Metal 3 packs - The Best from the best

[Dopie Opie]

Want to get some opinions. I am wondering what you guys feel are the best three consecutive albums in a row, by a particular band. Now there are some guidelines I'd like to throw out there.

1. Must be three in a row
2. Must be in a reasonable time frame. Less than 5 years from 1-3
I hate these bands that take 3-4 years to make an album. It kills the continuity. This will eliminate alot of the newer bands. In the 80's and eaqrly 90's bands like Maiden were putting out new material every year.
3. Must be new material, no live cds and no best of shit.

I will knock out the most obvious three

Metallica
Ride the Lightning
Master of Puppets
...And Justice for All.


Slayer
Reign in Blood
South of Heaven
Seasons in the Abyss

Iron Maiden
Number of the Beast
Piece of Mind
Powerslave


When you look at all the bands that come close it is really an amazing feat.
Mercyful Fate - Melissa, Don't Break the Oath - is the most obvious.

[Puddle O AIDs]

Ok, ill knock out Nirvana (although they arn't metal)
Bleach
Nevermind
In Utero

also, the meat pupets first 3, because the second 2 are both clasic.
Meat Puppets
Meat Puppets II
Up On The Sun

Beatles:
Rubber soul
Revolver
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Fee free to trash my non metal choices

[whoisisthis]

Ok, ill knock out Nirvana (although they arn't metal)

as opposed to The Beatles and The Meat Puppets?

focus, Puddle O AIDs!!:)

[Exanimate]

Death - Human
Death - Individual Thought Patterns
Death - Symbolic
Death - The Sound of Perseverance
I know that was 4, but 4 in a row is better than 3 in a row.

Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes
Iced Earth - Horror Show
Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden

King Diamond - Abigail
King Diamond - Them
King Diamond - Conspiracy

Shit this is hard. I need more time.

[sknight]

Iron Maiden- Powerslave, Somewhere in Time, 7th son, although it's way to easy to shift if one album down to start with Piece of Mind.

Death has been mentioned.

Evergrey- Solitude* Dominance* Tragedy, In Search of Truth, Recreation Day

Celtic Frost- Morbid Tales, To Mega Therion, Into the Pandemonium

Atheist- Piece of Time, Unquestionable Presence, Elements

First three Theatre of Tragedy

Artillery- Fear of Tomorrow, Terror Squad, By Inheritance

Metal Church- S/T, The Dark, Blessing in Disguise
Good thread.

[whoisisthis]

Sepultura-
Beneath the Remains (1989)
Arise (1991)
Chaos AD (1993)

Brutal Truth-(pic any three in succession, and it'll always kick ass)
Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses (1992)
Perpentual Conversion (1992)
Ill Neglect (1992)
Birth of Ignorance (1993)
Need to Control (1994)
Kill Trend Suicide (1996)
Sounds of the Animal Kingdom (1997)
Machine Parts + 4 (1998)
Goodbye Cruel World! (1999)

Incantation-
The Forsaken Mourning of Angelic Anguish (1997)
Diabolical Conquest (1998)
The Infernal Storm (2000)

::edit::

Deicide-
Deicide (1990)
Legion (1992)
Amon: Feasting the Beast (1993)

[Exanimate]

Entombed - Left Hand Path
Entombed - Clandestine
Entombed - Wolverine Blues

Carcass - Symphonies of Sickness
Carcass - Necroticism Descanting the Insalubrious
Carcass - Heartwork

[Arc Lite]

.....
King Diamond - Abigail
King Diamond - Them
King Diamond - Conspiracy

....

Definately!!! And gotta agree with Mercyful Fate. If you counted the demo(s) / unrealeased stuff it might almost count (Corpse without a soul, Demon Eyes, Doomed by the Living Dead)


Coroner

Punishment For Decadence
No More Color
Mental Vortex

Black Sabbath:

Master of Reality
Volume 4
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

And then again with Sabbath:

Heaven and Hell
Mob Rules
Live Evile

Iron Maiden:

Killers
Number of the Beast
Piece of Mind

Slayer

Hell Awaits
Reign In Blood
South Of Heaven

[Puddle O AIDs]

as opposed to The Beatles and The Meat Puppets?

focus, Puddle O AIDs!!:)

Like most things in life, by the end i forgot the origonal goal

[Dopie Opie]

No live albums guys and a live album cannot be between them.

Here is another one

Megadeth

Killing is My Busniess
Peace Sells
So Far So Good So What

Overkill
Feel the Fire
Taking Over
Under the Influence

Judas Priest
Screaming for Vengance
Defenders of the Faith
-----Never mind they fall short

Same thing with AC/DC
Back In Black
For Those About To Rock

Many bands pull off two and seem to lose focus.

[Sunsetspawn]

Orchid
Morningrise
My Arms, Your Hearse
Still Life
Blackwater Park

5 biatch

[kevtv]

Above (sunsetspawn) are 5 opeth albums.

some of my suggestions / opinions (yes, some aren't metal, sure me):

Bad Religion -
Suffer
No Control
Against the Grain

Children of Bodom -
Hatebreeder
Follow the Reaper
Hate Crew Deathroll

Flogging Molly-
Swagger
Drunken Lullibies
Within a Mile of Home

Misfits-
Static Age (yea, it wasn't released till 96-97, but it was recorded first, and makes up a lot of the early singles)
Walk Among Us
Earth AD

[ChimneyFish]

I'll go :


Ministry:
The Land of **** and Honey(88)
The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste(89)
Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs(92)

Danzig:
Danzig(88)
Danzig II: Lucifuge(90)
Danzig III: How the Gods Kill(92)
Danzig IV(94)



edit: I forgot the "r" word is a big no-no.

[Dopie Opie]

Ministry - nice picks. They are a great example of three and out.

[25133WhooOoAH]

Death - Human - Individual Thought Patterns - Symbolic
Iron Maiden - Powerslave - Somewhere in time - Seventh Son


Metallica - Load - Reload - StAnger MAAAAAAAANNNNN!!!! : )

[25133WhooOoAH]

and theres tuns of of bands that there whole discography is Awesome

[Dopie Opie]

and theres tuns of of bands that there whole discography is Awesome

I do not see very many bands that can put out classic cds year after year. Good cds, yes. Great cds maybe, but if you look at the Metallica example or the Slayer example, you get no argument from anyone.

I am a HUGE Maiden fan. There are plenty of people who do not care for Somewhere in Time.

Some people like Metallica Black album, most people do not. I am talking hands down no questions asked classic after classic after classic.

[25133WhooOoAH]

in maidens 13 album career

9 of them IMO are classic metal albums
the other 4 are alright too classic songs every but as albums there weak, but goddamn 9/13 thats alot of good material. And we got a new one on the way im sure it'll be awesome

[pointblankJ9]

Here are mine:

Anthrax
Sound of White Noise
Stomp 442
Volume 8
We've Come for You All (like Exanimate says - 4 are better than 3)
Vote for Bush in 2007!!!

Two of you beat me to the punch with King Diamond
Abigail
Them
Conspiracy
I have to echo those because they're albums that changed my life!!!

I'm going to go with Priest:
Stained Class
Hell Bent for Leather
and British Steel
(can I just skip over the live one in between or does that not count?)

Stuck Mojo (I don't care - I fucking loved them - especially live)
Snappin Necks
Pigwalk
Rising

Testament:
Legacy
New Order
Practice what You Preach

You're right - 3 in a row are hard. Most bands had two, but three were tougher for me.

[25133WhooOoAH]

Bush is my favorite metal singer i think ever! i love him alot more then belladonna

[pointblankJ9]

Bush is my favorite metal singer i think ever! i love him alot more then belladonna

Judging from Charlie's last interview, he does too. I would certainly put him in my top 5 favorite metal singers. I think he makes me sing along the loudest.

[Exanimate]

Damn you all favoring Bush. I just never got into him. Maybe I didn't give him a fair chance.

[mikeybot]

nin
Pretty Hate Machine
Broken
Downward Spiral

Placebo
Placebo
Without You I'm Nothing
Black Market Music

Dead Milkmen
Big Lizard in My Backyard
Eat Your Paisley
Bucky Fellini

KMFDM
Naive
Angst
Nihil

Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies
Join the Army
How Can I Laugh Tomorrow
(or even slide it an album to include Lights, Camera, Revolution)

[ChimneyFish]

Ministry - nice picks. They are a great example of three and out.


Sorry. Wrong.
Filth Pig = fucking great
Dark Side of the Spoon = good


But, I would say the my first three were there best three in a row.

[pointblankJ9]

Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies
Join the Army
How Can I Laugh Tomorrow
(or even slide it an album to include Lights, Camera, Revolution)

I was trying to work in Suicidal...but I can't get behind Join the Army. I agree on the others, though!

[Exanimate]

I kind of like Join the Army. I love How Will I Laugh, Feel Like Shit Deja Vu(can't count this as an album), Lights, Camera, Revolution (one of the best albums ever). I even like Art of Rebellion, and Suicidal For Life. I guess I Like the thrashy, metallish stuff, rather than the punk/hardcore.

[Dopie Opie]

Suicidal does not work because there was like 5 years from the ST debut to Join the Army.

Sorry, read the rukes mother fucker.

[thelord68]

Damn you all favoring Bush. I just never got into him. Maybe I didn't give him a fair chance.

He is a great frontman and packs a lot of power in a small package. My favorite live shows are Armored Saint before Dave's Death.