And here are the 25 least consistent:
Most of these follow the "great once, crap now" pattern (I think we can now officially call this "Sepulturding"), which makes one wonder whether developing a fan-base is really worth the bother in the end. Deathspell Omega deserve a special note: if they'd had the sense to release Infernal Battles under a different name, their other 4 albums would give them a standard deviation of 1.66 on an average of 92.86, and we could have a very obscure statistical argument over whether that means they are in fact even greater than Fates Warning.
# | Artist | Spread | Average |
1 | Sepultura | 25.022 | 67.55 |
2 | In Flames | 21.621 | 60.74 |
3 | Megadeth | 19.333 | 71.54 |
4 | Krieg | 18.455 | 71.19 |
5 | Deicide | 18.007 | 74.15 |
6 | Deathspell Omega | 17.925 | 83.93 |
7 | Metallica | 17.863 | 69.16 |
8 | Virgin Steele | 17.747 | 74.5 |
9 | Six Feet Under (US) | 17.601 | 55.15 |
10 | Dissection (Swe) | 17.275 | 70.67 |
11 | Sentenced | 16.626 | 66.79 |
12 | Moonspell | 16.312 | 78.28 |
13 | Nuclear Assault | 16.234 | 72.04 |
14 | Mayhem (Nor) | 15.754 | 67.69 |
15 | Machine Head (US) | 15.453 | 55.06 |
16 | Within Temptation | 15.379 | 61.25 |
17 | Slayer (US) | 14.537 | 73.97 |
18 | Children of Bodom | 13.943 | 77.63 |
19 | Black Label Society | 13.937 | 75.05 |
20 | Pantera | 13.921 | 69.97 |
21 | Celtic Frost | 13.717 | 73.4 |
22 | Cannibal Corpse | 13.476 | 74.89 |
23 | Motörhead | 13.319 | 78.23 |
24 | Danzig | 13.037 | 80.0 |
25 | Pain of Salvation | 12.934 | 87.77 |
Most of these follow the "great once, crap now" pattern (I think we can now officially call this "Sepulturding"), which makes one wonder whether developing a fan-base is really worth the bother in the end. Deathspell Omega deserve a special note: if they'd had the sense to release Infernal Battles under a different name, their other 4 albums would give them a standard deviation of 1.66 on an average of 92.86, and we could have a very obscure statistical argument over whether that means they are in fact even greater than Fates Warning.