1.Death - Human

2.Autopsy - Mental Funeral

3.Bolt Thrower - The IVth Crusade

4.Cannibal Corpse - Tomb Of The Mutilated

5.Incantation - Onward To Golgotha

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I first listened to Death when I came across Human on AllMusic.com (which I was using a lot at the time) and read about how it was a classic progressive death metal album. I loved the combination of technical…

1.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

2.Death - Human

3.Death - Symbolic

4.Death - Leprosy

5.Death - Individual Thought Patterns

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Please add an introduction in English.

1.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

2.Cryptopsy - None So Vile

3.Sepultura - Beneath The Remains

4.Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten

5.Deicide - Deicide

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I first got into progressive death metal when my friend bought Opeth's Ghost Reveries from HMV in London when we went to see Iron Maiden at Twickenham stadium in 2008. I borrowed the album to find…

1.Opeth - Blackwater Park

2.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

3.Opeth - Still Life

4.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

5.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson II

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My own top 230 essential metal albums sorted in alphabetical order by band name.

1.1349 - Beyond The Apocalypse

2.1349 - The Infernal Pathway

3.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations

4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

5.Amon Amarth - Once Sent From The Golden Hall

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My Top Metal 1990-1999…

1.Entombed - Left Hand Path

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Death - Human

4.Dream Theater - Images And Words

5.Faith No More - Angel Dust

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1.Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream

2.Gorguts - Considered Dead

3.Death - Human

4.Paradise Lost - Gothic

5.Entombed - Clandestine

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In progress top 300 albums in alphabetical order…

1.A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms

2.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops

3.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations

4.Acid Witch - Stoned

5.Acid Witch - Evil Sound Screamers

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The gaps between all the albums are minimal…

1.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

2.Death - Symbolic

3.Death - Individual Thought Patterns

4.Death - Human

5.Death - Leprosy

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1.Death - Human

2.Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream

3.Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

4.Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious

5.Cynic - Focus

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This is my top albums (only with those where I gave 8 or more). I will update the list now and then.
Keep in mind that I've only been seriously listening to metal for a few years, and that it's…

1.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

4.Sepultura - Beneath The Remains

5.Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal

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1.Kaunis Kuolematon - Mielenvalta

2.Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor

3.Abbath - Dread Reaver

4.Bloodbound - Drink With The Gods

5.Warmen - Here For None

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It is very hard to understate how much Scott Burns' talents have given to the world of metal music. He might disagree about the following statements, but his work defined one of the most admired and…

1.Agent Steel - Unstoppable Force

2.Whiplash - Ticket To Mayhem

3.Crimson Glory - Transcendence

4.Death - Leprosy

5.Terrorizer - World Downfall

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The MS top 200 is supposed to represent the absolute peak of metal music, the timeless classics. I have been listening to metal for about 6 years now and would consider myself fairly knowledgeable about…

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3.W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol

4.Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die

5.Ensiferum - Ensiferum

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Limiting my picks to one album per band (otherwise it would have been a much larger list), here are my top 50 favorite metal albums of all time including my favorite track for each album:…

1.Stratovarius - Episode

2.Angra - Angels Cry

3.Helloween - Better Than Raw

4.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

5.Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark

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