Death - Spiritual Healing

1990

 The third Death album.This one is sharper and more concise than the previous two. The production and band are a lot tighter. There is insane guitar shred solos. Everything is going really fast most of the time. The vocals have settle into the overall sound. The drums are better than the previous album, but can fall into some boring repetitive patterns sometimes. The drums are probably the weakest link here. but they're not bad at all. I assume someone is playing bass, but it's really hard to pick out. The sound is really tight and when it gets to the solos they just explode out of the mix. You can understand the vocals most of the time. The overall sound of the album has a technical vibe but there's still a thrashy element.

This is a transitional album for the band and generally considered their weakest and is still very good.

Megadeth - Rust In Peace

This is supposed to be Megadeths' crowning achievement. Personally I prefer groove over all this technical wanking. I'd rather listen to Peace Sells when it comes to Megadeth, but I'm not really much of a fan. This sounds too much like a machine, not even fun.

Exhorder - Slaughter At The Vatican

Fast Thrash with some Pantera influence...Oh, but wait. This is before Pantera.

Cheap Trick - Busted

The follow up to the biggest hit of their career.
Best to avoid this dreck.
Contender for the very worst Cheap Trick album.

-Bottom of the barrel for Cheap Trick. I'm sure this was an attempt to not broke what is fixed and try to recreate the previous top selling album. Problem is, that one sucked too.