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

1.Amon Amarth - Jomsviking

2.Qrixkuor - Poison Palinopsia

3.Skepticism - Ordeal

4.Funeral Mist - Devilry

5.Zeal & Ardor - Zeal And Ardor

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my ranking of the Big 4s Full-Length albums
Near the bottom , the rankings get a bit more 'interchangeable' because I can't be bothered to specifically discern the difference between turd flavors

1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

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

4.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

5.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

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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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Ratings go from:

WORSHIP ❤️❤️❤️: Absolute greatness, a mindblowing album.
LOVE ❤️❤️🖤: Amazing release with very few flaws.
LIKE ❤️🖤🖤: Enjoyable but far from perfect.
DISLIKE 💔: Not very good or maybe not fitting my tastes.

I've decided to stop rating albums with a numerical value as I tend to feel uncomfortable with that. This list has a minimalistic, subjective and visceral approach, based purely on sensations and personal tastes. Mainly for personal use and doesn't pretend to be a serious ranking, but emerges from the need to remember which bands and albums I enjoyed and the ones I disliked. I constantly revisit new releases so first impressions may change over time. It usually takes 8-10 spins for me to get completely sure of a rating.

1.Æther Realm - Tarot

2.Abhoria - Abhoria

3.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops

4.Agrypnie - Metamorphosis

5.Allegaeon - Fragments Of Form And Function

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A personal list of non favorite metal songs, some better than others…
A bad song is the one I like the least and a great song is the one I love.
Beethoven

1.Hear 'n Aid - Stars

2.Black Sabbath - Never Say Die!

3.Metallica - Re-Load

4.Judas Priest - Ram It Down

5.Helloween - Pink Bubbles Go Ape

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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.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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Time has moved on and so has my taste. There is music I didn't listen to back then but also albums I still love even though I don't listen to them as much anymore.

1.Agalloch - The Mantle

2.Aquilus - Cloak Of Autumn Shroud

3.Aquilus - Griseus

4.Babymetal - Metal Resistance

5.Babymetal - Metal Galaxy

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1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

3.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

4.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

5.Metallica - Metallica

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1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Metallica - Metallica

3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

4.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

5.Metallica - Re-Load

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1.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

2.Iron Maiden - Killers

3.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

4.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

5.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

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Like my other genre-based lists, this exists purely for my own organizational purposes and not to provide a definitive statement about or guidebook to the thrash genre. I've folded some speed metal and other occasional outliers into this list, maybe a few not-so-thrash albums by otherwise-thrash bands, since they're close enough and I wasn't going to make a separate list.

1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.Gama Bomb - Citizen Brain

3.Cross Examination - Menace II Sobriety

4.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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1.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

4.Metallica - Metallica

5.Metallica - Death Magnetic

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My personal rankings of Metallica's studio albums.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

4.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

5.Metallica - Metallica

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1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Metallica - Metallica

3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

4.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

5.Metallica - Hardwired?To Self-Destruct

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