Here's a list of albums that are so obscure it's almost a crime. The list is ordered so that albums scoring high in both obscurity and quality are near the top.

WORK IN PROGRESS. Some of the albums ending up here may already be "Metal Storm approved", but this might be used for broader reference.

1.Skein - Of Wings Unfolding

2.Oddland - The Treachery Of Senses

3.Turbid North - Orogeny

4.Chaos Divine - The Human Connection

5.Anthriel - The Pathway

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2.Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

3.Rush - Caress Of Steel

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1.Mayhem - Esoteric Warfare

2.Arch Enemy - War Eternal

3.Agalloch - The Serpent & The Sphere

4.Sólstafir - Ótta

5.Darkest Hour - Darkest Hour

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1.Opeth - Still Life

2.Opeth - Blackwater Park

3.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

4.Opeth - Damnation

5.Opeth - Watershed

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1.HammerFall - Legacy Of Kings

2.Patan - Patan

3.Helloween - Better Than Raw

4.Grave Digger - Knights Of The Cross

5.Primal Fear - Primal Fear

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1.Slash - World On Fire

2.Dark Fortress - Venereal Dawn

3.Electric Wizard - Time To Die

4.Xerath - III

5.Evergrey - Hymns For The Broken

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1.Epica - The Phantom Agony

2.Tristania - Widow's Weeds

3.Atoma - Skylight

4.Godflesh - Streetcleaner

5.Septicflesh - Communion

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Cos, y'know, same shiz different year. Ran out of space again so will post final album opinions in comments.

1.Infestus - The Reflecting Void

2.Dirge - Hyperion

3.Nero Di Marte - Derivae

4.Steve Rothery - The Ghosts Of Pripyat

5.Agalloch - The Serpent & The Sphere

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1.Rainbow - Rising

2.Scorpions - Virgin Killer

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5.Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy

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1.Helloween - Walls Of Jericho

2.Anthrax - Spreading The Disease

3.Yngwie Malmsteen - Marching Out

4.Exodus - Bonded By Blood

5.Helloween - Helloween

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Metal albums (and yes, I consider metalcore to be metal) that rocked my world, with maximum 2 albums per band sorted by bands in alphabetic order. Live, EP and compilation albums allowed, also including hard rock and stoner rock albums.

It will be updated as I discover new bands so check it sometime

1.Alabama Thunderpussy - Open Fire

2.Alice In Chains - Dirt

3.All That Remains - The Fall Of Ideals

4.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

5.Annihilator - Alice In Hell

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For Posterity. In No Particular Order. I'm certain I missed some quality releases, so I might update the list some time. Cheers.

1.Darkspace - Dark Space III I

2.Botanist - VI: Flora

3.Nachtmystium - The World We Left Behind

4.Nightbringer - Ego Dominus Tuus

5.Pallbearer - Foundations Of Burden

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Drummers that most people don't think of when the topic of the best drummers in metal comes up. These are my personal favorite drummers that are currently flying under many people's radar. These drummers demonstrate either speed, variation, originality, or a just a mastery of the genre. Suggestions are very welcome.

1.Ahab - Cornelius Althammer

2.Leprous - Tobias Ørnes Andersen

3.Enslaved - Cato Bekkevold

4.Danzig - Chuck Biscuits

5.The Faceless - Lyle Cooper

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I was introduced to different types of Metal by these bands which I really liked and got me into the whole genre they are in/made me like it more or shaped my taste in Metal music along the way. Even if they are now, looking back to it (without nostalgic bias) not that great albums or bands, they still make into the list.

1.Teräsbetoni - Metallitotuus

2.Lordi - The Arockalypse

3.Nightwish - Once

4.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

5.Rhapsody Of Fire - The Frozen Tears Of Angels

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