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The Cult Is Alive is the best Darkthrone album, and Under a Funeral Moon is better as far as their pure black metal stuff goes. But Transylvanian Hunger is far from one of the worst albums ever.

Ride the Lightning by Metallica. I just KNOW I'll get a lot of criticism for this, but let's look at the album objectviely, assuming it isn't a cult classic. The guitar tone is super treble-y, something that is a definite NO in metal, the power is completely sapped by production that makes the contrasts as dull as cardboard, james sounds super strained and the whole album just sounds like a super treble-y powerless dead album.

However, at the same time, there are some interesting parts completely ruined by bad instrument tone. Hatebreed did a lovely recreation of Escape, for instance.

I also nominate the album A Thousand Suns by Linkin park. It's as if a turntable met history textbooks, nothing more. At least their Hybird Theory EP/album and Qwerty are still good.

Metallica are just an awful band in general. Most of their albums are scarred by production flaws (Lighting's weak guitar tone mentioned above, Justice's lack of bass). The drumming is always awful except in specific instances where a session drummer was involved. Hetfield was never a super convincing vocalist. The best thing they got going for them is Kirk's leads and occasionally solid songwriting. Other bands play their songs better than they do.

Cradle of Filth - Thornography: A low point for Suffolk's most notorious metal band. The whole album felt like Dani and co had completely regressed, and the less said about their cover of "Temptation", the better. One to avoid if your a COF fan.

Having said that, they did rebound in 2008 with the vastly superior Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder, a dark and intriguing concept album that chronicles the horrific misdeeds of infamous French nobleman Gilles De Rais.

But if you want Cradle's best era, then Principle of Evil Made Flesh, Vempire, Dusk and her Embrace, Cruelty and the Beast and Midian are their best work.

"Alvin and the Chipmunks Sing the Beatles"

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What's there to debate? I didn't say you had to agree with me on this one, I just stated an opinion.

The Beatles' "Help!" album is one that I don't care for too much. I think there's only one song on it that I like, and that's "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away". Other than that one, no.

Seems I'm one of few that like all of In Flames's work up until A Sense of Purpose. I think all albums had their merits, but overall Colony and Clayman are my favorites, but the instrumentation is best on The Jester Race.