Post by Assman on Aug 19, 2012 19:26:25 GMT
Simple really, post what you think are essential albums everyone should hear before they die. Hopefully we'll unearth a new favourite album or two in this topic, you never know.
These aren't in order, but numbered so I know where I'm at. If you can't think of 50 feel free to post a top 10 or 25.
1. Blue Sky Black Death - Late Night Cinema (instrumental hip hop, 2008)
2. Dream Theater - Metroplis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory (progressive metal, 1999)
3. Dark Tranquillity - Haven (melodic death metal, 2000)
4. Envy - Recitation (post rock/screamo, 2010)
5. Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place (post rock, 2003)
6. Faith No More - The Real Thing (alternative rock, 1989)
7. InMe - Overgrown Eden (alternative rock, 2003)
8. Misery Signals - Controller (metalcore, 2008)
9. Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows (melodic death metal, 2011)
10. Opeth - Damnation (progressive rock, 2003)
11. Pressure Points - Remorses To Remember (progressive metal, 2010)
12. Straightener - Linear (Japanese rock, 2007)
13. Nobuo Uematsu - Distant Worlds: Music From Final Fantasy (orchestral, 2007)
14. Nobuo Uematsu - Distant Worlds II: More Music (orchestral, 2010)
15. Aereogramme - My Heart Has a Wish That You Would Not Go (post rock, 2006)
16. Anathema - Hindsight (acoustic rock, 2008)
17. The Black Mages - The Black Mages (progressive rock, 2003)
18. Bloodbath - Unblessing The Purity (death metal, 2008)
19. Blood Stain Child - Epsilon (melodic death metal, 2011)
20. Circus Maximus - Nine (progressive metal, 2012)
21. Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV (progressive rock, 2005)
22. Crematory - Believe (gothic metal, 2000)
23. The Darkness - Permission To Land (hard rock, 2003)
24. Disturbed - The Sickness (alternative metal, 2000)
25. Empyrium - A Retrospective... (neofolk, 2006)
26. Evergrey - Recreation Day (progressive metal, 2003)
27. Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony (brutal death metal, 2011)
28. Fozzy - Happenstance (heavy metal, 2002)
29. Gojira - Terra Incognita (death metal, 2000)
30. Harmaja - Harmaja (folk rock, 2009)
31. HIM - Razorblade Romance (gothic rock, 2000)
32. Hypocrisy - The Final Chapter (death metal, 1997)
33. In Flames - The Jester Race (melodic death metal, 1996)
34. In Flames - Colony (melodic death metal, 1999)
35. Kalmah - The Black Waltz (melodic death metal, 2006)
36. InMe - Daydream Anonymous (alternative rock, 2007)
37. In Vain - The Latter Rain (progressive death metal, 2007)
38. Isis - Wavering Radiant (sludge metal, 2009)
39. Katatonia - Viva Emptiness (doom metal, 2003)
40. Kid Rock - The History of Rock (rap rock, 2000)
41. King Diamond - Give Me Your Soul… Please (heavy metal, 2007)
42. Machinae Supremacy - Deus Ex Machinae (power metal, 2004)
43. Machine Head - Through the Ashes of Empires (groove metal, 2003)
44. Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape (avant-garde metal, 2001)
45. Sigur Ros - Takk (post rock, 2005)
46. A Skylit Drive - Wires...and the Concept of Breathing (post hardcore, 2008)
47. Suspyre - Suspyre (progressive metal, 2012)
48. Versailles - Noble (symphonic metal, 2008)
49. Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge (power metal, 2008)
50. Alcest - Souvenirs d'un autre monde (shoegaze, 2007)
These aren't in order, but numbered so I know where I'm at. If you can't think of 50 feel free to post a top 10 or 25.
1. Blue Sky Black Death - Late Night Cinema (instrumental hip hop, 2008)
2. Dream Theater - Metroplis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory (progressive metal, 1999)
3. Dark Tranquillity - Haven (melodic death metal, 2000)
4. Envy - Recitation (post rock/screamo, 2010)
5. Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place (post rock, 2003)
6. Faith No More - The Real Thing (alternative rock, 1989)
7. InMe - Overgrown Eden (alternative rock, 2003)
8. Misery Signals - Controller (metalcore, 2008)
9. Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows (melodic death metal, 2011)
10. Opeth - Damnation (progressive rock, 2003)
11. Pressure Points - Remorses To Remember (progressive metal, 2010)
12. Straightener - Linear (Japanese rock, 2007)
13. Nobuo Uematsu - Distant Worlds: Music From Final Fantasy (orchestral, 2007)
14. Nobuo Uematsu - Distant Worlds II: More Music (orchestral, 2010)
15. Aereogramme - My Heart Has a Wish That You Would Not Go (post rock, 2006)
16. Anathema - Hindsight (acoustic rock, 2008)
17. The Black Mages - The Black Mages (progressive rock, 2003)
18. Bloodbath - Unblessing The Purity (death metal, 2008)
19. Blood Stain Child - Epsilon (melodic death metal, 2011)
20. Circus Maximus - Nine (progressive metal, 2012)
21. Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV (progressive rock, 2005)
22. Crematory - Believe (gothic metal, 2000)
23. The Darkness - Permission To Land (hard rock, 2003)
24. Disturbed - The Sickness (alternative metal, 2000)
25. Empyrium - A Retrospective... (neofolk, 2006)
26. Evergrey - Recreation Day (progressive metal, 2003)
27. Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony (brutal death metal, 2011)
28. Fozzy - Happenstance (heavy metal, 2002)
29. Gojira - Terra Incognita (death metal, 2000)
30. Harmaja - Harmaja (folk rock, 2009)
31. HIM - Razorblade Romance (gothic rock, 2000)
32. Hypocrisy - The Final Chapter (death metal, 1997)
33. In Flames - The Jester Race (melodic death metal, 1996)
34. In Flames - Colony (melodic death metal, 1999)
35. Kalmah - The Black Waltz (melodic death metal, 2006)
36. InMe - Daydream Anonymous (alternative rock, 2007)
37. In Vain - The Latter Rain (progressive death metal, 2007)
38. Isis - Wavering Radiant (sludge metal, 2009)
39. Katatonia - Viva Emptiness (doom metal, 2003)
40. Kid Rock - The History of Rock (rap rock, 2000)
41. King Diamond - Give Me Your Soul… Please (heavy metal, 2007)
42. Machinae Supremacy - Deus Ex Machinae (power metal, 2004)
43. Machine Head - Through the Ashes of Empires (groove metal, 2003)
44. Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape (avant-garde metal, 2001)
45. Sigur Ros - Takk (post rock, 2005)
46. A Skylit Drive - Wires...and the Concept of Breathing (post hardcore, 2008)
47. Suspyre - Suspyre (progressive metal, 2012)
48. Versailles - Noble (symphonic metal, 2008)
49. Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge (power metal, 2008)
50. Alcest - Souvenirs d'un autre monde (shoegaze, 2007)