I have long suspected this list of being incomplete. Given the configuration of the volumes 2 & 3 (secondary entries galore), I guessed there might have been secondary entries in this list as well. I recently ran across the volume 1, and I was right, the list is of colossal length, as I guess they thought back then it might be the only volume. As a reminder, the métalthèque idéale combines genre-specific features in every issue of Rock Hard magazine into one big special issue, alongside a lot of bonus features. The main entries are reviewed, while the bonus entries ("Other recommended album", and all the "But also..." sections) are not reviewed.
I have now typed down the entire list, which is now, like its sisters in the volumes 2 & 3 respective threads, complete. I'm optimistic that the only "big heavy metal" list that we're still missing, aside from the mammoth-sized Japanese Burrn magazine produced disc guides that we'll probably never find (maybe thankfully), is the German Rock Hard book of the 500 best heavy metal albums.
Links to volumes 2 and 3 for easier navigation (maybe):
Volume 2:
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Volume 3:
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And, finally, the volume 1 list.
Hard rock
Alice Cooper | Killer | 1971
Other recommended album:
Alice Cooper | Billion Dollar Babies | 1973
Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin IV | 1971
Other recommended album:
Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin II | 1969
Deep Purple | Machine Head | 1972
Other recommended album:
Deep Purple | Burn | 1974
Uriah Heep | Demons and Wizards | 1972
Other recommended albums:
Uriah Heep | Return to Fantasy | 1975
Status Quo | Hello! | 1973
Other recommended album:
Status Quo | Whatever You Want | 1979
Ted Nugent | Ted Nugent | 1975
Other recommended album:
Ted Nugent | Cat Scratch Fever | 1977
Aerosmith | Toys in the Attic | 1975
Other recommended album:
Aerosmith | Rocks | 1976
KISS | Destroyer | 1976
Other recommended album:
KISS | Creatures of the Night | 1982
Thin Lizzy | Jailbreak | 1976
Other recommended album:
Thin Lizzy | Bad Reputation | 1977
UFO | Lights Out | 1977
Other recommended album:
UFO | Force It | 1975
The Angels | Face to Face | 1978
[the band is also called Angel City]
Other recommended album:
The Angels | Dark Room | 1980
[the band is also called Angel City]
Van Halen | Van Halen | 1978
Other recommended album:
Van Halen | 1984 | 1984
Rainbow | Long Live Rock 'n' Roll | 1978
Other recommended album:
Rainbow | Difficult to Cure | 1981
Rose Tattoo | Rose Tattoo | 1978
[the album is also titled Rock 'n' Roll Outlaw]
Other recommended album:
Rose Tattoo | Assault & Battery | 1981
AC/DC | Highway to Hell | 1979
Other recommended album:
AC/DC | Back in Black | 1980
Scorpions | Lovedrive | 1979
Other recommended album:
Scorpions | Blackout | 1982
Motörhead | Ace of Spades | 1980
Other recommended album:
Motörhead | Another Perfect Day | 1983
Trust | Répression | 1980
Other recommended album:
Trust | Marche ou crève | 1981
[the album also has an English version titled Savage]
The Michael Schenker Group | Michael Schenker Group | 1980
Other recommended album:
The Michael Schenker Group | Assault Attack | 1982
Whitesnake | Ready an' Willing | 1980
Other recommended album:
Whitesnake | Saints & Sinners | 1982
Saxon | Wheels of Steel | 1980
Other recommended album:
Saxon | Strong Arm of the Law | 1980
Def Leppard | High 'n Dry | 1981
Other recommended album:
Def Leppard | Pyromania | 1983
Riot | Fire Down Under | 1981
Other recommended album:
Riot | Born in America | 1983
Gary Moore | Victims of the Future | 1983
Other recommended album:
Gary Moore | Wild Frontier | 1987
The Cult | Sonic Temple | 1989
Other recommended album:
The Cult | Electric | 1987
But also…
The Black Crowes | The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion | 1992
American Dog | Scars-n-Bars | 2005
Green Dollar Colour | Green Dollar Colour | 2005
Koritni | Lady Luck | 2007
Rhino Bucket | Rhino Bucket | 1990
The Poor | Who Cares | 1994
Airbourne | Runnin' Wild | 2007
Girlschool | Demolition | 1980
Queen | News of the World | 1977
Y&T | Black Tiger | 1982
Krokus | Headhunter | 1983
Pat Benatar | In the Heat of the Night | 1979
Free | Fire and Water | 1970
Nashville Pussy | High as Hell | 2000
Starfighters | Starfighters | 1981
Doomfoxx | Doomfoxx | 2005
Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction | Tattooed Beat Messiah | 1988
Jorn | Worldchanger | 2001
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | I Love Rock'n Roll | 1981
Jimmy Barnes | Freight Train Heart | 1987
D-A-D | No Fuel Left for the Pilgrims | 1989
Cheetah | Rock & Roll Women | 1981
Heaven | Where Angels Fear to Tread | 1983
Cold Chisel | Cold Chisel | 1978
Cheap Trick | Heaven Tonight | 1978
Waysted | The Good, the Bad, the Waysted | 1985
Fastway | All Fired Up | 1984
Hughes Turner Project – HTP | 2002
Ian Gillan Band | Clear Air Turbulence | 1977
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant | No Quarter - Unledded | 1994
David Coverdale & Jimmy Page | Coverdale•Page | 1993
The Firm | The Firm | 1985
[hard rock supergroup, not to be confused with the hip-hop supergroup]
Hanoi Rocks | Bangkok Shocks Saigon Shakes Hanoi Rocks | 1981
Bad Company | Run with the Pack | 1976
Robert Plant | Manic Nirvana | 1990
Various Artists | L.A. Blues Authority | 1992
Océan | Océan | 1980
[a.k.a Aquarium, not to be confused with their other 1981 self-titled album]
Warning | Warning | 1981
[not to be confused with their other 1982 self-titled album]
Vulcain | Rock 'n' Roll Secours | 1984
Pretty Maids | Red, Hot and Heavy | 1984
Barón Rojo | Volumen brutal | 1982
Graham Bonnet | No Bad Habits | 1978
Hair of the Dog | Hair of the Dog | 1997
The Poorboys | Pardon Me | 1992
Gotthard | G. | 1996
Badlands | Badlands | 1989
Bad Moon Rising | Blood | 1993
Blue Murder | Blue Murder | 1989
BulletBoys | Freakshow | 1991
Soul Doctor | Soul Doctor | 2001
Crucified Barbara | In Distortion We Trust | 2005
Foreigner | 4 | 1981
The Darkness | Permission to Land | 2003
Shakra | Rising | 2003
Shakin' Street | Shakin' Street | 1980
Sammy Hagar | Danger Zone | 1980
Little Caesar | Little Caesar | 1990
Rock Goddess | Rock Goddess | 1983
Jackyl | Jackyl | 1992
Kingdom Come | Kingdom Come | 1988
Heavy Metal
Black Sabbath | Paranoid | 1970
Other recommended album:
Black Sabbath | Heaven and Hell | 1980
Ozzy Osbourne | Blizzard of Ozz | 1980
Other recommended album:
Ozzy Osbourne | Diary of a Madman | 1981
Saxon | Strong Arm of the Law | 1980
Other recommended album:
Saxon | Denim and Leather | 1981
Blue Öyster Cult | Fire of Unknown Origin | 1981
Other recommended album:
Blue Öyster Cult | Secret Treaties | 1974
Accept | Restless and Wild | 1982
Other recommended album:
Accept | Balls to the Wall | 1983
Iron Maiden | The Number of the Beast | 1982
Other recommended album:
Iron Maiden | Killers | 1981
Judas Priest | Screaming for Vengeance | 1982
Other recommended album:
Judas Priest | British Steel | 1980
Dio | Holy Diver | 1983
Other recommended album:
Dio | The Last in Line | 1984
Anvil | Forged in Fire | 1983
Other recommended album:
Anvil | Metal on Metal | 1982
Mercyful Fate | Melissa | 1983
Other recommended album:
Mercyful Fate | Don't Break the Oath | 1984
Armored Saint | March of the Saint | 1984
Other recommended album:
Armored Saint | Symbol of Salvation | 1991
Metal Church | Metal Church | 1984
Other recommended album:
Metal Church | The Dark | 1986
Helloween | Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I | 1987
Other recommended album:
Helloween | Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II | 1988
Manowar | Kings of Metal | 1988
Other recommended album:
Manowar | Hail to England | 1984
Running Wild | Death or Glory | 1989
Other recommended album:
Running Wild | Port Royal | 1988
Savatage | Gutter Ballet | 1989
Other recommended album:
Savatage | Hall of the Mountain King | 1987
Metallica | Metallica [The Black Album] | 1991
Other recommended album:
Metallica | Ride the Lightning | 1984
Gamma Ray | Land of the Free | 1995
Other recommended album:
Gamma Ray | Heading for Tomorrow | 1990
Grave Digger | Tunes of War | 1996
Other recommended album:
Grave Digger | Heavy Metal Breakdown | 1984
Stratovarius | Visions | 1997
Other recommended album:
Stratovarius | Destiny | 1998
Blind Guardian | Nightfall in Middle-Earth | 1998
Other recommended album:
Blind Guardian | Imaginations from the Other Side | 1995
Iced Earth | Something Wicked This Way Comes | 1998
Other recommended album:
Iced Earth | Burnt Offerings | 1995
Edguy | Theater of Salvation | 1999
Other recommended album:
Edguy | Mandrake | 2001
Nevermore | Dreaming Neon Black | 1999
Other recommended album:
Nevermore | Dead Heart in a Dead World | 2000
Manilla Road | Atlantis Rising | 2001
Other recommended album:
Manilla Road | Open the Gates | 1985
But also…
Angra | Holy Land | 1996
Heaven & Hell | The Devil You Know | 2009
Virgin Steele | Invictus | 1998
Killers | Danger de vie | 1986
Barón Rojo | Volumen brutal | 1982
Nocturnal Rites | The Sacred Talisman | 1999
Kamelot | The Fourth Legacy | 1999
Savage Grace | After the Fall from Grace | 1986
Loudness | Lightning Strikes | 1986
[the album is also titled Shadows of War]
King Diamond | Fatal Portrait | 1986
Liege Lord | Freedom's Rise | 1985
Steel Vengeance | Call Off the Dogs | 1985
ADX | Exécution | 1985
Metalium | Millenium Metal -Chapter One- | 1999
HammerFall | Legacy of Kings | 1998
Blaze | Silicon Messiah | 2000
Heavenly | Coming from the Sky | 2000
Q5 | Steel the Light | 1984
Blasphème | Désir de vampyr | 1985
Lee Aaron | Metal Queen | 1984
Helix | Walkin' the Razor's Edge | 1984
Tokyo Blade | Night of the Blade | 1984
High Power | High Power | 1983
Exciter | Heavy Metal Maniac | 1983
Lita Ford | Out for Blood | 1983
Sortilège | Métamorphose | 1984
Satan Jokers | Les Fils du métal | 1983
Malice | License to Kill | 1987
Avantasia | The Metal Opera | 2001
Nightmare | Cosmovision | 2001
U.D.O. | Mean Machine | 1989
Noisehunter | Time to Fight | 1986
Halford | Resurrection | 2000
Fight | War of Words | 1993
Attentat Rock | Le Gang des saigneurs | 1984
Stigmata IV | The Court of Eternity | 1998
Rhapsody | Symphony of Enchanted Lands | 1998
Masterplan | Masterplan | 2003
Angel Dust | Enlighten the Darkness | 2000
Rage | End of All Days | 1996
Doro | Fight | 2002
Warlock | Triumph and Agony | 1987
Freedom Call | Stairway to Fairyland | 1999
Heavens Gate | Livin' in Hysteria | 1991
Steel Prophet | Dark Hallucinations | 1999
H-Bomb | Coup de métal | 1983
Malediction | Esclave du vice | 2004
Iron Savior | Iron Savior | 1997
Lefay | The Seventh Seal | 1999
Rough Silk | Mephisto | 1997
Holy Mother | Holy Mother | 1995
Primal Fear | Jaws of Death | 1999
Southern Rock
The Allman Brothers Band | At Fillmore East | 1971
Other recommended album:
The Allman Brothers Band | Brothers and Sisters | 1973
Lynyrd Skynyrd | (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) | 1973
Other recommended album:
Lynyrd Skynyrd | Street Survivors | 1977
ZZ Top | Tres Hombres | 1973
Other recommended album:
ZZ Top | Degüello | 1979
Point Blank | Point Blank | 1976
Other recommended album:
Point Blank | Second Season | 1977
Molly Hatchet | Flirtin' with Disaster | 1979
Other recommended album:
Molly Hatchet | Molly Hatchet | 1978
.38 Special | Rockin' into the Night | 1979
Other recommended album:
.38 Special | Wild-Eyed Southern Boys | 1981
Johnny Van Zant | No More Dirty Deals | 1980
Other recommended album:
Johnny Van Zant | The Last of the Wild Ones | 1982
Blackfoot | Marauder | 1981
Other recommended album:
Blackfoot | Tomcattin' | 1980
Doc Holliday | Doc Holliday Rides Again… | 1981
Other recommended album:
Doc Holliday | Doc Holliday | 1981
Outlaws | Soldiers of Fortune | 1986
Other recommended album:
Outlaws | Ghost Riders | 1980
The Black Crowes | Shake Your Money Maker | 1990
Other recommended album:
The Black Crowes | The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion | 1992
Gov't Mule | Dose | 1998
Other recommended album:
Gov't Mule | The Deepest End - Live in Concert | 2003
Punk
The Stooges | The Stooges | 1969
Other recommended album:
The Stooges | Fun House | 1970
Ramones | Ramones | 1976
Other recommended album:
Ramones | Rocket to Russia | 1977
The Damned | Damned Damned Damned | 1977
Other recommended album:
The Damned | Machine Gun Etiquette | 1979
Sex Pistols | Never Mind the Bollocks - Here's the Sex Pistols | 1977
Radio Birdman | Radios Appear | 1977
Other recommended album:
Radio Birdman | Living Eyes | 1981
The Clash | The Clash | 1977
Other recommended album:
The Clash | London Calling | 1979
Buzzcocks | Another Music in a Different Kitchen | 1978
Other recommended album:
Buzzcocks | Love Bites | 1978
Stiff Little Fingers | Inflammable Material | 1979
Other recommended album:
Stiff Little Fingers | Nobody's Heroes | 1980
The Ruts | The Crack | 1979
Other recommended album:
The Ruts | Grin and Bear It | 1980
Dead Kennedys | Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables | 1980
Other recommended album:
Dead Kennedys | Plastic Surgery Disasters | 1982
Charged GBH | City Baby Attacked by Rats | 1982
Other recommended album:
Charged GBH | City Babys Revenge | 1983
The Exploited | Troops of Tomorrow | 1982
Other recommended album:
The Exploited | Punks Not Dead. | 1981
NWOBHM
Saxon | Saxon | 1979
Other recommended album:
Saxon | Strong Arm of the Law | 1980
Def Leppard | On Through the Night | 1980
Other recommended album:
Def Leppard | High 'n Dry | 1981
Iron Maiden | Iron Maiden | 1980
Other recommended album:
Iron Maiden | Killers | 1981
Angel Witch | Angel Witch | 1980
Diamond Head | Lightning to the Nations | 1980
[the album is also referred to as The White Album]
Other recommended album:
Diamond Head | Borrowed Time | 1982
Girlschool | Demolition | 1980
Other recommended album:
Girlschool | Hit and Run | 1981
Raven | Rock Until You Drop | 1981
Other recommended album:
Raven | All for One | 1983
Tygers of Pan Tang | Spellbound | 1981
Other recommended album:
Tygers of Pan Tang | Crazy Nights | 1981
Demon | Night of the Demon | 1981
Other recommended album:
Demon | The Unexpected Guest | 1982
Venom | Welcome to Hell | 1981
Other recommended album:
Venom | Black Metal | 1982
Tank | Filth Hounds of Hades | 1982
Other recommended album:
Tank | This Means War | 1983
Samson | Before the Storm | 1982
Other recommended album:
Samson | Shock Tactics | 1981
French hard rock of the 80s
Warning | Warning | 1982
[also referred to as Warning II, not to be confused with their first 1981 eponymous album]
Other recommended album:
Warning | Warning | 1981
[not to be confused with their second 1982 eponymous album]
Stocks | Enregistré en public | 1982
Other recommended album:
Stocks | Éclats de rock | 1984
Trust | Trust IV | 1983
[also referred to as Idéal; an English version exists under the title Man's Trap]
Other recommended album:
Trust | Marche ou crève | 1981
[an English version exists under the title Savage]
H-Bomb | Coup de métal | 1983
Other recommended album:
H-Bomb | Attaque | 1984
High Power | High Power | 1983
Other recommended album:
High Power | Les Violons de Satan | 1986
Attentat Rock | Le Gang des saigneurs | 1984
Other recommended album:
Attentat Rock | Attentat Rock | 1981
Satan Jokers | Trop fou pour toi | 1984
Other recommended album:
Satan Jokers | Les Fils du métal | 1983
Sortilège | Métamorphose | 1984
Other recommended album:
Sortilège | Larmes de héros | 1986
Vulcain | Rock 'n' Roll Secours | 1984
Other recommended album:
Vulcain | Desperados | 1985
Blasphème | Désir de vampyr | 1985
Other recommended album:
Blasphème | Blasphème | 1983
ADX | Exécution | 1985
Other recommended album:
ADX | La Terreur | 1986
Killers | Danger de vie | 1986
Other recommended album:
Killers | Mise aux poings | 1987
Thrash Metal
Metallica | Kill 'Em All | 1983
Other recommended album:
Metallica | Master of Puppets | 1986
Exodus | Bonded by Blood | 1985
Other recommended album:
Exodus | Fabulous Disaster | 1989
Possessed | Seven Churches | 1985
Other recommended album:
Possessed | Beyond the Gates | 1986
Destruction | Infernal Overkill | 1985
Other recommended album:
Destruction | All Hell Breaks Loose | 2000
Nuclear Assault | Game Over | 1986
Other recommended album:
Nuclear Assault | Handle with Care | 1989
Slayer | Reign in Blood | 1986
Other recommended album:
Slayer | Seasons in the Abyss | 1990
Flotsam and Jetsam | Doomsday for the Deceiver | 1986
Other recommended album:
Flotsam and Jetsam | No Place for Disgrace | 1988
Megadeth | Peace Sells… But Who's Buying? | 1986
Other recommended album:
Megadeth | Rust in Peace | 1990
Anthrax | Among the Living | 1987
Other recommended album:
Anthrax | We've Come for You All | 2003
Death Angel | The Ultra-Violence | 1987
Other recommended album:
Death Angel | Act III | 1990
Overkill | Taking Over | 1987
Other recommended album:
Overkill | Feel the Fire | 1985
Testament | The Legacy | 1987
Other recommended album:
Testament | The Ritual | 1992
Suicidal Tendencies | How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today | 1988
Other recommended album:
Suicidal Tendencies | Lights…Camera…Revolution | 1990
Forbidden | Forbidden Evil | 1988
Other recommended album:
Forbidden | Distortion | 1994
Sodom | Agent Orange | 1989
Other recommended album:
Sodom | M-16 | 2001
Heathen | Victims of Deception | 1991
Other recommended album:
Heathen | Breaking the Silence | 1987
Annihilator | Alice in Hell | 1989
Other recommended album:
Annihilator | Never, Neverland | 1990
Pantera | Cowboys from Hell | 1990
Other recommended album:
Pantera | Vulgar Display of Power | 1992
Kreator | Coma of Souls | 1990
Other recommended album:
Kreator | Pleasure to Kill | 1986
Sacred Reich | The American Way | 1990
Other recommended album:
Sacred Reich | Heal | 1996
Dark Angel | Time Does Not Heal | 1991
Other recommended album:
Dark Angel | Darkness Descends | 1986
Sepultura | Arise | 1991
Other recommended album:
Sepultura | Roots | 1996
Coroner | Mental Vortex | 1991
Other recommended album:
Coroner | No More Color | 1989
Machine Head | Burn My Eyes | 1994
Other recommended album:
Machine Head | The Blackening | 2007
Mekong Death | Visions fugitives | 1994
Other recommended album:
Mekong Delta | Dances of Death (And Other Walking Shadows) | 1990
But also…
S.O.D./Stormtroopers of Death | Speak English or Die | 1985
Viking | Man of Straw | 1989
Defiance | Product of Society | 1989
Demolition Hammer | Epidemic of Violence | 1992
Panic | Epidemic | 1991
Sabbat | History of a Time to Come | 1988
Tankard | Chemical Invasion | 1987
Whiplash | Insult to Injury | 1989
Agent Steel | Skeptics Apocalypse | 1985
Abattoir | The Only Safe Place | 1986
Uncle Slam | Say Uncle | 1988
Vio-lence | Oppressing the Masses | 1990
No Return | Psychological Torment | 1990
Assassin | The Upcoming Terror | 1986
Powermad | Absolute Power | 1989
Wrath | Insane Society | 1990
Living Death | Protected from Reality | 1987
Onslaught | In Search of Sanity | 1989
Lȧȧz Rockit | Annihilation Principle | 1989
Artillery | By Inheritance | 1990
Metal Church | Metal Church | 1984
The Haunted | The Haunted | 1998
Blind Illusion | The Sane Asylum | 1988
Exhorder | The Law | 1992
Artillery | Fear of Tomorrow | 1985
Hirax | Raging Violence | 1985
Sadus | A Vision of Misery | 1992
Deathrow | Raging Steel | 1987
Exumer | Rising from the Sea | 1987
Skinlab | Bound, Gagged and Blindfolded | 1997
Divine:Decay | Songs of the Damned | 2001
Holy Moses | Finished with the Dogs | 1987
Horrorscope | The Crushing Design | 2004
Invocator | Through the Flesh to the Soul | 2003
Meliah Rage | Kill to Survive | 1988
Atrophy | Socialized Hate | 1988
Intruder | A Higher Form of Killing | 1989
Blood Feast | Kill for Pleasure | 1987
Protector | A Shedding of Skin | 1991
Nasty Savage | Indulgence | 1987
Whiplash | Ticket to Mayhem | 1987
D.R.I. | 4 of a Kind | 1988
HateSphere | The Sickness Within | 2005
Dew-Scented | Inwards | 2002
Hair Metal
Mötley Crüe | Shout at the Devil | 1983
Other recommended album:
Mötley Crüe | Dr. Feelgood | 1989
Quiet Riot | Metal Health | 1983
Other recommended album:
Quiet Riot | Condition Critical | 1984
Ratt | Out of the Cellar | 1984
Other recommended album:
Ratt | Invasion of Your Privacy | 1985
W.A.S.P. | W.A.S.P. | 1984
Other recommended album:
W.A.S.P. | The Headless Children | 1989
Twisted Sister | Stay Hungry | 1984
Other recommended album:
Twisted Sister | Under the Blade | 1982
Stryper | Soldiers Under Command | 1985
Other recommended album:
Stryper | To Hell with the Devil | 1986
Dokken | Under Lock and Key | 1985
Other recommended album:
Dokken | Back for the Attack | 1987
Cinderella | Night Songs | 1986
Other recommended album:
Cinderella | Long Cold Winter | 1988
Bon Jovi | Slippery When Wet | 1986
Other recommended album:
Bon Jovi | Keep the Faith | 1992
Europe | The Final Countdown | 1986
Other recommended album:
Europe | Wings of Tomorrow | 1984
Poison | Look What the Cat Dragged In | 1986
Other recommended album:
Poison | Flesh & Blood | 1990
Tesla | Mechanical Resonance | 1986
Other recommended album:
Tesla | Psychotic Supper | 1991
David Lee Roth | Eat 'Em and Smile | 1986
Other recommended album:
David Lee Roth | Skyscraper | 1988
Def Leppard | Hysteria | 1987
Other recommended album:
Def Leppard | Pyromania | 1983
Guns N' Roses | Appetite for Destruction | 1987
Other recommended album:
Guns N' Roses | G N' R Lies | 1988
Whitesnake | Whitesnake/1987 | 1987
Other recommended album:
Whitesnake | Slip of the Tongue | 1989
White Lion | Pride | 1987
Other recommended album:
White Lion | Mane Attraction | 1991
Winger | Winger | 1988
Other recommended album:
Winger | Pull | 1993
Skid Row | Skid Row | 1989
Other recommended album:
Skid Row | Slave to the Grind | 1991
Mr. Big | Mr. Big | 1989
Other recommended album:
Mr. Big | Lean into It | 1991
Great White | …Twice Shy | 1989
Other recommended album:
Great White | Once Bitten… | 1987
Alice Cooper | Trash | 1989
Other recommended album:
Alice Cooper | Hey Stoopid | 1991
Extreme | Extreme II: Pornograffitti | 1990
Other recommended album:
Extreme | III Sides to Every Story | 1992
Warrant | Cherry Pie | 1990
Other recommended album:
Warrant | Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich | 1989
Lynch Mob | Wicked Sensation | 1990
But also…
Enuff Z'Nuff | Animals with Human Intelligence | 1993
D.C. Lacroix | Livin' by the Sword | 1988
FM | Tough It Out | 1989
Nelson | After the Rain | 1990
Vince Neil | Exposed | 1993
McAuley Schenker Group | Perfect Timing | 1987
Slaughter | Stick It to Ya | 1990
Love/Hate | Black Out in the Red Room | 1990
Black 'n Blue | Without Love | 1985
Bad English | Bad English | 1989
Blue Murder | Blue Murder | 1989
D-A-D | No Fuel Left for the Pilgrims | 1989
Kingdom Come | Kingdom Come | 1988
Lizzy Borden | Menace to Society | 1986
L.A. Guns | Cocked & Loaded | 1989
Yngwie Malmsteem | Odyssey | 1988
KISS | Crazy Nights | 1987
Helix | Wild in the Streets | 1987
Vixen | Vixen | 1988
Steve Stevens | Atomic Playboys | 1989
Hanoi Rocks | Two Steps from the Move | 1984
Fisc | Handle with Care | 1988
Kix | Midnite Dynamite | 1985
Pretty Boy Floyd | Leather Boyz with Electric Toyz | 1989
Pretty Maids | Red, Hot and Heavy | 1984
FireHouse | FireHouse | 1990
Dangerous Toys | Dangerous Toys | 1989
Tigertailz | Bezerk | 1990
Voodoo X | Vol. I - The Awakening | 1989
Britny Fox | Boys in Heat | 1989
Jetboy | Feel the Shake | 1988
Roxx Gang | Things You've Never Done Before | 1988
Killer Dwarfs | Dirty Weapons | 1990
King Kobra | King Kobra III | 1988
Badlands | Badlands | 1989
Bang Tango | Psycho Café | 1989
Faster Pussycat | Faster Pussycat | 1987
Lita Ford | Lita | 1988
Danger Danger | Danger Danger | 1989
Various Artists | This Is '80s Hair Metal | 2003
[compilation]
Various Artists | More '80s Hair Metal | 2004
[compilation]
Hollywood Rose | The Roots of Guns N' Roses | 2004
Foxy Roxx | Shake the Foundation | 1995
Death Metal
Napalm Death | Scum | 1987
Other recommended album:
Napalm Death | The Code Is Red…Long Live the Code
Obituary | Slowly We Rot | 1989
Other recommended album:
Obituary | Frozen in Time | 2005
Sepultura | Beneath the Remains | 1989
Other recommended album:
Sepultura | Arise | 1991
Pestilence | Consuming Impulse | 1989
Other recommended album:
Pestilence | Testimony of the Ancients | 1991
Deicide | Deicide | 1990
Other recommended album:
Deicide | Serpents of the Light | 1997
Entombed | Left Hand Path | 1990
Other recommended album:
Entombed | Wolverine Blues | 1993
Death | Human | 1991
Other recommended album:
Death | Symbolic | 1995
Atheist | Unquestionable Presence | 1991
Other recommended album:
Atheist | Piece of Time | 1990
Massacra | Enjoy the Violence | 1991
Other recommended album:
Massacra | Signs of the Decline | 1992
Bolt Thrower | War Master | 1991
Other recommended album:
Bolt Thrower | The IVth Crusade | 1992
Morbid Angel | Blessed Are the Sick | 1991
Other recommended album:
Morbid Angel | Altars of Madness | 1989
Morgoth | Cursed | 1991
Other recommended album:
Morgoth | Odium | 1993
Cynic | Focus | 1993
Other recommended album:
Cynic | Traced in Air | 2008
Carcass | Heartwork | 1993
Other recommended album:
Carcass | Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious | 1991
Loudblast | Sublime Dementia | 1993
Other recommended album:
Loudblast | Cross the Threshold | 1993
Gorefest | Erase | 1994
Other recommended album:
Gorefest | False | 1992
At the Gates | Slaughter of the Soul | 1995
Other recommended album:
At the Gates | At War with Reality | 2014
Dark Tranquillity | The Gallery | 1995
Other recommended album:
Dark Tranquillity | The Mind's I | 1997
In Flames | Whoracles | 1997
Other recommended album:
In Flames | The Jester Race | 1996
Six Feet Under | Warpath | 1997
Other recommended album:
Six Feet Under | Maximum Violence | 1999
Nile | In Their Darkened Shrines | 2002
Other recommended album:
Nile | Black Seeds of Vengeance | 2000
Vader | Revelations | 2002
Other recommended album:
Vader | Black to the Blind | 1997
Arch Enemy | Wages of Sin | 2001
Other recommended album:
Arch Enemy | Anthems of Rebellion | 2003
Cannibal Corpse | The Wretched Spawn | 2004
Other recommended album:
Cannibal Corpse | The Bleeding | 1994
Hypocrisy | The Arrival | 2004
Other recommended album:
Hypocrisy | Abducted | 1996
But also…
Amon Amarth | Versus the World | 2002
Angelcorpse | The Inexorable | 1999
Asphyx | The Rack | 1991
Autopsy | Severed Survival | 1989
Benediction | Grind Bastard | 1998
Bloodbath | Nightmares Made Flesh | 2004
Callenish Circle | Flesh_Power_Dominion | 2002
Carnage | Dark Recollections | 1990
Dismember | Indecent & Obscene | 1993
Dying Fetus | Killing on Adrenaline | 1998
Edge of Sanity | Crimson | 1996
Exhumed | Gore Metal | 1998
Gojira | From Mars to Sirius | 2005
Grave | Into the Grave | 1991
Grotesque | In the Embrace of Evil | 1996
Hate Eternal | King of All Kings | 2002
Immolation | Close to a World Below | 2000
Kalisia | Skies | 1995 [demo]
Krisiun | Conquerors of Armageddon | 2000
Malevolent Creation | Retribution | 1992
Massacre | From Beyond | 1991
Monstrosity | Millenium | 1996
Nasum | Helvete | 2003
Necrophobic | Darkside | 1997
Pungent Stench | Been Caught Buttering | 1991
Sinister | Cross the Styx | 1992
Soilwork | The Chainheart Machine | 2000
Suffocation | Pierced from Within | 1995
Therion | Beyond Sanctorum | 1992
Unleashed | Victory | 1995
Vital Remains | Dechristianize | 2003
Progressive Metal
Kansas | Leftoverture | 1976
Other recommended album:
Kansas | Point of Know Return | 1977
Rush | Hemispheres | 1978
Other recommended album:
Rush | Power Windows | 1985
Marillion | Script for a Jester's Tear | 1983
Other recommended album:
Marillion | Misplaced Childhood | 1985
Pallas | The Wedge | 1986
Other recommended album:
Pallas | The Cross & the Crucible | 2001
Threshold | Subsurface | 2004
Other recommended album:
Threshold | Wounded Land | 1993
Queensrÿche | Operation: Mindcrime | 1988
Other recommended album:
Queensrÿche | Empire | 1990
Iron Maiden | Seventh Son of a Seventh Son | 1988
Other recommended album:
Iron Maiden | Somewhere in Time | 1986
Crimson Glory | Transcendence | 1988
Other recommended album:
Crimson Glory | Strange and Beautiful | 1991
Watchtower | Control and Resistance | 1989
Magellan | Hour of Restoration | 1991
Other recommended album:
Magellan | Symphony for a Misanthrope | 2005
Fates Warning | Parallels | 1991
Other recommended album:
Fates Warning | No Exit | 1988
Dream Theater | Images and Words | 1992
Other recommended album:
Dream Theater | Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory | 1999
Vanden Plas | The God Thing | 1997
Other recommended album:
Vanden Plas | Beyond Daylight | 2002
Devin Townsend | Ocean Machine: Biomech | 1997
Other recommended album:
Devin Townsend | Terria | 2001
Symphony X | The Divine Wings of Tragedy | 1996
Other recommended album:
Symphony X | V: The New Mythology Suite | 2000
Shadow Gallery | Tyranny | 1998
Other recommended album:
Shadow Gallery | Shadow Gallery | 1992
Superior | Younique | 1998
Other recommended album:
Superior | Ultima Ratio | 2002
Liquid Tension Experiment | Liquid Tension Experiment 2 | 1999
Other recommended album:
Liquid Tension Experiment | Liquid Tension Experiment | 1998
Beyond Twilight | The Devil's Hall of Fame | 2001
Other recommended album:
Beyond Twilight | Section X | 2005
ARK | Burn the Sun | 2001
Other recommended album:
ARK | ARK | 1999
Porcupine Tree | In Absentia | 2002
Other recommended album:
Porcupine Tree | Fear of a Blank Planet | 2007
DGM | Hidden Place | 2003
Other recommended album:
DGM | Dreamland | 2001
Oceansize | Effloresce | 2003
Other recommended album:
Oceansize | Everyone into Position | 2005
Pain of Salvation | BE | 2004
Other recommended album:
Pain of Salvation | The Perfect Element, Part I | 2000
Redemption | The Fullness of Time | 2005
Other recommended album:
Redemption | Redemption | 2003
But also…
Andromeda | Extension of the Wish | 2001
Adagio | Underworld | 2003
Anti-Depressive Delivery | Feel. Melt. Release. Escape. | 2004
Deadsoul Tribe | A Murder of Crows | 2003
Riverside | Out of Myself | 2003
Various Artists | Leonardo: The Absolute Man | 2001
King Crimson | The Power to Believe | 2003
Magnum | Wings of Heaven | 1988
Cairo | Time of Legends | 2001
Empty Tremor | The Alien Inside | 2004
Sanctuary | Into the Mirror Black | 1990
Enchant | Blink of an Eye | 2002
Explorers Club | Age of Impact | 1998
Spiral Architect | A Sceptic's Universe | 1999
Consortium Project | Ian Parry's Consortium Project | 1999
Abydos | The Little Boy's Heavy Mental Shadow Opera About the Inhabitants of His Diary | 2004
Evergrey | In Search of Truth | 2001
Cynic | Focus | 1993
Uriah Heep | The Magician's Birthday | 1972
Ayreon | Into the Electric Castle | 1998
Eldtrich | El Niño | 1998
Star One | Live on Earth | 2003
A.C.T | Today's Report | 1999
Zero Hour | The Towers of Avarice | 2001
Kalisia | Skies | 1995 [demo]
Savatage | Streets: A Rock Opera | 1991
Psychotic Waltz | Into the Everflow | 1992
Kamelot | The Black Halo | 2005
Triumph | Rock & Roll Machine | 1977
Artension | Into the Eye of the Storm | 1996
Aghora | Aghora | 2000
Lemur Voice | Insights | 1996
Manigance | Ange ou Démon | 2002
Rage | XIII | 1998
Opeth | Still Life | 1999
Grunge
Mother Love Bone | Apple | 1990
Temple of the Dog | Temple of the Dog | 1991
Mudhoney | Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge | 1991
Other recommended album:
Mudhoney | Mudhoney | 1989
Pearl Jam | Ten | 1991
Other recommended album:
Pearl Jam | Vs. | 1993
Nirvana | Nevermind | 1991
Other recommended album:
Nirvana | Bleach | 1989
Smashing Pumpkins | Gish | 1991
Other recommended album:
Smashing Pumpkins | Siamese Dream | 1993
Screaming Trees | Sweet Oblivion | 1992
Other recommended album:
Screaming Trees | Dust | 1996
Stone Temple Pilots | Core | 1992
Other recommended album:
Stone Temple Pilots | Purple | 1994
Alice in Chains | Dirt | 1992
Other recommended album:
Alice in Chains | Jar of Flies | 1994
Soundgarden | Superunknown | 1994
Other recommended album:
Soundgarden | Badmotorfinger | 1991
Hole | Live Through This | 1994
Other recommended album:
Hole | Celebrity Skin | 1998
Mad Season | Above | 1995
Stoner Rock
Sleep | Holy Mountain | 1992
Other recommended album:
Sleep | Jerusalem | 1999
Kyuss | …And the Circus Leaves Town | 1995
Other recommended album:
All of Kyuss albums
[that's what the magazine says!]
Monster Magnet | Dopes to Infinity | 1995
Other recommended album:
Monster Magnet | Powertrip | 1998
Karma to Burn | Karma to Burn | 1997
Other recommended album:
Karma to Burn | Wild Wonderful Purgatory | 1999
Orange Goblin | Frequencies from Planet Ten | 1997
Other recommended album:
Orange Goblin | Time Travelling Blues | 1998
Sheavy | The Electric Sleep | 1998
Other recommended album:
Sheavy | Celestial Hi-Fi | 2000
Fu Manchu | Eatin' Dust | 1999
Other recommended album:
Fu Manchu | In Search Of… | 1996
Spiritual Beggars | Mantra III | 1998
Other recommended album:
Spiritual Beggars | On Fire | 2002
Nebula | Charged | 2001
Other recommended album:
Nebula | To the Center | 1999
Unida | El coyote | 2001
[bootleg]
Other recommended album:
Unida | Coping with the Urban Coyote | 1999
The Heads | Under Sided | 2002
Other recommended album:
The Heads | Everybody Knows We Got Nowhere | 2000
Los Natas | Corsario negro | 2002
Other recommended album:
Los Natas | Ciudad de Brahman | 1999
Industrial Metal
Skinny Puppy | Too Dark Park | 1990
Other recommended album:
Skinny Puppy | VIVIsectVI | 1988
Treponem Pal | Aggravation | 1991
Other recommended album:
Treponem Pal | Excess & Overdrive | 1993
Ministry | Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs | 1992
Other recommended album:
Ministry | Filth Pig | 1996
The Young Gods | TV Sky | 1992
Other recommended album:
The Young Gods | L'Eau rouge | 1989
Godflesh | Pure | 1992
Other recommended album:
Godflesh | Streetcleaner | 1989
Die Krupps | II - The Final Option | 1993
Other recommended album:
Die Krupps | III - Odyssey of the Mind | 1995
KMFDM | Angst | 1993
Other recommended album:
KMFDM | Naïve | 1990
Prong | Cleansing | 1994
Other recommended album:
Prong | Prove You Wrong | 1991
Nine Inch Nails | The Downward Spiral | 1994
Other recommended album:
Nine Inch Nails | Pretty Hate Machine | 1989
Front Line Assembly | Millenium | 1994
Other recommended album:
Front Line Assembly | Tactical Neural Implant | 1992
Killing Joke | Pandemonium | 1994
Other recommended album:
Killing Joke | Killing Joke | 2003
[not to be confused with their other 1980 self-titled album]
Cubanate | Cyberia | 1994
Other recommended album:
Cubanate | Joy | 1996
[EP]
White Zombie | Astro Creep: 2000 - Songs of Love, Destruction and Other Synthetic Delusions of the Electric Head | 1995
Other recommended album:
White Zombie | La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One | 1992
Fear Factory | Demanufacture | 1995
Other recommended album:
Fear Factory | Obsolete | 1998
Samael | Passage | 1996
Other recommended album:
Samael | Reign of Light | 2004
Stabbing Westward | Wither Blister Burn & Peel | 1996
Other recommended album:
Stabbing Westward | Ungod | 1994
Laibach | Jesus Christ Superstars | 1996
Other recommended album:
Laibach | NATO | 1994
Marilyn Manson | Antichrist Superstar | 1996
Other recommended album:
Marilyn Manson | Portrait of an American Family | 1994
Rammstein | Sehnsucht | 1997
Other recommended album:
Rammstein | Mutter | 2001
Spina | Le Meilleur des mondes | 1997
Other recommended album:
Spina | Spina | 1996
[EP]
Kong | EARMINeD | 1997
Other recommended album:
Kong | Frankçontrol | 1999
2wo | Voyeurs | 1998
Oomph! | Unrein | 1998
Other recommended album:
Oomph! | Plastik | 1999
Pitchshifter |
www.pitchshifter.com | 1998
Other recommended album:
Pitchshifter | Infotainment? | 1996
Filter | Title of Record | 1999
Other recommended album:
Filter | The Amalgamut | 2002
But also…
Meathook Seed | Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth/B.I.B.L.E. | 1999
Static-X | Wisconsin Death Trip | 1999
Pigface | Fook | 1992
Wumpscut | Bunkertor 7 | 1995
Sister Machine Gun | The Torture Technique | 1994
Gravity Kills | Gravity Kills | 1996
Dkay.com | Into the Heart of Dysfunction | 2002
Various Artists | AN1 - Apocalypse Now | 1996
[compilation]
Various Artists | Mortal Kombat: More Kombat | 1996
Various Artists | Mortal Kombat: Annihilation | 1997
[compilation]
Various Artists | Covered in Black - An Industrial Tribute to the Kings of High Voltage AC/DC | 1997
No Place for Soul | Full Global Racket | 2002
Rob Zombie | Hellbilly Deluxe: 13 Tales of Cadaverous Cavorting Inside the Spookshow International | 1998
Various Artists | The Locomotive - Alternative Station | 2002
[compilation]
Front 242 | Tyranny ▶For You◀ | 1991
Pain | Dancing with the Dead | 2005
The Electric Hellfire Club | Burn, Baby, Burn! | 1993
Genitorturers | Sin City | 1998
Razed in Black | Overflow | 1997
16volt | SuperCoolNothing | 1998
Revolting Cocks | Big Sexy Land | 1986
Punish Yourself | Sexplosive Locomotive | 2004
Rain | Starlight Extinction | 2002
Misery Loves Co. | Not Like Them | 1997
Machines of Loving Grace | Gilt | 1995
Lords of Acid | Voodoo-U | 1994
Cobalt 60 | Elemental | 1996
Skrew | Dusted | 1994
ohGr | Welt | 2001
Unit:187 | Loaded | 1997
Holy Gang | Free Tyson Free! | 1994
[EP]
Dark Metal [note: this section actually covers Gothic Metal[/b]
Type O Negative | Bloody Kisses | 1993
Other recommended album:
Type O Negative | October Rust | 1996
Tiamat | Wildhoney | 1994
Other recommended album:
Tiamat | A Deeper Kind of Slumber | 1997
Paradise Lost | Draconian Times | 1995
Other recommended album:
Paradise Lost | One Second | 1997
My Dying Bride | The Angel and the Dark River | 1995
Other recommended album:
My Dying Bride | Like Gods of the Sun | 1996
Cemetary | Sundown | 1996
Other recommended album:
Cemetary | Last Confessions | 1997
Amorphis | Elegy | 1996
Other recommended album:
Amorphis | Tales from the Thousand Lakes | 1994
Anathema | Alternative 4 | 1998
Anathema | Judgement | 1999
[double entry]
Other recommended album:
Anathema | Eternity | 1996
Moonspell | Sin/Pecado | 1998
Other recommended album:
Moonspell | Wolfheart | 1995
Sentenced | Frozen | 1998
Other recommended album:
Sentenced | Down | 1996
The 69 Eyes | Blessed Be | 2000
Other recommended album:
The 69 Eyes | Paris Kills | 2002
HIM | Razorblade Romance | 2000
Other recommended album:
HIM | Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666 | 1997
Katatonia | Viva Emptiness | 2003
Other recommended album:
Katatonia | Last Fair Deal Gone Down | 2001
Doom Metal
Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath | 1970
Other recommended album:
Black Sabbath | Master of Reality | 1971
Trouble | Psalm 9 | 1984
Other recommended album:
Trouble | Trouble | 1990
Candlemass | Epicus Doomicus Metallicus | 1986
Other recommended album:
Candlemass | Nightfall | 1987
Solitude Aeturnus | Beyond the Crimson Horizon | 1992
Other recommended album:
Solitude Aeturnus | Through the Darkest Hour | 1994
Pentagram | Relentless | 1985
[initially self-titled]
Other recommended album:
Pentagram | Sub-Basement | 2001
Count Raven | High on Infinity | 1993
Other recommended album:
Count Raven | Destruction of the Void | 1992
The Obsessed | The Church Within | 1994
Other recommended album:
The Obsessed | Lunar Womb | 1991
Cathedral | The Carnival Bizarre | 1995
Other recommended album:
Cathedral | Forest of Equilibrium | 1991
Paul Chain | Alkahest | 1995
Other recommended album:
Paul Chain | Park of Reason | 2002
Saint Vitus | Die Healing | 1995
Other recommended album:
Saint Vitus | Born Too Late | 1986
My Dying Bride | The Angel and the Dark River | 1995
Other recommended album:
My Dying Bride | Songs of Darkness, Words of Light | 2004
Electric Wizard | Come My Fanatics… | 1997
Other recommended album:
Electric Wizard | Dopethrone | 2000
Morgion | Solinari | 1999
Other recommended album:
Morgion | Among Majestic Ruin | 1997
Shape of Despair | Shades Of… | 2000
Other recommended album:
Shape of Despair | Angels of Distress | 2001
Goatsnake | Flower of Disease | 2000
Other recommended album:
Goatsnake | Goatsnake I | 1999
Sons of Otis | Songs for Worship | 2001
Other recommended album:
Sons of Otis | Temple Ball | 1999
Evoken | Quietus | 2001
Other recommended album:
Evoken | Antithesis of Light | 2005
Reverend Bizarre | In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend | 2002
Other recommended album:
Reverend Bizarre | III: So Long Suckers | 2007
Runemagick | Darkness Death Doom | 2003
Other recommended album:
Runemagick | Envenom | 2005
Krux | Krux | 2002
Other recommended album:
Krux | Krux II | 2006
Solace | 13 | 2003
Other recommended album:
Solace | Further | 2000
Penance | Spiritualnatural | 2003
Other recommended album:
Penance | Parallel Corners | 1994
Thunderstorm | Faithless Soul | 2004
Other recommended album:
Thunderstorm | As We Die Alone | 2007
Sunn O))) | Black One | 2005
Other recommended album:
Sunn O))) | White2 | 2004
Celtic Frost | Monotheist | 2006
Other recommended album:
Celtic Frost | Into the Pandemonium | 1987
But also…
Abdullah | Abdullah | 2000
Anathema | The Silent Enigma | 1995
Ataraxie | Slow Transcending Agony | 2005
Church of Misery | Master of Brutality | 2001
Crowbar | Odd Fellows Rest | 1998
Earth | Earth 2 Special Low Frequency Version | 1993
Earthride | Taming of the Demons | 2002
Esoteric | Metamorphogenesis | 1999
Forsaken | Dominaeon | 2005
Funeral | Tragedies | 1995
Glow | Gone, But Never Forgotten | 2005
Isole | Promo 2004 | 2004 [demo]
Khanate | Khanate | 2001
Sevenchurch | Bleak Insight | 1993
Rising Dust | 1 | 2005
Grand Magus | Monument | 2003
Novembers Doom | The Pale Haunt Departure | 2005
Winter | Into Darkness/Eternal Frost | 1999
[compilation of the two eponymous EPs released respectively in 1990 and 1994]
Orthodox | Gran poder | 2006
Pantheist | O Solitude | 2003
Place of Skulls | With Vision | 2003
Saturnus | Martyre | 2000
Solstice | New Dark Age | 1998
Witchcraft | Witchcraft | 2004
Swallow the Sun | The Morning Never Came | 2003
The Sword | Age of Winters | 2006
The Hidden Hand | Mother Teacher Destroyer | 2004
Skepticism | Stormcrowfleet | 1995
Witchfinder General | Death Penalty | 1982
Thergothon | Stream from the Heavens | 1994
Sleep | Jerusalem | 1999
High on Fire | The Art of Self Defense | 2000
Mirror of Deception | Mirrorsoil | 2001
Sloth | The Voice of God | 2001
Orodruin | Epicurean Mass | 2003
Warhorse | As Heaven Turns to Ash… | 2001
Paradise Lost | Gothic | 1991
Tyranny | Bleak Vistae | 2004
Bongzilla | Amerijuanican | 2005
Mourning Beloveth | The Sullen Sulcus | 2002
YOB | The Illusion of Motion | 2004
Viking & Pagan Metal
Bathory | Hammerheart | 1990
Other recommended album:
Bathory | Twilight of the Gods | 1991
Enslaved | Eld | 1997
Other recommended album:
Enslaved | Frost | 1994
Kampfar | Mellom skogkledde aaser | 1997
Other recommended album:
Kampfar | Fra underverdenen | 1999
Windir | Arntor | 1999
Other recommended album:
Windir | 1184 | 2001
Ensiferum | Ensiferum | 2001
Other recommended album:
Ensiferum | Victory Songs | 2007
Belenos | Spicilège | 2002
Other recommended album:
Belenos | Chants de bataille | 2006
Falkenbach | Ok nefta tysvar ty | 2003
Other recommended album:
Falkenbach | Heralding - The Fireblade | 2005
Primordial | The Gathering Wilderness | 2005
Other recommended album:
Primordial | To the Nameless Dead | 2007
Moonsorrow | Verisäkeet | 2005
Other recommended album:
Moonsorrow | Voimata ja kunniasta | 2001
Solefald | Red for Fire: An Icelandic Odyssey Part I | 2005
Solefald | Black for Death: An Icelandic Odyssey Part II | 2006
[double entry]
Other recommended album:
Solefald | In Harmonia Universali | 2003
Negură Bunget | OM | 2006
Other recommended album:
Negură Bunget | 'N Crugu Bradului | 2002
Amon Amarth | Twilight of the Thunder God | 2008
Other recommended album:
Amon Amarth | With Oden on Our Side | 2006
Guitar wizards
The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Electric Ladyland | 1968
Other recommended album:
The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Are You Experienced | 1967
Jeff Beck | Blow by Blow | 1975
Other recommended album:
Jeff Beck | Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop | 1989
Ted Nugent | Cat Scratch Fever | 1977
Other recommended album:
Ted Nugent | Ted Nugent | 1975
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble | Texas Flood | 1983
Other recommended album:
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble | Couldn't Stand the Weather | 1984
Yngwie Malsteem | Rising Force | 1984
Other recommended album:
Yngwie Malmsteem | Odyssey | 1988
Joe Satriani | Surfing with the Alien | 1987
Other recommended album:
Joe Satriani | The Extremist | 1992
Gary Moore | Wild Frontier | 1987
Other recommended album:
Gary Moore | Victims of the Future | 1983
Vinnie Moore | Mind's Eye | 1986
Other recommended album:
Vinnie Moore | Time Odyssey | 1988
Steve Stevens | Atomic Playboys | 1989
Other recommended album:
Vince Neil | Exposed | 1993
Steve Vai | Passion and Warfare | 1990
Other recommended album:
Steve Vai | Fire Garden | 1996
Patrick Rondat | Rape of the Earth | 1991
Other recommended album:
Patrick Rondat | Amphibia | 1996
Steve Morse | Coast to Coast | 1992
Other recommended album:
Steve Morse | High Tension Wires | 1989
Girls girls girls
The Runaways | The Runaways | 1976
Other recommended album:
The Runaways | Queens of Noise | 1977
Pat Benatar | In the Heat of the Night | 1979
Other recommended album:
Pat Benatar | Precious Time | 1981
Shakin' Street | Shakin' Street | 1980
Other recommended album:
Shakin' Street | Vampire Rock | 1978
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | I Love Rock'n Roll | 1981
Other recommended album:
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | Bad Reputation | 1980
Girlschool | Hit and Run | 1981
Other recommended album:
Girlschool | Demolition | 1980
Rock Goddess | Rock Goddess | 1983
Other recommended album:
Rock Goddess | Hell Hath No Fury | 1983
Warlock | Triumph and Agony | 1987
Other recommended album:
Doro | Calling the Wild | 2000
Lita Ford | Lita | 1988
Other recommended album:
Lita Ford | Dangerous Curves | 1991
Vixen | Vixen | 1988
Other recommended album:
Vixen | Rev It Up | 1990
Phantom Blue | Phantom Blue | 1989
Other recommended album:
Phantom Blue | Built to Perform | 1993
Holy Moses | World Chaos | 1990
Other recommended album:
Holy Moses | Finished with the Dogs | 1987
Heart | Brigade | 1990
Other recommended album:
Heart | Dreamboat Annie | 1975
Mother's Finest | Black Radio Won't Play This Record | 1992
Other recommended album:
Mother's Finest | Another Mother Further | 1977
Jennifer Batten | Above Below and Beyond | 1992
Other recommended album:
Jennifer Batten | Jennifer Batten's Tribal Rage: Momentum | 1997
L7 | Bricks Are Heavy | 1992
Other recommended album:
L7 | Smell the Magic | 1990
The Gathering | Mandylion | 1995
Other recommended album:
The Gathering | Nighttime Birds | 1997
Skunk Anansie | Post Orgasmic Chill | 1999
Other recommended album:
Skunk Anansie | Paranoid & Sunburnt | 1995
Nightwish | Wishmaster | 2000
Other recommended album:
Nightwish | Once | 2004
Nashville Pussy | High as Hell | 2000
Other recommended album:
Nashville Pussy | Let Them Eat Pussy | 1998
Within Temptation | Mother Earth | 2000
Other recommended album:
Within Temptation | The Silent Force | 2004
Lacuna Coil | Comalies | 2002
Other recommended album:
Lacuna Coil | Unleashed Memories | 2001
Plasmatics | Coup De Grace | 2002
Other recommended album:
Wendy O. Williams | WOW | 1984
Evanescence | Fallen | 2003
Other recommended album:
Evanescence | Origin | 2000
Arch Enemy | Anthems of Rebellion | 2003
Other recommended album:
Arch Enemy | Wages of Sin | 2001
Skew Siskin | Peace Breaker | 2007
Other recommended album:
Skew Siskin | What the Hell | 1999
But also…
Lee Aaron | Metal Queen | 1984
Acid | Maniac | 1983
After Forever | Decipher | 2001
Robin Beck | Human Instinct | 1992
Blackmore's Night | Under a Violet Moon | 1999
Benedictum | Uncreation | 2006
The Bellrays | Have a Little Faith | 2006
Robin Beck | Do You Miss Me | 2005
Crucified Barbara | In Distortion We Trust | 2005
Aes Dana | Chroniques du crépuscule | 1997
Babes in Toyland | Fontanelle | 1992
Baby Animals | Baby Animals | 1991
Bitch | Be My Slave | 1983
The Cherry Bombz | Coming Down Slow | 1986
Cycle Sluts from Hell | Cycle Sluts from Hell | 1991
Lisa Dal Bello | Whomanfoursays | 1984
Dark Moor | The Gates of Oblivion | 2002
D.C. Lacroix | Livin' by the Sword | 1988
Détente | Recognize No Authority | 1986
Lisa Dominique | Rock & Roll Lady | 1989
Drain STH | Horror Wrestling | 1996
Edenbridge | Shine | 2004
Epica | The Phantom Agony | 2003
Femme Fatale | Femme Fatale | 1988
Genitorturers | Sin City | 1998
The Great Kat | Worship Me or Die! | 1987
Guano Apes | Don't Give Me Names | 2000
Hole | Live Through This | 1994
The Donnas | Spend the Night | 2002
Hydrogyn | Bombshell | 2006
Lez Zeppelin | Lez Zeppelin | 2007
Viva | Dealers of the Night | 1982
Lullacry | Be My God | 2001
Madam X | We Reserve the Right | 1984
Madder Mortem | All Flesh Is Grass | 2001
Magica | Hereafter | 2007
My Ruin | Speak & Destroy | 1999
Pain Teens | Destroy Me, Lover | 1993
Rockbitch | Motor Driven Bimbo | 1999
Senser | Asylum | 1998
Septicflesh | Revolution DNA | 1999
Syrens Call | Emoceans | 2004
Tristania | World of Glass | 2001
White Zombie | Astro Creep: 2000 - Songs of Love, Destruction and Other Synthetic Delusions of the Electric Head | 1995
Coal Chamber | Coal Chamber | 1997
UFOs [supposedly refers to albums that don't fall in the usual heavy metal subgenres, actually a collection of prog rock, prog metal, funk metal and alternative/experimental metal]
Hawkwind | In Search of Space | 1971
Other recommended album:
Hawkwind | Space Ritual | 1973
King Crimson | Red | 1974
Other recommended album:
King Crimson | In the Court of the Crimson King | 1969
Queen | A Night at the Opera | 1975
Other recommended album:
Queen | Jazz | 1978
Cheap Trick | In Color | 1977
Other recommended album:
Cheap Trick | Heaven Tonight | 1978
Saga | Worlds Apart | 1981
Other recommended album:
Saga | Saga | 1978
Electric Sun | Fire Wind | 1981
Other recommended album:
Uli Jon Roth | Transcendental Sky Guitar | 2000
Bad Brains | Rock for Light | 1983
Other recommended album:
Bad Brains | I Against I | 1986
S.O.D./Stormtroopers of Death | Speak English or Die | 1985
Other recommended album:
S.O.D./Stormtroopers of Death | Bigger Than the Devil | 1999
King's X | Gretchen Goes to Nebraska | 1989
Other recommended album:
King's X | Faith Hope Love | 1990
Faith No More | The Real Thing | 1989
Other recommended album:
Faith No More | King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime | 1995
Voivod | Nothingface | 1989
Other recommended album:
Voivod | Phobos | 1997
Warrior Soul | Last Decade Dead Century | 1990
Other recommended album:
Warrior Soul | Drugs, God and the New Republic | 1991
Psychotic Waltz | A Social Grace | 1990
Other recommended album:
Psychotic Waltz | Bleeding | 1996
Dweezil Zappa | Confessions | 1991
Other recommended album:
Dweezil Zappa | My Guitar Wants to Kill You Mama | 1988
Primus | Sailing the Seas of Cheese | 1991
Other recommended album:
Primus | Fizzle Fry | 1990
Galactic Cowboys | Galactic Cowboys | 1991
Other recommended album:
Galactic Cowboys | Space in Your Face | 1993
Helmet | Meantime | 1992
Other recommended album:
Helmet | Aftertaste | 1997
Danzig | Danzig III: How the Gods Kill | 1992
Other recommended album:
Danzig | Danzig | 1988
Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | 1992
Other recommended album:
Rage Against the Machine | The Battle of Los Angeles | 1999
Waltari | So Fine! | 1994
Other recommended album:
Waltari | Big Bang | 1995
Melvins | Stoner Witch | 1994
Other recommended album:
Melvins | Houdini | 1993
Meshuggah | Destroy Erase Improve | 1995
Other recommended album:
Meshuggah | Chaosphere | 1998
Mr. Bungle | Disco Volante | 1995
Other recommended album:
Mr. Bungle | Mr. Bungle | 1991
Saigon Kick | Devil in the Details | 1995
Other recommended album:
Saigon Kick | The Lizard | 1992
Orphaned Land | El Norra Alila | 1996
Other recommended album:
Orphaned Land | Mabool: The Story of the Three Sons of Seven | 2004
Lid | In the Mushroom | 1997
Tribe After Tribe | Pearls Before Swine | 1997
Other recommended album:
Tribe After Tribe | Love Under Will | 1993
Devin Townsend | Infinity | 1998
Other recommended album:
Devin Townsend | Terria | 2001
Neurosis | Times of Grace | 1999
Other recommended album:
Neurosis | A Sun That Never Sets | 2001
S.U.P | Chronophobia | 1999
Other recommended album:
S.U.P | Anomaly | 1995
Mass Hysteria | Contraddiction | 1999
Other recommended album:
Mass Hysteria | Le Bien-être et la Paix | 1997
In the Woods… | Three Times Seven on a Pilgrimage | 2000
Other recommended album:
In the Woods… | Omnio | 1997
Apocalyptica | Cult | 2000
Other recommended album:
Apocalyptica | Reflections | 2003
A Perfect Circle | Mer de Noms | 2000
Other recommended album:
A Perfect Circle | Thirteenth Step | 2003
System of a Down | Toxicity | 2001
Other recommended album:
System of a Down | Mezmerize | 2005
System of a Down | Hypnotize | 2005
[double entry]
Tool | Lateralus | 2001
Other recommended album:
Tool | 10,000 Days | 2006
Carnival in Coal | Fear Not | 2001
Other recommended album:
Carnival in Coal | Vivalavida | 1999
Opeth | Blackwater Park | 2001
Other recommended album:
Opeth | Deliverance | 2002
30 Seconds to Mars | 30 Seconds to Mars | 2002
Other recommended album:
30 Seconds to Mars | A Beautiful Lie | 2005
Arcturus | The Sham Mirrors | 2002
Other recommended album:
Arcturus | La Masquerade Infernale | 1997
Muse | Absolution | 2003
Other recommended album:
Muse | Showbiz | 1999
The Mars Volta | Frances the Mute | 2005
Other recommended album:
The Mars Volta | De-Loused in the Comatorium | 2003
Blackfield | Blackfield | 2004
Other recommended album:
Blackfield | Blackfield II | 2007
Slipknot | Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) | 2004
Other recommended album:
Slipknot | Slipknot | 1999
Mastodon | Leviathan | 2004
Other recommended album:
Mastodon | Blood Mountain | 2006
The Dillinger Escape Plan | Miss Machine | 2004
Other recommended album:
The Dillinger Escape Plan | Ire Works | 2007
Dredg | Catch Without Arms | 2005
Other recommended album:
Dredg | El Cielo | 2002
Gojira | From Mars to Sirius | 2005
Other recommended album:
Gojira | The Link | 2003
[the magazine recommends the 2005 re-released]
Bonus [bonus reviews in any subgenre, exclusive to the special issue like the corresponding bonus sections in the other two volumes of the métalthèque idéale]
Cactus | Cactus | 1970
Other recommended album:
Cactus | One Way… or Another | 1971
Mountain | Nantucket Sleighride | 1971
Other recommended album:
Mountain | Climbing! | 1970
KISS | KISS | 1974
Other recommended album:
KISS | Destroyer | 1976
AC/DC | Powerage | 1978
Other recommended album:
AC/DC | Let There Be Rock | 1977
Barón Rojo | Volumen brutal | 1982
Other recommended album:
Barón Rojo | Larga vida al Rock and Roll | 1981
Tokyo Blade | Tokyo Blade | 1983
Other recommended album:
Tokyo Blade | Night of the Blade | 1984
Def Leppard | Pyromania | 1983
Other recommended album:
Def Leppard | High 'n Dry | 1981
Exciter | Heavy Metal Maniac | 1983
Other recommended album:
Exciter | Violence & Force | 1984
Trance | Power Infusion | 1983
Other recommended album:
Trance | Break Out | 1982
Fastway | Fastway | 1983
Other recommended album:
Fastway | All Fired Up | 1984
Iron Maiden | Powerslave | 1984
Other recommended album:
Iron Maiden | Seventh Son of a Seventh Son | 1988
The Michael Schenker Group | Rock Will Never Die | 1984
Other recommended album:
The Michael Schenker Group | One Night at Budokan | 1982
Hanoi Rocks | Two Steps from the Move | 1984
Other recommended album:
Hanoi Rocks | Back to Mystery City | 1983
TNT | Tell No Tales | 1987
Other recommended album:
TNT | Intuition | 1989
Celtic Frost | Into the Pandemonium | 1987
Other recommended album:
Celtic Frost | Monotheist | 2006
Voivod | Dimension Hätross | 1988
Other recommended album:
Voivod | Killing Technology | 1987
Metallica | …And Justice for All | 1988
Other recommended album:
Metallica | Ride the Lightning | 1984
Impellitteri | Stand in Line | 1988
Other recommended album:
Impellitteri | Screaming Symphony | 1996
Aerosmith | Pump | 1989
Other recommended album:
Aerosmith | Rocks | 1976
Queensrÿche | Empire | 1990
Other recommended album:
Queensrÿche | Promised Land | 1994
Megadeth | Rust in Peace | 1990
Other recommended album:
Megadeth | Countdown to Extinction | 1992
Suicidal Tendencies | The Art of Rebellion | 1992
Other recommended album:
Suicidal Tendencies | Lights…Camera…Revolution | 1990
Thunder | Laughing on Judgement Day | 1992
Other recommended album:
Thunder | Back Street Symphony | 1990
Angra | Angels Cry | 1993
Other recommended album:
Angra | Holy land | 1996
Steve Vai | Sex & Religion | 1993
Other recommended album:
Steve Vai | Passion and Warfare | 1990
S.U.P | The Cube | 1993
[released under the band name Supuration]
Other recommended album:
S.U.P | 9092 | 1992
[released under the band name Supuration]
Anthrax | Sound of White Noise | 1993
Other recommended album:
Anthrax | Stomp 442 | 1995
Talisman | Humanimal | 1994
Other recommended album:
Talisman | Genesis | 1993
Megadeth | Youthanasia | 1994
Other recommended album:
Megadeth | Rust in Peace | 1990
Asia | Aria | 1994
Other recommended album:
Asia | Asia | 1982
Dissection | Storm of the Light's Bane | 1995
Other recommended album:
Dissection | The Somberlain | 1993
T.M. Stevens/Out of Control | Boom | 1995
Other recommended album:
T.M. Stevens | Radioactive | 1999
Blind Guardian | Imaginations from the Other Side | 1995
Other recommended album:
Blind Guardian | Nightfall in Middle-Earth | 1998
Type O Negative | October Rust | 1996
Other recommended album:
Type O Negative | World Coming Down | 1999
Tool | Ænima | 1996
Other recommended album:
Tool | Lateralus | 2001
Emperor | Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk | 1997
Other recommended album:
Emperor | Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise | 2001
Death | The Sound of Perseverance | 1998
Other recommended album:
Death | Symbolic | 1995
The Gathering | How to Measure a Planet? | 1998
Other recommended album:
The Gathering | Mandylion | 1995
My Dying Bride | 34.788%...Complete | 1998
Other recommended album:
My Dying Bride | The Light at the End of the World | 1999
Summoning | Stronghold | 1999
Other recommended album:
Summoning | Dol Guldur | 1997
Vex Red | Start with a Strong and Persistent Desire | 2002
Dredg | El Cielo | 2002
Other recommended album:
Dredg | Catch Without Arms | 2005
Elend | Winds Devouring Men | 2003
Other recommended album:
Elend | Les Ténèbres du dehors | 1996
A Perfect Circle | Thirteenth Step | 2003
Other recommended album:
A Perfect Circle | Mer de Noms | 2000
Killing Joke | Killing Joke | 2003
[not to be confused with their other 1980 self-titled album]
Other recommended album:
Killing Joke | Killing Joke | 1980
[not to be confused with their other 2003 self-titled album]
Akercocke | Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone | 2005
Other recommended album:
Akercocke | Choronzon | 2003
Katatonia | The Great Cold Distance | 2006
Other recommended album:
Katatonia | Last Fair Deal Gone Down | 2001
Ulver | Shadows of the Sun | 2007
Other recommended album:
Ulver | Bergtatt - Et eeventyr I 5 capitler | 1995
Electric Wizard | Witchcult Today | 2007
Other recommended album:
Electric Wizard | Dopethrone | 2000
Airbourne | Runnin' Wild | 2007
Other recommended album:
Airbourne | No Guts. No Glory. | 2010
The Devil's Blood | The Time of No Time Evermore | 2009
Other recommended album:
The Devil's Blood | The Thousandfold Epicentre | 2011
Ghost | Opus Eponymous | 2010
Other recommended album:
Ghost | Infestissumam | 2013