40 Great Metal Bands and an Awesome Album by Each

The list author says: "First of all, I should not that this is not a direction I am heading in. In fact, probably the opposite is true. My favorite discs these days tend to be jazz fusion. The music here is primarily from the time of my high school and college, but that doesn’t mean I don’t like it either. So while my taste has evolved, it is still fairly clear in my mind what I think metal is, and while I have a taste for things other than metal, as I have always have, while retaining my taste in metal, I do realize that it is generally easier for me to make a list of bands, than a list of jazz musicians, who more than not cobble together albums rather than playing with any set group. Enjoy!"

1.          A Dramatic Turn Of Events by Dream Theater

2.  Rust in Peace by Megadeth

3.  Blessed and the Damned by Iced Earth

4.  Live From Mt. Fuji by Gwar

5.  Lapse of Reality by Ring of Fire

6.  Quantum by Planet X

7.  Edge of Thorns by Savatage

8.  Empire by Queensrÿche

9.  Dream Sequencer by Ayreon

10.  Ghost Reveries by Opeth

11.  Covenant by Morbid Angel

12.  Aenima by Tool

13.  Houses of the Holy by Led Zeppelin

14.  James LaBrie's Mullmuzzler 2 by James Labrie

15.  Low by Testament

16.  Kings of Metal by Manowar

17.  Evolution by Tony MacAlpine

18.  Destroy Erase Improve by Meshuggah

19.  Office of Strategic Influence by O.S.I.

20.  Sound of Perserverence by Death

21.  Surrealistic Madness by Candiria

22.  Them (Reissue) by King Diamond

23.  Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden

24.  Melissa by Mercyful Fate

25.  ...And Justice For All by Metallica

26.  Soul of a New Machine by Fear Factory

27.  In Consequence by For The Love Of

28.  Reign in Blood by Slayer

29.  All Out War by Earth Crisis

30.  Start Today [Explicit] by Gorilla Biscuits

31.  No More Tears by Ozzy Osbourne

32.  Divine Wings of Tragedy by Symphony X
33.  Visions by Stratovarius

34.  Painkiller by Judas Priest

35.  Disconnected by Fates Warning

36.  Vulgar Display of Power by Pantera

37.  Slave to the Grind by Skid Row

38.  Rage Against the Machine by Rage Against The Machine

39.  For All Tid by Dimmu Borgir

40.  IV: Constitution of Treason by God Forbid