1.Tool - Lateralus

2.Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia

3.Evoken - Quietus

4.Finntroll - Jaktens Tid

5.My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours

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Based my choices on which tracks I enjoy listening to the most

1.Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance

2.Katatonia - July

3.Katatonia - Viva Emptiness

4.Katatonia - Sanctitude

5.Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down

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An unordered list of records on the dark side.
Solitude, despair, sadness, melancholy. Just a bit of rage.
Cooked to introduce you to the dark side of a once sunny day,

1.Mouth Of The Architect - The Ties That Blind

2.Swallow The Sun - The Morning Never Came

3.The Sins Of Thy Beloved - Lake Of Sorrow

4.Potentiam - Bálsýn

5.Doom:VS - Dead Words Speak

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In no particular order

1.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

2.Bal-Sagoth - Starfire Burning Upon The Ice-Veiled Throne Of Ultima Thule

3.Burzum - Filosofem

4.Type O Negative - October Rust

5.A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays

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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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1.Opeth - Blackwater Park

2.Arch Enemy - Wages Of Sin

3.Iced Earth - Horror Show

4.Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down

5.Madder Mortem - All Flesh Is Grass

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Keep in mind, there is not a single Katatonia album that I dislike or think is "okay". I have a deep respect and admiration for this group, so much so that even my least favorite album by the group is a very good one.

1.Katatonia - Viva Emptiness

2.Katatonia - Discouraged Ones

3.Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance

4.Katatonia - Dead End Kings

5.Katatonia - Dance Of December Souls

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Here are all of the top albums that have come out since I was born in 1993!

1.Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses

2.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

3.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

4.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

5.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

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1.Sybreed - Antares

2.Atoma - Skylight

3.Thrice - Vheissu

4.Katatonia - Night Is The New Day

5.Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe

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1.My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours

2.Therion - Secret Of The Runes

3.After Forever - Decipher

4.Amorphis - Am Universum

5.Eternal Tears Of Sorrow - A Virgin And A Whore

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1.Opeth - Blackwater Park

2.Lacrimas Profundere - Burning: A Wish

3.Moonspell - Darkness And Hope

4.My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours

5.Therion - Secret Of The Runes

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These Are Albums that give metal a good name, and create metalheads who live for little else. Originality, Raw talent, Brilliant atmosphere, Brutality with a great technical aspect, and just plain ass kicking.

1.Lux Occulta - The Mother And The Enemy

2.Borknagar - The Archaic Course

3.Ancient - Mad Grandiose Bloodfiends

4.Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale

5.Bloodbath - Resurrection Through Carnage

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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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Progressive Metal/Rock is my main music, but you can't ignore the beauty in other genres.

1.Orphaned Land - The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR

2.Opeth - Damnation

3.Porcupine Tree - The Incident

4.Porcupine Tree - In Absentia

5.Tool - 10,000 Days

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1.Devin Townsend - Terria

2.Ensiferum - Ensiferum

3.Lost Horizon - Awakening The World

4.Opeth - Blackwater Park

5.Ark - Burn The Sun

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