Plus my top three favourite tracks from each release. \m/

Honourable mentions:
Cannibal Corpse - The Bleeding (Death)
Satyricon - The Shadowthrone (Black)
Machine Head - Burn My Eyes (Groove)
Melvins…

1.Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger

2.Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

3.Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse

4.Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas

5.Korn - Korn

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1.King Diamond - "Them"

2.Death - Human

3.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

4.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

5.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

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*** /\ UNDER CONSTRUCTION /\ *** READ ME *** List of the best metal vocalists across all subgenres. The album that best exhibits their vocals will represent them -- not necessarily the best album they…

1.King Diamond - Abigail

2.Judas Priest - Painkiller

3.Savatage - Gutter Ballet

4.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

5.Queensrÿche - Empire

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Pretty much my top 5 of each year, 1990-1999. It may have been black metal's finest hour, but for the most part I don't care for the genre - check some other lists for recoms there.

As if I…

1.Anacrusis - Manic Impressions Demo

2.Anthrax - Persistence Of Time

3.Forbidden - Twisted Into Form

4.Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

5.Steve Vai - Passion And Warfare

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1.Novembre - Wish I Could Dream It Again

2.Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness

3.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

4.Novembre - Arte Novecento

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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Feels like a nice cold drink when listening to these ones…

1.Fear Factory - Archetype

2.Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked

3.Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory

4.AC/DC - Ballbreaker

5.AC/DC - Powerage

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Limiting my picks to one album per band (otherwise it would have been a much larger list), here are my top 50 favorite metal albums of all time including my favorite track for each album:…

1.Stratovarius - Episode

2.Angra - Angels Cry

3.Helloween - Better Than Raw

4.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

5.Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark

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1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2.Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?

3.Slayer - Reign In Blood

4.Pantera - Far Beyond Driven

5.Strapping Young Lad - City

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1.Virgin Steele - The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell Part I

2.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

3.Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss

4.Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory

5.Savatage - Handful Of Rain

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A personal list of non favorite metal songs, some better than others…
A bad song is the one I like the least and a great song is the one I love.
Beethoven…

1.Hear 'n Aid - Stars

2.Black Sabbath - Never Say Die!

3.Metallica - Re-Load

4.Judas Priest - Ram It Down

5.Helloween - Pink Bubbles Go Ape

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1.Alter Bridge - Blackbird

2.Alter Bridge - One Day Remains

3.Amorphis - Elegy

4.Amorphis - Tuonela

5.Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale

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While the order in each decade is purely personal preference, there are several rules for a song qualifying for the list. First off, the band has to be notable. I'm not going to define what that means,…

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2.King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King

3.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

4.Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

5.Deep Purple - In Rock

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1.Machine Head - Burn My Eyes

2.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

3.Pantera - Far Beyond Driven

4.Savatage - Handful Of Rain

5.Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory

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stupid list. I'll change it all next week

*cough* make that, next year. now is the time to re-assess priorities

and because no-one reads this regardless, here's some priorities for later:
Nuclear…

1.Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill

2.Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

3.Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy

4.Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky

5.Pantera - Far Beyond Driven

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A majority of these albums I have listened to more recently than 2 years
And about 2 of these albums I have not listened to in their entirety but many of their songs blew me away.

1.Atheist - Elements

2.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

3.Carcass - Heartwork

4.Death - Human

5.Death - Symbolic

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