Definitive Albums

hb420 · #1 02-21-2011, 06:57 PM

If you could single out one album to best represent each metal subgenre what would you pick? Im working on my list now.

HandOfDoom · #2 02-21-2011, 07:10 PM

Progressive- Tool- Lateralus
Traditional Doom-Black Sabbath-Master Of Reality
Stoner Rock/Metal- Kyuss- Welcome To Sky Valley
Industrial- Rammstein- Sehnsucht
Traditional Metal - Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Nu Metal- Korn - Korn
Thrash Metal- Slayer- Show No Mercy
Sludge- Down- Nola
Groove Metal - Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
Death Metal- Death- Leprosy
Alternative- System of A Down- Toxicity

slapguitarer · #3 02-21-2011, 07:17 PM

Heavy Metal
AC/DC - Back In Black

Thrash Metal
Celtic Frost - Cold Lake

Speed Metal
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

Hair/Glam Metal
Pantera - Metal Magic

Groove Metal
Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water

Nu-Metal
SYL - City

Death Metal
BMTH - Count Your Blessings

Brutal Death Metal
Whitechapel - This is Exile

Technical Death Metal
Suicide Silence - The Cleansing

Progressive Death Metal
Born of Osiris - The New Reign

Melodic Death Metal
Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk

Power Metal
Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage

Grindcore
All Shall Perish - The Price of Existence

Black Metal
Cradle of Filth - Nymphetamine

Maiden33 · #4 02-21-2011, 07:18 PM

WAY too tough for me to only pick one, so I had to go with 2 for most of them.

Progressive Metal: Dream Theater - Images and Words, Queensryche - Operation:Mindcrime
Traditional/"Classic" Metal: Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell, Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Power Metal: Blind Guardian - Imaginations From the Other Side
Speed Metal: Riot - Thundersteel
"Hair" Metal: Whitesnake - Whitesnake
Thrash Metal: Overkill - Horrorscope

Maiden33 · #5 02-21-2011, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by slapguitarer

Speed Metal
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

...Eh, can't really agree with the label.

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Originally Posted by slapguitarer

Power Metal
Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage

makethemsuffer12 · #6 02-21-2011, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by slapguitarer

Heavy Metal
AC/DC - Back In Black

Thrash Metal
Celtic Frost - Cold Lake

Speed Metal
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

Hair/Glam Metal
Pantera - Metal Magic

Groove Metal
Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water

Nu-Metal
SYL - City

Death Metal
BMTH - Count Your Blessings

Brutal Death Metal
Whitechapel - This is Exile

Technical Death Metal
Suicide Silence - The Cleansing

Progressive Death Metal
Born of Osiris - The New Reign

Melodic Death Metal
Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk

Power Metal
Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage

Grindcore
All Shall Perish - The Price of Existence

Black Metal
Cradle of Filth - Nymphetamine

I was about to call you out for the All Shall Perish thing, but then I realized you were trollin'.

hb420 · #7 02-21-2011, 07:24 PM

Death Metal - Death Human
Black Metal - Enslaved Below The Lights
Grindcore - Carcass Symphonies of Sickness
Thrash Metal - Megadeth Rust In Piece
Industrial Metal - Ministry Psalm 69
Doom Metal - Electric Wizard Dopethrone
Stoner Metal - The Sword Age of Winters
Speed Metal - Judas Priest Painkiller
Folk Metal - Agalloch The Mantle
Classic Rock - Black Sabbath Master of Reality
Nu Metal - Korn Korn
Metalcore - Unearth The Stings of Conscience
Progressive Metal Opeth Ghost Reveries

DethMaiden · #8 02-21-2011, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Maiden33

...Eh, can't really agree with the label.

lol he trol u

Maiden33 · #9 02-21-2011, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by DethMaiden

lol he trol u

Honestly I care so little about some of those bands/subgenres that I wasn't even paying attention. But honestly the rate of stupidity on this board has skyrocketed so much that half of that shit would probably be someone's serious nominations.

slapguitarer · #10 02-21-2011, 07:30 PM

Wat guise, Im totala srs