Quote Originally Posted by CFH View Post
A couple more, feel free to add your own.

Sepultura: Chaos AD - Often overshadowed by the more popular and experimental Roots, Chaos AD is an album of comprable quality. Sepultura's traditional thrash style has mostly been replaced by a slower, more groove-laden approach. Chaos AD also provided listeners with their first tastes of the experemental approach the band would take with Roots. This album demonstates why this band, along with Pantera and Slayer, almost singlehandedly kept real metal (ie not Metallica) alive in the 90's. Refuse/Resist and Territory are the more well known songs on this album, but Amen and Nomad as also standouts.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=QP7ezd_SA4o

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=52nhSRD38hU

Babyshambles: Down in Albion - Ok, so they may not be a "great band" in terms of ground breaking originality or popularity, but Down in Albion is an outstanding album. I'm going to say something a bit controversial, but it's better than either of the more popular Libertines albums. An EP and another album have come out since Down in Albion, and the band is pretty much unknown in North America. Fuck Forever is probably the best known track on the album, but nearly ever song stands out as a remarkable piece of songwriting.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=9WmoCxXXcwg

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=GFnlCjg1OsI
Babyshambles are pretty good. There are some cracking tracks on that debut album, but its a few tracks too long for me. Pete Doherty has a way with a tune, but his quality control check can sometimes be wayward.