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Best Metal Albums Of Decade 90'S

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A list by
Vasil de Shumen
Created
February 03, 2012
Entries
264
Endorsements
9
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1.
Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers
1993
264.
2.
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
1990
264.
3.
Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
1998
264.
4.
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
1990
264.
5.
Death - Symbolic
1995
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6.
Judas Priest - Painkiller
1990
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7.
Coroner - Grin
1993
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8.
At The Gates - The Red In The Sky Is Ours
1992
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9.
Coroner - Mental Vortex
1991
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10.
Psychotic Waltz - A Social Grace
1990
264.
11.
Cynic - Focus
1993
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12.
Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera
1991
264.
13.
Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power
1992
264.
14.
Dream Theater - Images And Words
1992
264.
15.
Paradise Lost - Gothic
1991
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16.
My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans
1993
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17.
Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
1999
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18.
Dream Theater - Awake
1994
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19.
Death - Human
1991
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20.
Opeth - Morningrise
1996
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21.
Depressive Age - Symbols For The Blue Times
1994
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22.
Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss
1990
264.
23.
Anacrusis - Manic Impressions
1991
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24.
Alice In Chains - Dirt
1992
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25.
Death - Individual Thought Patterns
1993
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26.
Opeth - Still Life
1999
264.
27.
Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia
1996
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28.
Paradise Lost - Shades Of God
1992
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29.
Bathory - Hammerheart
1990
264.
30.
Annihilator - Never, Neverland
1990
264.
31.
Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
1992
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32.
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
1991
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33.
Voivod - The Outer Limits
1993
264.
34.
My Dying Bride - The Angel And The Dark River
1995, digipak edit.
264.
35.
Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
1995
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36.
Psychotic Waltz - Into The Everflow
1992
264.
37.
Savatage - Edge Of Thorns
1993
264.
38.
Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
1996
264.
39.
Paradise Lost - Icon
1993
264.
40.
King Diamond - The Eye
1990
264.
41.
Kreator - Coma Of Souls
1990
264.
42.
Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
1998
264.
43.
Psychotic Waltz - Bleeding
1996
264.
44.
Death - Spiritual Healing
1990
264.
45.
Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction
1992
264.
46.
W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol
1992
264.
47.
Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
1997
264.
48.
Wrathchild America - 3-D
1991
264.
49.
Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses
1993
264.
50.
Fear Of God - Within The Veil
1991
264.
51.
Dissection - The Somberlain
1993
264.
52.
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
1998
264.
53.
Fatal Opera - The Eleventh Hour
1997
264.
54.
Sanctuary - Into The Mirror Black
1990
264.
55.
Skid Row - Slave To The Grind
1991
264.
56.
Skyclad - Irrational Anthems
1996
264.
57.
Fatal Opera - Fatal Opera
1992
264.
58.
Autopsy - Mental Funeral
1991
264.
59.
Ophthalamia - A Journey In Darkness
1994
264.
60.
Edge Of Sanity - Unorthodox
1992
264.
61.
Control Denied - The Fragile Art Of Existence
1999
264.
62.
Opeth - Orchid
1995
264.
63.
Entombed - Left Hand Path
1990
264.
64.
Mercyful Fate - Time
1994
264.
65.
Disharmonic Orchestra - Pleasuredome
1994
264.
66.
Phlebotomized - Immense Intense Suspense
1994
264.
67.
Pentagram - Be Forewarned
1994
264.
68.
Paradise Lost - Draconian Times
1995
264.
69.
Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer
1992
264.
70.
Dark Millennium - Ashore The Celestial Burden
1992
264.
71.
Metallica - Metallica
1991
264.
72.
Lethal - Programmed
1990
264.
73.
Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious
1991
264.
74.
Realm - Suiciety
1990
264.
75.
Cradle Of Filth - Dusk... And Her Embrace
1996
264.
76.
Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve
1995
264.
77.
Savatage - Handful Of Rain
1994
264.
78.
Neurosis - Souls At Zero
1992
264.
79.
Doctor Butcher - Doctor Butcher
1994
264.
80.
Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery
1995
264.
81.
Gorefest - False
1992
264.
82.
Sepultura - Arise
1991
264.
83.
At The Gates - With Fear I Kiss The Burning Darkness
1993
264.
84.
In The Woods... - Omnio
1997
264.
85.
Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth
1998
264.
86.
Dio - Lock Up The Wolves
1990
264.
87.
Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black
1999
264.
88.
Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
1997
264.
89.
Pentagram - Review Your Choices
1999
264.
90.
Testament - The Gathering
1999
264.
91.
Artillery - By Inheritance
1990
264.
92.
Skyclad - Wayward Sons Of Mother Earth
1991
264.
93.
Savatage - The Wake Of Magellan
1997
264.
94.
Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill
1996
264.
95.
Depressive Age - First Depression
1992
264.
96.
Sepultura - Chaos A.D.
1993
264.
97.
Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream
1991
264.
98.
Unleashed - Where No Life Dwells
1991
264.
99.
Death Angel - Act III
1990
264.
100.
The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Twilight Of The Idols
1998
264.
101.
Depressive Age - Lying In Wait
1993
264.
102.
Metal Church - Hanging In The Balance
1993
264.
103.
Mekong Delta - Dances Of Death (And Other Walking Shadows)
1990
264.
104.
Memento Mori - Rhymes Of Lunacy
1993
264.
105.
Chastain - For Those Who Dare
1990
264.
106.
Saint Vitus - V
1990
264.
107.
Bethlehem - Dictius Te Necare
1996
264.
108.
Martyr - Hopeless Hopes
1997
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109.
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
1994
264.
110.
Atheist - Piece Of Time
1990
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111.
Blind Guardian - Tales From The Twilight World
1990
264.
112.
Megadeth - Youthanasia
1994
264.
113.
Down - Nola
1995
264.
114.
Nevermore - Nevermore
1995
264.
115.
Solitude Aeturnus - Into The Depths Of Sorrow
1991
264.
116.
Saint Vitus - Die Healing
1995
264.
117.
Saint Vitus - C.O.D.
1992
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118.
Unleashed - Shadows In The Deep
1992
264.
119.
Trouble - Trouble
1990
264.
120.
Sadus - Elements Of Anger
1997
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121.
Cathedral - The Ethereal Mirror
1993
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122.
Spiritual Beggars - Another Way To Shine
1996
264.
123.
Necromantia - Scarlet Evil Witching Black
1995
264.
124.
Zions Abyss - T.A.L.E.S.
1991
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125.
Sadus - Swallowed In Black
1990
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126.
Sadus - A Vision Of Misery
1992
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127.
Entombed - Clandestine
1991
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128.
Pestilence - Spheres
1993
264.
129.
Tony MacAlpine - Master Of Paradise
1999
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130.
Visceral Evisceration - Incessant Desire For Palatable Flesh
1994
264.
131.
Mercyful Fate - In The Shadows
1993
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132.
Testament - Souls Of Black
1990
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133.
Bruce Dickinson - Accident Of Birth
1997
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134.
Sacrosanct - Recesses For The Depraved
1991
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135.
Solitude Aeturnus - Beyond The Crimson Horizon
1992
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136.
Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark
1992
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137.
Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
1994
264.
138.
Nevermore - The Politics Of Ecstasy
1996
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139.
King Diamond - The Graveyard
1996
264.
140.
Anthrax - Persistence Of Time
1990
264.
141.
Stone - Emotional Playground
1991
264.
142.
Metal Church - The Human Factor
1991
264.
143.
Equinox (NOR) - The Way To Go
1990
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144.
Afflicted - Prodigal Sun
1992
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145.
Paradise Lost - Lost Paradise
1990
264.
146.
Iron Man - Black Night
1993
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147.
Pestilence - Testimony Of The Ancients
1991
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148.
Holocaust - Covenant
1997
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149.
Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings
1995
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150.
Symphony X - Twilight In Olympus
1998
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151.
Gorement - The Ending Quest
1994
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152.
Morbid Angel - Covenant
1993
264.
153.
Dio - Strange Highways
1993
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154.
Bruce Dickinson - Balls To Picasso
1994
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155.
Obliveon - From This Day Forward
1990
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156.
Solitude Aeturnus - Through The Darkest Hour
1994
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157.
Rage - The Missing Link
1993
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158.
Mekong Delta - Kaleidoscope
1992
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159.
Ophthalamia - Via Dolorosa
1995
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160.
King Diamond - The Spider's Lullabye
1995
264.
161.
Blitzkrieg - The Mists Of Avalon
1998
264.
162.
Bathory - Twilight Of The Gods
1991
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163.
Armored Saint - Symbol Of Salvation
1991
264.
164.
Wolf Spider - Kingdom Of Paranoia
1990
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165.
King Diamond - Voodoo
1998
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166.
Brutality - Screams Of Anguish
1993
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167.
Cathedral - The Carnival Bizarre
1995
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168.
Katatonia - Dance Of December Souls
1993
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169.
In Flames - The Jester Race
1996
264.
170.
Ritual - Valley Of The Kings
1993
264.
171.
Atheist - Elements
1993
264.
172.
Invocator - Weave The Apocalypse
1993
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173.
Hypocrisy - The Fourth Dimension
1994
264.
174.
Ritual (USA) - Trials Of Torment
1993
264.
175.
Catharsis (USA) - Pathways To Wholeness
1995
264.
176.
Bolt Thrower - Warmaster
1991
264.
177.
Solstice - New Dark Age
1998
264.
178.
In The Woods... - Heart Of The Ages
1995
264.
179.
Suffocation - Pierced From Within
1995
264.
180.
Disincarnate - Dreams Of The Carrion Kind
1993
264.
181.
Demolition Hammer - Epidemic Of Violence
1992
264.
182.
Hanker - In Our World
1994
264.
183.
Mystic Force - Eternal Quest
1993
264.
184.
Steel Prophet - The Goddess Principle
1995
264.
185.
Dawn - Nær Sólen Gar Niþer For Evogher
1994
264.
186.
Sabbat (JPN) - The Dwelling
1996
264.
187.
Testament - Low
1994
264.
188.
Iron Maiden - No Prayer For The Dying
1990
264.
189.
Forbidden - Twisted Into Form
1990
264.
190.
Ulver - Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr I 5 Capitler
1995
264.
191.
Incantation - Diabolical Conquest
1998
264.
192.
Bethlehem - Dark Metal
1994
264.
193.
Razor - Shotgun Justice
1990
264.
194.
Vio-lence - Oppressing The Masses
1990
264.
195.
Mystik (USA) - The Plot Sickens
1992
264.
196.
Syris - Unseen Forces
1998
264.
197.
Internal Decay - A Forgotten Dream
1993
264.
198.
Demigod - Slumber Of Sullen Eyes
1992
264.
199.
Secrecy - Art In Motion
1990
264.
200.
Testament - The Ritual
1992
264.
201.
Count Raven - Storm Warning
1990
264.
202.
Candlemass - From The 13th Sun
1999
264.
203.
Scenery - The Drowning Shadow of Mankind
1997
264.
204.
Entropy - Ashen Existence
1992
264.
205.
Unorthodox - Balance Of Power
1994
264.
206.
Mortuary Drape - All The Witches Dance
1994
264.
207.
New Eden - Through The Make Believe
1997
264.
208.
Taramis - Stretch Of The Imagination
1991
264.
209.
Paul Chain - Alkahest
1995
264.
210.
Dead Calm - No Way Out
1991
264.
211.
Blitzkrieg - Unholy Trinity
1995
264.
212.
Demilich - Nespithe
1993
264.
213.
Mangled Torsos - Drawings Of The Dead
1994
264.
214.
Minas Tirith - The Art Of Becoming
1995
264.
215.
Sadness - Ames De Marbre
1993
264.
216.
Hexenhaus - Awakening
1991
264.
217.
Cemetary - An Evil Shade Of Grey
1992
264.
218.
Stygian - Planetary Destruction
1992
264.
219.
Castle (NED) - Castle
1994
264.
220.
Mystrez - The Indictment
1990
264.
221.
Monstrosity - Millennium
1996
264.
222.
Raven - Architect Of Fear
1991
264.
223.
Wicked Lester - Better Off Dead
1998
264.
224.
Solstice - Lamentations
1994
264.
225.
Inferno (USA) - Psychic Distance
1994
264.
226.
Paralysis - Visions
1994
264.
227.
Fleurety - Min Tid Skal Komme
1995
264.
228.
Iron Man - The Passage
1994
264.
229.
Veni Domine - Fall Babylon Fall
1992
264.
230.
Meliah Rage - Solitary Solitude
1990
264.
231.
Donor - Triangle Of The Lost
1992
264.
232.
Mordicus - Dances From Left
1993
264.
233.
Dismember - Indecent And Obscene
1993
264.
234.
Iron Man - Generation Void
1999
264.
235.
Ripping Corpse - Dreaming With The Dead
1991
264.
236.
Paramæcium - Exhumed Of The Earth
1993
264.
237.
Excruciate - Passage Of Life
1993
264.
238.
Obituary - The End Complete
1992
264.
239.
Borknagar - The Olden Domain
1997
264.
240.
Purtenance - Member Of Immortal Damnation
1992
264.
241.
Butcher - Astral Karma
1993
264.
242.
Polluted Inheritance - Ecocide
1992
264.
243.
Polluted Inheritance - Betrayed
1996
264.
244.
Obliveon - Nemesis
1993
264.
245.
Destiny - Nothing Left To Fear
1991
264.
246.
Memory Garden - Verdict Of Posterity
1998
264.
247.
Syris - Syris
1995
264.
248.
The Obsessed - The Church Within
1994
264.
249.
Blood Farmers - Blood Farmers
1995
264.
250.
Oracle (USA-FL) - As Darkness Reigns
1993
264.
251.
Faff-Bey - New Religion
1994
264.
252.
Nocte Obducta - Lethe - Gottverreckte Finsternis
1999
264.
253.
Leviathen - Onward Thru The Fog
1993
264.
254.
A.R.G. - One World Without The End
1991
264.
255.
Carcass - Heartwork
1993
264.
256.
Sacrifice - Soldiers Of Misfortune
1990
264.
257.
Madder Mortem - Mercury
1999
264.
258.
Hellion - The Black Book
1990
264.
259.
Wrath - Insane Society
1990
264.
260.
Lost Century - Complex Microcosm (Movement In Nine Rituals)
1994
264.
261.
Chemical Breath - Fatal Exposure
1992
264.
262.
Penance - Parallel Corners
1994
264.
263.
Morgoth - Cursed
1991
264.
264.
Decision D - The Last Prostitute
1995
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06.03.2012 - 15:56

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When I turn back and see this list, I think it's perfect, otherwise.. I don't see Meshuggah's - Destroy Erase Improve - one very good piece of metal art, but in the end - this is my opinion Cheers friend
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07.03.2012 - 12:45

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Destroy Erase Improve ... good suggestion

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23.10.2012 - 08:30

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FATAL OPERA were founded by ex-Megadeth drummer Gar Samuelson and his brother Stew Samuelson. The musicians combine technical thrash/heavy metal and progressive rock elements.
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No space for an In Flames album here?
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Written by Ace Frawley on 23.10.2012 at 11:13

No space for an In Flames album here?

In Flames is a good band, I like them ( especially 'The Jester Race' ).

But each album in this list outperforms their recordings.
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Written by Vasil de Shumen on 23.10.2012 at 13:08

In Flames is a good band, I like them ( especially 'The Jester Race' ).

But each album in this list outperforms their recordings.

Ah, what the hell - it's your list. You can put whatever you want in there. You've found 100 albums from the 1990s better than The Jester Race - hey, good for you!
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24.10.2012 - 13:26

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Written by Ace Frawley on 24.10.2012 at 13:06

... You've found 100 albums from the 1990s better than The Jester Race - hey, good for you!

Apparently, my criteria are different from your criteria. That's it.
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Written by Sang Dalang Abu on 18.07.2016 at 05:39

King Diamond - The Eye

Should be at Top 10.

Thanks for the opinion, man.
This is an excellent album, but the presence in the top 50 is not bad at all. However, this is a whole decade in the history of Metal ...
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07.12.2023 - 20:53

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Nice list, a few great ones in there.
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07.12.2023 - 22:46

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Written by John_Doe on 07.12.2023 at 20:53

Nice list, a few great ones in there.

The 90s is a decade that is too rich in quality Metal. The 90s were also the beginning of many avant-garde trends. My list is perhaps too old-fashioned and boring for the taste of those who love the extravagance and experimentation. It's just that my musical taste is uncompromisingly analogue
Thanks for your opinion about the list
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07.12.2023 - 22:49

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Written by Vasil de Shumen on 07.12.2023 at 22:46

The 90s is a decade that is too rich in quality Metal. The 90s were also the beginning of many avant-garde trends. My list is perhaps too old-fashioned and boring for the taste of those who love the extravagance and experimentation. It's just that my musical taste is uncompromisingly analogue
Thanks for your opinion about the list

I made a 90s list as well, but it's not exclusively metal.
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07.12.2023 - 22:54

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Written by John_Doe on 07.12.2023 at 22:49

I made a 90s list as well, but it's not exclusively metal.

Quite an interesting and varied list
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Written by Vasil de Shumen on 07.12.2023 at 22:54

Quite an interesting and varied list

Thank you.
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