Down - NOLA

Crowbar - Odd Fellows Rest

AC/DC - Back in Black

Alice in Chains - Dirt

Corrosion of Conformity - Deliverance

Dax Riggs - If This is Hell Then I'm Lucky (tough to pick just one album by him or any of his bands, several could have been on this list for me)

Sevendust - Seasons (they have so many good albums as well)

Fear Factory - Archetype

Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill

Soundgarden - Superunknown (tough to choose one here as well as I liked "Down on the Upside" almost as much, even their newest album "King Animal" that came out a few years ago was fantastic)

 

This was tough and in no way represents that all I listen to is hard rock and metal, though those genres do dominate the albums that I end up buying.  I tried to avoid putting Greatest Hits collections, but there are several I could have chosen that I listen to quite frequently like Tom Petty, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Led Zeppelin, John Lee Hooker, etc.  I could have easily included "Imprint" or "From Bliss to Devastation" by Vision of Disorder.  And although it's a relatively new album and new band to me, I could see "Meliora" by Ghost working its way into my top 10 at some point down the line as it is a great album front to back.  Links are to my favorite song on each album on Youtube, though that was tough choosing on most of the albums as well.

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