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What seems the most important albums for me in chronological order.
I wish I could carry the list year after year to see how my tastes changed and new findings.
I can help but notice that old albums immediately strike me, while in recent times most albums are good but nothing is groundbreaking. We have a tide of releases in the last decades, and standing above the other requires an impossible lot of talent.
Or is it my listen habbits that changed ? I felts I listened to the old albums albums for a lifetime while I'm only surface checking the new ones. Too little time, too little time to truly live...
Also the mixing technology, the sound is too flat nowadays and lack impact and personnality
184.
1.
The Who - Tommy
1966 jazz / rock / pop /experimental
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2.
The Who - Tommy
1969 rock opera
184.
3.
Frank Zappa - Uncle Meat
1969 jazz / rock / experimental
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4.
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
1969 jazz / rock / experimental
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5.
Deep Purple - In Rock
1969 jazz / rock / experimental
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6.
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
1970 hard rock
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Black Sabbath - Paranoid
1970 heavy / doom
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8.
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
1970 heavy / doom
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9.
The Who - Who's Next
1971 hard rock / blues
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10.
Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
1971 hard rock / pop / experimental
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11.
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Vol. 4
1971 heavy / doom / stoner
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12.
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Vol. 4
1972 heavy / doom / stoner
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13.
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
1973 progressive rock
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14.
Magma - Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh
1973 zeuhl
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15.
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
1973 jazz / rock / experimental
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16.
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
1973 heavy / doom
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17.
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe
1974 jazz / rock / experimental
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18.
Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
1975 jazz / rock / experimental
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19.
Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
1976 heavy
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20.
Taeko Ohnuki - Sunshower
1977 city pop
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21.
Heart - Little Queen
1977 hard rock / folk / blues
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22.
Van Halen - Van Halen
1977 pop rock
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23.
Van Halen - Van Halen
1978 heavy / hard rock
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24.
AC/DC - Powerage
1978 hard rock / folk / blues
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25.
AC/DC - Powerage
1978 hard rock
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26.
Renaud - Ma Gonzesse
1979 french pop
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27.
AC/DC - Highway To Hell
1979 reggae
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28.
Judas Priest - British Steel
1979 hard rock
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29.
Cirith Ungol - Frost And Fire
1980 heavy
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30.
Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
1980 heavy / doom
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31.
Warning (FRA) - Warning
1980 heavy
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32.
Journey - Escape
1981 hard rock
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33.
Journey - Escape
1981 rock
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34.
Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
1981 zeuhl
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35.
Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
1981 heavy
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36.
Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
1982 experimental
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37.
Sortilège - Sortilège
1982 heavy
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38.
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
1983 heavy
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39.
Mercyful Fate - Melissa
1983 thrash
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40.
Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
1983 heavy
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41.
Dio - Holy Diver
1983 heavy
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42.
Dio - Holy Diver
1983 heavy
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43.
Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual
1983 pop
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44.
Accept - Balls To The Wall
1983 hard rock
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45.
W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.
1983 heavy
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46.
Van Halen - 1984
1984 heavy
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47.
Voivod - War And Pain
1984 heavy / hard rock
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48.
Voivod - War And Pain
1984 thrash
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49.
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
1984 pop rock
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50.
Metal Church - Metal Church
1984 thrash
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51.
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath
1984 heavy / thrash
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52.
Slayer - Hell Awaits
1984 heavy
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53.
Ratt - Invasion Of Your Privacy
1985 thrash / black
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54.
Ratt - Invasion Of Your Privacy
1985 heavy / glam
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55.
Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
1985 pop
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56.
Warlock - True As Steel
1985 heavy / thrash / doom / black
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57.
Tarot - The Spell Of Iron
1986 heavy
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58.
Slayer - Reign In Blood
1986 heavy
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59.
Slayer - Reign In Blood
1986 thrash
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60.
Racer X - Street Lethal
1986 zeuhl
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61.
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
1986 heavy / speed
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62.
Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian
1986 thrash
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63.
Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian
1986 prog heavy
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64.
Cyndi Lauper - True Colors
1986 pop
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65.
Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King
1986 prog heavy
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66.
Racer X - Second Heat
1987 heavy
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67.
Racer X - Second Heat
1987 heavy / speed
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68.
KISS - Crazy Nights
1987 city pop
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69.
Candlemass - Nightfall
1987 glam / hard rock
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70.
Cacophony - Speed Metal Symphony
1987 doom
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71.
Zed Yago - From Over Yonder
1987 heavy / speed / shred
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72.
Voivod - Dimension Hatröss
1988 heavy
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73.
Mekong Delta - The Music Of Erich Zann
1988 thrash
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74.
Metallica - ...And Justice For All
1988 thrash
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75.
Metallica - ...And Justice For All
1988 thrash
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76.
Fates Warning - No Exit
1988 pop rock
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77.
Watchtower - Control And Resistance
1988 prog thrash
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78.
Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
1989 thrash
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79.
Metal Church - Blessing In Disguise
1989 death
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80.
Coroner - No More Color
1989 heavy / thrash
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81.
Carcass - Symphonies Of Sickness
1989 thrash
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82.
Atheist - Piece Of Time
1989 death / grindcore
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83.
Nocturnus - The Key
1989 tech death
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84.
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
1990 death
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85.
Judas Priest - Painkiller
1990 heavy / thrash
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86.
Bathory - Hammerheart
1990 heavy / power
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87.
Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten
1990 black / viking
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88.
Morbid Angel - Blessed Are The Sick
1991 brutal death
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89.
Meshuggah - Contradictions Collapse
1991 death
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90.
Master's Hammer - Ritual
1991 thrash
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91.
Death - Human
1991 black
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92.
Coroner - Mental Vortex
1991 death
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93.
Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious
1991 thrash
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94.
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
1991 death / grindcore
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Nocturnus - Thresholds
1991 tech death
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96.
Suffocation - Breeding The Spawn
1991 death
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97.
Morbid Angel - Covenant
1993 brutal death
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98.
Immortal - Pure Holocaust
1993 death
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99.
Gorguts - The Erosion Of Sanity
1993 black
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100.
Demilich - Nespithe
1993 death
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101.
Death - Individual Thought Patterns
1993 death
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102.
Cynic - Focus
1993 death
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103.
Coroner - Grin
1993 death / jazz
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104.
Carcass - Heartwork
1993 thrash
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105.
Angra - Angels Cry
1993 melodeath
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106.
Cannibal Corpse - The Bleeding
1993 power symph
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107.
Suffocation - Pierced From Within
1994 death
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108.
Septicflesh - Pierced From Within
1995 brutal death
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109.
Morbid Angel - Domination
1995 death / gothic
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110.
Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve
1995 death
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111.
Death - Symbolic
1995 thrash
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112.
Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery
1995 death / thrash
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113.
Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear
1995 melodeath
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114.
Orphaned Land - El Norra Alila
1996 gothic
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115.
Cryptopsy - None So Vile
1996 death / folk
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116.
Angra - Holy Land
1996 brutal death
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117.
Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects - Sol Niger Within
1996 power symph
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118.
Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects - Sol Niger Within
1997 math/prog
184.
119.
Shiro Sagisu - End Of Evangelion
1997 orchestral
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120.
System Of A Down - System Of A Down
1998 jazz
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121.
Morbid Angel - Formulas Fatal To The Flesh
1998 nu
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122.
Meshuggah - Chaosphere
1998 death
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123.
Gorguts - Obscura
1998 prog thrash
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124.
Gorguts - Obscura
1998 death
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125.
Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
1998 trip-hop
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126.
Control Denied - The Fragile Art Of Existence
1998 death / thrash
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127.
Agalloch - Pale Folklore
1999 heavy / power
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128.
Nightwish - Wishmaster
1999 black atmo
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129.
Tool - Lateralus
2000 power
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130.
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Grand Opening And Closing
2001 prog
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131.
Immortal - Sons Of Northern Darkness
2001 experimental
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132.
Agalloch - The Mantle
2002 black
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133.
Lamb Of God - As The Palaces Burn
2002 black atmo
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134.
Kayo Dot - Choirs Of The Eye
2003 thrash / groove
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135.
Gojira - The Link
2003 experimental atmo
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136.
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Of Natural History
2003 death
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137.
Orphaned Land - Mabool: The Story Of The Three Sons Of Seven
2004 experimental
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138.
Mastodon - Leviathan
2004 death / folk
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139.
Lamb Of God - Ashes Of The Wake
2004 stoner/sludge
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140.
Angra - Temple Of Shadows
2004 thrash / groove
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141.
Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked
2004 power symph
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142.
Gojira - From Mars To Sirius
2005 brutal death
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143.
Celtic Frost - Monotheist
2005 prog death
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144.
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - In Glorious Times
2006 black / heavy / thrash / doom
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145.
Meshuggah - ObZen
2007 experimental
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146.
Decrepit Birth - Diminishing Between Worlds
2008 prog thrash
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147.
Vektor - Black Future
2008
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148.
Onmyo-Za - 金剛九尾
2009 thrash
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149.
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
2009 heavy
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150.
Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough
2009 prog stoner/sludge
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151.
Children - Hard Times Hanging At The End Of The World
2009 prog black
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152.
Animals As Leaders - Animals As Leaders
2009 thrash/stoner
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153.
Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones
2009 prog djent
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154.
Orphaned Land - The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR
2010 black / heavy / thrash / doom
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155.
Gnaw Their Tongues - L'Arrivée De La Terne Mort Triomphante
2010 death / folk
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156.
Botanist - I: The Suicide Tree / II: A Rose From The Dead
2010 noise / black atmo
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157.
Meshuggah - Koloss
2011 black / experimental
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158.
Master's Hammer - Vracejte Konve Na Místo
2012 prog thrash
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159.
Igorrr - Hallelujah
2012 black
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160.
Death Grips - The Money Store
2012 breakcore experimental
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161.
Suffocation - Pinnacle Of Bedlam
2012 hip hop
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162.
Triptykon - Melana Chasmata
2013 brutal death
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163.
Triptykon - Melana Chasmata
2014 black / heavy / thrash / doom
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164.
Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel
2014 math rock
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165.
Animals As Leaders - The Joy Of Motion
2014 prog death
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166.
Animals As Leaders - The Joy Of Motion
2014 prog djent
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167.
Tricot - And
2015 math rock
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168.
Covet - Currents
2015 math rock
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169.
Vektor - Terminal Redux
2015 synthwave
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170.
Elder - Reflections Of A Floating World
2016 thrash/prog
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171.
Elder - Reflections Of A Floating World
2017 stoner
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172.
Night Verses - From The Gallery Of Sleep
2018 synthwave
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173.
Messa - Feast For Water
2018 prog metalcore
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174.
Imperial Triumphant - Vile Luxury
2018 doom
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175.
Cauldron - New Gods
2018 experimental black/death
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Cauldron - New Gods
2018 heavy
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Molten Chains - In The Antechamber Below
2018 synthwave
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178.
Lingua Ignota - Caligula
2019 prog heavy
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Bent Knee - You Know What They Mean
2019 experimental black / orchestral
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Lord Fist - Wilderness Of Hearts
2019 prog rock
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Havukruunu - Uinuos Syömein Sota
2020 heavy
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Havnatt - Ragnhildstreet
2020 black / viking
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Havnatt - Ragnhildstreet
2020 neofolk
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Covet - Technicolor
2020 math rock
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F3ynman
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Awesome collection of groundbreaking albums!
I would add Dissection and Vektor. Both of them creating a very unique sound in my opinion
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A lot of great albums in there, nice idea and good list.
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Written by F3ynman on 16.02.2022 at 15:50

Awesome collection of groundbreaking albums!
I would add Dissection and Vektor. Both of them creating a very unique sound in my opinion

Thanks. There's Vektor in the list, Black Future grabbed my mind instantly when it was released, but I'm not too familiar with their other albums. I tried Dissection a couple times but couldn't get into it, might come back to it
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This is some very good list, with a huge variety of masterpieces spread across multiple genre's

And it's nice to see some appreciation for Frank Zappa in particular Hot Rats and Freak Out, and I'm glad to see Deep Purple In Rock here too, that was one of the first hard rock albums I listened to, and it still holds a very significant place in my favourite albums.
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Written by Ansercanagicus on 16.02.2022 at 15:59

Thanks. There's Vektor in the list, Black Future grabbed my mind instantly when it was released, but I'm not too familiar with their other albums.

Check out Terminal Redux. It has an epic story and awesome technical guitar-work
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I feel like Tiamat, Arcturus & Therion should be represented here. Nice list though!
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End of Evangelion <3
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Written by ZeroTheHero on 19.05.2022 at 15:53

I feel like Tiamat, Arcturus & Therion should be represented here. Nice list though!

I'm not really into gothic... I never understood the hype around Therion, and Tiamat I never could get into... Arcturus sounds intersting to me though, I should delve into it
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Good list
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