I feel like my overall favorites list is getting too long. I'm splitting it up by rating.

1.Thy Catafalque - Meta

2.Sepulcros - Vazio

3.Kassad - Faces Turn Away

4.Nibiru - Anamorphosis

5.Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings

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1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2.Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?

3.Slayer - Reign In Blood

4.Pantera - Far Beyond Driven

5.Strapping Young Lad - City

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Work in progress until a good foundation is made. No real order other than what pops in my head.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

3.Slayer - Hell Awaits

4.Slayer - Reign In Blood

5.Slayer - South Of Heaven

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1.Metallica - Metallica

2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

3.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

4.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

5.Metallica - Garage Inc.

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

2.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

3.Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings

4.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

5.Wintersun - Time I

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These are my favorite metal albums of all time! To enter this list, the album must be out for at least a year, as I feel it gives me the time to really digest the record and fully comprehend its meaning.

1.Opeth - Blackwater Park

2.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

3.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

4.Sepultura - Beneath The Remains

5.Rivers Of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name

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1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Metallica - Live Shit: Binge & Purge

3.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

4.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

5.Metallica - Metallica

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1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

4.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

5.Metallica - Metallica

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1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

4.Exodus - Bonded By Blood

5.Flotsam & Jetsam - No Place For Disgrace

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This won't go well as I'm not sure if I could rank my favorites albums...

1.Beyond The Bridge - The Old Man And The Spirit

2.Anathema - Weather Systems

3.Dream Theater - Train Of Thought

4.Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica

5.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

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1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Megadeth - So Far, So Good... So What?

5.Whitesnake - Slip Of The Tongue

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1.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

3.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

4.Metallica - Metallica

5.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

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1.Destruction - Eternal Devastation

2.Slayer - Reign In Blood

3.Kreator - Pleasure To Kill

4.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

5.Exumer - Possessed By Fire

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I will be filling the gap years with more albums soon... :3…

1.IDLES - Brutalism

2.Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

3.Ghost - Meliora

4.Septicflesh - Titan

5.Twenty One Pilots - Vessel

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1.System Of A Down - Toxicity

2.Nightwish - Once

3.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

4.Disturbed - Believe

5.Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

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