5 Favorite Albums of all Time (According to People That Actually Matter)
Everyone loves lists right? Well, rather than the usual blog where some internet hack, wanna be journalist tries to come up with a list of 10 metal related things or rants about retarded people and tries to make it funny, we here at Teethofthedivine.com thought we would try something different.
Why not put together a list complied from the people actually responsible for bringing the music to us? We scoured our email address books, Myspace pages and little black books for various Metal luminaries including band members, record label staff, media and PR staff, producers and the guy that mops the stage after concerts to get their 5 favorite albums of all time.
Here is the highly collaborative, incredibly comprehensive, exhaustive and informative end result (as usual, feel free to comment, add your own list or simply sell us viagra):
(Thanks to those folks that supplied their lists and the teethofthedivine staff that harassed them)
Proscriptor – (Absu)
1. Sodom Persecution Mania
2. Slayer Reign In Blood
3. Kreator Pleasure To Kill
4. Judas Priest Sad Wings of Destiny
5. Styx The Grand Illusion / Kiss Hotter Than Hell
Danny Lilker – (Brutal Truth/Nuclear Assault)
Black Sabbath- Paranoid
Judas Priest- Hell Bent For Leather
Iron Maiden- Killers
Slayer- Reign In Blood
Darkthrone- A Blaze In The Northern Sky
Martin Walkyier (Sabbat)
1. Bruce Dickinson – The Chemical Wedding.
2. Jethro Tull – Songs From The Wood.
3. New Model Army – Thunder And Consolation.
4. Kate Bush – Never For Ever.
5. Dave Matthews Band – Before These Crowded Streets.
Mike Williams – (Eyehategod/Outlaw Order/Arson Anthem)
1. Destruction – Infernal Overkill
2. Venom –Black Metal
3. Carnivore – Retaliation
4. DRI – Dealing With It
5. Slayer – Hell Awaits
Paulo Paguntalan – (Copremesis)
1 iniQuity – Serenadium
2 Human Remains – Using Sickness as Hero
3 Metallica – Ride the Lightning
4 Malignancy – Inhuman Grotesqueries
5 Disincarnate – Dreams of the Carrion Kind
Joe Fogarazzo – (Rigor Sardonicous)
[in no order]
Bathory – “Under The Sign Of The Black Mark”
Death – “Scream Bloody Gore”
Slayer – “Hell Awaits”
Skepticism – “Aether”
Mercyful Fate – “Melissa”
Josh Ebel – (Serious Grind)
Black Sabbath- vol. 4
Iron Maiden- self titled
Sepultura- Beneath the Remains
Death- Human
Rwake- Absence Due to Projection
Steve Smyth – (Nevermore, Testament)
AC/DC – Back In Black
Aerosmith – Rocks
Ozzy Osbourne – Diary of a Madman
Metallica – Master of Puppets
Loudness – Disillusion
Matt Rudzinski – (Killwhitneydead, owner – Tribunal Records/Divebomb Records)
DREAM THEATER – When Dream & Day Unite
METALLICA – Master Of Puppets
EDGE OF SANITY – Crimson
ENTOMBED – Wolverine Blues
HOLY TERROR – Mind Wars
Lance Harrison – (Hirax)
1. Iron Maiden – Piece of Mind
2. Ozzy Osbourne – Blizzard of Ozz
3. Metallica – Kill em All
4. Slayer – Reign in Blood
5. Exodus – Bonded by Blood
Glenn Rogers- (Hirax)
1. The Beatles , The White Album
2. Iron Maiden , The Number Of The Beast
3. UFO , Strangers In The Night
4. Queen , A Night At The Opera
5. Led Zeppelin , Led Zeppelin II
Butch Balich – (ARGUS, fomerly of PENANCE)
1. The Beatles – Rubber Soul
2. Black Sabbath – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
3. The Beatles – Revolver
4. Angel – Angel
5. KISS – Destroyer
Paul Speckman – (Master)
1 Rainbow Rising
2 Angel Witch Angel Witch
3 Motorhead No Sleep Til Hammersmith
4 Deep Purple Purpendicular
5 Judas Priest Sin After Sin
Geoff Summers – (Batillus/The End Records/Crustcake.com/Noisecreep.com)
Converge – You Fail Me
Electric Wizard – Dopethrone
Isis – Oceanic
Mastodon – Remission
Queens of the Stone Age – Songs for the Deaf
Paul Kuhr (Novembers Doom)
1. Slayer “Reign in Blood”
2. Metallica “Master of Puppets”
3. Metallica “Ride the Lightning”
4. Pestilence “Consuming Impulse”
5. My Dying Bride “Turn Loose the Swans”
Larry Roberts – (Novembers Doom)
Celtic Frost- Into The Pandemonium
Judas Priest- Unleashed In The Easy
Voivod- Dimension Hatross
Slayer- Reign In Blood
Metallica- Master Of Puppet
Lars Chriss – (Lions Share)
1. Black Sabbath “Mob Rules”
2. Def Leppard “Pyromania“
3. MSG “MSG” (1981)
4. Judas Priest “British Steel”
5. KISS “Alive”
Graham Landers – (Deepsend Records)
1. Integrity – For Those Who Fear Tomorrow
2. My Dying Bride – The Dreadful Hours
3. Type O Negative – World Coming Down
4. At The Gates – Slaughter of the Soul
5. Gorgots – Obscura
Vic Szalaj – (Cable/The End Records)
1. Black Sabbath – We Sold Our Souls For Rock n’ Roll
2. Iron Maiden – Number Of The Beast
3. Judas Priest – British Steel
4. Motorhead – Ace Of Spades
5. KISS – Destroyer
Kelli Malella – (Publicity-Metal Blade Records)
Acid Bath – When the Kite String Pops/Pagan Terrorist Tactics
Soilent Green – Sewn Mouth Secrets/Pussysoul
The Black Dahlia Murder – Unhallowed
Down – NOLA
Pantera – Far Beyond Driven/Great Southern Trendkill
Berkan Basoglu (Carnophage)
1) Suffocation – Pierced From Within
2) Slayer – Reign in Blood
3) At The Gates – Slaughter Of The Soul
4) Death – Human
5) Morbid Angel – Domination
Daniel Ekeroth (Tyrant/ Author of “Swedish Death Metal”)
1. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
2. Judas Priest – Sad Wings of Destiny
3. Motörhead – Overkill
4. Thin Lizzy – Bad Reputation
5. AC/DC – Let there be rock
John McEntee (Incantation/ Ibex Moon Records)
Black Sabbath – “Born Again”
Black Sabbath – “Live Evil”
Possessed – “Seven Churches”
Autopsy – “Mental Funeral”
Exodus – “Bonded by Blood”
Dopi (MACHETAZO):
1. IRON MAIDEN “Powerslave”
2. VENOM “Black Metal”
3. JUDAS PRIEST “Defenders of the faith”
4. SLAYER “Reign in blood”
5. CIRITH UNGOL “One foot in hel”
Trevor Peres – (Obituary)
1. Celtic Frost – Morbid Tales
2. Slayer – Hell Awaits
3. Possessed – Seven Churches
4. Venom – Black Metal
5. It’s a toss up between… Metallica – Kill ‘Em All and Exodus – Bonded By Blood
Andrew Hock – (Castevet)
Ulver: Bergtatt
Celtic Frost: To Mega Therion
Demilich: Nespithe
Mercyful Fate: Melissa
Enslaved: Mardraum: Beyond The Within
Frank Watkins – (Obituary / Gorgoroth)
1) Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
2) Death – Scream Bloody Gore
3) Hell Awaits – Slayer
4) Napalm Death – From Enslavement to Obliteration
5) Don’t Break The Oath – Mercyful Fate
Steven Rathbone – (Lair of the Minotaur)
1. SLAYER – REIGN IN BLOOD
2. METALLICA – KILL EM ALL
3. S.O.D. – SPEAK ENGLISH OR DIE
4. JUDAS PRIEST – HELL BENT FOR LEATHER
5. CELTIC FROST – MORBID TALES / EMPEROR’S RETURN
Glann Hampton – (Rigor Sardonicous)
#1 Slayer Hell Awaits.
#2 Trouble Psalm 9.
#3 Iron Maiden Number of the Beast.
#4 Black Sabbath Master of Reality.
#5 KISS Destroyer.
Infestvvs – (Glorior Belli / Obscurus Advocam)
1. PANTERA: The Great Southern Trendkill
2. ALICE IN CHAINS: Dirt
3. DISSECTION: Reinkaos
4. AT THE DRIVE-IN: Relationship Of Command
5. MASTODON: Crack The Skye
Alastor – (Glorior Belli)
1. MACHINE HEAD – Burn My Eyes
2. GUNS N ROSES – Apettite For Destruction
3. SEPULTURA – Arise
4. BRUTAL TRUTH – Sounds Of The Animal Kingdom
5. DISSECTION – Storm Of The Light’s Bane
Ripper Owens – (Beyond Fear, Ex Judas Priest)
1 Judas Priest...Screaming for Vengeance
2 Anthrax..Among the living
3 Sabbath…Heaven and Hell
4 Queensryche..Operation mind crime
5 Soundgarden…Badmotorfinger
Archaon – (1349)
1: CARCASS Necrotisicm- Descanting the insalubrious
2: EMPEROR- Anthems to the welkin at dusk
3: PINK FLOYD- The division bell
4: TOOL- 10 000 days
5: NILE- Black seeds of vengeance
Mayheimc Destructor (Endstille):
1. Voivod – Dimension Hatröss
2. Gorgoroth – Under the sign of hell
3. Skitsystem – Graa värld/svarta tankar
4. Sodom – Agent Orange
5. Repulsion – Horrified
Dan Lorenzo (Hades)
1 AC/DC Highway To Hell
2 Kiss Alive!
3 Plasmatics Coup De Etat
4 Aerosmith Rocks
5 Clutch Clutch
Chris Bruni (Profound Lore Records Owner)
1) MERCYFUL FATE – Don’t Break The Oath
2) DIO – The Last In Line
3) MERCYFUL FATE – Melissa
4) CELTIC FROST – To Mega Therion
5) MORBID ANGEL – Altars Of Madness
Ben Hogg – (Beaten Back to Pure/ Birds of Prey)
1.Slayer-Reign in Blood
2.Sabbath-Masters of Reality
3.Celtic Frost-To Mega Therion
4.Mercyful Fate-Don’t Break the Oath
5.Accept-Restless and Wild
Roy Yeo – (Pulverised Records)
1. Entombed “Left Hand Path”
2. Morbid Angel “Altars Of Madness”
3. At The Gates “Slaughter Of The Soul”
4. Edge Of Sanity “Crimson”
5. Dissection “Storm Of A Light’s Bane”
Colin Davis – (Vile)
1. Iron Maiden – Piece of Mind
2. Morbid Angel – Blessed are the Sick
3. Judas Priest – Screaming for Vengeance
4. Yngwie Malmsteen – Rising Force
5. Death – Human
Gus G – (Firewind, Nightrage)
1. Iron Maiden – Piece Of Mind
2. Metallica – Metallica
3. Scorpions – Taken By Force
4. Black Sabbath – Tyr
5. Firewind – The Premonition
Alan McFarland – (Man Must Die)
1. Carcass – Heartwork
2. Megadeth – Rust in peace
3. Anthrax – Persistance of time
4. Iron Maiden – Somewhere in Time
5. Armageddon – three
Charles Elliot – (Nuclear Blast Records)
Carcass – Heartwork
Death – Human
At the gates – Slaughter of the soul
Suffocation – Pierced from within
Dissection – Storm of the lights bane
Andre Hartoonian –(Hexen)
1. Death – Symbolic
2. Megadeth – Rust in Peace
3. Dream Theater – Images and Words
4. Coroner – No More Color
5. Metallica – …And Justice for All
Corey Bing – (Fistula)
Slayer – Reign In Blood
Nuclear Assault – Game Over
Obituary – Slowly We Rot
Metallica- Ride the Lightning
Brutal Truth – Need to Control
Chris Grigg (Woe)
Assuck – “Misery Index”
Dawn – “Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy)”
Ulver – “Nattens Madrigal”
Emperor – “In the Nightside Eclipse”
Enslaved – “Isa”
Jamie King (Producer)
Metallica-And Justice for All
Megadeth-Rust in Peace
Confessor-Confessor
Meshuggah-Destroy Erase Improve
Turmoil-Process Of
Yan Leviathan – (Avian)
1) Queensryche – Operation Mindcrime
2) Dream Theater – Scenes From A Memory
3) Helloween – The Time of the Oath
4) Freedom Call – Crystal Empire
5) Rhapsody of FIre – Rain of a Thousand Flames
Karl Sanders – (Nile)
Blessed are the Sick – Morbid Angel
Virgin Killer – Scorpions
Screaming for Vengeance – Judas Priest
Long Live Rock and Roll – Rainbow
Heaven and Hell – Black Sabbath
Steve Merry – (Be’lakor)
Opeth – Morningrise
Metallica – Master of Puppets
Dimmu Borgir – Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
Immortal – Sons of Northern Darkness
Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
Curby – (Obscene Productions)
1. NASUM – Inhale/Exhale
2. BRUTAL TRUTH – Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses
3. NAPALM DEATH – Scum
4. CARCASS – Swansongs
5. VENOMOUS CONCEPT – Poisoned Apple
Chris Black – (Superchrist)
Motorhead – No Sleep til Hammersmith
Slayer – Show No Mercy
Iron Maiden – Somewhere in Time
Bathory – Twilight of the Gods
Sentenced – Amok
Kevin Hufnagel – (Dysrhythmia)
Voivod – Dimension Hatross
Anacrusis – Manic Impressions
Fates Warning – Awaken the Guardian
King Diamond – Abigail
Iron Maiden – Killers
Mike Hill – (Tombs)
1. Slayer – Reign in Blood
2. Black Sabbath – Master of Reality
3. At the Gates – Slaughter of the Soul
4. Neurosis – Through Silver in Blood
5. Metallica – And Justice For All
Matt Moore – (Rumpelstiltskin Grinder)
Emperor – “In the Nightside Eclipse”
Dissection – “Storm of the Lights Bane”
Sepultura – “Chaos AD”
God Dethroned – “Bloody Blasphemy”
King Diamond – “Fatal Portrait”
Mike Dafferner – (Car Bomb)
1. Metallica – Kill Em All
2. Slayer – South o Heaven
3. Iron Maiden – Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
4. Detones – White Pony
5. Tool- Undertow
Jon Modell – (Car Bomb)
Slayer – Reign in Blood
Metallica – Master of Puppets
SOD – Speak English or Die
Pantera – Far Beyond Driven
Death – Human
CT – (Rwake)
Kiss – Destroyer
Metallica- and Justice for All
Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti
Black Sabbath – Master of Reality
Iron Maiden – Number of the Beast
Ryan Lipynsky –(Unearthly Trance)
1. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
2. Slayer – Show No Mercy
3. Metallica – Kill Em All
4. Celtic Frost – Morbid Tales
5. Darkthrone – A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Josh Silbernagel – (Hands)
1. Whitecross – Hammer and Nail
2. Stryper – Soldiers Under Command
3. Stryper – To Hell With The Devil
4. Holy Soldier – Holy Soldier
5. Guardian – Miracle Mile
Brook Reeves (Impending Doom)
Pantera- The Great Southern Trendkill
Slipknot- Iowa
Hank williams jr- Greatest Hits
Metallica- Black Album
Deftones- White Pony
David Sitting – (Impending Doom)
1. Chaosphere – Meshuggah
2. Ride The Lightning – Metallica
3. Iowa – Slipknot
4. Issues – Korn
5. 10,000 Days – Tool
Matt Ellis – (A Hope For Home)
1. Metallica- …And Justice For All
2. Botch- We Are The Romans
3. Isis- Panopticon
4. Norma Jean- O God, The Aftermath
5. Coalesce- 0:12 Revolution In Just Listening
Shannon Quiggle – (Facedown Records)
(no particular order)
Life of Agony – River Runs Red
Sepultura – Chaos A.D.
Led Zeppelin – IV
Tool – Undertow
xDisciplex – Imitation of Love
Brian Funck – (Thou)
Catharsis – Samsara
Born Against – Rebel Sound of Shit and Failure
Earth Crisis – 1993 demo
Culture – Heteronome
Disembodied – If God Only Knew the Rest Were Dead
Sherwood Webber (ex Skinless, Enemy Reign)
Resurrection – Embalmed Existence
Starkweather – Into The Wire
Suffocation – Despise The Sun
Pungent Stench – Club Mondo Bizarre, For Members Only
Sick Of It All – Scratch The Surface
Lord K Phillipson – (The Project Hate, God Among Insects)
Metallica – Master of Puppets
Vanessa Carlton – Any album fits here
Agony – The First Defiance
Seance – Saltrubbed eyes
Dark Funeral – Diabolis interium
Antony Guzzardo – (Earache Records)
1. Dream Theater – Metropolis pt. II: Scenes From a Memory
2. Metallica – …And Justice For All
3. Iced Earth – Alive In Athens
4. Pain of Salvation – Remedy Lane
5. Fates Warning – Parallels
Attila Csihar – (sunn 0))), Mayhem, etc).
Deep Purple “In Rock”
Judae Priest “Screaming for Vengence”
Slayer “Hell Awaits”
Voivod “Dimension Hatross”
Celtic Frost “To Mega Therion”
Ian Jacyszyn – (Castevet)
Motorhead – Overkill
Extreme Noise Terror – Phonophobia
Voivod – Nothingface
Master’s Hammer – Ritual
Carcass – Symphonies of Sickness
Frank Harthoorn – (Gorefest)
1 Carcass – Symphonies of Sickness
2 Judas Priest – Unleashed In The East
3 Metallica – Ride The Lightning
4 Strapping Young Lad – City
5 Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast
Mike Scalzi – (Slough Feg)
1. Black Sabbath: Master of Reality
2. Iron Maiden: Number of the Beast
3. Saint Vitus: Saint Vitus
4. Solstice: New Dark Age
5. Judas Priest: Hell Bent for Leather
Bård g. Eithun – (Blood Tsunami, ex-Emperor)
Mayem – Dee Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Tormentor – Anno Domini
Poison Idea – Feel the Darkness
Slayer – Reing in Blood
Bathory – Blood Fire Death
Khorus – (Khors)
1.W.A.S.P. – Crimson Idol
2.The Cure – Wish
3.Celtic Frost – Into The Pandemonium
4.Type’O’Negative – October Rust
5.Arcturus – The Sham Mirrors
Ralph Santolla – (Obituary / Deicide)
Ozzy – Diary of a Madman
Black Sabbath – Heaven and Hell
Iron Maiden – Number of the Beast
Judas Priest – Screaming for Vengeance
Carcass – Heartwork
Seraphackh – (Anael)
Bathory – Blood, Fire, Death
Black Sabbath – Mob Rules
Iron Maiden – Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
Venom – At War With Satan
Slayer – Hell Awaits
Donald Tardy – (Obituary)
1. Mercyful Fate-Don’t Break the Oath
2. Metallica-Kill em’ All
3. Slayer- Reign In Blood
4. Celtic Frost- To Mega Therion
5.Pantera-Vulgar Display of Power
Assaulter; S. (Berserker)
Metallica – ‘Ride the Lightning’
Mercyful Fate – ‘Don’t Break the Oath’
Kreator – ‘Pleasure to Kill’
Sodom – ‘Agent Orange’
Judas Priest – ‘Painkiller’
Richard Cabeza, (Unanimated, ex- Dismember)
1. Mercyful Fate- Don’t Break the Oath
2. Bathory- Bathory
3. Autospy- Mental Funeral
4. Sarcofago – Inri
5. Bathory – Hammerheart
Aydan – (Elvenking)
HELLOWEEN – Keeper of the 7 keys pt 2
IRON MAIDEN – Seventh son of a seventh son
SKYCLAD – A Burnt offering for the bone idol
CANDLEMASS – Nightfall
MERCYFUL FATE – In the shadows
Gerre – (Tankard)
1. Exciter: Heavy Metal Maniac
2. Exodus: Bonded by Blood
3. Omen: Battle Cry
4. Riot: Fire Down Under
5. Anvil: Metal on Metal
M. Svensson – (Vanmakt)
1 – Dissection – Storm Of The Light´s Bane
2 – Dark Funeral – Attera Totus Sanctus
3 – Opeth – Orchid
4 – Behemoth – Demigod
5 – Entombed – Left Hand Path
Damna – (Elvenking)
IRON MAIDEN Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
KISS Revenge
GUNS N ROSES “Use Your Illusion I & II”
AEREOSMITH Pump
MOTLEY CRUE Dr. Feelgood
Leon Macey (Mithras/The Senseless/Galactic Records)
Bal Sagoth – Battle Magic
Morbid Angel – Covenant
Rush – Power Windows
Dreamtribe – Mother Earth
Metallica – Master Of Puppets
Nathan Ellis (Daylight Dies)
1. Metallica – Master of Puppets
2. Metallica – …And Justice For All
3. Opeth – My Arms Your Hearse
4. Queensryche – Operation Mindcrime
5. Pantera – Vulgar Display of Power
Andy Nelson – (Wrench In The Works)
Black Sabbath “Black Sabbath”
Metallica “Ride The Lightning”
Carcass “Heartwork”
Pantera “Vulgar Display of Power”
Life of Agony “River Runs Red”
Andy Atkins – (A Plea For Purging)
1. Reign In Blood – Slayer
2. Catch 33 – Meshuggah
3. Paranoid – Black Sabbath
4. Master of Puppets – Metallica
5. Cowboys From Hell – Pantera
Andrew Wallin – (Battlefields)
Morbid Angel “Domination”
Neurosis “Times of Grace”
Godflesh “Streetcleaner”
Metallica “and Justice for All”
At the Gates “Slaughter of the Soul”
Pete Ponitkoff – (Agenda Of Swine)
1.) Slayer” Show no mercy”
2.) Posssesed “7 Churches”
3.) Slayer“Hell Awaits”/ Reign in Blood”
4.) Venom” Welcome to Hell”
5.) Exodus”Bonded by Blood”
Bill Davidson – (Sathanas)
1. Venom-Welcome to Hell
2. BATHYM-all
3. Acheron-Rites of the Black Mass
4. Kreator- Terrible Certainty
5. Nun Slaughter-Hell’s unholy fire
Jared Brewer (Terra Caput Mundi)
Slayer – Show No Mercy
Running Wild – Gates to Purgatory
Iron Maiden – Powerslave
Manilla Road – Mystification
Living Death – Vengeance of Hell
Patrik Lindgren – (Thyrfing)
Bathory “Hammerheart”
Metallica “Ride The Lightning”
Dissection “Storm of The Light’s Bane”
Morbid Angel “Altars of Madness”
Judas Priest “Sad Wings of Destiny”
Erik Trammell – (Black Elk)
1. Godflesh-Streetcleaner
2. Neurosis-Times of Grace
3. Celtic Frost-Monotheist
4. Slayer-South of Heaven
5. Pig Destroyer-Phantom Limb
Brian Slagel (Metal Blade Records)
1. Iron Maiden “The Number Of The Beast”
2. Iron Maiden “Killers”
3. Rainbow “Rising”
4. Black Sabbath “Sabotage”
5. Thin Lizzy “Johnny The Fox”
Robert Falzano –(Shatter Messiah)
Metallica – Master of Puppets/Ride the Lightning
Danzig – Danzig II
Anthrax – Among the Living
Pantera – Vulgar Display of Power
Type O Negative – Bloody Kisses
Mika André – (Eryn Non Dae)
Nevermore – Dead Heart in A Dead World
Khoma- The Second Wave
Metallica – Master of Puppets
Emperor – Prometheus, The Discipline of Fire and Demise
Iron Maiden – Somewhere In Time
Jeffrey Kusbel – (Autopsy Kitchen Records)
Iron Maiden – Piece Of Mind
Type O Negative – October Rust
Motorhead – Overkill
Ildjarn – Strength And Anger
Sinister – Hate
Nick Emde – (The Destro)
1. Fear Factory- Demanufacture
2. Crowbar- Time Heals Nothing
3. Pantera- Far Beyond Driven
4. Napalm Death- Words from the Exit wound
5. Cannibal Corpse- Bloodthirst
Chris Brock-(Early Graves)
1. Slayer “Show No Mercy”
2. Slayer “Haunting The Chapel”
3. Slayer “Hell Awaits”
4. Slayer “Reign In Blood”
5. Slayer “South of Heaven”
Tobias Buck – (Neaera)
1. BOLT THROWER-FOR VICTORY…
2. HEAVEN SHALL BURN-WHATEVER IT MAY TAKE
3. NEUROSIS-TIMES OF GRACE
4. CARCASS-HEARTWORK
5. EARTH CRISIS-DESTROY THE MACHINES
Stefan Keller (Neaera)
1. Gojira – The Way of all Flesh
2. Efterklang – Parades
3. The Acacia Strain – Continent
4. Rammstein – Reise, Reise
5. Calexico – Carried to Dust
Gary Mader – (Eyehategod/Outlaw Order)
Slayer-Reign in Blood
Righteous pigs-Stress Related
Sleep-jerusalem
Melvins-Gluey Porch Treatments
Celtic Frost-Morbid Tales
Alex Webster (Cannibal Corpse)
1. Slayer “Reign In Blood”
2. Metallica “Master of Puppets”
3. Accept “Restless and Wild”
4. Iron Maiden “Powerslave”
5. Morbid Angel “Altars of Madness”
Matthias Vogels (Murmur)
Judas Priest – Sad Wings of Destiny
Iron Maiden – Powerslave
Witchfinder General – Death Penalty
Morbid Angel – Altars of Madness
Bathory – Blood Fire Death
Derek Bean (Devastator)
1. Metallica- Master of Puppets
2. Megadeth- Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying
3. Iron Maiden- Powerslave
4. Judas Priest- Defenders of the Faith
5. Slayer- Reign in Blood
Jost Kleinert (Lay Down Rotten)
1. Edge of Sanity – Crimson
2. Edge of Sanity – Spectral Sorrows
3. Katatonia – Brave Murder Day
4. Opeth – Black Water Park
5. Emperor – Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
Kreishloff – (Lecherous Nocturne)
Immolation, Here and After
Angelcorpse, The Inexorable
Megadeth, Rust in Peace
Marduk, Panzer Division Marduk
Gorguts, Obscura
Trevor Phipps – (Unearth)
1. Pantera “Vulgar Display of Power”
2. Metallica “Master of Puppets”
3. Sepultura “Arise”
4. Anthrax “Among the Living”
5. Megadeth “Peace Sells…But who’s buying”
Raymond Herrera (Fear Factory/Arkaea)
Metallica: Master of Puppets
Slayer: Reign in Blood
Sodom: Persecution Mania
Napalm Death: Utopia Banished
Death: Leprosy
SCOTT FLASTER – (SEVENTH RULE RECORDINGS)
1. BLACK SABBATH – SABOTAGE
2. VOIVOD – KILLING TECHNOLOGY
3. JUDAS PRIEST – STAINED CLASS
4. SLAYER – SOUTH OF HEAVEN
5. DANZIG – DANZIG III: HOW THE GODS KILL
Gary Vosganian (Maelstrom)
1. Sabbat – Dreamweaver (reflections of our yesterdays)
2. Slayer – Reign in Blood
3. Death – Human
4. Kreator – Extreme Aggression
5. Iron Maiden – Powerslave
Nathan T Birk – (Zero Tolerance Magazine)
1) godflesh – streetcleaner
2) darkthrone – transylvanian hunger
3) mayhem – de mysteriis dom sathanas
4) motorhead – another perfect day
5) beherit – drawing down the moon
Simon (War From A Harlots Mouth)
Meshuggah – Catch 33
Crowbar – Sonic Excess in its Purest Form
Type o negative – October Rust
At the Gates – Slaughter of the Soul
Behemoth – Demigod
Barret (Sevared Records)
Metallica- Master Of Puppets
Broken Hope- Repulsive Conception
Morbid Angel- Covenant
Grave- Into The Grave
Deranged- Rated X
Max Doyle (GRAYCEON):
1. Ruins of Beverast “Rain Upon the Impure”
2. Metallica “Master of Puppets”
3. Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac “Then Play On”
4. Asunder “A Clarion Call”
5. Agalloch “The Mantle”
Jackie Perez Gratz (GRAYCEON):
1. Guns-n-Roses / Appetite for Destruction
2. Judas Priest / Sad Wings of Destiny
3. Iron Maiden / Killers
4. Metallica / Master of Puppets
5. Black Sabbath / Parnoid
Zack Farwell (GRAYCEON)
1.Metallica’s-Master of Puppets
2.Mastodon-Leviathan
3.Pantera-Far Beyond Driven
4.High on Fire-Death is This Communion
5.Opeth-Still Life
Calvin Chaing (Pulverised Records)
1) Morbid Angel – Altars Of Madness
2) Carcass – Heartwork
3) At The Gates – Slaughter Of The Soul
3) Napalm Death – Utopia Banished
4) Death – The Sound Of Perseverance
Perttu Vänskä – (Fist in Fetus)
1. Symphony X – The Divine Wings of Tragedy
2. Dream Theater – Scenes from a Memory
3. Metallica – …And Justice for All
4. Megadeth – Countdown to Extinction
5. Children of Bodom – Hatebreeder
Wow! That is an awesome list and very interesting too, definitely some surprises. Pleased to see Rainbow getting a lot of love – I remember when I found my Dad’s copy of Long Live Rock n’ Roll, and thus another metalhead was born.
on May 5th, 2009 at 17:56any doubt that Slayers Reign in Blood is the best metal album of all time? (closely followed by Master of Puppets)
on May 5th, 2009 at 18:27That certainly seems to be the concensus, although Death’s Human got a lot of votes too. Strangely only one for Dave Matthew’s Band though – can’t think why.
on May 5th, 2009 at 18:46Damn, that’s quite the list!
on May 5th, 2009 at 18:54Helluva list there! Several bands with many votes, but alot of interesting surprises too. Good job dudes!
on May 5th, 2009 at 20:00Interesting to see Vanessa Carlton picked amongst all the Metal…Viva Variety!!!
on May 6th, 2009 at 07:52Yeah- I think ol’ Lord K was having some fun
on May 6th, 2009 at 07:58I guess i need to check out Pantera’s Far Beyond Driven- I always thought Vulgar was thier best, but I see Driven on here quite a bit
on May 6th, 2009 at 09:15I think it somewhat proves that the records listened to in the formative years, when first discovering certain music on one’s own are the albums that will make these lists. It has as much to do with human development as it does the strength of the material. Whether it was Judas Priest or Korn “issues”
on May 6th, 2009 at 13:03That is so true. Nearly all of my all time faves are from my teen years, when I was just beginning to truly discover music. Those initial discoveries are always the longest lasting.
on May 6th, 2009 at 13:39Nice to see such a list, even though there are submissions by people that actually don’t matter, but it was really good to see Brian Slagel’s top five. I was surprised I didn’t see more nods towards Morbid Angel, whose first four albums are all top notch and “Altars Of Madness” is an undisputed classic of Metal. For my two cents on Morbid Angel, check:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1701399/the_ten_best_songs_from_morbid_angel.html
on May 6th, 2009 at 13:43Thats a good article Juan- but no “God of Emptiness”? shame on you.
on May 6th, 2009 at 15:42Give me a break Erik! I had to narrow it down to 10… It was really difficult, why do you think I used the trick of only choosing from their first four albums? “God Of Emptiness” would have been the 11th song, but it was only a top ten…
on May 6th, 2009 at 15:54Great piece, although I did not see these three in anyone’s list so I have to add them: 1) SYL-City 2) Emperor-Emperor/Wrath of the Tyrant 3) Weakling-Dead as Dreams…Thanks for a great site
on May 6th, 2009 at 16:30I like that Gus G. voted a Firewind album in his top 5, lol, funny shit. Is that against the rules?
on May 6th, 2009 at 17:12Erik, or any other staffers for that matter, you should totally compile a list of most top mentioned albums by all of these artists/musicians so we can see which albums were mentioned the most.
PLEASE?!?!? :)
Cheers all!
on May 6th, 2009 at 23:59I would have thought to see more Megadeth “Rust in Peace” nods on there.
on May 7th, 2009 at 14:15You asked, you got it. (I was curious myself, and a little bored). so here ya go.
TOP ALBUMS:
01. Slayer – Reign in Blood….22
02. Metallica – Master of Puppets…19
03. Slayer – Hell Awaits…9
03. (tie) Metallica – Ride the Lightning…9
05. (tie) Metallica – And Justice For All…8
05. (tie) Iron Maiden – Number of the Beast…8
05. (tie) At the Gates – Slaughter of the Soul…8
08. (tie) Metallica – Kill ’em All…6
08. (tie) Mercyful Fate – Don’t Break the Oath…6
08. (tie) Dissection – Storm of the Lights Bane…6
08. (tie) Death – Human…6
08. (tie) Carcass – Heartwork…6
13. (tie) Slayer – Show No Mercy…5
13. (tie) Pantera – Vulgar Display of Power…5
13. (tie) Morbid Angel – Alters of Madness…5
13. (tie) Judas Priest – Screaming for Vengeance…5
13. (tie) Exodus – Bonded by Blood…5
13. (tie) Celtic Frost – To Mega Therion…5
13. (tie) Black Sabbath – Master of Reality…5
TOP BANDS BY TOTAL VOTES:
Metallica…44
Slayer…41
Iron Maiden – 28
Black Sabbath…24
Judas Priest – 20
Pantera…13
Celtic Frost…12
Death…11
Morbid Angel…11
Carcass…10
Mercyful Fate…10
At the Gates…8
Kiss…8
Bathory…7
Dissection…6
Motorhead…6
Venom…6
Voivod…6
Exodus…5
Megadeth…5
Opeth…5
Sepultura…5
The Maiden, Priest and Sabbath votes were really spread out. I guess everybody has a different fave from them. And of all the Slayer votes, I was surprised to see none for Seasons in the Abyss.
on May 7th, 2009 at 15:56nice work larry!
on May 7th, 2009 at 17:54Cannibal Corpse appears only once? Even though Alex Webster gets to list his favorite albums? (By the way his top two albums match the overall Top Two) …But Vanessa Carlton is there? And Kate Bush? And The Cure? And Hank Williams Jr.? Whoever was responsible for this shoul be Stripped, Raped and Strangled, then Fucked With A Knife, then Split Wide Open, then Gutted and left Covered With Sores until they Vomit The Soul and their Innards Decay and finally, their Rotting Head should be Buried In The Backyard until only A Skull Full Of Maggots remain.
on May 7th, 2009 at 21:18Juan Manuel Pinto:
“Whoever was responsible for this shoul be Stripped, Raped and Strangled, then Fucked With A Knife, then Split Wide Open, then Gutted and left Covered With Sores until they Vomit The Soul and their Innards Decay and finally, their Rotting Head should be Buried In The Backyard until only A Skull Full Of Maggots remain”.
Marcin:
Too bad that once they’re strangled, they can’t vomit shit…cause they’re fuckin’ dead!
on May 8th, 2009 at 06:06Juan- is that last sentence the title of the next Cannibal Corpse album?
on May 8th, 2009 at 09:18Erik: They’re just song titles…
on May 8th, 2009 at 09:39Modest Mouse: Lonesome Crowded West
on May 9th, 2009 at 01:20Guns N’ Roses: Appetite for Destruction
Rites of Spring: End on End
Slayer: Reign in Blood
Velvet Underground: White Light/White Heat
wtf is jared brewer doing on this list at all, let alone ahead of slagel and webster, among others? fucking crazy. invalidates the list.
on May 9th, 2009 at 06:561. cradle of filth – damnation and a day
2. dimmu borgir – death cult armogeddon
3. satyricon – the age of nero
4. metallica – and justice for all
5. bathory – nordland 1
on May 9th, 2009 at 12:02C- the list isn’t in any order of importance of folks- i added to the list as and when I got them back. and if someone got back to me with a list- i added regardless of who they were
on May 9th, 2009 at 17:395 Favorite Albums of all Time (According to People That Actually Matter)
I laughed none of those people matter at all so many shitty bands on those lists.
on May 9th, 2009 at 19:001º Epicus, doomicus, metallicus – Candlemass;
on May 14th, 2009 at 09:482º …And justice for all – Metallica;
3º Heartwork – Carcass;
4º Damnation – opeth;
5º Hemispheres – Rush;
In my opinion personally:
1. Maudlin of the Well – Part The Second
2. Opeth – Still Life
3. Isis – Panopticon
4. Porcupine Tree – Fear of a Blank Planet
5. Edge of Sanity – Crimson II
note: this is without album repeats from the same band… in which case, top 4 spaces would immediately be filled with every maudlin of the well album =) then opeth would be next in line… and, I don’t care about history or prestige… these albums are clearly better than anything Slayer or Metallica has put out… There, I said it!!
on May 22nd, 2009 at 20:30Wow, Im surprised by how often Carcass “Heartwork” appears on these lists. I remember it being panned when it first came out.
on May 24th, 2009 at 21:36Very nice list of lists here and a cool take on the whole thing. I love lists.
Here are my top 5
1. METALLICA – …And Justice For All
on Jul 1st, 2009 at 16:052. MEGADETH – Rust In Peace
3. DEATH – Symbolic
4. SLAYER – South Of Heaven
5. IRON MAIDEN – Iron Maiden