[Music] Essential Metal Albums

[celhiata]

You forgot Amon amarth (Twilight of the thunder god is my personal favorite album) into Viking Metal!

[Deleted]

You forgot Amon amarth (Twilight of the thunder god is my personal favorite album) into Viking Metal!

It's under melo-death. Defining Amon Amarth is a pain in the arse.

[Deleted]

Where's Avenged Sevenfold? =O Also you could add "TINAGOWTFAY" (This Is Not A Game Of Who The Fuck Are You) under... erhm I'd call it jazz metal really, they're a band from Sweden, only released one album so far (101010) but it's really good, especially the drummer, he's insane =O Check 'em out! =D

[Fleaz]

Nu-metal should have only 1 in it... Deftones - around the fur.

[Deleted]

Black Metal - Rotting Christ

Power Metal - Stratovarius and Aggra, too

[Rosur]

Needs some Iron Savior added to power metal either Condition Red (2002)\ Battering Ram (2004)\ The Landing (2011) the rest are also good but those are my favourite.

Also have an album that needs to be added to melodic death metal:
The Unguided - Hell Frost Grooveshark link

[Badpaladin]

It's under melo-death. Defining Amon Amarth is a pain in the arse.

Not really. It's melodeath with folk elements here and there and obvious viking themes to their lyrics.

[Ulvhedner]

Viking Metal
Einherjer - Blot (2003), Norwegian Native Art (2000)

Progressive not entirely sure what sub-genre
Vintersorg - Visions from the Spiral Generator (2002)
Borknagar - Empiricism (2001)
Solefald - Norrøn Livskunst (2010)
Cronian - Enterprise (2008)

Melodic Black Metal
Covenant/The Kovenant - Nexus Polaris (2008)

Neoclassical Progressive Metal
Winds - The Imaginary Direction of Time (2004)

Avant-garde Metal
Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom (2006)

Progressive Metal
Ayreon - The Human Equation (2004)

Power Metal
Thunderstone - The Burning (2004)
Nocturnal Rites - Grand Illusion (2005)
Demons & Wizards - Demons & Wizards (1999)
Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge (2008)

Progressive Death Metal
In Vain - The Latter Rain (2007)

Hands down, Einherjer has the best viking metal after Windir

The bands under progressive not sure what sub-genre all have the same sound, mainly because they share a lot of the musicians, but there is a definite sound that which in my opinion is enough to make it a sub-genre of some sort.

Alestorm might not be the greatest band but hell, pirate metal is mandatory in every metal collection

[Nikkaszal]

I guess you'd label it "Symphonic Metal" (I'm no good with genre classification):

Nightwish - Dark Passion Play (2007)

[Vulcanasm]

Suggested adds: (Genres as you stated them, except where noted)

Aeternus - Beyond the Wandering Moon (1996)
Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit (2010)
Immortal - All Shall Fall (2011)
Impaled Nazarene - Ugra Karma, Nihil
---No, I don't know the year
Marduk - Panzer Division Marduk (1999)
Motorhead - 1916 (1988), Bastards (1993), Inferno (2005)
---Above all else, please add 1916, since it's the only Motorhead album that got a Grammy nomination, and was their best selling by far. I suggest Inferno because it is a masterpiece.
The Ruins of Beverast - Foulest Semen of a Sheltered Elite (2009)
--Black metal. This is obscure, but magnificent. I don't understand why they're not better known.
Watain - Sworn to the Dark (2007)
---Black metal

Suggested replacements:
Bal-Sagoth - Battle Magic (1999) ***REPLACE WITH*** Starfire Burning Upon the Ice-Veiled Throne of Ultima Thule (1997)
---Sorry, "Battle Magic" is often called their weakest album. Even the Marvel-comics-themed "Power Cosmic" was a better example of this genre.

[Deleted]

definately cowboys from hell by pantera (groove metal)
white zombie - La sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol:3 (groove metal)
Deftones - Diamond Eyes (Nu-Metal?)
Everytime i die - Hot Damn!(Metalcore)
Mastodon - Leviathan (Sludge/progressive metal)
Metallica - Death Magnetic (first metal i listened to so i would consider it essential to people that may be starting to get into metal - Thrash/Heavy metal)
Volbeat - The strength/the sound/the songs (rockabilly with awesome heavy riffs)
Anthrax - Among the living (thrash metal)
Slayer - hell awaits or reign in blood (thrash metal)

just a few of what i consider to be essential albums

[Kalyyn]

Wow, I don't know how I've never seen this thread before. Anyway OP, your power and folk metal lists are excellent, if maybe a bit short. Carry on being awesome \m/

[Deleted]

Wow, I don't know how I've never seen this thread before. Anyway OP, your power and folk metal lists are excellent, if maybe a bit short. Carry on being awesome \m/

I don't think the OP is around anymore. His last post was on 20. June 2011 and his last edit of this thread on the 21st. If you want this continued I think someone needs to start a new one, this one is dead.

[Kivimetsan]

Power Metal:
Sonata Arctica - The End of This Chapter.

Im surprised at least one of their albums isn't on this list ^_^

Prog Metal:

Gojira - The Way of All Flesh and/or any of their other albums.

[Kalyyn]

I don't think the OP is around anymore. His last post was on 20. June 2011 and his last edit of this thread on the 21st. If you want this continued I think someone needs to start a new one, this one is dead.

I'd do it, but my list would suck for most people. I really only listen to power/symphonic/folk metal.

[azazal]

were the f are nightwish under symphonic????? they have tons of great albums under tarja and annette

[Deleted]

were the f are nightwish under symphonic????? they have tons of great albums under tarja and annette

Perhaps because they're not ESSENTIAL listening? Haha. My Mum is practically obsessed with them, loved them when Tarja was singer, got tickets to a show with Annette, she was never the same again. Heartbroken at just how bad Annette is. I think I actually saw her cry.

Anyways, my input, maybe not essential but great metal albums - Machine Head "Unto The Locust" and Five Finger Death Punch "Way of the Fist"

[Crush]

Very cool thread ^^

Thrash metal - Enemy of god - Kreator

Melodic death metal
Amon amarth - Surtur's rising

[Sengiratolom]

Folk/Viking Metal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reOL...LX0Q9U&index=1

[Sky High]

looking through this thread and I don't think I've seen a single mention of Sleep or High on Fire. what the actual fuck.

Sleep's story for Dopesmoker is interesting considering they made an album that is one song but that song is over an hour long.

these guys fit right along Electric Wizard for Doom/Stoner metal.

High on Fire which has the bassist from sleep as the front man is much more thrash/sludge/classic heavy metal oriented.