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Which Killing Joke albums are best suited for me?

For experts/fans of the band Killing Joke; their discography spans wide over more than 2 decades and they have many styles to their belt from post punk, new wave, alternative to industrial metal.

Which albums would be to my liking?

I've checked out their first two albums and liked them, which other albums are like the first two?

I'm looking for these styles of music in Killing Joke's discog:

1. downtuned guitar, heavy bass, metal riffing, fuzziness, distortion and/or raw production sound, either blindingly fast tempos or sludgy, doomy tempos. (stuff that doom metal, early metal, crust punk, proto metal and certain post punk bands usually has)

2.New Wave music : D

3. anything with metal and punk elements or is metal/punk. Kinda overlaps with first point but I want to make it clear.

Update:

Metallum is awesome as a knowledge source but darn! Some things they just won't put on there! Its stupid when Led Zeppelin isn't to be found while Motley Crue can!

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  • Dub Buk
    Lv 4
    7 years ago
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    Killing Joke is my favorite band.

    Their 1990 album Extremities, Dirt and Various Repressed Emotions is my favorite. Every song is great, and different, and meshes all together nicely.

    Pandemonium is another great one. Again, variety....times that are very heavy, angry, emotional, chaotic....

    I also really like Brighter Than A Thousand Suns. More new wave. Great album.

    Outside the Gates is more of a Jazz Coleman/Georgie side project that the record company would only release as a Killing Joke album. (The cover is each half of their faces). Very different from other stuff, but good.

    Their newest MMXII, is insane, Really good all the way through. Glitch is my favorite of it.

    But you can't go wrong with the debut and Whats this For.

    There is always something different with each Killing Joke album. Lot od live and remix stuff out there to. See them live if you can, though they don't tour the US much anymore but usually play a NY, California and Chicago every few years.

    Get Extremities, you won't be disappointed. Read lyrics to, really good, emotional, deep and sometimes very angry.

    Get all their stuff. Its well worth it.

  • ginyard
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Best Killing Joke Album

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  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Yes you must get the first two albums.Also "Pandemonium".Also get "Killing Joke" 2003 album.Good stuff."Extremities" and "Hosannas" also good.Avoid "Democracy" in my opinion.

    I have virtually everything they have done bar "Absolute Dissent".Recent activity is touching far too much into metal for my liking.Great band though.Geordie Walker is a one off.I got hooked on his sound.Nobody sounds like that.Awesome live outfit.

    Just a little Geordie gem unplugged that I couldn't resist for your enjoyment.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfDHnyo2Zu8

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    killing joke...the debut album

    "whats this for" the second album

    the early stuff is my favourite and ticks all your boxes.

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