The most influencial extreme metal albums of all time.

[MacMoney]

Originally posted by Wanderingblade
In terms of Melodic Death...

Slaughter of the Soul
The Gallery
The Jester Race

Those three albums pretty much wrote the rule book, and have been massively cloned

Umm... no.

Eucharist - A Velvet Creation
Dark Tranquillity - Skydancer
Carcass - Heartwork
At The Gates - Terminal Spirit Disease

Coroner Mental Vortex

While Coroner and that album kick serious ass I have to disagree with that one. I haven't heard anything remotely Coroner-sounding ever except for Coroner themselves.

 

[Nephren-Ka]

For me it's :
Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk.
Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant.
Arcturus - LaMasquerade Infernale.
Mayhem - Wolf's Layer Abyss.
Marduk - Heaven Shall Burn...
Nile - Amongst The Catacombs Of Nephren-Ka.
Old Man's Child : ill-Natured Spiritual Invasion.

There are others, but I think these are the ones that changed me.