Originally Posted by Mondo Bungle

Faith No More - Angel Dust (1992)

You're welcome, SOAD, Deftones, whatever else. Having been mostly written before Mike Patton joined the band, The Real Thing remained an off-kilter heavy metal album, with some funk and alternative thrown in, but when he spilled his musical genius all over the song writing of Angel Dust, it really made something wonderful. Obviously a landmark in the world of alternative music, it pushed the envelope to some extreme degree and remains highly influential due to it's experimentation and delivery. Maybe you're not the biggest fan of the movements that this helped get going, all those alternative and later nu-metal bands, or even all those experimental bands i.e. Dog Fashion Disco, or this album/band itself, but you can't deny it's influence, and how god damn awesome it is.