The Top 5 Greatest Metal CD's
 

1. Ozzy Ozzbourne/Black Sabbath- Speak of the Devil(live)
2. Megadeth- Countdown to Extinction
3. Dio- The Very Beast of Dio
4. Metallica- Ride the Lightning
5. Pantera- Vulgar Display of Power


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Slayer- Seasons in the Abyss or Reign in Blood
Motorhead- Ace of Spades
Skid Row- Slave to the Grind or the self titled
Helloween- Keeper of the 7 Keys (parts 1 & 2)
one for charity: Pantera- Vulgar Display of Power

I think Motorheads best album is Overkill.
I think more people say Ace Of Spades due to the fact that the title track is their most known song , but there are a hell of a lot of filler songs on it. Overkill is just quality the whole way through.

I don't even own Overkill, but Ace of Spades had good songs on it besides the popular title track (Love you Like a Reptile, We Are the Road Crew, The Chase is Better Than The Catch, THe Hammer). Everything is power riffs and elements of thrash and punk. But I trust you. Like I said, I dont own Overkill, but I'll check it out when I can.

As far as I know , over their career Overkill has always had the most songs off it played live.

I love that album , In fact i`ll make it no 1 on my top 5.

1. Motorhead - Overkill
2. Slayer - Reign In Blood
3. Black Sabbath - Volume 4
4. Judas Priest - Killing Machine
5. UFO - Force It

top 5... let's see...

1.) Black Sabbath - "Master of Reality"
2.) Death - "Human"
3.) Electric Wizard - "Dopethrone"
4.) Pig Destroyer - "Prowler in the Yard"
5.) Slayer - "Reign in Blood"

honorable mentions:

Metallica - "Kill 'em All"
Megadeth - "Rust in Peace"
Opeth - "Orchid"

i don't have Valley of the Damned, which annoys me, but i have Sonic Firestorm and it's amazing, but i dunno about the top 5...
so i'll just mention

Edguy - Hellfire Club
Lost Horizon - A Flame to the Ground Beneath
Evergrey - .. Recreation Day
Iron Maiden - ...
... nah, can't do it, too many amazing albums done by each band

Not the best, but "...And Justice For All" iz good. It has the best metal song.. No wait.. The best song ever on it. "One" ^_^

Name your 5 Greatest Metal Albums
 

Mine-

Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian
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Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
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Weakling - Dead As Dreams
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Psycroptic - Scepter Of The Ancients
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Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes
No image allowed ;-(

that's actually kind of tough as there is so many but here are 5 of my favorites.

the agonist - once only imagined
devildriver - these last kind words
in flames - come clarity
lamb of god - sacrament
pantera - reinventing the steel

Between the Buried and Me - Colors

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The Human Abstract - Nocturne

Lame cover, so this is the one I'll exclude.

The Fall of Troy - Manipulator

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Cowboys From Hell - Pantera

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Fortress - Protest the Hero

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jS9Iv4g2mu...rofortress.jpg

I dig the artwork.

But do you dig the music?

I dunno. I'm tempted to give her a listen. Got an up?

Morbid Angel - Covenant

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Kreator - Pleasure to Kill

Not a decent cover, but great album.

Death - The Sound of Perseverance

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Acid Bath - When the Kite String Pops

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Bathory - Blood Fire Death

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By no means a metal purist, but for what it's worth, these are my five favourite metal albums...

October Rust - Type O negative
Terria - Devin Townsend Band
Projector - Dark Tranquility
The Dreadful Hours - My Dying Bride
Deliverance - Godkiller

I like your taste. I don't think anyone would care if its not purely metal. Everyone seems to be real chill about ppls tastes and opinions in this forum. that's why I like it. Devin Townsend has some really cool albums. Have you heard Infinity? Or Ocean Machine? Those are great too!

these are my five favorite. I'd put Some devin townsend in there but I already have strapp in my top 5

Strapping Young Lad - Alien
Decapitated - Organic Hallucinosis
Vader - The art of war
Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve
Lamb of god - As the Palaces Burn

Tracks 2-5 are pretty awesome. Especially Love Me Like a Reptile. Though Overkill is probably an overall better album, but does not have the singls that AOS does.

hahahha ethan delete it because he lvoe DragonForce but can't admit it
Mine are pretty straighforward:

Pantera - Vulgar Displays of Power
Enslaved - Mardraum: Beyond the Within
Windir - Arntor
Drudkh - Estrangement
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

Thank god. Everyone always seems to overlook that when talking about there favorite.

Pantera is getting way too much love in this thread.

I'm not going to even attempt to list the greatest metal cd's ever but I'll just do my personal top five:

At the Gates- The Red in the Sky is Ours
Mercyful Fate- Don't Break the Oath
Phlebotomized- Immense, Intense, Suspense
Nagelfar- Hunengrab im Herbst
Discordance Axis- The Inalienable Dreamless

I can't speak about any of those other four but The Inalienable Dreamless is absolutely sick. I'm not even a big fan of grindcore and it still keeps interest.

Obvious list:

Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
Iron Maiden - Live After Death
Slayer - Reign In Blood
Saxon - Strong Arm Of The Law
Metallica - Master Of Puppets

Not so obvious:

Sacrilege - Turn Back Trilobite
Gojira- From Mars To Sirius
Voivod - Dimension:Hatross
Mordred - In This Life
Martin Grech - Open Heart Zoo

I don't mind hearing Pantera get so much praise on this board - they are an awesome band, with an imposing, brutal wall of sound to their music, with even some elements of groove and blues...

I remember being awoken by them once when i was staying with some cousins and some friends - most definitely an effective alarm clock sound, waking up to the Great Southern Trendkill...

I am not much of a Metal head myself but I have always wondered why Deep Purple In Rock is not given more praise. For me easily their best album and the only one that has stood the test of time.

1. Metallica- Master of Puppets
2. Iron Maiden- Number of the Beast (only because Hallowed be thy name is the best song ever)
3. Megadeth- Rust in Peace
4. Dio- Last in Line (c'mon my name is Vivian Campbell)
5. Pantera- Cowboys From Hell

i'm not a huge metal head but my personal top 5

1 - black sabbath - paranoid
2 - fear factory - demanufacture
3 - metallica - ride the lightning
4 - mastodon - blood mountain
5 - meshuggah - destroy erase improve

You're like me Mr. Dave - not a huge metal head, yet there are some great albums in that there list of yours!

Here's my normal list -

1. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
2. Slayer - Reign In Blood
3. Metallica - Ride the lightning
4. Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
5. Death - Symbolic

Top 5 most listened to now a days -

1. Isis - Panopticon
2. Godflesh - Streetcleaner
3. Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
4. Death - Symbolic
5. Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
(Many others come very close)

And..top 5 Nostalgia factor (some of you might consider this crap/wankery/whatever but :finger:)

1. At the gates - The Red in the Sky Is Ours
2. In Flames - The Jester Race
3. Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery
4. Atheist - Unquestionable presence
5. Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky

I don't know, they're a highly unoriginal band (considering Phil stole almost everything he knew from Exhorder, a much much better band) and to put Pantera in the five top greatest metal cd's of all time is just ludicrous. I'm probably really biased but whatever. Oh and btw, Pantera's first three albums that no one listens to are better than pretty much everything else they did.

I can't believe how many responses there are to this thread and still no mention of Angel Dust. It's practically the only funk metal album worth owning. :(

The only Pantera album worth listening to is Vulgar Displays of Power, all the others are total rubbish imho. But Vulgar Displays is absolutely immense.

IMO, anything with Dimebag on it most certainly ain't rubbish, including pre- CFH "Power Metal"'. That should be remastered, ASAP.

I LOVE Angel Dust.... that album is absolutely amongst my favorites... I can't remember a single time i have pulled it out for a listen and not thoroughly enjoyed it.... one truly epic piece of, as you call it, accurately, I might add funk metal...

Over 25 years of metal, it be interesting to see a Top 5 for each genre. DM is my favorite, so my list is comprised of DM titles, not broken into sub-cats.

Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
Morbid Angel - Convenant
Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines

Just Missed

Testament - The Gathering
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss

1. Painkiller - Judas Priest
2. Reign in Blood - Slayer
3. Follow the Reaper - Children of Bodom
4. Rust in Peace - Megadeth
5. Come Clarity - In Flames

Honorable Mentions

The Formation of Damnation - Testament
Balls to the Wall - Accept

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
System of a Down - Toxicity
Slipknot - Slipknot

Wolves in the Throne Room - Two Hunters
Acid Bath - When the Kite String Pops
Edge of Sanity - Crimson
Burzum - Filosem
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - In Glorious Times

When it comes to Metal I'm a completely pretentious. :finger:

Hmmm... Filosofem over Hyvis Lyset Tar Oss and Det Som Engang Var? It's obviously an awesome album but I really don't think it matches the two aforementioned albums. And I'd take Purgatory Afterglow over Crimson. This isn't meant to be derogatory; just sayin it to start some discussion. There needs to be more metal elitists here. This forum is severely lacking.

Right so here's my top 5:

1. Opeth - Blackwater Park
2. Slayer - Reign In Blood
3. Mastodon - Leviathan
4. Faith No More - Angel Dust
5. Electric Wizard - Dopethrone

Honourable Mentions:
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Iron Maiden - Live After Death
Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath