10 Most Underrated Metal Albums

10. Innuendo - Queen

As Queen entered the '90s, it was clear that the time had come for Freddie Mercury. After spending years dealing with AIDS, these rock royals officially stopped touring and just tried to live on as an in-studio act until Mercury eventually succumbed to the disease in 1991. What no one could have predicted is that one of their final statements became one of their heaviest.

With the release of Innuendo, Queen had finally gotten in touch with the hard edged sound of their early years while playing off of the musical veteranship they had achieved just a few years earlier. While the thought of Queen doing metal certainly sounds like a strange fit for the uninitiated, this is one of the most heartfelt feats of musicianship that each member had done, with songs like Headlong and I'm Going Slightly Mad toeing the line between the traditional Queen magic and something much rootsier.

Though the Show Must Go On is the one thing most people remember from this outing, it really is a testament to Freddie's talent that at this stage of his life he could still belt out tracks like this. Also, don't miss the mammoth experience of the title track, whose cinematic scope almost rivals that of Bohemian Rhapsody. For as much as Made in Heaven is the true Queen epitaph, this is still an amazing record and one hell of a sendoff to one of the greatest voices in rock history.