Here they are, in order of year, and order of personal preference within each year. My utterly favourite songs from pre-1980 classics, rendered in my never-really-humble opinion, as everything should be.

Yes,…

1.Deep Purple - Shades Of Deep Purple

2.Neil Young - Neil Young

3.Jethro Tull - This Was

4.Cream - Wheels of Fire

5.The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland

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It is standard that albums contain several different songs that are separated by distinct track markers. Sometimes, these songs may contribute to one story, which is the case on concept albums. The next,…

1.Abruptum - In Umbra Malitae Ambulabo, In Aeternum In Triumpho Tenebrarum

2.Abruptum - Vi Sonus Veris Nigrae Malitiaes

3.Agalloch - Faustian Echoes

4.Alkerdeel - Dyodyo Asema [Collaboration]

5.Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper

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Thought I ought to have at least one little list here, so in a rare display of lack of creativity, here's a bunch of 9s and 10s that will likely never get old, though I might. "666" is obviously only a…

1.Tiamat - A Deeper Kind Of Slumber

2.King Crimson - Red

3.Cult Of Luna - Vertikal

4.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

5.Die Apokalyptischen Reiter - All You Need Is Love

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those are the albums i love the most. I had to force myself to limit the list anyway and to show just one record for every band…

1.Rush - Moving Pictures

2.Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon

3.The Who - Who's Next

4.Porcupine Tree - In Absentia

5.Kingcrow - Phlegethon

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

2.Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant

3.Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick

4.Dream Theater - Images And Words

5.Opeth - Orchid

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A good many of these also had promo videos. If you've got a[n in]decent sense of humour I'd like to point out http://www.metalstorm.net/bands/videos.php?band_id=116 (Bark) and http://www.metalstorm.net/bands/videos.php?band_id=383…

1.Aoife Ní Fhearraigh with choral accompaniment - Metal Gear Solid

2.Bush - Golden State

3.Cathedral - Hopkins

4.Dio - We Rock

5.Glen Hansard - Drive All Night

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It Is Only Sound That Remains... (Forough Farrokhzad The Legendary Poet)…

1.Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here

2.Anathema - Weather Systems

3.Anathema - Distant Satellites

4.Anathema - The Optimist

5.At The Gates - At War With Reality

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