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Top 100

In progress top 100 albums in no order yet

1.Alice In Chains - Jar Of Flies
2.Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
3.Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
4.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
5.Dream Theater - Images And Words

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Created by em6568 on 25.03.2024



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The Top Prog Albums Of Ch'ti

My top prog albums. The list will be regularly updated.

1.Opeth - Ghost Reveries
2.Opeth - Blackwater Park
3.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
4.An Abstract Illusion - Woe
5.Gojira - Magma

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Created by Ch'ti on 02.03.2024



My 20 All-Time Favorite Death-Metal Albums

1.Asphyx - The Rack
2.Death - Symbolic
3.Death - Individual Thought Patterns
4.Asphyx - Last One On Earth
5.Obituary - Slowly We Rot

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Created by doombringer on 30.01.2024



My Favorite Metal Albums Of All Time

My favorite metal albums sorted alphabetically by band name and chronological by release date.

1.Æther Realm - Tarot
2.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations
3.Allegaeon - Proponent For Sentience
4.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes
5.Amorphis - Silent Waters

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Created by Ryanm123 on 23.12.2023



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Melodic Escapism

My personal picks for albums that makes my mind wander. Also a good list for anyone getting into metal.

1.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes
2.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach
3.Budgie - Never Turn Your Back On A Friend
4.Children Of Bodom - Something Wild
5.Dark Tranquillity - Character

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Created by em6568 on 13.09.2023



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Playing Outside Of The Box! (An Alternative Metal Guide & Journey)

Right... Let's get this out of the way from the get-go. Alternative metal is hard to define. I guess that comes from it always wanting to experiment, explore and fuse heavy metal with non-metal music genres. It also makes it an ever changing and growing genre.

Also, before you guys flood me, yes my list contains a lot of Industrial & Nu Metal bands, as well as other genre.. As far as I'm concerned, my picks all fit quite well in the scope of an alternative metal list. Don't you agree? Wait... You disagree? Well, let's agree to disagree and move on.

As for the list itself, I'm going to try and list through time what I (me, myself & moi) consider as essential alternative albums. I will also limit myself to a maximum of 4 releases each year to prevent a messy list, which often makes it a difficult decision, especially in the early 2000's. So yes, it is possible your personal favourite won't be featured. You can tell me all about it in the comments below and we can discuss it, even argue it.

Now, have fun, enjoy my list and let me know what you think or would personally put in your favourite alt-metal list!

-Guib-

EDIT: I will now add my pick for best album of each year using the (best of xxxx) in the chosen album's description.

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Guib's Best Alternative Metal Album Picks

Best Of 2022
Polyphia - Remember That You Will Die

Best Of 2023
Mutoid Man - Mutants

Best of 2024 So Far
...tbd

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Last Updated: March 27th, 2024

1.Living Colour - Vivid
2.Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
3.Faith No More - The Real Thing
4.Godflesh - Streetcleaner
5.L7 - Smell The Magic

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Created by Guib on 20.08.2023



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AJ's Ranking Of 2012

My top 50 of the year. Rated 8 & Above

Alcest, Gojira, Les discrets and Blut Aus Nord make the french connection . Allez les bleus!

Black Sabbath announced their reunion, Wintersun reappeared with time Soundgarden too for the last time.

Nearly forgot the world was supposed to end....

Album count: 172
Average rating: 7.05

1.Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage
2.Alcest - Les Voyages De L'âme
3.Saturnus - Saturn In Ascension
4.Cult Of Fire - Triumvirát
5.Les Discrets - Ariettes Oubliées...

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Created by AJ The Great on 12.08.2023



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Essential Music For Phone

Bands in my daily listening rotation. Albums chosen are my favorite by the respective band in most cases 🤘

1.200 Stab Wounds - Slave To The Scalpel
2.A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms
3.Abbath - Abbath
4.Acid Witch - Rot Among Us
5.Æther Realm - Tarot

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Created by em6568 on 13.07.2023



Top 70 Songs Of 2010-2012

1.Avantasia - Death Is Just A Feeling
2.Dream Theater - Beneath The Surface
3.Evergrey - Free
4.Firewind - Edge Of A Dream
5.Myrath - Sour Sigh

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Created by Alex Avagianos on 18.09.2022



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My Favorite Albums

These are my favorite metal albums in no particular order.

1.Gojira - From Mars To Sirius
2.Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh
3.Cattle Decapitation - Monolith Of Inhumanity
4.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
5.Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

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Created by SlaughterPegasus on 06.04.2022



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My Top 50 Albums Of 2012

1.Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I
2.Antimatter - Fear Of A Unique Identity
3.Sigh - In Somniphobia
4.Enslaved - RIITIIR
5.Katatonia - Dead End Kings

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Created by JHK on 30.03.2022



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50 Favorite Bands

The bands are in that order on purpose, from most to least favorite, but favorite nonetheless. The format is:

band | favourite album by the band | favorite song (or 2) by the band

Last updated on 4 November 2022.

1.Meshuggah - Nothing
2.Opeth - Blackwater Park
3.Immolation - Close To A World Below
4.Death - Symbolic
5.Agalloch - The Mantle

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Created by Qualeen on 31.01.2022



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Top 25 Alternative Metal Albums

1.System Of A Down - Toxicity
2.Soen - Lotus
3.Tool - Lateralus
4.Faith No More - The Real Thing
5.Tool - Ænima

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Created by Mrtvozornik on 14.01.2022



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400+ Favorite Songs

Last updated on 27 March 2024.

1.Dream Theater - Images And Words
2.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
3.Wintersun - Wintersun
4.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
5.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

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Created by Qualeen on 10.10.2021



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200+ Favorite Albums

Note: Tool intentionally ommitted because they don't consider themselves metal. Otherwise you'd see their first 4 albums in top 25.

Last updated: 27 March 2024.

1.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
2.Agalloch - The Mantle
3.Opeth - Blackwater Park
4.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
5.Lost Horizon - A Flame To The Ground Beneath

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Created by Qualeen on 30.09.2021