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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A not-so-expansive list (as I write this) of youtube channels that upload quality metal/rock albums in all subgenres, but currently biased towards my own tastes. Suggestions are highly encouraged!

1.OdiumNostrum - https://www.youtube.com/user/XOdiumNostrumX

2.Black Metal Promotion - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzCWehBejA23yEz3zp7jlcg

3.Black Metal Promotion II - https://www.youtube.com/user/blackmetalpromotion2

4.Atmospheric Black Metal Albums - https://www.youtube.com/user/AtmsphericBlackMetal

5.Lightfox177 - https://www.youtube.com/user/Lightfox177

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I will be adding albums as the year continues.

1.Ayreon - The Source

2.Kreator - Gods Of Violence

3.Overkill - The Grinding Wheel

4.Voyager - Ghost Mile

5.Wolfheart - Tyhjyys

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1.Orden Ogan - Gunmen

2.Nokturnal Mortum - Істина

3.Lęk - Shadows of Black Souls

4.Paradise Lost - Medusa

5.Aherusia - Prometheus: Seven Principles On How To Be Invincible

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Work in Progress.
Top 30 favorite albums of the year. 31 and onward are not yet sorted

1.Brand New - Science Fiction

2.Gang of Youths - Go Farther in Lightness

3.Fen - Winter

4.Heretoir - The Circle

5.White Ward - Futility Report

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My personal favorite studio albums of 2017

1.Wintersun - The Forest Seasons

2.Kreator - Gods Of Violence

3.Kaunis Kuolematon - Vapaus

4.Act Of Defiance - Old Scars, New Wounds

5.Hallatar - No Stars Upon The Bridge

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1.Caligula's Horse - In Contact

2.Widek - Hidden Dimensions

3.The Contortionist - Clairvoyant

4.Ignea - The Sign Of Faith

5.Heretoir - The Circle

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1.Inquisition - Bloodshed Across The Empyrean Altar Beyond The Celestial Zenith

2.Darkthrone - Arctic Thunder

3.Anaal Nathrakh - The Whole Of The Law

4.Cultes Des Ghoules - Coven, Or Evil Ways Instead Of Love

5.Deströyer 666 - Wildfire

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1.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

2.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

3.Avantasia - Ghostlights

4.Alter Bridge - The Last Hero

5.Abbath - Abbath

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Scoring copied from Sword_Chant:

✮✮✮✮✮ - Incredible, possibly Album Of The Year
✮✮✮✮½ - Awesome
✮✮✮✮ - Solid release
✮✮✮½ - Good release
✮✮✮ - Not bad
✮✮ - Disappointing
✮ - Bad / very bad

1.Be'lakor - Vessels

2.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

3.Borknagar - Winter Thrice

4.Ihsahn - Arktis.

5.Fleshgod Apocalypse - King

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***NOTE: This is an opinion and everything is listed based on my own preferences. Feel free to disagree and tell me what your favorite Opeth albums are from best to worst.***

01. Blackwater Park

It would be nearly impossible to list any other album as #1 given that Blackwater Park is widely considered one of the best metal albums of all time regardless of genre. This is also the perfect place to describe what Opeth has historically offered as a musical entity and why it is worth delving deeply into their music catalog. Blackwater Park has all of the elements Opeth is known for: brutal death growls, soothing clean vocals, heavy, dense atmospheres seamlessly flowing into light, airy instrumentals. You never know what to expect from one moment to the next and that has always been one of the most exciting parts of any Opeth album.

1.Opeth - Blackwater Park

2.Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse

3.Opeth - Still Life

4.Opeth - Watershed

5.Opeth - Morningrise

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most memorable releases sorted by year
* - especially interesting albums

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2.Ashenspire - Hostile Architecture

3.Soen - Imperial

4.Thy Catafalque - Naiv

5.Kayo Dot - Blasphemy

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Bands that are clearly inspired by Tool and company.

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1.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

2.Kawir - Πάτερ 'Ηλιε Μήτερ Σελάνα

3.Scum - Garden of Shadows

4.Thy Catafalque - Meta

5.Forteresse - Thèmes Pour La Rébellion

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Favourite albums of 2016 (including only those which I would rate 7+)

1.Vektor - Terminal Redux

2.Slice The Cake - Odyssey To The West

3.Animals As Leaders - The Madness Of Many

4.Gardenjia - Arkestral

5.Hypno5e - Shores Of The Abstract Line

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