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1.Leprous - Live At Rockefeller Music Hall

2.Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep Of Reason

3.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

4.Textures - Phenotype

5.Haken - Affinity

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**DISCLAIMER: The following list is based on my own opinions and musical diversity, and should not be taken as Metalstorm's input on any artist/record/band whatsoever.
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With no further ado,
Let 2019 BEGIN!

1.Leprous - Pitfalls

2.Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave

3.Devin Townsend - Empath

4.Týr - Hel

5.The Dark Element - Songs The Night Sings

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1.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

5.Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death

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1.Necrophobic - Mark Of The Necrogram

2.Aborted - TerrorVision

3.Judas Priest - Firepower

4.Deicide - Overtures Of Blasphemy

5.Monstrosity - The Passage Of Existence

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1.Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare

2.Overkill - Ironbound

3.Death Angel - Relentless Retribution

4.Drowning Pool - Drowning Pool

5.Helloween - 7 Sinners

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In no real particular order. These albums are all great.

1.Black Sabbath - Sabotage

2.Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti

3.Budgie - Bandolier

4.UFO - Force It

5.Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

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1.MaYaN - Dhyana

2.Ghost Ship Octavius - Delirium

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4.Metal Allegiance - Volume II: Power Drunk Majesty

5.Slash - Living The Dream

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I've been listening to Metal since 2005 and it has become my biggest passion in life.

Rarely a day goes by where I don't listen to it in one form or another. The bands I listened to in my teens inspired me to pick up the guitar (and later drums) and start making music of my own.

So here are the albums that have stood out and made the largest impact on me. To be as transparent as possible, I've labelled albums as 'nostalgia bias' where my memories of the album give it an advantage over others.

(Score is an average of each album's song ratings, full list located here. There are a ton of albums that I've rated 9/10 in the 'TBR' tab that may never make it to this list, be sure to check those out.)

If you discovered any new albums or like the same sort of metal, be sure to give this list a thumbs-up and leave a comment so more people can find these amazing bands!

My other lists:
Top 25 EPs (ordered & rated)
Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres)
Top 200 Overrated Albums (trigger warning)
So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)

Genre-Specific:
Top 50 Black Metal Albums
Top 50 Melodic Death Metal Albums
Top 45 Thrash Metal Albums
Top 40 Power Metal Albums
Top 30 Doom Metal Albums
Top 30 Heavy Metal Albums

1.Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

2.Opeth - Blackwater Park

3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

4.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

5.Opeth - Still Life

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1.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

2.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

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4.Carcass - Heartwork

5.Cynic - Focus

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so far

1.On Thorns I Lay - Aegean Sorrow

2.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

3.Riverside - Wasteland

4.The Eternal - Waiting For The Endless Dawn

5.Tribulation - Down Below

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1.Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology

2.Yob - Our Raw Heart

3.Obscura - Diluvium

4.Innumerable Forms - Punishment In Flesh

5.Hooded Menace - Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed

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1.Elvellon - Until Dawn

2.Sulphur Aeon - The Scythe Of Cosmic Chaos

3.Barren Earth - A Complex Of Cages

4.Rivers Of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name

5.Seventh Wonder - Tiara

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1.Rivers Of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name

2.Obscura - Diluvium

3.Behemoth - I Loved You At Your Darkest

4.Summoning - With Doom We Come

5.Riverside - Wasteland

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In no real particular order. These albums are all great.

1.Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla

2.UFO - Phenomenon

3.Budgie - In For The Kill

4.Rush - Rush

5.Scorpions - Fly To The Rainbow

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