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btener11
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I've been wanting to delete my current chart and do this in its place for a while. This seems like a more reasonable choice -- plus, maybe it'll inspire responses from fellow metal-lovers out there...who knows...
Many consider Led Zep to be metal, and at the time they were. However I am not including anything that is less "metal" than Black Sabbath. That also goes for bands like BOC, Deep Purple, AC/DC, KISS (who sucks anyway), and other 70s acts who got the metal tag during their heyday.

This is just a first run-through, so I know I left out a LOT. Feel free to add to this. So, without any more a-do's and a-don't's...

Top 100 Metal Albums:

100. Testament - The Legacy
99. Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
98. Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. II
97. Dark Tranquility - The Gallery
96. Iron Maiden - Killers
95. Death - The Sound of Perseverance
94. Anthrax - Among the Living
93. Skid Row - Slave to the Grind
92. Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
91. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes
90. Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
89. Judas Priest - Killing Machine/Hell Bent for Leather
88. Satyricon - Nemesis Divina
87. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
86. The Gathering - Nighttime Birds
85. Enslaved - Isa
84. Cradle of Filth - Dusk and Her Embrace
83. Metallica - Metallica
82. Motorhead - Bomber
81. Immortal - Pure Holocaust
80. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
79. Opeth - Deliverance
78. Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
77. Paradise Lost - Gothic
76. Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance
75. Ulver - Bergtatt
74. Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses
73. Tiamat - Wildhoney
72. In Flames - The Jester Race
71. Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down
70. Cynic - Focus
69. Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King
68. Gorguts - Obscura
67. Entombed - Left Hand Path
66. Isis - Oceanic
65. Bathory - Hammerheart
64. Pestilence - Consuming Impulse
63. Anathema - The Silent Enigma
62. Nile - Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka
61. Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
60. Bathory - Blood Fire Death
59. Metallica - Kill 'Em All
58. Possessed - Seven Churches
57. Agalloch - The Mantle
56. Sepultura - Arise
55. Converge - Jane Doe
54. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans
53. Slayer - Hell Awaits
52. Mercyful Fate - Melissa
51. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
50. Testament - The New Order
49. Morbid Angel - Blessed Are the Sick
48. Edge of Sanity - Crimson
47. Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
46. Judas Priest - Painkiller
45. Death - Symbolic
44. Botch - We Are the Romans
43. Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith
42. King Diamond - Abigail
41. Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane
40. Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
39. Burzum - Filosofem
38. Carcass - Heartwork
37. Opeth - Still Life
36. Darkthrone - Transylvanian Hunger
35. Katatonia - Discouraged Ones
34. Death - Leprosy
33. Voivod - Nothingface
32. Judas Priest - Stained Class
31. Neurosis - Through Silver in Blood
30. Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
29. Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
28. Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
27. Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
26. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
25. Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
24. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
23. Judas Priest - British Steel
22. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales
21. Opeth - Blackwater Park
20. Necrophagist - Onset of Putrefaction
19. Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
18. Slayer - South of Heaven
17. Venom - Welcome to Hell
16. Death - Human
15. Metallica - ...And Justice for All
14. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
13. At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul
12. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
11. My Dying Bride - The Angel and the Dark River
10. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
9. Death - Individual Thought Patterns
8. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
7. Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
6. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
5. Slayer - Reign in Blood
4. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
3. Metallica - Master of Puppets
2. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
1. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
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Necharsian
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Oh my. 100? If I even try to put together a list of 100, I will implode in on myself.

But I will put together a list. In due time...

Applerill
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WHAT!!!??!?! NO ELECTRIC WIZARD?!?!?!??!?!

d'oh!

Other than that, your list ain't too bad.fl

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no Jesu
no Earth
no Between The Buried & Me
no Sunn O)))
no Electric Wizard
no Mastodon

....... why?

Although props for Burzum, Darkthrone, and Mayhem

moosey love him some black metal Twisted Evil

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purple

my favorites have always been Tool (which you have) and Astrocreep from White Zombie... ooo, and the Refused-Shape of Punk to Come

btener11
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damn! howd i forget mastodon?? i dont care much for electric wizard...if i liked sludge-doom, sleep and st vitus would have made it first. sunn isnt metal... but leviathan and maybe remission should be on there
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40footwolf

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Age: 33

btener11 wrote:

I've been wanting to delete my current chart and do this in its place for a while. This seems like a more reasonable choice -- plus, maybe it'll inspire responses from fellow metal-lovers out there...who knows...
Many consider Led Zep to be metal, and at the time they were. However I am not including anything that is less "metal" than Black Sabbath. That also goes for bands like BOC, Deep Purple, AC/DC, KISS (who sucks anyway), and other 70s acts who got the metal tag during their heyday.

This is just a first run-through, so I know I left out a LOT. Feel free to add to this. So, without any more a-do's and a-don't's...

Top 100 Metal Albums:

100. Testament - The Legacy
99. Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
98. Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. II
97. Dark Tranquility - The Gallery
96. Iron Maiden - Killers
95. Death - The Sound of Perseverance
94. Anthrax - Among the Living
93. Skid Row - Slave to the Grind
92. Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
91. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes
90. Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
89. Judas Priest - Killing Machine/Hell Bent for Leather
88. Satyricon - Nemesis Divina
87. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
86. The Gathering - Nighttime Birds
85. Enslaved - Isa
84. Cradle of Filth - Dusk and Her Embrace
83. Metallica - Metallica
82. Motorhead - Bomber
81. Immortal - Pure Holocaust
80. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
79. Opeth - Deliverance
78. Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
77. Paradise Lost - Gothic
76. Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance
75. Ulver - Bergtatt
74. Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses
73. Tiamat - Wildhoney
72. In Flames - The Jester Race
71. Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down
70. Cynic - Focus
69. Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King
68. Gorguts - Obscura
67. Entombed - Left Hand Path
66. Isis - Oceanic
65. Bathory - Hammerheart
64. Pestilence - Consuming Impulse
63. Anathema - The Silent Enigma
62. Nile - Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka
61. Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
60. Bathory - Blood Fire Death
59. Metallica - Kill 'Em All
58. Possessed - Seven Churches
57. Agalloch - The Mantle
56. Sepultura - Arise
55. Converge - Jane Doe
54. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans
53. Slayer - Hell Awaits
52. Mercyful Fate - Melissa
51. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
50. Testament - The New Order
49. Morbid Angel - Blessed Are the Sick
48. Edge of Sanity - Crimson
47. Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
46. Judas Priest - Painkiller
45. Death - Symbolic
44. Botch - We Are the Romans
43. Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith
42. King Diamond - Abigail
41. Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane
40. Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
39. Burzum - Filosofem
38. Carcass - Heartwork
37. Opeth - Still Life
36. Darkthrone - Transylvanian Hunger
35. Katatonia - Discouraged Ones
34. Death - Leprosy
33. Voivod - Nothingface
32. Judas Priest - Stained Class
31. Neurosis - Through Silver in Blood
30. Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
29. Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
28. Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
27. Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
26. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
25. Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
24. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
23. Judas Priest - British Steel
22. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales
21. Opeth - Blackwater Park
20. Necrophagist - Onset of Putrefaction
19. Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
18. Slayer - South of Heaven
17. Venom - Welcome to Hell
16. Death - Human
15. Metallica - ...And Justice for All
14. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
13. At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul
12. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
11. My Dying Bride - The Angel and the Dark River
10. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
9. Death - Individual Thought Patterns
8. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
7. Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
6. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
5. Slayer - Reign in Blood
4. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
3. Metallica - Master of Puppets
2. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
1. Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Bold=choices I'm hyped on!

Some notable exclusions(bands as well as specific albums):

Dopethrone(as many others have mentioned)
Mastodon
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith/Ace of Spades(Motorhead)
Angel Dust(Faith No More)
Mr. Bungle
Boris
Melvins
High on Fire
Rising(Rainbow)
Balls to the Wall(Accept)
At the Heart of Winter(Immortal)
Pig Destroyer
Burning Witch
Blues For the Red Sun(Kyuss)
Vulgar Display of Power(Pantera)
Angel Witch
Exodus
Napalm Death
Cave In
Celtic Frost
Wolves in the Throne Room
Colors(Between the Buried and Me)

That's a lot of things I know, but I don't want to make it sound like I hated the list, I actually thought it was really great.
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btener11
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Thanks for the feedback so far! I need it because I have never made a top metal list that felt complete to me. We're well on the way with some great suggestions.

40ftwolf: love most of the recommends...i'm being a bit rigid with the definition of metal, excluding bands like melvins, mr. bungle, kyuss etc. But you are right that Mastodon, Napalm Death, Dopethrone, Rainbow, Cave In need to be considered.
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40footwolf

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Age: 33

btener11 wrote:

Thanks for the feedback so far! I need it because I have never made a top metal list that felt complete to me. We're well on the way with some great suggestions.

40ftwolf: love most of the recommends...i'm being a bit rigid with the definition of metal, excluding bands like melvins, mr. bungle, kyuss etc. But you are right that Mastodon, Napalm Death, Dopethrone, Rainbow, Cave In need to be considered.

Hmm, I've never heard Melvins considered anything but sludge metal...
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