top 5

[pattlehed]

'm working on a list of "essential" metal albums, and i'd like to know what your top 5 best albums are for each of the following genres:

Traditional
Thrash
Power
Progressive
Death
Black
Doom
Grindcore
Gothic

Thanks in advance guys and girls :beer:

Pattlehed



P.S.

I should add that i am going to be conducting this poll at other metal message boards, so if you are a member of other sites, please post your list on only one site, Thanks

 

[waif]

we've tried this before. it won't work. sorry.
But I'll give it a shot.
I'll only post for the genres I know anything at all about. And even then my experience is sadly limited.

Traditional
Venom - Black Metal
Iron Maiden - Peace Of Mind
Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
Motorhead - Bomber
Manowar - Kings Of Metal

Thrash
Kreator - Enemy Of God
Sodom - M16
Testament - The Gathering
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Slayer - Reign In Blood

Power
Avantasia - The Metal Opera Pt. 1
Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
Human Fortress - Lord Of Earth And Heaven's Heir
Elvenking - Heathenreel (folk/power and there's nothing for folk...)
Rhapsody - Symphony Of Enchanted Lands

Progressive
Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
Orphaned Land - Mabool
Three - The End Is Begun
Queensryche - Empire

Death
Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
Amon Amarth - Once Sent From The Golden Hall
In Flames - Subterranean
Dark Tranquility - The Gallery
Vital Remains - Dechristianize

Black
Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
Emperor - Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire And Demise
Gorgoroth - Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam
Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
Behemoth - ...And The Forests Dream Eternally

 

[viewerfromnihil]

-Thrash-
slayer - reign in blood
metallica - ride the lightning
warbringer - war without end
slayer - seasons in the abyss
slayer - south of heaven

-Power-
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth
Iced Earth - Horror Show
Blind Guardian - Follow the Blind
Jag Panzer - Mechanized Warfare
Stratovarious - Infinite

-Death-
Death - Human
Bloodbath - Resurrection Through Carnage
Zyklon - World ov Worms
Decapitated - Nihility
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

-Black-
Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
Immortal - Pure Holocaust
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Keep of Kalessin - Through Times of War
Mayhem - Grand Declaration of War

-Doom-
1000 Funerals - Portrait of a Dream
Ahab - Call of the Wretched Sea
Celtic Frost - Monotheist
Trist - Sebevrazedni Andele

 

[Belligerent]

Traditional
Don't listen to much traditional so...

Doom:
Isole - Bliss of Solitude
Novembers Doom - The Pale Haunt Departure
Rapture - Futile
Type O Negative - October Rust
Funeral - From These Wounds

Thrash
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Slayer - Reign in Blood


Power
I fucking hate PM.

Progressive
Porcupine Tree - FOABP
Opeth - Still Life
Green Carnation - Light of day, day of darkness
Opeth - BWP
Liquid Tension Experiment


Death
Death - Symbolic
Hypocrisy - Self titled
In Flames - The Jester Race
Carcass - Heartwork
Bloodbath - Nightmares Made Flesh

Black
Immortal - Sons of the N.Darkness
Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
Keep of Kalessin - Armada
Enslaved - Below the Lights
Nachtmystium - Instinct Decay

__________________

 

[waif]

Death
Death - Symbolic
Hypocrisy - Self titled
In Flames - The Jester Race
Carcass - Heartwork
Bloodbath - Nightmares Made Flesh

 

[zabu of nΩd]

lol @ :beer:

Trad:
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Motorhead - Overkill
Judas Priest - Stained Class
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Venom - Welcome to Hell

Thrash:
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Slayer - Reign in Blood

Prog:
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Dream Theater - Scenes From a Memory
Opeth - Morningrise
Opeth - Still Life
Opeth - Blackwater Park

Black:
Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Bathory - Blood Fire Death
Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk

 

[Belligerent]

@WAIF, All essential d00de

 

[waif]

I thought we were doing favs rather than essentials...
but needless to say that entire list is fucking awesome.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Pantera isn't fucking thrash.

 

[Belligerent]

but needless to say that entire list is fucking awesome.

Yea...i rule...

Pantera isn't fucking thrash.

That album is. It's thrash with groove elements, now how many times are we going to go over this.

 

[waif]

Cowboys and Vulgar are definitely thrash. After that it's blurry.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

I'm pretty sure "groove metal" is a much more accurate term for those albums.

 

[Belligerent]

Thrash/Groove buddy!

 

[pattlehed]

please, no arguing, the genre's are loose guidelines, i can't list all possible genres, there's too many.

 

[pattlehed]

P.S. Thanks for the responses thus far

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Argument is the essence of this forum, noob.

 

[supseudonymous]

Traditional-
Judas Priest - Stained Class
Iron Maiden - Killers
Angel Witch - Angel Witch
Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction
Manilla Road - Crystal Logic

Thrash -
Exodus - Bonded By Blood
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Slayer - Hell Awaits
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business
Onslaught - The Force

Power-
Helloween - Walls Of Jericho
Satan's Host - Metal From Hell
Attacker - Battle At Helm's Deep
Blind Guardian - Battalions Of Fear
Helstar - Nosferatu

Progressive-
Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian
Psychotic Waltz - A Social Grace
Queensryche- The Warning
Voivod - War And Pain
Mekong Delta - Mekong Delta

Death-
Entombed - Left Hand Path
Possessed - Seven Churches
Incantation - Onward To Golgotha
Master - Master
Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

Black-
Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
Venom - Welcome To Hell
Darkthrone - Under A Funeral Moon
Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Mercyful Fate - Melissa

Doom-
Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Reverend Bizarre - In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend
Warning - Watching From A Distance
Revelation - Salvation's Answer

 

[pattlehed]

Argument is the essence of this forum, noob.

As it is in most forums, i just wanted to be relatively easy to count stuff

 

[Einherjar86]

Doom Metal
Black Sabbath- Black Sabbath

That's all I have to say about that.

 

[tagradh]

Power:
Blind Guardian - A Night at the Opera
Turisas - The Varangian Way
Angra - Temple of Shadows
Hammerfall - Glory to the Brave
Stratovarious - Infinite

Progressive:
Augury - Concealed
Cynic - Focus
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
Negura Bunget - Om
Anathema - A Blessing in Disguise

Death:
Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris
In Flames - The Jester Race
Decapitated - Winds of Creation
Mithras - Forever Advancing... Legions
Kronos - The Hellenic Terror

Black:
Spite Extreme Wing - Magnificat
Enslaved - Eld
Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God
Immortal - At the Heart of Winter
Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger

Grindcore:
Nasum - Shift
Nasum - Helvete
Pig Destroyer- Terrifyer
Rotten Sound - Murderworks
Brutal Truth - Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses

Doom:
Daylight Dies - Dismantling Devotion
Acid Bath - When the Kite String Pops
Amorphis - The Karelian Isthmus
Mar De Grises - The Tatterdemalion Express
Katatonia - Viva Emptiness