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Some Essential Gothic/Doom Albums

These are 44 of the my favorite Gothic Metal albums in no particular order. This will hopefully serve as a starting point for someone new to the style. If one of your favorites isn't on here, it's…

1.The Foreshadowing - Second World
2.Anathema - Judgement
3.Crematory - Awake
4.Charon - Songs For The Sinners
5.Darkseed - Ultimate Darkness

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Created by reload3591 on 23.10.2012



Vonpire's 1993 Best

1.Sepultura - Chaos A.D.
2.Paradise Lost - Icon
3.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans
4.Metallica - Live Shit: Binge & Purge
5.Clawfinger - Deaf Dumb Blind

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Created by Vonpire on 05.09.2012



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My Most Popular Albums

From last.fm (27.07.12)…

1.Dream Theater - Train Of Thought
2.Machine Head - Unto The Locust
3.Machine Head - The Blackening
4.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
5.Machine Head - Through The Ashes Of Empires

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Created by IlCains on 27.07.2012



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Top 200 Metal Masterpieces of All Time

RANKING CRITERIA :

- Originality [ 35% of the rating ]
- Songwriting [ 35% of the rating ]
- Performance [ 30% of the rating ]

Neither popularity among fans nor commercial success (or unsuccess)…

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
4.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
5.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

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Created by Vasil de Shumen on 10.03.2012



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My Top Albums Of The Decade: 1990's (On Going)

1.Death - Human
2.Opeth - Still Life
3.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
4.Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream
5.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

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Created by Red_Travis on 11.02.2012



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Best Metal Albums of Decade 90s

The choice of albums was made according to aesthetic criteria, taking into account only musical merits of the recordings.
Neither popularity among fans nor commercial success (or unsuccess) of the albums…

1.Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers
2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace
3.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
4.Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
5.Death - Symbolic

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Created by Vasil de Shumen on 03.02.2012



TOP 1993

1.Angra - Angels Cry
2.Dissection - The Somberlain
3.Edge Of Sanity - The Spectral Sorrows
4.Immortal - Pure Holocaust
5.Death - Individual Thought Patterns

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Created by giok99 on 29.01.2012



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Best Album I Think

These my all time favorite albums.
Not in a particular rank…

1.Amorphis - The Beginning Of Times
2.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
3.Arch Enemy - Anthems Of Rebellion
4.Carcass - Heartwork
5.Children Of Bodom - Tokyo Warhearts

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Created by KillerArt666 on 29.08.2011



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Most Gripping Atmospheres

Here are the most captivating atmospheres I've ever heard. Including metal and non-metal albums. Grouped according to genre and one album per band.

1.Division By Zero - Independent Harmony
2.Beyond Twilight - The Devil's Hall Of Fame
3.Riverside - Out Of Myself
4.Suspyre - When Time Fades...
5.Redemption - The Fullness Of Time

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Created by R'Vannith on 13.08.2011



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Jirka´s Top 20 Of 1993

1.Sepultura - Chaos A.D.
2.Clawfinger - Deaf Dumb Blind
3.Life Of Agony - River Runs Red
4.Steve Vai - Sex & Religion
5.Rush - Counterparts

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Created by jirka70 on 26.07.2011



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Top 50 Doom/Gothic Metal Albums

1.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
2.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
3.Katatonia - Discouraged Ones
4.My Dying Bride - The Angel And The Dark River
5.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

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Created by saw_you_drown on 05.06.2011



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My Top 20 Albums

1.Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane
2.Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
3.Ira - Visions Of Landscapes
4.Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Part I
5.Savatage - Gutter Ballet

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Created by MrkBogdn on 22.05.2011



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Classic Metal Albums Of Forever

*** READ ME *** This list is about the greatest metal albums of all-time, from all sub-genres and all countries. You won't see bands like Deep Purple, Rush, BOC, Zeppelin, etc., nor will you see bands…

1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
4.Death - Symbolic
5.Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath

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Created by saw_you_drown on 18.05.2011



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Best of Gothic Metal

Updating this as of 20th Nov 2012…

1.Madder Mortem - All Flesh Is Grass
2.Paradise Lost - Icon
3.The Gathering - Mandylion
4.Tiamat - Wildhoney
5.Throes Of Dawn - Quicksilver Clouds

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Created by R'Vannith on 18.04.2011



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All Time Metal/Symph Top 100, still working on it

1.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
2.Marillion - Brave
3.Iron Maiden - Powerslave
4.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes
5.Insomnium - Across The Dark

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Created by Marillion on 11.03.2011