I think Maiden and Priest are mandatory (I'd pick Powerslave and Sad Wings of Destiny), 'cause, you know. But I trust your picks (not so much the rest of the community... no offense xD).Any bands you want for the new page banner? I was going to have my favorite album genre to genre but having all you contribute too sounds more fun.
By genre representation I'd go with classic albums that also have cool and/or iconic covers, since it's a banner and all. Some suggestions:
- Black/thrash: Deströyer 666 - Phoenix Rising
- Black: Samael - Blood Ritual (or Ceremony of Opposites for the more iconic cover), or Immortal - At the Heart of Winter
- Death: Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness, or Bolt Thrower - Honour Valour Pride
- Death/thrash: Sepultura - Arise (not my favourite but the cover art is cooler... :3)
- Doom: Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
- Thrash: Vektor - Black Future, or Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
- Power: Blind Guardian - Imaginations, or Jag Panzer - Thane to the Throne
- Heavy/trad: Manilla Road - The Deluge (or Crystal Logic, it's ugly but kinda iconic),
- Gothic: Moonspell - Irreligious, Stillborn - Necrospirituals, or Type O Negative - World Coming Down, or Tiamat - Wildhoney
- Pagan/folk/viking: Einherjer - Dragons of the North, Bathory - Nordland I or II, Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja