Children of bodom - hatecrew deathroll (alot of metallers of my kind loathe it)
Katatonia - dance of december souls...uh, people may say they like it but I seriously see no one talk about this record ever, not even on that forum. It's all about "brave murder day." This cd was highly original for the time.
Lamb of god - as the palaces burn (no metaller of my kind can admit this album's greatness!) "rip off of sweden"...oh ok and but you like Divine souls?
Kreator - Violent Revolution and Enemy of God...people hate these because they aren't pure old school thrash...but even though they aren't completely..the songs are composed well and the melody is awesome as hell.
Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos - I don't know man...the first 3 albums are classics, but this CD has some amazing songs. More simple direction? Yes, but I LOVE the keyboards and the choruses. If, anything I see more people praise the older albums or the two newest...this one is just left in the middle with nothing.
Dark Tranquillity - Projector...this imo was a very bold, powerful record. I love it when bands go a different direction and do it well.
Megadeth - Youthanasia...I think some people just overlook this album. Clearly, this melodic beast destroys Countdown to Exstinktion all over the place.
Dimmu Borgir - Stormblast...the rest of the black metal I like is pretty old school, raw, true or grim whatever you want to call it. Stuff like abigor, arckanum, burzum, taake etc....but this album I think has some fantastic moments. Superior melodies. Track 3 actually has one of the best openers I've ever heard in my life.
Marduk - Dark Endless/Those of the Unlight/Fuck me Jesus demo....Pre 1995 Marduk rules...new Marduk is boring, sucky, and uninspired and Legion is overrated. Who wins? I do.
Morbid Angel - Gateways to Annihilation...um, don't see people talk about this one too much. I think this is the best Steve Tucker album. Yeah, it was the first Morbid Angel I bought, back when it was just released but still the songs, production, drumming, arrangements are just godly to me.
Judas Priest - Ram it Down...same, I think this is a very classic Priest album. I just want to bang my head into infinity when I listen to this...except when the song "Love you to death" comes on.
Shadows Fall - The War Within...HAHA, yeah..a guilty pleasure, it's got some metalcore moments, but I think the songs, solos, melodies, alot of the riffs are well written. I'm a fan of all their previous records. beautiful