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12:20 - Kirinyale

Even today I filtered by year on MS and found another band I've never heard of before (Autumn), which I can't say I love from today's perspective, but it still sounds way better than most sympho releases of 2026.

12:20 - Roman Doez

For metal specifically I'd say the best years are 1994, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009 and 2012

12:19 - Kirinyale

I mean, who'd argue that Once and The Silent Force are genre classics? :) And these are just tip of the iceberg.

12:18 - Kirinyale

Yeah, nostalgia definitely has a part in it, but 2004 wasn't the year when I started (it was around 2-4 years before) and it still is like a "magic number" for so many of the albums and bands I loved at the time.

12:02 - Languedocian

For me it is 1995-2006 ... The bulk of my 9s and 10s come from this period. Maybe it was just being a teenager, but it seemed like pretty much every other week there was a genre classic being released.

11:52 - IceBelowTHearth

The best years for me are 2024, 2019, 2016, 2006, 2001, 1999, 1994, 1988. So many great releases

11:28 - Kirinyale

I'm curious if anyone else has a "special year" in music (or in specific genres). Every time I dig into my collection, I'm amazed by the amount of great sympho metal albums that came out in 2004. Maybe I should make a list...

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1.	Fires In The Distance Circadian Promise
2.	Evergrey Architects Of A New Weave
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4.	Stormkeep The Nocturnes Of Iswylm
5.	Moonspell Far From God
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7.	Tarja Frisson Noir
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5.	Metallica Ride The Lightning
6.	Opeth Blackwater Park
7.	Black Sabbath Paranoid
8.	Iron Maiden Powerslave
9.	Agalloch The Mantle
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1.	Fires In The Distance Circadian Promise
2.	At The Gates The Ghost Of A Future Dead
3.	Draconian In Somnolent Ruin
4.	Immolation Descent
5.	Hellripper Coronach
6.	Elder Through Zero
7.	Archspire Too Fast To Die
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