Quote Originally Posted by mad rhetorik
Polls like this tend to leave a lot out thanks to limited space. I could've thought of a bunch of other albums and bands (Tool? Melvins? Testament? Kyuss? Meshuggah? Maybe even Rage Against The Machine?) that are deserving nominees.



As for Death...well, it's perhaps the best straight-up thrash album released in the last 10 years. It's got all the instrumental talent of your average Dream Theater album, except better-composed and less self-indulgent, and the intensity and speed of Metallica or Megadeth. It's also the last Death album made before lead guitarist/vocalist Chuck Schuldiner's tragic death from cancer. Anybody who wants a quality metal release and doesn't mind some harsh vocal stylings should check this album, and band, out.
#6 Slayer - South Of Heaven
#7 Tool - Aenima
#8 Melvins - Houdini
#9 Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire
#10 Alice In Chains - Dirt

The one Death album I have is Individual Thought Patterns but it gets way too proggy for me, hence it's my only album from them (it has its moments, though)

Old school metal is a toss up between Iron Maiden - Killers and Queensyrche - Rage For Order (yeah, I know they're both kinda proggy)

BTW Dusty, We Sold Our Souls For Rock And Roll shouldn't count since it's a best of comp. You'll have to pick Sabotage or Volume IV or Master Of Reality or Sabbath Bloody Sabbath instead