[wnewport]

I'm trying to round out my music library, and the largest hole is metal. I don't really want "beginner" albums, mainstream stuff, or completely obscure recordings.

I'm looking for some variety: old school, new school, american, international, underground, some-what popular, etc.

If you metal-junkies could list a few albums (not 20+ unless you are bored) that would be very helpful.

Thanks,

Wyatt

 

[asmox]

Some of my favorites -

Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects - Sol Niger Within v3.33 (experimental/progressive/fusion)
Cynic - Focus (technical/progressive)
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence (technical/thrash)
Atrox - Orgasm (progressive/abstract)
Arsis - A Celebration of Guilt (melodic death)
Frantic Bleep - The Sense Apparatus (progressive/post-black)
Ram-Zet - Intra (post-black/industrial)
Spastic Ink - Ink Compatible (technical/progressive/fusion)
Unexpect - In A Flesh Aquarium (experimental/avant-garde)
Meshuggah - Nothing (technical)
Madder Mortem - Desiderata (progressive)
Death - Human (death/progressive)
Anaal Nathrakh - Eschaton (black/grind)
Anata - Under A Stone With No Inscription (death)
Gojira - From Mars To Sirius (progressive/death)
Strapping Young Lad - Alien (industrial/progressive)
Neurosis - Through Silver in Blood (post-hardcore/sludge)
Isis - Panopticon (post-metal/post-rock)
Kamelot - The Black Halo (power)
Farmakon - A Warm Glimpse (death/progressive)
Aghora - Aghora (technical/progressive)
Disillusion - Back to Times of Splendor (melodic/progressive/death)
Pain of Salvation - Entropia (progressive)
Pain of Salvation - One Hour By The Concrete Lake (progressive)
Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element I (progressive)
Textures - Drawing Circles (technical/metalcore/progressive)
Adagio - Underworld (progressive/power)
After Forever - Decipher (symphonic)
Intronaut - Void (technical/progressive)
Martyr - Warp Zone (technical death)
Behold... the Arctopus - Nano-Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning (technical/experimental/fusion)
Coprofago - Unorthodox Creative Criteria (technical/progressive/fusion)
Decapitated - Winds of Creation (death)
Quo Vadis - Defiant Imagination (death/melodic)
Therion - Secret of the Runes (symphonic)

A bit more than 25... sorry, couldn't help myself.

 

[goldenratiophi]

Opeth - Ghost Reveries

 

[NoXter]

Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metalicus
Virgin Black - Sombre Romantic
Cult of Luna - The Beyond
Arch Enemy - Burning Bridges
Mar De Grises - The Tatterdemalion Express
Therion - Theli
Opeth - Orchid
My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans
Saviour Machine - I
The Old Dead Tree - The Nameless Disease
Skyfire - Spectral
Distress - Mourning Sign
Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
Empyrium - A Wintersunset
Epica - The Phantom Agony
Doomshine - Thy Kingdom Come

 

[rincewind]

A few off the top of my head.

Ayreon - The Human Equation (progressive metal)
In Flames - Colony (melodic death metal)
King Diamond - Them (80's thrash)
KMFDM - Hau Ruck or WW3 (industrial kraut metal)
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone (stoner metal)
Orphaned Land - Mabool (israelian (?) / indian... um in a word "good")
Stabbing Westward - Darkest Days (electronic-heavy moody pop metal)
The Sisters Of Mercy - Floodland (80s goth metal)

 

[cherepashka]

Quote:

I'm trying to round out my music library

So you buy music for library?

 

[DarkAngel]

Here are classics that have stood the test of time for me in black/speed/thrash/death/symphonic/doom metal genres

Opeth - MAYH (my arms your hearse)
Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
In Flames - Jester Race / Black Ash
Emperor - Nightside Eclipse
Dimmu Bogir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
Dissection - Storm in Lights Bane / Dead Angels
Arch Enemy - Wages of Sin
Carcass - Heartwork
Morbid Angel - Blessed are the Sick
Obituary - Cause of Death
Death - Sound of Perseverance
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Slayer - Show No Mercy / Haunting the Chapel
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Cynic - Focus
Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
Sarcofargo - INRI
Possessed -Seven Churches
Celtic Frost - Mega Therion
Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
Neurosis - Through Silver in Blood
Therion - Secret of the Runes
Shape of Despair - Angels of Distress
Candlemass - Nightfall
At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul

 

[w4ffl35]

I got a couple I like, some of which were posted above.

Arsis - Celebration of Guilt (Melo Death)
At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul / The Red in the Sky is Ours (MeloDeath)
Gorod - Leading Vision / Neurotripsicks (Tech Death)
Death - Leprosy (Death)
Gojira - From Mars to Sirius (Prog Death)
Neuraxis - Trilateral Progression (Tech Death)
Sunn O)) - The Black One (Doom Drone)

Hmm, I'm seeing a pattern.

 

[skeeder]

Demons & Wizards (self titled)
Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine
Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
Insomnium - Since the Day it All came down
Lacuna Coil - Comalies
Nightwish - Angel's Fall First
Lullacry - Vol 4
Opeth - Ghost REveries
Therion - Gothic Kabbalah
Tristania - Ashes

Just some I like...I love the Female Fronted bands so my list is about half and half for ya!

 

[Error]

Some albums that never let me down:

Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops (Sludge / Doom)
Agalloch - The Mantle (Atmospheric)
Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale (Avant Garde)
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence (Technical Death)
Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond (Speed / Power)
Bolt Thrower - The IVth Crusade (Death)
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (Doom)
Dan Swanö - Moontower (Prog / Death)
Deströyer 666 - Unchain The Wolves (Black / Thrash)
Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine: Biomech (Progressive)
Diabolical Masquerade - Nightwork (Avant Grarde / Black)
Ensiferum - Iron (Viking / Folk)
Helstar - Nosferatu (Power / Thrash)
Iced Earth - Night Of The Stormrider (Thrash)
Judas Priest - Stained Class (Heavy Metal)
Kamelot - Karma (Power)
Kreator - Coma Of Souls (Thrash)
Manilla Road - Mystification (Epic Metal)
Martyr - Warp Zone (Technical Death)
Running Wild - Pile Of Skulls (Speed)
Skyclad - The Silent Whales Of Lunar Sea (Folk)
Taake - Hordaland Doedskvad (Black)
The Lord Wierd Slough Feg - Twilight of The Idols (Power / Folk)
Therion - Lemuria / Sirius B (Symphonic)
Vintersorg - Visions From The Spiral Generator (Progressive)

Nothing too mainstream here (save for maybe Judas Priest), and most of them can be found without too much effort.

 

[GlendaleViper]

If you're new to Metal, then I have a few suggestions that I consider must-have albums that should act as a springboard for other groups and sounds:

Anthrax - Among the Living
At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul
Meshuggah - Nothing
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Iron Maiden - Live After Death
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Sleep - Holy Mountain
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
Pelican - Australasia
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Bolt Thrower - War Master

 

[YamiTenshi]

Guess I got to this thread a little late. Here's a few more that weren't mentioned (I think...

).

Kamelot - Karma - Power
Nightwish - Highest Hope - Symp/Goth
Royal Hunt - Paradox - Power/Prog
Seventh Wonder - Waiting in the Wings - Prog
Symphony X - Paradise Lost - Prog
Threshold - Dead Reckoning - Prog
Within Temptation - The Silent Force - Symp/Goth
Xystus - Receiving Tomorrow - Power

For me the most accessible sub-genre to get into was Power and Progressive. I'm still having trouble with some of the death vocals, maybe one day....

 

[MetalManCPA]

My two favorite metal albums:

Opeth - Blackwater Park
Grip Inc - The Power of Inner Strength

 

[SR-71Panorama]

Amon Armarth With Oden by Our Side
I cant compete with the likes of asmox/dark angel/etc, but from the pool of this music I've heard, this is the absolute best. (regarding the really heavy deathmetal-ish stuff).
Aside from being great music, it sounds like it was recorded far better than about 99 percent of the current rock/metal music out there. It doesn't clipp as bad on my system as most rock at loud levels. It is far smoother, despite being aggressive rock. Sounds phenomenal to be honest.

edit* Also check out Wormed: Planisphaerium, but enter at your own risk.
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For a review, check out the link in my signature.

 

[dozens]

Bongzilla!