Metal Reviews

Topics such as these are always fun to include in a discussion about the music, as it gives us all a chance to see what venerated albums such or should not be mandatory upon threat of dismemberment for a metalhead to own. While the more extreme subgenres have a bit more subjectivity when it comes to owning classics, what are some of the key metal albums that are absolutely imperative to own in ones collection?

Deep Purple "In Rock"
Black Sabbath "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"
Judas Priest "Screaming for Vengeance"
Saxon "The Eagle Has Landed"
Iron Maiden "Killers"
Iron Maiden "Piece of Mind"
Metallica "Master of Puppets"
Slayer "South of Heaven"
Anthrax "Among the Living"
Coroner "Punishment for Decadence"
Etc.

So many to mention!

Yeah, I do need some Saxon in my collection. I figured Master of Puppets would be in there, luckily its only now that I'm truly familiarizing myself with Maiden so I can say I will buy Somewhere in time my next check. Metallica's material of course is something I already own

Frenchy, you forgot to mention Motörhead!

Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime: Greatest concept album written, and a must own.

Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime 2: Epic failure of a concept album that will make you realize just how awesome the first one was in retrospect.

I voluntarily chose to forget many bands so to let others express themselves but, obviously, No Sleep Till Hammersmith is mandatory.

Of course!

Helloween-Keeper Of The Seven Keys 1 & 2.
Judas Priest-Painkiller,Sad Wings Of Destiny

Better go with Walls of Jericho, it's the real thing (not saying Keepers are bad, they're great but not as mandatory as WoJ).

Well it depends on whether one prefers Hansen over Kiske. The Keeper albums to me had more of a major impact than WoJ.

But yeah WoJ is a for sure owner.

As you said the extreme metal stuff is quite subjective but thats mostly what I listen to when it comes to metal so.....

Death - Symbolic
Immolation - Here in After
Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
Coroner - No More Color
Mastodon - Leviathan
Neurosis - Doesn't really matter, pick one.
Cynic - Focus
Carcass - Heartwork
At The Gates - The Red In The Sky Is Ours (personal preference for me, I imagine most would pick Slaughter of the Soul)
Suffocation - Pierced From Within
Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines
Enslaved - Eld
Ulver - Doesn't matter, pick any.
Obituary - Cause of Death
Opeth - Orchid / My Arms, Your Hearse
Pestilence - Consuming Impulse
Cryptopsy - None So Vile

At The Gates- Slaughter of the Soul (this one never gets old, great lyrics, great music)
Dimmu Borgir- Stormblast
Wintersun- Wintersun
Dissection- Storm of the Lights bane and The Somberlain
Children of Bodom- Hatebreeder
Carcass- Heartwork

for the more extreme metal side, I don't really care about power metal or traditional heavy metal anymore

A few more:
Voivod - Dimention Hätross
Voivod - Nothingface
Angra - Holy Land
Uriah Heep - The Magician's Birthday
Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes
Rush - 2112
Rush - Moving Pictures

the last 4 are not metal but mandatory for metalheads anyway.

I forgot how much you like this album... nonessential for metal albums to own and for Angra albums to own. Still good though.

Shut up Gollum!

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Black Sabath - Master Of Reality
Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Deep Purple - In Rock
Venom - Welcome To Hell
Venom - Black Metal
Mercyful Fate - Melissa
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath
King Diamond - Fatal Portrait
King Diamond - Abigail
Death - Scream Bloody Gore
Death - Individual Thought Patterns
Judas Priest - Stained Class
Judas Priest - Point Of Entry
Judas Priest - Unleashed In The East
Iron Maiden - Killers
Iron Maiden - Number Of The Beast
Motorhead - Bomber
Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
Motorhead - Iron Fist
Motorhead - Another Perfect Day
Slayer - Show No Mercy
Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
Sepultura - Beneath The remains
Saxon - Denim and Leather
Accept - Retless And Wild
Running Wild - Gates To Purgatory
Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
Exodus - Bonded by Blood
Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales
Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
Angel Witch - Angel Witch
Exciter - Heavy Metal Maniac
Possessed - Seven Churches
Kreator - Pleasure To Kill
Kreator - Endless Pain
Destruction - Infernal Overkill
Diamond Head - Lightning To The Nations
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Thin Lizzy - Fighting
Led Zeppelin - I
Led Zeppelin - II
Led Zeppelin - III
Led Zeppelin - IV
Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
Led Zeppelin - Presence
Led Zeppelin - Physical Grafitti...

must be tons that are slipping my mind, though.

I think that's their weakest album.

Seriously?
I think other than Turbo, Painkiller (sooo overrated) has that honor.

Point of Entry is classic Priest.

It's just so boring to me I couldn't get into it as much as other albums.

Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
Emperor - Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire and Demise
Ulver - Nattens Madrigal
Edge of Sanity - Crimson II
Rotting Christ - Sanctus Diavolos (to begin with for starters)
Paradise Lost - Icon
Paradise Lost - Draconian Times
Drudkh - Autumn Aurora
Drudkh - Blood in Our Wells
Drudkh - The Swan Road
Therion - Vovin
Therion - Lemuria & Sirius B
Enslaved - Below The Lights
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of A Seventh Son
Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery