One of the first Black Metal bands I got into and they still remain my favorite.

1.Summoning - Dol Guldur

2.Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn

3.Summoning - Minas Morgul

4.Summoning - Oath Bound

5.Summoning - Stronghold

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The bands are in that order on purpose, from most to least favorite, but favorite nonetheless. The format is:

band | favourite album by the band | favorite song (or 2) by the band

Last updated on 4 November…

1.Meshuggah - Nothing

2.Opeth - Blackwater Park

3.Immolation - Close To A World Below

4.Death - Symbolic

5.Agalloch - The Mantle

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Last updated on 25 June 2024.

1.Dream Theater - Images And Words

2.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

3.Wintersun - Wintersun

4.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

5.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

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No particular order…

1.Graveworm - As The Angels Reach The Beauty

2.Graveworm - Scourge Of Malice

3.Dimmu Borgir - For All Tid

4.Dimmu Borgir - Stormblåst

5.Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

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1.Meshuggah - Catch Thirtythree

2.Vektor - Black Future

3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

4.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

5.Opeth - Blackwater Park

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1.Afgrund - Vid Helvetets Grindar

2.After Forever - After Forever

3.Agalloch - The Mantle

4.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

5.Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde

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It's always changing.

1.Moonsorrow - V: Hävitetty

2.Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet

3.Equilibrium - Sagas

4.Týr - Ragnarok

5.Finsterforst - Rastlos

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1.Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory

2.Slipknot - Iowa

3.Summoning - Stronghold

4.Summoning - Minas Morgul

5.Bathory - Hammerheart

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1.Dimmu Borgir - Stormblåst

2.Cradle Of Filth - Dusk... And Her Embrace

3.Gorgoroth - Under The Sign Of Hell

4.Burzum - Det Som Engang Var

5.Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss

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My top 3 albums per year starting in 1999.

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2.Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter

3.Finntroll - Midnattens Widunder

4.Shaman (FIN) - Idja

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1.Judas Priest - British Steel

2.Venom - Welcome To Hell

3.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

4.Slayer - Show No Mercy

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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1.Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia

2.Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta

3.After Forever - Decipher

4.Finntroll - Jaktens Tid

5.Arch Enemy - Wages Of Sin

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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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1.Opeth - Blackwater Park

2.Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta

3.Windir - 1184

4.My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours

5.Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape

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same as rym except this obviously limits to metal albums which might be interesting. ah well it just meant iron maiden are 2x more of the albums…

1.Deep Purple - The Book Of Taliesyn

2.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II

3.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

4.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

5.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Vol. 4

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