1.Epica - The Divine Conspiracy

2.Moonspell - Under Satanæ

3.Therion - Gothic Kabbalah

4.Samael - Solar Soul

5.Amorphis - Silent Waters

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1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

2.Motörhead - Overkill

3.Týr - Ragnarok

4.Kamelot - The Black Halo

5.Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman

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1.Metallica - Lulu

2.Burzum - Filosofem

3.Metallica - St. Anger

4.Slayer - Undisputed Attitude

5.Sepultura - Nation

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1.Avantasia - The Wicked Symphony

2.Nightwish - Dark Passion Play

3.Rhapsody Of Fire - The Frozen Tears Of Angels

4.Mägo De Oz - Gaia III - Atlantia

5.Saurom - Maryam

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1.Nightwish - Oceanborn

2.Nightwish - Century Child

3.Nightwish - Once

4.Nightwish - Dark Passion Play

5.Nightwish - Wishmaster

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1.Still Remains - The Serpent

2.Delain - Lucidity

3.Bleeding Through - The Truth

4.In Flames - Reroute To Remain

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

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I really don't care if you hate Nightwish or Metallica or any of the bands I like, because metal is supposed to be about being different!…

1.Kamelot - The Black Halo

2.Motörhead - Overkill

3.Bathory - Hammerheart

4.Metallica - ReLoad

5.Týr - Ragnarok

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1.After Forever - Decipher

2.Battlelore - The Last Alliance

3.Beautiful Sin - The Unexpected

4.Blackmore's Night - Shadow Of The Moon

5.Crimfall - As The Path Unfolds...

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1.Nightwish - Dark Passion Play

2.Avantasia - The Wicked Symphony

3.Eluveitie - Everything Remains As It Never Was

4.Haggard - Eppur Si Muove

5.Epica - Design Your Universe

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Not nessecary my current favourites, but these are the albums that had a great impact on me or had opened up new horizons in different sub-genres. Most of these would be pretty recent and mainstream but…

1.Within Temptation - The Heart Of Everything

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Nightwish - Dark Passion Play

4.To-Mera - Transcendental

5.Kamelot - Ghost Opera

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