I really hate ranking my lists so the following are all in no order:
Entombed
Dimmu Borgir
Napalm Death
Cannibal Corpse
Down
Sepultura
Cattle Decapitation
Obituary
Mastodon (I guess they're relatively arguable, but even if they are an off-shoot or sub-genre I definitely think they're more a derivative of metal as opposed to general alternative or any other genre with that said.)
Necrophagist
I also find it important for me to note that while I am big on Priest, Sabbath, and Motorhead, I don't like mixing NWOBHM w/ true metal, so yeah, wanted to keep them out. And btw, anyone who thinks Led Zeppelin is metal really needs to bone up on music entirely.
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