top albums of all time

Ok

Death - Symbolic
Antidote - The Truth
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Metallica - And Justice
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Symphony X - V
Dio - Holy Diver
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Trouble - s/t
Vektor - Black Future
Hexen - Being and Nothingness
Judas Priest - British Steel
Exmortus - Slave to the Sword :P
 
^ I own 4 Rainbow albums, my favorite is probably Rising. They all have some quality music on them though. I only know the popular Deep Purple songs, I'd be up to listen to more.
 
Top 10 ish or so:

Ihsahn – After
Enslaved – RIITIR
Entombed – Clandestine
Slayer – Reign in Blood
Iron Maiden – Killers
Sepultura – Beneath the Remains
Shining – V Halmstad
Opeth – BWP
Arcturus – The Sham Mirrors
Burst – Lazarus Bird
Mastodon – Crack the Skye
Morbid Angel – Altars of Madness
Leprous – Tall Poppy Syndrome
Metallica – Ride the Lighting
 
Behemoth - Demigod
The Monolith Deathcult - Triumvirate
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
Death - Leprosy
Atheist - Piece of Time
Testament - Practice What You Preach
Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
Slayer - Reign In Blood
Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Venom - Welcome to Hell
Destruction - The Antichrist
Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
Solstice - Solstice
Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten
Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

Some for the importance and some for me personal favorite
 
Aeternus - Beyond the Wandering Moon
Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Bolt Thrower - Realm of Chaos
The Chasm - Procession to the Infraworld
Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
Gorgoroth - Pentagram
Immolation - Close to a World Below
Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction
Mortuary Drape - All the Witches Dance
Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence
Rotting Christ - Thy Mighty Contract
Sacramentum - Far Away From the Sun
Satan - Court in the Act
Scorpions - In Trance

Missing loads. Can't narrow it any further.
 
Black Sabbath - Heaven & Hell
Iron Maiden - Brave New World
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Mastodon - Leviathan
Rainbow - Rising
the Melvins - Hostile Ambient Takeover
Spirit Caravan - Jug Fulla Sun
Bathory - Twilight of the Gods
Enslaved - Vertebrae
Orange Goblin - The Big Black
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Grand Magus - Hammer of the North
Thin Lizzy - Johnny The Fox
Isis - Oceanic
Neurosis - A Sun That Never Sets
Corrosion of Conformity - Deliverance
Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
Demons & Wizards - S/T
Ashbury - Endless Skies
Rush - Grace Under Pressure
High on Fire - Death is this Communion
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun
Testament - The Legacy
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

All of those are damn near perfect for me.
 
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Death - Symbolic
Fear Factory - Demanufacture
Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
Immolation - Majesty and Decay
Melechesh - The Epigenesis
Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked
 
I'm shocked that people prefer Trouble's S/T over Psalm 9 or The Skull.

Candlemass - Nightfall
Agalloch - Pale Folklore
Roky Erickson - The Evil One
Altar of Oblivion - Sinews of Anguish
Doomsword - My Name Will Live On, Resound the Horn
Black Widow - Sacrifice
The Moody Blues - On the Threshold of a Dream
Opeth - Deliverance or BWP
Pentagram - Day of Reckoning
Pagan Altar - Lords of Hypocrisy
Reverend Bizarre - In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend
Rotting Christ - Non Serviam
Solstice - New Dark Age
Witchfinder General - Death Penalty
Trouble - Psalm 9
 
In ABC order... please forgive an old dude of 46! :grin:

Restless & Wild - Accept
Metal Heart - Accept
The Return of Martha Splatterhead - The Accused
Grinning Like An Undertaker - The Accused
Bad Brains - Bad Brains
Highway To Hell - AC/DC
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath
Mob Rules - Black Sabbath
Survival - Bob Marley
Bruce Dickinson - Chemical Wedding
Gore Obsessed - Cannibal Corpse
To Mega Therion - Celtic Frost
Life of Dreams - Crumbsuckers
Danzig - Danzig
Plastic Surgery Disasters - Dead Kennedys
Holy Diver - Dio
Dealing With It - D.R.I.
In Rock - Deep Purple
Machine Head - Deep Purple
Morrison Hotel - The Doors
Heavy Metal Maniac - Exciter
Bonded By Blood - Exodus
Horror Epics - The Exploited
The Director's Cut - Fantomas
Brigade - Heart
The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
Piece of Mind - Iron Maiden
Powerslave - Iron Maiden
Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix
Sin After Sin - Judas Priest
British Steel - Judas Priest
Fatal Portrait - King Diamond
Abigail - King Diamond
Melissa - Mercyful Fate
Don't Break The Oath - Mercyful Fate
Love Gun - Kiss
Immaculate Deception - Ludichrist
Ride The Lightning - Metallica
Master of Puppets - Metallica
USA for MOD - M.O.D.
Legacy of Brutality - Misfits
Ace of Spades - Motorhead
Overkill - Motorhead
Back With A Bong - Murphy's Law
Game Over - Nuclear Assault
Diary of a Madman - Ozzy
Rising - Rainbow
Ramones - Ramones
Rush - Exit Stage Left
Speak English or Die - S.O.D.
Saxon - Strong Arm of the Law
Power and the Glory - Saxon
Slayer - Hell Awaits
Slayer - Reign In Blood
Son of Sam - Into The Night
SRV - Texas Flood
Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones
Twisted Sister - Under the Blade
Voivod - Killing Technology
Voivod - Dimension Hatross