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Vinyl or CD, what would be your Top 10 albums to be stranded with on a desert island?
Basically, albums that you could not possibly live without for a long period of time, and would regularly listen to?

These are mine in no particular order:
ARTILLERY-BY INHERITANCE
JUDAS PRIEST-DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH
VOIVOD-KILLING TECHNOLOGY
BLUE OYSTER CULT-AGENTS OF MISFORTUNE
RUSH-HEMISPHERES
EXUMER-POSSESSED BY FIRE
LYNYRD SKYNYRD-STREET SURVIVORS
MERCYFUL FATE-DON'T BREAK THE OATH
RAZOR-VIOLENT RESTITUTION
SAVATAGE-HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING

Melissa
Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Awaken the Guardian
Control and Resistance
King of the Dead
A Social Grace
Tides
Winterkill
HEart of the Ages
Nothingface

HOLY TERROR - Terror & Submission
SLAYER - Hell Awaits
BROCAS HELM - Into Battle
BLACK HOLE - Land of Mystery
CANDLEMASS - Nightfall
BOLT THROWER - ... for Victory
MERCYFUL FATE - Don't Break the Oath
CELTIC FROST - Morbid Tales
SCORPIONS - Tokyo Tapes
CLOVEN HOOF - st

Ahh, I always love those threads

Satans Host - Metal from Hell
Bathory - Hammerheart
Blind Guardian - Follow the Blind
Flogging Molly - Within a Mile of Home
Omen - Battle Cry
Candlemass - Tales of Creation
Manowar - Into glory Ride
Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery
Psychotiz Waltz - A social Grace
Silly Wizard - Best of

Pentagram - day of reckoning
Cirith Ungol - one foot in hell
Manowar - hail to england
Witchfinder General - death penalty
Candlemass - epicus doomicus metallicus
Judas Priest - sad wings of destiny
Manilla Road - crystal logic
Mercyful Fate - don't break the oath
Black Sabbath - vol 4
Pagan Altar - lords of hypocrisy

metalmartyrdoom wrote:...
Manilla Road - crystal logic...

Hell, how could I forget that

OmenOfSteel wrote:

metalmartyrdoom wrote:...
Manilla Road - crystal logic...

Hell, how could I forget that

errr... take out Flogging Molly maybe?

I'm surprised that Don't Break the Oath is considered more essential than Melissa!

Nice to see a wide selection of Candlemass represented, but come on, Epicus!

Helm wrote:I'm surprised that Don't Break the Oath is considered more essential than Melissa!

Nice to see a wide selection of Candlemass represented, but come on, Epicus!

Well actually for me, I could suffice with practically any album from any of the bands I listed. Be Forewarned, Melissa, Mythical and Magical, Into Glory Ride, Mark of the Beast, Frost and Fire, etc... Too much essential Metal, if there is such a thing!

Helm wrote:I'm surprised that Don't Break the Oath is considered more essential than Melissa!

I would maybe take The Beginning. I know, I know it's just a compilation album but I don't know if I could live there in the desert island without DOOMED BY THE LIVING DEAD and Nuns Have No Fun EP just wouldn't be enough. Though "The Beginning" miss a few of my favourites too
Damn this thread is evil. I can't decide anything.

Hardly obscure but in most cases the below are very important records for me due to a variety of reasons

Solitude Aeturnus - Into the Depth of Sorrow
Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Slayer - Show No Mercy
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Van Halen - 1st album
Metallica - And Justice For All
Carcass - Symphonies of Sickness
Megadeth - Peace Sells
TNT - Tell No Tales

msp wrote: Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Van Halen - 1st album

Shit! I'd want to take these two as well!! What do I sacrifice, maybe I could take out Exumer & go with Powerslave

The toughest question ever. Here's some that lasted the test of time:

JUDAS PRIEST - Defenders Of The Faith
IRON MAIDEN - Somewhere In Time
RIOT - Thundersteel
BLACK SABBATH - Headless Cross/TYR (this counts as 1 ok?)
HEIR APPARENT - One Small Voice
RUNNING WILD - Death Or Glory
FATES WARNING - Perfect Symmetry
CRIMSON GLORY - Crimson Glory
JAG PANZER - Ample Destruction
RUSH - Grace Under Pressure

and if there's enough space in the bag:

BATHORY - Hammerheart/Twillight of the Gods/Blood On Ice
ROTTING CHRIST - Thy Mighty Contract
CLOVEN HOOF - Dominator/A Sultans Ransom
CIRITH UNGOL - One Foot In Hell
TYRANT - Legions Of The Dead/Too Late To Pray

ok, i better stop.

Helm wrote:I'm surprised that Don't Break the Oath is considered more essential than Melissa!

For me, just the song "Welcome Princes of Hell" makes this album more essential... just...

...actually it IS the best MF song ever IMO!!

Fucking difficult of course, I would bring my whole LP collection to a deserted island. But there are some albums I couldn't "live" without and they take a special place in my life. Listening to these albums is emotional, goosebumps all over, they are more than music for me, no words can describe their utter greatness. These albums are:

FATES WARNING: Awaken The Guardian
FATES WARNING: The Spectre Within
HOLY TERROR: Terror And Submission
BROCAS HELM: Black Death
SAVAGE GRACE: Master Of Disguise
CIRITH UNGOL: King Of The Dead
JUDAS PRIEST: Sad Wings Of Destiny
ADRAMELCH: Irae Melanox
HEIR APPARENT: Graceful Inheritance
OMEN: Battle Cry