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