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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In progress top 300 albums in alphabetical order…

1.A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms

2.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops

3.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations

4.Acid Witch - Stoned

5.Acid Witch - Evil Sound Screamers

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1.Rotting Christ - Aealo

2.Sabaton - Coat Of Arms

3.Parkway Drive - Deep Blue

4.Equilibrium - Rekreatur

5.Kylesa - Spiral Shadow

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My Top 50, albums rated 8 & above. Only LPs

RIP: Ronnie James Dio

Album count: 206
Average rating: 6.84…

1.Alcest - Écailles De Lune

2.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

3.Ihsahn - After

4.Killing Joke - Absolute Dissent

5.Mar De Grises - Streams Inwards

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1.Kvelertak - Kvelertak

2.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

3.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

4.Alter Bridge - AB III

5.Fear Factory - Mechanize

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1.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

2.Ihsahn - After

3.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

4.Alcest - Écailles De Lune

5.Pain Of Salvation - Road Salt One

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This list came into being after reading RaduP's Getting Into: Negura Bunget article. I have always wondered why people are so in awe of Om and disregard Vîrstele Pămîntului. Since this is not the…

1.Abigor - Totschläger (A Saintslayer's Songbook)

2.Agalloch - Pale Folklore

3.Amon Amarth - Versus The World

4.Bethlehem - Bethlehem

5.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth

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Time has moved on and so has my taste. There is music I didn't listen to back then but also albums I still love even though I don't listen to them as much anymore.

1.Agalloch - The Mantle

2.Aquilus - Cloak Of Autumn Shroud

3.Aquilus - Griseus

4.Babymetal - Metal Resistance

5.Babymetal - Metal Galaxy

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1.Dimmu Borgir - Abrahadabra

2.Rotting Christ - Aealo

3.Allegaeon - Fragments Of Form And Function

4.Carach Angren - Death Came Through A Phantom Ship

5.Dark Fortress - Ylem

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1.Watain - Lawless Darkness

2.Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones

3.Killing Joke - Absolute Dissent

4.Shining (NOR) - Blackjazz

5.Finntroll - Nifelvind

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My top-20 all time favorite (metal) albums. Obviously subject to change over long periods of time. Left out most recent finds - these are albums that have resonated with me for at least a few years.

1.High On Fire - Death Is This Communion

2.3 Inches Of Blood - Here Waits Thy Doom

3.Turisas - The Varangian Way

4.Keep Of Kalessin - Kolossus

5.Motörhead - Inferno

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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.Equilibrium - Rekreatur

2.Kivimetsän Druidi - Betrayal, Justice, Revenge

3.Whispered - Thousand Swords

4.Finntroll - Nifelvind

5.Eluveitie - Everything Remains As It Never Was

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1.Morowe - Piekło.Labirynty.Diabły

2.Ghost - Opus Eponymous

3.Auvernia - Afraid Of Me

4.Aiumeen Basoa - Iraganeko Bide Malkartsutik

5.The Meads Of Asphodel - The Murder Of Jesus The Jew

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1.Kamelot - Poetry For The Poisoned

2.Sabaton - Coat Of Arms

3.Gamma Ray - To The Metal

4.Finntroll - Nifelvind

5.Helloween - 7 Sinners

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