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1. Bolt Thrower - The IVth Crusade

2. Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory

3. Bolt Thrower - Warmaster

4. Bolt Thrower - Realm Of Chaos

5. Bolt Thrower - Mercenary

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1. Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten

2. Entombed - Left Hand Path

3. Death - Human

4. Terrorizer - World Downfall

5. Sepultura - Beneath the Remains

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A collection of totally family-friendly jams fitting the spooky season. One song per band!

1. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

2. Slayer - South of Heaven

3. Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness

4. Metallica - Ride the Lightning

5. King Diamond - Abigail

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This list shows only my preferences in metal. These albums are not necessarily the best of the bands written by, but I return to them again and again. In my opinion, all this masterpieces confirm the variety and greatness of metal music.
Rules:
1. One album per band.
2. Ordered from highest position (top) to lowest (bottom).
3. No heavy, power, doom, gothic, sludge/stoner albums.

1. Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper

2. Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia

3. In Flames - Clayman

4. Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos

5. Gojira - From Mars To Sirius

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1. Malevolent Creation - The Ten Commandments

2. Malevolent Creation - Retribution

3. Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence

4. Death - Scream Bloody Gore

5. Death - Leprosy

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1. Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

2. Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields

3. Saturnus - Paradise Belongs To You

4. Opeth - Still Life

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

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1. Ossian - A Rock Katonái

2. Pokolgép - Koncertlemez

3. Sanctuary - Into The Mirror Black

4. Iron Maiden - No Prayer For The Dying

5. Judas Priest - Painkiller

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3 caveats
1. Death metal album (not just debut from band that became death metal, like Carcass)
2. Released calendar year 1999 or earlier
3. By a band with more than 1 album (1-album wonder list is elsewhere)

Yes, there are a few bands conspicuous in their absence. For whatever reason, I just never really got into them.

1. Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence

2. Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

3. Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten

4. Cynic - Focus

5. Cryptopsy - Blasphemy Made Flesh

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Welcome to what I consider the "Metal Bible" or in other words, a list of records of various genres in the arrays of Metal and Hard Rock that I deem essential or at least very recommended to listeners of hard and heavy music. This may be a very overwhelming list but I essentially try to collect all albums in the History of Metal that strike me as worthwhile. May this be a guideline for people that seek for an entrance to a particular genre or certain bands. In no means I am saying, that this list is indisputable by any means. I consider these my personal picks for albums that should be listened to by die-hard metal fans at least once. Hopefully you can discover some new music or relate with my picks. If I missed something that you would include in such a list, please tell me in the form of a comment. Enjoy! \,,/

1. High Tide - Sea Shanties

2. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

3. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

4. Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come

5. Josefus - Dead Man

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This is a list of all the death metal albums I have listened to that I thought were at all worth remembering. Like my other genre lists, this is just a record of my own listening experience that I use for personal organization, not a definitive account of the best or all of the death metal out there; there will probably be albums or bands that are not death metal in the strictest sense. You'll find some OSDM, melodeath, tech death, death-doom, maybe a bit of deathcore, I don't know. Maybe some non-death metal albums by death metal bands that I put in here just because.

1. Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

2. Death - Symbolic

3. At The Gates - With Fear I Kiss The Burning Darkness

4. At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

5. Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

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Ratings go from:

WORSHIP ❤️❤️❤️: Absolute greatness, a mindblowing album.
LOVE ❤️❤️🖤: Amazing release with very few flaws.
LIKE ❤️🖤🖤: Enjoyable but far from perfect.
DISLIKE 💔: Not very good or maybe not fitting my tastes.

I've decided to stop rating albums with a numerical value as I tend to feel uncomfortable with that. This list has a minimalistic, subjective and visceral approach, based purely on sensations and personal tastes. Mainly for personal use and doesn't pretend to be a serious ranking, but emerges from the need to remember which bands and albums I enjoyed and the ones I disliked. I constantly revisit new releases so first impressions may change over time. It usually takes 8-10 spins for me to get completely sure of a rating.

1. Æther Realm - Tarot

2. Abhoria - Abhoria

3. Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops

4. Agrypnie - Metamorphosis

5. Allegaeon - Fragments Of Form And Function

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1. Asphyx - Last One On Earth

2. Benediction - Transcend The Rubicon

3. Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory

4. Carcass - Heartwork

5. Death - Leprosy

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The albums below is my definition of extreme metal music, regardless of their genre. Entire list is based only on my personal preferences in metal.
Rules:
1. One album per band
2. 305 groups/305 albums

1. In Flames - Clayman

2. Metallica - ...And Justice For All

3. Chimaira - Chimaira

4. Death - Symbolic

5. Testament - The New Order

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Last updated on 6 March 2023.

1. Dream Theater - Images and Words

2. Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

3. Wintersun - Wintersun

4. Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane

5. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast

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Note: Tool intentionally ommitted because they don't consider themselves metal. Otherwise you'd see their first 4 albums in top 25.

Last updated: 6 March 2023

1. Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

2. Agalloch - The Mantle

3. Opeth - Blackwater Park

4. Edge of Sanity - Crimson

5. Lost Horizon - A Flame to the Ground Beneath

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