These are my favorite progressive/power metal albums that I have listened to. Some of them are for musical technique and others are simply because they blew my mind with the crazy story lines or whatever!…

1.Symphony X - Paradise Lost

2.Symphony X - The Odyssey

3.Masterplan - Aeronautics

4.Nightwish - Dark Passion Play

5.Theocracy - As The World Bleeds

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Alphabetical order.
Limited to 2 albums per band

Top 5 of non-metal:
Pink Floyd-The Wall
King Crimson-In The Court Of The Crimson King
Godspeed You! Black Emperor-Yanqui U.X.O
Comus-First Utterance
Explosions…

1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

2.Agalloch - The Mantle

3.Anaal Nathrakh - In The Constellation Of The Black Widow

4.Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas

5.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

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Pretty damn hard list to do.

This list is for people who found Iced Earth and wondering what are some other songs they should listen to.

For the record Night of the Stormrider is probably my favourite…

1.Iced Earth - Horror Show

2.Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon (Something Wicked - Part 1)

3.Iced Earth - Night Of The Stormrider

4.Iced Earth - The Dark Saga

5.Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes

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1.Iced Earth - Night Of The Stormrider

2.Iced Earth - Dystopia

3.Iced Earth - Horror Show

4.Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes

5.Iced Earth - The Dark Saga

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This is a list of some albums that I feel aren't as appreciated as they should be.

1.Ozzy Osbourne - The Ultimate Sin

2.Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings

3.Cryptopsy - And Then You'll Beg

4.Yngwie Malmsteen - Fire And Ice

5.Sentenced - Frozen

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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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1.Paradise Lost - One Second

2.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

3.Type O Negative - October Rust

4.Silencer - Death-Pierce Me

5.Anathema - Alternative 4

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Here are the most captivating atmospheres I've ever heard. Including metal and non-metal albums. Grouped according to genre and one album per band.

1.Division By Zero - Independent Harmony

2.Beyond Twilight - The Devil's Hall Of Fame

3.Riverside - Out Of Myself

4.Suspyre - When Time Fades...

5.Redemption - The Fullness Of Time

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Just a list of 20 of the best Power Metal albums of the US style, in order of preference. The order and number of albums in the list may change as I find new albums.

1.Crimson Glory - Transcendence

2.Iced Earth - Night Of The Stormrider

3.Jag Panzer - Casting The Stones

4.Helstar - Nosferatu

5.Sanctuary - Refuge Denied

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1.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

2.Death - Symbolic

3.Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free

4.Savatage - Dead Winter Dead

5.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

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1.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

2.Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings

3.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

4.Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica

5.Helloween - 7 Sinners

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My Favorite Metal Songs. I tried to limit myself to one song per album, so this list also doubles as my favorite song off of each of these albums also. Probably stop the list at 666 if I ever get there.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Iron Maiden - Rock In Rio

3.Testament - The Legacy

4.Exodus - Bonded By Blood

5.Wolf (UK) - Edge Of The World

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1.Tool - Lateralus

2.Dream Theater - Awake

3.Queensrÿche - Rage For Order

4.The Tea Party - The Edges Of Twilight

5.Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale

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My opinion about the best iced earth albums…

1.Iced Earth - Alive In Athens

2.Iced Earth - The Dark Saga

3.Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes

4.Iced Earth - Night Of The Stormrider

5.Iced Earth - Horror Show

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