1.Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

2.Carcass - Heartwork

3.Abramelin - Abramelin

4.Sepultura - Arise

5.Nocturnus - The Key

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*** READ ME *** This list is about the greatest metal albums of all-time, from all sub-genres and all countries. You won't see bands like Deep Purple, Rush, BOC, Zeppelin, etc., nor will you see bands like Tool, Rage ATM, Melvins and Soundgarden. While I love many of those bands, my definition of metal does not include them.

1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Death - Symbolic

5.Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath

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Moves up and down depending on mood, but top 25-30 usually the same in varying order

1.Sylosis - Conclusion Of An Age

2.Machine Head - The Blackening

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

4.Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth

5.In Flames - The Jester Race

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1.Carcass - Heartwork

2.Entombed - Clandestine

3.Napalm Death - Harmony Corruption

4.Pestilence - Testimony Of The Ancients

5.Gorefest - False

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1.Nocturnus - The Key

2.Spawn Of Possession - Noctambulant

3.Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked

4.Illogicist - The Insight Eye

5.Origin - Antithesis

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1.Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

2.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

3.Morbid Angel - Covenant

4.Cannibal Corpse - Butchered At Birth

5.Deicide - Deicide

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11 defining death metal albums that are a must-listen.

5/01/2012 (or 1/5/2012 for you Amerifags): I present, the almighty sequel!

1.Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten

2.Vital Remains - Forever Underground

3.Resurrection - Embalmed Existence

4.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

5.Carnage - Dark Recollections

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1.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

2.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

3.Meshuggah - Nothing

4.Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane

5.Nocturnus - The Key

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1.Bolt Thrower - Realm Of Chaos

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3.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

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5.Pestilence - Consuming Impulse

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Here are the albums I consider to be the best technical death metal that there is to offer. Please note that I don't base this list on how technically proficient the album is but more the quality of music.

1.Anata - Under A Stone With No Inscription

2.Anata - The Conductor's Departure

3.Sickening Horror - When Landscapes Bled Backwards

4.Martyr - Feeding The Abscess

5.Augury - Fragmentary Evidence

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Limited to only those albums featured on Metal Storm.

1.Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick

2.Rush - Moving Pictures

3.King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King

4.Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane

5.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

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Favorite releases from 1991

Updated 9/19/20

1.Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten

2.Sepultura - Arise

3.Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

4.Death - Human

5.Malevolent Creation - The Ten Commandments

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