Yeah, I was debating whether or not to include them, but I decided to do so as many people consider Machine Head to be a classic album. As for Blind Guardian, I'll be honest, I'm not the most knowledgeable when it comes to power metal! I added Helloween in order to have a representation for the genre, as they're one of the few bands I'm familiar with.

So, the votes of the current poll want a community decision!! Are there any albums that you guys would recommend for album of the week?

From my avatar you can guess my favorite band is Tool, and I do love progressive metal/rock a whole lot.

Here is one heck of a masterpiece in my opinion:

As my name implies, I'm a huge heavy metal fan, especially extreme metal. Those are the bands I listen to:

DEATHCORE:
1 - All Shall Perish
2 - Suicide Silence
3 - Carnifex
4 - Oceano
5 - Whitechapel

DEATH METAL:
1 - Cryptopsy
2 - Suffocation
3 - Dying Fetus
4 - Nile
5 - Aborted

GRINDCORE:
1 - Napalm Death
2 - Terrorizer
3 - Brutal Truth
4 - Nasum
5 - Pig Destroyer

GROOVE METAL:
1 - Pantera
2 - Sepultura
3 - Machine Head
4 - Lamb of God
5 - Soulfly

METALCORE:
1 - Earth Crisis
2 - Hatebreed
3 - Unearth
4 - Parkway Drive
5 - Texas in July

THRASH METAL:
1 - Slayer
2 - Sodom
3 - Destruction
4 - Kreator
5 - Testament

PORCUPINE TREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One of my all-time favourite bands!

It'd be hard for me to make a list like this, as I usually think of it by the album instead of by the band!

Well, most of the bands I listen to are pioneers of their genre. I don't listen to newer bands because they don't do anything different from the older ones. Sure, deathcore and modern metalcore are fairly recent, but you get my point.

I tend to like heavy drums in my metal bands, anyone got any new horizons in that direction?

Speaking of Tool, here is an example of those heavy drums.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NJbRF4CgAA