Top Six albums I couldn't live without

[HotRodded7321]

1. Lamb of God - Ashes of the Wake
2. Lamb of God - As the Palaces Burn
3. Mastodon - Remission
4. Meshuggah - Nothing
5. Ministry - The Last Sucker
6. KMFDM - Hau Ruck

I'm sure there are more, but I only got room for 6, lol. I probably woulda listed off ALL of the LOG albums...if I didn't feel like such a fan-boy for doing it. I honestly love every last song they've ever done.

 

[wannabguitarist]

1. Fortress-Protest the Hero
I've overplayed this album so much that some of my friends start bitching whenever I turn it on

2. Metropolis Pt.II: Scenes from a Memory-Dream Theater
Possibly my all time favorite album. The first time I listened to this all the way through I had to stop what I was doing to fully comprehend what I just listened too.

3. Ride the Lighting-Metallica
My first metal album, got me interested in playing guitar. Fade to Black will play at my funeral.

4. Alive or Just Breathing or As Daylight Dies-Killswitch Engage
Killswitch was my favorite for the longest time. These 2 albums are definitely my most played in itunes. If I had to chose one it would be AOJB, but I would miss ADD.

5. The Oncoming Storm-Unearth
I've come so close to killing myself in a fiery car accident while listening to this album at least 4 times It's my driving cd.

6. With Oden on Our Side-Amon Amarth
Comes pretty damn close to Fortress and Scenes from a Memory as my most played album of all time.

 

[evil_chuck]

Pain of salvation - Remedy Lane; these guys are fuckin' amazing, intense emotional melodic progressive music!

Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve; the only album I can entirely appreciate, tons of groove without the annoying riffs they started using after Chaosphere.

Sikth - Death of a Dead Day; what an amazing album!!! pure genius!

Opeth - Blackwater Park; my fav Opeth album

Bjork - Homogenic; she has an incredible voice, so strong and emotional...and this album has great songs.

Gojira - The Link; amazing album by an amazing band with an amazing rhythm section!

It's really hard to choose a top 6 since a listen to a LOT of music...I didn't put any of my extreme metal favorites such as cryptopsy, cephalic carnage, gorguts, spawn of possession, necrophagist or even nevermore!!!

Wow...6 is a really small number of cds

 

[FYP666]

Opeth - Deliverance

Led Zeppelin - LZ4

Black Dahlia Murder - Miasma

Amoral - Reptile Ride

Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine

Chimaira - Resurrection

...

Oh and anything by Bulb and Periphery

 

[YYZ2112]

This is very tough to narrow it down to six but here it goes…..

Rush – Power Windows
Probably not a favorite of most Rush fans but I really like this era of the band. The keys were a bit excessive during this time but in a strange way I liked it.

Dream Theater – Awake
I was going to go with Images And Words but I just prefer Awake more in the end. And for the record this is the last true DT album IMO.

Queensryche – Operation Mindcrime
Another tough choice with which album to go with but I have to go with this one over Rage For Order just because it was such a monumental success for a semi-known metal band.

Iron Maiden – Powerslave
One of the first bands that really turned me on to guitar. This album pretty much sums up all the best things about Maiden, IMO. Somewhere In Time & Seventh Son Of A Seventh Sun get 2nd and 3rd pick.

Porcupine Tree – In Absentia
These guys have opened me up to trying some different things musically and have really inspired me.

Judas Priest – Defenders Of The Faith
Another one of the bands that really changed how I looked at music and guitar.

 

[the.godfather]

In no particular order...

- Metallica - And Justice For All
- Lamb Of God - Ashes Of The Wake
- Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
- Van Halen - 1984
- Megadeth - Rust In Peace
- Iron Maiden - Live After Death

I'd really like to fit some Clapton and some Bluesy stuff in there somewhere though. And some Opeth too. Damn, there's too much stuff for just 6 choices!

 

[oompa]

in alphabetic from the top of my head:

Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy (their best, as i uberlove their slower feelgood songs)
Meshuggah - Chaosphere (my personal album, came at the perfect time in my life)
Nofx - Pump Up The Valuum (well, clams have feelings too)
Pink Floyd - Animals (best of their albums, not a wasted second on it. magnificent)
Spawn Of Possession - Cabinet (something of a masterpiece within tech-death to me)
Zero 7 - Simple Things (british electronic ~lounge. would represent my chillout collection.)

 

[Daemoniac]

6 albums is not enough...

16 Volt - Wisdom/SuperCoolNothing
: The band that got me into heavy music and industrial

American Head Charge - The War Of Art/Loyalty
: The amazing heaviness and the most original Industrial Metal ive heard in a while

Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
: Most intricate and awesomely produced album EVER (IMO)

Combichrist - What The Fuck Is Wrong With You People?
: Some seriously angry electro/industrial. Noisecore to the max!! (did i mention i love percussion?)

Acumen Nation - Psycho The Rapist
: Insane stuttered guitars. Terrible vocals, but the production and style of the guitars/music is just amazing. Also, heavy.

 

[Munky7Head]

1. Korn - First 4 albums.
2. Have Heart - The Things We Carry.
3. Steve Vai - Passion and Warfare.
4. Metallica - ...And Justice For All.
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik.
6. Cannibal Corpse - The Bleeding.

 

[Groff]

...This is tough... But i'll give it a shot.

Metallica - Puppets, Justice, and Load

Opeth - Blackwater Park

Nevermore - TGE

Ministry - Psalm 69

 

[toolsound]

I'm probably forgetting something, but...

1. Pearl Jam - Ten
2. Tool - Aenima
3. Tool - Lateralus
4. Opeth - Blackwater Park
5. Opeth - Damnation
6. Green Day - Dookie

 

[turmoil]

I think at one point or another in my life, one of these albums represented some kind of significant change or a time period for me and each time i spin them they bring me back to those times.

Isis - Panopticon
Tool - Lateralus
Necrophagist - Epitaph
Glassjaw - Worship and Tribute
At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire

 

[shadowlife]

No particular order:

1-Shrine- "Psycha"
2-John Williams Plays Bach: COmplete Lute music On Guitar
3-Jeff Beck- "Live At BB King's 2003"
4-1.8.7- "Quality Rolls"
5-Holdsworth- "Sixteen Men Of Tain"
6-Lane, Hellborg, Sipe- "Time Is The Enemy"

 

[lacrimm]

meshuggah - catch 33

a perfect circle - thirteenth step

between the buried and me - alaska

meshuggah (again i know) - obzen

behold... the arctopus - skullgrid

and bulb... i kno its not an album but the music i pick and choose from his selection... cant live without it

myspace.com/lacrimm
heavy, progressive and melodic, all instrumental (might end up being kind of a mix of the above)

 

[Totem_37]

Pantera-Cowboys From Hell
Metallica-Master of Puppets
Exodus-Fabulous Disaster
Dio-Holy Diver
Strapping Young Lad-City
Testament-Souls of Black

 

[jaredowty]

Metallica - Master of Puppets
Nevermore - Dead Heart in a Dead World
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Opeth - Still Life
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Evergrey - Recreation Day

 

[Hypothermia]

Dredg-El cielo

Opeth-Ghost reveries

Meshuggah-Nothing

Cult of luna-Somewere along the highway

Pain of salvation-Be

Unearth-The oncoming storm

 

[Deschain]

1. Deftones - White Pony

2. At The Drive In - Relationship Of Command

3. TOOL - Lateralus

4. GlassJAw - Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence

5. Refused - The Shape Of Punk To Come

6. Lamb Of God - Ashes Of The Wake




On second thoughts, I'm willing to compromise either glassjaw or refused for the far superior "Jeff Buckley" "Grace".

 

[cool2bahdude]

Killswitch Engage, As Daylight Dies
In This Moment, Beautiful Tragedy
In This Moment, The Dream
Red, The End of Silence
Yellowcard, Ocean Avenue
Hans Zimmer, PoTC At World's End Soundtrack

 

[Dan]

Wintersun - Wintersun
best album ever made.... ever

Threat Signal - Under Reprisal
One hell of an album

The Birthday Massacre - Violet
Ok, ok i have a soft spot for electronica

Devin Townsend Band - Synchestra
Quite simply put its a masterpiece

Barry White - Greatest Hits
Well youve got to have something for when the ladies come round

Sonata Arctica - Reconing Night
One of the most acomplished power metal albums ever to come out, never gets enough credit though