Metal Reviews

1. at the gates- slaughter of the soul/terminal spirit disease
2. morbid angel- altars of madness
3. funeral mist- salvation / maranatha
4. mayhem- de mysteriis dom sathanas
5. dissection- reinkaos / storm of the light's bane / the somberlain

1. Arsis - A Celebration of Guilt
2. Anacrusis - Screams and Whispers
3. Coroner - No More Color
4. !T.O.O.H! - Order and Punishment
5. Exhumed - Anatomy is Destiny

Artillery, Cannabis Corpse, Soilwork (APP not rly death/black/thrash enough), Sinners Bleed, Monstrosity and Dekapitator came pretty close.

1. Immolation - Unholy Cult
2. Enslaved - Eld
3. Cynic- Focus
4. Coroner - Mental Vortex
5. toss up between Death - Symbolic and Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk

I'm sure I'm forgetting something.....

Just albums or extreme metal albums? Does that include grindcore?

death, thrash, black

1.Moonspell-The Antidote
2.Suffocation-Pierced from within
3.Dark Tranquillity-Character
4.Cannibal Corpse-The Bleeding
5.Septicflesh-Sumerian daemons

1. 'tallica - Ride the Lightning
2. Cryptopsy - None So Vile
3. Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
4. Emperor - IX or Nightside can't decide
5. Death - Individual Thought Patterns

My list is definitely missing some beasts but yeah it is what it is. SMRC off the top of my head, Akercocke, Withered, SYL etc.

Dark Tranquility sucks. Reinkaos = Storm/Light's? Maybe. Maybe not.

Edit: Mentioning Withered was kinda silly for a best EVAR list.

Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Sepultura - Arise
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Death - Symbolic
Testament - The Legacy

I couldn't disagree more with that statement, however too each their own, and Words that go unspoken, deeds that go undone is another one I forgot to mention...

Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
Destruction - Infernal Overkill
Death - Spiritual Healing
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
Possessed - Seven Churches

...

Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
Tankard - Chemical Invasion
Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
Obituary - Slowly We Rot
Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death

I love Reinkaos.

When people say they don't like it they're complete bullshit. It's a great modern album.

The lyrics are kind of fucked up sometimes though.

It's not awful but greatest EVAR?

it contains some of the best riffs and melodies I've ever heard

I've listened to so much metal over the years though I can't remember half the shit I've listened to because I deleted my 150 gig collection of music when I went crazy.

In any case it's a great album and should be recognized as that rather than be looked down on, as fucked up as that guy was, he was a great musician.

Too many genres! And too limited numbers

Thrash - in no alphabetical order

1. Artillery - By Inheritance
2. Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying
3. Overkill - Years of Decay
4. Sepultura - Arise
5. Slayer - Reign In Blood

Death/Grind - in alphabetical order

1. Atheist - Piece of Time
2. Carcass - Symphonies of Sickness
3. Edge of Sanity - Purgatory Afterglow
4. Gorefest - La Muerte
5. Kataklysm - Shadows and Dust

Melodic Death Metal - in alphabetical order
1. Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thinder God
2. Arch Enemy - Burning Bridges
3. At The Gates - Terminal Spirit Disease
4. Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done
5. In Flames - Jester Race

Black Metal - Cradle of Filth and Dimmu Borgir don't count right?

Yeah, I can't even begin to think about this.

+1

Death - Symbolic

Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

Immolation - Close To A World Below

Anacrusis - Reason

Kreator - Pleasure To Kill

Sodom - Tapping The Vein

Couldn't keep it to just 5. There may be more, but those are the ones I thought of immediately.

Exodus - Tempo of the Damned
Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Children of Bodom - Hatebreeder
In Flames - Whoracle

lots of great albums on these lists

Exodus - Bonded By Blood
Slayer - Hell Awaits
Sodom - Agent Orange
Darkness - Death Squad
Vendetta - Brain Damage