Soulful and pounding at the same time. Sabbath through a '90s prism.

This shows a deathlier side to the thrash genre. Again still as stunning as it ever was, a pure 29 minute thrash to the end. Araya's unique shouting style is a plus, something different from usual.

An unusual album, not to everyone's taste, but this is stoner metal taken to it's conclusion. One track, one riff really but rarely dull, a hymn worshipping the leaf,

Another stunning piece of work, contains 'Shattered Fortress' which takes some of the best bits of their best songs and makes a whole new song which is fantastic. One of their best for years.

A real crossover album, brutal and fast in places but with a sense of songwriting that they didn't show on earlier albums. This is the album that my punk/indie mates liked even though it's death metal

Terminator metal, or so one description says. The first 4 tracks are simply FF's best songs and their best work. Machine like guitars and drums, keyboards and growling vocals combined to fine effect.

Old school thrash given a 90s reinvention and mixed with hardcore. They shot their load when they put Davidian up front, they would never write better than that stone cold classic.

For me their best album and some of the best black metal outside Scandinavia.

Phil Anselmo brings the brutality Dimebag brings the finesse. One of the most apt titles ever, great fast aggressive music.

Chaos AD & Roots are more well known these days but this album along with Nos. 2 & 3 started my love affair with thrash.

Drum'n'bass'n'metal'n'punk'n'ragga? Yes please, not many sound like Skindred and that's rare.

Pure thrash, made up of classics, great playing the stuff that classics are made of.

If there must be rap in metal then this is one of the only bands allowed. Nothing worse than ego heavy rapper and Zack is the antithesis of this. Feel the fury from cover to lyrics to guitar, awesome.