1. Moonspell - Night Eternal

2. Iced Earth - The Crucible Of Man (Something Wicked - Part 2)

3. In Mourning - Shrouded Divine

4. Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery

5. Warrel Dane - Praises To The War Machine

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Instrumental bands are limited to one entry.

Do not mention Metallica.

1. Agalloch - The Mantle

2. Akelei - De Zwaarte van het Doorstane

3. The Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky

4. Anathema - The Silent Engima

5. Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale

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In no particular order - 20 albums that, for me, stood out above the rest.

1. Steven Wilson - Insurgentes

2. Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe

3. Abigail Williams - In The Shadow Of A Thousand Suns

4. Moonspell - Night Eternal

5. Swallow The Sun - Plague Of Butterflies

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This is a list of the albums that score 100 in my personal ranking system. This means they are absolute all time favorites, and they could be here because of different reasons: from absolute mind-blowing musicianship that I deeply appreciate or simply because I enjoy the music and connect to it in a special way. Albums are not listed in any particular order.

1. Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth

2. Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time

3. Patrick Rondat - On the Edge

4. Helloween - The Dark Ride

5. Metallica - Master of Puppets

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1. Opeth - Blackwater Park

2. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

3. Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness

4. Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

5. Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet

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My favorite and most enjoyed album's of the decade 2000-2009. Roughly in order, but not exactly.

You can kinda tell from this list that I joined Metalstorm in 2009. I started discovering far more music thanks to this site, hence the number of '09 releases featured. I'm slowly starting to pick back through the top lists of previous years, so I expect more pre-'09 releases will be added to this list.

1. Machine Head - The Blackening

2. Opeth - Blackwater Park

3. Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect

4. Wintersun - Wintersun

5. Adagio - Underworld

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A list of some of my favorite solo guitarist albums of the last decade or so (vaguely in order).

Feel free to send me suggestions! I can not get enough of this kind of music.

(Names such as Malmsteen, Satriani, Vai, etc, will not be appearing on this list. This is more for the purpose of spreading the word about lesser heard of, modern artists).

1. Jeff Loomis - Zero Order Phase

2. Christian Muenzner - Timewarp

3. Guthrie Goven - Erotic Cakes

4. Paul Wardingham - Assimilate Regenerate

5. Lars Eric Mattsson - Aurora Borealis

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1. Opeth - Still Life

2. Dream Theater - Images And Words

3. Opeth - Blackwater Park

4. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

5. Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

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1. Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force

2. Cacophony - Speed Metal Symphony

3. Jeff Loomis - Zero Order Phase

4. Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien

5. Marty Friedman - Dragon's Kiss

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1. Novembre - Wish I Could Dream It Again

2. Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3. Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness

4. Metallica - ...And Justice For All

5. Autumnal - Grey Universe

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1. Biomechanical - Cannibalised

2. Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe

3. Firewind - The Premonition

4. Almah - Fragile Equality

5. Zimmers Hole - When You Were Shouting At The Devil... We Were In League With Satan

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20 Albums From The Past Decade That Changed My Life!

1. Cynic - Traced In Air

2. Symphony X - The Odyssey

3. Opeth - Damnation

4. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor

5. Ayreon - The Human Equation

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A list of my current top 25 instrumental metal albums

1. Tides From Nebula - Aura

2. God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright

3. Pelican - The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw

4. Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien

5. Planet X - Moonbabies

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Here are my top 25 albums for 2008

1. Equilibrium - Sagas

2. Protest The Hero - Fortress

3. Mirrorthrone - Gangrene

4. Opeth - Watershed

5. Oceans Of Sadness - The Arrogance Of Ignorance

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1. Novembre - Wish I Could Dream It Again

2. Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness

3. Metallica - ...And Justice For All

4. Novembre - Arte Novecento

5. Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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