1/4/2023 0 Comments Best metal albums of the 90sDub War – Wrong Side Of Beautiful (1996)ĭub War are a rock band from Newport, Wales who laced their high tempo rock with a healthy dose of reggae. I Hear Black proved Overkill were no mere one trick pony and were a band with the necessary skills to adapt and survive the 90’s with their integrity attached. While some of the speed of old may be missing, this album is heavier than the proverbial ‘sack of spanners’ and the likes of “I Hear Black”, “Feed My Head” and the catchy “Spiritual Void” are thick slices of prime Overkill and boast monstrous riffs most bands would kill for. Source // Overkill had started the decade on a roll with the thrash masterclass that was Horrorscope but by 1993 they had decided to embrace prevailing changes to the music industry – cut back on the high speed riffing – and introduce fairly predictable elements of groove metal on 1993’s I Hear Black.īobby “Blitz” Ellsworth has always had a distinctive voice but the slower tempo of the music allow his vocals to come to the fore and he delivers a performace of barely controlled aggression throughout the entire album. With that in mind, we have ignored the high profile releases of the decade and instead selected 12 albums we feel don’t always get the credit they so richly deserve…. These releases alone contest that metal was actually in pretty good health in the 90’s but many great 90’s albums have been unfairly lost to the annals of time, overshadowed by the dominance of grunge, nu metal etc. Of course, there were also some high-profile groundbreaking releases during that time in the shape of Pantera’s Vulgar Display Of Power, Fear Factory’s Demanufacture, Sepultura’s Chaos AD and Machine Head’s Burn My Eyes to name just a few. Both Maiden and Priest lost their talismanic frontmen and the likes of Megadeth and Metallica seemed to turn their backs on thrash metal, and metal in general, as the decade progressed. To be truthful, many of the so called big-hitters seemed to be in one hell of a rut. The rise of grunge and the Aaternative scene all but killed hair metal stone dead and certainly went some way to derailing thrash and stalling metal’s progress then came the lamentable rise of nu metal of course. Common opinion has it that the 90’s were considerably tough for hard rock and metal bands and to a certain degree that statement rings true.
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