This is very simple, I took the ratings for a bunch of alternative metal albums on MS and ranked them accordingly

To qualify:
The album must have been released when the band was labelled as "Alternative…

1.Mass Hysteria - Contraddiction

2.Tool - Lateralus

3.The Butterfly Effect - IV

4.Tool - Ænima

5.Mass Hysteria - Le Bien-Être Et La Paix

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Comebacks are greeted with excitement and trepidation. Albums released after a band break-up can either send bands into the heavenly stratosphere or the basements of hell. I'm compiling the former.

1.Faith No More - Sol Invictus

2.Septicflesh - Communion

3.Celtic Frost - Monotheist

4.Heaven And Hell - The Devil You Know

5.At The Gates - At War With Reality

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1.Iron Maiden - The Book Of Souls

2.Leprous - The Congregation

3.Mgła - Exercises In Futility

4.Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor

5.Puscifer - Money Shot

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most memorable releases sorted by year
* - especially interesting albums…

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2.Ashenspire - Hostile Architecture

3.Soen - Imperial

4.Thy Catafalque - Naiv

5.Kayo Dot - Blasphemy

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overall it was a great yer , i heard so many good albums this year so here i put the list of my favorites…

1.Chelsea Wolfe - Abyss

2.Dave Gahan & Soulsavers - Angels And Ghosts

3.Puscifer - Money Shot

4.Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.

5.Paul Minesweeper - Northreach

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1.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

2.Moonspell - Extinct

3.Swallow The Sun - Songs From The North I, II & III

4.Angra - Secret Garden

5.The Gentle Storm - The Diary

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I will update soon.

1.Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.

2.Subterranean Masquerade - The Great Bazaar

3.Deafheaven - New Bermuda

4.Leprous - The Congregation

5.Native Construct - Quiet World

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1.Slayer - Repentless

2.Monster Magnet - Cobras And Fire (The Mastermind Redux)

3.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

4.Lamb Of God - VII: Sturm Und Drang

5.Napalm Death - Apex Predator - Easy Meat

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1.Faith No More - Sol Invictus

2.Fear Factory - Genexus

3.High On Fire - Luminiferous

4.Napalm Death - Apex Predator - Easy Meat

5.Entrails - Obliteration

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1.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

2.Avatarium - The Girl With The Raven Mask

3.Ghost - Meliora

4.Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful

5.Jess And The Ancient Ones - Second Psychedelic Coming: The Aquarius Tapes

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Every album to catch my ear during 2015, rated, with plenty of non-metal for those of you who like to branch out and see what the whole world of music has to offer. Variety'll always be a virtue.

Numerous…

1.Death Grips - The Powers That B

2.Leprous - The Congregation

3.Clarence Clarity - No Now

4.Björk - Vulnicura

5.Envy - Atheist's Cornea

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The man, the legend, the god.

1.Faith No More - The Real Thing

2.Tomahawk - Tomahawk

3.Faith No More - Angel Dust

4.The Dillinger Escape Plan - Irony Is A Dead Scene

5.Faith No More - Angel Dust

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1.Gorod - A Maze Of Recycled Creeds

2.Alkaloid - The Malkuth Grimoire

3.Cattle Decapitation - The Anthropocene Extinction

4.Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly

5.Intervals - The Shape Of Colour

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1.Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.

2.Arcturus - Arcturian

3.Symphony X - Underworld

4.Leprous - The Congregation

5.Soilwork - The Ride Majestic

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All the albums I've listened to in 2015, from favorite to least favorite, and a small summary.

1.Shape Of Despair - Monotony Fields

2.Swallow The Sun - Songs From The North I, II & III

3.Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.

4.Leviathan - Scar Sighted

5.Ahab - The Boats Of The Glen Carrig

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