Top 10 all-time favourite Metal albums

[no country for old wainds]

the problem with metal albums is they're too much of a homogenous suite

 

[HamburgerBoy]

That's why trad, thrash, and prog are best.

 

[Baroque]

Prog anything makes it less monotonous. Prog thrash albums are better than thrash albums generally. Prog x genre is better than x genre generally. Every now and then I want a full on thrash or death album to kick my ass though.

 

[CiG]

I'm the complete opposite, every now and then I want a Progressive Thrash/Death/Doom/Black combination album to kick my ass, too much of it is just shit.

 

[no country for old wainds]

i'd actually agree that good prog is the best thing, problem is good prog is horrendously difficult to find

 

[Omni]

In no order:

Mercyful Fate - Melissa
Judas Priest - Stained Class
Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Slayer - Show No Mercy
Demigod - Slumber of Sullen Eyes
Manilla Road - The Deluge
Swans - White Light from the Mouth of Infinity
Joy Division - Closer
Cocteau Twins - Treasure
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun

 

[Dak]

I couldn't do a top 10 cross-genre. I'm so mood dependent regarding metal.

 

[CiG]

I couldn't do a top 10 cross-genre. I'm so mood dependent regarding metal.

Same.

 

[rms]

i'd actually agree that good prog is the best thing, problem is good prog is horrendously difficult to find

Did you hear the new Kayo Dot? I think that's prog..

 

[The Butt]

i'd actually agree that good prog is the best thing, problem is good prog is horrendously difficult to find

Prog rock, is absolutely dandy.
Porg metal, is nearly universally shit.

Edit: Left the error because it amuses me. Porg. Heh.

 

[Baroque]

I couldn't do a top 10 cross-genre. I'm so mood dependent regarding metal.

Do one based on your current mood?

 

[The Ozzman]

Having differing opinions is fine. Elitism starts to bleed over when people get vicious about other's opinions. Just be cool about everything and it's fine.

The Chasm - Farseeing the Paranormal Abysm

This is my favorite album from the band after initial listens.

just to pick a few jumping genre to genre: CAPTAIN BEYOND, HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED, VESPERTINE, PORNOGRAPHY (maybe), AMBER

Highway 61 Revisited is good. Bob Dylan is not something I listen to very often, but I remember really liking it when I do listen to it and realizing why it's so highly regarded. I have to be in a certain mood for Bob Dylan.

This thread also has some interesting viewpoints on things. I also like Disturbed and Devildriver.

Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and Megadeth would definitely be in my top 10 albums as would Pantera, Bolt Thrower and Malevolent Creation (maybe).

I think it would be easier to cover one from each genre you really like and then figure it out from there.

 

[CiG]

Honestly I've always preferred Bob Dylan's late 60's and early 70's stuff.

 

[Zuranthus]

to me "album" means every track on the list, and there are very few albums I could stand to listen to without skipping;

Slayer - Show no Mercy
Gateway to Hell a Tribute to Slayer (should tribute/greatest hits albums count?? I'm puttin em anyway lol)
Helstar - A Distant Thunder
Cradle of Filth - Midian
Iron Maiden - Ed Hunter
Metallica - Kill em All
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Finntroll - Midnattens Widunder
Finntroll - Jaktens Tid
Necrophagist - Epitaph
Lykathea Aflame - Elvenfris
Agalloch - Pale Folklore
Annihilator - Alice in Hell
Annihilator - Criteria for a Black Widow
Annihilator - King of The Kill
Annihilator - Never Neverland
Night in Gales - Towards the Twilight
Night in Gales - Thunderbeast
Night in Gales - Nailwork
Night in Gales - Necrodynamic
Bloodbath - Nightmares Made Flesh

have to add these in there;
Arsis - A Celebration of Guilt
Children of Bodom - Something Wild
Children of Bodom - Hatebreeder
Children of Bodom - Follow the Reaper
Gwar - Beyond Hell

 

[no country for old wainds]

Honestly I've always preferred Bob Dylan's late 60's and early 70's stuff.

lol that's pretty random. i'd understand if you meant BLOOD ON THE TRACKS or even JOHN WESLEY HARDING, neither of which compare to BIABH-BoB IMO but i still really like them. but if you're talking NASHVILLE SKYLINE through PLANET WAVES then nooooooo thankyou.

 

[CiG]

lol that's pretty random. i'd understand if you meant BLOOD ON THE TRACKS or even JOHN WESLEY HARDING, neither of which compare to BIABH-BoB IMO but i still really like them. but if you're talking NASHVILLE SKYLINE through PLANET WAVES then nooooooo thankyou.

I'm a huge Bob Dylan fan so keep that in mind, I like most of his work, but yes my favourite period is from John Wesley Harding to New Morning

Highway 61 Revisited though is his most special album for me.

 

[The Ozzman]

This is hard:

Machine Head - Burn My Eyes
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time/Seventh Son*
Carcass - Heartwork
Dio - Holy Diver (#1)
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
Killswitch Engage - Alive or Just Breathing^
Malevolent Creation - The Ten Commandments

Some of these would change tomorrow, but there's a core group of 5-6 that would remain

*These could be interchanged for Iron Maiden
^Don't listen to it much anymore, but that was in my car stereo for a long time

 

[Omni]

In no order:

Mercyful Fate - Melissa
Judas Priest - Stained Class
Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Slayer - Show No Mercy
Demigod - Slumber of Sullen Eyes
Manilla Road - The Deluge
Swans - White Light from the Mouth of Infinity
Joy Division - Closer
Cocteau Twins - Treasure
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun

I actually screwed this up by listing all genres of music, so take away the non-metal albums and add:

Master's Hammer - Ritual
Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
Cirith Ungol - King of the Dead
Satan - Court in the Act
Inquisition - Into the Infernal Regions of the Ancient Cult

 

[CiG]

There's four non-Metal albums in there but you just added five, the fuck?

 

[The Butt]

Not complaining. Least they are great albums!

A lot of people have posted great lists here actually.