The Zombieslayer

How good your taste in music is is directly related to how close your taste is with mine. The closer it is with mine, the better. The farther, the worse.

Now, I’m not including Classical pieces (from the Romantic era, of course. You won’t catch me listening to Baroque garbage), even though I’m a big fan of Tchaikovsky, Brahms, and Beethoven. The reason is classical means something different to me. It’s not something I can listen to all the time. It’s something special.

You also may be wondering why there’s stuff like Natalie Merchant, Tori Amos, Duran Duran, Prince, and The Cure on there. That’s not Metal. Yeah, I know it’s not Metal, but I wrote a novel to that Merchant album, Amos has the best female voice bar none, and she’s amazing live, Duran Duran scores hot chicks, so they’re cool in my book, and Prince as well. As for The Cure, well, long story. It’s only one album so chill out.

You’re also wondering why Dimmu Borgir’s masterpiece is not higher. I’d put it higher, but I bought it when everything in the Zombieslayer household was in chaos, some tough times, and if it had been better times, that would definitely be in the top 20. So, no fault to their obvious genius; I just have bad associations with that time period. Sorry Dimmu Borgir.

And Nightwish’s Once ahead of even Ozzy’s Blizzard of Ozz? Well, have you heard Once? If not, drop what you’re doing, go to the nearest record store, and buy the fucking album. It’s hands down by far the best piece of music written in the 2000s.

By the way, I’m writing this list a month before Nightwish’s Dark Passion Play and HIM’s Venus Doom comes out. They might appear on this list, or at least I’m hoping so. The very first day they’re released, I’m rushing to Rasputin Records and buying them.

Here’s the best 50 records ever made. You might say CDs but I still prefer the old vinyl because NOTHING beats the sound of vinyl. Sure CDs can play louder, but vinyl has character.

01. Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance - 1982
02. Nightwish - Once - 2004
03. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz - 1981
04. Yngwie J. Malmsteen’s Rising Force - Marching Out - 1985
05. Black Sabbath - The Mob Rules - 1981
06. Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman - 1981
07. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden - 1980
08. Guns and Roses - Appetite for Destruction - 1987
09. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon - 1973
10. Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers - 1984
11. Def Leppard - High ‘n Dry - 1981
12. Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith - 1984
13. Metallica - Ride The Lightning - 1984
14. Queen - Night at the Opera - 1975
15. Blackmore’s Rainbow - Rising - 1976
16. HIM - Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights - 2003
17. Nightwish - Century Child - 2002
18. Judas Priest - Sin After Sin - 1977
19. Iron Maiden - Killers - 1981
20. Metallica - Master of Puppets - 1985
21. Black Sabbath - Paranoid - 1970
22. Rainbow - Bent Out of Shape - 1983
23. Judas Priest - Painkiller - 1990
24. Queen - Innuendo - 1990
25. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - 1975
26. Blackmore’s Rainbow - Rainbow - 1975
27. Cradle of Filth - Midian - 2000
28. Bruce Dickinson - Accident at Birth - 1996
29. Prince - Purple Rain - 1984
30. Duran Duran - Seven and the Ragged Tiger - 1983
31. Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily - 1995
32. HIM - Love Metal - 2004
33. Judas Priest - Hell Bent for Leather - 1979
34. Pink Floyd - The Wall - 1979
35. Bon Jovi - New Jersey - 1987
36. Testament - Practice What You Preach - 1989
37. Jane’s Addiction - Nothing’s Shocking - 1987
38. Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes - 1992
39. Garbage - Version 2.0 - 1998
40. Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar - 1996
41. Megadeth - Killing is My Business and Business is Good - 1985
42. Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution - 2005
43. Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding - 1998
44. Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia - 2001
45. Iron Maiden - Powerslave - 1984
46. HIM - Dark Light - 2005
47. Pink Floyd - Meddle - 1971
48. The Cure - The Head on the Door - 1985
49. Def Leppard - Hysteria - 1987
50. Velvet Acid Christ - Fun With Knives - 1999
51. Beautiful Creatures - Beautiful Creatures - 2001

I couldn’t take BC off the list because I saw the best looking stripper in my life to two songs from that album in the Valley Ball strip club in L.A. back in ‘01, right before our company went on the big downspin and it all went to shit.

One of these days, I’ll do my Classical pieces.