| 5.0 classic |
| Agalloch The Mantle |
| Atmospheric and haunting, this will leave a huge impact on the listener. There are few albums out there that contain both the beauty and yet evil nature of this album with such an aura of desperation and yet hatred is seamlessly integrated. This is an essential listen for anyone. |
| Cryptopsy None So Vile |
| Evil is the only word that sums up this release-Lord Worms vocals coupled with his lyrics and the insane instrumental work going off all the time, this is a trip into the lowest cesspit of the human mind that you will not forget. |
| Death Symbolic |
| Symbolic. The one death metal album that every sane human being should hear at some point, the way the progressive influences are put into this album is so well done that it merits a 5 straight up, even when you dont consider how amazing the riffs and drumming is coupled with Chucks insightful and yet hate-filled lyrics. this is an album you will not forget |
| Kreator Coma of Souls |
| The most perfect thrash album ever recorded. Coma Of Souls contains some of the most amazing songs ever written and is Kreators strongest collection of songs regardless of what will undoubtably be said about pleasure to kill and extreme aggression which both seem to overshadow it. |
| Lights Acoustic |
| An amazing acoustic EP that seamlessly translates some already great songs and makes them perfect. The cover of The Whos behind Blue eyes brings a tear to my eye every time i hear it her voice is that emotional. |
| Megadeth Rust in Peace |
| Every song is a masterpiece other than Dawn Patrol, but that can be overlooked in light of the other songs. The first two songs, Lucretia and Tornado and the title track are the ones to listen to first off here and if you like them (why the fuck wouldnt you) then pick up the album and be prepared to have your ass kicked royally by the genius that is Megadeth |
| Opeth Blackwater Park |
| Each song is amazing. This is an album that you can not take lightly as it tells such a fantastic story. I have always seen this as a concept album of someones understanding as to the nature of the world and when taken in that light it brings even more meaning to the album in general |
| Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here |
| The most beautiful recording known to man, this is start to finish the most incredible experience to be had in music and an essential listen for absolutely anyone with any respect for themself and their ears whatsoever. |
| Radiohead OK Computer |
| Such an incredible experience, everything on here is a must listen and the whole album start to finish is written and recorded with such flawless conviction that it makes for one of the best albums ever recorded. This is one classic that actually does manage to not only live up to the hype but also far exceed it. |
| Shining (SWE) V - Halmstad |
| The most emotional experience ever recorded. Shining really did make a masterpiece with their seminal fifth album, Halmstad stands out as the best depressing/suicidal black metal album ever recorded with some haunting tales of the most dark corners of the human mind coupled with Nik's tortured vocals that reflect real pain as opposed to the faux pain heard through most bands. |
| 4.5 superb |
| Alice Cooper Brutal Planet |
| Not a lot in the rock genre will ever come close to being as good as this. Alice Cooper made a masterpiece with his first foray into the industrial rock/metal genre that contains a lot more bite than anything he had ever recorded before |
| Atheist Unquestionable Presence |
| One of the few albums that can merge progressive influences and death metal with a little jazz perfectly. This is an amazing release that merits a listen from everyone with any self respect whatsoever |
| Camel Mirage |
| One of the best prog albums ever recorded with some incredible instrumental work and vocals that could melt anyone where they stand. Nothing about the perfection of this album can be debated as it is just fact that everything about it is amazing and destroys anything else out there in the genre aside from Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd |
| Cannibal Corpse The Wretched Spawn |
| The bands peak, in my opinion. This coupled the technical riffing of their later music with the catchy nature of The Bleeding and made for their most solid album to date. |
| Dark Angel Darkness Descends |
| Anyone who can listen to this without shrieking the chorus to the title track is fucked in the head as far as i am concerned. this is thrash as it should be done. |
| Death The Sound of Perseverance |
| Chucks vocals were always my favorite thing abotu this album but it contains some of their most solid songs as well and was a great note for Death to go out on. Flesh and the power it holds, Spirit crusher and Scavenger Of Human Sorrow stand out as some of the finest metal songs ever. Something else worthy of noting about this album is just how well the death metal blends with the more progressive styling that was evolved even more from Symbolic. This really is a masterpiece that is worth anyones time and money and everyone should hear at some point in their life. If you have time, listen now. If you dont have time, then fucking make time-you will not regret one second spent listening to The Sound Of Perseverance, Chucks swansong. |
| Death Human |
| Human is one of the most powerful, impacting, shockcing death metal albums of all time that blazes past in half an hour and in doing so has so much going off that it will tkae multiple listens to understand exactly what the hell you just listened to. This is perfection incarnate. |
| Destruction Eternal Devastation |
| Such a solid followup to Infernal Overkill. Still not quite perfect but this is definitely thrash metal how the devil intended it-fast, heavy and non-stop aggression. The more technical aspect of this album and the actual variety found in it is what makes this better than their debut but both are still incredible releases. If you like thrash give this a listen as it is probably their most solid album |
| Dissection Storm of the Light's Bane |
| Damn near to being perfect, this is one of the most aggressive and angry sounding albums ever recorded. Dissection really made a masterpiece with Storm Of The Lights Bane laden with highly technical instrumental work and a near untouchable atmosphere that radiates nothing more than the deepest darkest emotions that a human being can feel |
| Emperor In the Nightside Eclipse |
| Dammit, the symphonies on this album are integrated amazingly. This is black metal as the devil intended it-so much rage and hate compressed into one package that whizzes past and makes you immediately want to hit the replay button |
| Exhorder Slaughter in the Vatican |
| How much hate can a band pput into one album? Clearly Exhorder wanted to break the record for this with their seminal debut that packs so much rage into its running time that it really is a thing to marvel at |
| Faith No More Angel Dust |
| Angel Dust stands as testament to how wierd and bizarre and yet still completely awesome a band can sound if they relaly put their soul into it. Anyone who is going to say that this isnt unique is crazy and anyone who says it isnt amazing is even crazier |
| Kreator Hordes of Chaos |
| One of the finest modern thrash albums recorded. Hordes Of Chaos is just one long masterpiece that never lets up in its ability to drop your jaw |
| Megadeth Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? |
| Until recently, my favorite Megadeth album, this really is amazing, and Good Mourning Black Friday, My Last Words and The Conjuring stand as testament to how good Dave and the boys really were even despite their heroin addictions. |
| Neil Diamond The Jazz Singer |
| A fantastic 80s pop/rock album that just has so much going off throughout and never fails to have that spark that made neil diamond such a good artist to being with. Each song is a masterpiece and each song deserves a lot more love than they recieve sadly. |
| Nuclear Assault Survive |
| Survive stands out as one of the finest thrash metal albums ever recorded, far outdoing Game Over. This is a speedy, aggressive, hate filled album that really doesnt take its foot off your throat for one minute. |
| Opeth My Arms, Your Hearse |
| One of the most perfect prog-metal albums ever recorded, everything about this album is guaranteed to inspire awe and your jaw dropping. and then you start headbanging to fuck, for that is what this album is all about/ |
| Overkill Ironbound |
| Ironbound is Overkills best album to date, regardless of what some will have you believe. this is a really solid album and one that few, if any in the genre can match. |
| Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon |
| Dark Side Of The Moon is indeed the masterpiece you have heard about and been lead to believe that it is, this is a fantastic album that few can really hope to match both within the constraints of the progressive genre and in music in general. |
| Radiohead Kid A |
| This album is such an emotional mind fuck in the best possible way, anyone who truly understands this album and what the hell they just heard after hearing it is a smart person as this really is wierd but amazing at the same time |
| Rush 2112 |
| The title track is the most beautiful song ever composed, for sure, but the rest of the album is a little disjointed. However this does not change the fact that the album is a timeless classic that should not be ignored in favor of anything at all. |
| Slayer Hell Awaits |
| The best Slayer album with a dark atmosphere and some really crushing riffs on top of Toms manic vocal performance |
| Tonight Alive What Are You So Scared Of? |
| One of the best pop punk albums ever recorded. period. the vocal work is some of the best out there and the instrumentals are a cut above the usual cut-and-dried chord rubbish you hear |
