50 Rock And Metal Bands Whose Third Album Was Their Best

Every now and then something decent comes along on Twitter that actually catches our attention for all the right reasons. See, it can be good for something other than getting yourself worked up at stupid, idiot, racist politicians… This time our entertainment came courtesy of music writer Corbin Reiff, when he innocently asked people to name bands whose third albums were objectively the best in their discography, and in doing so sparked quite the debate, even creating a Twitter ‘moment’ in the process. And we’re not gonna lie, we became quite obsessed about it all ourselves. Because once you start drilling down into it, you soon start to realise how many classics came at that pivotal point in so many rock, metal, punk and alternative band’s careers. It seems that ye...

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