1.Blind Guardian - Beyond The Red Mirror

2.Motörhead - Bad Magic

3.Saxon - Battering Ram

4.Iron Maiden - The Book Of Souls

5.Helloween - My God-Given Right

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1.Soilwork - The Ride Majestic

2.Symphony X - Underworld

3.Lamb Of God - VII: Sturm Und Drang

4.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

5.Sylosis - Dormant Heart

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My own top 230 essential metal albums sorted in alphabetical order by band name.

1.1349 - Beyond The Apocalypse

2.1349 - The Infernal Pathway

3.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations

4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

5.Amon Amarth - Once Sent From The Golden Hall

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1.Avantasia - Ghostlights

2.Iced Earth - Incorruptible

3.Kamelot - The Shadow Theory

4.Soilwork - The Ride Majestic

5.Jorn Lande & Trond Holter - Dracula: Swing Of Death

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1.Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy

2.Symphony X - Paradise Lost

3.Symphony X - Iconoclast

4.Symphony X - Underworld

5.Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite

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Must Listen: The First 2…

1.Soilwork - The Ride Majestic

2.Jorn Lande & Trond Holter - Dracula: Swing Of Death

3.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

4.Kamelot - Haven

5.Civil War - Gods And Generals

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1.TesseracT - Polaris

2.Caligula's Horse - Bloom

3.Arcturus - Arcturian

4.Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.

5.Leprous - The Congregation

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Ranking Symphony X albums from best to worst. Also featuring my three top cuts from each albums. To be perfectly clear, the three bottom albums aren't bad albums however they don't offer the…

1.Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy

2.Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite

3.Symphony X - The Damnation Game

4.Symphony X - Twilight In Olympus

5.Symphony X - The Odyssey

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1.Melechesh - Enki

2.Tengger Cavalry - Blood Sacrifice Shaman

3.Fear Factory - Genexus

4.Psycroptic - Psycroptic

5.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

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Not finished, of course. Never shall be.

1.Macabre Omen - Gods Of War - At War

2.Wiegedood - De Doden Hebben Het Goed

3.Amygdala - EPiphany

4.I Chaos - Masterbleeder

5.Paradise Lost - The Plague Within

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1.Moonspell - Extinct

2.Cradle Of Filth - Hammer Of The Witches

3.Enslaved - In Times

4.Leprous - The Congregation

5.Myrkur - M

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Just a list of the albums I have picked up so far this year. I will update the list throughout the year as I pick up more. Some may be pre-orders.

1.Napalm Death - Apex Predator - Easy Meat

2.Marduk - Frontschwein

3.Ensiferum - One Man Army

4.Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor

5.Enslaved - In Times

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Albums I need to check out…

1.The Gentle Storm - The Diary

2.Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful

3.Apocalyptica - Shadowmaker

4.Cain's Offering - Stormcrow

5.Paradise Lost - The Plague Within

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