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.Strapping Young Lad - City

2.October Tide - Rain Without End

3.Helmet - Aftertaste

4.Dawnbringer - Unbleed

5.Deströyer 666 - Unchain The Wolves

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Main criterias:
How much I love it(obviously)
Songwritting
Importance and originality
Consistency and diversity (consistency is more importance, but diversity can make a difference)
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1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

4.Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

5.Slayer - Haunting The Chapel

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1.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

2.Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields

3.Saturnus - Paradise Belongs To You

4.Opeth - Still Life

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

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1.Rammstein - Rosenrot

2.Rammstein - Reise, Reise

3.Rammstein - Mutter

4.Rammstein - Sehnsucht

5.Rammstein - Rammstein

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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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Poser alert!
Yep, they made the list...
I’m not sorry lol.

Plus my top three favourite tracks from each release. \m/

Honourable mentions:
The Gathering - Nighttime Birds (Gothic)
Electric…

1.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

2.Deströyer 666 - Unchain The Wolves

3.Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale

4.Stratovarius - Visions

5.Dominion - Blackout

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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.Dark Tranquillity - The Mind's I

2.In Flames - Whoracle

3.Machine Head - The More Things Change...

4.Rammstein - Sehnsucht

5.Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

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These are my favorite 25 albums, not really in any particular order. They are favorites due to the fact I at least like every song on the album, and there are at least three songs on the album that I love.

1.Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

2.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

3.Cradle Of Filth - Midian

4.Black Sabbath - Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath

5.Cradle Of Filth - The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh

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Some bad ass stuff on this list. Decent year overall.

1.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

2.Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

3.In Flames - Whoracle

4.Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields

5.Rhapsody - Legendary Tales

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