102. Converge - Jane Doe (2001)
More metalcore is needed.
Considered by many to be the pinnacle of metalcore, this is a cohesive, mad man's breakfast of mathcore, death metal, grindcore, thrash, sludge, and god knows what else. Simply calling this metalcore is a disservice due to it's diversity. Brutal and savage songs - that put most extreme metal to shame to be honest - sit next to oddball, experimental songs such as "Hell to Pay" and the title track, and dear god does it work.
While abrasive, extreme, and often dissonant, this album still manages to (occasionally) fit in catchy melodies which many of their contemporaries would be hard-pressed, or just unwilling, to include in their unlistenable sound. Converge are simply a brilliant, highly innovative metal/hardcore band who strain at the confines of their genre, both defining and ignoring it as suits their whims. I certainly can't fault many in the metal community for considering this the best metalcore album of all time.