1.Persuader - When Eden Burns

2.DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage

3.Summoning - Oath Bound

4.Blind Guardian - A Twist In The Myth

5.Dalriada - Jégbontó

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I'll start with the disclaimer that I am not, nor ever have been, a musician. This list is of my own favorite performers, not the actual technical best musicians as I am a layman and can only go by…

1.Symphony X - The Odyssey

2.Septicflesh - Communion

3.Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite

4.Scar Symmetry - Pitch Black Progress

5.Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy

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These are 36 of the my favorite Melodeath albums in no particular order. This will hopefully serve as a starting point for someone new to the style. If one of your favorites isn't on here, it's…

1.Dark Tranquillity - Fiction

2.The Absence - Riders Of The Plague

3.Darkane - Expanding Senses

4.Insomnium - Since The Day It All Came Down

5.Luna Mortis - The Absence

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A ranking including all albums of my former favorites.

1.Scar Symmetry - Pitch Black Progress

2.Scar Symmetry - Symmetric In Design

3.Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe

4.Scar Symmetry - The Unseen Empire

5.Scar Symmetry - Dark Matter Dimensions

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1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

2.Spawn Of Possession - Noctambulant

3.Mastodon - Blood Mountain

4.Insomnium - Above The Weeping World

5.Isis - In The Absence Of Truth

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