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 because this is my favorites list, not yours. Feel free to make recommendations, however.

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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Here is a list of my chosen top doom albums of all time. This is not the stereotypical doom that is used by people nowadays. Rather, the focus is on the true aspect of the music, i.e. feelings of gloominess and despair expressed in a hearty and beautiful manner through music, the music that evokes wonderful emotions! For true doom metal fans out there!!

1.Swallow The Sun - Hope

2.Swallow The Sun - New Moon

3.Slumber - Fallout

4.Mental Home - Black Art

5.Daylight Dies - Dismantling Devotion

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1.Draconian - A Rose For The Apocalypse

2.Heavenwood - Abyss Masterpiece

3.Novembers Doom - Aphotic

4.To Cast A Shadow - In Memory Of

5.Midnattsol - The Metamorphosis Melody

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1.Machine Head - Unto The Locust

2.Anthrax - Worship Music

3.Morbid Angel - Illud Divinum Insanus

4.Vektor - Outer Isolation

5.Primordial - Redemption At The Puritan's Hand

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1.Novembers Doom - Aphotic

2.Before The Dawn - Deathstar Rising

3.Benighted - Asylum Cave

4.MyGrain - MyGrain

5.Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

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1.Elend - The Umbersun

2.Draconian - A Rose For The Apocalypse

3.Katatonia - Night Is The New Day

4.Pink Floyd - The Final Cut

5.Anathema - Judgement

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1.Turisas - Stand Up And Fight

2.Draconian - A Rose For The Apocalypse

3.Symphony X - Iconoclast

4.Heavenwood - Abyss Masterpiece

5.Hands Of Despair - Hereafter

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Heavy metal + power + thrash + death metal top 50 / 2011

1.Septicflesh - The Great Mass

2.Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

3.Samael - Lux Mundi

4.Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction

5.Fleshgod Apocalypse - Aagony

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Purely subjective list based on personal preferences for the year, unrelated to mass opinion of an album or a band's abilities (e.g. Trivium, Oranssi Pazuzu) - many albums lined up to listen to so will increase in size. Also, not entirely in order, middle order mainly just an approximation.

1.Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth

2.Protest The Hero - Scurrilous

3.Infestus - E x I s t

4.Amorphis - The Beginning Of Times

5.Ouroboros - Glorification Of A Myth

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Ordered best to worst. This is entirely my opinion.

1.Insomnium - One For Sorrow

2.Graveyard - Hisingen Blues

3.Havok - Time Is Up

4.Toxic Holocaust - Conjure And Command

5.Deafheaven - Roads To Judah

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1.Septicflesh - The Great Mass

2.Insomnium - One For Sorrow

3.Ouroboros - Glorification Of A Myth

4.Vreid - V

5.Havok - Time Is Up

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1.Septicflesh - The Great Mass

2.Symphony X - Iconoclast

3.Machine Head - Unto The Locust

4.The Black Dahlia Murder - Ritual

5.Opeth - Heritage

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2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2011, 2010

1.Insomnium - One For Sorrow

2.Gernotshagen - Weltenbrand - ...Den Banner Hoch Der Nacht Entgegen

3.Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

4.Sólstafir - Svartir Sandar

5.Septicflesh - The Great Mass

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Here is my top 50 of 2011. Albums rated 8+

In 2011, I started my second MS account after losing the first to the discontinuation of my Uni email address.

"But your account says you joined in 2020" I hear you say. Yes I also lost access to my second account you see. Be welcomed on my third you smartass

Album count: 248
Average rating: 6.69 (so close but still nice)

1.Septicflesh - The Great Mass

2.Mastodon - The Hunter

3.Insomnium - One For Sorrow

4.Leprous - Bilateral

5.Helheim - Heiðindómr Ok Mótgang

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1.Primordial - Redemption At The Puritan's Hand

2.Sólstafir - Svartir Sandar

3.Ghost Brigade - Until Fear No Longer Defines Us

4.Draconian - A Rose For The Apocalypse

5.Kypck - Ниже

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