Landmark albums that every self-respecting fan of metal should own

[Dark One]

More to the point, how can a DT disc not be listed as essential to Prog?

Ok, I see what you mean. Personal subjectivities aside, it's pretty hard not to place I&W among the most important releases in the Prog genre.

 

[Dark One]

Luckily I have every one of those (except Empyrium = boooooooorrrrring)

I have every one including the Empyrium, which means +1 for you because I can't get past the vocals on it. Excellent music though.

 

[Necromunchkin]

Can't be arsed to break 'em down by genre. But for me, these are FUCKING essential.


Angel Witch "Angel Witch"
Repulsion "Horrified"
Napalm Death "Scum"
Obituary "Slowly We Rot"
Celtic Frost "Morbid Tales"
Iron Maiden "Iron Maiden"
Possessed "Seven Churches"
Darkthrone "Transylvanian Hunger"
Manowar "Hail To England"
Mercyful Fate "Don't Break The Oath" (superior to Melissa)
Bathory "Bathory"
Burzum "Det Som Engang Var"
Emperor "In the Nightside Eclipse"
Danzig "Danzig"
Metallica "Kill 'Em All"
Morbid Angel "Altars of Madness"
Judas Priest "Unleashed In the East"
Mayhem "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas"
Atheist "Piece of Time"
Candlemass "Epicus Doomicus Metallicus"
Crytopsy "None So Vile"

 

[Demilich]

I should have had that Mercyful Fate album a long-ass time ago, fucking one of the best albums I've ever heard!

 

[JayKeeley]

I have every one including the Empyrium, which means +1 for you because I can't get past the vocals on it. Excellent music though.

But listening to grown men screaming "waaah wahhh waaaah blarghu rooooar" is perfectly acceptable. Seriously, you NEED to understand Empyrium just for it's utter genius. Keep trying until there are no more hours left in the day!!!

Wow, really surprised this thread didn't turn into several pages of lists!!! I thought *everyone* had their own opinion on what's considered "mandatory".

Oh yeah, forgot this forum jumped the shark.

 

[Dark One]

But listening to grown men screaming "waaah wahhh waaaah blarghu rooooar" is perfectly acceptable.

LOL - touché

Seriously, you NEED to understand Empyrium just for it's utter genius. Keep trying until there are no more hours left in the day!!!

I definitely will, I've tried several times. I know how high a pedastol you place "Songs of Moors..." on so it's one of those special cases that commands a hard fought effort.

 

[Hell Mike]

can't be arsed to make a list, but it would include metallica, bathory, mayhem, deströyer 666, iron maiden, black sabbath and judas priest. and more.

 

[skeptik]

Sabbat (UK) - History of a Time to Come

 

[Orfanos]

Some other essential heavy metal albums.

Running Wild - Death or Glory/Under Jolly Roger
Helstar - Nosferatu/Remnants of War
Vicious Rumors - Digital Dictator
Crimson Glory - Transcendence
Twisted Sister - You Can't Stop Rock 'n Roll

I don't add anything from Manowar, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest etc. because I think that in such questions, everyone has ALL of their best albums!

 

[Reign in Acai]

Not metal but,

First four Led Zeppelin albums.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Onslaught - The Force

I'd forgotten about that album

 

[Orfanos]

And this for epic/power metal:

Omen - Battle Cry

 

[skeptik]

And this for epic/power metal:

Omen - Battle Cry

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The next too are fucking great too, but no THE AXEMAAAAAAN

 

[swizzlenuts]

And this for epic/power metal:

Omen - Battle Cry

You should post more often.

 

[Orfanos]

I' ll try.

What about these from US Power/Thrash?

Metal Church - Metal Church/Blessing In Dsiguise
Agent Steel - Unstoppable Force
Flotsam And Jetsam - Doomsday for the Deceiver
Overkill - The Years of Decay

 

[Eminor]

I' ll try.

Metal Church - Metal Church/Blessing In Dsiguise

Blessing in Disguise deserves more attention. It's my favorite MC album, just barely edging out the debut.

 

[JayKeeley]

Helstar - Nosferatu

Musically this is nothing short of phenomenal....but I can't get into Rivera's vocals. I can't stand vocalists that sing in the same key, same notes, same scale on each and every song. Warrel Dane is another. Trying mixing it up why don't ya?

Good call on Omen.

 

[Krilons Resa]

First 6 Sabbath albums are mandatory for every single metal fan on the face of this god-forsaken planet.
Maiden - Piece of Mind, Powerslave, Killers, # of the Beast
Cirith Ungol - King of The Dead
Fates Warning - The Spectre Within, Awaken The Guardian
Hammers of Misfortune - The August Engine
Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction
Omen - Battle Cry
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Manowar - Into Glory Ride, Hail To England
Candlemass - EDM, Nightfall
Pagan Altar - everything
Orodruin - Epicurean Mass
Metallica - Ride The Lightning, Master of Puppets
Pentagram - Self-Titled/Relentless, Day of Reckoning
Saint Vitus - Saint Vitus
Solitude Aeturnus - BTCH, ITDoS, TtDH
Solstice - New Dark Age
Trouble - Psalm 9
While Heaven Wept - Everything
Warning - Everything
Bathory - Hammerheart
Slayer - Show No Mercy, Reign In Blood, Seasons In The Abyss
Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death
Aeternus - BtWM, AStNB
Carcass - Necroticism
Asphyx - The Rack
Death - pretty much everything..especially early
Neurosis - AStNS, TSiB, ToG

 

[JayKeeley]

Hammers of Misfortune - The August Engine
Omen - Battle Cry
Manowar - Hail To England
Pagan Altar - everything
Solstice - New Dark Age
While Heaven Wept - Of Empires Forlorn
Aeternus - BtWM, AStNB
Carcass - Necroticism
Neurosis - ToG

Fantastic list. They're all "not so obvious" choices too.

Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death

Who?

*goes off to do some research*

 

[Krilons Resa]

Who?

*goes off to do some research*

Fantastic late-80's thrash band from Wisconsin, I believe. Brutal as FUCK. I'm also pretty sure that they used to open for Death, early on. The original is SUPER hard to find, and if you do will pay through your nose, but their is a re-release whic I have that has their demo on it as well which is more easy to locate. I'll upload "Lock Up Your Children."

Lock Up Your Children

PS - Did you check out "Set In Stone" track from Killingsworth that I uploaded for you!?! You asked and I delievered, with no input!