1.Judas Priest - Painkiller

2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

3.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

4.Rainbow - Rising

5.Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

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Here are the 90s albums that have stood out and made the largest impact on me. To be as transparent as possible, I've labelled albums as 'nostalgia bias' where my memories of the band give…

1.Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

2.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

3.Opeth - Still Life

4.Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power

5.Metallica - Metallica

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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.Bathory - Hammerheart

2.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

3.Cathedral - The Carnival Bizarre

4.Celtic Frost - Monotheist

5.Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper

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1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

3.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

4.Machine Head - The Blackening

5.Flotsam And Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deceiver

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This is my top albums (only with those where I gave 8 or more). I will update the list now and then.
Keep in mind that I've only been seriously listening to metal for a few years, and that it's…

1.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

4.Sepultura - Beneath The Remains

5.Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal

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The MS top 200 is supposed to represent the absolute peak of metal music, the timeless classics. I have been listening to metal for about 6 years now and would consider myself fairly knowledgeable about…

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3.W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol

4.Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die

5.Ensiferum - Ensiferum

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This list is my top 100 played albums ordered by the number of "scrobbles" since 2013 according to last.fm, if you also have a last.fm account, don't hesitate to follow me.
My last.fm user:…

1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.

3.W.A.S.P. - The Headless Children

4.Kreator - Enemy Of God

5.Iced Earth - The Dark Saga

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1.Agalloch - Pale Folklore

2.Agalloch - The Mantle

3.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

5.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

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1.Judas Priest - Painkiller

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Blind Guardian - Tales From The Twilight World

4.King Diamond - The Eye

5.Bathory - Hammerheart

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1.Ossian - A Rock Katonái

2.Pokolgép - Koncertlemez

3.Sanctuary - Into The Mirror Black

4.Iron Maiden - No Prayer For The Dying

5.Judas Priest - Painkiller

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1.Metallica - Metallica

2.Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II

3.Judas Priest - Painkiller

4.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

5.Dream Theater - Images And Words

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WORK IN PROGESS! Welcome to what I consider the "1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" or in other words, a list of records of various genres in the arrays of Metal and Hard Rock that…

1.High Tide - Sea Shanties

2.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

4.Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come

5.Josefus - Dead Man

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I feel like my overall favorites list is getting too long. I'm splitting it up by rating.

1.So Hideous - None But A Pure Heart Can Sing

2.Metallica - Re-Load

3.Faetooth - Remnants Of The Vessel

4.Inferi - The End Of An Era

5.Midnight Odyssey - Biolume Part 1 - In Tartarean Chains

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1.All time & genre (including Non-Metal on MS)
2.Only studio albums & EPs
3.The genre is primary one.
4.Only ESPECIALLY favorite (a bit more stringently than ver1 and rating 10 is not enough)
5.The…

1.Akhlys - The Dreaming I

2.Altar Of Plagues - Mammal

3.Angra - Temple Of Shadows

4.Anthrax - Among The Living

5.Arkha Sva - Gloria Satanae

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