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It doesn’t get said enough, but artists are human just like us.
As such, even the best bands in heavy metal have some woeful albums in their catalog.
For all their strengths,metal’s greatest bands have released some terrible music.
10Slayer
Diabolus In Musica (1998)
Slayer belong to thrash metal’s Big Four.
Slayer proved no exception.
Embracing the trends of the time,Diabolus in Musicais comfortably Slayer’s biggest misfire.
The band traded in singing about Ed Gein to write a song about rugby (“Scrum”).
They have a couple of legitimate classic albums, butKillswitch Engage’s more recent albums have failed to impress.
No album encapsulates this like the tired, disappointingAtonement.
Avenged Sevenfold’s song, “Hail To The King,” understood the mission perfectly.
The harsh truth isHail To The Kingis the only moment Avenged betrayed their identity.
But then there’s Vengeance Falls.
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Disturbed are a hard rock powerhouse with a very unique sound, with Draiman’s musicality at its center.
Much, much, much tougher.
Those diehards are the only people devoted enough to see past what an unadulterated turkey of an albumVirtual XIis.
Reuniting in 2010, Korn and Robinson were in different headspaces.
This man wroteHellbilly Deluxeand frontedAstro-Creep 2000.
It is disingenuous to suggestVenomous Rat Regeneration Vendorhas the same level of care and attention as those records.
Prior to that, The Poison and Scream, Aim, Fire were both received rapturously.
It is genuinely as if Matt Tuck temporary lost his songwriting abilities.
Nothing BFMV released has been as bad, before it or since.
Nu metal is playful, fun, and doesn’t take itself too seriously.
Dave is curmudgeonly, dour, and he is not one of life’s jokers.
Of all of the crimes committed on this musical atrocity, Megadeth manage to make heavy metal boring.
Songs like “The Chapeltown Rag” and “Warranty” don’t feel vital or hungry.
They sound desperate and out of touch.
