Top 5 Metal albums of all time

[OrchidForest]

What are your top 5 metal albums of all time. This could be from any metal genre.

Mine:

Master of Puppets - Metallica
Blackwater Park - Opeth
The Jester Race - In Flames
Rust in Peace - Megadeth
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Iron Maiden

 

[Omni]

Judas Priest - Stained Class
Burzum - Hvis lyset tar oss
Warning - Watching from a Distance
Slayer - Hell Awaits
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness

5 isn't enough, but it will be okay.

 

[The Ozzman]

in before people start calling each other faggots

This changes with the exception of Death and Priest

Carcass - Heartwork
Death - Symbolic
Judas Priest - Killing Machine/HBFL
Armored Saint - Raising Fear
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Atheist – Elements
Iron Maiden – Killers
Metallica – Ride the Lightning
Queensryche – Promised Land
Watchtower – Energetic Disassembly

 

[optionthree]

Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith
Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
Queensryche - Promised Land
Vauxdvihl - To Dimension Logic
Pestilence - Consuming Impulse
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

I know.

 

[wandering_taco]

Hmm.. 5 is tough since a couple bands I would like to just lump their whole discography into one big nacho but..

Opeth- My Arms, Your Hearse
Immortal- Battles in the North
Nile- In Their Darkened Shrines
Vital Remains- Dawn of the Apocalypse
Emperor- In the Nightside Eclipse

 

[Lateralus14]

For me:

Tool - Lateralus
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Cynic - Focus
Deathspell Omega - Si Monvmentvm Reqvires Circvmspice
Metallica - Master of Puppets

I think any objective list would have to include some pioneering albums like Altars of Madness or Kill 'em All or Bathory though...

 

[The Ozzman]

Here's an optional one I made:

Pantera - CFH
Iron Maiden - SIT
Dream Theater - Train of Thought
Megadeth - Rust in Piece
Metallica - Kill 'Em All

 

[Mort Divine]

Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element
Primordial - Spirit The Earth Aflame
Saint Vitus - Born Too Late
Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
At the Gates - The Red in the Sky is Ours

Honorable Mentions:
Reverend Bizarre - In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend
Sacramentum - Far Away from the Sun
The Chasm - Deathcult For Eternity: The Triumph
Bathory - Hammerheart
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality

 

[Xorv]

hmmm....soo many good albums, but...

agalloch - the mantle (hard to choose between 3 masterpieces)
evergrey - in search of truth
drudkh - autumn aurora
the morningside - the wind, the trees, and the shadows of the past
disillusion - back to times of splendor

 

[Belligerent]

These type of threads are nearly impossible...
Opeth - Still Life
Amorphis - Elegy
Carcass - Heartwork
Kalmah - The Black Waltz
Agalloch - The Mantle

 

[youdontknowme]

Autopsy - Mental Funeral
Kreator - Pleasure To Kill
Napalm Death - From Enslavement To Obliteration
Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky
Asphyx - The Rack

 

[Doomguy]

The Morningside - The Wind, The Trees and The Shadows of the Past
Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
Slayer -Reign In Blood
Burzum - Daudi Baldrs
Burzum - Hildskjalf

 

[Vilden]

Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
Bathory - Hammerheart
Reverend Bizarre - In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
Graveland - Immortal Pride

(honorable mentions: Summoning - Dol Guldur and Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath)

 

[Rumpole]

Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
Solstice - New Dark Age
Iron Maiden - Killers
Pentagram - Be Forewarned
Bathory - Under The Sign of The Black Mark

Picking only five releases is bloody hard!

 

[audiophileguy]

Naming my alltime 5 favorites is too difficult for me. I'll just list the 5 albums that have gotten the most playtime this year

Su Ta Gar - Jaiotze Basatia
Magnus - I Was Watching My Death
Savage Grace - Master Of Disguise
God Macabre - The Winterlong
Adx - Execution

 

[TheInsane]

Morbid Angel - blessed are the sick
Megadeth - rust in peace
Immortal - at the heart of winter
Anaal Nathrakh - hell is empty and all the devils are here
Anthrax - among the living


I generally hate doing lists since Im never satisfied with them. I have a hard time ranking stuff. This is what came to me just now. It will change for sure but all these records hold a special place in my heart for sure.

 

[Slayed Necros]

Aeternus - Beyond the Wandering Moon
Demigod - Slumber of Sullen Eyes
Gorgoroth - Pentagram
Rotting Christ - Thy Mighty Contract
Sacramentum - Far Away from the Sun

It was incredibly hard to leave these out:

Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
Dissection - The Somberlain
Graveland - Thousand Swords

 

[Doomguy]

Anthrax - among the living

That's gotta be my number 6.

 

[Personified Hatred]

Sacramentum - Far Away from the Sun

Great mention!

Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Metallica - ... And Justice For All
Mercyful Fate - Melissa
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Slayer - Reign In Blood

And I cannot leave these out:

Hypocrisy - Abducted
Kreator - Pleasure To Kill
Sacramentum - Far Away From The Sun
Megadeth - Peace Sells...
Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
Necrodeath - Into The Macabre
Darkthrone - Panzerfaust
Metallica - Kill 'Em All

(no order)