A small sampling of my late 80s early 90s, minus a lot of the more obscure bands... followed by my album picks.
Savatage- every album up to "Streets", Mr. Oliva passed soon after
Faith No More- Angel Dust, Epic
(and yes Mr. Bungle :)
King Diamond- Them, Abigail, The Eye
Coroner- Grin, Mental Vortex
Death- Spiritual Healing, Leprosy
Kreator- anything pre-2000
In Flames- pre-2000 better IMO
Arch Enemy- older and newer (Angela would eat James Hetfield for a snack)
Carcass- mid 90s
Prong- Beg To Differ, Rude Awakening, Sirius Rising
Soundgarden- Badmotorfinger, Louder Than Love
Joe Satriani- ALL
Deftones- the "Around The Fur" years
Type O- most of it
Pantera- CFH, Vulgar Display
Slayer- Reign In Blood, Hell Awaits, SoH, SitA
Megadeth- Peace Sells, SFSGSW, Rust In Peace, Countdown
Annihilator- Alice In Hell
Hypocrisy- mid 90s and up
Amorphis- Tales From The Thousand Lakes
Warrior Soul- Drugs, God and the New Republic, Ghetto Nation
Maiden- Seventh Son, Somewhere In Time, Piece of Mind, Powerslave
Testament- late 80s to mid 90s
Napalm Death- early 90s
Metal Church- Blessing In Disguise
Cro-Mags- late 80s
Ministry- Psalm 69
Overkill (the supposed fathers of thrash) late 80s to early 90s
Kyuss- mid 90s
I am forgetting so many....
I'll throw in one of my old favorite slowgrind tracks...