10 Best Metal Albums For Non-Metal Heads

10. Prequelle - Ghost

Okay, so maybe it's not the most user-friendly to start someone off with a band that categiorizes themselves as Satanists on their record. On the surface, a band like Ghost should be everything that turns people off from the metal genre as a whole. Once you sit down with the songs though, you start to understand a little bit more of the inner workings of the genre.

Compared to the more off-putting black metal acts, Ghost is a much different beast on Prequelle, with a sound that seems reminiscent of the classic rock of the '70s. Even though all of the songs are still as macabre as ever, the vocals of Cardinal Copia are a lot more tuneful than you might expect. Across nearly every other track, you find another genre put into the Ghost lens, from the weird disco musings of Dance Macabre to the downright pop rock of Rats.

In fact, this is probably the closest to a power pop record that this band will ever get, with some serious hooks that sound like what Cheap Trick or the Cars would be if they had gotten a heavy interest in the occult. Yes, it's over the top to a heavy degree, then again how the hell could you hate something like this?