My favorite metal albums sorted alphabetically by band name and chronological by release date.

1.Æther Realm - Tarot

2.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations

3.Allegaeon - Proponent For Sentience

4.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

5.Amorphis - Silent Waters

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To add fuel to the fire of the "they'll never top their first album" rhetoric, here are all my favorite full length debuts in alphabetical order. Full lengths, not EPs.

1.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations

2.Aeternus - Beyond The Wandering Moon

3.Agruss - Morok

4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

5.Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde

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1.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

2.Kalmah - Swampsong

3.Static-X - Shadow Zone

4.Children Of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll

5.DragonForce - Valley Of The Damned

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1.Trivium - In Waves

2.Trivium - Vengeance Falls

3.Trivium - Shogun

4.Trivium - The Crusade

5.Trivium - Ascendancy

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1.Trivium - Shogun

2.Trivium - The Sin And The Sentence

3.Trivium - The Crusade

4.Trivium - Ascendancy

5.Trivium - Silence In The Snow

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1.Amon Amarth - Versus The World

2.Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death

3.Arch Enemy - Anthems Of Rebellion

4.Cradle Of Filth - Damnation And A Day

5.Stratovarius - Elements Part I

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----Currently Updating--- Just what I know from 2003, or atleast the albums I know front to back. Not as much metal from this year.(Ordered from Best to Worst)

1.Children Of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll

2.SikTh - The Trees Are Dead And Dried Out, Wait For Something Wild

3.Arch Enemy - Anthems Of Rebellion

4.Alien Ant Farm - Truant

5.Billy Talent - Billy Talent

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This is a list of bands featuring some of the best guitar work. This covers overall writing, riffs, grooves, and whatnot.
It isn't really in any particular order.

1.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

2.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

3.Leprous - Tall Poppy Syndrome

4.The Project Hate MCMXCIX - Hate, Dominate, Congregate, Eliminate

5.Animals As Leaders - Animals As Leaders

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A cross selection of Thrash, Old School, Progressive, Power and Hair Metal.

1.Five Finger Death Punch - The Way Of The Fist

2.Overkill - The Years Of Decay

3.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

4.AC/DC - Back In Black

5.Crimson Glory - Transcendence

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1.Children Of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll

2.Evanescence - Fallen

3.Rage - Soundchaser

4.Reverend Bizarre - Harbinger Of Metal

5.Before The Dawn - My Darkness

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1.Trivium - Shogun

2.Avenged Sevenfold - Waking The Fallen

3.All That Remains - Overcome

4.Children Of Bodom - Blooddrunk

5.Avenged Sevenfold - Sounding The Seventh Trumpet

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