My favorite metal albums sorted alphabetically by band name and chronological by release date.

1.Æther Realm - Tarot

2.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations

3.Allegaeon - Proponent For Sentience

4.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

5.Amorphis - Silent Waters

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Here is my top 50 of 2011. Albums rated 8+

In 2011, I started my second MS account after losing the first to the discontinuation of my Uni email address.

"But your account says you joined in 2020" I hear you say. Yes I also lost access to my second account you see. Be welcomed on my third you smartass

Album count: 248
Average rating: 6.69 (so close but still nice)

1.Septicflesh - The Great Mass

2.Mastodon - The Hunter

3.Insomnium - One For Sorrow

4.Leprous - Bilateral

5.Helheim - Heiðindómr Ok Mótgang

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I feel like my overall favorites list is getting too long. I'm splitting it up by rating.

1.So Hideous - None But A Pure Heart Can Sing

2.Metallica - Re-Load

3.Faetooth - Remnants Of The Vessel

4.Inferi - The End Of An Era

5.Midnight Odyssey - Biolume Part 1 - In Tartarean Chains

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1.Thy Catafalque - Rengeteg

2.Leprous - Bilateral

3.Pain Of Salvation - Road Salt Two

4.Aquilus - Griseus

5.Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

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1.Amorphis - Tuonela

2.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

3.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

4.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

5.Amorphis - Silent Waters

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Must Listen: The First 4

1.Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn Of Events

2.Nightwish - Imaginaerum

3.Trivium - In Waves

4.Fair To Midland - Arrows & Anchors

5.Evergrey - Glorious Collision

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I began this decade in my final year of high school, in the early phases of my metal journey (Mastodon, Machine Head, Dream Theater, Pantera and Avenged Sevenfold were still recent discoveries). One Masters degree and one PhD later, I'm now a tax-paying Londonian, and have ploughed through what must be comfortably over 2000 new releases during the previous ten years. To commemorate the end of a turbulent decade, I've put together a list of the albums that have stuck with me throughout this decade - I wouldn't consider this to be a 'best albums' list, as there have been some truly ingenious works released in more avant-garde territories, but ultimately these are the albums that have ended up dominating my listening habits, or otherwise making a sufficient impression to make this list.

1.Sylosis - Monolith

2.Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth

3.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

4.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

5.Cult Of Luna - Vertikal

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My personal favorite studio albums of 2011

1.Ghost Brigade - Until Fear No Longer Defines Us

2.Haken - Visions

3.Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa

4.Machine Head - Unto The Locust

5.Mastodon - The Hunter

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Simple ranking of all my favorite albums. Favorite song from the album in the notes. Sure to change/expand as I learn and explore more within metal.
2023: This was starting to get too long so I split it into separate lists for albums at each ranking 10 to 7. This list will no longer be updated.
10: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6891
9: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=7213
8: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=7512
7: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=8058

1.Madder Mortem - Eight Ways

2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

3.Ayreon - 01011001

4.Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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Favorite means Favorite!

1.Wintersun - Time I

2.Wintersun - Wintersun

3.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

4.Woods Of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light

5.Týr - The Lay Of Thrym

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2008 might've been my first proper taste of metal, with the acquisition of albums from the likes of Metallica, Megadeth, Black Sabbath and that most grandiose of gateway bands, DragonForce. 2009 might've seen me expanding my palette, with Iron Maiden, Alice In Chains, Avenged Sevenfold, and more entering my world, and Guns N' Roses triumphantly re-entering it. But 2010 was when I delved into more 'intense' stuff with Machine Head, In Flames, and most notably of all, Sylosis, and saw my relationship with metal shift from ever-increasing interest into full-blown love affair. To commemorate this 5-year anniversary, and because I love making lists, I decided to do a retrospective of the best albums and songs that have been released during this time period, and give brief tributes to them. Yay music!

1.Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth

2.Sylosis - Monolith

3.Protest The Hero - Volition

4.Orphaned Land - The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR

5.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

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We all know that metal is a very personal thing, we all like different albums, styles and so on, but here is, the albums of all styles, that went into my soul and will be there forever.
This is not a complete list, just a draft....
Stay metal !

1.Amon Amarth - Versus The World

2.Amorphis - The Beginning Of Times

3.Anathema - Universal

4.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

5.Bison B.C. - Quiet Earth

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1.Amorphis - Elegy

2.Amorphis - Am Universum

3.Amorphis - Silent Waters

4.Amorphis - Skyforger

5.Amorphis - The Karelian Isthmus

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1.Nightwish - Imaginaerum

2.Amorphis - The Beginning Of Times

3.Amaranthe - Amaranthe

4.In Flames - Sounds Of A Playground Fading

5.Scar Symmetry - The Unseen Empire

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This is a list with albums from the 2000's I like. I know that the term heavy metal perhaps always isn't really correct, I don't really care how albums are labeled. I have at least excluded all my extreme metal favourites since they can be found in my other lists.

1.Iron Maiden - Brave New World

2.Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death

3.Pagan Altar - The Lords Of Hypocrisy

4.Blaze Bayley - Silicon Messiah

5.Dark Forest (UK) - Dawn Of Infinity

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