This is my top 50 favorite albums. If I were to ever go on a really long road trip, I would take these 50 and blare them on the trip and extra loud while driving through a city .

1.Symphony X - The Odyssey

2.Symphony X - Paradise Lost

3.Judas Priest - Painkiller

4.Ayreon - The Human Equation

5.Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy

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Here is my provisional favorite-metal-albums-of-all-time-list! Enjoy!
The first 10 albums are in pretty accurate order. However, after that, it becomes harder and harder to separate the albums clearly.

1.Cult Of Luna - Somewhere Along The Highway

2.Disillusion - Back To Times Of Splendor

3.Grand Alchemist - Intervening Coma-Celebration

4.Opeth - Blackwater Park

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

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1.Swallow The Sun - New Moon

2.Avantasia - The Wicked Symphony

3.Epica - Design Your Universe

4.Avantasia - Angel Of Babylon

5.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach

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I haven't heard all the albums released in 2010, so this list could and probably will change in time.

1.Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

2.Exodus - Exhibit B: The Human Condition

3.Death Angel - Relentless Retribution

4.Demonica - Demonstrous

5.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

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1.The Faceless - Planetary Duality

2.Slayer - Reign In Blood

3.Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon

4.Death - Human

5.Obscura - Cosmogenesis

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1.Sepultura - Beneath The Remains

2.Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper

3.Iron Maiden - The Book Of Souls

4.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

5.Iron Maiden - Brave New World

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From last.fm (27.07.12)…

1.Dream Theater - Train Of Thought

2.Machine Head - Unto The Locust

3.Machine Head - The Blackening

4.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

5.Machine Head - Through The Ashes Of Empires

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1.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

2.Ancient Bards - The Alliance Of The Kings

3.Helloween - 7 Sinners

4.Fear Factory - Mechanize

5.Soulitude - Wonderfool World

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1.Nevermore - The Obsidian Conspiracy

2.Dark Tranquillity - We Are The Void

3.Fear Factory - Mechanize

4.Helloween - 7 Sinners

5.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

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1.Arsis - Starve For The Devil

2.Cynic - Re-Traced

3.Dark Tranquillity - We Are The Void

4.Dimmu Borgir - Abrahadabra

5.Fear Factory - Mechanize

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Another 2010-2019 list! I guess a lot of people will hate on me for #2, but I love that album. Enjoy!…

1.Møl - Jord

2.The Haunted - Unseen

3.The Moth Gatherer - A Bright Celestial Light

4.Vola - Applause Of A Distant Crowd

5.Liberteer - Better To Die On Your Feet Than Live On Your Knees

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Pretty straight-forward, these are my favourite industrial rock/metal albums I've heard to date. Limiting it to 3 albums per band.

1.Rammstein - Mutter

2.Rammstein - Reise Reise

3.Rammstein - Rosenrot

4.Static-X - Wisconsin Death Trip

5.Static-X - Shadow Zone

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1.Judas Priest - Stained Class

2.Motörhead - Overkill

3.Judas Priest - British Steel

4.Venom - Welcome To Hell

5.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

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Only Awesome Albums (OAA)…

1.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

2.Machine Head - The Blackening

3.Omnium Gatherum - The Redshift

4.Viikate - Marraskuun Lauluja I

5.Viikate - Marraskuun Lauluja II

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1.Deftones - Diamond Eyes

2.Coheed And Cambria - Year Of The Black Rainbow

3.Exodus - Exhibit B: The Human Condition

4.The Absence - Enemy Unbound

5.Wretched - Beyond The Gate

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