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116. Lacuna Coil- Unleashed Memories

 

I am one of the few sticking up for the 21st century female fronted metal scene...but also I am only picking my favourite metal albums and this one is at the very top end of the list. Beautiful, combines elements of trip hop, gothic metal, middle eastern-tinged melodies and with songs like When A Dead Man Walks and 1:19, some of the best metal this band has ever written.

 

Melancholy, atmospheric and haunting, this has always been my second favourite album of all time, and in my opinion it is actually better than my favourite LC album (I just happen to have certain reasons for adoring Karmacode more...but only just).

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101. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden (Lucas)

102. Anthrax - Among The Living ( DD )

103. PRONG -Beg To Differ ( g under p )

104. Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum. (grep)

105. Slough Feg - Hardworlder (Day of Light)

106. Ozzy Osbourne- Diary of a Madman (Rick N. Backer)

107. Led Zeppelin - II ( Blue J )

108. 108. Lamb of God - Ashes of the Wake (Chronos)

109. Nightwish - Wishmaster ( Lucas )

110. Mötley Crüe- Shout at the Devil (Blue J)

111 Britny Fox-Boys in Heat ( Laughed At By Time Likes Britny Fox )

112. Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time ( Union 5-3992 )

113. Down - NOLA ( custom55 )

114. Botch - We Are The Romans ( PolarizeMe )

115. Dio - Last in Line ( Rick N Backer )

116. Lacuna Coil- Unleashed Memories (Segue)

 

 

117. Vektor - Outer Isolation ( Lucas )

 

This album got me back into trash, as they made a genre gone stale creative and interesting again .. I've always liked Voivod, and Vektor gets the vibe right

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I can't believe I don't have more to contribute to this thread.

 

Imaginaerum is missing.

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I can't believe I don't have more to contribute to this thread.

 

Imaginaerum is missing.

 

Not any more!

 

101. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden (Lucas)

102. Anthrax - Among The Living ( DD )

103. PRONG -Beg To Differ ( g under p )

104. Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum. (grep)

105. Slough Feg - Hardworlder (Day of Light)

106. Ozzy Osbourne- Diary of a Madman (Rick N. Backer)

107. Led Zeppelin - II ( Blue J )

108. 108. Lamb of God - Ashes of the Wake (Chronos)

109. Nightwish - Wishmaster ( Lucas )

110. Mötley Crüe- Shout at the Devil (Blue J)

111 Britny Fox-Boys in Heat ( Laughed At By Time Likes Britny Fox )

112. Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time ( Union 5-3992 )

113. Down - NOLA ( custom55 )

114. Botch - We Are The Romans ( PolarizeMe )

115. Dio - Last in Line ( Rick N Backer )

116. Lacuna Coil- Unleashed Memories (Segue)

117. Vektor - Outer Isolation ( Lucas )

118. Pat Boone - In A Metal Mood (Digital Dad)

119. Nightwish - Imaginaerium (x1yyz)

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101. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden (Lucas)

102. Anthrax - Among The Living ( DD )

103. PRONG -Beg To Differ ( g under p )

104. Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum. (grep)

105. Slough Feg - Hardworlder (Day of Light)

106. Ozzy Osbourne- Diary of a Madman (Rick N. Backer)

107. Led Zeppelin - II ( Blue J )

108. 108. Lamb of God - Ashes of the Wake (Chronos)

109. Nightwish - Wishmaster ( Lucas )

110. Mötley Crüe- Shout at the Devil (Blue J)

111 Britny Fox-Boys in Heat ( Laughed At By Time Likes Britny Fox )

112. Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time ( Union 5-3992 )

113. Down - NOLA ( custom55 )

114. Botch - We Are The Romans ( PolarizeMe )

115. Dio - Last in Line ( Rick N Backer )

116. Lacuna Coil- Unleashed Memories (Segue)

117. Vektor - Outer Isolation ( Lucas )

118. Pat Boone - In A Metal Mood (Digital Dad)

119. Nightwish - Imaginaerium (x1yyz)

 

120. Danzig - III: How the Gods Kill (Stormtron)

 

I just wanted to get some Danzig on here and this is my favorite. It's the type of shit that cool Dracula from Monster Squad with the Cadillac hearse would listen to.

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124. Judas Priest - Unleashed In The East.

 

Gotta shout out for the import edition with Rock Forever, Delivering The Goods, Hell Bent For Leather, and Star-Breaker!

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125. Neurosis - Enemy Of The Sun

 

Segue already mentioned Through Silver In Blood (1996) way earlier in the original list of 100, and while that is the "classic" and most well known Neurosis album, that album wouldn't have happened if it weren't for Enemy Of The Sun (1993) first. Taking the newfound experimentation of Souls At Zero (1992), Neurosis "signature sound" came full force onto this album. I can remember the first time I listened to this album, I was in my dorm room in the dark with a dimly lit lamp not knowing what to expect apart from it being metal and proceeded to have an eye opening experience. That first listen remains one of the most scariest, goosebump inducing listening experiences I've ever had. While this can fall under the sludge metal subgenre as there are strong sludge metal vibes here, there's no denying that the experimentation on this album laid the foundation for Neurosis to singlehandedly "invent" the subgenre of what is now known as "post-metal" with Through Silver In Blood.

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126. Raven - The Pack is Back. ( a rocket that ignites itself)

 

Hell yes, I woke from a dream with a ratty old jean jacket on that I wore out in the high school smoking section...it must be 1987 all over again...the Pack is Back!

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124. Judas Priest - Unleashed In The East.

 

Gotta shout out for the import edition with Rock Forever, Delivering The Goods, Hell Bent For Leather, and Star-Breaker!

 

Hey Grep, LABT had Unleashed at #23 .. Give us another one

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1. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (Union 5-3992)

2. Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast (BowlCity)

3. Mastodon - Blood Mountain (Segue Myles

4. Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind (ReGorLaTroy)

5. Def Leppard - Pyromania (BowlCity)

6. Michael Schenker Group - The Michael Schenker Group (ReRushed)

7. Megadeth - Rust In Peace (J2112YYZ)

8. Quiet Riot - Metal Health --- Metal riffness (custom55)

9. Metallica - Ride The Lightning (BowlCity)

10. Lacuna Coil- Comalies (Segye Myles)

11. Judas Priest - Painkiller (djflex)

12. Opeth - Blackwater Park (Union 5-3992)

13. Ratt - Out of the Cellar (ReGorLaTroy)

14. Dream Theater-Scenes From A Memory (bluefox4000)

15. Dio - Holy Diver (J2112YYZ)

16. MetallicA - Master of Puppets (grep)

17. Nightwish- Endless Forms Most Beautiful ( Segue )

18. Scorpions - Lovedrive ( Lucas )

19. Black Sabbath - Paranoid (Entre)

20. Ayreon - The Human Equation (Day of Light)

21. Tool - Lateralus (Geddy's Soul Patch)

22- Isis - Pantoptican (djflex)

23. Judas Priest - Unleashed In The East (laughedatbytime)

24. Devin Townsend - Terria (Union 5-3992)

25. Neurosis- Through Silver In Blood ( Segue )

26. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings (J2112YYZ)

27. Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down ( PolarizeMe)

28. Iron Maiden - Killers ( Lucas )

29. Rush - 2112 (Bigbobby10)

30 Manowar - Battle Hymns (laughedatbytime)

31. Blind Guardian - A Night At The Opera (Day Of Light )

32. Ace Of Spades - Motorhead (ReGorLaTroy )

33 Rush- A Farewell To Kings ( Segue )

34. Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (Union 5-3992)

35. Voivod - Killing Technology ( Lucas )

36. Ghost - Meliora ( x1yyz )

37. A Pleasant Shade of Grey - Fates Warning (Digital Dad)

38. Deep Purple - Fireball (ReRushed)

39. Diamond Head - White Album (Turbine Freight)

40. Megadeth- So Far, So Good...So What

41. Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?

42. Metallica- ...And Justice For All

43. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (laughedatbytime)

44 black sabbath - master of reality ( djflex)

45. Tool - 10,000 Days (catherine)

46.Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Oz (ReGorLaTroy)

47. Kiss-Destroyer (Fordgalaxy)

48. Rush - Hemispheres (bluefox4000)

49. Isis - Oceanic (PolarizeMe)

50. Slayer - Reign In Blood (Union 5-3992)

51. Budgie - Power Supply (Turbine Freight)

52. HIM - Love Metal (Segue Miles)

53. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (Rick N. Backer)

54. Queensryche - operation mindcrime (djflex)

55. Loudness - Thunder in the East(Lucas)

56. Opeth - Orchid (catherine)

57. KMFDM - WWIII ( Day Of Light )

58. Rush - Caress Of Steel ( Segue )

59. Judas Priest- Stained Class ( Blue J )

60. Pantera - Reinventing the Steel ( custom55 )

61. Saxon - Strong Arm Of The Law(HA&S)

62. Alice Cooper - Brutal Planet (RGLT)

63. Riot - Narita (Turbine Freight)

64. Baroness - The Blue Record (Union 5-3992)

65. Paradise Lost- Faith Divides Us, Death Unites Us ( Segue )

66. Anthrax - Persistence Of Time ( J2112YYZ )

67. Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force ( Lucas )

68. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine (Day of Light)

69. AC/DC -Highway to Hell (laughedatbytime)

70. Mastodon- Crack the Skye (DD)

71. Mastodon- Leviathan (Segue Myles)

72. Motley Crüe - Dr. Feelgood (ReGorLaTroy)

73. Riot - Fire Down Under (Stormtron)

74. Accept - Restless And Wild ( Lucas )

75. Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction (Union)

76. Fear Factory - Obsolete (custom55)

77. Fear Factory -Demanufacture (djflex)

78. Lacuna Coil- Karmacode (Segue Myles)

79. Dream Theater - Images And Words (Day of Light)

80. AC/DC - Powerage (laughedatbytime)

81. Godflesh - Streetcleaner ( PolarizeMe )

82. Stryper - To Hell With The Devil ( ReGorLaTroy )

83. Black Sabbath - Mob Rules (Rick N. Backer)

84. Merciful Fate - Don't Break The Oath. (grep)

85. Celtic Frost - Into the Pandemonium (Lucas)

86. Testament - The New Order (J2112YYZ)

87. Nine Inch Nails - Broken. (grep)

88. Hellion - Screams In The Night (Turbine Freight)

89. Dokken- Back For The Attack (Segue Miles)

90. Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction (Rick N. Backer)

91. Iron Maiden - Powerslave (DD)

92. King's X - Faith Hope Love (ReGorLaTroy)

93. Sleep - Dopesmoker (PolarizeMe)

94. Star One - Space Metal (Day of Light)

95. Electric Wizard - Dopethrone ( Union 5-3992 )

96. Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny (Lucas)

97. The Gathering- Nighttime Birds ( Segue )

98. Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe (Relayer2112)

99 Souls of Black. Testament ( DD )

100. Symphony X - Divine Wings Of Tragedy (Day of Light)

 

 

 

101. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden (Lucas)

102. Anthrax - Among The Living ( DD )

103. PRONG -Beg To Differ ( g under p )

104. Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum. (grep)

105. Slough Feg - Hardworlder (Day of Light)

106. Ozzy Osbourne- Diary of a Madman (Rick N. Backer)

107. Led Zeppelin - II ( Blue J )

108. 108. Lamb of God - Ashes of the Wake (Chronos)

109. Nightwish - Wishmaster ( Lucas )

110. Mötley Crüe- Shout at the Devil (Blue J)

111 Britny Fox-Boys in Heat ( Laughed At By Time Likes Britny Fox )

112. Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time ( Union 5-3992 )

113. Down - NOLA ( custom55 )

114. Botch - We Are The Romans ( PolarizeMe )

115. Dio - Last in Line ( Rick N Backer )

116. Lacuna Coil- Unleashed Memories (Segue)

117. Vektor - Outer Isolation ( Lucas )

118. Pat Boone - In A Metal Mood (Digital Dad)

119. Nightwish - Imaginaerium (x1yyz)

120. Danzig - III: How the Gods Kill (Stormtron)

121. WASP - WASP ( Turbine Freight )

122. Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance ( Rick N Backer )

123. Ministry - Animositisomina ( custom55 )

124. 125. Neurosis - Enemy Of The Sun ( PolarizeMe )

125. Raven - The Pack is Back. ( a rocket that ignites itself)

 

126. Michael Schenker Group - Assault Attack (Lucas)

 

Schenker's third solo album has the best production up to that point, and the result is a great sounding heavy album .. Graham Bonnet is on vocals, and the vibe is great, but unfortunately, short lived

 

 

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127. Deep Purple - In Rock

 

I'm surprised this wasn't mentioned at all in the first 100. That epic banshee wail from Gillan on Child In Time, then of course there's Speed King.

 

It may not be a fully metal album, but moments like those above surely gave birth to the genre later on. Truly epic.

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128 agalloch- ashes against the grain (djflex)

 

 

Haunting and melodic. Very orginal sounding band and perhaps their finest work

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1. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (Union 5-3992)

2. Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast (BowlCity)

3. Mastodon - Blood Mountain (Segue Myles

4. Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind (ReGorLaTroy)

5. Def Leppard - Pyromania (BowlCity)

6. Michael Schenker Group - The Michael Schenker Group (ReRushed)

7. Megadeth - Rust In Peace (J2112YYZ)

8. Quiet Riot - Metal Health --- Metal riffness (custom55)

9. Metallica - Ride The Lightning (BowlCity)

10. Lacuna Coil- Comalies (Segye Myles)

11. Judas Priest - Painkiller (djflex)

12. Opeth - Blackwater Park (Union 5-3992)

13. Ratt - Out of the Cellar (ReGorLaTroy)

14. Dream Theater-Scenes From A Memory (bluefox4000)

15. Dio - Holy Diver (J2112YYZ)

16. MetallicA - Master of Puppets (grep)

17. Nightwish- Endless Forms Most Beautiful ( Segue )

18. Scorpions - Lovedrive ( Lucas )

19. Black Sabbath - Paranoid (Entre)

20. Ayreon - The Human Equation (Day of Light)

21. Tool - Lateralus (Geddy's Soul Patch)

22- Isis - Pantoptican (djflex)

23. Judas Priest - Unleashed In The East (laughedatbytime)

24. Devin Townsend - Terria (Union 5-3992)

25. Neurosis- Through Silver In Blood ( Segue )

26. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings (J2112YYZ)

27. Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down ( PolarizeMe)

28. Iron Maiden - Killers ( Lucas )

29. Rush - 2112 (Bigbobby10)

30 Manowar - Battle Hymns (laughedatbytime)

31. Blind Guardian - A Night At The Opera (Day Of Light )

32. Ace Of Spades - Motorhead (ReGorLaTroy )

33 Rush- A Farewell To Kings ( Segue )

34. Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (Union 5-3992)

35. Voivod - Killing Technology ( Lucas )

36. Ghost - Meliora ( x1yyz )

37. A Pleasant Shade of Grey - Fates Warning (Digital Dad)

38. Deep Purple - Fireball (ReRushed)

39. Diamond Head - White Album (Turbine Freight)

40. Megadeth- So Far, So Good...So What

41. Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?

42. Metallica- ...And Justice For All

43. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (laughedatbytime)

44 black sabbath - master of reality ( djflex)

45. Tool - 10,000 Days (catherine)

46.Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Oz (ReGorLaTroy)

47. Kiss-Destroyer (Fordgalaxy)

48. Rush - Hemispheres (bluefox4000)

49. Isis - Oceanic (PolarizeMe)

50. Slayer - Reign In Blood (Union 5-3992)

51. Budgie - Power Supply (Turbine Freight)

52. HIM - Love Metal (Segue Miles)

53. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (Rick N. Backer)

54. Queensryche - operation mindcrime (djflex)

55. Loudness - Thunder in the East(Lucas)

56. Opeth - Orchid (catherine)

57. KMFDM - WWIII ( Day Of Light )

58. Rush - Caress Of Steel ( Segue )

59. Judas Priest- Stained Class ( Blue J )

60. Pantera - Reinventing the Steel ( custom55 )

61. Saxon - Strong Arm Of The Law(HA&S)

62. Alice Cooper - Brutal Planet (RGLT)

63. Riot - Narita (Turbine Freight)

64. Baroness - The Blue Record (Union 5-3992)

65. Paradise Lost- Faith Divides Us, Death Unites Us ( Segue )

66. Anthrax - Persistence Of Time ( J2112YYZ )

67. Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force ( Lucas )

68. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine (Day of Light)

69. AC/DC -Highway to Hell (laughedatbytime)

70. Mastodon- Crack the Skye (DD)

71. Mastodon- Leviathan (Segue Myles)

72. Motley Crüe - Dr. Feelgood (ReGorLaTroy)

73. Riot - Fire Down Under (Stormtron)

74. Accept - Restless And Wild ( Lucas )

75. Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction (Union)

76. Fear Factory - Obsolete (custom55)

77. Fear Factory -Demanufacture (djflex)

78. Lacuna Coil- Karmacode (Segue Myles)

79. Dream Theater - Images And Words (Day of Light)

80. AC/DC - Powerage (laughedatbytime)

81. Godflesh - Streetcleaner ( PolarizeMe )

82. Stryper - To Hell With The Devil ( ReGorLaTroy )

83. Black Sabbath - Mob Rules (Rick N. Backer)

84. Merciful Fate - Don't Break The Oath. (grep)

85. Celtic Frost - Into the Pandemonium (Lucas)

86. Testament - The New Order (J2112YYZ)

87. Nine Inch Nails - Broken. (grep)

88. Hellion - Screams In The Night (Turbine Freight)

89. Dokken- Back For The Attack (Segue Miles)

90. Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction (Rick N. Backer)

91. Iron Maiden - Powerslave (DD)

92. King's X - Faith Hope Love (ReGorLaTroy)

93. Sleep - Dopesmoker (PolarizeMe)

94. Star One - Space Metal (Day of Light)

95. Electric Wizard - Dopethrone ( Union 5-3992 )

96. Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny (Lucas)

97. The Gathering- Nighttime Birds ( Segue )

98. Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe (Relayer2112)

99 Souls of Black. Testament ( DD )

100. Symphony X - Divine Wings Of Tragedy (Day of Light)

 

 

 

101. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden (Lucas)

102. Anthrax - Among The Living ( DD )

103. PRONG -Beg To Differ ( g under p )

104. Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum. (grep)

105. Slough Feg - Hardworlder (Day of Light)

106. Ozzy Osbourne- Diary of a Madman (Rick N. Backer)

107. Led Zeppelin - II ( Blue J )

108. Lamb of God - Ashes of the Wake (Chronos)

109. Nightwish - Wishmaster ( Lucas )

110. Mötley Crüe- Shout at the Devil (Blue J)

111 Britny Fox-Boys in Heat ( Laughed At By Time Likes Britny Fox )

112. Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time ( Union 5-3992 )

113. Down - NOLA ( custom55 )

114. Botch - We Are The Romans ( PolarizeMe )

115. Dio - Last in Line ( Rick N Backer )

116. Lacuna Coil- Unleashed Memories (Segue)

117. Vektor - Outer Isolation ( Lucas )

118. Pat Boone - In A Metal Mood (Digital Dad)

119. Nightwish - Imaginaerium (x1yyz)

120. Danzig - III: How the Gods Kill (Stormtron)

121. WASP - WASP ( Turbine Freight )

122. Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance ( Rick N Backer )

123. Ministry - Animositisomina ( custom55 )

124. Neurosis - Enemy Of The Sun ( PolarizeMe )

125. Raven - The Pack is Back. ( a rocket that ignites itself)

126. Michael Schenker Group - Assault Attack (Lucas)

127. Deep Purple - In Rock (BowlCity)

128. Agalloch- ashes against the grain (djflex)

 

129. Symphony X - Underworld (x1yyz)

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128 agalloch- ashes against the grain (djflex)

 

 

Haunting and melodic. Very orginal sounding band and perhaps their finest work

You can't go wrong with the first 3 Agalloch records to be honest. But I do find Ashes Against The Grain being my personal favorite as well.

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131. Deep Purple - Deep Purple In Rock

 

Seriously?

 

To be fair it's not like you were rushing to put it in the top 100 last week either haha

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131. Deep Purple - Deep Purple In Rock

Seriously?

 

To be fair it's not like you were rushing to put it in the top 100 last week either haha

Life happens.

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131. Deep Purple - Deep Purple In Rock

Seriously?

 

To be fair it's not like you were rushing to put it in the top 100 last week either haha

Life happens.

 

Haha but I do agree...I think we are seeing several oversights from the top 100 that are very surprising.

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131. Deep Purple - Deep Purple In Rock

Seriously?

 

To be fair it's not like you were rushing to put it in the top 100 last week either haha

Life happens.

 

Haha but I do agree...I think we are seeing several oversights from the top 100 that are very surprising.

It just fans being contrary to the tried-and-true. Nothing wrong with that... it's fun and, at times, eye opening.

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