A Metal Hammer, conceituada publicação britânica, escolheu os 30 discos de estreia que marcaram época nos últimos 30 anos. São eles, em ordem cronológica:
Sepultura – Morbid Visions (1986)
Guns N’ Roses – Appetite For Destruction (1987)
Napalm Death – Scum (1987)
Death – Scream Bloody Gore (1987)
Danzig – Danzig (1988)
Morbid Angel – Altars Of Madness (1989)
Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine (1989)
Alice In Chains – Facelift (1990)
Fear Factory – Soul Of A New Machine (1992)
Rage Against The Machine – Rage Against The Machine (1992)
Tool – Undertow (1993)
Emperor – In The Nightside Eclipse (1994)
Machine Head – Burn My Eyes (1994)
Mayhem – De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994)
Korn – Korn (1994)
Opeth – Orchid (1995)
Down – NOLA (1995)
Deftones – Adrenaline (1995)
Rammstein – Herzeleid (1995)
System Of A Down – System Of A Down (1998)
Slipknot – Slipknot (1999)
The Dillinger Escape Plan – Calculating Infinity (1999)
Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory (2000)
The Darkness – Permission To Land (2003)
Mastodon – Remission (2003)
Bullet For My Valentine – The Poison (2005)
Gallows – Orchestra Of Wolves (2006)
Baroness – Red Album (2007)
Marmozets – The Weird And Wonderful Marmozets (2014)
Babymetal – Babymetal (2014)