The 10 Heavy Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

Exodus? Fabulous Disaster? Blasphemy...should have been "Bonded By Blood".

This guy needs to get fired!  Just saw he has Alice in Chains on the anticipated metal albums of 2013 list.  AIC is Grunge dude, and again...  No MEGADETH? UM Dave and Chris are hands down the best 1-2 punch in metal right now...

The Punishment Due!  

Not listing either Mercyful Fate's Melissa or Don't Break the Oath weakens the list by quite a bit.

The rest of the list is relatively decent, but having Lamb of God over Mercyful Fate is like choosing Green Day over Iron Maiden.

metal music seems like a death cult

No list is complete without AC/DC. Maybe I'm too old? Judas Priest - British Steele?

More in depth list:

http://kingcrimsonprog.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/list-of-albums-that-you-need-to-have-heard-to-have-a-full-and-comprehensive-understanding-of-metal-music/

Rust in Peace or Peace?

Why are there so many people bitching. Its a list of 10 albums. Obviously its going to be super selective and not include everything. 

No Rust in Peace or Peace Sell...But Who's Buying from Megadeth? No Among the Living from Anthrax? I thought this was a list of HEAVY METAL albums. I won't deny the influence of Ozzy, Dio, or Iron Maiden but they themselves will say that they aren't heavy metal. A top 10 list of heavy metal albums with no mention of Megadeth or Anthrax just isn't a list of top 10 heavy metal albums. 

Y U NO INCLUDE [arbitrary choice of heavy metal album]

Meh, to each their own, but including fabulous disaster over bonded by blood is a befuddling choice.

WHERE THE FUCK IS RUST IN PEACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OR PAINKILLER

Lamb of God's presence on this list and the absence of   Megadeth or Mercyful fate's albums not being on the list..... MAKES THIS LIST A FUCKING JOKE.

My top 10: Pantera- Vulgar Display Of Power, Megadeth- Rust In Peace, Mercyful Fate- Melissa, Dimmu Borgir- Death Cult Armageddon, Fear Factory-Demanufacture, Slayer-Reign In Blood, Iron Maiden- Number Of The Beast/Piece Of Mind (it's a tie), Type O Negative- Bloody Kisses, Metallica- Master Of Puppets, and Machine Head- Burn My Eyes. Mixing it up, no particular order.        Honorable mentions: Cradle Of Filth- Dusk And Her Embrace, Sepultura- Roots, Sigh- Insomniphobia, Celtic Frost- Monotheist, Candlemass- Nightfall, Motorhead-Ace Of Spades, Mastodon- Remission, Slough Feg- Traveller, and Bjork- Post. I'm kidding about the last one.

Where is Rust in Peace?!

Why is "Shogun" never on these? It is a damn good album.

Way to fuck up the lyrics to Master of Puppets. Its "smashing" not "slashing" dumb ass

ALTARS OF MADNESS!!!! FUCK YOU FOR NOT INCLUDING IT!!!!

 Lamb of God should not be anywhere on this list! 

Then we have to look how wide the spread is? Cannibal Corpse although I prefer Chris Barnes as lead is not anywhere near Dio music wise. Slayer is and should be near the top of the list. Metallica is a freaking Cover band!

Lastly no mention what so ever of IRON MAN? Seems like someone that is not a true fan of this music Genre to me!

No way is Vile better than The Bleeding which is one of the best death metal albums ever. Even tomb of the mutilated and Butchered at Birth are much better. George Fisher did not take Cannibal Corpse to a better level. He is not bad but the Chris Barnes era will always be the best shit ever. I'd put Testament The New Order on there, sepultura beneath the remains, machine head burn my eyes etc

THE FUCKING BIG FIVE! MEGADETH, EXODUS, SLAYER, ANTHRAX AND OVERKILL. OFFCOURSE.

no no.. before the master of puppets. I choise RUST IN PEACE, PEACE SELLS BUT .. , TEMPO OF DAMNED, THE NEW AGE OF TERROR, HORROSCOPE, TALKING OVER... 

and where is painkiller?  chemical assault? 

down nola, pantera trendkill, deftones white pony

I agree with Josh about the LoG, Exodus, and Cannibal Corpse albums. He lost me on Maiden. None of their records should be #1. If they are going to be on the list, it needs to be the record with "Run to the Hills". I can't think of another Maiden song that is a better example of Maiden for a first time listener.

I figured you'd have a lot to say about this. Ha.

Special mention!!! \M/ I've hear all of them and own all but two. That Cannibal Corpse and the Lamb of God albums are mystifying inclusions on this list. They're ok, but top ten?! Where's a Priest inclusion? And that Exodus album??? Jesus. Testament more deserving. Maiden should be #1, but a different album :):) And Carcass or At The Gates should replace Lamb of God. ahhh... why'd you have to do this>? haha

Not bad...

Josh Wilson :)

Lists like this are exercises in trolling. I'm ashamed of myself for reading it and feeling the need to post because I know that it is exactly what you want me to do. But it's metal so I can't help myself.

No way that Cowboys from Hell is better/more important than Vulgar Display of Power. Vulgar is when Pantera fully came into their own. Thats the one with the offical Pantera sound that metal artists to this day are still ripping off. It is the signature Pantera record. Hell, fans and surviving band members will tell you that.

I appreciate that you included a death metal record on the list. There are very few death metal bands that I can actually listen to. Cannibal Corpse isnt one of them. Too cartoony. The sole death metal spot should have gone to Morbid Angel.

I am a Lamb of God fan but was disappointed in Killedephia. I'm guessing its because it doesnt come close to recreating the live experience that my ears went through. To me, the best metal live record is Sepultura's Under a Pale Grey Sky. Hell, no way this list is complete without a Max-era Sepultura album. I would place any of those studio albums on this list in place of Exodus.