1.Machine Head - Through The Ashes Of Empires

2.Machine Head - The Blackening

3.Machine Head - Burn My Eyes

4.Machine Head - The More Things Change...

5.Machine Head - Unto The Locust

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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.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

2.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson II

3.The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium

4.Windir - Likferd

5.Opeth - Damnation

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Happy Solstice or whatever you people celebrate! Starting the year with a pretty Black Metal-heavy list.

Plus my top three favourite tracks from each release. \m/

Honourable mentions:
Moonspell - The…

1.Watain - Casus Luciferi

2.Funeral Mist - Salvation

3.Machine Head - Through The Ashes Of Empires

4.Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God

5.Kamelot - Epica

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Must Listen: All…

1.Masterplan - Masterplan

2.Kamelot - Epica

3.Evanescence - Fallen

4.Katatonia - Viva Emptiness

5.Deadsoul Tribe - A Murder Of Crows

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I discovered metal with Machine Head - No shame - with their very infamous Supercharger... Oh yes.

It is crap, sure, but it holds an important place for me as my first (and we are not always proud…

1.Machine Head - Through The Ashes Of Empires

2.Machine Head - Burn My Eyes

3.Machine Head - The Blackening

4.Machine Head - The More Things Change...

5.Machine Head - Øf Kingdøm And Crøwn

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Metal albums that blow me away every time I hear them. Loosely ordered... list gets less organized as it goes on. My favorite song from each album is included.

1.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

2.Faith No More - Angel Dust

3.Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence

4.Tool - Ænima

5.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

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Metal albums (and yes, I consider metalcore to be metal) that rocked my world, with maximum 2 albums per band sorted by bands in alphabetic order. Live, EP and compilation albums allowed, also including…

1.Alabama Thunderpussy - Open Fire

2.Alice In Chains - Dirt

3.All That Remains - The Fall Of Ideals

4.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

5.Annihilator - Alice In Hell

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1.Cradle Of Filth - Nymphetamine

2.Nightwish - Once

3.Wintersun - Wintersun

4.Kataklysm - Serenity In Fire

5.Machine Head - Through The Ashes Of Empires

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1.Katatonia - Viva Emptiness

2.The Haunted - One Kill Wonder

3.Epica - The Phantom Agony

4.Soilwork - Figure Number Five

5.Moonspell - The Antidote

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From last.fm (27.07.12)…

1.Dream Theater - Train Of Thought

2.Machine Head - Unto The Locust

3.Machine Head - The Blackening

4.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

5.Machine Head - Through The Ashes Of Empires

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Smooth as a babe's bottom on a well oiled judas chair.

1.Pantera - Far Beyond Driven

2.Strapping Young Lad - Alien

3.Reverence - The Asthenic Ascension

4.Meshuggah - Contradictions Collapse

5.Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill

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Metal / Rock / Instrumental / Etc...

1.Fanisk - Noontide

2.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach

3.Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

4.

5.Anathema - A Moment In Time

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1.The Gathering - Souvenirs

2.Epica - The Phantom Agony

3.Draconian - Where Lovers Mourn

4.Tiamat - Prey

5.Illnath - Cast Into Fields Of Evil Pleasure

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1.Masterplan - Masterplan

2.Soilwork - Figure Number Five

3.Astral Doors - Of The Son And The Father

4.Machine Head - Through The Ashes Of Empires

5.Katatonia - Viva Emptiness

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