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Top 500 Albums of All Time

I've been listening to Metal since 2005 and it has become my biggest passion in life. Rarely a day goes by where I don't listen to it in one form or another. The bands I listened to in my teens…

1.Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
2.Opeth - Blackwater Park
3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
4.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
5.Opeth - Still Life

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Created by nonZero on 06.10.2018



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My Favourite Albums Of 2000s

1.Afgrund - Vid Helvetets Grindar
2.After Forever - After Forever
3.Agalloch - The Mantle
4.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
5.Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde

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Created by In Bone Factory on 01.09.2018



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MY FAVORITE ALBUMS

All my favorite albums (rated 9 or 10), in cronological order.

1.Iotunn - Access All Worlds
2.Soen - Imperial
3.Draconian - Under A Godless Veil
4.Soen - Lotus
5.Chapel Of Disease - ...And As We Have Seen The Storm, We Have Embraced The Eye

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Created by Dark Horizons on 26.05.2018



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Current Top 100, 5 Years On

Back when I joined the site in 2011, I did a customary top 100 album list. Every year since then, when I've looked back at it it's become increasingly unrecognisable from my own tastes. Seeing…

1.Dream Theater - Images And Words
2.Sylosis - Monolith
3.Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth
4.Agalloch - The Mantle
5.Protest The Hero - Kezia

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Created by musclassia on 23.03.2016



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Progressive Spiritual Euphoria / Best prog Albums Ever .

So here we are again . After many years of dedication and love to this music that we call progressive metal, here are some of the best albums that ever existed and made the earth a better place . Give…

1.Dan Swanö - Moontower
2.Cynic - Traced In Air
3.Cynic - Focus
4.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini
5.Enslaved - Ruun

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Created by Hazelnut Nero on 20.09.2014



My Top 40 Favorite Metal Albums For Me

This is the 40 best metal albums for me.

1.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
2.Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
3.Dream Theater - Images And Words
4.Iron Maiden - Powerslave
5.Riot - Narita

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Created by Floflo79 on 22.07.2014



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My Favorite Progressive Metal Albums

My favorite progressive metal albums (derived/mixed genres included). Lot of stuff still missing here since I have a terrible memory I think everything here is at least 8,5/10.

Please, feel free to…

1.Dream Theater - Awake
2.Dream Theater - Images And Words
3.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
4.Dream Theater - Train Of Thought
5.Redemption - Snowfall On Judgment Day

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Created by robpal on 23.03.2014



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A Progressive Journey: My Selections / Favourites

Progressive rock / metal - what I love the most in my collection. Would love suggestions to add to it.

1.Animals As Leaders - Animals As Leaders
2.Animals As Leaders - The Joy Of Motion
3.Ayreon - The Human Equation
4.Between The Buried And Me - Colors
5.Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence

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Created by Progfiggit on 22.02.2014



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Top 50: The Best Of Polish Metal

Max 2 albums per band.

1.Riverside - Out Of Myself
2.Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
3.Division By Zero - Independent Harmony
4.Behemoth - Demigod
5.Obscure Sphinx - Void Mother

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Created by Hex_Omega on 12.12.2013



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Prog Amazing Favourites

Without following any specific order. Some albums are more power/symphonic/thrash than prog but for some reasons i thought they deserved a place in this list.

1.Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane
2.Guilt Machine - On This Perfect Day
3.Circus Maximus - The 1st Chapter
4.Opeth - Blackwater Park
5.Sun Caged - The Lotus Effect

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Created by Donnie Darko on 07.12.2013



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kvtie-pie's favorite albums

These albums are in no particular order, and I will be gradually adding more over time.

1.The 3rd And The Mortal - Tears Laid In Earth
2.Within Temptation - Enter
3.Agalloch - Pale Folklore
4.Agalloch - The Mantle
5.Mourning Beloveth - Dust

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Created by kvtie-pie on 04.09.2013



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Top Epics

List of my top epics - long songs (all in one or split into parts) with multiple parts and recurring themes, with an overall concept.

1.Symphony X - The Odyssey
2.Dream Theater - A Change Of Seasons
3.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
4.Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade Of Gray
5.Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness

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Created by embracing on 18.08.2013



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Best Albums Of Ever

Some easy stuff, some different. Mostly prog.
Things after 10 aren't really in any order…

1.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
2.Orphaned Land - Mabool
3.Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane
4.Opeth - Still Life
5.Agalloch - The Mantle

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Created by BigNaughtyV on 06.05.2013



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Album Of The Year (1993-2013) By Vez

The best album of each year (and one close 2nd) from the past 20 years. Some years were much harder than others to choose the best 2 albums.

1.In Vain - Ænigma
2.Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn
3.Dissona - Dissona
4.Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I
5.Obscura - Omnivium

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Created by vez on 29.03.2013



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My Top 100 Metal Albums EVER

1.The Gathering - How To Measure A Planet?
2.Tiamat - Wildhoney
3.My Dying Bride - A Line Of Deathless Kings
4.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
5.Samael - Ceremony Of Opposites

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Created by in the mist on 23.11.2012