Best Metal Albums of All-Time

[DiabloTX]

Mine, in no particular order:

Back In Black - AC/DC

Master Of Puppets - Metallica

Diary Of A Madman - Ozzy Osbourne

Screaming For Vengeance - Judas Priest

Reign In Blood - Slayer

Powerslave - Iron Maiden

Speak English or Die - Stormtroopers Of Death

Paranoid - Black Sabbath

Van Halen - Van Halen

Appetite For Destruction - Guns And Roses

[Saurdaukar]

A fine list for sure.

On mine I'd put:

Metallica: Master of Puppets

Metallica: Ride the Lightning

AC/DC: Highway to Hell

GnR: Appetite for Destruction

Ozzy: Ozzmosis

Rob Zombie: Hellbilly Deluxe

There are a few others I'd mention, but I dont think they fall into the category of "metal."

Nirvana: Nevermind

Pearl Jam: Ten

Alice in Chains: Jar of Flies

[Barney Fife]

Metallica - Master of Puppets is the all time greatest metal album
Also,
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
Quicksand - Manic Compression
Tool - Aenima
Helmet - In the Meantime

[T0J0]

Operation Mindcrime-Queensryche

[DiabloTX]

OMG I completely forgot Mötley Crüe's Shout At The Devil.  Stick it in there somewhere.

[~Caligula~]

Master of Puppets
Ride the Lightning
Kill 'em All
Number of the beast
Black sabbath
Paranoid
Aenima
Dirt
Jar of flies
Rust in peace
Appetite for Destruction

......not in order..I guess Led Zeppelin was concidered heavy metal too,but I'm not sure it'd fit in this list.

[bikekil]

Sepultura - Roots (?)
Panthera - Far Beyond Drivedn
Tankard - The meaning of life

[Wanker]

Richard Wagner- Der Ring des Niebelungen

VPO, assorted soloists, Sir Georg Solti.

Talk about heavy metal! Lots of Tubas, Trombones, and french horn.

[DiabloTX]

Well, on that note, Mars, Bringer Of War by Holst.  Now THAT is heavy sh*t...

[Saurdaukar]

Oops, forgot one:

Soundgarden: Superunknown

[OverBkil]

I'm a metal junkie . Here's my short list of fav albums, couldn't remember more...

AC/DC - Back in Black
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Dio - Holy Diver
Eternal Tears of Sorrow - A Virgin and a potato
Gary Moore - After The War
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Megadeth - Peace Sells, but Who's bying?
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Metallica - Kill'em All
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Metallica - And Justice For All...
Motörhead - Bastards
Motörhead - Overnight Sensation
Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at The Moon
Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
Ozzy Osbourne - Ozzmosis
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Sentenced - Down
Slayer - God Hates Us All
Stratovarius - Visions

[Arfann]

This has to rate as the oxymoron of oxymorons. That's like "the best way to die a slow painful death". There ain't one.

[midnight Target]

Led Zepplin was a Blues/Rock band, although they invented the sound most metal groups tried to copy.

Go dig out Genesis' album "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" and then cue up "Back in New York City"... remember to crank it up loud. Then realize that song was cut back in 1971.

[SunKing]

My Top 10  (no particular order)

The Cult - Electric  - (Favorite band had to throw them in anyway)
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Slayer - Seasons In the Abyss
Metallica - And Justice for All
Danzig - Danzig 1
Prong - Cleansing
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Bruce Dickinson - Scream for Me
Halford - Live Insurrection
Black Label Society - 1919 Eternal

[DiabloTX]

Originally posted by midnight Target
Led Zepplin was a Blues/Rock band, although they invented the sound most metal groups tried to copy.

Go dig out Genesis' album "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" and then cue up "Back in New York City"... remember to crank it up loud. Then realize that song was cut back in 1971.

Geez, Gabriel-era Genesis was awesome.  I epsecially love Trespass and Selling England By The Pound.  Of course, Gabriel's solo albums are brilliant, I liked Security the best.