*** READ ME *** This list is about the greatest metal albums of all-time, from all sub-genres and all countries. You won't see bands like Deep Purple, Rush, BOC, Zeppelin, etc., nor will you see bands…

1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Death - Symbolic

5.Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath

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Moves up and down depending on mood, but top 25-30 usually the same in varying order…

1.Sylosis - Conclusion Of An Age

2.Machine Head - The Blackening

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

4.Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth

5.In Flames - The Jester Race

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Overhauled as of May 10th, 2012! Top 5 favorite non-metal albums featured at the bottom.

This is a much improved (and more recently accurate) reworking of my previous favorite albums list, with a few…

1.Crimson Glory - Transcendence

2.Anubis Gate - The Detached

3.Artillery - By Inheritance

4.Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory

5.Metal Church - Hanging In The Balance

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Best of progressive/avant-garde metal by me…

1.Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine: Biomech

2.Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

3.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

4.Tiamat - Wildhoney

5.Gojira - From Mars To Sirius

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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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1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

2.Amon Amarth - Once Sent From The Golden Hall

3.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

4.Angizia - Das Schachbrett Des Trommelbuben Zacharias

5.Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

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Pretty nice year, some absolutely outstanding albums.

1.Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum

2.Opeth - Morningrise

3.Cradle Of Filth - Dusk... And Her Embrace

4.In Flames - The Jester Race

5.Devil Doll - Dies Irae

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Not really sure about the order at all 1 album per band.

1.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

2.Opeth - Still Life

3.Flesh Of The Stars - Mercy

4.Pallbearer - Heartless

5.SubRosa - For This We Fought The Battle Of Ages

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1.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

2.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

3.Meshuggah - Nothing

4.Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane

5.Nocturnus - The Key

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In no particular order. Will be expanding as I listen to more albums. Only one album per band, be sure to check the rest of the discography by yourself.

1.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

2.System Of A Down - System Of A Down

3.Ulver - Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr I 5 Capitler

4.Anacrusis - Manic Impressions

5.Death - Symbolic

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After 15 years of listening to metal this is my current top 15 albums.

1.Opeth - Blackwater Park

2.Bloodbath - Resurrection Through Carnage

3.Agalloch - The Mantle

4.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

5.Devin Townsend - Ziltoid The Omniscient

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1.Symphony X - Paradise Lost

2.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

3.Dream Theater - Train Of Thought

4.Dream Theater - Octavarium

5.Opeth - Blackwater Park

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These are my top ten albums of all time. I realize that A Diamond for Disease is an EP, but I don't care, it's going on the list.

1.Kalisia - Cybion

2.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

3.Arsis - A Diamond For Disease

4.Opeth - Blackwater Park

5.Carcass - Heartwork

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Overall year rating:
4,5/5…

1.Opeth - Morningrise

2.Katatonia - Brave Murder Day

3.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

4.Tool - Ænima

5.Moonspell - Irreligious

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Limited to only those albums featured on Metal Storm.

[In suggested order of immersion and exposure]…

1.Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick

2.Rush - Moving Pictures

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

4.Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane

5.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

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