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    Posted: 22 Nov 2015 at 2:54pm
Originally posted by UMUR UMUR wrote:

 
ohh I damn nearly forgot:
3. Live Undead - Slayer

That one's live in the studio.

I love live albums, so I can't stop at 10... I've only mentioned one per band too. I have a heap more, but if I haven't mentioned them, I don't rate 'em (Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth, Nailbomb, AC/DC, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Obituary, Nirvana, Kiss, Judas Priest (although I don't have Unleashed In The East), Guns n Roses, In Flames, Arch Enemy...)

No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith - Motorhead (Where's the love for this classic???)
Live Shit: Binge & Purge - Metallica
Live After Death - Iron Maiden
Live Scars - Dark Angel (only a mini album)
Live At Budokan - SOD
Dying Alive - Kreator
In Case You Didn’t Feel Like Showing Up (Live) - Ministry
Goodbye Cruel World - Brutal Truth (one disc is live, the other b-sides, outtakes and a few live songs)
No Sleep Til Bedtime: Live In Australia - Strapping Young Lad
When Satan Lives - Deicide (was so much better than I ever expected)
Live Cannibalism - Cannibal Corpse
The Curse Of The Antichrist – Live In Agony - Destruction
Live At The Powerstation - Devilskin (gotta chuck in a Kiwi one!)
Entangled in Chaos - Morbid Angel
Emperial Live Ceremony - Emperor
Live In The UK - Helloween
Official Live: 101 Proof - Pantera
Live At Hammersmith 1984 - Twisted Sister
Live In Vienna ‘93 - Unleashed
Live…In The Raw - WASP
Machine Fucking Head Live - Machine Head

And the best non-metal albums:
1. Tested - Bad Religion
2. They’ve Actually Gotten Worse Live - NOFX
3. Alchemy Live - Dire Straits
4. Ruin Johnny’s Bar Mitzvah - Me First And The Gimme Gimmes
5. Live @ The Key Club - Pennywise
6. Live Killers - Queen
7. It’s Alive - The Ramones
8. Twenty Two Tunes Live From Tokyo - The Toy Dolls
9. Let Loose Live In London - Kevin Bloody Wilson
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don't know that many

Iron Maiden - Life after death (obvious example, I listened to this one a lot back in highschool LOL)
Slayer - Decade of Aggression (first thing I heard from them , again back in highschool, it worked kinda like a greatest hits compilation)
Dream Theater - Score (their best live album IMO)
Threshold - Critical Energy

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I've got a few Marillion DVDs, all worth watching for anyone enjoying Marillion (2 of them with Fish, 2 with Hogarth).



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Originally posted by Unitron Unitron wrote:

01. Porcupine Tree - Rockpalast 
02. Queensryche - Operation: LIVECrime
03. Iron Maiden - Live After Death
04. Black Sabbath - Live Evil
05. Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize

I can't think of any other live albums at the moment Tongue  

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In no order:

Rush - All the World's a Stage
My Ruin - Alive on the Other Side
Iron Maiden - Live After Death
Slayer - Live Undead
Meliah Rage - Live Kill
Porcupine Tree - Rockpalast
Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East
Black Sabbath - Live Evil
Ministry - In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up


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01. Iron Maiden - Live After Death
02. Motorhead - No Sleep Til Hammesmith
03. Dream Theater - Live At Budokan
04. Iced Earth - Alive In Athens
05. Dream Theater - Live Scenes From New York
06. Iron Maiden - RockIn Rio
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In no particular order:
 
Live After Death-Iron Maiden
Unleashed in the East-Judas Priest
Live and Dangerous-Thin Lizzy
Ozzy/Randy Tribute
All the World's a Stage-Rush
When Satan Lives-Deicide
Made in Japan-Deep Purple
Emperial Live Ceremony-Emperor
At Folsom Prison-Johnny Cash
In Concert 1987 - Abigail-King Diamond
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Slayer - Live Undead (half the songs are better than Show No Mercy)
Iron Maiden - Live After Death
Bind Guardian - Tokyo Tales
Metallica - Live in San Diego (the Binge and Purge disc I)
Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East


...from the top of my head, as live albums I do listen to from time to time.
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No that was at High Voltage festival, I saw them at Shepherd's Bush Empire, which is the gig on the Whirl Tour DVD. 
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That would've been awesome!!


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^ Seconded! Amazing show! Clap

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Yeah me too, that was one of the best gigs I've ever been too. Headbanger
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Originally posted by Valarius Valarius wrote:

 
Dream Theater - Live at Budokan
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Transatlantic - Live in Europe

Both are great!! I actually got to see Tranatlantic on their Whirlwind tour and they were awesome! Headbanger


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Not in order:
 
Dream Theater - Live at Budokan
Dream Theater - Score
Dream Theater - When Dream and Day Reunite
Symphony X - Live on the Edge of Forever
Metallica - S&M
Andromeda - Playing Off the Board
Fates Warning - Still Life
Iced Earth - Live in Athens
Kamelot - One Cold Winter's Night
Transatlantic - Live in Europe
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I can't think of any good metal album that would be worth my money.
One exception, Unleashed In the east - Judas Priest


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I'm probably veering a bit too strongly into "hard rock" territory here, but off the top of my head, I'd have to say...

1. Strangers in the Night - UFO
2. Made in Japan - Deep Purple
3. Live and Dangerous - Thin Lizzy
4. Unleashed in the East - Judas Priest
5. Live at the BBC - Diamond Head (The first show is excellent, the second...not so much)
6. Maiden Japan - Iron Maiden
7. Live! Go for What You Know - Pat Travers
8. Live in Munich 1977 - Rainbow
9. The Eagle Has Landed - Saxon
10. One Night at Budokan - The Michael Schenker Group



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I generally do not do live albums. Live DVD's are another matter entirely. Wink

The one live album that I really like is Epic'a The Classical Conspiracy, mainly because much of it is covers of classical music mixed with metal, and they don't have this material on any studio release. 

I have a few others in my collection, but they don't get played as much as that one, not even Live After Death.

So I can only do a list of 2 really.

1. Epica - The Classical Conspiracy
2. Iron Maiden - Live After Death
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^ I agree. I just don't find that much more enjoyment in listening to live albums than studio version ones. If I had a choice to buy a life or studio I'd probably go wit the studio.


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This might not be a popular opinion around here, but for the most part, I don't really get into live metal albums (there are some exceptions).  I prefer having the full visual and audio experience, as I feel something is lost with just the audio.  More often than not, I prefer listening to live albums from prog rock or jazz artisits due to their more willingness to "shake things up" in their playing (once again, there are exceptions).

That being said, I think a live metal album usually would make for a great substitute over a best of/compilation.  For example, I'd get more enjoyment out of hearing Iron Maiden's "Rock In Rio" over one of their numerous best-of albums.


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1. Live Scenes From New York - DT
2. Roundhouse Tapes - Opeth (gotta love the fans' screaming remarks)
3. S & M - Metallica
4. Score - DT
5. Scab Dates - The Mars Volta
6. Live at Budokan - DT
7. Exit - Stage Left - Rush
8. In Live Concert at Royal Albert Hall - Opeth
9. Coma Divine - Porcupine Tree
10. 12:5 - Pain of Salvation


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1. Uriah Heep - Live '74
2. Deep Purple - Made In Japan
3. Black Sabbath - Live Evil or Reunion (Live)
4. Rainbow - On Stage
5. Ozzy - Tribute To Randy Rhoads
6. Iron Maiden - Live After Death
7. Judas Priest - Priest Live
8. Metallica - S&M
9. Led Zeppelin - The Song  Remains The Same
10. UFO - Strangers In The Night

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Thin Lizzy - Live & Dangerous
Whitesnake - Live In The Heart Of The City
Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes or World Wide Live

What the hell? All bands from '70s and '80s?

P.S.: +3

Queensryshe - Operation:Livecrime
Fates Warning - Still Life
Dream Theater - Once In A Live Time
Van Halen - Live Right Here Right Now - OK I know they are four but what can I do? Leave Van Halen out?

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