My Top 52 Essential Rock & Metal Albums

'Lateralus' By Tool (In my opinion the best album artwork of all time)

1. ‘Master of Puppets’ - Metallica

2. ‘Reign In Blood’ - Slayer

3. ‘Number of The Beast’ - Iron Maiden

4. ‘Paranoid’ - Black Sabbath

5. ‘Rust In Peace’ - Megadeth

6. ‘Ride The Lightning’ - Metallica

7. ‘The Real Thing’ - Faith No More

8. ‘Among The Living’ - Anthrax

9. ‘Cowboy’s From Hell’ - Pantera

10. ‘Rage Against The Machine’ - Rage Against The Machine

11. ‘Ace of Spades’ - Motorhead

12. ‘Appetite For Destruction’ - Guns ‘n’ Roses

13. ‘Pyromania’ Def Leppard

14. ‘Operation Mindcrime’ - Queensryche

15. ‘Nevermind’ - Nirvana

16. ‘South of Heaven’ - Slayer

17. ‘And Justice For All’ - Metallica

18. ‘Metallica’ - Metallica

19. ‘Peace Sells, But Who’s Buying’ - Megadeth

20. ‘Vulgar Display of Power’ - Pantera

21. ‘Powerslave’ - Iron Maiden

22. ‘Seasons In The Abyss’ - Slayer

23. ‘Seventh Son of A Seventh Son’ - Iron Maiden

24. ‘Pretty Hate Machine’ - Nine Inch Nails

25. ‘Slipknot’ - Slipknot

26. ‘Lateralus’ - Tool

27. ‘Aenima’ - Tool

28. ‘White Pony’ - Deftones

29. ‘Toxicity’ - System of a Down

30. ‘Troublegum’ - Therapy?

31. ‘Antichrist Superstar’ - Marilyn Manson

32. ‘Burn My Eyes’ - Machine Head

33. ‘Draconian Times’ - Paradise Lost

34. ‘Follow The Leader’ - Korn

35. ‘Hybrid Theory’ - Linkin Park

36. ‘Infest’ - Papa Roach

37. ‘Iowa’ - Slipknot

38. ‘The Blackening’ - Machine Head

39. ‘Primitive’ - Soulfly

40. ‘And Out Come The Wolves’ - Rancid

41. ‘Hellbilly Deluxe’ - Rob Zombie

42. ‘Crack The Skye’ - Mastodon

43. ‘Nola’ - Down

44. ‘Mutter’ - Rammstein

45. ‘Sacrament’ - Lamb of God

46. ‘Alive or Just Breathing’ - Killswitch Engage

47. ‘Morning View’ - Incubus

48. ‘Come What(ever) May’ - Stone Sour

49. ‘Blues For The Red Sun’ - Kyuss

50. ‘Blackwater park’ - Opeth

51. ‘Believe’ - Disturbed

52. ‘Hot Dog Flavoured Water’ - Limp Bizkit

Top 30 Gigs I've Been To

Big Four, Warsaw, Poland, 16th June 2010

1. The Big Four (Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax), Warsaw, Poland, 16th June 2010

2. Metallica, Download Festival, UK, 10th June 2006

3. Metallica, Death Magnetic Fan Club Preview, O2 Arena, London, 15th september 2008

4. Tool, Brixton Academy, London, 22nd August 2007

5. Therapy?, Sonisphere Festival, Knebworth, 31st July 2010

6. Levellers, Beautiful Days Festival, Devon, 17th August 2008

7. Slipknot, Download Festival, UK,13th June 2009

8. Rage Against The Machine, Finsbury Park, London, 6th June 2010

9. Massive Attack, Brixton Academy, London,19th September 2009

10. Rammstein, Wembley Arena, London, 4th Febuary 2010

11. Depeche Mode, O2 Arena, London, 30th May 2009

12. Prodigy, Milton Keynes Bowl, 24th July 2010

13. Stone Sour, Dingwalls, London, 19th October 2010

14. Skindred, Freeze Festival, London, 31st October 2010

15. Blur, Hyde Park, London, 3rd July 2009

16. Faith No More, Brixton Academy, London, 10th June 2009

17. Korn, Download Festival, UK 12th June 2009

18. Crystal Castles, Roundhouse, London, 15th October 2010

19. Nine Inch Nails, O2 Arena, London, 15th July 2009

20. Iron Maiden, Hammersmith Apollo, London, 2nd September 2005

21. Deftones, Download Festival, UK, 9th June 2006

22. Sigur Ros, Alexandra Palace, London, 21st November 2008

23. Hawkwind, Beautiful Days Festival, Devon, 22nd August, 2009

24. Shpongle, Roundhouse, London, 31st October 2008

25. Zion Train, Cargo, London, 12th November 2008

26. Alabama 3, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, 4th December 2008

27. Faithless, Cardiff Arena, 26th March 2007

28. Jose Gonzalez, ULU, London, 14th October 2008

29. Motley Crue, Cardiff Arena, 18th June 2005

30. Russian Circles, Underworld, London, 13th April 2010

A to Z of Bands I've Seen

Slipknot Download Festival 2009

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2:54, 36 Crazyfists, 5 Finger Death Punch, Adam Freeland, The Aggrolites, Ajja, Alabama 3(x5), Alice Cooper, Alice In Chains(x3), Alter Bridge, Amon Amarth, Angelic Upstarts, Anthrax(x2), Arch Enemy, Art of Dying, Asian Dub Foundation, Ash, Ashtech, Auger Bane, Avalon, Avenged Sevenfold(x2), Baaba Maal, Babar Luck, Balkan Beat Box, Beatnik, Behemoth, Billy Cobham, The Blackout, Black Stone Cherry, Blood or Whiskey, Blur, Booka Shade, The Bravery, Breed 77, Bryan Adams, Buckcherry(x2), Bullet For My, Valentine(x4), Burn In Noise, Calexico(x2), Calvin Harris, Cancer Bats, Candi Staton, Chase & Status (x2), Chemical Brothers, Children of Bodom, Claire Maguire, Clutch, Coheed & Cambria(x2), Combichrist, Conflict, Crystal Castles(x2), The Cult, The Damned, Dananananaakroyd, The Darkness, The Dead 60s, Def Leppard, Deftones, Depeche Mode, Devildriver(x2), Dinosaur Pile-Up (x2), Dir en Grey, Divokej Bill, Do Me Bad Things, Does It Offend You Yeah?, Down, Dragonforce(x2), Dreadzone, Dream Theater, Dropkick Murphy’s(x2), Dub Pistols(x3), Earthless, Earthling, Easy Star All Stars, Eat Static(x4), The Egg, Elton John, Enter Shikari, Esoterica , Europe, The Excerts, Fabulous Good Time Party Boys(x2), Faithless, Faith No More(x2), Fatboy Slim, Fear Factory, Feeder, Fenix Tx, Fightstar, Finley Quaye, Fishbone, Flogging Molly, Flying Lotus, Foals, For A Minor Reflection, Frank Turner(x3), Freq, Funeral For a Friend(x3), Gabby Young(x3), Gabriella Cilmi, Gallows(x3), Gama Bomb, Gary Numan(x2), GBH, Godsmack, Gogol Bordello, Goldblade, Gong, Hallucinogen, Hatebreed, Hawkwind, Health, High On Maiden, HIM(x2), Hooligan Night, Hybrid, Idlewild, Iggy & The Stooges(x2), Illegal Machines, The Imagined Village, Incubus, In Flames, Iron Maiden(x8), Isaac Hayes, Isis, Jacques Loussier Trio, Jane’s Addiction, Japanese Voyeurs(x6), Jett Black ,Jhon Critchinson Trio, Jose Gonzalez, Journey, Judas Priest, Karnivool, Killing Joke(x2), The Kills ,Killswitch Engage(x2), The King Blues(x3), Korn(x2) ,Krakatoa ,Kronos Quartet ,Kula Shaker, Limp Bizkit(x2),Lacuna Coil, Lamb, Lamb of God(x2), Les Truttes, Levellers(x6), The Living End, Liquid Ross, Lulu, M83 ,Machine Head(x6), Marilyn Manson(x3) ,Massive Attack, Mastodon(x4) ,Maximo Park, Megadeth ,Melissa Auf der Maur, Metallica(x15), Mindless Self Indulgence, Mitch Benn, Mona, Mothlite, Motley Crue(x3), Motorheadache, Mr.Scruff(x4), Municipal Waste(x3), The Music, Nine Black Alps, Nine Inch Nails(x2), NOFX(x2), Nouvelle Vague, One Way Mirror, OTT, Paramore, Papa Roach(x2), Paradise Lost, The Peatbog Faeries, Pendulum(x4), Perfect Stranger, Peter & the Test Tube Babies, Peter Gabriel, Pig Iron, Plump DJs, The Pogues, The Police, The Prodigy(x3), Prometheus, Pronghorn, Radioactive Man, Rage Against The Machine, Rammstein(x2), Ripper Owens, Robotnik(x3), Rob Zombie, Roots Manuva, Russian Circles(x2) ,Salsa Celtica, The Saw Doctors, Saxon, Scorpions, Sensient, Seth Lakeman, Shelanagig, Shinedown, Shpongle(x3), Sick of It All, Sigur Ros, Simply Red, Skindred(x4), Slayer(x5), Slipknot(x2), Soil, Soilwork, Some Velvet Morning, Sonic Boom Six, Soulfly(x2), The Specials, Spring Offensive(x9), Squarepusher, Squeeze, Staind, Static-X, Steel Panther, Steel Pulse, Stereo MCs, Stiff Little Fingers, Stone Sour(x2), Strapping Young Lad, Sub Focus, The Subhumans, Sublime With Rome, Supergrass, The Sword, Sylosis, Tenacious D, Therapy?(x4), The Three Jazz Tenors, Tinariwen, Tool(x2), Toots & The Maytals, Transglobal Underground, Trivium(x4), Tristan, Turbonegro, Turin Brakes, Underworld, Voodoo Six, Wallis Bird, Whitesnake(x2), X-Dream, Yeasayer, Younger Brother, Ziggy Marley, Zion Train(x2), Zub Zub(x3), ZZ Top