In no order, just the my favorite of that decade.

1.Swallow The Sun - The Morning Never Came

2.Equilibrium - Sagas

3.The Defaced - Karma In Black

4.Susperia - Vindication

5.Masterplan - Aeronautics

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This list is list of my favorite albums in last 30+ year,limited to one album per year.
*Years marked with ? means that i have not decided what album to put there.
**Also there were so much good albums from '84 and '94 that i like but that is theme for another list.

1.Darkthrone - The Underground Resistance

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3.Crysalys - The Awakening Of Gaia

4.Darkthrone - Circle The Wagons

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1.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

2.Arch Enemy - Rise Of The Tyrant

3.Arch Enemy - Wages Of Sin

4.Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery

5.In Flames - Colony

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My eternal favorites... in no particular order.....

1.Death - Human

2.Arch Enemy - Wages Of Sin

3.Satyricon - Now, Diabolical

4.Judas Iscariot - To Embrace The Corpses Bleeding

5.Mayhem - Ordo Ad Chao

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This list will be constantly updated for I'm always discovering good things that can easily be the soundtrack of my life for many years

1.Epica - The Phantom Agony

2.Epica - The Quantum Enigma

3.Tristania - Widow's Weeds

4.Tristania - Beyond The Veil

5.Arch Enemy - Anthems Of Rebellion

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1.Arch Enemy - Wages Of Sin

2.Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine

3.Arch Enemy - Anthems Of Rebellion

4.Arch Enemy - Burning Bridges

5.Arch Enemy - Khaos Legions

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1.Afgrund - Vid Helvetets Grindar

2.After Forever - After Forever

3.Agalloch - The Mantle

4.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

5.Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde

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1.System Of A Down - Toxicity

2.Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia

3.Therion - Secret Of The Runes

4.Arch Enemy - Wages Of Sin

5.Fear Factory - Digimortal

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1.Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia

2.Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta

3.After Forever - Decipher

4.Finntroll - Jaktens Tid

5.Arch Enemy - Wages Of Sin

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This is the list of band that covering Iron Maiden Songs.
ALPHABETICAL

1.Absu - Mythological Occult Metal: 1991-2001

2.Acheron - Tribute To The Devil's Music

3.Acid Drinkers - Fishdick Zwei - The Dick Is Rising Again

4.After Forever - Exordium

5.Altar - Until Heaven Forbids

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1.Novembre - Wish I Could Dream It Again

2.Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness

3.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

4.Novembre - Arte Novecento

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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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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Limiting my picks to one album per band (otherwise it would have been a much larger list), here are my top 50 favorite metal albums of all time including my favorite track for each album:

1.Stratovarius - Episode

2.Angra - Angels Cry

3.Helloween - Better Than Raw

4.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

5.Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark

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This list shows only my preferences in metal. These albums are not necessarily the best of the bands written by, but I return to them again and again. In my opinion, all this masterpieces confirm the variety and greatness of metal music.
Rules:
1. One album per band.
2. Ordered from highest position (top) to lowest (bottom).
3. No heavy, power, doom, gothic, sludge/stoner albums.

1.Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper

2.Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia

3.In Flames - Clayman

4.Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos

5.Gojira - From Mars To Sirius

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1.Opeth - Blackwater Park

2.Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta

3.Windir - 1184

4.My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours

5.Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape

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