 | Paranoid by Black Sabbath
Buy new: £5.78 / Used from: £4.90 This is regarded by many as the first proper metal album. It never ages, and more importantly, it never ceases to appeal. Ozzy is still a legend! Stand-out track: Iron man
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 | Black Metal (Remastered / Expanded) by Venom
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.48 The first Black Metal album in my opinion, and absolutely f***ing awesome. Stand-out track: Buried Alive
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 | Reign in Blood by Slayer
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.79 The metal album that inspired a great many devil-worshipping loonies. Thrash never got better than this. Stand-out track: Angel of Death.
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 | Powerslave by Iron Maiden
Buy new: £5.28 / Used from: £3.74 It's a crime against metal to not own at least one Iron Maiden album, so if you don't have one, redeem yourself by owning their finest work. Stand-out track: Aces High
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 | Killing Technology by Voivod
Buy used from: £32.18 Absolutely repugnant record. probably the reason why so many BM bands cite it as a major influence. Stand-out track: Too scared to scream
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 | Youthanasia by Megadeth
Buy new: £5.78 / Used from: £3.71 Very underrated band. At least three of their albums are essential, but you ought to at least own this Thrash classic. Stand-out track: Train of Consequences
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 | Transilvanian Hunger by Darkthrone
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £4.65 There was a time when Darkthrone were a dominant force in the Black Metal scene, and this album more than confirms why. Raw, dark and generally vile. Stand-out Track: Over Fjell og Gjennom Torner
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 | Filosofem by Burzum
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £15.92 The now notorious Varg Vikernes' first album from a prison cell after being convicted of killing Mayhem's Euronymous. Incredible album; deliciously harsh. Stand-out track: Jesus' Tod
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 | Legion by Deicide
Buy used from: £6.99 Ironically, bands would later strive to this level of technical heaviness, but Deicide's undervalued second album was maybe a tad ahead of its time. Stand-out track: Trifixion
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 | Blessed Are the Sick by Morbid Angel
Buy new: £21.99 / Used from: £8.41 Another Death Metal treat. People often forget how good the Florida death metal scene was at one point. Stand-out track: Fall from Grace
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 | Metallica by Metallica
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £6.00 Mock them all you want - no self-respecting metal fan would be without this album. Stand-out track: Nothing Else Matters
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 | None So Vile by Cryptopsy
Buy new: £10.79 / Used from: £9.99 The album that cemented Cryptopsy's reputation, and dragged Technical Death to an even more disgusting level. Stand-out track: Slit your Guts
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 | BLOODTHIRST(EX - UNCENSOR) by Cannibal Corpse
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £6.50 My first ever grindcore album, and still my favourite. Heavy to the point of being only just bearable. Stand-out track: Unleashing the Bloodthirsty
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 | The Angel and the Dark River by My Dying Bride
Buy new: £7.79 / Used from: £4.00 The godfathers of doom, allegedly. Not an unreasonable moniker though, given what an utter masterpiece this is. A thing of beauty. Stand-out track: Two winters only
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 | Blackwater Park by Opeth
Buy new: £5.78 An album that even the most determined of anti-doom metal fans would have to praise. Stand-out track: Bleak
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 | Imaginary Sonicscape by Sigh
Buy used from: £7.98 Japanese black metal isn't a novelty; these guys are trailblazers, and frankly, you should have snapped this up. Stand-out track: Corpsecry Angelfall
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 | System of a Down by System of a Down
Buy new: £4.88 / Used from: £1.28 Better than anyone gave SOAD credit for. Still as original as ever. Stand-out track: Darts
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 | Hatebreeder by Children Of Bodom
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £5.00 They've never bettered this, but credit for a sublime piece of Melodic Death. Stand-out track: Silent Night, Bodom Night
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 | This Decaying Schizophrenic Christ Complex by Koreisch
Buy used from: £4.22 It's the 10th anniversary of this CD, and it's still the most frighteningly evil album Britain's ever produced. The sound of Hell on disc, and a total must-have. Stand-out track: Eclecticpowderburn
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 | Nihility by Decapitated
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £7.00 Young Polish Death Metal pioneers. Their second album silenced all their critics. Stand-out track: Mother War
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 | Exit by Rotten Sound
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £6.29 A piece of first-rate grindcore from Finland, I believe. 18 tracks in less than half an hour - how it should be!
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 | Codex Necro by Anaal Nathrakh
Buy used from: £16.99 A voice that sounds much like it would do if you chased broken glass with neat vodka. Evil sounding blackened death. Stand-out track: Submission is for the weak
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 | Cruelty and the Beast by Cradle of Filth
Buy new: £8.79 / Used from: £2.98 A concept album about Elizabeth Bathory that would seal COF's place in Black metal royalty. Stand-out track: Cruelty brought thee orchids
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 | Dechristianize by Vital Remains
Buy used from: £9.90 Thorn departed, and Glen Benton replaced him. The resulting album would be the best thing both the band and new singer had made in ages. Stand-out track: Infidel
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 | The Harvest Floor by Cattle Decapitation
Buy new: £10.79 / Used from: £10.21 The newest album on here, but absolutely essential. This band will be the ones to watch in grindcore. Stand-out track: Regret and the Grave
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