After seeing Guib's great list (go check it out) , I wanted to create my own lineup of albums that really hit the spot for me. I'm all about heavy guitars mixed with symphonic elements/melodies.

1.The Faceless - Akeldama

2.Born Of Osiris - The Discovery

3.Northlane - Singularity

4.Aversions Crown - Tyrant

5.Rings Of Saturn - Lugal Ki En

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1.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

2.Death - Leprosy

3.Decapitated - Winds Of Creation

4.Cryptopsy - None So Vile

5.Nile - Amongst The Catacombs Of Nephren-Ka

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This is a list of all the death metal albums I have listened to that I thought were at all worth remembering. Like my other genre lists, this is just a record of my own listening experience that I use…

1.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

2.Death - Symbolic

3.At The Gates - With Fear I Kiss The Burning Darkness

4.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

5.Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

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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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This is a list of deathcore albums I think positively about. Meaning I include both stuff I think of as enjoyable and stuff I consider to be brilliant music. Order is alphabetical, also only one album…

1.Aegaeon - Being

2.The Acacia Strain - 3750

3.After The Burial - Rareform

4.All Shall Perish - The Price Of Existence

5.Animosity - Empires

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Lots of genres, not repeating any Band (except Therion, but with 3 different styles). You cannot go wrong with this list, some nice Starts to any kind of Metal.
The list is sorted by year, but has not…

1.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

2.Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

3.Therion - Symphony Masses - Ho Drakon Ho Megas

4.Cynic - Focus

5.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

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Progressive Metal/Rock is my main music, but you can't ignore the beauty in other genres.

1.Orphaned Land - The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR

2.Opeth - Damnation

3.Porcupine Tree - The Incident

4.Porcupine Tree - In Absentia

5.Tool - 10,000 Days

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1.Nocturnus - The Key

2.Spawn Of Possession - Noctambulant

3.Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked

4.Illogicist - The Insight Eye

5.Origin - Antithesis

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1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

2.Spawn Of Possession - Noctambulant

3.Mastodon - Blood Mountain

4.Insomnium - Above The Weeping World

5.Isis - In The Absence Of Truth

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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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