Top 10 of all time METAL, NON-METAL, EVERYTHING.

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Do it.

1. Tool - ÆNIMA
The pinnacle of music, the entire reason notes came to be. There is none higher.

2. Danzig 4p
The blackest thing in the universe.

George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
Everyone needs to own this, regardless of musical taste. If you don't like this, you just plain don't like music.

Faith No More - Angel Dust
An extraordinary feat on so many levels. Some of the most disturbing, beautiful, and introspective pieces of music are found herein, not only creating an utter masterpiece topped only arguably by few but also eliminating much of the massive fan base gained from the über-popular Epic from a few years prior.

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magick

Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese

Supertramp - Crime of the Century
Probably the most emotional piece of music I've ever heard, proving that prog doesn't haven't to be sterile.

Alice in Chains - Dirt
Quite possibly the finest vocal performance ever contained on the title track.

Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Every time I listen to this since 10 years ago I notice something new about it (including today, noticed some weird bit on I Do Not Want This). So many hidden bits within that make this neverending enigma quite amazing.

Megadeth - Rust in Peace
The only real worthy real metal album for a Top 10 Of All Freaking Time because it is equally emotional as it is technical and just plain ass kicking.

These are the only albums in my collection I'd give higher than a 10/10 to, unless I forgot a few. Also this list does not take into account historical significance, even if a few of these would qualify as moving the art of music forward.
 
Well, this will take some thought. But I know these will make the list:

Janes Addiction - Nothing Shocking
PJ Harvey - Dry
Beastie Boys - Pauls Boutique
Metallica - Ride the Lightning (or Puppets)
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Soundgarden - Louder Than Love
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
AC/DC - Powerage (or Let There Be Rock)


I'll have to give it some thought and be back later to add the rest. And maybe swap some out.
 
my overall top 10 list is written in the other thread,so i will name my non-metal top 10.
Captain Beyond - s/t
Yes - Fragile
Amon Duul II - Yeti
Love - Forever Changes
Eloy - Power And The Passion
Spiritual Beggars - Ad Astra
King Crimson - In The Wake Of Poseidon
Aphrodite's Child - 666
Van Der Graaf Generator - H To He Who Am The Only One
Ozric Tentacles - Erpland
 
Bathory - Hammerheart
Henryk Górecki - Symphony No. 3
Johannes Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem
Richard Wagner - Der Ring Ohne Worte
Watain - Casus Luciferi
Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Empyrium - Weiland/Where At Night the Wood Grouse Plays
Franz Schubert - Streichquintett
Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss/Filosofem

No order for now.
 
Well fuck it. My brain won't take the strain of figuring this out, so I'm just gonna copy a Top 25 that I did about a year ago.

AC/DC - Powerage
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Black Sabbath - Sabotage
Jeff Buckley - Grace
The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Faith No More - The Real Thing or Angel Dust
PJ Harvey - Dry
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
Killing Joke - Fire Dances
Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Ministry - The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste
Misfits - Compilation I
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
Nirvana - Nevermind
Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
Pearl Jam - No Code
Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
Slayer - South of Heaven
Soundgarden - Louder Than Love
The Sundays - Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic
Tool - Lateralus
Van Halen - Women and Children First


On the "holy crap, I can't believe I had to take that off!" list:

KISS - ALIVE!
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Celtic Frost - Into the Pandemonium
A Doors Album
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
Revolting Cocks - Linger Fickin' Good
Temple of the Dog
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes
 
I really don't know, but these would qualify:

Arcane Sun - Arcane Sun (of course)
Jeff Buckley - Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk
Neurosis - Times of Grace

Those are really the only albums that blow me away every time I listen. Every note, every vocal line is right where it should be. And every tme I listen to them, I find something new within the music even after owning them for years (for AS and Neurosis, anyway), and there is no higher praise that can be bestowed than that.
 
Tool - Ænima
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Neurosis - A Sun That Never Sets
Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane
Radiohead - OK Computer/Kid A
Empyrium - Songs of Moors & Misty Fields/Weiland
Dredg - El Cielo
Isis - Oceanic
Bathory - Hammerheart
Reverend Bizarre - In The Rectory.../Harbinger of Metal
Today is The Day - Sadness Will Prevail
Tenhi - Kauan
Hammers of Misfortune - The Bastard
Led Zeppelin - I/IV
Black Sabbath - First 5 albums
Agalloch - The Mantle
Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Arcane Sun - s/t
Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Burning Witch - Crippled Lucifer
Anathema - Alternative 4
Zero Hour - Towers of Avarice
Strung Out - Another Day in Paradise/Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues/Twisted By Design
Lagwagon - Trashed
GY!BE - Lift Yr. Skinny Little Fists Like Antennas To Heaven!
Guns n Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Metallica - Master of Puppets/Ride The Lightning
 
1. MARILLION - "Misplaced Childhood"
2. GENESIS - "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway"
3. THE BEATLES - "White Album"
4. GENESIS - "Selling England By the Pound"
5. YES - "Tales From Topographic Oceans"
6. DEVIN TOWNSEND - "Ocean Machine (Biomech)"
7. YES - "Close to the Edge"
8. GENESIS - "Foxtrot"
9. TYPE O NEGATIVE - "October Rust"
10. VIVALDI - "The Four Seasons"
 
1. Terrorgruppe - 1 World 0 Future
2. Die Toten Hosen - Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau
3. Terrorgruppe - Musik für Arschlöcher
4. Terrorgruppe - Blechdose
5. Randy - There's No Way We're Going To Fit In
6. Die Toten Hosen - 125 Jahre auf dem Kreuzzug ins Glück
7. Refused - This Just Might Be The Truth
8. Enslaved - Vikingligr Veldi
9. Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
10. Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse

11. Terrorgruppe - Melodien für Milliarden
12. Cryptopsy - Blasphemy Made Flesh
13. Millencolin - Life On A Plate
14. No Fun At All - Out Of Bounds
15. Rancid - Life Won't Wait
16. Down By Law - All Scratched Up!
17. Less Than Jake - Borders & Boundaries
18. Decapitated - Nihility
19. Borknagar - Empiricism
20. Offspring - Ignition
 
stuff that didn't make the other thread:

Rush - Hemispheres
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Yes - Relayer
Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties
Joe Satriani - Crystal Planet
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
Camel - Moonmadness
Wishbone Ash - Argus
Thin Lizzy - Black Rose
Jethro tull - Thick As A Brick
King Crimson - Red
Deep Purple - In Rock
Accept - Restless & Wild
Saxon - Power And The Glory
Danzig - II Lucifuge
Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Dream Theater - Awake
 
I think Pink Floyd - The Wall should be in my list, even if it isn't my favorite Floyd album.
 
Since I cant really decide on the absolute best, nor do I care to make such a list- ill just write down some I havent seen mentioned yet, and I think are worthy of greatness.

Joy Division- Closer
Porcupine Tree- Signify
King Crimson- Islands, In the Wake of Poseidon
Pink Floyd- Meddle, Pied Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Dead Can Dance- Aion, Spleen and Ideal
The Allman Brothers- Eat a Peach
Radiohead- Amnesiac
All of Godspeed You Black Emperor's releases.
The Beatles- Sgt Peppers
Stockhausens- helikopter quartet- damn inventive using a helicopter to make music, whats more modern than that?
Coil- Love's Secret Domain, Musik to play in the dark by I and II.
The Future SOund Of London - ISDN
Motorhead's- No Sleep Till Hammersmith
The Cure- Disintegration
Interpol- Turn on the Bright Lights
Muddy Waters- Electric Mud
The Band- Music From Big Pink

Ok thats all I can think of for now.
 
speed said:
The Future SOund Of London - ISDN
Nice one. I remember fighting for the Super Fun Happy Edition of this on eGay some years back and paying a bit too much (like $30 I think), but that trippy foldout artwork was well worth it.