1.Equilibrium - Sagas

2.Forefather - Steadfast

3.Machinae Supremacy - Overworld

4.Opeth - Watershed

5.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

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Personally I find Black Metal to be a very difficult genre to get into, hence the meager length of my list which contains all the albums I've really enjoyed to date, in no order. Recommendations are most welcome, nay required!

Note: Be sure to let me know if any of these aren't actually Black Metal

1.Potentiam - Bálsýn

2.Grabnebelfürsten - Dynastie Oder Wie Man Herrschaft Definert

3.Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice

4.Sigh - Hangman's Hymn- Musikalische Exequien

5.Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape

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'08 was great metal year for me, so here is list of those bands which are guilty for that

1.Judas Priest - Nostradamus

2.Metallica - Death Magnetic

3.Sabaton - The Art Of War

4.Eluveitie - Slania

5.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

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Okay guys the countdown is really not a countdown, as in they aren't in any specific order.
PS: I'm sure I forgot some albums, so I might edit this list later on.

1.Lair Of The Minotaur - War Metal Battle Master

2.Saattue - Jäähyvästi

3.Isole - Bliss Of Solitude

4.Forefather - Steadfast

5.Grand Magus - Iron Will

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I havnt been into metal all that long...so this is a good chuck of the metal albums i own...though ive heard many, many more....these are all albums ive spent a lot of time with (or soon will). I tried to stay away from multiple albums by an artist, but a few exceptions were made hehe.

1.!T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)

2.3 Inches Of Blood - Here Waits Thy Doom

3.Absu - Tara

4.ADX - Division Blindée

5.Agalloch - The Mantle

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Only 1 album per band;
Rating:
1.-8.: 10
9.-32.: 9
33.-50.: 8

1.Subway To Sally - Herzblut

2.Skyclad - The Silent Whales Of Lunar Sea

3.Agalloch - The Mantle

4.Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields

5.Vicious Crusade - Forbidden Tunes

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