This is my top albums (only with those where I gave 8 or more). I will update the list now and then…

1.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

4.Sepultura - Beneath The Remains

5.Opeth - Blackwater Park

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1.Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields

2.Thurisaz - Scent Of A Dream

3.Opeth - Morningrise

4.Empyrium - A Wintersunset...

5.Anathema - Eternity

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1.Les Discrets - Septembre Et Ses Dernières Pensées

2.Mar De Grises - Streams Inwards

3.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

4.Todtgelichter - Angst

5.Procession - Destroyers Of The Faith

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An unordered list of records on the dark side.
Solitude, despair, sadness, melancholy. Just a bit of rage.
Cooked to introduce you to the dark side of a once sunny day,…

1.Mouth Of The Architect - The Ties That Blind

2.Swallow The Sun - The Morning Never Came

3.The Sins Of Thy Beloved - Lake Of Sorrow

4.Potentiam - Bálsýn

5.Doom:VS - Dead Words Speak

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most memorable releases sorted by year
* - especially interesting albums…

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2.Ashenspire - Hostile Architecture

3.Soen - Imperial

4.Thy Catafalque - Naiv

5.Kayo Dot - Blasphemy

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My Top Metal 2010-2019…

1.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

2.Esoteric - Paragon Of Dissonance

3.Corrupted - Garten Der Unbewusstheit

4.Ihsahn - After

5.Mar De Grises - Streams Inwards

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2000-2004 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5844
2005-2009 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5838
2015-2019 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6722

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1.Gallowbraid - Ashen Eidolon

2.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

3.Aquilus - Griseus

4.Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

5.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

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My favorite albums of 2010.

1.Spires - Spiral Of Ascension

2.Alcest - Écailles De Lune

3.Son Of Aurelius - The Farthest Reaches

4.Kvelertak - Kvelertak

5.Pain Of Salvation - Road Salt One

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1.Vulture Industries - The Malefactor's Bloody Register

2.Carach Angren - Death Came Through A Phantom Ship

3.Melechesh - The Epigenesis

4.Motorjesus - Wheels Of Purgatory

5.God Is An Astronaut - Age Of The Fifth Sun

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2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010…

1.Rotting Christ - Aealo

2.Sabaton - Coat Of Arms

3.Parkway Drive - Deep Blue

4.Equilibrium - Rekreatur

5.Kylesa - Spiral Shadow

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My Top 50, albums rated 8 & above. Only LPs

RIP: Ronnie James Dio

Album count: 206
Average rating: 6.84…

1.Alcest - Écailles De Lune

2.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

3.Ihsahn - After

4.Killing Joke - Absolute Dissent

5.Mar De Grises - Streams Inwards

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1.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

2.Ihsahn - After

3.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

4.Alcest - Écailles De Lune

5.Pain Of Salvation - Road Salt One

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Another entry for my "best of" lists on this site. By the way, they are ranked. Enjoy.

1.Les Discrets - Septembre Et Ses Dernières Pensées

2.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

3.Lantlôs - .neon

4.Negură Bunget - Măiestrit

5.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

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I tend to judge albums based on listenability. Which is to say how many times I've listened to said album and the albums with the greatest ratio of fantastic songs…

1.Alcest - Écailles De Lune

2.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

3.Thou - Summit

4.Ghost - Opus Eponymous

5.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

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1.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

2.Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones

3.Overkill - Ironbound

4.Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

5.Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here

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