Best Metal Albums Ever (IMO)

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Best Metal Albums Ever (IMO)

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A list by
matthewdurham
Created
May 09, 2017
Entries
141
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Metal albums that blow me away every time I hear them. Loosely ordered... list gets less organized as it goes on. My favorite song from each album is included.
141.
1.
Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
Home
141.
2.
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Land of Sunshine
141.
3.
Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
The Glass Prison
141.
4.
Tool - Ænima
Forty Six & 2
141.
5.
Metallica - ...And Justice For All
Blackened
141.
6.
Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World
Believe in Nothing
141.
7.
Tool - Lateralus
Lateralus
141.
8.
Dream Theater - Images And Words
Learning to Live
141.
9.
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
Somewhat Damaged
141.
10.
Machine Head - The Blackening
Halo
141.
11.
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
141.
12.
Killswitch Engage - Alive Or Just Breathing
My Last Serenade
141.
13.
Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
This Godless Endeavor
141.
14.
Disturbed - Ten Thousand Fists
Pain Redefined
141.
15.
Faith No More - The Real Thing
The Real Thing
141.
16.
Testament - The Gathering
Riding the Snake
141.
17.
Dream Theater - Octavarium
Octavarium
141.
18.
Chevelle - La Gárgola
An Island
141.
19.
Opeth - Deliverance
Deliverance
141.
20.
Metallica - Metallica
The Unforgiven
141.
21.
Sevendust - Animosity
Dead Set
141.
22.
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Gravity Eyelids
141.
23.
Alter Bridge - The Last Hero
The Last Hero
141.
24.
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Master of Puppets
141.
25.
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Powerslave
141.
26.
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Fade to Black
141.
27.
Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
Spirit Crusher
141.
28.
Chevelle - This Type Of Thinking (Could Do Us In)
Emotional Drought
141.
29.
Machine Head - Through The Ashes Of Empires
All Falls Down
141.
30.
Disturbed - Indestructible
Deceiver
141.
31.
Death - Symbolic
Crystal Mountain
141.
32.
Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
To Tame a Land
141.
33.
Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane
Rope Ends
141.
34.
Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
Freedom
141.
35.
Tool - Undertow
Sober
141.
36.
Dream Theater - Awake
Voices
141.
37.
Slipknot - Iowa
The Heretic Anthem
141.
38.
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Closer
141.
39.
Alter Bridge - Fortress
Cry of Achilles
141.
40.
Avenged Sevenfold - The Stage
Exist
141.
41.
Katatonia - Viva Emptiness
Ghost of the Sun
141.
42.
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I
November Rain
141.
43.
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II
Locomotive
141.
44.
Entombed - Wolverine Blues
Hollowman
141.
45.
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Hangar 18
141.
46.
Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
Crimson (obviously)
141.
47.
Maudlin Of The Well - Bath
Geometry
141.
48.
Maudlin Of The Well - Leaving Your Body Map
Sleep Is a Curse
141.
49.
Carcass - Heartwork
Buried Dreams
141.
50.
Anathema - Alternative 4
Fragile Dreams
141.
51.
Testament - The Ritual
Return to Serenity
141.
52.
Nevermore - The Politics Of Ecstasy
Next in Line
141.
53.
Tool - 10,000 Days
The Pot
141.
54.
Chevelle - Wonder What's Next
Family System
141.
55.
Dream Theater - Train Of Thought
This Dying Soul
141.
56.
Deftones - White Pony
Passenger
141.
57.
Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct
Spit Out the Bone
141.
58.
Faith No More - King For A Day... Fool For A Lifetime
Evidence
141.
59.
Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings
The Count of Tuscany
141.
60.
Slayer - Reign In Blood
Angel of Death
141.
61.
Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
The Mission
141.
62.
Chevelle - The North Corridor
Door to Door Cannibals
141.
63.
Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare
Nightmare
141.
64.
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Bleak
141.
65.
Disillusion - Back To Times Of Splendor
Fall
141.
66.
Carcass - Swansong
Black Star
141.
67.
Testament - Low
Low
141.
68.
Machine Head - Unto The Locust
Locust
141.
69.
Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet
Anesthetize
141.
70.
Kamelot - The Black Halo
March of Mephisto
141.
71.
Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers
Sound the Alarm
141.
72.
Ayreon - The Human Equation
Loser
141.
73.
Godsmack - Faceless
Release the Demons
141.
74.
Death - Human
Lack of Comprehension
141.
75.
Metallica - Load
Thorn Within
141.
76.
Kamelot - Epica
The Edge of Paradise
141.
77.
Korn - Take A Look In The Mirror
Y'all Want a Single
141.
78.
Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
In the Presence of Enemies, Pt. 2
141.
79.
Chevelle - Sci-Fi Crimes
This Circus
141.
80.
Gojira - From Mars To Sirius
Flying Whales
141.
81.
Cynic - Focus
Veil of Maya
141.
82.
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Hit the Lights
141.
83.
Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance
July
141.
84.
Anthrax - For All Kings
Breathing Lightning
141.
85.
Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black
Dreaming Neon Black
141.
86.
Living Colour - Vivid
Desperate People
141.
87.
Deftones - Diamond Eyes
You've Seen the Butcher
141.
88.
Symphony X - The Odyssey
The Odyssey
141.
89.
Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
Falling Snow
141.
90.
The Gathering - Mandylion
Strange Machines
141.
91.
Paradise Lost - Icon
Embers Fire
141.
92.
Dream Theater - The Astonishing
A New Beginning
141.
93.
Nevermore - Nevermore
What Tomorrow Knows
141.
94.
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
The Grand Conjuration
141.
95.
Swallow The Sun - The Morning Never Came
Swallow
141.
96.
Bathory - Hammerheart
Father to Son
141.
97.
Necrophagist - Epitaph
Stabwound
141.
98.
Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
The Divine Wings of Tragedy
141.
99.
Death - Spiritual Healing
Spiritual Healing
141.
100.
Korn - Korn
Blind
141.
101.
Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
Caught Somewhere in Time
141.
102.
System Of A Down - Toxicity
Toxicity
141.
103.
Atheist - Piece Of Time
Piece of Time
141.
104.
Killswitch Engage - As Daylight Dies
My Curse
141.
105.
Slayer - Hell Awaits
Hell Awaits
141.
106.
Queensrÿche - Empire
Silent Lucidity
141.
107.
Gojira - Magma
Silvera
141.
108.
Deicide - Deicide
Dead by Dawn
141.
109.
Immolation - Dawn Of Possession
Into Everlasting Fire
141.
110.
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
Mother Man
141.
111.
Entombed - Clandestine
Living Dead
141.
112.
Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss
Dead Skin Mask
141.
113.
Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction
Foreclosure of a Dream
141.
114.
Obituary - Cause Of Death
Infected
141.
115.
Napalm Death - Harmony Corruption
Suffer the Children
141.
116.
Mastodon - Leviathan
Blood and Thunder
141.
117.
Alice In Chains - Dirt
Would?
141.
118.
Mr. Bungle - California
Pink Cigarette
141.
119.
Disturbed - The Sickness
Droppin' Plates
141.
120.
Korn - Follow The Leader
Freak on a Leash
141.
121.
Porcupine Tree - The Incident
Octane Twisted
141.
122.
Dream Theater - Falling Into Infinity
Lines in the Sand
141.
123.
Disturbed - Believe
Remember
141.
124.
Testament - The Formation Of Damnation
More Than Meets the Eye
141.
125.
Machine Head - Burn My Eyes
Old
141.
126.
Alter Bridge - AB III
Isolation
141.
127.
Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn Of Events
Breaking All Illusions
141.
128.
Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious
Corporal Jigsore Quandary
141.
129.
Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness
Light of Day, Day of Darkness (obviously)
141.
130.
All That Remains - This Darkened Heart
Focus Shall Not Fail
141.
131.
Metallica - Death Magnetic
The End of the Line
141.
132.
Avenged Sevenfold - City Of Evil
Burn It Down
141.
133.
Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power
Walk
141.
134.
Anthrax - Persistence Of Time
Got the Time
141.
135.
Opeth - Morningrise
Advent
141.
136.
Testament - Practice What You Preach
Practice What You Preach
141.
137.
Death - Individual Thought Patterns
The Philosopher
141.
138.
Cannibal Corpse - The Bleeding
Stripped, Raped & Strangled
141.
139.
Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses
Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All)
141.
140.
Pain Of Salvation - Scarsick
Scarsick
141.
141.
Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
Brave
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