What extreme metal albums do you think every metal head should own or at least hear?

No new(er) albums! Well known albums are fine to mention because i'm sure there are classic albums that have passed some of us by!

Carcass- Heartwork(1993)
-A must have for every Melo-Death fan

Anata- The Infernal Depths Of Hatred(1998)
-Excellent Debut release from a Death Metal band that doesn't get as much attention as it deserves!

Death- Symbolic(1995)
-Get this now if you don't have it, no excuses

I have a bunch more to mention, but I'm sure someone else will mention them

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Good thread.

Classic, landmark records that every metal fan simply must own:

Slayer - Reign in Blood
Napalm Death - Scum
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten
Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul
Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity

I would like to have given brief descriptions of why they are classic albums but I'm in work so I don't have the time at the moment.

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I'm with mansley's list mostly. That and...

Obituary - World Demise

definitally add
Entombed-left hand path

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Decapitated - Nihility

Necrophagist - Onset of Putrefaction

Bloodbath - Nightmares Made Flesh

not so much extreme metal here but...

Opeth - Blackwater Park

Insomnium - In The Halls Of Awaiting

Kalmah - Swampsong

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Yes.

Also:

Demilich- Nespithe
Lykathea Aflame - Elvenekis (or however the fuck they spell it)
!T.O.O.H.! - Rad a Trest
Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Black Sabbath - every album from S/T to Vol.4
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
Windir - Arntor
Falkenbach - Ok Nefna Tysvar Ty
Moonsorrow - ...any of em
Gorguts - Obscura

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Fuck.

Judas Priest - Painkiller.

How could I forget??

This thread reminds me that I need to buy some albums that I have on mp3.

Acid Bath - Pagan Terrorism Tactics, When The Kite String Pops
Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
Lykathea Aflame - Elvenekis
Cephalic Carnage - Lucid Interval
Death - TSOP, Symbolic
Mastodon - Remission
Pig Destroyer - Terrifyer
Crowbar - Sonic Excess In Its Purest Form
Capharnaum - Fractured
!T.O.O.H.! - Rad a Trest
Meshuggah - Chaosphere
The Crown - Crowned Unholy
Cryptopsy - None So Vile
Cynic - Focus
In Flames - Jester Race
Decapitated - Winds of Creation
Gorguts - Obscura, Inverted

EDIT: + Eyehategod - Dopesick (thanks Cunty)

I can see Mastodon, Crowbar, and Cynic being more border line extreme, but I threw 'em up anyhow.

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Fuck yeah.

My memory is fucked up. Why can't I come up with this shit.

Haha, its okay. I had to run through my CDs.

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Eyehategod - Dopesick
Must for Sludge-heads.

Cock and Ball Torture - Opus(sy) IV
Must for porn-grind fans.

Righteous Pigs - Stress Related
Underrated early grind masterpiece.

Sleep's Holy Mountain
Stoner rock god album.

Dystopia - The Aftermath
Perfect Crust-doom.

Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky , Under A Funeral Moon & Transilvanian Hunger
You don't like black metal if you don't own these.

Leviathan - The Tenth Sub Level of Suicide
New era of of black metal a must for fans of the genra.

Corrupted - Nadie
Maybe the best sludge-doom EP to ever exist. Heavy shit.

Last Days Of Humanity - Sounds Of Rancid Juices Sloshing Around Your Coffin
Flawless goregrind.

Last Days Of Humanity - In Advanced Haemorrhaging Conditions
Yes it came out in 2005, but it is THE BEST goregrind album EVER, hands down. Plus it's less than 8 min. in length!!!

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I shall have to self-flagellate for not including this on my list.

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Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor (not very old, but an instant classic in my eyes)
Slayer- Seasons in The Abyss
Quo Vadis - Day Into Night
The Crown - Crowned in Terror
Suffocation - Despise the Sun
Testament - First Strike Still Deadly

And how come nobody mentioned Monstrosity?!

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just a small selection

Pantera - Cowboys from Hell & Trendkill
Death - Spiritual Healing
Suicidal Tendencies - Lights...Camera...Revolution
Spiritual Beggars - Mantra
Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness
Clutch - Pure Rock Fury
Forbidden - Forbidden Evil
Macabre - Dahmer

Presidents of the USA - Presidents of the USA - yeah I know, not extreme or metal at all. I just saw em in Paradiso, Amsterdam last weekend and they rocked my balls

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Hell yeah man, Sons of Northern Darkness is full of kickass riffs and excellent drumming. Regardless of Abbath's vocals getting on my nerves after a few songs, it is an excellent album.

I'd also like to 2nd Suffocations- Despise the Sun. I'm not a huge Suffocation fan but that EP kicks my ass every listen.


Sepultura- Beneath the Remains! I'm surprised no one's mentioned this. If thrash is your liking, this is one of the best albums in the genre!

Gorgoroth - Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam. Heavy Black Metal at it's best!

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Yes, but Battles in the North and Blizzard Beasts is better IMO. This one is just more accessable and well known.

As for Clutch, this album is fucking awesome. The feedback to start the 1st track then that completely crushing 1st riff. Can't get much heavier rock.

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yeah man, have you seen the Full Fathom DVD that's just out? Man do I dig that band

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Aren't they the guys from She's Lump?

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yep

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Yeah they's cool.


Anyway, since yesterdaynight I must add:
The Red in the Sky is Ours by At the Gates. This dang hot chick sent it to me, holy fffuck.


Oh and her version has this oddity, during Through Gardens of Grief, after say 3 and a half minute out of nowhere, this Balkan DJ or something appears, singing his Balkan discosong for 10 seconds then suddenly it's back to the song.


Anyone else have this?

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Also:

Anthrax - Among The Living
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death
Tankard - Something, anything really - Morning After, Chemical Invasion

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Add the following to the list:

Carcass - Symphonies of Sickness (invented goregrind with Reek of Putrefication and perfected it with this albuim)

Fear Factory - Demanufacture (the finest cyber-metal album money can buy)

Atheist - Unquestionable Presence (it's fucking Atheist, you flapping cunt lip)

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Yes. This is so fucking win.



Chemical Invasion is better to start someone off with, IMO.

As for my choice for must haves...

First start with the old shit...
Black Sabbath - S/T through Sabotage
Judas Priest - Stained Glass, goddamn it!
Led Zeppelin - All. EVERYTHING. Get it.
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Rush - Fly by Night
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever

80's to present
Iron Maiden - EDIT: Number of the Beast
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Megadeth - Peace Sells, Rust in Peace
Dark Angel - Leave Scars
Death - Individual Thought Patterns
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
Cynic - Focus (duh)
Deicide - Legion
Metal Church - Metal Church
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
Destruction - Release from Agony
Decapitated - Nihility
Fates Warning - No Exit
Cannibal Corpse - Gallery of Suicide, Kill
Emperor - IX Equilibrium
Monstrosity - Imperial Doom
Possessed - Seven Churches
Pestilence - Malleus Malificarum, Testimony of the Ancients
Coroner - R.I.P
Suffocation - Pierced from Within
Yattering - Murder's Concept
Tenacious D - S/T, The Pick of Destiny
Morbid Angel - ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL. All of it.

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No, I gotta see it.

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John, I'm surprised not to see any Nile on your list. Does it just not make it or did it slip your mind?

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I'm trying to restrict my nominations to one per genre, and Effigy of the Forgotten gets my vote as the biggest landmark album in brutal death metal.

Actually, thinking about it while typing this post, Nile's In Their Darkened Shrines should indeed make the list! I guess a lot of ethnically-tinged metal would not exist without them (and Powerslave, of course).

Also, did I mention Choronzon by Akercocke? This record is the official last word in blackened death with one of the eeriest atmospheres of any album I've heard.

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Essential Heavy Metal album. A must have for EVERYONE.



hahhahahhahahhahahhahhaha. This list is so quality it makes my dog's asshole pucker. The only think I haven't heard is the Tenacious D. I'll rectify the situation promptly. I think Individual Thought Patterns should be replaced with Symbolic, but thats just me. And Metal Church>The Dark any day, I don't care what anyone says.

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Chris's list is win.

Holy shit. I don't have a hard copy of that album, so I honestly thought it WAS Stained Glass for about 7 or 8 years now. Wow.

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I almost forgot about Litany by Vader.

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Sad Wings... is better.

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That could be an interesting poll. I'd stick with Stained Class.

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<3 RYM <3

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Is that your full collection of just what you consider to be the "essentials" of your collection? Some decent stuff in there for sure.

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