Probably not the best music in this world, but certainly my favourite 20 albums i always have in FLAC in my phone
Just metal stuff, othervise there would be quite a lot of classical music, jazz and prog…

1.Opeth - Still Life

2.Alcest - Les Voyages De L'âme

3.Wilderun - Veil Of Imagination

4.Aquilus - Griseus

5.Orgone - Pleroma

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2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010…

1.Insomnium - One For Sorrow

2.Gernotshagen - Weltenbrand - ...Den Banner Hoch Der Nacht Entgegen

3.Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

4.Sólstafir - Svartir Sandar

5.Septicflesh - The Great Mass

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Here's my AotY for each year from 1970, with a runner up (or two) following.
Pink Floyd and Yes aren't here, King Crimson is, so I'll include King Crimson…

1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

2.Deep Purple - In Rock

3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

4.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

5.Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards

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I've been listened to Black Metal since the late 2000s starting with Emperor and Dimmu Borgir. Since then, I've discover dozens of amazing bands thanks to MS and it has become one of my favourite…

1.Agalloch - The Mantle

2.Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle

3.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

4.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

5.Windir - 1184

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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…

1.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

4.Sepultura - Beneath The Remains

5.Opeth - Blackwater Park

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These CDs are on the highest shelf…

1.Anthrax - Fistful Of Metal

2.Anthrax - Among The Living

3.Anthrax - Sound Of White Noise

4.Biohazard - State Of The World Address

5.Biohazard - Nativity In Black - A Tribute To Black Sabbath

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Here is my top 50 of 2011. Albums rated 8+

In 2011, I started my second MS account after losing the first to the discontinuation of my Uni email address.

"But your account says you joined in…

1.Septicflesh - The Great Mass

2.Mastodon - The Hunter

3.Insomnium - One For Sorrow

4.Leprous - Bilateral

5.Helheim - Heiðindómr Ok Mótgang

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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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A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

2011 was a solid year for metal, one of the best for black metal in years, a revival…

1.Aquilus - Griseus

2.Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats - Blood Lust

3.Thy Catafalque - Rengeteg

4.Insomnium - One For Sorrow

5.Septicflesh - The Great Mass

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The second part of my list year by year!…

1.The Foreshadowing - Oionos

2.Aquilus - Griseus

3.Saturnus - Saturn In Ascension

4.Hamferð - Evst

5.Shylmagoghnar - Emergence

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1 album per band per subgenre
work in progress, updating as I go through the song-by-song ratings on RateYourMusic.com
I will typically update my black metal faves - https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6924
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1.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

2.King Diamond - Abigail

3.Voivod - Dimension Hatröss

4.Mastodon - Crack The Skye

5.Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris

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The goats. The near perfect albums that never get old. Some are full of catchy bangers I'm always humming, and some are so full to the brim of details that I still haven't even uncovered them…

1.Devin Townsend - Empath

2.Andrew Prahlow - Outer Wilds, Outer Wilds: Echoes Of The Eye

3.Gareth Coker - Ori And The Will Of The Wisps

4.Memories Of Old - The Zeramin Game

5.Wintersun - Time I

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1.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

2.Kauan - Sorni Nai

3.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

4.Wilderun - Veil Of Imagination

5.Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories)

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1.Thy Catafalque - Rengeteg

2.Leprous - Bilateral

3.Aquilus - Griseus

4.Pain Of Salvation - Road Salt Two

5.Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

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* Updating this as I get around to doing song-by-song on RYM.
* 1 album per band
* limiting this to actual black metal releases, as opposed to releases by bands that were, at one time, black metal.
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1.Weakling - Dead As Dreams

2.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

3.Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum

4.Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle

5.Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi

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