What seems the most important albums for me in chronological order.
I wish I could carry the list year after year to see how my tastes changed and new findings.
I can help but notice that old albums immediately…

1.Frank Zappa - Freak Out

2.The Who - Tommy

3.Frank Zappa - Uncle Meat

4.Frank Zappa - Hot Rats

5.King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King

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This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone…

1.Aara - En Ergô Einai

2.Aarni - Bathos

3.Aaskereia - Dort, Wo Das Alte Böse Ruht

4.Aastraal - Tuba mirum spargens sonum per sepulcra regionum, coget omnes ante thronum

5.AATHMA - Avesta

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1.Sólstafir - Ótta

2.Thou - Heathen

3.Alcest - Shelter

4.Behemoth - The Satanist

5.Panopticon - Roads To The North

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In no particular order.

1.Archspire - Relentless Mutation

2.Animals As Leaders - The Joy Of Motion

3.Necrophagist - Epitaph

4.Obscura - Akróasis

5.C.B Murdoc - Here Be Dragons

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One of the most anticipated activities in MS is to decide which are
the outstanding albums of the year. In this list, some favorites are presented for this coveted award.

1.Soen - Tellurian

2.Aenaon - Extance

3.Triptykon - Melana Chasmata

4.Morbus Chron - Sweven

5.Animals As Leaders - The Joy Of Motion

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From best to worst of all the albums I listened along the 2014…

1.Pallbearer - Foundations Of Burden

2.Neurotech - Infra Versus Ultra

3.Triptykon - Melana Chasmata

4.Ghost Brigade - IV - One With The Storm

5.Earth - Primitive And Deadly

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Cos, y'know, same shiz different year. Ran out of space again so will post final album opinions in comments.

1.Infestus - The Reflecting Void

2.Dirge - Hyperion

3.Nero Di Marte - Derivae

4.Steve Rothery - The Ghosts Of Pripyat

5.Agalloch - The Serpent & The Sphere

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Every year, hundreds of albums are written and released for people to buy and hopefully not steal. I spend most of my free time searching far and wide for new music, most of which only very few people…

1.1349 - Massive Cauldron Of Chaos

2.Abigor - Leytmotif Luzifer - The 7 Temptations Of Man

3.Aborted - The Necrotic Manifesto

4.Aenaon - Extance

5.Agalloch - The Serpent & The Sphere

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My best album list to 2014 so far (january-september)…

1.Fallujah - The Flesh Prevails

2.Animals As Leaders - The Joy Of Motion

3.Serdce - Timelessness

4.Mastodon - Once More 'Round The Sun

5.Agalloch - The Serpent & The Sphere

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100% subjective.
I also listened to albums far from metal or metal world (Hanggai, Lisa Gerrard, ...) but I decided not to list them there.

Updated constantly - feel free to recommend something to check…

1.Darkspace - Dark Space III I

2.Blues Pills - Blues Pills

3.Earth - Primitive And Deadly

4.Aenaon - Extance

5.Triptykon - Melana Chasmata

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1.Cynic - Kindly Bent To Free Us

2.Chon - Woohoo!

3.Dark Fortress - Venereal Dawn

4.RX Bandits - Gemini, Her Majesty

5.Hannes Grossmann - The Radial Covenant

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1.Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel

2.Psygnosis - Human Be[ing]

3.Machine Head - Bloodstone & Diamonds

4.Descend - Wither

5.Yob - Clearing The Path To Ascend

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My favourite albums of 2014. (In order of preference, and only including albums I would rate 7+).

1.The Contortionist - Language

2.Rings Of Saturn - Lugal Ki En

3.Archspire - The Lucid Collective

4.Xerath - III

5.Fallujah - The Flesh Prevails

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So here it is > These are the releases i tend to hear most of the time this year. Some of my all time favourite bands released weak albums while others suprised me while i was cooking pasta .Fell free…

1.Aenaon - Extance

2.Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel

3.Major Parkinson - Twilight Cinema

4.Mors Principium Est - Dawn Of The 5th Era

5.Scar Symmetry - The Singularity (Phase I - Neohumanity)

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Pretty much every album that's caught my attention over the year, including non-metal. (Variety is a virtue, y'know )

I'll only be commenting on albums that I've given enough time…

1.Swans - To Be Kind

2.Darren Korb - Transistor Original Soundtrack

3.Bent Knee - Shiny Eyed Babies

4.Gazpacho - Demon

5.Vampillia - My Beautiful Twisted Nightmares In Aurora Rainbow Darkness

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