Re you serious? ONE album? Fucking hell.
Guns and Roses "Apertite for Destruction" is still one of my faves after almost twenty years, not sure if you would call it metal though.
Im with you Jez. In saying that, if it doesnt count as metal (which, back when it was released, it wasnt... it was viewed as a hybrid between metal and punk)...
Metallica - ...And Justice For All. First metal album I ever got, and it was the gateway for me between Gunners and real metal. I owe it all to that CD.
dammit, i thought i wouldve been the first to list JUSTICE but u beat me again to it Haydz! ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL ended up in my hands in 1999 in the form of cassette. i thought id check out some Metallica and bought it at random, the cassette's fold out bit only just covering the year of release, i thought it was 1999 but it was "1989" haha. i was disappointed at first coz i bought an old record but after the first couple of heavy notes on BLACKENED i was hooked. AJFA didnt leave me cassette deck for nearly a year and a half, me learning every note, every solo on guitar. i bought every other record since then, and though the earlier albums before it are genius, this record provided me with what i consider the pinnacle of creativity in writing metal - dynamics, progressions, feel. years and years down the line, everytime i put this record on it reminds me of why i play this music, why i became a guitar player and songwriter, and why i love metal as a whole.
fuck i love that record.