My top list by far......
last update : 23/01/2019

1.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

2.Gojira - From Mars To Sirius

3.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

4.Amorphis - Silent Waters

5.Death - Symbolic

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We all know that metal is a very personal thing, we all like different albums, styles and so on, but here is, the albums of all styles, that went into my soul and will be there forever.
This is not a complete list, just a draft....
Stay metal !

1.Amon Amarth - Versus The World

2.Amorphis - The Beginning Of Times

3.Anathema - Universal

4.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

5.Bison B.C. - Quiet Earth

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My top 100 Albums, sorted in descending order of favorites. Pretty rough list, I may update if I become un-lazy sometime. One album per band only. Some explanation and description provided for those who aspire to waste as much time on this site as I do.

1.Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris

2.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

3.Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor

4.Opeth - Still Life

5.!T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)

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1.Amon Amarth - Deceiver Of The Gods

2.Amon Amarth - Versus The World

3.Battlelore - Evernight

4.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

5.Bloodbath - Nightmares Made Flesh

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Some albums are really good. Many of these are good all the way around. And, in many cases, there is a single song that stands out, sometimes it's the last song on the album. This is a list of those songs.

For a more in depth look at this, I've codified each into a given category:
Type 1 - 'The long song at the end.' Often the title track. These have a tendency to be most well written and dynamic pieces on the album.

1.!T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)

2.Abigail Williams - Becoming

3.Agalloch - The Mantle

4.Amon Amarth - Versus The World

5.Anekdoten - Vemod

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Here is my provisional favorite-metal-albums-of-all-time-list! Enjoy!
The first 10 albums are in pretty accurate order. However, after that, it becomes harder and harder to separate the albums clearly. Thus, you can say that I enjoy album x on the list as much as the others in the interval of (x-5) to (x+5). For example album 37 would be as much enjoyed as 32, 33, 34, ..., 42, or something like that.

1.Cult Of Luna - Somewhere Along The Highway

2.Disillusion - Back To Times Of Splendor

3.Grand Alchemist - Intervening Coma-Celebration

4.Opeth - Blackwater Park

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

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Sequnces are not important this albums are essential for this genre

1.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

2.In Flames - The Jester Race

3.Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery

4.Amon Amarth - Versus The World

5.Carcass - Heartwork

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Kinda saw another relative lists on here that state this, one bad and one inspirational, so thought I might do my own.

Alphabetic order. And don't ask why a lot of Testament stuff is there, if their albums hadn't had so much impact, Testa wouldn't be my favorite band.

1.AC/DC - Back In Black

2.Accept - Stalingrad

3.Agalloch - The Mantle

4.Amon Amarth - Versus The World

5.Anthrax - Spreading The Disease

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...in no particular order

1.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

2.Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone

3.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

4.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

5.Amon Amarth - Versus The World

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1.Susperia - Vindication

2.Nightwish - Century Child

3.Blind Guardian - A Night At The Opera

4.Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done

5.Behemoth - Zos Kia Cultus - Here And Beyond

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1.Van Halen - Women And Children First

2.Rush - Moving Pictures

3.Rush - Signals

4.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

5.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

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1.Rhapsody Of Fire - Power Of The Dragonflame

2.Sentenced - The Cold White Light

3.Opeth - Deliverance

4.Desire - Locus Horrendus - The Night Cries Of A Sullen Soul...

5.Agalloch - The Mantle

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1.Trail Of Tears - A New Dimension Of Might

2.Agalloch - The Mantle

3.Sirenia - At Sixes And Sevens

4.Lacuna Coil - Comalies

5.Draconian - Dark Oceans We Cry

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1.Nightwish - Century Child

2.Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos

3.Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done

4.In Flames - Reroute To Remain

5.Meshuggah - Nothing

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1.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

2.Marillion - Brave

3.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

4.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

5.Insomnium - Across The Dark

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