*** /\ UNDER CONSTRUCTION /\ *** READ ME *** List of the best metal vocalists across all subgenres. The album that best exhibits their vocals will represent them -- not necessarily the best album they appear on. I will limit myself to the very top of each sungenre (i.e. death, black, doom, etc.) for variety's sake. Also -- AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT -- I consider several criteria, not just raw talent. Some of the criteria are vocal range, versatility, command of voice, fit/compatibility with band, feeling/emotion/energy and originality. Feel free to bitch and moan below. \m/

1.King Diamond - Abigail

2.Judas Priest - Painkiller

3.Savatage - Gutter Ballet

4.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

5.Queensrÿche - Empire

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1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

3.Evile - Enter The Grave

4.Amon Amarth - Fate Of Norns

5.Suffocation - Pinnacle Of Bedlam

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1.Smothered - The Inevitable End

2.Cryptopsy - Cryptopsy

3.Lamb Of God - Sacrament

4.Lamb Of God - Wrath

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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1.Amon Amarth - Versus The World

2.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

3.Anathema - The Silent Enigma

4.Arch Enemy - Burning Bridges

5.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

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From Favorite to least favorite

1.Death - Leprosy

2.Death - Symbolic

3.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

4.Death - Spiritual Healing

5.Death - Scream Bloody Gore

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Here is my personnal top 50 Thrash Metal album of all time, order by my preference. (even if it's really hard to order after the top 20 )
Feel free to suggest me some I've forgot to mention, there's so much excellent band and I should have not listen to all of them ! ^^
In my opinion, the best style to see live !!

1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Slayer - Reign In Blood

4.Vektor - Black Future

5.Machine Head - Burn My Eyes

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The best album of each year (and one close 2nd) from the past 20 years. Some years were much harder than others to choose the best 2 albums.

1.In Vain - Ænigma

2.Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn

3.Dissona - Dissona

4.Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

5.Obscura - Omnivium

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1.Sentenced - Frozen

2.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

3.Anathema - Alternative 4

4.Therion - Vovin

5.Rhapsody Of Fire - Symphony Of Enchanted Lands

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1.The Gathering - How To Measure A Planet?

2.Cradle Of Filth - Cruelty And The Beast

3.Theatre Of Tragedy - Aégis

4.The Sins Of Thy Beloved - Lake Of Sorrow

5.Therion - Vovin

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1.Death - Human

2.Death - Symbolic

3.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

4.Opeth - Watershed

5.Opeth - Heritage

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The top album of every year since I was born.

1.Dream Theater - Falling Into Infinity

2.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

3.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

4.Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper

5.Opeth - Blackwater Park

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1.Annihilator - Alice In Hell

2.Annihilator - Never, Neverland

3.Anthrax - Among The Living

4.Artillery - By Inheritance

5.Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion

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1.Novembre - Wish I Could Dream It Again

2.Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness

3.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

4.Novembre - Arte Novecento

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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No particular order.

1.Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

2.Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked

3.Summoning - Dol Guldur

4.Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery

5.Skyclad - Irrational Anthems

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1.Opeth - Still Life

2.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

3.Shining - V - Halmstad

4.Opeth - Damnation

5.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

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