Faith No More

A classic and one of the best - and most influential alternative metal albums of the last millennium. It contains a lot of progressive elements (such as tempo changes, odd time signatures and quirky 4/4 patterns, and genre transendence) without ever being a full-blown progressive album. There are individual tunes, however, that could be categorized as progressive proper, such as "Zombie Eathers" and "The Real Thing". In any case, this is a classic alt metal album fusing metal with funk, rap, hard rock and other genres without being as dull as a lot of nü metal is.

Even after 10 years I still consider this to be one of my favorite albums of all times ... it's quite diverse, ranging from soft acoustic latin grooves to extremely aggressive metal, held together by Mike Patton's vocals and the outstanding guitar work of Trey Spruance.