The albums below is my definition of extreme metal music, regardless of their genre. Entire list is based only on my personal preferences in metal.
Rules:
1. One album per band
2. 305 groups/305 albums

Created by:

nikita_ducati | 18.10.2021

	1.	In Flames - Clayman 2000
	2.	Metallica - ...And Justice For All 1988
	3.	Chimaira - Chimaira 2005
	4.	Death - Symbolic 1995
	5.	Testament - The New Order 1988
	6.	Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos 2002
	7.	Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter 1999
	8.	Trivium - Shogun 2008
	9.	Arch Enemy - Wages Of Sin 2001
	10.	Fear Factory - Demanufacture 1995
	11.	Cannibal Corpse - Bloodthirst 1999
	12.	Sepultura - Arise 1991
	13.	Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia 2001
	14.	Lamb Of God - Ashes Of The Wake 2003
	15.	Morbid Angel - Covenant 1993
	16.	Megadeth - Rust In Peace 1990
	17.	Gojira - From Mars To Sirius 2005
	18.	Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas 1994
	19.	Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss 1990
	20.	Cryptopsy - None So Vile 1996
	21.	System Of A Down - Toxicity 2001
	22.	Anthrax - Among The Living 1987
	23.	Cradle Of Filth - Midian 2000
	24.	Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side 2006
	25.	Obituary - Cause Of Death 1992
	26.	Destruction - The Antichrist 2001
	27.	Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk 1997
	28.	Soulfly - Conquer 2008
	29.	Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked 2005
	30.	Killswitch Engage - Alive Or Just Breathing 2002
	31.	Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper 2000
	32.	Suffocation - Pierced From Within 1995
	33.	Behemoth - The Satanist 2014
	34.	Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power 1992
	35.	Decapitated - Winds Of Creation 2000
	36.	Overkill - Ironbound 2010
	37.	Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger 1994
	38.	Slipknot - Iowa 2001
	39.	Kreator - Coma Of Souls 1990
	40.	Deicide - The Stench Of Redemption 2006
	41.	DevilDriver - The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand 2005
	42.	Rammstein - Herzeleid 1995
	43.	Exodus - Tempo Of The Damned 2004
	44.	Immolation - Close To A World Below 2000
	45.	Marduk - Rom 5:12 2007
	46.	Meshuggah - ObZen 2008
	47.	Annihilator - Alice In Hell 1989
	48.	Dying Fetus - Destroy The Opposition 2000
	49.	At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul 1995
	50.	Machine Head - The Blackening 2007
	51.	Dark Funeral - Diabolis Interium 2001
	52.	Carcass - Heartwork 1993
	53.	Kalmah - The Black Waltz 2006
	54.	Satyricon - Nemesis Divina 1996
	55.	Death Angel - Act III 1990
	56.	Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side 1995
	57.	Paradise Lost - Draconian Times 1995
	58.	Entombed - Left Hand Path 1990
	59.	Dark Tranquillity - Fiction 2007
	60.	Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud 2015
	61.	Ensiferum - Ensiferum 2001
	62.	Kataklysm - In The Arms Of Devastation 2005
	63.	Heathen - Victims Of Deception 1990
	64.	Korn - The Nothing 2019
	65.	Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream 1991
	66.	Shadows Fall - The War Within 2004
	67.	1349 - Hellfire 2005
	68.	Judas Priest - Painkiller 1990
	69.	Katatonia - Viva Emptiness 2003
	70.	Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal 2005
	71.	Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini 2010
	72.	Dark Angel - Darkness Descends 1986
	73.	Stratovarius - Visions 1997
	74.	Bullet For My Valentine - Scream Aim Fire 2008
	75.	My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours 2001
	76.	Finntroll - Jaktens Tid 2011
	77.	Pestilence - Consuming Impulse 1989
	78.	Insomnium - Above The Weeping World 2006
	79.	Watain - Lawless Darkness 2010
	80.	Obscura - Cosmogenesis 2009
	81.	Opeth - Blackwater Park 2001
	82.	King Diamond - Abigail 1986
	83.	Darkest Hour - Deliver Us 2007
	84.	Grave - Into The Grave 1991
	85.	Artillery - By Inheritance 1990
	86.	Gorgoroth - Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam 2006
	87.	Moonspell - Night Eternal 2008
	88.	Ektomorf - Destroy 2004
	89.	All That Remains - The Fall Of Ideals 2006
	90.	Hypocrisy - Virus 2005
	91.	Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja 2003
	92.	Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell 2005
	93.	Be'lakor - Stone's Reach 2009
	94.	Anathema - Judgement 2001
	95.	Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe 2008
	96.	Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time 1986
	97.	Swallow The Sun - The Morning Never Came 2003
	98.	Unleashed - Where No Life Dwells 1991
	99.	Septicflesh - Communion 2008
	100.	Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II 1988
	101.	Dream Theater - Images And Words 1992
	102.	Nightwish - Wishmaster 2000
	103.	Agalloch - The Mantle 2002
	104.	Wintersun - Wintersun 2004
	105.	Tool - Lateralus 2001
	106.	Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes 1998
	107.	Mastodon - Crack The Skye 2009
	108.	Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World 2000
	109.	Eluveitie - Slania 2008
	110.	Necrophagist - Epitaph 2004
	111.	Forbidden - Forbidden Evil 1988
	112.	Symphony X - Paradise Lost 2007
	113.	Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet 2007
	114.	Rotting Christ - Theogonia 2007
	115.	Within Temptation - The Silent Force 2004
	116.	Caliban - The Awakening 2007
	117.	Therion - Theli 1996
	118.	Bloodbath - Nightmares Made Flesh 2004
	119.	Kamelot - The Black Halo 2005
	120.	Sodom - Agent Orange 1989
	121.	Asphyx - Last One On Earth 1992
	122.	Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane 1995
	123.	Epica - Design Your Universe 2009
	124.	Vader - Litany 2000
	125.	Unearth - The March 2008
	126.	Flotsam And Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deceiver 1986
	127.	Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica 2001
	128.	Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer 1992
	129.	Bathory - Hammerheart 1990
	130.	Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free 1995
	131.	Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears 1991
	132.	Korpiklaani - Tales Along This Road 2006
	133.	Alcest - Écailles De Lune 2010
	134.	Sabaton - The Art Of War 2008
	135.	Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss 1994
	136.	Motörhead - Inferno 2004
	137.	Avantasia - The Metal Opera Part I 2001
	138.	Equilibrium - Sagas 2008
	139.	Riverside - Second Life Syndrome 2005
	140.	Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus 1986
	141.	HammerFall - Legacy Of Kings 1998
	142.	Orphaned Land - Mabool: The Story Of The Three Sons Of Seven 2004
	143.	Accept - Blood Of The Nations 2010
	144.	Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I 2012
	145.	Heaven Shall Burn - Deaf To Our Prayers 2006
	146.	Edguy - Mandrake 2001
	147.	Primordial - To The Nameless Dead 2007
	148.	Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows 2011
	149.	Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony 2011
	150.	Angra - Temple Of Shadows 2004
	151.	Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane 2002
	152.	Turisas - The Varangian Way 2007
	153.	Disturbed - Asylum 2010
	154.	Lacuna Coil - Comalies 2002
	155.	Rhapsody - Symphony Of Enchanted Lands 1998
	156.	Summoning - Stronghold 1999
	157.	Manowar - Kings Of Metal 1988
	158.	Haggard - Eppur Si Muove 2004
	159.	Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors 2002
	160.	Tristania - Beyond The Veil 1999
	161.	Ulver - Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr I 5 Capitler 1995
	162.	Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses 1993
	163.	In Mourning - Shrouded Divine 2008
	164.	Cynic - Focus 1993
	165.	Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die 2006
	166.	Evergrey - In Search Of Truth 2001
	167.	Napalm Death - Harmony Corruption 1990
	168.	Celtic Frost - Monotheist 2006
	169.	Tiamat - Wildhoney 1994
	170.	Eternal Tears Of Sorrow - A Virgin And A Whore 2001
	171.	Windir - 1184 2001
	172.	Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King 1987
	173.	Edge Of Sanity - Crimson 1996
	174.	Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields 1997
	175.	Týr - Eric The Red 2003
	176.	Sentenced - The Cold White Light 2002
	177.	Borknagar - Empiricism 2001
	178.	Avenged Sevenfold - City Of Evil 2005
	179.	Between The Buried And Me - Colors 2007
	180.	Sirenia - At Sixes And Sevens 2002
	181.	Vektor - Black Future 2009
	182.	W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol 1992
	183.	After Forever - Decipher 2001
	184.	The Gathering - Mandylion 1995
	185.	Norther - Mirror Of Madness 2003
	186.	Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom 2006
	187.	Anaal Nathrakh - Hell Is Empty, And All The Devils Are Here 2007
	188.	As I Lay Dying - An Ocean Between Us 2007
	189.	Strapping Young Lad - City 1997
	190.	Atheist - Unquestionable Presence 1991
	191.	Shining - V - Halmstad 2007
	192.	Samael - Ceremony Of Opposites 1994
	193.	Ayreon - The Human Equation 2004
	194.	DragonForce - Sonic Firestorm 2004
	195.	Venom - Black Metal 1982
	196.	Deftones - White Pony 2000
	197.	Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime 1988
	198.	Running Wild - Death Or Glory 1989
	199.	Persefone - Spiritual Migration 2013
	200.	Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine 1992
	201.	Theatre Of Tragedy - Aégis 1998
	202.	Faith No More - Angel Dust 1992
	203.	Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral 1994
	204.	Grave Digger - Excalibur 1999
	205.	The Black Dahlia Murder - Nocturnal 2007
	206.	Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum 2007
	207.	Coroner - No More Color 1989
	208.	Neurosis - Through Silver In Blood 1996
	209.	Baroness - Blue Record 2009
	210.	Down - Nola 1995
	211.	Demons & Wizards - Demons And Wizards 1999
	212.	Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe 1998
	213.	Gorguts - Obscura 1998
	214.	Graveworm - As The Angels Reach The Beauty 1999
	215.	Rage - Soundchaser 2003
	216.	Kyuss - Kyuss 1994
	217.	Masterplan - Masterplan 2003
	218.	Metal Church - Metal Church 1984
	219.	Voivod - Nothingface 1989
	220.	Old Man's Child - In Defiance Of Existence 2003
	221.	The Haunted - The Haunted Made Me Do It 2004
	222.	Possessed - Seven Churches 1985
	223.	Six Feet Under - Haunted 1995
	224.	Krisiun - Southern Storm 2008
	225.	Autopsy - Mental Funeral 1991
	226.	Lake Of Tears - Forever Autumn 1999
	227.	Protest The Hero - Fortress 2008
	228.	Cavalera Conspiracy - Inflikted 2008
	229.	Mercenary - 11 Dreams 2004
	230.	Hatebreed - The Rise Of Brutality 2003
	231.	Control Denied - The Fragile Art Of Existence 1999
	232.	Parkway Drive - Horizons 2007
	233.	Vital Remains - Dechristianize 2003
	234.	Suicidal Tendencies - Lights... Camera... Revolution! 1990
	235.	Malevolent Creation - Retribution 1992
	236.	Ministry - ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ 1992
	237.	Hate Eternal - I, Monarch 2005
	238.	Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence 1993
	239.	The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works 2007
	240.	Deathstars - Termination Bliss 2006
	241.	Nuclear Assault - Handle With Care 1989
	242.	All Shall Perish - The Price Of Existence 2006
	243.	August Burns Red - Constellations 2009
	244.	Incantation - Onward To Golgotha 1992
	245.	U.D.O. - Mastercutor 2007
	246.	Sacred Reich - The American Way 1990
	247.	Godflesh - Streetcleaner 1989
	248.	Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare 1988
	249.	Stormtroopers Of Death - Speak English Or Die 1985
	250.	Exhorder - Slaughter In The Vatican 1990
	251.	Mudvayne - L.D. 50 2000
	252.	Static-X - Shadow Zone 2003
	253.	Xandria - Neverworld's End 2012
	254.	Powerwolf - Blood Of The Saints 2011
	255.	Primal Fear - Seven Seals 2005
	256.	Job For A Cowboy - Ruination 2009
	257.	Whitechapel - Whitechapel 2012
	258.	High On Fire - Death Is This Communion 2007
	259.	Cult Of Luna - Somewhere Along The Highway 2006
	260.	The Ocean - Pelagial 2013
	261.	Isis - Panopticon 2004
	262.	Before The Dawn - Deadlight 2007
	263.	Novembers Doom - The Pale Haunt Departure 2005
	264.	Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs 2009
	265.	Misery Index - Heirs To Thievery 2010
	266.	Cattle Decapitation - Monolith Of Inhumanity 2012
	267.	Drudkh - Autumn Aurora 2004
	268.	Mgła - Exercises In Futility 2015
	269.	Pain - Nothing Remains The Same 2002
	270.	Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar 1996
	271.	Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath 1984
	272.	Apocalyptica - Cult 2000
	273.	Alestorm - Sunset On The Golden Age 2014
	274.	Leprous - Bilateral 2011
	275.	Ihsahn - After 2010
	276.	Mors Principium Est - The Unborn 2005
	277.	Soen - Lykaia 2017
	278.	Black Label Society - The Blessed Hellride 2003
	279.	Delain - Lucidity 2006
	280.	Wolves In The Throne Room - Two Hunters 2007
	281.	Belphegor - Goatreich - Fleshcult 2005
	282.	Haken - The Mountain 2013
	283.	Animals As Leaders - Animals As Leaders 2009
	284.	Carach Angren - Death Came Through A Phantom Ship 2010
	285.	Electric Wizard - Dopethrone 2000
	286.	The Faceless - Planetary Duality 2008
	287.	Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God 2003
	288.	Skeletonwitch - Beyond The Permafrost 2007
	289.	Taake - ...Doedskvad 2005
	290.	Five Finger Death Punch - War Is The Answer 2009
	291.	Falkenbach - Ok Nefna Tysvar Ty 2003
	292.	Havok - Time Is Up 2011
	293.	Melechesh - Emissaries 2006
	294.	Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea 2006
	295.	Warbringer - Waking Into Nightmares 2009
	296.	Lacrimosa - Elodia 1999
	297.	Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness 2001
	298.	Myrath - Tales Of The Sands 2011
	299.	HIM - Razorblade Romance 1999
	300.	Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones 2010
	301.	Evile - Enter The Grave 2007
	302.	Municipal Waste - The Art Of Partying 2007
	303.	Linkin Park - Meteora 2003
	304.	Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water 2000
	305.	Devin Townsend - Ziltoid The Omniscient 2007