*** MAX 3 ALBUMS PER ARTIST!!! (Except Death) Also... While extra weight will be given to classic death metal albums, this list will also include exceptional examples of melodic death, death-grind, technical/progressive death, death-thrash, and blackened death. LPs ONLY. *** /\ UNDER CONSTRUCTION /\

1.Cryptopsy - None So Vile

2.Death - Symbolic

3.Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten

4.Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious

5.Death - Human

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Due to new developments and time constraints, I have streamlined this back into one list. I have taken off anything that I did not care for, so just consider it a list of recommended listens. You can find full reviews on Metal Trenches (MT) in most cases. Also jumping on the artwork bandwagon:

1.Between The Buried And Me - Coma Ecliptic

2.Abyssal - Antikatastaseis

3.Death Karma - The History Of Death & Burial Rituals Part I

4.A Forest Of Stars - Beware The Sword You Cannot See

5.Leviathan - Scar Sighted

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An entirely subjective list of my all-time favourite metal albums, well lets better say albums/genres featured on MS, since not all here is precisely metal.
Objective quality is not a criteria here, just how much I like the album. Ordered by preference, top down.

1.Anathema - The Silent Enigma

2.Opeth - Morningrise

3.Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum

4.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans

5.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

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I doubt I'll have the time to sample enough music to match the 201 albums I covered in 2013, but hopefully I'll be able to listen to a fair few things and pass on me ol' thoughts.

1.Sleepmakeswaves - Love Of Cartography

2.Infestus - The Reflecting Void

3.Agalloch - The Serpent & The Sphere

4.Ortega - Crows

5.Dirge - Hyperion

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***UPDATED REGULARLY*** My List of Albums that I've Listened to in 2014. Order: Best to Worst. I listened to all of these albums at least a minimum of 3 times. I do my best efforts to listen to as many different types of metal as I can. I may rate albums higher then some would, but that's my opinion and at least I'm supporting bands, not hating on them.(not going to give out 1's and 2's cause I know it's hard work to put together these albums, unless it's just white noise of course).

1.Revocation - Deathless

2.Allegaeon - Elements Of The Infinite

3.Aenaon - Extance

4.Chelsea Grin - Ashes To Ashes

5.The Kindred - Life In Lucidity

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Too many 2012 lists around, you complain? You don't have to complain about this, though, it is NOT a 2012 list!

Previously, this list contained long-ass reviews, and distorted orders. But then this made people lose order and no one really reads what I write except about a handful of albums, so I decided to remove the X/10 rating system and use an "A-F" kinda stuff.

1.Rush - Clockwork Angels

2.Cytotoxin - Radiophobia

3.Overkill - The Electric Age

4.Gorod - A Perfect Absolution

5.Testament - Dark Roots Of Earth

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If you're like me and can't sit still with just one or two genres, perhaps you'll find some ideas in this list. I kept the variety with genres, but also by including all worthy bands from unknown newcomers all the way up to big names. Basically, everything I liked this year.

Since there are so many genres here, don't get too worked up about specific rating and placement. They're generally in order, but more importantly they're all amazing.

1.Silent Stream Of Godless Elegy - Návaz

2.Fair To Midland - Arrows & Anchors

3.Autumn - Cold Comfort

4.Shadowside - Inner Monster Out

5.40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room

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Zombies are great. Plain and simple. Zombies go great with heavy metal. Also plain and simple. I had drawn up a playlist of those metal songs most suited to soundtracking a zombie slaughtering, should a zombie apocalypse ever be upon us, which I thought was a good idea. And it was. What was not a good idea was the list, which wasn't particularly good at all. To rectify the situation, I have created this new, improved, and less embarrassingly terrible list. Since there are more than 50 wonderful songs to kill zombies to and I don't actually know them all, this isn't so much the "Top 50" as "50." Maybe if I get around to it I'll do up a sequel. In any case, here are 50.

1.Goblin - "Dawn of the Dead" soundtrack

2.Disturbed - Down With The Sickness

3.Drowning Pool - Bodies

4.Gama Bomb - Zombie Blood Nightmare

5.Bonded By Blood - Feed The Beast

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This is a list with my favorite albums of 2011. The list is in order. NOW WITH GENRE DESCRIPTION!

1.Amaranthe - Amaranthe

2.Theocracy - As The World Bleeds

3.Nightwish - Imaginaerum

4.Iced Earth - Dystopia

5.Pain Of Salvation - Road Salt Two

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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.In Flames - Colony

2.In Flames - The Jester Race

3.In Flames - Clayman

4.In Flames - Whoracle

5.In Flames - Lunar Strain

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This list includes many records from many doom sub genres, some of these albums could fall under black or death metal, but the complete emotion expressed within these records, in my opinion, place them within the doom genre.

1.Evoken - Antithesis Of Light

2.The Ruins Of Beverast - Blood Vaults (The Blazing Gospel Of Heinrich Kramer)

3.Ataraxie - L'Être Et La Nausée

4.Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale

5.Urna - Sepulcrum

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1.Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper

2.Children Of Bodom - Hatebreeder

3.Children Of Bodom - Something Wild

4.Children Of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll

5.Children Of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet?

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Limited to two albums per band a work in progress.

1.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

2.Heavenwood - Diva

3.Skyclad - The Answer Machine?

4.Moonsorrow - Suden Uni

5.Moonspell - Wolfheart

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These are some albums that help people to like avant-garde music.

1.Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

2.Dødheimsgard - Supervillain Outcast

3.Diablo Swing Orchestra - Sing-Along Songs For The Damned & Delirious

4.Dog Fashion Disco - Adultery

5.In The Woods... - Omnio

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