1.Overkill - The Years Of Decay

2.Overkill - Ironbound

3.Overkill - Horrorscope

4.Overkill - Feel The Fire

5.Overkill - Taking Over

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1.Therion - Sitra Ahra

2.Dimmu Borgir - Abrahadabra

3.Eluveitie - Everything Remains As It Never Was

4.Magica - Dark Diary

5.King Of Asgard - Fi'mbulvintr

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1.Machine Head - The Blackening

2.Overkill - Ironbound

3.Tool - Lateralus

4.Rush - Clockwork Angels

5.Rush - Snakes & Arrows

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1.Les Discrets - Septembre Et Ses Dernières Pensées

2.Mar De Grises - Streams Inwards

3.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

4.Todtgelichter - Angst

5.Procession - Destroyers Of The Faith

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In no particular order.

1.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

2.Overkill - Ironbound

3.Mar De Grises - Streams Inwards

4.Deathspell Omega - Paracletus

5.Watain - Lawless Darkness

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1.Overkill - Ironbound

2.Hail Of Bullets - On Divine Winds

3.Helstar - Glory Of Chaos

4.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

5.Heathen - The Evolution Of Chaos

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1.Overkill - Ironbound

2.Heathen - The Evolution Of Chaos

3.Dew-Scented - Invocation

4.Sodom - In War And Pieces

5.Death Angel - Relentless Retribution

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1.Deathspell Omega - Paracletus

2.Overkill - Ironbound

3.Inquisition - Ominous Doctrines Of The Perpetual Mystical Macrocosm

4.Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones

5.Immolation - Majesty And Decay

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1.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

2.Grand Magus - Hammer Of The North

3.Wuthering Heights - Salt

4.InnerWish - No Turning Back

5.Overkill - Ironbound

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**Trigger warning**

Albums and EPs rated 8.6+ from 100+ votes which I've given an 8 or lower to.

I've listened to and rated every album on MS that meets this criteria (at time of most recent update) - some of them multiple times - so I feel I can give my honest opinion.

The purpose of this is to list and order the albums that I simply don't "get" and to try re-listening to them in the hope of understanding why they've received so many 9 and 10 votes.

Ordered by my rating then MS rating then number of votes.

Updated: 03-Jan-24

My other lists:
Top 500 Albums (ordered & rated)
Top 25 EPs (also ordered & rated)
Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres)
So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)

1.Anathema - Judgement

2.Paradise Lost - Draconian Times

3.Anathema - Alternative 4

4.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

5.Motörhead - Overkill

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Influences, avantgarde, progressive, thrash & others.

1.Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare

2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

3.Toxik - Think This

4.Coroner - No More Color

5.Danny Elfman - Batman

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Updated 10/23/18

1.Defeated Sanity - Chapters Of Repugnance

2.Nails - Unsilent Death

3.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

4.Misery Index - Heirs To Thievery

5.Deathspell Omega - Paracletus

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As we go into 2011, I decided to look back on the last decade, and try and put together a list of what I believe are the highest quality, and favorite releases of the previous decade.

I believe "best" is something of a misnomer, since people's opinions of quality are biased to their tastes. So a more proper title would be "Best Releases that I Enjoyed from 2001-2010".

1.Deströyer 666 - Cold Steel... For An Iron Age

2.Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum

3.Celtic Frost - Monotheist

4.Cobalt - Gin

5.Behemoth - Demigod

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1.Overkill - Ironbound

2.Forbidden - Omega Wave

3.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

4.Sodom - In War And Pieces

5.Heathen - The Evolution Of Chaos

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1.Charred Walls Of The Damned - Charred Walls Of The Damned

2.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

3.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

4.Exodus - Exhibit B: The Human Condition

5.Helloween - 7 Sinners

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