Top Ten Heavy Metal Albums of All Time

[TRBNGR]

listed in no particular order.

Danzig - Danzig I
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
Danzig - Danzig II Lucifuge
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Tool - Undertow
Slayer - South of Heaven
Kyuss - Blues For the Red Sun

An Honorable Mention goes to any Sam Hain album, esp. November Coming Fire.

RIP Dimebag! A true legend of metal...

[Paluka]

Top 10 in no particular order:

Slayer- Reign In Blood
Dillinger Escape Plan- Calculating Infinity
Neurosis- Through Silver in Blood
Neurosis- The Word As Law
Converge- Petitioning the Empty Sky
Cave In- Until Your Heart Stops
Bloodlet- Entheogen
Deadguy- Fixation On A Co-worker
Integrity- Those Who Fear Tomorrow
Botch- We Are The Romans

This of off the top of my head, I'm probably forgetting some.

[Paluka]

This should be in Other Other Topics, I thought that was where I was...

[Benal]

Mudvayne - L.D. 50

[Iplayragstoo]

I know this may get some flaming, but I still consider it on the heavery side...Rush 2112 /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[Turning Stone Pro]

a.k.a. Master of Puppets. end of discussion.

TSP

[eric5148]

Rush is good, I won't flame you, it's just not metal.

[eric5148]

[ QUOTE ]
Mudvayne - L.D. 50

[/ QUOTE ]

I agree, very underrated album.

No Meshuggah fans here? Chaosphere would easily make my top ten. Fear Factory - Demanufacture would in there as well.

[KJS]

Dude,

Marilyn Manson, Danzig and Tool are NOT metal!

Real Top 10:

Reign in Blood by Slayer
The Bleeding by Cannibal Corpse
Mercenary by Bolt Thrower
Split Program by Caliban/Heaven Shall Burn
Prowlers in the Yard by Pig Destroyer
American Nervoso by Botch
Poisoning by Blessing the Hogs
Once Upon The Cross by Deicide
Inwards by Dew Scented
Embalmed Existence by Resurrection

KJS

[thirddan]

i like both mudvayne and meshuggah, as well as dillinger, but they are not in the top ten of all time...

[thirddan]

im not sure how Paranoid - Black Sabbath hasn't been mentioned yet...

[beernutz]

You beat me to it. A heavy metal list with no Sabbath--sacrilege!

[Rushmore]

[ QUOTE ]
Dude,

Marilyn Manson, Danzig and Tool are NOT metal!

Real Top 10:

Reign in Blood by Slayer
The Bleeding by Cannibal Corpse
Mercenary by Bolt Thrower
Split Program by Caliban/Heaven Shall Burn
Prowlers in the Yard by Pig Destroyer
American Nervoso by Botch
Poisoning by Blessing the Hogs
Once Upon The Cross by Deicide
Inwards by Dew Scented
Embalmed Existence by Resurrection

KJS

[/ QUOTE ]

This man knows metal. It's gigantic, convulsive terror in the form of music.

That said, I'd rather listen to Pantera's Great Southern Trendkill or Metallica's Ride The Lightning or Tool's Lateralus than Old Man's Son or Cannibal Corpse or Mayhem.

But that's just me. I'm an aristocrat.

But damn, that sh*t is hardcore. Kinda goofy, in its own way, but damned hardcore.

[nothumb]

If I still listened to metal (I don't really), I would make sure my list included Sabbath's "Paranoid" and at least one album by The Crown. That band is brutal.

Also, Reign in Blood and South of Heaven are definitely, definitely on the list.

And where's the Maiden? Come on.

NT

[bugstud]

So many semantics, so little time.

Kinda depends on what you categorize metal is, I guess.

[Aceshigh7]

I see alot of stuff in this thread that I wouldn't even classify as metal, nonetheless, here is my top 10, in no particular order.

Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
Bruce Dickinson - Accident of Birth
Pantera - Cowboys from Hell
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Dio - Holy Diver
Iron Maiden - Live After Death
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Metallica - Ride the Lighting
Black Label Society - 1918

[3rdCheckRaise]

RIGHT ON, DUDE!!!

[DonWaade]

I agree. 2112 is classic but not metal

[DonWaade]

[ QUOTE ]
And where's the Maiden? Come on.

[/ QUOTE ]

Good call. Cannot believe Number of the Beast is not on there

[DonWaade]

[ QUOTE ]
I see alot of stuff in this thread that I wouldn't even classify as metal, nonetheless, here is my top 10, in no particular order.

Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
Bruce Dickinson - Accident of Birth
Pantera - Cowboys from Hell
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Dio - Holy Diver
Iron Maiden - Live After Death
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Metallica - Ride the Lighting
Black Label Society - 1918

[/ QUOTE ]

Rust in Peace was good, but I loved So Far So Good So What

[TimTimSalabim]

Rush is too good to be considered alongside this crap. (Go ahead, flame me!)

[johnb]

1. Appetite for Destruction - Guns and Roses
2. Highway to Hell - AC/DC
3. Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath (Flame away but, at a time when metal was in a lull in the late 70's, this is one of the albums that kicked it back into high gear)
4. Blizzard of OZ- Ozzy Osbourne (with the late great Randy Rhodes)
5. Montrose - by Montrose with a 17 year old Sammy Hagar on Lead vocals.
6. Ace of Spades - Motorhead. The best gambling heavy metal song ever. "We want to be the type of band that if we move in next door to you, your grass dies." Lemmy.
7. Any of Led Zeppelins first three albums.
8. British Steel - Judas Priest
9. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
10. The Black Album - Metallica

[Luv2DriveTT]

MANOWAR - Death to False Metal.

[DonWaade]

How do you have mostly all 70's albums and some 80's but then put Metalica Black on the same list? All of your choices are great albums. Great. But Metallica Black does not belong on a list with the words, "Old School" in it.

[Aceshigh7]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
I see alot of stuff in this thread that I wouldn't even classify as metal, nonetheless, here is my top 10, in no particular order.

Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
Bruce Dickinson - Accident of Birth
Pantera - Cowboys from Hell
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Dio - Holy Diver
Iron Maiden - Live After Death
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Metallica - Ride the Lighting
Black Label Society - 1918

[/ QUOTE ]

Rust in Peace was good, but I loved So Far So Good So What

[/ QUOTE ]

That was a great album too. I remember reading an interview with Dave Mustaine that said this was during the days when they were heavily into drugs, and the band took their advance from the record company that was supposed to go towards the production of So Far,So Good, So What, and blew it all on drugs. Then they had to scrape together what little money they had and record the album with just a few thousand dollars.

[Losing all]

1- Down I
2- Slayer, south of heaven
3- Maiden, Beast
4- Slayer, reign in blood
5- Metallica- Master
6- Slayer- Hell awaits
7- Sabbath, Paranoid
8- Clutch II
9- Pantera, Far beyond driven
10- hmmm, peace sells, ride the lightning, any other slayer, blah blah blah.

[bunky9590]

Has nobody mentioned Theater of Pain? That's a bloddy crime.

One of my personal main stream favorites that should not be on the list though, is...

Warrant: Dirty, rotten, filthy, stinking rich.

Bunch of good songs on there.

[Aceshigh7]

[ QUOTE ]
Has nobody mentioned Theater of Pain? That's a bloddy crime.

One of my personal main stream favorites that should not be on the list though, is...

Warrant: Dirty, rotten, filthy, stinking rich.

Bunch of good songs on there.

[/ QUOTE ]

LOL, my friends think im a wuss for jamming to songs off of Cherry Pie. I agree, they did some good stuff.

[Luv2DriveTT]

let me say it again..... MANOWAR. The GODS of METAL!

http://mcm.netsville.com/merch/images/cds/cd_ftw.jpg

http://mcm.netsville.com/merch/images/cds/cd_igr.jpg

Death to False Metal!

TT

[Aceshigh7]

Hail and Kill!!!!!!! Manowar is true metal.

"May your sword stay wet, like a young girl in her prime."

Best lyric ever. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Luv2DriveTT]

Sup Bro!

Manowar!!!! Born to Live Forevermore! The right to conquor Every Shore!

My former neighbor went out with the bass player. They wrote operettas together. Wierdos...

Death to False Metal!

TT /images/graemlins/club.gif

lol... Manowar suck. But boy are they fun to make fun of!

[realwtf]

http://img3.exs.cx/img3/1016/71-manowaranthology.jpg

Manowar - Freaking ROCK!

[TripleH68]

You all too young to have listened to Iron Maiden?

[jakethebake]

[ QUOTE ]
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/1016/71-manowaranthology.jpg

Manowar - Freaking ROCK!

[/ QUOTE ]
They probably drop a ROCK in each other's asses every night. Look at them...LOL.

[34TheTruth34]

[ QUOTE ]
Manowar suck. But boy are they fun to make fun of!

[/ QUOTE ]


looking at their album covers, I can't see what you'd possibly have to make fun of them about...

[Paul2432]

Crest of a Knave by Jethro Tull

Paul

[jakethebake]

[ QUOTE ]
Crest of a Knave by Jethro Tull
Paul

[/ QUOTE ]
Can you really consider any band with a flute to be metal?

[Iplayragstoo]

They are a different breed altogether..seen them over 30 times, and every tour since the early 80's. I have seen sabbath, Ozzy, Motley crew, Billy Joel, Peter Gabrial, and many other bands from many different kinds of music backgrounds....but no one, and I mean no one, can top a live Rush show /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Luv2DriveTT]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Manowar suck. But boy are they fun to make fun of!

[/ QUOTE ]


looking at their album covers, I can't see what you'd possibly have to make fun of them about...

[/ QUOTE ]


Its more than that... this is LITTERALLY the band that inspired Spinal Tap. But there is one cool thing about them, their origional guitarist - Ross the Boss, was the bass play for the Dictators. One of the first ever punk bands.

Oh, did I mention the lead singer (in the thong) is operatically trained. Thats right folks.... it doesn't get funnier than this.

TT /images/graemlins/club.gif

[Paul2432]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Crest of a Knave by Jethro Tull
Paul

[/ QUOTE ]
Can you really consider any band with a flute to be metal?

[/ QUOTE ]

Well it was a joke, that either no one got, or no one thought was funny. Probably the latter.

CoaK won the first ever grammy award (1989) in the heavy metal category much to the surprise the heavily favored Metallica and Jethro Tull themselves. In fact, no one from JT was even at the ceremony because they thought it was ridiculous to be even nominated let alone win.

Paul

[Aceshigh7]

Man, I've got to say, I never imagined I would ever see a thread mentioning Manowar on 2+2.

Yea, they are very over the top and cheesy (almost all their songs are about knights, dragons, and being "true" metal), listening to them still brings a smile to my face. They keep getting record deals cause they have quite a following over in Europe. I'd like to see them live but they don't tour the states much at all, mostly overseas.

"Defender" is a great song that has a voiceover by Orson Welles.

[jakethebake]

http://mcm.netsville.com/merch/images/cds/cd_igr.jpg

Anyone that looks like that, I don't even wanna know what kinda "glory ride" they're singing about. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Luv2DriveTT]

[ QUOTE ]
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/1016/71-manowaranthology.jpg

Manowar - Freaking ROCK!

[/ QUOTE ]


LOL... I'm still cracking up over this photo....

All your metal threads are belong to us!

TT /images/graemlins/club.gif

[ethan]

[ QUOTE ]
Crest of a Knave by Jethro Tull

Paul

[/ QUOTE ]

I get it.

[eric5148]

[ QUOTE ]
How do you have mostly all 70's albums and some 80's but then put Metalica Black on the same list? All of your choices are great albums. Great. But Metallica Black does not belong on a list with the words, "Old School" in it.

[/ QUOTE ]

This was the album where they stopped playing metal altogether, no way it belongs on any top ten list.