Lots of great ones mentioned already. Here are a few others that came to me:
Hypocrisy, Abducted - The Final Chapter
Mastodon, Blood Mountain - Crack the Skye
Sepultura, Beneath The Remains - Arise
Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream - Mellon Collie
NIN, Downward Spiral - The Fragile
Some GREAT ones here. Sepultura and Mastodon were definitely on my list, as the thread progressed...
And there are plenty more:
Rising/Long Live Rock and Roll
Burn/Stormbringer
Toys In The Attic/Rocks
Classic stuff, for sure. I like those two Purple records a lot. If I were to pick my favorite back to back from them, it would probably be In Rock and Fireball, but Hughes and Coverdale are great on Burn and Stormbringer.
And, man, that one-two from Aerosmith...
I heartily support the Individual Thought Patterns and Symbolic combo
My two favorite Death albums, so that’s easy
Was coming in to post these two. Andy LaRocque's solo work on ITP is great, he complimented Chuck's writing so perfectly on that album.
I always debate which of the two is my favorite Death record...some days I lean towards ITP, if only because of the lineup. The best they've had, imo. LaRocque is fantastic on it.
BRUCE DICKINSON
Accident Of Birth / Chemical Wedding
SOUNDGARDEN
Badmotorfinger/ Superunknown
SENTENCED
Crimson / Cold White Light
SEVENDUST
Home / Animosity
Some more great ones here. Yep, as Wolfking said, the Bruce albums are amazing. What a comeback. I love those two Sentenced records, but I'd probably go for a Amok/Down combo, if I had to choose.
And the more I think the more come to mind so will leave it at that for now but huge props to OP for listing PARADISE LOST Icon / Draconian Times
I knew I could count on you