These albums are currently on my iPod. This is also my first list on MS. Last couple of albums aren't metal, but worth a mention. What do you think?

1. Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I

2. Metallica - Master of Puppets

3. Metallica - ...And Justice for All

4. Megadeth - Rust in Peace

5. Opeth - Blackwater Park

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1. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

2. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3. Judas Priest - Stained Class

4. Black Sabbath - Paranoid

5. Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

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The best album of each year (and one close 2nd) from the past 20 years. Some years were much harder than others to choose the best 2 albums.

1. TBA - 2013

2. TBA - 2013 (Close 2nd)

3. Dissona - Dissona

4. Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

5. Mastodon - The Hunter

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1. Abnormality - Contaminating The Hive Mind

2. Aborted - Global Flatline

3. Asphyx - Deathhammer

4. At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

5. Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

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Here is my provisional favorite-metal-albums-of-all-time-list! Enjoy!
The first 10 albums are in pretty accurate order. However, after that, it becomes harder and harder to separate the albums clearly. Thus, you can say that I enjoy album x on the list as much as the others in the interval of (x-5) to (x+5). For example album 37 would be as much enjoyed as 32, 33, 34, ..., 42, or something like that.

1. Cult Of Luna - Somewhere Along The Highway

2. Disillusion - Back To Times Of Splendor

3. Grand Alchemist - Intervening Coma-Celebration

4. Opeth - Blackwater Park

5. Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

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Alphabetical order.
Limited to 2 albums per band
Favorite tracks included.

Top 5 of non-metal:
Pink Floyd-The Wall
King Crimson-In The Court Of The Crimson King
Godspeed You! Black Emperor-Yanqui U.X.O
Comus-First Utterance
Explosions In The Sky-The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

2. Agalloch - The Mantle

3. Anaal Nathrakh - In The Constellation Of The Black Widow

4. Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas

5. Bathory - Blood Fire Death

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1. The Gathering - How To Measure A Planet?

2. Tiamat - Wildhoney

3. My Dying Bride - A Line Of Deathless Kings

4. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

5. Samael - Ceremony Of Opposites

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1. Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2. Wintersun - Wintersun

3. Machine Head - The Blackening

4. Opeth - Blackwater Park

5. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor

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Well, the title says it all...

1. Vision Divine - Stream Of Consciousness

2. In Flames - The Jester Race

3. Dream Theater - Images And Words

4. Wintersun - Wintersun

5. In Flames - Whoracle

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1. Vital Remains - Icons of Evil

2. Vader - Revelations

3. Nile - Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka

4. Dissenter - Apocalypse of the Damned

5. Cannibal Corpse - Vile

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Yep, one of those lists. Everyone has one, so I thought I'd make a list of metal albums I really recommend.

This is not an absolute "best-of" list, for a few reasons:
1) I stick to one album per band, unless there's been a drastic style shift (like Katatonia's).
2) I try to cover all major subgenres fairly, so I have something for everyone. It counterbalances the tendency to list all the cool bands in a style I'm into right now (like drone or epic doom).

1. Warning - Watching From a Distance

2. Candlemass - Nightfall

3. Reverend Bizarre - In The Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend

4. Pagan Altar - The Lords Of Hypocrisy

5. Katatonia - Dance of December Souls

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A majority of these albums I have listened to more recently than 2 years
And about 2 of these albums I have not listened to in their entirety but many of their songs blew me away.

1. Atheist - Elements

2. Black Sabbath - Paranoid

3. Carcass - Heartwork

4. Death - Human

5. Death - Symbolic

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From last.fm (27.07.12)

1. Dream Theater - Train Of Thought

2. Machine Head - Unto The Locust

3. Machine Head - The Blackening

4. Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

5. Machine Head - Through The Ashes Of Empires

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1. The Gathering - Mandylion

2. Moonspell - Wolfheart

3. Theatre Of Tragedy - Theatre Of Tragedy

4. Rammstein - Herzeleid

5. Clawfinger - Use Your Brain

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1. Opeth - Blackwater Park

2. Emperor - Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire And Demise

3. Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

4. Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

5. Opeth - Still Life

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