animalize
   
7. Asylum
   
8. Crazy Nights
   
9. Lick It Up
   
10. Hot in the Shade
    
11. Dynasty
    
12. Unmasked
    
13. Kiss
    
14. Sonic Boom
    
15. Monster
    
16. Destroyer
17. Love Gun
    
18. Rock and Roll Over
    
19. Hotter Than Hell
    
20. Dressed to Kill

Full of hot takes here - I know a lot of boomer Kiss fans would crucify me for listing the '70s albums at the bottom and listing Music from "The Elder" towards the top, but my personal opinion has always been that '90s Kiss was their peak and that "classic" '70s Kiss was their weakest period.

Also my ranking is almost the opposite of Marty Friedman's lol (though he included the Alive I-III live albums and the self-titled 1978 solo albums in his, which I consider Kiss albums in name only): www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=3486571358046522&id=157838754253149

[Batfleck]

Dio (solo albums):

1. The Last in Line (10/10)
2. Holy Diver (10/10)
3. Dream Evil (9/10)
4. Strange Highways (9/10)
5. Magica (8/10)
6. Killing the Dragon (8/10)
7. Lock Up the Wolves (8/10)
8. Sacred Heart (7/10)
9. Master of the Moon (7/10)
10. Angry Machines (6/10)

[Henny Macc]

Oct 3, 2021 18:56:28 GMT clem said:

On a bit of an Iron Maiden kick again recently, with the new album and all that. Some of my choices are standard fare, others are a little more out there. This ranking changes quite often for me tho

1. Piece of Mind
2. Powerslave
3. The Number of the Beast
4. Somewhere in Time
5. Killers
6. Iron Maiden
7. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
8. The Final Frontier
9. A Matter of Life and Death
10. The Book of Souls
11. Fear of the Dark
12. Dance of Death
13. Senjutsu
14. No Prayer for the Dying
15. Brave New World
16. The X Factor
17. Virtual XI

Gonna hop on the bandwagon and give my own take on this.

Iron Maiden:

1. Piece of Mind
   
2. Powerslave
   
3. The Number of the Beast
   
4. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
   
5. Somewhere in Time
   
6. Dance of Death
   
7. Brave New World
   
8. Fear of the Dark
   
9. Iron Maiden
   
10. A Matter of Life and Death
    
11. Killers (haven't listened to this one in a while though; might need to give it a relisten to solidly decide on my ranking of it)
    
12. No Prayer for the Dying
    
13. Senjutsu
    
14. The Book of Souls
    
15. The Final Frontier
    
16. The X Factor
    
17. Virtual XI
    

[Batfleck]

Megadeth:

1. Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
2. Rust in Peace
3. Youthanasia
4. Endgame
5. Countdown to Extinction
6. The System Has Failed
7. Dystopia
8. Cryptic Writings
9. So Far, So Good... So What!
10. Killing is My Business... and Business is Good!
11. United Abominations
12. Risk
13. Th1rt3en
14. The World Needs a Hero
15. Super Collider

[Karen’s Kickassarole]

Nov 16, 2021 5:04:41 GMT Batfleck said:

Megadeth:

1. Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
2. Rust in Peace
3. Youthanasia
4. Endgame
5. Countdown to Extinction
6. The System Has Failed
7. Dystopia
8. Cryptic Writings
9. So Far, So Good... So What!
10. Killing is My Business... and Business is Good!
11. United Abominations
12. Risk
13. Th1rt3en
14. The World Needs a Hero
15. Super Collider

Putting Risk above Th1rt3en warrants the death penalty.

[clem]

I don't feel much attachment to Megadeth any more, but this would be my list:

1. Peace Sells
2. Rust in Peace
3. Countdown to Extinction
4. The System Has Failed
5. Th1rt3en
6. Endgame
7. United Abominations
8. Youthanasia
9. Killing is My Business
10. Cryptic Writings
11. The World Needs a Hero
12. So Far, So Good... So What
13. Dystopia 
14. Risk 
15. Super Collider 

[Henny Macc]

Mr. Big:

1. Lean into It
   
2. Mr. Big
   
3. Bump Ahead
   
4. What If... (very close call between this and Bump Ahead though)
   
5. Hey Man
   
6. Defying Gravity
   
7. Actual Size
   
8. ...The Stories We Could Tell
   
9. Get Over It
   

[Batfleck]

Judas Priest:

1. Screaming for Vengeance
2. Defenders of the Faith
3. Stained Class
4. Painkiller
5. Sad Wings of Destiny
6. Firepower
7. Sin After Sin
8. Hell Bent for Leather
9. British Steel
10. Jugulator
11. Turbo
12. Angel of Retribution
13. Redeemer of Souls
14. Ram it Down
15. Point of Entry
16. Nostradamus
17. Rocka Rolla
18. Demolition

[Henny Macc]

Nevermore:

1. Dead Heart in a Dead World
   
2. The Obsidian Conspiracy
   
3. This Godless Endeavor
   
4. The Politics of Ecstasy
   
5. Dreaming Neon Black
   
6. Enemies of Reality
   
7. Nevermore

[clem]

My Nevermore list would be:

1. This Godless Endeavour
2. Dreaming Neon Black
3. Dead Heart in a Dead World
4. The Obsidian Conspiracy
5. The Politics of Ecstasy
6. Nevermore

[Henny Macc]

Wow, you really hated Enemies of Reality so much that you won't even acknowledge it on your list?

[Aardvark]

Linkin Park:

1. A Thousand Suns
2. Hybrid Theory
3. Minutes to Midnight
4. Meteora
5. LIVING THINGS
6. One More Light
7. The Hunting Party

Excluding Reanimation to avoid redundancy.

[Batfleck]

Nevermore:

1. This Godless Endeavor
2. Dreaming Neon Black
3. Dead Heart in a Dead World
4. The Politics of Ecstasy (the guitar tone on this album tho..)
5. The Obsidian Conspiracy
6. Enemies of Reality
7. Nevermore

Soilwork:

1. Natural Born Chaos
2. A Predator's Portrait
3. The Ride Majestic
4. The Living Infinite
5. Stabbing the Drama
6. Verkligheten
7. The Chainheart Machine
8. Steelbath Suicide
9. The Panic Broadcast
10. Figure Number Five
11. Sworn to a Great Divide