1.Death - Human

2.Death - Symbolic

3.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

4.Opeth - Watershed

5.Opeth - Heritage

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My personal top of Death albums.

1.Death - Individual Thought Patterns

2.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

3.Death - Symbolic

4.Death - Human

5.Death - Spiritual Healing

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My opinion of the best metal albums ever!!!…

1.Death - Symbolic

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Children Of Bodom - Hatebreeder

4.Megadeth - So Far, So Good... So What?

5.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

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Influences, avantgarde, progressive, thrash & others.

1.Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare

2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

3.Toxik - Think This

4.Coroner - No More Color

5.Danny Elfman - Batman

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RANKING CRITERIA :

- Originality [ 35% of the rating ]
- Songwriting [ 35% of the rating ]
- Performance [ 30% of the rating ]

Neither popularity among fans nor commercial success (or unsuccess)…

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

4.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

5.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

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1.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

2.Judas Priest - Painkiller

3.Summoning - Minas Morgul

4.Windir - 1184

5.Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta

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1.Death - Human

2.Opeth - Still Life

3.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

4.Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream

5.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

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The choice of albums was made according to aesthetic criteria, taking into account only musical merits of the recordings.
Neither popularity among fans nor commercial success (or unsuccess) of the albums…

1.Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

4.Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

5.Death - Symbolic

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A little list of albums that have been kicking my ass as of late. Some albums on this list may appear to be "odd" choices, but "crushing" in this context does not necessarily mean heavy.

1.Esoteric - The Pernicious Enigma

2.Ahab - The Divinity Of Oceans

3.Agalloch - The Mantle

4.Warning - Watching From A Distance

5.Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All

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BEST YEAR OF THE CENTURY…

1.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

2.Death - Symbolic

3.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

4.In Flames - The Jester Race

5.Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery

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List of my all-time favourite heavy metal albums to day. Hate it or love it.
Note: I'll put here something new with time, I hope.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power

3.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

4.Slayer - Reign In Blood

5.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

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There are certain albums that i truly believe to be timeless. These select few have been in my collection for years and aren't leaving any time soon. This is in no particular order.

1.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

2.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

3.Anaal Nathrakh - The Codex Necro

4.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

5.Behemoth - The Apostasy

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This my opinion on the best to worst Death albums (subject to change).

1.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

2.Death - Human

3.Death - Symbolic

4.Death - Leprosy

5.Death - Individual Thought Patterns

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So here are some Brutal, Technical, Progressive and sometimes Atmospheric death metal works I enjoy or that I believe should be given a try because they're unique and interesting, almost an essentials…

1.Atheist - Piece Of Time

2.Nocturnus - The Key

3.Atrocity - Hallucinations

4.Death - Human

5.Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten

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My personal top 50 list.
(In no particular order)…

1.Decrepit Birth - Polarity

2.Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse

3.Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult

4.Joe Satriani - Time Machine

5.Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull

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