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Early 90's Heavy Heroes

Shortly after Hair Rock bands crashed to the ground in a fiery inferno; the view was bleak for metal bands. However, the following bands kept their foot on heavy and rode us into the next metal movements: nu-metal, metalcore, stoner rock/metal, etc. Props to these bands!
1Pantera
Vulgar Display of Power


No one more than Pantera kept metal alive during the early to mid 1990's.
2Soundgarden
Badmotorfinger


Although Grunge, this album was heavy as hell - same as Tad's albums.
3Alice in Chains
Facelift


Similarly, this grunge album kept the heavy up front. So did Gruntruck.
4Helmet
Meantime


Totally responsible for dropped D tuning and staccato, jazz-influenced metal riffing.
5Tool
Opiate


Even with Opiate, Tool's brand of metal sounded unlike any others. Except maybe Quicksand (see below).
6Masters of Reality
Masters of Reality


Heavier rock in 1990 - unlike any hair metal out there. Helped spawn Stoner Rock. Black Cat Bone was another similar band in this vein.
7Kyuss
Blues for the Red Sun


None were denser in tone that Kyuss. Set the blueprint for all stoner rock to come, and much stoner metal as well.
8Peach
Giving Birth To A Stone


One of the first alternative metal albums out there, even before Tool went alternative metal
9Prong
Prove You Wrong


NYC-hardcore influenced metal that brought it hard
10Sepultura
Chaos A.D.


Had never heard anything like this album before. Another blueprint for metal to come.
11Machine Head
Burn My Eyes


1994 - but still brought a heaviness not seen before
12White Zombie
La Sexorcisto-Devil Music Vol. 1


True devil worshiping metal/noise rock. Made the 80's satanic pretenders (e.g., Motley Crue) just that.
13Galactic Cowboys
Galactic Cowboys


Texas thrash metal with harmony and alternative leanings. Heavy as hell. Love this!
14Quicksand
Slip


Set the blueprint for ---> Tool?
15Ministry
Psalm 69


Although industrial, influenced metal a lot!
16Ugly Kid Joe
America's Least Wanted


Steeped in Black Sabbath, this band had some hard hitting tracks
17Fear Factory
Fear Is the Mindkiller


An early industrial metal juggernaut
18Type O Negative
Bloody Kisses


Peter Steele was a beast on the bass
19Life of Agony
River Runs Red


A lesson in agony and despair
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