1.Obituary - Cause Of Death

2.Deicide - Deicide

3.Entombed - Left Hand Path

4.Death - Leprosy

5.Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory

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I struggled to get into “pure” death metal when I first got into metal around 2005. Gradually over time I started listening to melodic death metal (Dark Tranquillity and In Flames) and progressive death…

1.Bloodbath - Nightmares Made Flesh

2.Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream

3.Pestilence - Consuming Impulse

4.Vomitory - Blood Rapture

5.Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris

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Great young blood full-length records made mostly by teens.

1.Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence

2.Possessed - Seven Churches

3.Cryptic Slaughter - Convicted

4.Sepultura - Morbid Visions

5.Kreator - Endless Pain

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My own top 230 essential metal albums sorted in alphabetical order by band name.

1.1349 - Beyond The Apocalypse

2.1349 - The Infernal Pathway

3.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations

4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

5.Amon Amarth - Once Sent From The Golden Hall

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1.Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream

2.Gorguts - Considered Dead

3.Death - Human

4.Paradise Lost - Gothic

5.Entombed - Clandestine

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Hey Folks! It’s me… Again!

I’m coming back once more to explore the depths of a genre that arguably did not begin where you all thought it did! Yeah yeah… Alright, maybe Left Hand Path, Necroticism:…

1.Entombed - Left Hand Path

2.Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious

3.Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream

4.At The Gates - The Red In The Sky Is Ours

5.Carcass - Heartwork

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Listed in alphabetical order
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1.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations

2.Aeternus - Beyond The Wandering Moon

3.Ahab - The Boats Of The Glen Carrig

4.Alcest - Les Voyages De L'âme

5.Amorphis - Silent Waters

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1.Death - Human

2.Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream

3.Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

4.Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious

5.Cynic - Focus

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This is my top albums (only with those where I gave 8 or more). I will update the list now and then…

1.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

4.Sepultura - Beneath The Remains

5.Opeth - Blackwater Park

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Almost all album titles fall in one of two categories: The album shares the title with one of its songs (the title track) or, alternatively, the album title is independent from the songs (no title track).

However,…

1.40 Watt Sun - Wider Than The Sky

2.A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays

3.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops

4.Agalloch - The Mantle

5.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

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Alphabetical Order. Categorized as OSBM based on the year of release and/or style of the music. Some minor gray area albums included.

1.Aeternus - Beyond The Wandering Moon

2.Amorphis - The Karelian Isthmus

3.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

4.Autopsy - Mental Funeral

5.Baphomet - The Dead Shall Inherit

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1.Judas Priest - Painkiller

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden

4.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

5.Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding

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The MS top 200 is supposed to represent the absolute peak of metal music, the timeless classics. I have been listening to metal for about 6 years now and would consider myself fairly knowledgeable about…

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

4.Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die

5.Ensiferum - Ensiferum

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i like it…

1.Bolt Thrower - The IVth Crusade

2.Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory

3.Bolt Thrower - Warmaster

4.Bolt Thrower - Realm Of Chaos

5.Bolt Thrower - Mercenary

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It is not uncommon that album titles are chosen after the band`s name. However, song titles that include or are identical to the band`s name are relatively seldom found.
This is an alphabetical list…

1.(hed) p.e. - Broke

2.71TONMAN - 71TONMAN

3.Ænigmatum - ÆNIGMATUM

4.Æther Realm - One Chosen By The Gods

5.A Feast For Lampreys - Graveyard Abyss

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