How about UNDERRATED albums (for popular bands so the list isn't a mile long)?

South Of Heaven > Reign in Blood Ride The Lightning > The Black Album

I saw Ænema and Blood Mountain in the thumbnail and was so prepared to get triggered lol

10:15 Back in Black isn't a metal album. it's a hard rock record.

I'm sorry? Two good tracks on Reign in Blood?! Postmortem, Jesus Saves, Criminally Insane, Piece by Piece are all incredible!!

I'm 47 and been into metal since I was 13, and have NEVER heard anyone say reign in blood is overrated! Kinda surprised to hear it now. But everyone is entitled to their opinion...

One of the most underrated Slayer albums is South of Heaven

Death’s ‘symbolic’ is the greatest metal album of all time.

slaughtered on far beyond is probably one of Panteras heaviest songs imo. hold a special place for that album, got me back to real heavy music. after that whole grunge phase of my youth.

Fucking spot on about Still Life. Totally underrated in comparison to blackwater park.

Time 1?I'm not really sure,i've never heard anybody to speak about it.

I totally agree Rust In Peace is underrated

Master of Puppets is so fucking over rated, nobody likes the Black Album.

Wait what, Soundtrack To Your Escape is overrated? I thought it was generally considered one of the worst metal albums of all time.

What's the song that plays in the beginning ckn?

If you think Far Beyond Driven is overrated, you don't know shit about metal.

dude, "Operation: Mindcrime" never got the attention it deserves....... considering how good and relevant that record still is, it is waaay too UNDERRATED

I guess I was unaware of Pantera's success with Far Beyond Driven. I knew it sold well, but I didn't realize it reached #1 until now. I don't hear it talked about nearly as much as Vulgar Display of Power or Cowboys From Hell. So this was somewhat surprising for me. I definitely agree with everything else on the list. I think as an honorable mention, The Number of The Beast is the 11th most overrated metal album. I believe it was Maiden's best seller. It is really good, but I think most, if not the rest of the albums they made in the 1980s were better than that one.

Can someone tell me the song that has been playing in the background.. Thank you :)

Far Beyond Driven only reached number 1 because of how insanely popular Vulgar Display of Power was. Both good albums though

Operation mindcrime is brilliant

Thank god Slayer's "Reign In Blood" is on here! I love Slayer, but I could never get into that album. "Seasons Of The Abyss" should be considered Slayer's Masterpiece and they have many other albums that could compete for that title, but "Reign In Blood" should not be one of them.

what song is on background when he talks about Reign in Blood?

what's playing in the back at the beginning?

Blackwater Park was the last album I listened to before I watched this video. Personally, I think it's better than Still Life for two reasons: Steven and Wilson. ...That's just one reason made up of two words, but you get the point.

Far beyond driven is still my favourite pantera album. The great southern trendkill is close

Your favorite album from your favorite band is overrated.

hey you added in the on-screen captions! thanks man:) (hopefully i influenced you on that, but im probably just dreamin big heh)

I always thought Operation: Mindcrime was underrated. Oh well. All opinion.

I think British Steel is overrated as well. Judas Priest is my favorite metal band, but if you look at some of the albums that preceded Steel (Stained Class, Sin After Sin) and succeeded that album too (Screaming for Vengeance, Painkiller) I don't think British Steel really holds up, although it definitely has its highlights.

I love Opeth so much... but someone had to say the truth about Blackwater Park sooner or later.

Blackwater park ???? overrated ???? The fuck? it deserves all the praise it can get

I agree about far beyond driven, I feel that The Great Southern Trend kill was much better and more classic songs

Have you heard of Into Eternity, the album Buried in Oblivion? Please let me know.

"Oh my god slayer is my favourite band ever, my favourite album is Reign In Blood and my favourite song is Raining Blood!!!!" Those people...

I agree with some of these but QUEENSRYCHE OPERATION: MINDCRIME???!! Nooooooo :'(

I always thought that A7X self titled album was more overrated...

I'm very new to listening to good metal (I used to listen to slipknot and avenged sevenfold) could anyone suggest any good metalcore/ melodic death metal groups/ albums I could check out?

Operation Mindcrime is the 2nd best concept album of all time, so it can't really be over-rated. Scenes From A Memory is 3rd. King Diamond's Abigail is the greatest concept album of all time.

I honestly prefer A7X's self titled album due to how experimental it was and how well it paid off as a result. I find more of the songs memorable too.

I agree on Reign In Blood. Back when I would hear it being mentioned with Master of Puppets (personally give me Justice) and Rust In Peace which made me think big songs with time changes and yea that's nothing at all that's there. I have tried a few times to listen to it but it just doesn't seem to click with me. 100 meter dash to the conclusion of its 28 minutes runtime is how I sum it up, and that line (I think it was either Cliff Burton or James Hetfield who said it) about you can only be the fastest guy around for so long also comes to mind. Angel of Death and Raining Blood, that is all.

Seasons in the Abyss was better than Reign in Blood.

I'm suprised that disturbeds album the sickness wasn't on this list.

who the fuck is Deafheaven?? looks I am missing something...

That an album like Hell Awaits (to name just one) doesn't get the recognition it deserves doesn't mean Reign in Blood is overrated, c'mon it is a masterpiece.

Interesting choice for the avenged album, I would've picked hail to the king as it is extremely simplified compared to its predecessor and successor. And do you listen to any Latin metal bands? Have you heard of De la Tierra?

I agree on most of these. However, I think the great southern trendkill is the best pantera album

Some feathers are about to be ruffled.

This list has many good points. "Reign in Blood" is the best-known album by Slayer but the later albums "South of Heaven" and "Seasons in the Abyss" had more beauty (with melodies) than "Reign in Blood". They just wanted to prove they could play faster than anyone else. "Show No Mercy" and "Hell Awaits" were very good albums too and had many great ideas but still the big audience haven't heard about those albums. Some of the songs of "British Steel" were made just for the radio. Although "radio-friendly" isn't equal to "poor" even in metal genre, you cannot avoid hearing how songs like "United", "Breaking the Law", and especially "Living After Midnight" sound a little bit too "poppy". In my opinion Judas Pries has many better albums: "Sad Wings of Destiny" and "Sin After Sin" for example.

A very thought-provoking video, thanks! I was surprised with your list, especially last 2. But it actually makes sense, once you dig into the tracklists of both

For me I think Number Of The Beast is overratted

Video was fun and correct until you snubbed "Operation Mindcrime". Definite classic without a doubt. Got better from there on to position one.

When someone says underrated or overrated, what they are actually saying is more people should think exactly like you do on a given subject.

Man you should start editing more your videos! Good job

In Flames died after Clayman. Sure, Reroute to Remain has a couple of good songs, its a diff sound but still new and fresh. But the real In Flames died after Clayman.

the only overrated album here is The Black Album and to an extent Reign In Blood

the late 60s and the early 90s were times when rock was at its darkest and most depressing, which is why those two eras are my absolute favorites

10:53 i completely agree! it's usually overshadowed by Peace Sells IMO

The Black Album can be overrated yeah but it's the best sounding analog album of all time. It sounds new every time you listen to it

Reign in Blood by slayer is a great album but albums like Show No Mercy, South Of Heaven, and Seasons in the Abyss are far more superior.

Didn't expect to see Time I on here, then again I do prefer Wintersun's self-titled album.

PSA: just because an album is overrated doesn’t mean it’s bad. case in point: Blackwater Park

Honestly, Hell Awaits is in my mind a far better record than Reign in Blood. It has more interesting riffs, better solos (through that's never saying much considering slayer and their typical solos), better atmosphere and overall a better concept.

Don't kill me. I'm a big Dream Theater and Rush fan, but I think Scenes From a Memory and 2112 are kinda overrated. Now, 2112 the song, is fucking amazing. One of the best songs ever made, but it felt like a mistake to put it as the opener since every other song on the album is kinda average. With SFAM, I think that Images and Words and Awake are two albums that are far superior.

Here we go!

Where is Rust in Peace ? Where is Heaven and Hell ? Where is Mob Rules ?

every gnr album imo

I like Reign in blood.

Now some underrated albums by big bands: Slayer - Hell Awaits Tool - 10000 days Metallica - Desth Magnetic Black Sabbath - The Mob Rules Mastodon - Blood Mountain Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse

Great post...but I'll continue to overrate 'Blackwater Park'...it's just great Lol...

Overrated really just means “I don’t like it”

Metallica's Black album, Appetite for Destruction (not quite a metal album, admittedly), Slayer's reign in blood (hurts me to admit, but we all know its true), Maiden's number of the beast (Again, hard to admit, but true) and anything by Avenged Sevenfold

Slayer has tried to re-create Reign in Blood evet since they wrote Reign in Blood. Stale as fuck.

Geez, I love REIGN IN BLOOD from start to finish! Listen to it often.

yes The Black Album is overrated but it still kicks ass

I think Vulgar display of power is the most overated albums.

Overrated metal albums update: Black Sabbath- Heaven and Hell, Mob Rules, 13, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Helloween- Walls of Jericho Helloween- Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 1 and 2 Judas Priest- Painkiller, Screaming For Vengeance, Defenders of the Fate, Stained Class Queenscryche- The Warning, Rage For Order, Operation Mindcrime, Operation Live Crime, The Verdict Opeth- Blackwater Park Megadeth- Rust In Peace, Youthanasia, United Abominations, Dystopia Metallica- Hardwired to Self Destruct Metal Church- Blessing In Disguise, XI, Classic Live Cirith Ungol- Forever Black Slayer- Reign In Blood, South of Heaven

I still like every album mentioned below, but I like their other stuff better: -_Reign in Blood_. They seemed to throw songwriting away just for the sake of playing fast. -Seventh Son of a Seventh Son_... Doesn't seem as atmospheric as _Somewhere in Time_ nor as ballsy as _Powerslave_. What's the concept about, anyways? -_The Legacy_. Most songs sound the same, yet they say it's their best album. -_Master of Puppets_. It's based off the _Ride the Lightning formula_, and strangely no one complains about the song length unlike with _...And Justice for All_. -_Rust in Peace_. Treated like the only Megadeth album that is good and some dislike their later stuff because they never put out a "_Rust in Peace II_". -_Sad Wings of Destiny_. Not sure about this one, everyone loves it but I don't get it.

A blackgaze album got mentioned here. You must really do some digging. O.o

Truth hath been told. British Steel is overrated as fuuuuuuuuuck. To me its even one of the weaker priest albums. It sounds extremely commercial. Painkiller is 10000000000 times better.

Since there is something called baby metal out there in music stores none of the albums you mentioned are overrated.

While Ghost of Perdition and Porcelain Heart are my favorite songs by them, My Arms Your Hearse is my favorite Opeth album. It's the album that got my infatuation with them rolling. I'm actually okay with both Heritage and Pale Communion, too. Sure, they're dramatically different and not necessarily in a good way, I still find myself thoroughly enjoying them. I've got Opeth tattooed on my forearm, by the way lol.

OK guys, here is my top 10 overated albums 1.Ozzy- Blizzard of Ozz 2.BlackSabbath-Paranoid(love this album but I like SBS and Sabotage 5x more) 3.MorbidAngel-Altars of Madness 4.Darkthrone-Transilvanian Hunger 5.Exodus-Bonded by Blood 6.Emperor-In the nightside eclipse 7.Venom-Black metal 8.Motley Crue-Dr Feelgood 9.Iron Maiden-Number of the Beast 10.Slipknot-IOWA

Vulgar Display of Power is easily the most overrated album in metal history.

When I first bought RIB in junior high it was the fastest,craziest, most extreme music I had ever heard. It was my favorite Slayer album for years. Still love it, but now that I'm a little older I think that Seasons and South are more complete albums. I'm a drummer and really appreciate Dave's technical skill on those albums. Much more variety in the way of dynamics and tempo. Still I don't think I would go as far to call RIB overrated. It's gets a lot of hype for sure, but its all subjective to taste and preference. It was for sure a major breakthrough in sound and production from their previous album Hell Awaits.

The reason I don't think BlackWater Park is overrated is because the name is so fuckin sweet.

WOW dude! are you alright? I didn't expect like a rant at the beginning. I think Metallica is probably overrated because there are so many fans always love them to this day. That's only in my opinion. I like Metallica but not all of their albums though. I know that I always respect Metallica because they gave us something special during the 80s.

haha nirvana way overrated

I want to know everyone here's opinion on the big four's best album for each band. Imo Metallica- Ride the Lightening Megadeth- Rust in Piece Slayer- Reign in Blood Anthrax- Among the Living Whats your opinion?

man i was so hoping you'd list pantera and thank the gods, you did. a man with taste.

Slayer's Reign in Blood is not overrated. It's arguably the greatest thrash album of all time. I don't know if it's Slayer's best record though. South of Heaven, Seasons in the Abyss and Divine Intervention are all strong releases. Pantera's best record is also its most underrated, The Great Southern Trendkill.

Reign in Blood overrated? LOL

I am so happy to hear someone else name Show No Mercy as their favourite Slayer album. Such an underrated album. I consider Black Magic to be Slayer's signature song instead of Raining Blood. You are spot on about Raining Blood and Angel of Death being the main draw of the Reign in Blood album. South of Heaven and Seasons in the Abyss are way better and more solid albums all round. Show no Mercy will always be my favourite of theirs - Crionics is probably their most underrated song for me, along with Behind the Crooked Cross from the South of Heaven album.Love your videos, man. Been watching for a long time. You seem like such a normal, down to earth guy who really loves, appreciates and understands music. It's so hard to find people who can genuinely critique their favourite music like you do, without doing it just to bash other bands and being an 'elitist'.Metallica, Megadeth and Machine Head are three of my favourite bands, but that doesn't mean that I can't find fault with their respective works. I enjoy the variety that those bands have in their discography. Love that you mentioned Rust in Peace as a possible underrated album. Gotta agree with that. It's easily one of the top 10 metal albums of all time.Keep up the good work, CKN. \m/

I think the black album is really good, i mean my friend of misery and sad but true are just awsome

lateralus by tool is pretty overrated even though i love that album myself

pantera cowboys from hell in my opinion

I would say Vulgur Display Of Power is slightly more overrated than Far Beyond Driven

Not to be that voice of dissent but...didn't you put Blackwater Park higher than Still Life on your favorite albums of all time list ages ago? Granted opinions change all the time but still...

The Black Album is totally overrated, and also total trash compared to their albums before

Saying that Empire is a better album than Operation Mindcrime must be the most stupid thing I've ever heard. Both The Warning and Rage for Order are better albums than Empire. Empire have too much filler, and the songs are way too mainstream.