Post your METAL essentials album in ten tracks

That would make a great album!

Tool- Schism
Nookie- Limp Bizcuit
Puddle of Mudd- Control
Saliva- Click click boom
Mudvayne - Happy
Manson - Beautiful People
Slipknot- Duality
Rage against the Machine- Bulls on Parade
Dope - Die Motherfricker
Hurt -Ten ton brick

On the lighter side but I like to build from start to finish. If you can't tell from my list, I am a tad on the old side.

Iron Maiden - Hallowed be Thy Name
Black Sabbath - Children of the Grave
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Metallica - The Call of Ktulu
King Diamond - One Down Two to Go
Judas Priest - Riding on the Wind
Dio - Holy Diver
Scorpions - Steamrock Fever
Slayer - Raining Blood
Pantera - Cemetery Gates


Cut it off at one song per artist...otherwise it would be full of Maiden and Sabbath

I'm more of a historian:

Born to be Wild - Steppenwolf*

Paranoid - Black Sabbath

Stone Cold Crazy - Queen*

Let it Go - Def Leppard

Ace of Spades ( ) - Motorhead

(Either 2 Minutes to Midnight, Ace's High or The Trooper ) - Iron Maiden

You Got Another Thing Comin' - Judas Priest

Master of Puppets - Metallica

Peace Sells - Megadeath

(Not sure if I go Cemetary Gates or Cowboys from Hell) - Pantera


* - examples of metal songs by non-metal acts for completeness

(I tried to find room for a Slayer track in there, but I'd likely have to cut Steppenwolf to do that, defeating my historical theme - they would get honorable mention with either Raining Blood or Seasons in the Abyss).

Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Megadeth - Train Of Consequences
Ozzy Osbourne - Shot In the Dark
Pantera - Cemetery Gates
Quite Roit - Mental Health
Tool - Prison Sex
Type O Negative - Black No.1
Godsmack - I Stand Alone
Dream Theater - Metropolis
Disturbed - Stricken

Raven---Wiped Out
Metallica---Hit The Lights
Deep Purple---Highway Star
Symphony X---Inferno (Unleash The Fire)
Death Angel---Seemingly Endless Time
Black Sabbath--- Symptom Of The Universe
Iron Maiden---The Number Of The Beast
Megadeth---Peace Sells
Opeth---Ghost Of Perdition
Saxon---747 (Strangers In The Night)

Personal self gratification track. My favorite track from my favorite album.

Metallica - Master of Muppets
Slayer - Raining Blood
Iron Maiden - The Trooper
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath - Heaven & Hell
Pantera - Cowboys from Hell
Motörhead - Ace of Spade
Ozzy - Mr. Crowley
TOOL - Lateralus
Mastodon - Blood and Thunder

10.Clean My Wounds--CoC

9.Cowboys From Hell - Pantera

8.Raining Blood - Slayer

7.Master of Puppets - Metallica

6.Holy Wars - Megadeth

5.Beyond the Realms of Death - Judas Priest

4.The beautiful people – Marilyn Manson

3.Fast as a Shark--Accept

2.Hallowed by the name – Iron Maiden

1.Ace of spades – Motorhead (Lemmy is metal)

Damn this is hard!

Metallica - Disposable Heroes
Megadeth - Holy Wars
Pantera - Mouth for War
Tool - 46 & 2
Dream Theater - The Glass Prison
Down - Lifer
Gojira - The Heaviest Matter of The Universe
Strapping Young Lad - Shitstorm
Meshuggah - I
Opeth - Ghost of Perdition