1.Waltari - Big Bang

2.Faith No More - King For A Day... Fool For A Lifetime

3.Clawfinger - Use Your Brain

4.Death - Symbolic

5.Ozzy Osbourne - Ozzmosis

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1.Death - Symbolic

2.Death - Human

3.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

4.Death - Leprosy

5.Death - Individual Thought Patterns

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1.Annihilator - Alice In Hell

2.Annihilator - Never, Neverland

3.Anthrax - Among The Living

4.Artillery - By Inheritance

5.Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion

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1.Death - Symbolic

2.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

3.Desultory - Bitterness

4.Morgoth - Cursed

5.Death - Human

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1.Death - Symbolic

2.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

3.Ihsahn - After

4.Virgin Black - Elegant...And Dying

5.Anathema - The Silent Enigma

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Please note that the following is all personal opinion. Other views are welcome.

1.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

2.Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses

3.Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power

4.Sepultura - Chaos A.D.

5.Death - Symbolic

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1.Novembre - Wish I Could Dream It Again

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness

4.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

5.Autumnal - Grey Universe

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1.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

4.Judas Priest - Painkiller

5.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

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From my generation (well, sorta). In order of preference but subject to change.
Please excuse Concrete Blonde and King's X; neither is really metal, but I love them both!

1.Artillery - By Inheritance

2.Metal Church - Hanging In The Balance

3.Running Wild - Black Hand Inn

4.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

5.Control Denied - The Fragile Art Of Existence

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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.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

2.Death - Symbolic

3.Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free

4.Savatage - Dead Winter Dead

5.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

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1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

3.Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

4.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

5.Judas Priest - Painkiller

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Overhauled as of May 10th, 2012! Top 5 favorite non-metal albums featured at the bottom.

This is a much improved (and more recently accurate) reworking of my previous favorite albums list, with a few albums added and a couple dropped entirely. They are in order of preference, though changes and the possibility of total equals are still in play. I've axed my undescriptive commentary but kept my genre and favorite song catgories.

1.Crimson Glory - Transcendence

2.Anubis Gate - The Detached

3.Artillery - By Inheritance

4.Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory

5.Metal Church - Hanging In The Balance

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1.Deliverance - Deliverance

2.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

3.Deliverance - Weapons Of Our Warfare

4.Mortification - Scrolls Of The Megilloth

5.Tourniquet - Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance

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