Mascots are an established and popular part of metal fan culture. In contrast to sports team mascots, they are no cute talismans, but are regarded as personification of the band and its music (or even…

1.Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge

2.Annihilator - Alice In Hell

3.Anthrax - Inside Out

4.Artillery - B.A.C.K.

5.Avenged Sevenfold - Waking The Fallen

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This is very simple, I took the ratings for a bunch of alternative metal albums on MS and ranked them accordingly

To qualify:
The album must have been released when the band was labelled as "Alternative…

1.Mass Hysteria - Contraddiction

2.Tool - Lateralus

3.The Butterfly Effect - IV

4.Tool - Ænima

5.Mass Hysteria - Le Bien-Être Et La Paix

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1.Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal

2.Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet

3.Demon Hunter - The Triptych

4.Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness

5.Dark Tranquillity - Character

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1.Agalloch - Pale Folklore

2.Agalloch - The Mantle

3.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

5.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

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1.Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine

2.Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory

3.Korn - Korn

4.Soulfly - Prophecy

5.Linkin Park - Meteora

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It's been like 20 years now, is it safe to post this yet?…

1.Korn - Korn

2.System Of A Down - Toxicity

3.Sepultura - Roots

4.System Of A Down - System Of A Down

5.Disturbed - Ten Thousand Fists

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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.

1.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

2.Faith No More - Angel Dust

3.Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence

4.Tool - Ænima

5.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

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1.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

2.Iron Maiden - Killers

3.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

4.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

5.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

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So here are ten alternative metal albums which I think are significant to defining the sound of alternative metal over the years, limiting it to one album per band and keeping to albums that are best described…

1.Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking

2.Faith No More - Angel Dust

3.Helmet - Meantime

4.Alice In Chains - Dirt

5.Tool - Undertow

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1.Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor

2.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

3.Green Carnation - The Quiet Offspring

4.Porcupine Tree - Deadwing

5.Riverside - Second Life Syndrome

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1.Reverend Bizarre - II: Crush The Insects

2.Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor

3.Trivium - Ascendancy

4.Annihilator - Schizo Deluxe

5.Cathedral - The Garden Of Unearthly Delights

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