1.Avenged Sevenfold - City Of Evil

2.DevilDriver - The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand

3.Five Finger Death Punch - War Is The Answer

4.Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes

5.Killswitch Engage - The End Of Heartache

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1.Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses

2.Within Temptation - The Silent Force

3.Haggard - And Thou Shalt Trust... The Seer

4.Anathema - Serenades

5.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans

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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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I excluded some of my favourite albums that I don't accept as metal. While top 10 represents albums I listened to over the years, the rest of the list better represent where I stand today.

1.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

2.Dio - Holy Diver

3.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

4.Iron Maiden - Brave New World

5.In Flames - Clayman

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Here are all of the top albums that have come out since I was born in 1993!…

1.Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses

2.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

3.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

4.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

5.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

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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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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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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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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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These albums are my favorite since I started listen to Metal.

1.Kamelot - The Black Halo

2.Epica - Consign To Oblivion

3.Within Temptation - The Heart Of Everything

4.After Forever - After Forever

5.Blackfield - Blackfield

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Slow/Depress/Funeral/Love/Gloom/Beauty/Sorrow/Obscure/Cold/Atmospheric/…

1.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

2.Akelei - De Zwaarte Van Het Doorstane

3.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

4.Anathema - The Silent Enigma

5.Corrupted - El Mundo Frio

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Please note that the following is all personal opinion. Other views are welcome.

1.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

2.Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses

3.Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power

4.Sepultura - Chaos A.D.

5.Death - Symbolic

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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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This list contains the top twenty albums in the metal/progressive genres that are most precious to me. The personal feelings and influences as well as musical doorways that these records represent to me…

1.Nightwish - Oceanborn

2.Cradle Of Filth - Cruelty And The Beast

3.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

4.Danzig - Danzig II - Lucifuge

5.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

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1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

3.Paradise Lost - Draconian Times

4.Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction

5.Paradise Lost - One Second

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