nine inch nails - pretty hate machine
genre: industrial metal

easily within my top five albums, has such good feel and emotion to it. makes me chant biblically along to every song. everything trent reznor touches turns to gold. i wouldnt really class this as metal but most people do. a lot of their tracks are no heavier than something radiohead would bring out (but without the whining!).

highlights:
down in it (superb lyrics, great rhythm)
head like a hole (again, great lyrics like all of NIN's music, great chorus line)
terrible lie (again... superb lyrics)
that's what i get (great beat)

new NIN album is just out (with teeth), it too is pretty good, altho i havent listened enough to rank it against pretty hate machine. definately a grower.

and while im here, another album to recommend;

Far - water & solutions

if you havent heard it you're missing out. its kinda like deftones with a much more grungier and darker feel. highlights include the system, mother mary, and water & solutions. go get it!