FUN AND HUMOUR: The 19 Most Hated Metal Albums on Metal-Archives.com

Let there be Blood was a disliked album by metalheads since there was no need for Exodus to re-record the legendary work of art called Bonded by Blood. No-one should try to reproduce an original work of art not even its creators! However, the bootleg back-patch rules!

This list requires more than 10 reviews and includes groove and core. The first number is the number of reviews. The second number is the average % score, so the first album by Waking the Cadaver averaged 7.6%. Risk by Megadeth averaged 49%.

1. Waking the Cadaver - Perverse Recollections of a Necromangler, 10, 7.6%, Brutal Deathcore
2. Hellyeah - Hellyeah, 11, 10.636, Groove Metal
3. Cryptopsy - The Unspoken King, 22, 12.864, Technical Death Metal/Deathcore
4. Queensrÿche - American Soldier, 10, 15.9, Heavy/Power/Progressive Metal
5. Six Feet Under (USA) - Graveyard Classics II, 15, 21.333, Death/Groove Metal/Death 'N' Roll
6. Sepultura - Roots, 14, 34.929, Groove/Hardcore/Death/Thrash Metal
7. Winds of Plague - Decimate the Weak, 17, 36.176, Symphonic Deathcore/Blackened Death Metal
8. In Flames - Soundtrack to Your Escape, 15, 37.933, Alternative Rock/Metal/Melodic Death/Gothenburg
9. Annihilator - Metal, 10, 40.6, Technical Speed/Thrash/Groove Metal
10. Six Feet Under (USA) - Bringer of Blood, 12, 41.333, Death/Groove Metal/Death 'N' Roll
11. Metallica - St. Anger, 22, 43.409, Modern Rock/Metal/Thrash Metal
12. Slayer (USA) - God Hates Us All, 18, 43.722, Thrash Metal
13. Trivium - The Crusade, 20, 44.95, Thrash/Heavy Metal/Metalcore
14. Burzum - Dauði Baldrs, 13, 45.077, Black Metal/Ambient
15. Annihilator - All for You, 11, 47.636, Technical Speed/Thrash/Groove Metal
16. Brain Drill - Apocalyptic Feasting, 13, 48.769, Technical Death Metal/Grindcore
17. Machine Head (USA) - Burn My Eyes, 11, 48.818, Post-Thrash/Groove Metal
18. In Flames - Reroute to Remain, 15, 49, Alternative Rock/Metal/Melodic Death/Gothenburg
19. Megadeth - Risk, 13, 49.308, Thrash Metal/Heavy Metal 

This list is excluding groove and core

1. Queensrÿche · American Soldier (10 reviews, average 15.9%)
2. In Flames · Soundtrack to Your Escape (15, 37.933)
3. Slayer (USA) · God Hates Us All (18, 43.722)
4. Metallica · St. Anger (22, 43.409)
5. Burzum · Dauði Baldrs (13, 45.077)
6. In Flames · Reroute to Remain (15, 49)
7. Megadeth · Risk (13, 49.308)  

This list requires 5 or more reviews to qualify:

Exodus - Let There Be Blood, 6, 11.833%, Thrash Metal
Mortician (USA) - Re-Animated Dead Flesh, 6, 15.833, Death/Grind
Elvenking - The Scythe, 6, 22, Melodic Power/Folk Metal/Death
Ancient (Nor) - Mad Grandiose Bloodfiends, 5, 25.6, Melodic Black Metal
Underoath - Define the Great Line, 6, 28.833, Groove/Metal/Deathcore/Alternative/Metalcore
Machine Head (USA) - The Burning Red, 6, 31, Post-Thrash/Groove Metal
Damageplan - New Found Power, 8, 34.625, Groove/Metalcore
The Great Kat - Beethoven on Speed, 5, 36, Speed/Thrash Metal/Shred
Bathory - Octagon, 8, 36.625, Viking/Thrash Metal/Black Metal
All That Remains - Overcome, 5, 39.2, Metalcore/Melodic Death Metal

Even Slayer could not avoid this list with God Hates Us All averaging 43.7% across 18 reviews.

The Risk album by Megadeth averages 49.3% across 13 reviews and hence it just enters the Worst List at #19 out of 19.

NEWS : Dave Lombardo Officially Out of Slayer; Paul Bostaph Returns

Slayer's Tom Araya and Kerry King are very pleased to announce that Paul Bostaph has rejoined the band on a full-time basis. Bostaph will be behind the drum kit beginning June 4 when Slayer kicks off the first leg of its 2013 international tour in Warsaw, Poland. Gary Holt will continue to fill in for fallen guitarist Jeff Hanneman.

Slayer's 2013 itinerary will have the band playing 35 dates that will include headline shows as well as a number of major summer festivals in Europe, Eastern Europe and South America between June and October. The complete itinerary is below.

"Paul's a great drummer and a good friend, and we're very happy that he's decided to rejoin the band," said Tom Araya. "We're still pretty numb from the loss of Jeff, but we don't want to disappoint our European and South American fans, and we need to begin moving forward...having Paul back in the band makes that a whole lot easier."

"I'm very excited to be rejoining Slayer," added Bostaph. "We spent a very intense ten years of our lives together, had a lot of fun, made a lot of great music, so for me, this feels like coming home."

Bostaph was Slayer's drummer from 1992 until 2001 and recorded four albums

with the band - the Gold certified Divine Intervention (1994), the 1996 punk covers album Undisputed Attitude, Diabolus in Musica, (1998), God Hates Us All (2001) that received a Grammy nomination for "Best Metal Performance," as well as the DVD War at the Warfield (2001), also certified Gold. In addition to Slayer, Bostaph has been a member of Forbidden, Exodus, Systematic and Testament.

Slayer's 2013 international touring schedule is as follows:

JUNE
4 Impact Festival 2013, Warsaw, Poland
6 Muziek Theatre, Enschede, Holland
7 Rodahal, Kerkrade, Holland
8 Sonisphere France, Amneville, France
10-11 The Academy, Dublin, Ireland
12 Limelight, Belfast, Ireland
14 Greenfield Festival, Interlaken, Switzerland
15 Geox Theatre, Padova, Italy
17 Antlantico, Rome, Italy
18 Obihall, Florence, Italy
19 Alcatraz, Milan, Italy
21 Metalfest Germany, St. Goarshausen, Germany
22 See-Rock Festival 2013, Graz, Austria
23 Culture Factory/Tvornica Kulture, Zagreb, Croatia
25 Kombank Arena, Belgrade, Serbiz
26 Hegyalja Festival, Tokaj, Hungary
27 With Full Force, Leipzig, Germany
29 Hi Voltage, Istanbul, Turkey

JULY
1 Heavy By The Sea, Athens, Greece

AUGUST
2 Resurrection Festival, Viviero, Spain
6 Vega Main Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
7 Grona Lund Tivoli Outdoor, Stockholm, Sweden
9 Jalomethallifestival 2013, Oulu, Finland
10 Oya Festival, Oslo, Norway
11 Bloodstock Open Air 2013, Derby, UKA
15 Pukkelpop Festival, Kiweit Hasselt, Belgium
16 Low Lands Festival, Biddinghuizen, Holland
17 Elb-Riot Open Air Festival, Hamburg, Germany
18 X Rockfest, Herford, Germany

SEPTEMBER
17 Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico
20 Jockey Club, Sao Paulo, Brazil
22 Rock In Rio 2013, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
24 Pedreira Paulo Leminski, Curitiba, Brazil
27 River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina
29 Jockey Club, Asuncion, Paraguay

OCTOBER
2 Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile  

(Source:The Gauntlet)