Top 25 Cd's of All Time (opinion)

[Metalmilitia2000]

My Favorite 25 Cd's of all time are as follows.

1. Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
2. Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
3. Annihilator - Alice in Hell
4. Rage - Soundchaser
5. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings
6. Gamma Ray - Sigh No More
7. Nevermore - Dead Heart in a Dead World
8. Slayer - Reign in Blood
9. Helloween - Walls of Jericho
10. Judas Priest - Painkiller
11. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
12. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
13. Annihilator - Never NeverLand
14. Opeth - Deliverance
15. Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
16. Testament - The Legacy
17. Rage - Unity
18. Primus - Pork Soda
19. Iced Earth - Night of the Stormrider
20. Megadeth - So Far, So Good, So What?
21. Testament - The Gathering
22. Savatage - Streets
23. Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith
24. Savatage - Gutter Ballet
25. Theocracy - Theocracy (this cd really wowed me)

 

[Heavenly Call]

Interesting list there. Several of those albums I don't have and don't know well at all. I know this is opinion, but still, I was a little surprised to see 3 Judas Priest albums and nothing from Metallica. Are you saying these are your 25 favorite CD's to listen to or the 25 most influential? Either way...cool list.

 

[Purveyor Of Evil]

Cool idea. Here's my list:

1. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
2. Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
3. Rainbow - Rising
4. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
5. Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon
6. Manowar - Kings of Metal
7. Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth
8. Avantasia - The Metal Opera 1
9. Avantasia - The Metal Opera 2
10. Primal Fear - Nuclear Fire
11. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
12. Rush - 2112
13. Nightwish - Wishmaster
14. AC/DC - Back in Black
15. Gamma Ray - Land of the Free
16. Dio - Holy Diver
17. Saxon - Crusader
18. Iced Earth - Something Wicked this Way Comes
19. Savatage - Gutter Ballet
20. Axel Rudi Pell - Oceans of Time
21. Running Wild - Blazon Stone
22. Judas Priest - British Steel
23. Iron Maiden - Live After Death
24. Nevermore - Dead Heart in a Dead World
25. Queensryche - Empire

These aren't necessarily in order, except for the first two. Those are my two favorite albums of all time! Everyone enjoy listing yours, too. Stuff like this is very cool to do. No one's right or wrong, so let's keep it positive.

 

[Purveyor Of Evil]

Actually, I gotta find a way to squeeze Helloween's Keeper's 1 and 2 in my list.

 

[Creeps]

hmm good one.. I'm gonna dig deep here and go from all music genres

no particular order here;

1 Queen - the Game
2 Prince - Purple Rain
3 Joan Jett - I Love Rock And Roll
4 Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry
5 KISS - Alive II
6 Lord Tracy - Deaf Gods of Babylon
7 Anthrax - Among the Living
8 Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
9 Judas Priest - Hell Bent For Leather
10 Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare
11 Iron Maiden - Live After Death
12 Ace Frehley - 1978 solo album
13 Sanctuary - Refuge Denied
14 the Cult - Electric
15 Fifth Angel - self titled
16 Huey Lewis & the News - Sports
17 W.A.S.P. - the Crimson Idol
18 Yngwie Malmsteen - Marching Out
19 Manowar - Fighting the World
20 Motorhead - 1916
21 Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King
22 Slayer - Reign In Blood
23 Suicidal Tendencies - Lights Camera Revolution
24 Tesla - Mechanical Resonance
25 WWIII - self titled

:hotjump:

 

[ashaman7122]

CREEPS...Fifth Angel and WWIII...very cool...brought a smile to my face.

 

[Heavenly Call]

And Lord Tracy....WOW! I didn't know anyone knew who that was! Ha!

 

[Metalmilitia2000]

The reason that i added 3 priest cd's and no metallica ones is because priest is my favorite band. and plus, i hate metallica. i think that they brought nothing new to the metal world. the majority of the songs that i liked from them were ripped off from other bands. but as for the list, they are my 25 favorite cd's of all time, and also the most influential to me when it comes to my musical choices.

Brent

 

[Se7enChurches]

Let's see...
Trying to make this as eclectic as i can and stil include everything i feel i need to include, but here are some all time favorites: albums i think really accomplished something new and different in the scene and/or just kick ass as totally and indisputably solid albums (alphabetically listed - now WAY anyone's getting me to choose between these things)...

Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes
Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale
At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune
Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious
Celtic Frost - Into the Pandemonium
Control Denied - The Fragile Art of Existence
Cryptopsy - None So Vile
Cynic - Focus
Danzig - Danzig II: Lucifuge
Faith No More - The Real Thing
Hollenthon - With Vilest of Worms to Dwell
Iced Earth - Horrorshow
Into Another - Seemless
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Samhain - November Coming Fire
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
Strapping Young Lad - City

god DAMN that was difficult... and it still feels criminally incomplete... so much stuff i couldn't squeeze on there (Metallica - Master of Puppets, Megadeth - Rust in Peace, Overkill - Necroshine, Virgin Steele - Invictus, Samael - Passage, Therion, Ayreon... the list goes on and on...)

oh well, have fun with those!

Ryan

 

[Se7enChurches]

oh, and though it isn't on my list of 25, and isn't at all relevant to the progpower scene (though it is arguably the first true death metal album), I'd feel just wrong if i didn't give some passing mention of Possessed's "Seven Churches"... for obvious reasons.

Ryan

 

[Keepwalking]

Let's see...

Metallica: Master of Puppets
Metallica: ..and justice for all
Megadeth: Rust in Peace
Metallica: Ride the lightning
Iron Maiden: Somewhere in Time
Gammaray: Powerplant
Stratovarius: Visions
Anthrax: State of Euphoria
Pantera: Cowboys from Hell
Helloween: Keeper of the seven keys part II
Sonata Arctica: Ecliptica
Angra: Rebirth
Rata Blanca: Magos, espadas y rosas
Edguy: Mandrake
Symphony X: Divine winds of tragedy
Blind Guardian: Follow the Blind
Rhapsody: Symphony of the Enchanted Lands
Rage: Unity
Judas Priest: Ram it Down
Ozzy osbourne: No more Tears
Helloween: Rabit Don't come easy
Mago de OZ: Finisterra
Gammaray: Land of the Free
Stratovarius: Episode
Nightwish: Century Child

 

[Blind Wrath]

Metallica: Master of Puppets
Blind Guardian: Nightfall in Middle Earth
Iced Earth: Someting Wicked this way comes
Children of Bodom: Hatebreeder
Slayer: Reign in Blood
Savatage: The Wake of Magellan
Iron Maiden: Live after Death
Stratovarius: Visions
Metallica: ...And Justice for all
Megadeth: Rust in Peace
Slayer: Reign in Blood
Rage: Soundchaser
Symphony X: The Divine wings of tragedy
Iced Earth: Alive in Athens
Dream Theater: Metropolis pt.2
Helloween: Keeper of the Seven Keys pt2
Rush: Moving Pictures
Evergrey: In search of truth
Mago de Oz: Gaia
Sonata Arctica: Ecliptica
Opeth: Still Life
Metallica: Ride the Lightning
Pantera: Cowboys from Hell
Rage: Unity
Angra: Rebirth

 

[wayland smithers]

Wow this is a hard list to do, I have to do a list of my favorite albums and most of them are also my all time favorite bands:

Iron Maiden: Number of the Beast and Somewhere in Time
Judas Priest: Defenders of the Faith and Hell Bent for Leather
Blind Guardian: Somewhere Far Beyond
Wasp: Wasp and Crimson Idol
Savatage: Hall of the Mountain King and Edge of Thorns
Grave Digger: The Grave Digger and Heavy Metal Breakdown
Helloween: Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 2 and Time of the Oath
Stratovarius: Episode and Visions
Gamma Ray: Land of the Free and No World Order
King Diamond: Abigail and Conspiracy
Mercyful Fate: Melissa and In The Shadows
Overkill: Horroscope and Taking Over
Running Wild: Black Hand Inn
Testament: The New Order
Nevermore: Dead Heart in a Dead World
Kiss: RocknRoll over and lick It Up
Iced Earth: Something Wicked This Way Comes
Black Sabbath: Heaven and Hell
Dio: The Last in Line
Queensryche: Operation Mindcrime
Motley Crue: Shout at the Devil
Dimmu borgir: Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
Metallica: Master of Puppets
Dokken: Tooth and Nail

 

[YtseJammer]

In no particular order (and I'll keep it to one from each band):

Eternity X - The Edge
Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Dream Thetaer - Scenes From a Memory
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II
Royal Hunt - Paradox
Kamelot - Karma
Iron Maiden - Peace of Mind
Vanden Plas - Far Off Grace
Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica
Shadow Gallery - Tyranny
Virgin Steele - Invictus
Labyrinth - Return to Heaven Denied
Angra - Angels Cry
Savatage - The Wake of Magellan
Conception - Parallel Minds
Ark - Burn the Sun
Stratovarius - Visions
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth
Symphony X - Divine Wings of Tragedy
Evergrey - In Search of Truth
Fates Warning - Parallels
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Gamma Ray - Land of the Free
Rush - 2112

 

[alexofbodom]

Some albums I would consider for my top 25 include:

Blind Guardian "Imaginations From the Other Side", "Nightfall", "A Night at the Opera" & "Somewhere Far Beyond"
Rage "Black in Mind", "Unity" & "Soundchaser"
Grave Digger "Excalibur" & "Tunes of War"
Symphony X "The Divine Wings of Tragedy", "V" & "The Odyssey"
Evergrey "In Search of Truth"
Iced Earth "Something Wicked"
Rhapsody "Legendary Tales"
Stratovarius "Episode" & "Visions"
Brainstorm "Ambiguity", "Metus Mortis" & "Soul Temptation"
Angel Dust "Enlighten the Darkness"
Nocturnal Rites "Sacred Talisman" & "Shadowland"
Adagio "Sanctus Ignis" & "Underworld"
Angra "Rebirth"
In Flames "Whoracle" & "Colony"
Dark Tranquillity "Damage Done"
Children of Bodom "Follow the Reaper" & "Hate Crew Deathroll"
Dimmu Borgir "Death Cult Armageddon"
Dark Moor "Gates of Oblivion"
Metalium "Chapter I"
Machine Men "Scars & Wounds"
Iron Maiden "Somewhere in Time", "Seventh Son", "Powerslave" & "The Number of the Beast"
Lost Horizon "Awakening the World"
Eldritch "El Nino"
Helloween "The Time of the Oath"
Nevermore "Dead Heart"
Labyrinth "Return to Heaven Denied"
Gamma Ray "Land of the Free" & "Powerplant"
Masterplan "Masterplan"
Virgin Steele "Invictus"
Kamelot "Karma"
Dream Theater "Scenes From a Memory"
and many more....

 

[TheGraveDigger]

This is in no particular order. It would take me way too long to determine what goes where and I would probably pull my hair out.

Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith
Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden
Stratovarius - Episode
Grave Digger - The Grave Digger
Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon
Helloween - Better Than Raw
Running Wild - Under Jolly Roger
KISS - Rock and Roll Over
Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King
W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.
Dio - Holy Diver
Lizzy Borden - Love You to Pieces
Gamma Ray - No World Order
Hammerfall - Legacy Of Kings
Metal Church - Blessing In Disguise
Accept - Metal Heart
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
Queensryche - The Warning
Overkill - The Years Of Decay
Testament - The Legacy
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Mercyful Fate - Melissa

And I am still missing some amazing ones!

 

[SpiritCrusherBTR]

Better Than Raw by Helloween
Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II by Helloween
Walls Of Jericho by Helloween
Somewhere In Time by Iron Maiden
Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son by Iron Maiden
The Sound Of Perseverance by Death
Painkiller by Judas Priest
Defenders Of The Faith by Judas Priest
Images & Words by Dream Theater
Pile Of Skulls by Running Wild
Ride The Lightning by Metallica
The New Order by Testament
Knights Of The Cross by Grave Digger
Imaginations From The Other Side by Blind Guardian
Clayman by In Flames
Rage For Order by Queensryche
The Missing Link by Rage
Death Cult Armageddon by Dimmu Borgir
Holy Diver by Dio
Reign In Blood by Slayer
Land Of The Free by Gamma Ray
Alive In Athens by Iced Earth
Taking Over by OverKill
Episode by Stratovarius
Spreading The Disease by Anthrax

This changes often, but this is my rough ideas...obviously this is in NO particular order.

 

[eppst1]

In no particular order (except for maybe the first 4):

1 Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
2 Megadeth - Rust in Piece
3 Over Kill - Years of Decay
4 Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt II
5 Testament - The New Order
6 Amorphis - Tales From the Thousand Lakes
7 Nuclear Assault - Survive
8 Annihilator - Alice in Hell
9 Forbidden - Twisted into Form
10 Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
11 Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth
12 Gamma Ray - Land of the Free
13 Covenant - Nexus Polaris
14 Ensiferum - Ensiferum
15 Elvenking - Heathenreel
16 Anthrax - Among the Living
17 Borknagar - Archaic Course
18 Symphony X - The Odyssey
19 Black Sabbath - Sabotage
20 Metal Church - Metal Church
21 Morbid Angel - Blessed are the Sick
22 Obituary - The End Complete
23 Powermad - Absolute Power
24 Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
25 Sanctuary - Into the Mirror Black

 

[ashaman7122]

eppst...that is one of the most well-rounded lists I have even seen. I commend you with having excellent taste as well as an ear for all aspects of this awesome metal world.

 

[eppst1]

eppst...that is one of the most well-rounded lists I have even seen. I commend you with having excellent taste as well as an ear for all aspects of this awesome metal world.

Thanks!