The 50 Most Important And Influential Heavy Metal Albums Of All Time

Chicken_Fucker

According to me....

I was bored and I did a list like this once on the Ozzboards. Haters gonna hate.

Anthrax - Among The Living
At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath – Paranoid
Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
Cannibal Corpse – Kill
Carcass – Heartwork
Death – Symbolic
Dark Tranquillity – The Gallery
Deicide – Deicide
Dio – Holy Diver
Dream Theater – Images and Words
Exodus – Bonded By Blood
Fates Warning - No Exit
Fear Factory – Demanufacture
Flotsam And Jetsam – No Place For Disgrace
Helloween – Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 1
In Flames – Whoracle
In Flames - Colony
Iron Maiden – The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden – Piece Of Mind
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Iron Maiden – Somewhere In Time
Judas Priest – Screaming For Vengeance
Killswitch Engage – Alive Or Just Breathing
King Diamond – Abigail
Marilyn Manson – Antichrist Superstar
Megadeth – Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?
Megadeth _ Rust In Peace
Mercyful Fate – Melissa
Metallica – Kill Em’ All
Metallica –Ride The Lightning
Metallica – Master Of Puppets
Morbid Angel – Blessed Are The Sick
Motley Crue – Shout At The Devil
Motorhead – Ace Of Spades
Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Ozzy Osbourne – Blizzard Of Ozz
Pantera – Vulgar Display Of Power
Queensryche – Operation Mindcrime
Scorpions – Blackout
Sepultura – Chaos A.D.
Slayer – Reign In Blood
Slayer – Seasons In The Abyss
Soundgarden – Louder Than Love
Testament – The Legacy
Tool – Aenima
Tool - Lateralus
Voivod – Nothingface

JLRedWing13

"Death – Symbolic"

This is about the only one I disagree with. Now, I believe that this is Death's best album, but if we're talking influence, Scream Bloody Gore and/or The Sound of Perseverance fit that description better.

Jeff

ya know whats funny? im on a metal forum and I only like MAYBE 5 of those.

JLRedWing13

Iron Maiden – Somewhere In Time
Judas Priest – Screaming For Vengeance

Oops, I missed these. I disagree with these two. Screaming For Vengeance is not more influential than Sad Wings of Destiny. Somewhere In Time is one of the most overlooked albums in Maiden's catalog...hardly influential.

laurjohn2

Marilyn Manson – Antichrist Superstar

influenced emo, not metal

Jeff

Marilyn Manson – Antichrist Superstar

influenced emo, not metal

But still influential

laurjohn2

Marilyn Manson – Antichrist Superstar

influenced emo, not metal

But still influential

but not to metal, like the thread title says

Rex_Capone420

you missed the 2 best tool albums...opiate (well technically not a studio album) and undertow are ahead of the middle 2

Chicken_Fucker

Obviously there will be alot of disagreements. That's the whole point. But I guess it's probably more of an important, influential, and my personal favorites, mixer.

Jeff

Marilyn Manson – Antichrist Superstar

influenced emo, not metal

But still influential

but not to metal, like the thread title says

Im sure it influenced a lot of metal. it was when manson was actually good and had a bigger metal fan base than anything.

Necrothulhu

Marilyn Manson – Antichrist Superstar

influenced emo, not metal

But still influential

but not to metal, like the thread title says

Im sure it influenced a lot of metal. it was when manson was actually good and had a bigger metal fan base than anything.

I agree with this

Chicken_Fucker

Jeff

@ the bunny pic, anyone who wears ed hardy deserves all the hate they get.

JLRedWing13

I'm not hating.....it's a very good list. I just think if you're going strictly in terms of influence, some of them don't fit as well as others. But I love pretty much every album on there.

Heisenberg

Far beyond driven should be on there

Rex_Capone420

Far beyond driven should be on there

Chicken_Fucker

I'm not hating.....it's a very good list. I just think if you're going strictly in terms of influence, some of them don't fit as well as others. But I love pretty much every album on there.

Not quite sure what I was going for myself, but it was interesting to do it, even though I probably missed some.

Chicken_Fucker

Far beyond driven should be on there

Never cared for that album at all. Cowboys From Hell could have been on there though and I wouldn't argue with you about that.

Rex_Capone420

everything with phil is the shit

JLRedWing13

Cowboys From Hell probably....

laurjohn2

if you want albums that influenced metal, stuff from the Who, Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin....etc...would need to be on the list