1.Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory

2.Slipknot - Iowa

3.Summoning - Stronghold

4.Summoning - Minas Morgul

5.Bathory - Hammerheart

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1.Agalloch - Pale Folklore

2.Agalloch - The Mantle

3.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

5.Ahab - The Boats Of The Glen Carrig

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1.My Dying Bride - The Angel And The Dark River

2.Moonspell - Wolfheart

3.Death - Symbolic

4.Machine Head - Burn My Eyes

5.Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia

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1.Amon Amarth - Versus The World

2.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

3.Anathema - The Silent Enigma

4.Arch Enemy - Burning Bridges

5.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

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1.Amorphis - Elegy

2.Amorphis - Am Universum

3.Amorphis - Silent Waters

4.Amorphis - Skyforger

5.Amorphis - The Karelian Isthmus

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Bunch of classics this year.

1.Dream Theater - Awake

2.Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse

3.Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss

4.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

5.Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas

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1.Novembre - Wish I Could Dream It Again

2.Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness

3.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

4.Novembre - Arte Novecento

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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1.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops

2.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

3.An Abstract Illusion - Woe

4.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach

5.Coroner - No More Color

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My own top 230 essential metal albums sorted in alphabetical order by band name.

1.1349 - Beyond The Apocalypse

2.1349 - The Infernal Pathway

3.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations

4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

5.Amon Amarth - Once Sent From The Golden Hall

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1.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

2.Enslaved - Frost

3.Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

4.Tiamat - Wildhoney

5.Dream Theater - Awake

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Here’s my list of best finnish metal albums of all time. Hopefully you can find some more music you like based on this list. I have listed only one album per band. Most of these bands have a lot more good…

1.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

2.Mokoma - Kuoleman Laulukunnaat

3.Kotiteollisuus - Kuolleen Kukan Nimi

4.Nightwish - Century Child

5.Insomnium - In The Halls Of Awaiting

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Alphabetical Order. Categorized as OSBM based on the year of release and/or style of the music. Some minor gray area albums included.

1.Aeternus - Beyond The Wandering Moon

2.Amorphis - The Karelian Isthmus

3.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

4.Autopsy - Mental Funeral

5.Baphomet - The Dead Shall Inherit

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These are the albums with the highest possible ratings on my list. Some were rated based on an emotional reaction after just one listen, but these are my favorite albums for the most part. I'm also…

1.1833 AD - My Dark Symphony

2.1914 - The Blind Leading The Blind

3.Akhlys - Melinoë

4.Amorphis - The Karelian Isthmus

5.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

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i like it…

1.Bolt Thrower - The IVth Crusade

2.Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory

3.Bolt Thrower - Warmaster

4.Bolt Thrower - Realm Of Chaos

5.Bolt Thrower - Mercenary

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1.Malevolent Creation - The Ten Commandments

2.Malevolent Creation - Retribution

3.Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence

4.Death - Scream Bloody Gore

5.Death - Leprosy

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