My own top 230 essential metal albums sorted in alphabetical order by band name.

1.1349 - Beyond The Apocalypse

2.1349 - The Infernal Pathway

3.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations

4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

5.Amon Amarth - Once Sent From The Golden Hall

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If you already checked my previous list (http://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=312) and are aware about most of the albums on that list then you might want other solid power metal albums to check…

1.Victorius - Dreamchaser

2.Dreamland - Future's Calling

3.Theocracy - As The World Bleeds

4.Serious Black - As Daylight Breaks

5.Mob Rules - Savage Land

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1.AC/DC - Back In Black

2.AC/DC - High Voltage

3.AC/DC - Highway To Hell

4.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

5.Allen/Lande - The Showdown

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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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1.Kobra And The Lotus - Kobra And The Lotus

2.Sinner - Danger Zone

3.Danzig - Danzig

4.Iced Earth - Dystopia

5.Pretty Maids - Pandemonium

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Since many of you felt annoyed by my previous list title I changed it and hopefully you will be ok with it.Power up everybody!!!…

1.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

3.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I

4.Riot - ThunderSteel

5.Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free

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1.Galneryus - Resurrection

2.Pathfinder - Beyond The Space, Beyond The Time

3.Opera Magna - Poe

4.Wuthering Heights - Salt

5.Machinae Supremacy - A View From The End Of The World

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Again, I am pretty sure, I haven't heard everything worth it (namely I would definitely include Therion somewhere), but this is how I saw it at 6 November 2011, when this list was decided.

1.Sabaton - Coat Of Arms

2.Jaldaboath - The Rise Of The Heraldic Beasts

3.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

4.Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

5.Mägo De Oz - Gaia III - Atlantia

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My "Final Selection" for 2010. Top 10 in order. The Rest for A-Z.
As a big fan of Power and Folk metal, this year was quiet good. The return of Rhapsody, new actors as Ancient Bards, Sinbreed,…

1.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

2.Pathfinder - Beyond The Space, Beyond The Time

3.Freedom Call - Legend Of The Shadowking

4.Derdian - New Era Pt. 3 - The Apocalypse

5.Rhapsody Of Fire - The Frozen Tears Of Angels

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1.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

2.Masterplan - Time To Be King

3.Freedom Call - Legend Of The Shadowking

4.Skálmöld - Baldur

5.Tarot - Gravity Of Light

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GERMANY!!!
is the land of the mighty power metal !!
Gamma Ray Primal Fear Iron Savior Freedom Call Helloween Majesty Powerwolf and many many others!!
Brutal Bands…

1.Primal Fear - 16.6: (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead)

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3.Primal Fear - Black Sun

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5.Gamma Ray - Majestic

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This is the top 20 list with my favorite metal albums of 2010. In order. NOW WITH GENRE DESCRIPTION!…

1.Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

2.Avantasia - The Wicked Symphony / Angel Of Babylon

3.Pain Of Salvation - Road Salt One

4.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

5.Hardcore Superstar - Split Your Lip

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1.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

2.Masterplan - Masterplan

3.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I

4.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

5.Helloween - Rabbit Don't Come Easy

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1.Therion - Sitra Ahra

2.Dimmu Borgir - Abrahadabra

3.Eluveitie - Everything Remains As It Never Was

4.Magica - Dark Diary

5.King Of Asgard - Fi'mbulvintr

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last updated: 14th December 2011…

1.Machinae Supremacy - A View From The End Of The World

2.In Vain - Mantra

3.Illidiance - Damage Theory

4.Masterplan - Time To Be King

5.Instanzia - Ghosts

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