Too hard to pick a favorite.
I liked the fact that HighGuy tossed in the late 80's early 90's thrash. Anyone into that era/style should check out Municipal Waste out of Richmond, VA. Their 2005 album "Hazardous Mutation" was my favorite album of the year.
I was also interested to see Ascaris toss in Immortal. \m/
To everyone that said Metallica, I would agree that their first three albums were amazing, but to say they were the best ever would suggest to me that you haven't been exposed to a lot of true metal.
AC/DC were definately better during the Bon Scott years, as someone already said, all of those records shit on Back in Black.
Oh, by the way, Korn is not metal, rap-rock is not metal, nu-metal is not metal.
Anyway, my list for now:
Municipal Waste - Hazardous Mutation
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Bloodbath - Resurrection Through Carnage
Bolt Thrower - War Master
Death - Leprosy
Entombed - Left Hand Path or Wolverine Blues
Napalm Death - From Enslavement to Obliteration
....
I could go on and on, too many to name but I had to add my two cents.
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