In no particular order.

I originally made a top 15 but there is just too much music to do that shit anymore.

1.Tribulation - The Children Of The Night

2.Abigail Williams - The Accuser

3.Prurient - Frozen Niagara Falls

4.Deafheaven - New Bermuda

5.Imperial Triumphant - Abyssal Gods

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Simple ranking of all my favorite albums. Favorite song from the album in the notes. Sure to change/expand as I learn and explore more within metal.
2023: This was starting to get too long so I split it into separate lists for albums at each ranking 10 to 7. This list will no longer be updated.
10: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6891
9: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=7213
8: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=7512
7: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=8058

1.Madder Mortem - Eight Ways

2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

3.Ayreon - 01011001

4.Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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"I'll listen to this after I come back home"
I'm so sick of doing this.There are many,many albums that I KNOW will enjoy if I finally make time to listen too. This is more of a personal list,so I can keep track of what I need to hear.

1.Leaves' Eyes - Njord

2.Exodus - Pleasures Of The Flesh

3.Darkthrone - Circle The Wagons

4.Kreator - Coma Of Souls

5.Kreator - Violent Revolution

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Been a bit slow checking releases around the halfway point of the year, but should get back into it soon and hopefully flesh out this list.

1.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

2.Horrendous - Anareta

3.Slugdge - Dim & Slimeridden Kingdoms

4.Teramaze - Her Halo

5.Regarde Les Hommes Tomber - Exile

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1.Leprous - The Congregation

2.Enslaved - In Times

3.Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.

4.Chelsea Wolfe - Abyss

5.Mgła - Exercises In Futility

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1.Sulphur Aeon - Gateway To The Antisphere

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3.Thy Art Is Murder - Holy War

4.George Kollias - Invictus

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Well, it happens. Frontmen of popular bands often have something going on the side. Sometimes just one record, sometimes completely different band.
Full albums only.

1.Headspace - I Am Anonymous

2.Yargos - To Be Or Not To Be

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4.Head Control System - Murder Nature

5.Storm Corrosion - Storm Corrosion

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2015 releases that I've bothered to write a word or two about.
Will update periodically when inspiration strikes.
Pay no mind to order.

1.Beardfish - +4626-COMFORTZONE

2.Native Construct - Quiet World

3.Riverside - Love, Fear And The Time Machine

4.Shining (NOR) - International Blackjazz Society

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cds I wish I never bought. most of the time I don't even know the band and the cover or band looks really good so I decide to get it, thinking its good

1.3 Inches Of Blood - Advance And Vanquish

2.Alkonost - Na Kryliah Zova (On The Wings Of The Call)

3.Blind Guardian - Fly

4.Falconer - Grime vs Grandeur

5.Folkearth - Father Of Victory

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1.Steve Von Till - A Life Unto Itself

2.Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon

3.Sunn O))) - Kannon

4.Avatarium - The Girl With The Raven Mask

5.Mgła - Exercises In Futility

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2.Fates Warning - The Spectre Within

3.Slauter Xstoyes - Winter Kill

4.Watch Tower - Energetic Disassembly

5.Trilogy - Life On Earth

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1.Arcturus - Arcturian

2.Corpo-Mente - Corpo-Mente

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

4.Baldrs Draumar - Aldgillissoan

5.Ragnaröek - Dornig

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My personal favorites. These albums are as perfect as an album can get, they always bring up the adrenaline and have in many ways changed the way I perceive music, expanding the horizons of metal in various ways. Most important of all they never get old or boring and therefore should be given a chance.

1.Angra - Temple Of Shadows

2.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

3.Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy

4.Adagio - Underworld

5.Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

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So this is another one of those times where we kind of stretch what a genre tag really means, but as always the purpose is mainly to recommend some solid listens to you all. These are some of the "indie rock" albums I find myself coming back to the most. More or less in order.

1.Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica

2.Say Anything - ?Is a Real Boy

3.Death Cab for Cutie - Translanticism

4.Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside of Me

5.Bloc Party - Silent Alarm

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