Just to be clear, my opinion of many of these albums has changed since the first time I heard them. And I get that some other famous titles would be funny to put here, but I'm going to spoil the fun…

1.Anathema - A Fine Day To Exit

2.Austrian Death Machine - Total Brutal

3.Clutch - Pure Rock Fury

4.Devin Townsend - Addicted

5.Divinefire - Farewell

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This is a list of some of the very first albums that got me into metal. And before you look, yes, A7X and DragonForce are on the list, deal with it, it happened, I still listen to plenty of great bands!…

1.Avenged Sevenfold - City Of Evil

2.In Flames - Come Clarity

3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

4.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

5.DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage

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sometimes we need to calm down, lost in the strains of the lyrics, and feel how wonderful metal music it is. (I only wrote one song for one band)…

1.Dark Moor - The Gates Of Oblivion

2.DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage

3.Helloween - Master Of The Rings

4.Gamma Ray - To The Metal

5.Rhapsody Of Fire - Triumph Or Agony

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1.Trivium - Shogun

2.Avenged Sevenfold - Waking The Fallen

3.All That Remains - Overcome

4.Children Of Bodom - Blooddrunk

5.Avenged Sevenfold - Sounding The Seventh Trumpet

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This is a list of all the power metal albums I have listened to that are worth remembering. Like my other genre lists, this is not meant to be a definitive guide to power metal or a binding judgment on…

1.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth

2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

3.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

4.Jag Panzer - Thane To The Throne

5.X Japan - Art Of Life

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The end of 2013 marks the end of the fifth year of my journey into metal. I had listened to a select few songs prior to that, but around five years ago, I started to delve into the genre and I've…

1.Kamelot - The Black Halo

2.Rush - Hemispheres

3.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

4.Crimson Glory - Transcendence

5.Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter

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Well, I can't afford every album I want so I'm going off of my August 2013 count of about 700 albums. First time I've ever done this so it may be quite scattered.

This is personal and…

1.Stratovarius - Visions

2.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

3.Yes - Close to the Edge

4.Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

5.Ayreon - 01011001

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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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Compilation of many Hard Rock or Metal Ballads I've heard. Bands and Albums are ordered by name alphabetically.

1.Accept - Balls To The Wall

2.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

3.Accept - Eat The Heat

4.Adagio - Underworld

5.Aerosmith - Aerosmith

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These are my favorite progressive/power metal albums that I have listened to. Some of them are for musical technique and others are simply because they blew my mind with the crazy story lines or whatever!…

1.Symphony X - Paradise Lost

2.Symphony X - The Odyssey

3.Masterplan - Aeronautics

4.Nightwish - Dark Passion Play

5.Theocracy - As The World Bleeds

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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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1.Persuader - When Eden Burns

2.DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage

3.Summoning - Oath Bound

4.Blind Guardian - A Twist In The Myth

5.Dalriada - Jégbontó

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1.Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death

2.Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

3.Blind Guardian - A Twist In The Myth

4.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

5.Lamb Of God - Sacrament

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Must Listen: The First 5…

1.Firewind - Allegiance

2.Evergrey - Monday Morning Apocalypse

3.Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death

4.Wuthering Heights - The Shadow Cabinet

5.Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

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