Arise is Sepultura's best CD (check out the songs Dead Embryonic Cells or Arise if you want to get an idea of their sound).
Peace Sells... through Countdown to Extinction is great for Megadeth (most notably Rust in Peace), after that it gets a little bit iffy as they basically sold out after Countdown.
If you don't like the guttural vocals, try that Overkill album since "Blitz" Ellsworth can actually sing. Also, Burton C. Bell from Fear Factory sings half the time in a death metal growl and half the time in a sort of monk-like Gregorian chant. It's pretty cool. Definitely go with Demanufacture for them---best album they have.
Slayer is cool as well although their later stuff has become tiresome. I'd try Seasons in the Abyss or South of Heaven. More mature song-writing than Reign in Blood which is more of a seminal album than a particularly good one.
Stay away from Slipknot and that other nu-metal crap.
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