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Btw, in relation to many bands that appeared on this new century, it is a bit controversial to say they are falling off after their first album.
Since 2000, countless bands have released a great first album and then ""disappeared"" or the hype just stopped. Alt-J are a good example.
Sam's Town - The Killers
This is gonna be a really removedy take - removedhtmare by Avenged Sevenfold. Pretty much every song is a banger and Save Me is a masterpiece. The singing is on point. I debated Waking the Fallen, but sadly I feel that some songs on that album just aren't up to the same quality (and removedhtmare is much more approachable).
As for albums after removedhtmare, Hail to the King was okay, The Stage was good but flawed (we got so many songs, but the mixing wasn't very good imo) and Life Is But A Dream is.... Just not good - again, in my opinion as a long-time fan.
Before removedhtmare, self-titled was okay (certain songs like Unbound kinda pull it down for me, but they're not straight SKIPS per se) and City of Evil was amazing but not quite removedhtmare quality in my opinion (just because of Matt's nasally singing, especially in songs like Seize the Day). WtF I've already went over, and Sounding the Seventh Trumpet honestly only had a few good songs in my opinion.
I just checked it out and Save Me feels very Dream Theater. I'll have to dig around their discog a bit.
If you like Save Me, I also highly recommend I Won't See You Toremovedht Part 1. It's very solid and pretty ubiquitously referred to as one of their best songs
Death Magnetic is better than Metallica's Metallica. That coming from a person who has been a fan since the 80s.
Shinedown The Sound of Madness
I love all of their albums, but there's something truly special about the musicality and emotional impact of the songs and album as a whole for The Sound of Madness
There subsequent albums are fantastic, but have more ups and downs than the consistent high bar of The Sound of Madness
Similarly, I think Disturbed Immortalized was Disturbed's peak work, with The Light and The Sound of Silence being incredible peaks of their signature style and highly musical storytelling on a fantastic album.
- Last Splash by the Breeders
- White Album - The Beatles
- The Wall - Pink Floyd
Abbey Road was their final album and it was arguably their best. They definitely did not fall off after White Album.
They Might Be Giants - Flood
A Perfect Circle - 13th Step
Endtroducing
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Cursive - The Ugly Organ
LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening
A Love Supreme by John Coltrane. And in no way do I mean this as a dis for anything that followed. A masterpiece is simply just that.