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Other bands may have been significant with regard to the development of the metal sound, but Black Sabbath defined its spirit. They made metal 'heavy' because of their insistence on dark, existentially weighty themes with music to match.

List updated, First off, I think some people are confused as to how detailed this is meant to be in terms of sub-genres. I only split certain sub-genres to make listing easier, so I'm not really considering say, 1st and 2nd wave black metal as separate sub-genres, but I thought it made the...

Blaspherian - Infernal Warriors of Death If you like old school death metal this is a godsend, on par with the classics of the genre. The focus is on quality metal rather than being new, original or trendy.

Hi, I created this thread as an experiment and an educational tool a while ago on another forum to increase my (and hopefully others) knowledge of metal across the board. Basically the idea is to list albums which are acknowledged as classics in the metal community. By classics I mean albums...

Profanatica - Profanatitas de Domonatia Earning a space among the handful of black metal releases after 1996 that you wouldn't be ashamed to play for anyone, Profanatica's latest "Profanatitas de Domonatia" unites the aggressive and the contemplative in a melodic but unrelenting powerful...