Acid Bath

Bassist Audie Pitre was tragically killed by a drunk driver shortly after the release of this, Acid Bath's second album, effectively ending the band. The album is even more far out than their 1994 debut; singer Daxx Riggs drops a radio-ready melody into practically every chorus even as the songs fold in on themselves, seemingly crushed under their own weight. "Bleed Me an Ocean" could have been an Evanescence hit, and Riggs comes on like some sort of cross between Jim Morrison and Layne Staley. As with all good NOLA metal, you want to turn this one up loud enough to put your lease in jeopardy.