Here's my AotY for each year from 1970, with a runner up (or two) following.
Pink Floyd and Yes aren't here, King Crimson is, so I'll include King Crimson…

1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

2.Deep Purple - In Rock

3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

4.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

5.Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards

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In progress top 300 albums in alphabetical order…

1.A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms

2.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops

3.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations

4.Acid Witch - Stoned

5.Acid Witch - Evil Sound Screamers

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Right... Let's get this out of the way from the get-go. Alternative metal is hard to define. I guess that comes from it always wanting to experiment, explore and fuse heavy metal with non-metal music…

1.Living Colour - Vivid

2.Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking

3.Faith No More - The Real Thing

4.Godflesh - Streetcleaner

5.L7 - Smell The Magic

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Great Songs on the 4 Strings, Classic songs… Remember from the rehearsal of your band, when the guy on the bass start to move the fingers on that song? Well this is a tribute to that moment and a tribute…

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Tool - Lateralus

3.Rush - Moving Pictures

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

5.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

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The MS top 200 is supposed to represent the absolute peak of metal music, the timeless classics. I have been listening to metal for about 6 years now and would consider myself fairly knowledgeable about…

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3.W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol

4.Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die

5.Ensiferum - Ensiferum

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A list of my favorite album covers…

1.Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion

2.Mercyful Fate - Melissa

3.Slayer - Reign In Blood

4.Motörhead - Motörhead

5.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

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So … you want a start listen Metal and you don’t know how to start? Then this list is for you.

1.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3.Saxon - Denim And Leather

4.Rush - 2112

5.Van Halen - 1984

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1 album per band per subgenre
work in progress, updating as I go through the song-by-song ratings on RateYourMusic.com
I will typically update my black metal faves - https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6924
and…

1.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

2.King Diamond - Abigail

3.Voivod - Dimension Hatröss

4.Mastodon - Crack The Skye

5.Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris

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A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

1992, was another great year the biggest surprise for me from this year was the amount…

1.Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine

2.Dream Theater - Images And Words

3.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

4.Alice In Chains - Dirt

5.W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol

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1.Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power

2.Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction

3.Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer

4.Alice In Chains - Dirt

5.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

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(Easiest choice for number one so far)

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

Honourable mentions:
Deicide - Legion (Death)
Candlemass - Chapter VI (Doom)
Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction…

1.Alice In Chains - Dirt

2.Ministry - ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ

3.Obituary - The End Complete

4.Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine

5.Holy Moses - Reborn Dogs

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1.Opeth - Still Life

2.Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down

3.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

4.In Flames - Whoracle

5.Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse

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An ongoing list for personal use as well as for reference for beginners (& veterans alike). This is solely my personal opinion and taste (Death & Prog mostly but do give every genre a try). Basically…

1.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

2.King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King

3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III

4.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

5.Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself

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Must Listen: The First 7…

1.Dream Theater - Images And Words

2.Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark

3.W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol

4.Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction

5.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

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Just some of my favorite records of all time. Not really in a particular order besides maybe some of the first few.

1.Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

2.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

4.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

5.Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power

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