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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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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So, I figure with all the staff picks and ms awards going around, I'd post some of the new favorites I've found in 2012, as well as some anticipated favs of the year! Some of these have really changed since the MS awards, since I found myself enjoying certain albums way more than others, which likely would have been on my list otherwise.

1. Be'lakor - Of Breath and Bone

2. Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I

3. Enslaved - Riitiir

4. Xanthochroid - Blessed He With Boils

5. Atoma - Skylight

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My top 5 albums from every year since 2000 w/ my rating out of 10. Does not include singles, EPs, live albums, etc. The notable omissions are in no particular order and have received a rating of at least 8.0. There are a few years that I don't have very many albums from but I'm working on expanding that. Please make recommendations! I put a lot of effort into this list and would love some feedback. Always looking for new/more music. I will update this list as needed.
-- Thanks.
(This list has been approved by Gandcage the White)

1. 2013:

2. Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories)

3. Amorphis - Circle

4. Ghost B.C. - Infestissumam

5. Persefone - Spiritual Migration

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This is my personal list of the best albums in 2012. Only full-length albums, no EPs or live albums.

1. Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence

2. Devin Townsend - Epicloud

3. Testament - Dark Roots of Earth

4. Rush - Clockwork Angels

5. Overkill - The Electric Age

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A really good year, full of surprises. Never been much of a Sabaton fan and especially not a fan of Lamb of God. Both bands released kick ass albums. Avatar keep on getting better and better. Rush released their best album in 25 years. Kreator gave me one of the best thrash albums I've ever heard.

1. Sabaton - Carolus Rex

2. Kreator - Phantom Antichrist

3. Wintersun - Time I

4. An Autumn For Crippled Children - Only The Ocean Knows

5. Darkend - Grand Guignol - Book I

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1. Les Discrets - Ariettes Oubliées...

2. Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

3. Der Weg Einer Freiheit - Unstille

4. Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Piñata

5. Elysian Blaze - Blood Geometry

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1. Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

2. Wodensthrone - Curse

3. Circus Maximus - Nine

4. Enslaved - RIITIIR

5. Threshold - March Of Progress

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My best album picks of 2012

1. Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I

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1. Ex Deo - Caligvla

2. Dethklok - Dethalbum III

3. Swallow The Sun - Emerald Forest And The Blackbird

4. The Project Hate MCMXCIX - The Cadaverous Retaliation Agenda

5. Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas

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I haven't been able to listen to all of this years top albums (As voted on by MS Users ) but, I tried dammit. This year was a bit disappointing as other years have had many more 9's and so on. Still a lot of great to really good releases either way.

1. Seven Kingdoms - The Fire Is Mine

2. Overkill - The Electric Age

3. Agua De Annique - Everything Is Changing

4. Sabaton - Carolus Rex

5. Arjen Anthony Lucassen - Lost In The New Real

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1. Alcest - Les voyages de l'âme

2. Borknagar - Urd

3. Katatonia - Dead End Kings

4. In The Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad

5. The Gathering - Disclosure

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I decided not to include "folk metal" albums like "Wintersun - Time" or "Enslaved - RIITIIR".

1. Finsterforst - Rastlos

2. Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

3. Eluveitie - Helvetios

4. Hammer Horde - Vinlander

5. King of Asgard - …To North

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1. The Faceless - Autotheism

2. Wintersun - Time I

3. Saturnus - Saturn In Ascension

4. Enslaved - RIITIIR

5. In The Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad

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1. Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

2. In Mourning - The Weight Of Oceans

3. Bilocate - Summoning The Bygones

4. Kreator - Phantom Antichrist

5. In The Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad

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