1.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

2.Riverside - Second Life Syndrome

3.Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet

4.Dark Tranquillity - Character

5.The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute

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My favorite Death Metal band, and one of the most brutal. Nile is the band that introduced me to a more brutal stile of DM, and remains to this day, my favorite of this style of extreme music. Some of…

1.Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked

2.Nile - Those Whom The Gods Detest

3.Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines

4.Nile - Vile Nilotic Rites

5.Nile - Black Seeds Of Vengeance

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The albums below is my definition of extreme metal music, regardless of their genre. Entire list is based only on my personal preferences in metal.
Rules:
1. One album per band
2. 305 groups/305 albums…

1.In Flames - Clayman

2.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

3.Chimaira - Chimaira

4.Death - Symbolic

5.Testament - The New Order

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These are my favorite metal albums of all time! To enter this list, the album must be out for at least a year, as I feel it gives me the time to really digest the record and fully comprehend its meaning.

1.Opeth - Blackwater Park

2.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

3.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

4.Sepultura - Beneath The Remains

5.Rivers Of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name

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"CALENDAR MADE OF METAL"
October = Death Metal
Listening to as many albums as possible in said genre during said month and listing them here as I go. Suggestions welcome.

1.Asphyx - Last One On Earth

2.Creeping Death - Wretched Illusions

3.Fetid - Steeping Corporeal Mess

4.Coffin Rot - A Monument To The Dead

5.Obituary - Cause Of Death

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My personal favorite metal albums of all time. In no particular order (although kinda alphabetical). Some of the albums might as well represent whole discographies.

1.Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

2.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

3.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

4.Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal

5.Cattle Decapitation - Monolith Of Inhumanity

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Obviously, a list of my favorite songs, or songs that mean something special to me at least. I don't remember them all of course so I'll be adding more as soon as I'm reminded of them.
I…

1.After Forever - Decipher

2.Ahab - The Giant

3.Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs

4.Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

5.Between The Buried And Me - The Great Misdirect

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1.Death - Symbolic

2.Slayer - Reign In Blood

3.Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power

4.Carcass - Heartwork

5.Overkill - The Years Of Decay

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1.Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

2.My Dying Bride - The Angel And The Dark River

3.Opeth - Morningrise

4.Gojira - From Mars To Sirius

5.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

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1.Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor

2.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

3.Green Carnation - The Quiet Offspring

4.Porcupine Tree - Deadwing

5.Riverside - Second Life Syndrome

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...in no particular order…

1.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

2.Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone

3.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

4.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

5.Amon Amarth - Versus The World

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