Very nice choices indeed! Images & Dreams has been a huge influence on me (tone wise) My top ten would have to be...

Focus by Cynic

Symbolic by Death

Sixteen Men of Tain by Allan Holdsworth

Personae by Jonas Hellborg & Shawn Lane

Anything by Therion (much too hard to decide)

Hall of the Mountain King by Savatage (or Gutter Ballet)

Somewhere in Time by Iron Maiden (The sound of the guitars on that album have been a HUGE influence on me)

Domination by Morbid Angel

Jazz Samba by Stan Getz

The Essential Ravi Shankar by Ravi Shankar

I'm gonna cheat and list some honorable mentions haha

Saurian Meditation by Karl Sanders

In Their Darkened Shrines by Nile (or Black Seeds of Vengeance)

Elegant Gypsy by Al Di Meola

Destroy Erase Improve by Meshuggah

Phew! Thats a pretty weird mix. We've got some Progressive death metal, Fusion, Bossa Nova, World Music, 80's metal, brutal Egyptian themed Death metal and much more!

 

 

hmm, my top ten as of this now (could change tomorrow) in random order would be..

1. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

2. Queensryche - The Warning

3. Tears for Fears - Seeds of Love or Raoul and the Kings of Spain

4. Rush - Hemispheres

5. Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Grey

6. Peter Gabriel - Up

7. Dream Theater - Images and Words

8. Megadeth - Rust in Peace

9. Pink Floyd - The Wall

10. Iron Maiden - Powerslave

 

 

Awake!  Love that album, never ever get sick of it.
 

While 1-9 should be Megadeth: Rust In Peace, you're metal, so i can forgive you.

hehe.

my top 10, i can really only comment on what I own

1. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
2. Morbid Angel - Covenant
3. Metallica - I own non of these, but I know they deserve a spot here... hmmm... Puppets.
4. Nile - hmmm i'm torn between Black Seeds of Vengeance and Annihilation of the Wicked
5. Sepultura - Beneath the Remains (Arise and Chaos have a better stomp factor though)
6. Slayer - Reign in Blood (but I LOVE Seasons...)
7. Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
8. Kamelot - Epica
9. Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
10. Sepultura - Chaos A.D.

Grip Inc gets an honorable metion with Solidify, as it's been getting non-stop spins lately.

 

damn, i just realized the list doesn't have to be exclusively metal.

Throw in James & David Kalal's "San Miguel", some dio records, some van halen, some scorpions, some crue, and some porn.

 

I can't narrow it down to just ten, but some that would be at the top in no particular order...

Roger Waters Amused to Death
Beethoven 9th Symphony
Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd The Wall
Pink Floyd Animals
Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd The Final Cut
Pink Floyd The Division Bell
Devin Townsend Terria
Devin Townsend Ocean Machine
Alice in Chains Jar of Flies
Counting Crows August and Everything After
OSI OSI
Chroma Key Dead Air for Radios
Blackhawk Blackhawk
Iron Maiden 7th Son of a 7th Son
Iron Maiden Live After Death
Bruce Dickinson Chemical Wedding
Van Halen 5150
Boston Boston
Boston Walk On
Type O Negative October Rust
Guns N Roses Use Your Illusion II
Angra Holy Land
Yes Talk
Angra Angels Cry
Angra Rebirth
Metallica Master of Puppets
Metallica ...And Justice for All
Metallica Ride the Lightning
Counting Crows Live Accross a Wire

And many I'm forgetting...

 

What about HELL AWAITS  and  DONT BREAK THE OATH   lol

 

SOUTH OF HEAVEN

RUST IN PEACE

OVER THE WALL

ALL OVERKILL

KILL EM ALL   /  MASTER /  LIGHTNIN / JUSTICE

JAR OF FLIES

ALL S.O.D.

DEATH ANGEL

NUCLEAR ASSAULT

EXODUS

 

brilliant choices mate. Hemispheres would be just outside of mine, and so would rage for order from queensryche.