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Albums and EPs rated 8.6+ from 100+ votes which I've given an 8 or lower to.

I've listened to and rated every album on MS that meets this criteria (at time of most recent…

1.Anathema - Judgement

2.Paradise Lost - Draconian Times

3.Anathema - Alternative 4

4.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

5.Motörhead - Overkill

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Bruce Dickinsons solo career is a varied ride. He tried some different rock styles and did try to go in a different direction than his Maiden years, still he's best work is the albums that most resemble…

1.Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding

2.Bruce Dickinson - Accident Of Birth

3.Bruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project

4.Bruce Dickinson - Skunkworks

5.Bruce Dickinson - Tyranny Of Souls

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1.The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced

2.Deep Purple - The Book Of Taliesyn

3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

4.Deep Purple - In Rock

5.Deep Purple - Fireball

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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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Not *quite* as doomy of a list as the title implies. This is just my current playlist, since my preferences change this time of year.
Post Edit: Now that Bell Witch is on here...it *is* as doomy as the…

1.Kamelot - Silverthorn

2.Bell Witch - Self Titled

3.Wintersun - Time I

4.Watain - Lawless Darkness

5.Sunstorm - House Of Dreams

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1.Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy

2.Gamma Ray - Somewhere Out In Space

3.HammerFall - Glory To The Brave

4.Children Of Bodom - Something Wild

5.Stratovarius - Visions

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Must Have: The First 12…

1.Bruce Dickinson - Accident Of Birth

2.Conception - Flow

3.Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy

4.Megadeth - Cryptic Writings

5.Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade Of Gray

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1.Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark

2.Metallica - Metallica

3.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

4.Judas Priest - Painkiller

5.Annihilator - Set The World On Fire

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1.Bruce Dickinson - Accident Of Birth

2.Bruce Dickinson - Tyranny Of Souls

3.Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding

4.Bruce Dickinson - Balls To Picasso

5.Bruce Dickinson - Tattooed Millionaire

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1.Nokturnal Mortum - Goat Horns

2.Summoning - Dol Guldur

3.Bruce Dickinson - Accident Of Birth

4.Metallica - Re-Load

5.In Flames - Whoracle

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1.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II

2.Rush - Rush

3.Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine

4.AC/DC - The Razor's Edge

5.Alice In Chains - Alice In Chains

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1.Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

2.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

3.Vader - Black To The Blind

4.Ahret Dev - Hellish

5.Bruce Dickinson - Accident Of Birth

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1.Agent Steel - Unstoppable Force

2.Annihilator - Alice In Hell

3.Anthrax - Among The Living

4.Artillery - By Inheritance

5.Baphomet - The Dead Shall Inherit

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1.HammerFall - Glory To The Brave

2.Nightwish - Angels Fall First

3.Sinner - Judgement Day

4.White Skull - Embittered

5.Axel Rudi Pell - Magic

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1.Bruce Dickinson - Accident Of Birth

2.HammerFall - Glory To The Brave

3.Judas Priest - Jugulator

4.Rhapsody Of Fire - Legendary Tales

5.Savatage - The Wake Of Magellan

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