For now the albums aren't in no particular order. I was blown away and still love all this albums after years listening. Trying to put 1 per band maximum, maybe more if they have different but awesome…

1.Opeth - Blackwater Park

2.Angra - Temple Of Shadows

3.Death - Symbolic

4.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

5.Metallica - Ride the Lightning

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1.Paradise Lost - Gothic

2.Tiamat - Wildhoney

3.Dissection - The Somberlain

4.Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory

5.Deicide - Deicide

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1.Paradise Lost - Gothic

2.Tiamat - Wildhoney

3.Dissection - The Somberlain

4.Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory

5.Deicide - Deicide

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Obviously, a list of my favorite songs, or songs that mean something special to me at least. I don't remember them all of course so I'll be adding more as soon as I'm reminded of them.
I wanted to pull…

1.After Forever - Decipher

2.Ahab - The Giant

3.Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs

4.Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

5.Between The Buried And Me - The Great Misdirect

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AtoZ (Album)…

1.Lost Horizon - A Flame To The Ground Beneath

2.Ihsahn - After

3.Anthrax - Among The Living

4.Faith No More - Angel Dust

5.Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition

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1.Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark

2.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

3.Mayhem - Chimera

4.The Ruins Of Beverast - Rain Upon The Impure

5.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

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A mix of progressive, doom and the darker side of metal.

1.Ihsahn - Eremita

2.Jeff Loomis - Plains Of Oblivion

3.Virgin Black - Sombre Romantic

4.Virgin Black - Elegant...And Dying

5.Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone

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1.Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas

2.Immortal - Sons Of Northern Darkness

3.Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger

4.1349 - Hellfire

5.Burzum - Belus

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My List album 4 Black and ghotic ' fans members…

1.Abigor - Verwüstung / Invoke The Dark Age

2.Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

3.Anaal Nathrakh - Passion

4.Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark

5.Belphegor - Goatreich - Fleshcult

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My take on the greatest albums ever... (No, early 70s Black Sabbath is NOT metal, and neither is Led Zeppelin.)…

1.Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast

2.Cradle Of Filth - Cruelty And The Beast

3.King Diamond - Abigail

4.Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

5.Slayer - Reign In Blood

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Some bad ass stuff on this list. Decent year overall.

1.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

2.Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

3.In Flames - Whoracle

4.Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields

5.Rhapsody - Legendary Tales

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Favorite releases from 1997

Updated 9/10/20…

1.Savatage - The Wake Of Magellan

2.Electric Wizard - Come My Fanatics...

3.Strapping Young Lad - City

4.Deicide - Serpents Of The Light

5.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

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