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I liked it overall. I'm a big fan of The Cure's original but I thought they did it justice. The last 2 songs are better though, I agree on that.

Mine is easy: Cold Lake - Celtic Frost
There aren;t proper words to express how utterly cheated and disappointed I was with this. After the majesty of Into The Pandemonium I was so looking forward to Cold Lake. Its even a great name for a CF album. Then I put it on and.....aaarrrgggh. So awful I've never given it a second listen. I hear Tom refuses to even discuss it these days.
(edited to reflect @MacabreEternal's positive comments about promoting discussion)

Has anyone tried any of the now many band labelled alcohol thats out there? I've tried Iron Maiden's The Trooper and it was pretty good.

In '85 Megadeth released Killing is my business... In '86 Metallica released Master of Puppets and Slayer released Reign In Blood. In '87 Anthrax released Among the Living. Each of these 4 albums had a seismic effect on the world of metal with each giving the bedrock to an offshoot of metal; Megadeth helped spawn Speed Metal, Metallica gave mainstream metal a shot in the arm, Slayer released the album that arguably laid the groundwork for Extreme Metal and Anthrax helped create Hardcore and Crossover Metal. It was after these releases that the term 'the big 4' began to be used.
Killing Is my Business...was a snarling angry beast, the band were tight has hell and fed off a Dave Mustaine still smarting after being let go by Metallica, the obvious classic was Mechanix but the album as a whole delivers like a punch in the gut.
Master of Puppets by contrast seemed determined to break the record for the best riffs ever laid down on vinyl. My own personal favourite is probably the least known track 'Leper Messiah' which stomps its way to a conclusion propelled by jagged riffing and James Hetfield's angry sarcasm delivering his disdain for organised religion.
Reign In Blood is simply a beast from beginning to end. The obvious stand-out track is Angel of Death but in reality there's no bad track, it simply crushes everything that came before it with a sound that always teeters right on the line of being out of control without ever actually crossing that line, it gives the album an edge that had never been heard before and rarely since. 
Among The Living is to my mind a standout album from a band could that be criticised for producing a fair amount of filler on later albums until For All Kings was released. Every track has that New York punk attitude and creates a stomping masterpiece. Its no surprise that tracks from Among The Living often make a large percentage of the bands live performances.
Thats my 2p anyway

No worries - you're right, I should've been more precise and say it supported and built on what had gone on before.

Marduk - Frontschwein

Hail to the metal pubs and clubs that helped us all enjoy our music outside of our homes.  Remember them for what they gave us not what they became.  Friday night rock night at Maxime's in the town I grew up nearby was a most worthy way to spend a Friday night as a lad. 

Gatecreeper - Deserted

Metallica - Master Of Puppets

Slayer - Decade Of Aggression

Slayer - Decade Of Aggression

Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal

Watain - Lawless Darkness

Carach Angren - Franckensteina Strataemontanus

Also try Sepultura (their earlier stuff), Sabbat (UK band), Voivod, Morbid Angel and D.R.I.

You and Balor are going to get on very well

Hi  welcome to the forum. What bands are you into?

Septic Flesh - The Great Mass

Carach Angren - Franckensteina Strataemontanus

Konvent - Puritan Masochism 
I thought I was the only one who did this! I always switch tabs with lyric videos ?

Yeah, I find them annoying too. Don't tend to watch the screen when they're on either these days.

Not bad, I usually take a punt on anything Incantation release nowadays.  You know exactly what you are getting with them and that’s not always a bad thing if their existing formula works.
 
P.s. I have a real problem with lyric videos though.  Does anybody else find them really distracting as the vocals are all you find yourself focusing on?  Had to turn away from the screen to just listen properly.  Fuck I am weird.

Carach Angren - Franckensteina Strataemontanus

Paradise Lost - Obsidian

Paradise Lost - Faith Divides Us, Death Unites Us (album)