Great Metal Albums to learn?

[Machismo]

I'm a fan of bands like Megadeth, Metallica, and Iron Maiden. I mainly buy metal albums to learn, along with enjoying them too of course. I pretty much learned most songs/albums by those bands I've mentioned. Can anyone recommend metal albums that might be in the same vein as those bands? That have songs with enough changes and takes some skill to play. I prefer stuff with standard tuning personally(I'm cool with half a step down too), just not into the tone and sound of down tuned stuff(but hey that's just me). Thanks everyone

 

[EVL HULK]

Try " municipal waste". I bet you'll dig them. Cheak out their albums on YouTube to see if you like it. Their art work is cool too

 

[caligula]

Not exactly Metal, but probably Heavy - Rock I'd say:
Blue Murder with Tony Franklin and Marco Mendozza on bass.
Try their first album "Blue Murder" and the second one "Nuttin but Trouble". Great basslines, lots of material to work on.
I personally dig some of the older Queensryche stuff: "Operation Mindcrime" and "Empire."
A bit more towards the shred genre: Racer X with Juan (John) Alderete. "Superheroes" is fantastic.

 

[Mike N]

Mercyful Fate, their first two albums... "Melissa" and "Don't Break The Oath."

 

[Volunteerk9]

Not exactly Metal, but probably Heavy - Rock I'd say:
Blue Murder with Tony Franklin and Marco Mendozza on bass.
Try their first album "Blue Murder" and the second one "Nuttin but Trouble". Great basslines, lots of material to work on.
I personally dig some of the older Queensryche stuff: "Operation Mindcrime" and "Empire."
A bit more towards the shred genre: Racer X with Juan (John) Alderete. "Superheroes" is fantastic.

Blue Murder was a phenomenal trio back in the day. I remember listening to 'Blue Murder' and 'Jelly Roll' for the first time - even saw them in concert. John Sykes was a beast.

 

[almost human]

Check out the Chastain album "For Those Who Dare", featuring David Harbour on bass.

 

[DDXdesign]

Though it might swing over into juuuust a bit cheesy from time to time (hey it was 1992), one of my favorite albums from the time I was learning to play -and still is probably one of my top 10 'desert island picks' if you remember that concept- is Cuatro, by Flotsam and Jetsam. The big hit single from that album (Wading Through The Darkness) is pretty slow, but the rest of the album has fantastic energy and fun stuff to play, even when the bass is just aping the guitar line.

 

[jmattbassplaya]

Racer X will make a man out of anyone. "Scarified" alone is a real workout.

Although not really metal, Rush's stuff is definitely worth working through.

To be honest, I lost the metal bug after I learned most of the albums Maiden, Metallica, and Megadeth put out. I got more into prog and later funk and jam music.

 

[BWC]

Good groove:

Pri-Pain - The Truth Hurts (Some standard, some drop D, Some half step)
Sepultura - Chaos AD (Mostly standard and Drop D)
Overdose - Progress of Decadence (STandard)

Thrash

Slayer - Hell Awaits and Reign in Blood (Half Step)
Exodus - Bonded by Blood (Standard)
Testament - The Legacy and The New Order (Standard)

Let me know if you need any more