Your most dissapointing follow-up albums

[ratanda]

Albums you were really looking forward to being released because you loved the last/(current at the time) one so much. Then you heard it and were not pleased or were not impressed.


Kreator - Renewal
Anthrax - State of Euphoria
Entombed - Clandestine
My Dying Bride - 34.788% Complete (though I like it much more now)
Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction
Metallica - Metallica
Exodus - Force of Habit
Testament - The Ritual
Blind Guardian - Night at the Opera
Gamma Ray - Powerplant
Carcass - Swansong
Overkill - I Hear Black
Malevolent Creation - Stillborn
Opeth - Blackwater Park

 

[Jasonic]

Edguy - Rocket Ride
Edguy - Rocket Ride
Edguy - Rocket Ride
Edguy - Rocket Ride
Edguy - Rocket Ride
Edguy - Rocket Ride
Edguy - Rocket Ride
Edguy - Rocket Ride
Edguy - Rocket Ride
Edguy - Rocket Ride
Edguy - Rocket Ride
Edguy - Rocket Ride

 

[RagePSV]

I love half the albums on your list....

Belladonna - Spells of Fear
Iced Earth - Something Wicked
Helloween - Rabbit Don't Come Easy
Running Wild - Masquerade
Ayreon - 0101010
Overkill - Necroshine
Anthrax - Volume 8: The Threat Is Real
Blind Guardian - A Night At The Opera
Brainstorm - Metus Mortis
Cemetary - Phantasma
Dark Tranquillity - Haven
Deicide - Serpents Of The Light
Desultory - Swallow The Snake
Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
The Gathering - How To Measure A Planet?
Hammerfall - Renegade
In Flames - Reroute To Remain
Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death
Iron Savior - Battering Ram
Megadeth - Cryptic Writings
Mercyful Fate - Dead Again
Metal Church - Masterpeace
Metalica - Black Album
Morbid Angel - Entangled In Chaos
Napalm Death - Inside The Torn Apart
Opeth - Still Life
Paradise Lost - One Second
Prong - Rude Awakening
Queensryche - Empire
Savatage - Poets And Madmen
Shadow Gallery - Legacy
Slayer - Divine Intervention
Solitude Aeturnus - Adagio
Stratovarius - Infinite
Type O Negative - October Rust
Virgin Steele - Visions Of Eden

 

[The Invisible Guest]

Ha .. that's funny ... I liked Rocket Ride better than Hellfire Club.

Here's a few that I was disappointed in after loving the predecessor were:

Twilight Guardians - Ghost Reborn .... very mediocre compared to Sintrade

Blind Guardian - A Night At The Opera .... weak release after the stellar Nightfall In Middle Earth

Queensryche - HITNF .... stripped down garbage after the excellent Promised Land

Deadsoul Tribe - The Dead Word .... couldn't get into this one after absolutely loving A Murder Of Crows

DGM - Misplaced .... hated this one after having Hidden Place as my #2 of 2003

Edguy - Hellfire Club .... a shiteater compared to Mandrake

Evergrey - Monday Morning Apocalypse .... dreadful change for the worse after the solid The Inner Circle

King Diamond - Abigail II: The Revenge .... expected much better from this one. It was a poor followup to House Of God, and was not even close to the excellent Abigail.

Nevermore - Enemies Of Reality .... a big quality dropoff from the excellent Dead Heart In A Dead World ... production killed it, but the songs weren't as strong as usual.

Pyramaze - Legend Of The Bone Carver .... I never took to this boring concept disc after loving the debut.

Rage - Speak Of The Dead .... loved Unity, then Soundchaser ... was bored stiff by this disc.

That's all that struck out to me after going thru my Itunes.

Britt

 

[nailz]

Elvenking - WYRD. Because NO one sees that coming from me.

 

[SeaStorm]

Wow, there are some incredible albums in these lists. It breaks my heart to see A Night at the Opera on everyone's lists. I get why so many people dislike it, but still, it makes me sad

 

[Mxgonzo]

Wow, there are some incredible albums in these lists. It breaks my heart to see A Night at the Opera on everyone's lists. I get why so many people dislike it, but still, it makes me sad

Same here. I thought it was a fantastic album. A little different for sure but still great release IMO.

As for couple on my Dissapointing albums list.

Judas Priest- Turbo
Anthrax - Stomp 442
Metallica- Metallica
Mr. Big - (o.k. not a follow up but when I heard Gilbert and Sheehan were putting a band together I was expecting a shred fest. BOY was I ever dissapointed)

 

[Diamond45]

Edguy - Rocket Ride

I think we get the idea. I agree with you 100% though!!

 

[rms]

any 80s thrash band that made an album in the 90s

 

[halcyonwayband@aol.com]

any 80s thrash band that made an album in the 90s

The Gathering by Testament? Didn't that come out in 1999 or something?

 

[Hal9000]

Metallica - Metallica
Judas Priest - Nostradamus
Brainstorm - Downburst
Therion - Gothic Kabbalah
Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon
Stratovarius - Stratovarius
Sonata Arctica - Unia

 

[musicsnob]

There is only one answer. Celtic Frost's "Cold Lake" as a follow-up to "Into the Pandemonium." It is impossible to state the precipitous drop this represented. Impossible. Never in the history of rock/metal has such a monstrosity been delivered unto unsuspecting fans.

 

[rms]

The Gathering by Testament? Didn't that come out in 1999 or something?

ya but Testament was never really that good anyways

oh ya and Communic's 3rd album, terrible album

 

[edgeofthorns]

Eventhough I like the album, I have to say my biggest follow up disappointment was Masterplan's Aeronautics after the stellar debut. Those guys just hit a grand slam the first time around and were destined to not live up to it ever again.

~Brian~

 

[Comic Book Dude]

Rough Cutt- Wants you
Crimson Glory- Strange and Beautiful
Whitesnake-Slip Of The Tongue
King's X- Ear Candy

 

[nailz]

Eventhough I like the album, I have to say my biggest follow up disappointment was Masterplan's Aeronautics after the stellar debut. Those guys just hit a grand slam the first time around and were destined to not live up to it ever again.

~Brian~

QFT.

 

[Metalmilitia2000]

These lists make the baby jesus cry... won't you think of the children?!

 

[RagePSV]

Wow, there are some incredible albums in these lists. It breaks my heart to see A Night at the Opera on everyone's lists. I get why so many people dislike it, but still, it makes me sad

It's not a matter of dislike, just a bit of a let down compared to the previous album. I love most of the albums on my list.

 

[Heavenly Call]

Rage - Metus Mortis (or whatever it was). After Soundchaser and Unity I thought these guys could do no wrong, but then they proved they were human and could make a crap album just like anyone else. My cousin and I now refer to bad follow up albums as "Making a Rage." Ha ha. I will say that they have redeemed themselves with "Carved In Stone."

Some others I was disappointed in:
From The Inside - Visions (NOWHERE close to the debut)
Twilightning - (the third one, can't remember the name)
Rob Rock - Holy Hell (But Garden of Chaos RIPS!)
Primal Fear - Seven Seals

 

[Claus / Intromental]

There is only one answer. Celtic Frost's "Cold Lake" as a follow-up to "Into the Pandemonium." It is impossible to state the precipitous drop this represented. Impossible. Never in the history of rock/metal has such a monstrosity been delivered unto unsuspecting fans.

Dude, "Into The Pandemonium" is one of the best albums EVER made. Following it up with anything would be a let-down. That said, I am in the minority for loving the hell out of "Cold Lake". When I studied for my examns at University, this was the album I listened to all the time. It's such a different album, and it's perfect to have in the background when studying, yet still rockin' out a bit There's something about "Downtown Hanoi", "Cherry Orchards", "Roses Without Thorns" and so on, that I just love. I've heard people describe this as a glam/hair metal album, and I can just not understand that description. This is thrash with an avantgarde approach, both lyrically, imagery-wise and the music itself.

c.