I'm not the biggest fan of My Dying Bride but I listened to all of their albums so this is my ranking.

1.My Dying Bride - Songs Of Darkness, Words Of Light

2.My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours

3.My Dying Bride - The Light At The End Of The World

4.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans

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

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1.Opeth - Still Life

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

3.Dan Swanö - Moontower

4.Windir - Arntor

5.Dark Tranquillity - Projector

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This is my top albums (only with those where I gave 8 or more). I will update the list now and then.
Keep in mind that I've only been seriously listening to metal for a few years, and that it's…

1.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

4.Sepultura - Beneath The Remains

5.Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal

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Some stories, themes or concepts are presented not just in one single song but are split in separate tracks that (often) share the same title but are distinguished by a number of the corresponding part…

1.After Forever - Prison Of Desire

2.Agathodaimon - Higher Art Of Rebellion

3.Agathodaimon - Phoenix

4.Alestorm - Sunset On The Golden Age

5.Alestorm - Curse Of The Crystal Coconut

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A lot has already been said about the best album openers in metal. Not that much do we talk about abum closers though.
I guess for me the ending of an album is at least as important as its start.
I have…

1.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

2.Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings

3.Mercyful Fate - Melissa

4.Opeth - Morningrise

5.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

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Must Have: The First 14…

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

2.Anathema - Judgement

3.Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black

4.Amorphis - Tuonela

5.Crimson Glory - Astronomica

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Yes, I decided to do another gothic metal list because it been rapidly changing since my last two lists. I love revisiting this kind of list because of how different my tastes have changed withing this…

1.Anathema - Eternity

2.Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell

3.The Foreshadowing - Days Of Nothing

4.Monumentum - In Absentia Christi

5.Tiamat - Wildhoney

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1.Anathema - Judgement

2.Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter

3.Dimmu Borgir - Spiritual Black Dimensions

4.My Dying Bride - The Light At The End Of The World

5.Cradle Of Filth - From The Cradle To Enslave

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One album per band/artist, in order.

1.Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum

2.Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale

3.An Axis Of Perdition - Deleted Scenes From The Transition Hospital

4.Dødheimsgard - A Umbra Omega

5.Kayo Dot - Choirs Of The Eye

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Top down; full-length studio albums…

1.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans

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

3.My Dying Bride - Like Gods Of The Sun

4.My Dying Bride - The Light At The End Of The World

5.My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours

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Pretty self-explanatory, with a couple caveats: first, this is mostly just a list of my favorite metal bands in approximate order (after the top 10 or so the order matters far less), with extra weight…

1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

2.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

4.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

5.Slayer - Reign In Blood

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*** /\ UNDER CONSTRUCTION /\ *** READ ME *** List of the best metal vocalists across all subgenres. The album that best exhibits their vocals will represent them -- not necessarily the best album they…

1.King Diamond - Abigail

2.Judas Priest - Painkiller

3.Savatage - Gutter Ballet

4.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

5.Queensrÿche - Empire

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1.Dimmu Borgir - Spiritual Black Dimensions

2.Arch Enemy - Burning Bridges

3.Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter

4.Machine Head - The Burning Red

5.Gamma Ray - Power Plant

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1.Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum

2.Theatre Of Tragedy - Theatre Of Tragedy

3.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans

4.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

5.Anathema - The Silent Enigma

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An entirely subjective list of my all-time favourite metal albums, well lets better say albums/genres featured on MS, since not all here is precisely metal.
Objective quality is not a criteria here, just…

1.Anathema - The Silent Enigma

2.Opeth - Morningrise

3.Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum

4.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans

5.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

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