The only song on "Act III" I don't like is "Room With a View".
The rest is thrashtastic 🤘
Act III is at least 3 tiers above the first to and will have a very strong argument for being my #1 Death Angel album by the end of this journey.
🎵 Disturbing The Peace, Death Angel
💿️ Act III, 1990
▶️ https://song.link/y/ILpOA7Aw7d0
Ranking:
1. Act III
2. The Ultra-Violence
3. Frolic Through the Park
...and just like that, there's a funk-metal song. This album is something else!
🎵 Discontinued, Death Angel
💿️ Act III, 1990
▶️ https://song.link/y/9-hOLbVU12Y
Album number 3 is called "Act III" and it starts like a John Bush era Anthrax album.
2 minutes in and I already like it much more than any of the first two.
🎵 Seemingly Endless Time, Death Angel
💿 Act III, 1990
▶️ https://song.link/y/0sPEID-fl9Q
Funny thing: when song 1 remembered me of John Bush, song 2 is so clearly Joey Belladonna.
Props to Mark Osegueda for pulling this off!
Death Angel album number 2 is considered (another) thrash classic. It's "Frolic Through The Park" and has a very weird album cover.
And it has a speed metal song on it 👇
🎵 Why You Do This, Death Angel
💿 Frolic Through the Park, 1988
▶️ https://song.link/y/a0YGOxpL9Sw
On Death Angel's debut album you can hear a lot of early Metallica, very early Slayer, some Megadeth and the vocals are partly very Anthraxy.
What's not to like?
🎵 Final Death, Death Angel
💿 The Ultra-Violence, 1987
▶️ https://song.link/y/AowJM0A1o9A
My #Metaljourney and other deep dives 4/4
🦋 Death Angel https://metalhead.club/@derthomas/116809369566780894
It's been quite a while since I've gone on a proper metal journey.
It is the year of #ThrashMetal and today happens to be #ThrashThursday so...
Welcome to my Death Angel #Metaljourney 🤘
🎵 Thrashers, Death Angel
💿 The Ultra-Violence, 1987
▶️ https://song.link/y/EjIb3JPIOXw
As I am listening to "Brave New World" I thought heck, this might be one of Maiden's best albums.
So I checked my #Metaljourney ranking and yep, I have it at 3.
Here's the link to my metal journey in case you are interested: https://metalhead.club/@derthomas/110382477284570340
So this was my first metal journey and I had fun. Enslaved is a very, very talented band. At the same time, I didn't fell in love with them. The songs I favorited are leaning more towards black metal than prog, and it's not that I dislike prog but I am picky! 😅
Album rating:
Riitiir 9
Axioma Ethica Odini 8.5
Mardraum 8.5
Blodhemn 8
Heimdal 8
Eld 7.5
Ruun 7.5
Utgard 7.5
Frost 7
Vikingligr Veldi 7
E 6.5
In Times 6
Isa 6
Below The Lights 5
Monumension 3
Vertebrae 3
It took longer than planned but I finally had the time to listen to the last entry of this journey. 'Heimdal' is a pleasant listen. On previous albums, the band didn't always succeed to make effective use of repetition, but it works very well here.
Highlight is 'Caravans to the Outer Worlds', a song that balances warm atmospheres and blistering speeds to perfection.
Rating: 8/10
Thomas
Miona