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Some albums are really good. Many of these are good all the way around. And, in many cases, there is a single song that stands out, sometimes it's the last song on the album. This is a list of those songs.
For a more in depth look at this, I've codified each into a given category:
Type 1 - 'The long song at the end.' Often the title track. These have a tendency to be most well written and dynamic pieces on the album.
Type 2 - 'The different song.' This one doesn't exactly sound like the rest of the album. It might be the sole melodic moment on an otherwise atonal album, or it might be an interesting instrumental. These are, however, rarely the best track on the album. The ones included here are some of the better ones.
Type 3 - All others. All of the songs are good, but this one happens to be the best.
Type 0 - 'Almost the last song.' This case occurs when the climax hits just before the final song, which often happens to be more of an 'afterward' kind of thing rather than a full fledged piece. (Arena with The Visitor)
Note: this list excludes trivial cases (crimson, loddod, etc.) as well as type 0, though I'm considering changing my mind on this.
Edit: I've included some type 0's. I'll update this list as i get new stuff.
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!T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest) 2006, "Kali", Type 3 |
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2.
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Abigail Williams - Becoming 2012, "Beyond the Veil", Type 1 |
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3.
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Agalloch - The Mantle 2002, "A Desolation Song", Type 2 |
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4.
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Amon Amarth - Versus The World 2002, "...And Soon the World Will Cease to Be", Type 3 |
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5.
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Anekdoten - Vemod 1993, "Wheel", Type 3 |
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6.
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Aphrodite's Child - 666 1972, "All the Seats Were Occupied", Type 0/1 |
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Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia 1995, "Naar Kulda Tar (Frostnettenes Prolog)", Type 3 |
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8.
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Arena - The Visitor 1998, "Enemy Without/Running From Damascus", Type 0 |
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9.
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Arena - Contagion 2003, "Ascension", Type 3 |
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10.
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At The Gates - Terminal Spirit Disease 1994, "The Beautiful Wound", Type 3 |
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11.
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At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul 1995, "The Flames of the End", Type 2 |
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12.
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Beardfish - Sleeping In Traffic: Part Two 2008, "Sleeping in Traffic", Type 0/1 |
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13.
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Behemoth - Demigod 2004, "The Reign of Shemsu-Hor", Type 1/2 |
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14.
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Belphegor - Bondage Goat Zombie 2008, "The Sukkubus Lustrate/Der Rutenmarsch", Type 3 |
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15.
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Belphegor - Blood Magick Necromance 2011, "Possessed Burning Eyes", Type 0 |
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16.
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Between The Buried And Me - Colors 2007, "White Walls", Type 3 |
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17.
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Between The Buried And Me - The Great Misdirect 2009, "Swim to the Moon", Type 1 |
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18.
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Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence 2012, "Silent Flight Parliament", Type 0/1 |
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19.
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The Black Dahlia Murder - Miasma 2005, "Miasma", Type 3 |
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20.
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The Black Dahlia Murder - Nocturnal 2007, "To a Breathless Oblivion", Type 0 |
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21.
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Blind Guardian - A Night At The Opera 2002, "And Then There Was Silence", Type 1 |
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22.
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Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God 2003, "Procession of the Dead Clowns", Type 1 |
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23.
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Camel - Mirage 1974, "Lady Fantasy", Type 1 |
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24.
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Candlemass - Nightfall 1987, "Bewitched", Type 0 |
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25.
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Circus Maximus - The 1st Chapter 2005, "The 1st Chapter", Type 1 |
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26.
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Communic - The Bottom Deep 2011, "A Wayward Soul", Type 0 |
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27.
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Converge - Jane Doe 2001, "Jane Doe", Type 1 |
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28.
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Cynic - Focus 1993, "How Could I", Type 3 |
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29.
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Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done 2002, "Ex Nihilo", Type 2 |
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30.
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Darkest Hour - Deliver Us 2007, "Deliver Us", Type 3 |
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31.
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Death - The Sound Of Perseverance 1998, "A Moment of Clarity", Type 3 |
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32.
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Devin Townsend - Ziltoid The Omniscient 2007, "The Greys", Type 0 |
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33.
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Diablo Swing Orchestra - Sing-Along Songs For The Damned & Delirious 2009, "Stratosphere Serenade", Type 1 |
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34.
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Dissection - Reinkaos 2006, "Maha Kali", Type 3 |
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35.
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Dream Theater - When Dream And Day Unite 1989, "Only a Matter of Time", Type 3 |
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36.
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Dream Theater - Awake 1994, "Space-Dye Vest", Type 2 |
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37.
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Dream Theater - Octavarium 2005, "Octavarium", Type 1 |
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38.
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Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings 2009, "The Count of Tuscany", Type 3 |
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39.
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Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse 1994, "Inno A Satana", Type 3 |
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40.
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Ensiferum - From Afar 2009, "Tumman Virran Taa/The Longest Journey", Type 1 |
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41.
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Enslaved - Isa 2004, "Reogenesis", Type 0/1 |
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42.
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Enslaved - Vertebrae 2008, "The Watcher", Type 2 |
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43.
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Fates Warning - Disconnected 2000, "Disconnected Part 2", Type 2 |
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44.
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Fates Warning - FWX 2004, "Wish", Type 2 |
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45.
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Fleshgod Apocalypse - Oracles 2009, "Oracles", Type 2 |
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46.
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Fleshgod Apocalypse - Mafia 2010, "Mafia", Type 2 |
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47.
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Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony 2011, "Agony", Type 2 |
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48.
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The Flower Kings - The Rainmaker 2001, "Serious Dreamers", Type 2 |
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49.
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Frost* - Milliontown 2006, "Milliontown", Type 1 |
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50.
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The Gathering - Mandylion 1995, "In Motion #2", Type 3 |
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51.
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Genesis - Foxtrot 1972, "Supper's Ready", Type 1 |
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52.
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Genesis - Selling England by the Pound 1973, "The Cinema Show", Type 3 |
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53.
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Ghost B.C. - Opus Eponymous 2010, "Genesis", Type 2 |
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54.
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Ghost Brigade - Until Fear No Longer Defines Us 2011, "Soulcarvers", Type 3 |
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55.
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God Forbid - Earthsblood 2009, "Gaia (The Vultures)", Type 3 |
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56.
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Gojira - From Mars To Sirius 2005, "Global Warming", Type 2 |
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57.
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Himsa - Hail Horror 2006, "Send Down Your Reign", Type 3 |
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58.
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Hour Of Penance - Paradogma 2010, "Apotheosis", Type 2 |
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59.
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Iced Earth - Iced Earth 1991, "When the Night Falls", Type 1 |
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60.
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Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden 2004, "Gettysburg", Type 1 |
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61.
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Ihsahn - The Adversary 2006, "The Pain is Still Mine", Type 1 |
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62.
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Immortal - Sons Of Northern Darkness 2002, "Beyond the North Waves", Type 1 |
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63.
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In Flames - Soundtrack To Your Escape 2004, "Bottled", Type 3 |
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64.
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In Flames - A Sense Of Purpose 2008, "March to the Shore", Type 3 |
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65.
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IQ - Dark Matter 2004, "Harvest of Souls", Type 1 |
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66.
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Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark 1992, "Fear of the Dark", Type 1 |
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67.
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King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic 1973, "Larks' Tongues In Aspic (Part 2)", Type 3 |
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68.
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King Crimson - Red 1974, "Starless", Type 3 |
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69.
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Leprous - Tall Poppy Syndrome 2009, "White", Type 3 |
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70.
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Machine Head - The Blackening 2007, "A Farewell to Arms", Type 1 |
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71.
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The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute 2005, "Casandra Gemini", Type 1 |
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72.
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Mastodon - Crack The Skye 2009, "The Last Baron", Type 1 |
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73.
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Megadeth - Endgame 2009, "The Right To Go Insane", Type 3 |
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74.
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Mendel - Subliminal Colors 2012, "Absolution", Type 1 |
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75.
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Metallica - Ride The Lightning 1984, "The Call of Ktulu", Type 2 |
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76.
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Negură Bunget - OM 2006, "Hora Soarelui", Type 0 |
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77.
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Nevermore - Dead Heart, In A Dead World 2000, "Dead Heart, In A Dead World", Type 3 |
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78.
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Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor 2005, "This Godless Endeavor", Type 1 |
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79.
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Nevermore - The Obsidian Conspiracy 2010, "The Obsidian Conspiracy", Type 3 |
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80.
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Nile - Ithyphallic 2007, "Even the Gods Must Die", Type 1 |
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81.
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Novembers Doom - Of Sculptured Ivy And Stone Flowers 1999, "Dawn Breaks", Type 3 |
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82.
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Novembers Doom - Into Night's Requiem Infernal 2009, "When Desperation Fills the Void", Type 3 |
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83.
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Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows 2011, "Deep Cold", Type 1 |
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84.
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Opeth - Deliverance 2002, "By the Pain I See in Others", Type 3 |
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85.
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Opeth - Heritage 2011, "Folklore", Type 0 |
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86.
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Orphaned Land - Mabool 2004, "Mabool (The Flood)/The Storm Still Rages Inside/Rainbow (The Resurrection)", Type 1 |
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87.
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Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Part I 2000, "The Perfect Element", Type 1 |
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88.
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Pain Of Salvation - Scarsick 2007, "Enter Rain", Type 3 |
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89.
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Periphery - Periphery 2010, "Racecar", Type 1 |
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90.
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Porcupine Tree - Signify 1996, "Dark Matter", Type 3 |
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91.
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Porcupine Tree - In Absentia 2002, "Collapse the Light Into Earth", Type 2 |
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92.
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Primordial - To The Nameless Dead 2007, "No Nation On This Earth", Type 3 |
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93.
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Primordial - Redemption At The Puritan's Hand 2011, "Death of the Gods", Type 3 |
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94.
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The Project Hate MCMXCIX - Cybersonic Superchrist 2000, "With Desperate Hands So Numb", Type 3 |
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95.
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The Project Hate MCMXCIX - Armageddon March Eternal (Symphonies Of Slit Wrists) 2005, "Loveless, Godless, Flawless", Type 2 |
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96.
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The Project Hate MCMXCIX - In Hora Mortis Nostræ 2007, "The Innocence of the Three Faced Savior", Type 1 |
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97.
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The Project Hate MCMXCIX - The Lustrate Process 2009, "Burial of Gods", Type 3 |
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98.
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Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime 1988, "Eyes of a Stranger", Type 3 |
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99.
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Redemption - Snowfall On Judgment Day 2009, "Love Kills Us All / Life in One Day", Type 1 |
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100.
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Riverside - Memories In My Head 2011, "Forgotten Land", Type 3 |
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101.
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Riverside - Shrine Of New Generation Slaves 2013, "Escalator Shrine", Type 0 |
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102.
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Rush - Moving Pictures 1981, "Vital Signs", Type 3 |
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103.
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Rwake - Rest 2011, "Was only a Dream", Type 3 |
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104.
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Scale The Summit - Carving Desert Canyons 2009, "Giants", Type 3 |
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105.
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Scorpions - Fly To The Rainbow 1974, "Fly to the Rainbow", Type 3 |
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106.
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Shining - V - Halmstad 2007, "Neka morgondagen", Type 3 |
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107.
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Shining - VI - Klagopsalmer 2009, "Total utfrysning", Type 1 |
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108.
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Shining - Redefining Darkness 2012, "For the God Below", Type 3 |
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109.
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Spock's Bears - The Light 1995, "The Water", Type 0 |
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110.
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Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories) 2013, "The Raven That Refused to Sing", Type 3 |
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111.
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Symphony X - The Odyssey 2002, "The Odyssey", Type 1 |
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112.
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The Tangent - A Place in the Queue 2006, "A Place in the Queue", Type 1 |
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113.
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Tool - 10,000 Days 2006, "Right in Two", Type 0 |
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114.
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Trivium - The Crusade 2006, "The Crusade", Type 1/2 |
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115.
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Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts 1971, "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers", Type 1 |
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116.
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Watain - Sworn To The Dark 2007, "Stellavore", Type 3 |
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117.
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Watain - Lawless Darkness 2010, "The Waters of Ain", Type 1 |
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118.
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Winterfylleth - The Mercian Sphere 2010, "Defending the Realm", Type 3 |
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119.
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Wintersun - Wintersun 2004, "Sadness and Hate", Type 3 |
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120.
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Withered - Memento Mori 2005, "Among Sorrow", Type 1 |
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121.
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Zyklon - Aeon 2003, "An Eclectic Manner", Type 2 |
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122.
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1349 - Hellfire 2005, "Hellfire", Type 1/2 |
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