Best Albums.

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Alright, this is the thread where everyone posts all the bands they listen to and which albums of those bands (in your opinion) are their best.
I'm just going to start one and add others in later when I can.

Crowbar-Equilibrium
I love this album, it's their best imo, It has all their best qualities and Kirks' vocals are awesome.
But for best intro I'd have to go to a different album
called: Sonic Excess In the Purest Form with the song: The Lasting Dose, I had the biggest grin on my face when I heard that intro.
It wasn't technical or anything but sometimes the best thing is to keep it simple.:kickass:
 
Some of my favorite bands then, and their best albums (from my perspective):

Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Celtic Frost - Monotheist (amazing to make such a great "comeback"...best in their catalogue)
Enslaved - Ruun
Mastodon - Blood Mountain
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
Jethro Tull - Thick as Brick (but that opinion changes from time to time - so many good ones)
Led Zeppelin - (III or Physical Graffiti - too hard to choose)
Mercyful Fate - Melissa
Motorhead - Orgasmatron (Overkill for phase I Motorhead)
Saxon - Power and the Glory
UFO - Phenomenon
And a thousand more...
 
Van Halen - All Six Dave Albums
D.R.I. - 4 Of A Kind
Slayer - Reign In Blood
Exodus - Bonded By Blood
Suicidal Tendencies - Join The Army / Lights, Camera, Revolution
Metallica - Kill 'Em All, RTL, MOP
Black Sabbath - Too many to list!!!
Ozzy - Blizzard / Diary / Tribute
Megadeth - KIMB&BIG, Peace Sells
 
Led Zep - either III or Physical Grafitti
Sabbath - Heaven & Hell
Deep Purple - In Rock
Jethro Tull - Benefit
Rush - Permanent Waves
Maiden - Somewhere in Time
Glenn Hughes - Soul Mover
Motorhead - Orgasmatron
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun
Judas Priest - British steele
Hendrix - Band Of Gypsies
UFO - You Are Here
 
Kreator - Pleasure To Kill
Sepultura - Schizophrenia or Beneath The Remains
Slayer - Reign In Blood
Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten/Human Waste (EP
Dying Fetus - Infatuation with Malevolence or Killing on Adrenaline
Malevolent Creation - The Ten Commandments
Entombed - Morning Star
Napalm Death - Scum
Obituary - Slowly We Rot or Cause of Death
Pantera - Reinventing The Steel
Decapitated - Winds of Creation
 
Ok how bout some real old, old school that I still listen to today in no specific order their all #1 on any given day

Uriah Heep - Look at Yourself, Salisbury, Demons and Wizards
Atomic Rooster - Death Walks Behind You
Jethro Tull - Stand Up, Thick as a Brick, Aqualung
Led Zeppelin - II - first truly hard rock work in my opinion, I heard I after II came out
Mountain - Nantucket Sleighride
Hendrix - Axis Bold as Love
Montrose & I still love my SamHalen 5150, OU812, From unlawful ... Sammy - reigning King of hard R&R in my book
Rush - Caress of Steel - raised the bar
Alice Cooper - Killer - Halo of Flies rules!
Kansas - Leftoverature, Masque - raised the bar again
Crack the Sky - self titled and Safety in Numbers

thats it for the late 60's & 70's then I thought the music died for awhile but only cause I was unaware
 
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
Judas Priest - Everything else but Turbo & Ram it Down
Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun
C.O.C. - Blind
Megadeth - Peace Sells
Iron Maiden - Powerslave & Piece of Mind
Black Sabbath - the first four albums


You get the idea....
 
Alright, this is the thread where everyone posts all the bands they listen to and which albums of those bands (in your opinion) are their best.

You really want an answer to that questions? Really?

Ok, you asked for it:

Abandoned Thrash You!
Abattoir The Only Safe Place
Abstrakt Algebra Abstrakt Algebra
AC/DC Who Made Who
Acid Rain Infinity Beyond
Adramelch Broken History
ADX VIII Sentence Live
Aerosmith Get A Grip
Aina Days Of Rising Doom
Alcatrazz The Best Of Alcatrazz
Allen, Russel/Lande, Jorn The Battle
Almafuerte En Vida
Ambeon Fate Of A Dreamer
Amorphis Far From The Sun
Anacrusis Screams And Whispers
Angel Dust Enlighten The Darkness
Angel Witch Angel Witch
Angra Holy Land
Anthrax State Of Euphoria
Anubis Gate A Perfect Forever
Arabesque The Union
Ark Ark
Armored Saint Symbol Of Salvation
Aska Nine Tongues
Astral Doors Evil Is Forever
Atrophy Violent By Nature
Attentat Rock Le Gang Des Saigneurs
Auriga Auriga
Avalanch El Angel Caido
Avantasia The Metal Opera: Part I
Avenger Too Wild To Tame – The Anthology
Axe Nemesis
Ayreon Universal Migrator 1: The Dream Sequencer
Azeroth Azeroth
Azrael Mafia
Baez, Joan The Best Of Joan C. Baez
Barón Rojo En Un Lugar De La Marcha
Beholder Wish For Destruction
Benedictum Uncreation
Beto Vazquez Infinity Beto Vazquez Infinity
Beyond The Labyrinth Signs
Black Crucifixion Faustian Dream
Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell
Black Steel Destructor
Black Widow Satan’s Playground
Blackmore's Night Fires At Midnight
Blaspheme Blaspheme
Blitzkrieg A Time Of Changes – Phase 1
Blöden-Wedd Eye Of Horus
Blue Murder Blue Murder
Blue Oyster Cult Secreat Treaties
Boals, Mark Edge Of The World
Bozzio/Levin/Stevens Black Light Syndrome
Brain Surgeons NYC Denial Of Death
Brooks, Chris The Master Plan
Camel Mirage
Candlemass The King Of The Grey Islands
Cans Beyond The Gates
Catch The Rainbow Tribute To Rainbow
Cathedral The Carnival Bizarre
Cellador Enter Deception
Celtic Frost Parched With Thirst Am I And Dying
Chainsaw Smell The Saw
Cheap Trick The Greatest Hits
Church Of Misery Master Of Brutality
Collusion Two
Conception Flow
Conditioned Response Pavlov's Dog
Control Denied The Fragile Art Of Existence
Cooper, Alice Billion Dollar Babies
Cooper, D.C. D.C. Cooper
Coroner Mental Vortex
Creozoth Creozoth
Crescent Shield The Last Of My Kind
Cryonic Temple Chapter 1
Crystal Ball Timewalker
Culprit Guilty As Charged
Cypher Seer Awakening Day
Dali's Dilemma Manifesto For Futurism
Damn Yankees Damn Yankees
Dark Angel Darkness Descends
Darkness Conclusion & Revival
Death Angel The Art Of Dying
Deep Purple Perfect Strangers
Def Leppard High'N'Dry
Demon The Unexpected Guest
Demons & Wizards Touched By The Crimson King
Diamond Head Lightning To The Nations
DiAnno, Paul The Beast - Live
Dickinson, Bruce Accident Of Birth
Dream Evil Dragonslayer
Dream Theater Images And Words
Dunwich Eternal Eclipse Of Frost
Emerson, Lake & Palmer Pictures At An Exhibition
Exciter Violence & Force
Exorcist Nightmare Theatre
Explorers Club Age Of Impact
Falconer Chapters From A Vale Forlorn
Fatal Force Fatal Force
Fight War Of Words
Final Stage Flight Of The Phoenix
Firewind Allegiance
Fist Back With A Vengeance: The Anthology
Flotsam And Jetsam Doomsday For The Deceiver
Focus Moving Waves
Forbidden Forbidden Evil
Force Of Evil Black Empire
Forgotten Tales The Promise
Forsaken Dominaeon
Forte Rise Above
Freedom Call Eternity
Gargoyle Nothing Is Sacred
Gaskin Stand Or Fall
Gatos Sucios Inmortales
Genesis Nursery Cryme
Gentle Giant Edge Of Twilight
Giardino, Walter Temple
Gilmour, David David Gilmour
Girlschool Screaming Blue Murder
Goblin The Fantastic Journey In The Best Of Goblin Vol.1
Goddess Of Desire Conquerors Divine
Golden Earring The Continuing Story Of Radar Love
Gordian Knot Emergent
Grapow, Roland Kaleidoscope
Grave Digger The Best Of The Eighties
Griffin Flight Of The Griffin
Grim Reaper See You In Hell/Fear No Evil
Halford Resurrection
Hallows Eve Death & Insanity
Hammerfall Crimson Thunder
Hammerhawk Breaks Loose
Hammerhead Will To Survive
Hawk Hawk
H-Bomb Attaque
Heathen Breaking The Silence
Heavens Gate Menergy
Hellhammer Apocalyptic Raids
Hellhound Tokyo Flying V Massacre
Helloween The Time Of The Oath
Helreid Fingerprints Of The Gods
Hendrix, Jimi The Ultimate Experience
Hermetica Hermetica/Interpretes
High Power High Power
Highland Glory Forever Endeavour
Hirax The New Age Of Terror
Holocaust The Nightcomers
Horcas Eternos
Hughes, Gary Once And Future King - Part I
Icarus Witch Capture The Magic
Iced Earth Horror Show
Impaler If We Had Brains…We'd Be Dangerous
Imperio Paz En La Tormenta
Imperium Too Short A Season
Intruder A Higher Form Of Killing
Iommi, Tony/ Hughes, Glenn Fused
Iorio & Flavio Peso Argento
Irish Coffee Irish Coffee
Iron Clad Lost In A Dream
Iron Maiden Piece Of Mind
Iron Savior Iron Savior
Isopoda Taking Roots
Jaguar Run Ragged
Jethro Tull Aqualung
Jorn The Duke
Judas Priest Defenders Of the Faith
Karmakanic Wheel Of Life
Killer Khan Kill Devil Hills
Killers …Files De La Heine
King Crimsom In The Court Of The Crimsom King-An Observation By King Crimsom
Kotzev, Nikolo Nostradamus
Kreator Endorama
Krux Krux
Kurgan's Bane Camouflaged In Static
Laaz Rockit City's Gonna Burn
Labyrinth Labyrinth
Lacuna Coil Unleashed Memories/Halflife
Lana Lane Secrets Of Astrology
Last Chapter The Living Waters
Leatherwolf Leatherwolf
Liege Lord Freedom's Rise
Liquid Tension Experiment Liquid Tension Experiment 2
Listeria Full Of Fire
Logos Plan Mundial Para La Destrucción
LoNero Relentless
Lörihen Utopía
Loureiro, Kiko No Gravity
Machiavel Mechanical Moonbeans
Made Of Iron Made Of Iron
Majestic Abstract Symphony
Majesty Reign In Glory
Malediction Esclave Du Vice
Malmsteen, Yngwie J. Trilogy
Manigance Angel Ou Demon
Manilla Road Crystal Logic
Manticora Hyperion
Marauder Sense Of Metal
Mastermind Angels Of The Apocalypse
Masterplan Aeronautics
Masterplan Mk II
MD.45 The Craving
Megadeth Rust In Peace
Meliah Rage Barely Human
Meliah Rage The Deep And Dreamless Sleep
Memento Mori Rhymes Of Lunacy
Memory Garden Mirage
Mercury Tide Why?
Mesmerize Off The Beaten Path
Metal Church The Human Factor
Metallica Master Of Puppets
Metalucifer Heavy Metal Chainsaw
Michael Schenker Group Heavy Hitters
Midnight Sun Metal Machine
Miles Beyond Miles Beyond
Millenium Hourglass
Minotauri Minotauri
Misery Inc. Yesterday’s Grave
Moon Of Steel Passions
Moon Of Steel Insignificant Details
Motorhead Overkill
Mullmuzzler Keep It To Yourself
Mundanus Imperium The Spectral Spheres Coronation
Murphy, James Feeding The Machine
Nasty Savage Nasty Savage
Nazareth The Fool Circle
Nightscape Symphony Of The Night
Nightwish Angels Fall First
Nightwish Wishmaster
Nolan, Clive & Wakeman, Oliver The Hound Of The Baskervilles
Obstruction Horizont
Obus Prepárate
Omen Eternal Black Dawn
Onward Evermoving
Opus Atlantica Opus Atlantica
Orodruin Epicurean Mass
Osbourne, Ozzy The Ozzman Cometh
OSI Office Of Strategic Influence
Ostrogoth Ectasy And Danger/Full Moon's Eyes
Overkill Coverkill
Overlorde Return Of The Snow Giant
Palmer, David Music Of Pink Floyd – Orchestal Manouvres
Paradise Lost Draconian Times
Pariah Blaze Of Obscurity
Pegazus Breaking The Chains
Pharaoh The Longest Night
Phenomena Phenomena
Pink Cream 69 Electrified
Pink Floyd Animals
Place Of Skulls With Vision
Planet X Moonbabies
Platypus When Pus Comes To Shove
Poland, Chris Return To Metalopolis 2002
Power Symphony Lightbringer
Praying Mantis Nowhere To Hide
Presto Ballet Peace Among The Ruins
Pretty Maids Future World
Primal Fear Seven Seals
Quartz Stand Up And Fight
Radakka Requiem For The Innocent
Rainbow Rising
Rata Blanca Guerrero Del Arco Iris
Redemption Redemption
Renacer Renacer
Ring Of Fire Lapse Of Reality
Riot Thundersteel
Rival State Of Mind
Rock Goddess Rock Goddess
Rondellus Sabbatum - A Medieval Tribute To Black Sabbath
Rudess, Jordan Rhythm Of Time
Running Wild Gates To Purgatory
Rush 2112
S.O.D. Bigger Than The Devil
Sabaton Primo Victoria
Saint Vitus Mournful Cries
Samson Head On
Santolla, Ralph Shaolin Monks In The Temple Of Metal
Satan Into The Future/Suspended Sentence
Satriani, Joe The Extremist
Savage Circus Dreamland Manor
Saxon Power & The Glory
Scale The Summit Monument
Scorpions Taken By Force
Sentenced The Cold White Light
Serum See Through My Eyes
Seventh One Sacrifice
Seventh Wonder Waiting In The Wings
Shadow Gallery Tyranny
Shaman Ritual
Sherinian, Derek Mythology
Shockmachine Shockmachine
Silver Seraph Silver Seraph
Sinergy Beware The Heavens
Skid Row Slave To The Grind
Skyclad Vintage Whine
Sodom Agent Orange
Solitude Aeturnus Through The Darkest Hour
Solstice Lamentations
Sonus Umbra Snapshots From Limbo
Sortilege Metamorphose
Space Odyssey Embrace The Galaxy
Spastic Ink Ink Complete
Spock's Beard V
Star One Space Metal
Steel Prophet Messiah
Stolt, Roine Wall Street Voodoo
Stormhammer Fireball
Stormwind Reflections
Stream Of Passion Embrace The Storm
Suicidal Tendencies How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today
Superchrist Headbanger
Sweet The Best of
Sweet Savage Killing Time
Tank Filthy Hounds Of Hades
Taraxacum Rainmaker
Tarot Suffer Our Pleasures
Teeth Of Lions Rule The Divine Rampton
Ten Jinn As On A Darkling Plain
Testament Low
The Almighty Soul Destruction
The Coffinshakers We Are The Undead
The Flower Kings Flowerpower: A Journey To The Hidden Corners Of Your Mind
The Jelly Jam The Jelly Jam
The Obsessed Lunar Womb
The Ordeal Kings Of Pain
The Organization The Organization
The Tangent A Place In The Queue
Thin Lizzy Jailbreak
Thunderstorm Witchunter Tales
Time Requiem Time Requiem
Time's Forgotten A Relative Moment Of Peace
Timoria 2020 Speed Ball
Tipton, Entwistle & Powell Edge Of The World
Tobruk Wild On The Run
Tokyo Blade Tokyo Blade
Tolkki, Timo Classical Variations And Themes
Toxik Think This
Transatlantic Smpt:e
Tren Loco Tempestades
Tribuzy Execution
Triumph Classics
Trouble Psalm 9
Tuatha De Dannan Tingaralatingadun
Turbo Identity
Turilli, Luca Prophet Of The Lat Eclipse
Tygers of Pang Tang The Cage
Tyr Eric The Red
Tytan Rough Justice
U.K. U.K.
Uriah Heep Demons And Wizards
V8 Tributo a V8: V8 No Murió/No Se Rindan
Vai, Steve Fire Garden
Venom Welcome To Hell
Virgo Virgo
Viron N.W.O.G.H.M
Wakeman, Rick The Six Wives Of Henry VIII
Warfare Metal Anarchy: The Best Of Warfare
Warhead Warhead
Warlock Triumph And Agony
Warlord The Best Of
Warning. S.F. Aftermath
Warrior Ancient Future
Waterclime The Astral Factor
Webber, A.L. & Rice, T. Jesuschrist Superstar
Well Of Souls Well Of Souls
Whitesnake Ready An' Willing
Witchfinder General Death Penalty
Witchfynde Cloak And Dagger
Within Temptation Mother Earth
Wolf Evil Star
Wonderland Wonderland
World Below Sacrifices To The Moon
Wuthering Heights Far From The Madding Crowd
Xentrix For Whose Advantage?
Yes Tormato
Zed Yago …From The Twilight Zone
Znowhite Act Of God
Zoetrope A Life Of Crime
 
Jethro Tull - Benefit


Wow, you surprised me with your Tull choice Soundmaster. Not because it is anything but a completely fantastic record (which it most certainly is), but simply because I thought you'd pick Heavy Horses or Thick as a Brick....

Interesting. Anyway, Benefit rules, but that's the thing with Tull...so VERY many absolutely fantastic albums and eras, and each (generally speaking) as different from the next as it is the last....Ian Anderson is the man, that's all there is to it.

My top five looks something like this:

Thick as a Brick
Songs from the Wood
Minstrel in the Gallery
Aqualung
Benefit or Stand Up

But then again, there is also War Child, Heavy Horses, and so on and on. Really, one of the most consistent back catalogues in rock...
 
DAMN Wyvern, what a list!! At work so the first albums off the top of my head would be

Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
Foreigner- Self titled
Sammy Hagar- Cruisin' and Boozin'
more to come later! Going back to see Wyverns list and compare to my collection :)
 
Zed Yago …From The Twilight Zone
Did you mean their debut "From Over Yonder"?

Here are my choices (not all of them are metal, but I haven´t included my favourite singer/songwriters and bands from non-metal/-rock-related genres, nor have I included metal bands I once used to listen to, but haven´t been listening to anymore for many years now - otherwise this list would have been a bit longer):

AGENT STEEL - Skeptics Apocalypse
ANACRUSIS - Suffering Hour
AVA INFERI - Burdens (only released one album so far)
ATROX - Terrestrials
CANDLEMASS - a draw between Epicus Doomicus Metallicus, Nightfall, Candlemass and King Of The Grey Islands
CHASTAIN - The 7th Of Never
CORONER - a draw between Grin, R.I.P. and Punishment For Decadence
DEATH - Leprosy
DETENTE - Recognize No Authority (only released one album)
DREAMS OF SANITY - Komödia
FATES WARNING - a draw between The Spectre Within and Awaken The Guardian
FEAR OF GOD - Within The Veil
FLOTSAM & JETSAM - Doomsday For The Deceiver
FORBIDDEN - Forbidden Evil
GARMARNA - Vedergällningen
GÅTE - Iselilja
HADES - Resisting Success
HEDNINGARNA - Trä
HELSTAR - Remnants Of War
HEXENHAUS - A Tribute To Insanity
MADDER MORTEM - Deadlands
MEANSTREAK - Roadkill (only released one album)
MEGADETH - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
MEKONG DELTA - a draw between Mekong Delta and The Music Of Erich Zann
METALLICA - Ride The Lightning
MOTHER'S FINEST - Live
NEKTAR - Journey To The Centre Of The Eye
NEMESEA - Mana
NIGHTWISH - Oceanborn
ORIGINAL SIN - Sin Will Find You Out (only released one album)
SACRILEGE - Within The Prophecy
SIEGES EVEN - a draw between Life Cycle, Steps and A Sense Of Change
SOLITUDE AETURNUS - Into The Depths Of Sorrow
STOLEN BABIES - There Be Squabbles Ahead (only released one album so far)
TESTAMENT - The Legacy
THE 3RD AND THE MORTAL - Tears Laid In Earth
THE GATHERING - How To Measure A Planet?
TOXIK - World Circus
VOIVOD - a draw between Killing Technology, Dimension Hatröss and Nothingface
WATCHTOWER - Control And Resistance
ZNOWHITE - Act Of God (only released one full-length album)

np: Znowhite - "Something Wicked (This Way Comes)"
 
Did you mean their debut "From Over Yonder"?

No, the compilation. I can't find both albums alone anywhere and/or at a decent price. So this compilation is the best I could do :cry: Although I have "Pilgrimage" as MP3s.

Nasty Savage - 'Inferno'
 
Wow !! Wyvern... you have too much time on your hands.

Accept - Metal Heart (unmatched intensity and Godlike guitar work)
AC/DC - BiB (probably the best hard rock release ever made)
Angel Dust - Bleed (German powermetal as it should be done)
Angra - Rebirth (maybe the most talented group of individuals in one band)
Anthrax - Sound of White Noise (This is the only Anthrax I really get excited about. Less silly than Joey years. John wasn't pushed vocally, but a great release)
Armored Saint - Symbol of salvation (Pure American powermetal at it's best and John's best vocal performance)
Avalon - Eurasia (This is Chity's finest work. Great release)

ok here are the A's anyway......


Bryant
 
Let's post my favorites from the (so called) big metal bands.

Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son...
Manowar - Into Glory Ride
Accept - Restless And Wild
Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
Saxon - Denim And Leather
Bathory - Hammerheart
Dream Theater - Images And Words
Running Wild - Death or Glory
Omen - Battle Cry
Riot - Thundersteel
Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction
Dio - Holy Diver
Helstar - Nosferatu
Malmsteen - Marching Out
Solitude Aeturnus - Beyond the Crimson Horizon
Candlemass - Nightfall
Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy
Angra - Holy Land
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys pt. 1

...and other from bands I forgot.
 
Here are some of my favourites, some may just be temporary:

Metallica - Puppets/Justice/Lightning [can't decide]
Slayer - Reign In Blood/Seasons
Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
Kreator - Enemy Of God
Dream Theater - Images/Six Degrees
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
In Flames - The Jester Race
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
Lamb of God - Ashes of the Wake
Cradle of Filth - Midian
Children of Bodom - Follow The Reaper
Opeth - Blackwater Park/Ghost Reveries
Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
Decapitated - Organic Hallucinosis [for now]
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
Iced Earth - Horror Show/Dark Saga
Behemoth - The Apostasy [for now]

of course those are just a few....
 
I decided to pick one from each letter in the alphabet!

AC/DC - Highway to Hell... Classic Hard Rock!
Black Sabbath - Heaven & Hell / Sabotage... Metal at its finest!
Childzplay - First Toy... Rare and Great!on
Demon - The Unexpected Guest... Highly underated!
Electric Magic Sideshow - Good enough for you... exact KISS copy!
Faster Pussycat - S/T... Sleaze!
Great White - Hooked... Good rockin' blues
HammerFall - Glory to the Brave
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Jetboy - A Day in the Glamourous Life
KISS - Do I have to pick a favorite? :lol:
LA Guns - Hollywood Vampires... gets better with age!
Megadeth - Symphony of Destruction
Nocturnal Rites - Grand Illusion... High engergy Heavy Metal!
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
Pretty Boy Floyd - Leather Boys with Electric Toys... Glam to the max!
Q5 - Steel the Light... and Classic and long forgotten
Rail - Arrival... Fantastic Melodic Hard Rock
Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King
Trance - Power Infustion... could be compared to Scorpions.
U... couldn't think of a band worth mentioning
Van Halen - S/T
Wolf - Evil Star
X - see the letter "U"
Y - see the letter "X" Y? I don't know.
Z - "z" the letter "Y"

:headbang: