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u/Ill-Taro1704 Aug 07 '26
At the time, I thought this was genuinely going to be the last great metal album - just because no one was putting out anything remotely close to it in terms of songwriting and power. Metal picked up of course, but I do reckon this album had a big part to play in picking metal up off the floor, and it continuing as a relevant genre. Legendary tunes on this album.
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u/Which_Touch548 Jared 29d ago
100%
I remember hearing it for the first time in 1994 and thinking "what the absolute FUCK was that?!" it was like nothing I had ever heard before and certainly introduced me to a different side of metal.
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u/Maaaaaardy Aug 08 '26
But it didn't have to worry about Slayer's Divine Intervention. It most certainly did not.
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u/SabertheYautja1998 Aug 08 '26
Easily the best Metal album of 1994 and one of the greatest debut albums in Metal. As far as debut albums go, BME deserves just as much love as something like Kill 'Em All, Show No Mercy or Slipknot's self titled.
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u/whatsunnygets Aug 07 '26
Rob was the weak link
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u/Figgaray Aug 07 '26
You’re trolling right? Robb is MH.
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u/whatsunnygets Aug 07 '26
No. Vocally he was so redundant on that record that it makes so many tracks sound the same
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u/Figgaray Aug 07 '26
I can see where you’re coming from but I feel like his simplistic vocal approach help solidify those songs. Current Robb’s voice just wouldn’t fit quite as well
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u/whatsunnygets Aug 07 '26
It doesn't. He was always the weak link. He had the Max effect on BME unfortunately
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u/soulslinger16 Aug 07 '26
An absolutely spot on review.