Essential albums.

[NAD]

WTF!

 

[Evil_Legend]

70's and 80's ESSENTIAL.

LEGEND - S/T
DARK QUARTERER - S/T
METAMORFOSI - Inferno
SCORPIONS - Fly To The Rainbow
JUDAS PRIEST - Sad Wings Of Destiny
ARTILLERY - By Inheritence
BATHORY - S/T
IRON MAIDEN - S/T
BLACK SABBATH - S/T
SLAYER - Show No Mercy
MANILLA ROAD - Crystal Logic
CIRITH UNGOL - King Of The Dead
BUDGIE - S/T
MERCYFUL FATE - Don't Break The Oath
NECRODEATH - Into The Macabre
PINK FLOYD - Meddle
QUEEN - A Night At The Opera
RAINBOW - Rising
RUSH - Caress Of Steel
SLAUTER XSTROYES - Winterkill
PAGAN ALTAR - Volume 1
VENOM - At War With Satan

to name a few....

 

[IOfTheStorm]

Now thats what i call essentials

 

[Claws of Perdition]

Pink Floyd- Dark side of the Moon (everyone needs this album fullstop.)
Meshuggah- Destroy Erase Improve
Ulver- Nattens Madrigal
Tool- Ænima
Rev. Kriss Hades- The wind of orion ( i bet 99% of people who hear this cant stand it beacause it is so dark and evil but if you truly listen to it you'll see its greatness, this album is a work of art, absolute pure genius)

 

[Nico]

I don't think albums you heard last week can really count as "essential" .

Hades is not essential.

 

[M.Lehto]

Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn
Opeth - Orchid
Ulver - Bergtatt
In The Woods - HEart of the Ages
At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul

 

[Thanatopsis123]

For the hell of it I just counted and found out that I only have 13 of all the albums listed in this thread.

 

[Night Mare]

The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore/Machina
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief/Anything else
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Drudkh - Autumn Aurora
John Frusciante - Shadows Collide With People

These are all albums I can listen to countless times and never, ever get bored of, and I hope I never will.

 

[NAD]

John Frusciante - Shadows Collide With People

YESSSSSSSSSSSS finally someone in the e-world knows how much this album rocks.

Now convince me to pick up Adore and Machina, because I'm still hesitant! Although currently falling in love with Zwan.

 

[RjBeals]

Toadies "Rubberneck"
Opeth "My Arms Your Hearse"
Megadeth "Rust in Peace"
Stevie Ray Vaughan "The Sky is Crying"
Alice in Chains "Dirt"
Slayer "South of Heaven"
White Zombie "La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol.1"

Not as obscure as some of the rest of your choices - but I think they are all essential.

 

[Evil_Legend]

Now thats what i call essentials

You know it.

 

[Evil_Legend]

Damn double post!

 

[Night Mare]

YESSSSSSSSSSSS finally someone in the e-world knows how much this album rocks.

Now convince me to pick up Adore and Machina, because I'm still hesitant! Although currently falling in love with Zwan.

Zwan <<<<<<< Machina < Adore :Spin:

These albums beat Zwan in every respect, except that Zwan is happy, these are painfully emotional, Adore gets me every time...

Convinced?

 

[General Zod]

70's and 80's ESSENTIAL.

LEGEND - S/T
DARK QUARTERER - S/T
METAMORFOSI - Inferno
SCORPIONS - Fly To The Rainbow
JUDAS PRIEST - Sad Wings Of Destiny
ARTILLERY - By Inheritence
BATHORY - S/T
IRON MAIDEN - S/T
BLACK SABBATH - S/T
SLAYER - Show No Mercy
MANILLA ROAD - Crystal Logic
CIRITH UNGOL - King Of The Dead
BUDGIE - S/T
MERCYFUL FATE - Don't Break The Oath
NECRODEATH - Into The Macabre
PINK FLOYD - Meddle
QUEEN - A Night At The Opera
RAINBOW - Rising
RUSH - Caress Of Steel
SLAUTER XSTROYES - Winterkill
PAGAN ALTAR - Volume 1
VENOM - At War With Satan

to name a few....

Don't own a single one.

Zod

 

[Evil_Legend]

You should investigate.

What do you champion? Maybe I could recommend you something.

 

[General Zod]

What do you champion? Maybe I could recommend you something.

I have some works by the following:

SCORPIONS
JUDAS PRIEST
IRON MAIDEN
MERCYFUL FATE
PINK FLOYD
RUSH - Caress Of Steel

Of the others you listed:

LEGEND - Don't think I've heard anything by them
DARK QUARTERER - Don't think I've heard anything by them
METAMORFOSI - Don't think I've heard anything by them
ARTILLERY - Don't think I've heard anything by them
BATHORY - let's just say, not my cup of tea
BLACK SABBATH - they bore the shit out of me
SLAYER - they suck ass
MANILLA ROAD - Don't think I've heard anything by them
CIRITH UNGOL - Don't think I've heard anything by them
BUDGIE - Don't think I've heard anything by them
NECRODEATH - Don't think I've heard anything by them
QUEEN - not my cup of tea
RAINBOW - what I've heard hasn't made me want to own anything by them
SLAUTER XSTROYES - Don't think I've heard anything by them
PAGAN ALTAR - Don't think I've heard anything by them
VENOM - Don't think I've heard anything by them

Zod

 

[MFJ]

BLACK SABBATH - they bore the shit out of me
Zod

To each his own, but

 

[NAD]

Lately I'm starting to realize how much Sabbath sucks hahahahahahahahaha

*relinquishes fanboy badge*

 

[General Zod]

To each his own

Agreed. I can only take Ozzy's voice is small doses. I get and respect what they contributed, hear thier influence, and understand their importance. That being said, the music does nothing for me.

Zod

 

[Demonspell]

Obligatory in defense of... post: Ozzy would be the first to say that Sabbath's genius was mostly accidental...but genius nonetheless, and with very few exceptions do I find anything in their classic period to be monotonous, and regardless of their flaws, Ozzy's vocal limitations coming to mind first, they were genuinely creative (especially on SBS & Sabotage).