This is basically my list of favorite songs by artists I own albums for. I decided to restrict myself to songs on albums I own (hence no "Balls To The Wall") and only artists which are on Metal…

1.AC/DC - Back In Black

2.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

3.Aerosmith - Aerosmith's Greatest Hits

4.Alice Cooper - Welcome 2 My Nightmare

5.Anthrax - Worship Music

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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…

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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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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In the process of going through and ranking Trivium's discography…

1.Trivium - Shogun

2.Trivium - Ascendancy

3.Trivium - The Crusade

4.Trivium - In Waves

5.Trivium - The Sin And The Sentence

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I first listened to Trivium when I was getting into metal in 2005 and saw the music videos for Dying in Your Arms and A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation on Kerrang! TV (which I was watching a lot at…

1.Trivium - Shogun

2.Trivium - Ascendancy

3.Trivium - In Waves

4.Trivium - In The Court Of The Dragon

5.Trivium - The Sin And The Sentence

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1.Machine Head - Unto The Locust

2.Iced Earth - Dystopia

3.Megadeth - Th1rt3en

4.Hell - Human Remains

5.Anthrax - Worship Music

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My own top 230 essential metal albums sorted in alphabetical order by band name.

1.1349 - Beyond The Apocalypse

2.1349 - The Infernal Pathway

3.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations

4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

5.Amon Amarth - Once Sent From The Golden Hall

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1.Trivium - In Waves

2.Trivium - Vengeance Falls

3.Trivium - Shogun

4.Trivium - The Crusade

5.Trivium - Ascendancy

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Must Listen: The First 4…

1.Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn Of Events

2.Nightwish - Imaginaerum

3.Trivium - In Waves

4.Fair To Midland - Arrows & Anchors

5.Evergrey - Glorious Collision

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1.Trivium - Shogun

2.Trivium - The Sin And The Sentence

3.Trivium - The Crusade

4.Trivium - Ascendancy

5.Trivium - Silence In The Snow

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A cross selection of Thrash, Old School, Progressive, Power and Hair Metal.

1.Five Finger Death Punch - The Way Of The Fist

2.Overkill - The Years Of Decay

3.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

4.AC/DC - Back In Black

5.Crimson Glory - Transcendence

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I know this is a bit late, but whatever...

1.Insomnium - One For Sorrow

2.Septicflesh - The Great Mass

3.Machine Head - Unto The Locust

4.Opeth - Heritage

5.Wolves In The Throne Room - Celestial Lineage

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Albums from 2011 That I managed to listen and know very well. Best to worst…

1.Protest The Hero - Scurrilous

2.Ouroboros - Glorification Of A Myth

3.Revocation - Chaos Of Forms

4.The Human Abstract - Digital Veil

5.Leprous - Bilateral

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The 20 albums that made 2011! Not "Metal Storm Friendly" so you'll find some Hardcore and Rock albums as well.

1.Times Of Grace - The Hymn Of A Broken Man

2.Machine Head - Unto The Locust

3.The Black Dahlia Murder - Ritual

4.Born Of Osiris - The Discovery

5.Anterior - Echoes Of The Fallen

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1.Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa

2.Shining - VII - Född Förlorare

3.Warbringer - Worlds Torn Asunder

4.MyGrain - MyGrain

5.Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

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