Top 50 of 2003

Only LPs.

Album count: 199
Average rating: 7.08…

1.Children Of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll

2.Opeth - Damnation

3.Septicflesh - Sumerian Daemons

4.Swallow The Sun - The Morning Never Came

5.Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon

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Well, here I put my personal top with which to me have been the best albums of 2003. They are not all they are, but if they all are.

1.The Black Dahlia Murder - Unhallowed

2.Chimaira - The Impossibility Of Reason

3.Machine Head - Through The Ashes Of Empires

4.Darkest Hour - Hidden Hands Of A Sadist Nation

5.Lamb Of God - As The Palaces Burn

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I've been listened to Black Metal since the late 2000s starting with Emperor and Dimmu Borgir. Since then, I've discover dozens of amazing bands thanks to MS and it has become one of my favourite…

1.Agalloch - The Mantle

2.Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle

3.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

4.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

5.Windir - 1184

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These songs make me think of times so old that none of us were there to experience them. The criteria for the inclusion of a song are so personal here that there's a high chance you think something…

1.Enslaved - Vikingligr Veldi

2.Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss

3.Satyricon - Dark Medieval Times

4.Windir - Arntor

5.Bathory - Hammerheart

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1.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

2.Riverside - Second Life Syndrome

3.Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane

4.Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet

5.Opeth - Blackwater Park

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A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

2003 may not have been that spical, but for me I think it was possibly one of the best…

1.Masterplan - Masterplan

2.Epica - The Phantom Agony

3.Lost Horizon - A Flame To The Ground Beneath

4.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

5.Swallow The Sun - The Morning Never Came

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1.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

2.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson II

3.The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium

4.Windir - Likferd

5.Opeth - Damnation

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* Updating this as I get around to doing song-by-song on RYM.
* 1 album per band
* limiting this to actual black metal releases, as opposed to releases by bands that were, at one time, black metal.
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1.Weakling - Dead As Dreams

2.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

3.Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum

4.Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle

5.Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi

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An ongoing list for personal use as well as for reference for beginners (& veterans alike). This is solely my personal opinion and taste (Death & Prog mostly but do give every genre a try). Basically…

1.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

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

3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III

4.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

5.Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself

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1.Windir - 1184

2.Enslaved - Isa

3.Keep Of Kalessin - Armada

4.Alcest - Écailles De Lune

5.Immortal - Sons Of Northern Darkness

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2005-2009 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5838
2010-2014 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5828
2015-2019 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6722

I…

1.Opeth - Blackwater Park

2.Agalloch - The Mantle

3.Tool - Lateralus

4.Wintersun - Wintersun

5.Ensiferum - Ensiferum

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I've been listening to Metal since 2005 and it has become my biggest passion in life. Rarely a day goes by where I don't listen to it in one form or another. The bands I listened to in my teens…

1.Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

2.Opeth - Blackwater Park

3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

4.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

5.Opeth - Still Life

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1.Cradle Of Filth - Damnation And A Day

2.Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon

3.Katatonia - Viva Emptiness

4.The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium

5.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

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Good musical pieces are those that initiate an emotional reaction or a subconscious shift of your subjective perception. The best music are those that elicit the most positive or dramatic of changes to…

1.Agalloch - The Mantle

2.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

3.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

4.Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

5.Atoma - Skylight

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These are the Must-Do's of Black and Death Metal. This list was made in no particular order.

1.Ruins - Spun Forth As Dark Nets

2.Origin - Informis Infinitas Inhumanitas

3.Odious Mortem - Cryptic Implosion

4.Cannibal Corpse - The Bleeding

5.Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse

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