Just to be clear, my opinion of many of these albums has changed since the first time I heard them. And I get that some other famous titles would be funny to put here, but I'm going to spoil the fun and say I want to at least be truthful.

1.Anathema - A Fine Day To Exit

2.Austrian Death Machine - Total Brutal

3.Clutch - Pure Rock Fury

4.Devin Townsend - Addicted

5.Divinefire - Farewell

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I'm thinking about adding Sirenia - At Sixes and Sevens, but that might be closer to black metal than Emmure.

1.Porcupine Tree - Nil Recurring

2.Ayreon - 01011001

3.Shining (NOR) - One One One

4.Orphaned Land - All Is One

5.Nemertines - 1

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My musical journey seems to be radically different to most that I've seen, so here are some defining albums (one per band) for my taste in list form. There are, of course, quite a few here that I don't listen to anymore.

Generally chronological.

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3.Muse - Absolution

4.Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (')

5.Maxïmo Park - Our Earthly Pleasures

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Nightwish, Dimmu Borgir, Septicflesh and their respective clones are not welcome here. The title is a bit misleading since none of these albums are 'symphonic metal' per se, but they're metal with symphonic/orchestra elements added in a way that's unconventional, or at least as far as I know. Suggestions welcome.

1.Apocalyptica - Plays Metallica By Four Cellos

2.Aquilus - Griseus

3.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

4.Blood Thirsty - Sanguine River Absolution

5.Igorrr - Hallelujah

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Most of these were purchased with my own money under my own free will. A few of them I expected to be good but turned out not to be; the rest I have for no good reason and a couple I even listen to from time to time.

1.Boney M. - Nightflight to Venus

2.Daniel O'Donnell - The Ultimate Collection

3.Foo Fighters - One By One

4.In Case of Fire - Align the Planets

5.Kaiser Chiefs - Employment

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Exactly what it says on the tin. I'm ignoring local bands here; only bands that people are likely to know will be featured.

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