Favorite Metal Albums From Major Genres

[droom23]

What are your favorite albums from major metal genres?

my list
Demilich-Nespithe (Death Metal)
Behexen-Rituale Satanum (Black Metal)
Pathfinder-Beyond the Space, Beyond the Time (Power Metal)
Watchtower-Control and Resistance (Progressive Metal)
Crucifixion-Greens Eyes EP (Heavy Metal)
Woods Of Ypres-The Green Album (Doom Metal)
Dystopia-Self Titled (Sludge Metal)
Impaled-Mondo Medicale (Grindcore)
Cranium-Speed Metal Sentence (Thrash Metal)
Korpiklanni-Korven Kuningas (Folk Metal)
Weedeater-Jason... the Dragon (Stoner Metal)
Putrid Pile-Pleasure in Suffering (Brutal Death Metal)

 

[Nephilim96]

This is impossible. I can barely pick my favorite album from a single band.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Black Metal: Burzum- Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Death Metal: Inacantation- Mortal Throne Of Nazarene
Doom Metal: My Dying Bride- Angel and the Dark River
Funeral Doom: Skepticism- Stormcrowfleet
Folk Metal: Agalloch- The Mantle
Gothic Metal: Theatre of Tragedy- Velvet Darkness They Fear
Heavy Metal: Judas Priest- Sad Wings of Destiny
NWOBHM: Iron Maiden- Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Post Metal: Neurosis- Through Silver in Blood
Power Metal: Nightwish- Ocean Born
Prog Metal: Opeth- Morningrise
Rap Metal: Rage Against the Machine- S/t
Speed Metal: Judas Priest- Painkiller
Thrash Metal: Slayer- Reign in Blood
Viking Metal: Graveland- Immortal Pride

 

[Exodus Prime]

Carcass - Heartwork (death metal)
Exodus - Fabulous Disaster (thrash)
My Dying Bride - Angel and the Dark River (Doom)
Dream Theater - Images and Words (prog metal)
Skyclad - Jonah's Ark (folk metal)
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth (power metal)
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind (heavy metal)
Ministry - Last Sucker (industrial metal)
Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses (goth metal)

Edit: Snap on Doom metal Crimsonfloyd!

 

[End of Glory]

Black Metal: Summoning - Let the Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame.
Death Metal: Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten or Dying Fetus - Killing On Adrenaline
Thrash Metal: Testament - Practice What You Preach.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Alternative: Alice in Chains - Dirt
Death: Atrocity - Todessehnsucht
Doom: Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Power: Adramelch - Irae Melanox
Progressive: Watchtower - Energetic Disassembly
Sludge: Fudge Tunnel - Hate Songs in E Minor
Traditional: Iron Maiden - Killers
Thrash: Metallica - Ride the Lightning (although my favorite songs are generally the non-thrash ones; for pure thrash, it's Bonded By Blood)

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Death Metal: Demigod - "Slumber of Sullen Eyes"
Black Metal: Burzum - "Hvis Lyset Tar Oss"
Doom Metal: Pagan Altar - "Volume I"
Power Metal: Fates Warning - "Awaken the Guardian"
Heavy Metal: Judas Priest - "Sad Wings of Destiny"
Thrash Metal: Slayer - "Hell Awaits"

 

[Baroque]

Currently

Old Thrash: Antidote - The Truth
New Thrash: Vektor - Black Future
Black: Windir - 1184
Death: Death - Symbolic
Progressive: Symphony X - V
Doom: Black Sabbath - s/t if they count
Stoner: Sleep - Holy Mountain
Heavy: Ozzy - Blizzard of Ozz

 

[Travis_Bickle]

BLACK METAL – Burzum “Self titled” (or Graveland “Thousand Swords&#8221
DEATH METAL – Nocturnus “The Key” or Morbid Angel “Altars of Madness”
MELODIC DEATH METAL – At the Gates “The Red In the Sky is Ours”
THRASH METAL – Slayer “Reign In Blood”
TRADITIONAL / HEAVY METAL – Mercyful Fate “Melissa”
SPEED METAL - Sodom “In the Sign of Evil” EP or Bulldozer “Day of Wrath” (though both could also qualify as first wave bm)
DOOM METAL – Katatonia “Dance of December Souls”
INDUSTRIAL METAL- Mysticum “In the Streams of Inferno” (industrial/black)
GOTHIC METAL – Type O Negative “October Rust”
GRINDCORE – Repulsion “Horrified”
ALTERNATIVE METAL – Alice In Chains “Dirt”
VIKING METAL – Graveland “Following the Voice of Blood” (Graveland’s transitional album IMO)
FOLK METAL – Agalloch “The Mantle” or Temnozor “Folkstorm of the Azure Nights”

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Thrash: Rust in Peace
Death: The Erosion of Sanity, Leprosy
Technical Thrash: Punishment for Decadence , From This Day Forward
Technical Death: Symbolic, Obscura, Cosmogenesis, Elements
Black: The Somberlain
Heavy Metal: Paranoid

... more to come.

 

[Lateralus14]

Really don't think sub-subgenres can be listed as "major genres"

 

[EspaDa]

Man, you negate every thread. Find another sandpit.

 

[Krow]

Technical thrash is a sub genre?

 

[Lateralus14]

Technical thrash is a sub-subgenre*

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

I really dont give a shit if it is or isn't, theres no way i can pick one or two favorites from some of those genres without splitting them up and mentioning others. I'm still going to post my favorite Crust, Deathgrind and Crossover albums along with the other "major genres".

 

[Westsiyeed]

Death: Emtombed – Clandestine
Thrash: Slayer – Reign in Blood
Trad: Iron Maiden – Powerslave
Technical Death: Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage
Progressive: Ihsahn – After
Avant-Garde: Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors
“Glam”: Motley Crue – Too Fast for Love
Stoner: Kyuss - ..and The Circus Leaves Town
Sludge: Baroness – Red Album
Alternative: Janes’ Addiction – Ritual de lo Habitual

 

[crimsonfloyd]

VIKING METAL – Graveland “Following the Voice of Blood” (Graveland’s transitional album IMO)
FOLK METAL – Agalloch “The Mantle”

If we're categorizing these albums in this way, then I've got to change my choices to both categories. However, FtVoB is more black then viking IMO. Glad to see someone else considers it Graveland's best though. Also I don't know why I chose Onward to Golgotha when Mortal Throne Of Nazarene is better.

 

[Vamos]

Also I don't know why I chose Onward to Golgotha when Mortal Throne Of Nazarene is better.

+1

 

[Travis_Bickle]

Yeah, FTVOB is very bm oriented but I really wanted to give it a mention since it’s such a superb album and I’ve always seen the first bits of the “epic pagan metal” or “viking metal” or whatever you want to call the later Graveland style first coming through. Probably my favourite Graveland release along with “Thousand Swords”.
As for Agalloch’s “The Mantle” album, it’s a masterpiece and one of my all time favourites, but I had a hard time putting it in one metal subgenre. At any rate I sure prefer it to the more ‘happy’ folk oreinted stuff such as Finntroll and the like.

Oh and I agree, Mortal Throne.. is certainly better than Onward To Golgotha.

 

[Yelloweyedemon]

Eeeh.. not sure if I have favorites from a whole genre, but I'll try:

The years of decay (overkill) - Thrash
Holy diver (DIO) - Heavy
Versus the world (Amon Amarth) - Death
Invasion of your privacy (Ratt) - Glam
Crimson glory (Crimson Glory) - not sure what genre it is..