This list is my top 100 played albums ordered by the number of "scrobbles" since 2013 according to last.fm, if you also have a last.fm account, don't hesitate to follow me.
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1. Slayer - Reign In Blood

2. W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.

3. W.A.S.P. - The Headless Children

4. Kreator - Enemy Of God

5. Iced Earth - The Dark Saga

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1. At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

2. Gojira - From Mars To Sirius

3. Behemoth - The Satanist

4. Mgła - Exercises In Futility

5. Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter

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1. Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes

2. Virgin Steele - Invictus

3. Nightwish - Oceanborn

4. Amon Amarth - Once Sent From The Golden Hall

5. Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

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1. System Of A Down - Toxicity

2. Soen - Lotus

3. Tool - Lateralus

4. Faith No More - The Real Thing

5. Tool - Ænima

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I always assumed ‘98 was a Nu Metal year, after looking over it now I think this is the year of Power Metal! Top spot was super difficult to settle on...

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

Honourable mentions:
Marduk - Nightwing (Black)
Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes (Power/Thrash)

1. Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth

2. System Of A Down - System Of A Down

3. Nile - Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka

4. Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe

5. Korn - Follow The Leader

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The albums below is my definition of extreme metal music, regardless of their genre. Entire list is based only on my personal preferences in metal.
Rules:
1. One album per band
2. 305 groups/305 albums

1. In Flames - Clayman

2. Metallica - ...And Justice For All

3. Chimaira - Chimaira

4. Death - Symbolic

5. Testament - The New Order

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1. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

2. Rammstein - Mutter

3. Godflesh - Streetcleaner

4. Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park

5. Ministry - ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ

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Pretty straight-forward, these are my favourite industrial rock/metal albums I've heard to date. Limiting it to 3 albums per band.

1. Rammstein - Mutter

2. Rammstein - Reise Reise

3. Rammstein - Rosenrot

4. Static-X - Wisconsin Death Trip

5. Static-X - Shadow Zone

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1. Cradle Of Filth - Cruelty And The Beast

2. Death - The Sound of Perseverance

3. Therion - Vovin

4. Anathema - Alternative 4

5. Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals

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1. AC/DC - Back In Black

2. Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

4. Dio - Holy Diver

5. Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

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These are some of my all time favourite albums. Not really any order, just what came to mind first.

1. John Cougar Mellencamp - Nobody's Fool

2. Ac/Dc - Back In Black

3. Anthrax - Attack Of The Killer B's

4. Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe

5. Shadows Fall - The Art Of Balance

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Metal albums of all things techy, futuristic, distorted, synthetic and artificial of the industrial nature.
Includes some single tracks and full albums from YouTube.
Recommendations/suggestions are welcome and one album per band.

1. 2 Times Terror - Equals One Sudden Death

2. ...And Oceans - Allotropic/Metamorphic Genesis Of Dismorphism (A.M.G.O.D.)

3. Aborym - With No Human Intervention

4. Atrophia Red Sun - Twisted Logic

5. Black Comedy - Instigator

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1. Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes

2. Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse

3. Fear Factory - Obsolete

4. Arch Enemy - Stigmata

5. Moonspell - Sin / Pecado

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1. The Gathering - How To Measure A Planet?

2. Cradle Of Filth - Cruelty And The Beast

3. Theatre Of Tragedy - Aégis

4. The Sins Of Thy Beloved - Lake Of Sorrow

5. Therion - Vovin

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1. Opeth - Still Life

2. Paradise Lost - Gothic

3. Testament - The Gathering

4. Metallica - Master Of Puppets

5. Megadeth - Rust In Peace

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