Metal's Greatest Live Albums?

[sknight]

Gotta give it up for Iron Maiden's Live After Death. Few approach the sound quality and energy of this one.

Evergrey's A Night to Remember deserves notable mention.

Symphony X- Live on the Edge of Forever

[Exanimate]

Live After Death - Iron Maiden
Alive In Athens - Iced Earth
Decade of Aggression - Slayer

[Deadbent]

Yeah, live after death probably takes the cake.

Hell.. I would've mentioned Decade of Aggression, too...
But they had a live disc in their last boxed set...
Came in a fake-blood filled cd-sleeve with floating skulls in it.
It was from the god-hates-us-all tours.... and holy shit was it good, too.
Outstanding should be the word.
Don't know the name of the disc, if there even was one for it.
But definitely one of the best live sets I've heard on cd.



Also... I got a soft spot for samhains live 85-86 album. probably not the greatest live album though.

panteras official live 101 proof, too. By far not the best, but definitely good for nostalgic reasons (plus, to hear dime rip a few of his solos purposely out of key, ala kerry king... hell... no WAY you can go wrong with that there)

And while not fitting in the realm of defined metal...
Ministry's Incase you didn't feel like showing up live, has an amazing audio clarity unlike any live album I've ever heard. Including Live after Death.
10 minute jam sessions on Stigmata and So What?... wow.
Martin Atkins, chris connelly, and ogre from Skinny Puppy jamming the entire set with Al and co? doublewow. Songs done on this album sound SO much better than the studio versions. It sounds almost as good as it did in person that night, if not better.

[Flea_Man]

S&M from Metallica or Alive In Athens from Iced Earth

[thelord68]

Alive in Athens - Iced Earth
Scream For Me Brazil - Bruce Dickinson
Ghost in the Ruins - Savatage

[pointblankJ9]

Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East
Testament - Live at the Filmore

I really am a predictable shitbox...but those are my two faves. I normally don't like live cds.

[Exanimate]

Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East
Testament - Live at the Filmore

I really am a predictable shitbox...but those are my two faves. I normally don't like live cds.

How the hell did I know you were gonna add the Testament album?

I also have to put Halford - Live Insurrection.

Never liked Halford with Priest, but I love him solo in Halford (not the other solo bands that he had).

[Dr Midnight]

Maiden - Rock in Rio
eXodus - Another Lesson in Violence

[al885]

angel corpse - death dragons of the apocalypse

[25133WhooOoAH]

not a big fan of the albums being live, but ill buy the dvds, the only live albums i own are

Iced Earth - Alive in Athens 3 Disc, which is Z best live album ever
Slayer - Decade of Agression

[Exanimate]

not a big fan of the albums being live, but ill buy the dvds, the only live albums i own are

Iced Earth - Alive in Athens 3 Disc, which is Z best live album ever
Slayer - Decade of Agression

Wow, I really thought that you would have included Live After Death in your list.

[pointblankJ9]

How the hell did I know you were gonna add the Testament album?

I also have to put Halford - Live Insurrection.

Never liked Halford with Priest, but I love him solo in Halford (not the other solo bands that he had).

Because I am a predictable shi- well, you know. For what it's worth, I wasn't as fond of Testament's "live at the dynamo" or "return to the apocalyptic city"...filmore rules however. Especially "Hail Mary". Fantastic song!

I'm at a loss with not liking Halford with Priest... give unleashed a shot, if only for live versions of "diamonds and rust" and "victim of changes" - I prefer the live versions of both of those songs to the studio versions.

You can only imagine how much I loved it when Testament and Halford played together a few years back. (even more than when Testament, Judas Priest and Megadeth did an arena tour in 91)

I think I'm just getting old and set in my ways so I have my select favorites that will always make me happy. As much as I appreciate Iron Maiden, I didn't include them because I didn't grow up listening to them as rabidly as I did some of the others, and I'm not sure why.

[mikeybot]

It's not a full album but the live songs on the "I'm the Man" ep are great.

[The Stormrider]

S&M from Metallica or Alive In Athens from Iced Earth

Agreed. I would've liked to see a set built on earlier stuff for S&M, but it's still a good listen.


I would also like to submit S.O.D.'s Live at Budokan.

[SteveSteele]

Iron Maiden-Live After Death
Slayer-Decade of Agression
Queensryche-Operation: Livecrime
Type O Negative-Origin of the Feces

[Deftera]

Testament - Live at the Filmore

Fantastic album.

[Exanimate]

Was talking to sknight earlier, and we were talking about Death - Live In L.A. I will add this one for sentimental reasons.

[25133WhooOoAH]

Wow, I really thought that you would have included Live After Death in your list.

like i says im not a big fan of live albums, Iron Maiden are my fav band i have it downloaded just never bought. and i fergot Mannnnnnnn!

[25133WhooOoAH]

live in la , sound quality isn't that great or either is the dvd version, but hell yeah we gots to add it , cuz death are one of the best bands ever and chuck is god

[Hudson]

Blue Oyster Cult....Don't Fear The Reaper..LIVE!
sorry, had to go Old School.
Gotta love a band that has an average height of 5'6 and used lasers in their shows in the 70's-80's and also played little venues as "Soft White Underbelly"

[Hog_Juice]

Slayer

[sknight]

Was talking to sknight earlier, and we were talking about Death - Live In L.A. I will add this one for sentimental reasons.
Do they give many closeups of RC playing? I would give my third testicle to see him play those songs.

[mikeybot]

Agreed. I would've liked to see a set built on earlier stuff for S&M, but it's still a good listen.


I would also like to submit S.O.D.'s Live at Budokan.


Holy crap I'm an idiot. I totally forgot about that. This was the first S.O.D. album I got. Phenominal.

[Stormrider666]

Iced Earth-Alive in Athens
Judas Priest-Live in London
both live Overkill albums
and even though they are not metal persay, I'm going to have go with Kiss's Alive and AC/DC Live as well.

[Dopie Opie]

I know they are an easy band to bash now but I say the second best live cd is the

Slipknot 9.0

That would be after Iron Maiden "LIve After Death"

On the Maiden cd some most of the songs are better live than on CD, especially Revalation, Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner and Hallowed by Thy Name.

The Slipknot cd is really something Special.

[Cunt Smasher]

Metal? I don't know,but the my absolute favorite live album of all time is "Double Live Gonzo" Ted at his peak and just kills with that Birdland.Almost every song is just an excuse for long solos.More gooder!
Also rans...
S.O.D.,Slayer,AC/DC "If you want blood,you got it",great show,sucky sound on the original release.

[dodisman]

Not sure if this would qualify as metal by today's standards but my alltime favorite was...Helloween's Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2

[Exanimate]

Not sure if this would qualify as metal by today's standards but my alltime favorite was...Helloween's Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2

Both albums are fucking great. However the one you mention isn't Live, nor is the first. And they most certainly would be considered metal.

[dodisman]

After i posted that i noticed it was for LIVE albums...my bad on that...I don't know many live albums for Metal...Live After Death by Maiden i guess

[spyderman]

Ozzy: Live and loud

[Exanimate]

I just got King Diamond "Deadly Lullabyes Live" today. Really good live album.

[tattered]

I know they are an easy band to bash now but I say the second best live cd is the

Slipknot 9.0

That would be after Iron Maiden "LIve After Death"

On the Maiden cd some most of the songs are better live than on CD, especially Revalation, Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner and Hallowed by Thy Name.

The Slipknot cd is really something Special.

i really need to get that album esp after seeing them in concert....fucking phenomal in concert.

right now the one and only live album i own is

Pantera's 101 Proof Live. its as close as i will ever get to see them live. but i can just hear people getting hurt in the pit its awesome