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O' Canada! (Ordered By Years)

Good day folks! T'day, I just wanted to share the best of what Canada has to offer when it comes to Metal, eh. It seems a lot of people don't yet know that Canada's a force to be reckoned with when it comes to the heavy stuff and I'll show you just how much!

The main goal here is to help people discover the history of Canadian Metal through time and amazing releases. To do so, I'll be listing a single album per band and order the list by year of release from oldest to newest then I'll identify the genre for each of them. Note that the albums chosen aren't necessarily the best of each band but my personal favorites and in my humble opinion, good points of entry into a band's discography. I will try to fill each gaps in years over time. (So this list is permanently under construction).

Also, as always in my lists, releases with a ''★'' are the ones I believe you shouldn't miss because of their impact, uniqueness or just because they are my favourites.

There is a lot of different styles, I did my best to diversify so there should be something interesting for everyone!

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To my fellow Canadians, if you have recommendations or wanna point out obvious albums I might have missed, please feel free to let me know. To everyone else, I hope you'll like this virtual musical trip to the great white north! Enjoy. Oh and you're really all welcome to suggest albums.

- Guib -

Last Update: March 9th, 2024

1.Moxy - Moxy
2.Triumph - Just A Game
3.Rush - Moving Pictures
4.April Wine - The Nature Of The Beast
5.D.O.A. - Hardcore '81

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Created by Guib on 24.07.2023



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The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (E)

This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone who is young in age, my tastes tend to revolve around the period of the 80s to the present.* Although certain metal albums from before will certainly be featured, the period of the 60s-70s will be under-represented. I refer you to this excellent list to gain a better appreciation for some of the best metal from that period: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/freis/martin_popoffs_the_top_500_heavy_metal_albums_of_all_time/

1.Ea - Ea Taesse
2.Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
3.Earth And Pillars - Earth I
4.Earth Crisis - Destroy The Machines
5.Earth Rot - Black Tides Of Obscurity

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Created by Uxküll on 05.11.2020



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Album & Artist Impressions (Part 1)

A list of albums I listen to and rated with a small commentary. This list is not meant to have an order, or a best-to-worst classification.

Links to connected lists:

Album & Artist Impressions (Part 2)

Rating:

10 - Timeless classic
9 - Masterpiece
8 - Excellent
7 - Solid
6 - Uneven
5 - Tainted by tone-deafness

1.Igorrr - Hallelujah
2.Strapping Young Lad - Strapping Young Lad
3.Cro-Mags - Revenge
4.Sepultura - Chaos A.D.
5.Blut Aus Nord - Hallucinogen

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Created by TarannonFalastur on 25.10.2019



Éomer's Album Top 10 Of 2012

1.Overkill - The Electric Age
2.Ex Deo - Caligvla
3.Candlemass - Psalms For The Dead
4.Asphyx - Deathhammer
5.Accept - Stalingrad

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Created by Éomer Éadig on 06.01.2014



Top 20 albums of 2012

A really good year, full of surprises. Never been much of a Sabaton fan and especially not a fan of Lamb of God. Both bands released kick ass albums. Avatar keep on getting better and better. Rush released their best album in 25 years. Kreator gave me one of the best thrash albums I've ever heard.

1.Dråpsnatt - Skelepht
2.Kreator - Phantom Antichrist
3.Wintersun - Time I
4.An Autumn For Crippled Children - Only The Ocean Knows
5.Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas

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Created by Warman on 28.02.2013



My TOP 10 Albums Of 2012

1.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone
2.Finsterforst - Rastlos
3.Luca Turilli's Rhapsody - Ascending To Infinity
4.Wintersun - Time I
5.Heidevolk - Batavi

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Created by Andrew_Deer on 21.02.2013



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Top 20 Of 2012

1.Ex Deo - Caligvla
2.Dethklok - Dethalbum III
3.Swallow The Sun - Emerald Forest And The Blackbird
4.The Project Hate MCMXCIX - The Cadaverous Retaliation Agenda
5.Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas

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Created by Hellbrann on 04.01.2013



Canadian Metal : 2012 Releases That Are Worth A Listen

A list of a few releases that metalheads should listen to if they want to get acquainted with 2012 canadian metal.

I did not list some albums that I have not heard yet (Bison B.C., Black Moor, Devin Townsend, Mortor, Show of Bedlam, The Unconscious Mind) and I am probably forgetting a whole bunch more releases.

1.3 Inches Of Blood - Long Live Heavy Metal
2.Woods Of Ypres - Woods V: Grey Skies & Electric Light
3.Striker - Armed To The Teeth
4.Weapon - Embers And Revelations
5.Cauldron - Tomorrow's Lost

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Created by SilentScream on 02.01.2013



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Best 20 Album In 2012

1.The Faceless - Autotheism
2.Wintersun - Time I
3.Saturnus - Saturn In Ascension
4.Enslaved - RIITIIR
5.In The Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad

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Created by RakHiasat on 28.12.2012



Top 10 of '12

My top 10 albums of the year 2012.

1.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone
2.Zonaria - Arrival Of The Red Sun
3.Wintersun - Time I
4.Words Of Farewell - Immersion
5.Pain Confessor - Incarcerated

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Created by Until the End on 27.12.2012



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MY TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 2012

1.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone
2.In Mourning - The Weight Of Oceans
3.Bilocate - Summoning The Bygones
4.Kreator - Phantom Antichrist
5.In The Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad

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Created by buber on 27.12.2012



Albums I Have To Listen

1.Monuments - Gnosis
2.Weeping Silence - For The Unsung
3.Munruthel - Epoch Of Aquarius
4.Ex Deo - Caligvla
5.The Levitation Hex - The Levitation Hex

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Created by Atrus on 31.10.2012



Top Album's Of The Week NCMA. 07/10/2012

1.Ex Deo - Caligvla
2.Lacrimosa - Revolution
3.Testament - Dark Roots Of Earth
4.Elvenking - Era
5.Cryptopsy - Cryptopsy

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Created by darkseazon81 on 10.10.2012



Top Album's Of The Week NCMA. 23/09/2012

1.Ektomorf - Black Flag
2.Ex Deo - Caligvla
3.Testament - Dark Roots Of Earth
4.Lacrimosa - Revolution
5.In The Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad

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Created by darkseazon81 on 29.09.2012



Top Album's Of The Week NCMA. 16/09/2012

1.Testament - Dark Roots Of Earth
2.Ex Deo - Caligvla
3.Lacrimosa - Revolution
4.In The Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad
5.Pro-Pain - Straight To The Dome

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Created by darkseazon81 on 19.09.2012