One of the worst year in history of heavy metal music.

1.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

2.Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction

3.Rage - Trapped

4.Mezarkabul - Trail Blazer

5.Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark

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

2.W.A.S.P. - The Headless Children

3.W.A.S.P. - The Last Command

4.W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.

5.W.A.S.P. - Dominator

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Compilation of many Hard Rock or Metal Ballads I've heard. Bands and Albums are ordered by name alphabetically.

1.Accept - Balls To The Wall

2.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

3.Accept - Eat The Heat

4.Adagio - Underworld

5.Aerosmith - Aerosmith

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1.Dream Theater - Train Of Thought

2.Psychotic Waltz - Bleeding

3.Dream Theater - Awake

4.Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction

5.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

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1.Warning - Watching From A Distance

2.Aquilus - Griseus

3.King Diamond - Abigail

4.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

5.Candlemass - Nightfall

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This is a guide list to some of the greatest voices in the history of rock & metal music, ranked in alphabetical order, by singer's name. I know that there are many more great singers/vocalists out there and that some really good singers were left out of this list.

The criteria by which the following singers were selected are:
1. Anything regarding the voice and the vocal performance (voice quality, technique, range, originality, creativity, etc.)
2. Influence - effect (if a singer has been an influence on other singers or a musical genre)
3. My personal taste

The form of the list is "Band - Trademark Album For The Singer"
"Name of the singer" (Bands he/she has joined)

1.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans

2.Primordial - To The Nameless Dead

3.Watchtower - Control And Resistance

4.Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies

5.Evanescence - Fallen

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My other lists:
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So I Heard You Like Opeth...

A concise list of my metalhead man-crushes (now featuring ladies.)

While there is little introduction required for some of these bands and their front(wo)men, there are no words that can accurately describe such jaw-dropping talent anyhow. The albums and youtube links listed are meant to display the full capacity of vocalists' talents, not the bands' most quality or popular tracks - click the links below and behold the prowess.

1.Abstrakt Algebra - Abstrakt Algebra

2.Adagio - Underworld

3.Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone

4.Amorphis - Silent Waters

5.Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas

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1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Metallica - Metallica

4.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

5.Paradise Lost - Draconian Times

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A cross selection of Thrash, Old School, Progressive, Power and Hair Metal.

1.Five Finger Death Punch - The Way Of The Fist

2.Overkill - The Years Of Decay

3.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

4.AC/DC - Back In Black

5.Crimson Glory - Transcendence

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RANKING CRITERIA :

- Originality
- Songwriting
- Performance

Neither popularity among fans nor commercial success (or unsuccess) of the albums were taken into account in this selection.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

4.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

5.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

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1.Death - Human

2.Opeth - Still Life

3.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

4.Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream

5.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

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1.Dream Theater - Images And Words

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

3.AC/DC - Live

4.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

5.Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark

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The choice of the albums was made according to aesthetic criteria, taking into account only the musical merits of the recordings. Neither the popularity among the fans nor the commercial success (or unsuccess) of the albums were taken into account in the selection.

1.Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

4.Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

5.Death - Symbolic

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The best ballads in the history of Metal. Of course, all these bands and other bands have really good ballads but this list shows the very best, handpicked by me. In alphabetical order by bands name to make the list less chaotic and not by order of preference.

1.Accept - Eat The Heat

2.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

3.Adagio - Underworld

4.Aerosmith - Aerosmith

5.Allen/Lande - The Battle

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Weird year. The top 3 are without a doubt some of the best albums ever made. The rest is mostly good, some great. But I have to say there's a lot of overrated albums on the list.

1.Dream Theater - Images And Words

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

3.Devil Doll - Sacrilegium

4.Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction

5.Burzum - Burzum

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