Picked my top 25. Should be good.
12/25/16…

1.Mouth Of The Architect - Path Of Eight

2.Départe - Failure, Subside

3.Klimt 1918 - Sentimentale Jugend

4.Alder - Sun Worshipper

5.Numenorean - Home

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This is a list of all the power metal albums I have listened to that are worth remembering. Like my other genre lists, this is not meant to be a definitive guide to power metal or a binding judgment on…

1.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth

2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

3.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

4.Jag Panzer - Thane To The Throne

5.X Japan - Art Of Life

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One of source of entertainment in the couple of months since I've joined MS has been watching albums careen up and down the 2015 top 20. I thought it might be interesting to compile a list of every…

1.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

2.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale

3.Aenaon - Hypnosophy

4.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

5.Anaal Nathrakh - The Whole Of The Law

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★★★★★ - Masterpiece!
★★★★½ - Excellent!
★★★★☆ - Great!
★★★½☆ - Very Good!
★★★☆☆ - Enjoyable!
★★½☆☆ - OK, Nothing Special...
★★☆☆☆ - Mediocre/Poor
★½☆☆☆ - Don't Touch
★☆☆☆☆ - I Want My Money Back…

1.Cloudscape - Voice Of Reason

2.Adam Wakeman & Damian Wilson - Weir Keeper's Tale

3.Fifth To Infinity - Omnipotent Transdimensional Soulfire

4.Dissona - Paleopneumatic

5.Bloodiest - Bloodiest

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Instrumental tracks on albums of vocal groups are often seen as filler material or as a possibility to show musical skills.
In contrast, the title track is often considered to be the central and defining…

1.Absu - Tara

2.Afflicted - Prodigal Sun

3.Afterbirth - Four Dimensional Flesh

4.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

5.Angel Dust - Into The Dark Past

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One band, one album in alphabetical order. No EPs, demos, etc.
Favourite album: Mgła - With Hearts Toward None
Favourite song: Schammasch - "Above The Stars Of God"…

1.1914 - The Blind Leading The Blind

2.Abbath - Abbath

3.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

4.Aenaon - Hypnosophy

5.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

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All Fates Warning albums ranked from best to worst, also include the three releases done by Arch and Matheos (basically Fates Warning). Phenomenal band that has held the prog metal flag high and released…

1.Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian

2.Arch/Matheos - Winter Ethereal

3.Fates Warning - Disconnected

4.Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry

5.Arch/Matheos - Sympathetic Resonance

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1.Dream Theater - The Astonishing

2.Redemption - The Art Of Loss

3.Circus Maximus - Havoc

4.Haken - Affinity

5.Eumeria - TBA

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**DISCLAIMER: This list is based on my own opinion and musical taste, and should not be taken otherwise.
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In compliance to 2015's list, I've decided to orginize this year's list a bit differantly,…

1.Neal Morse - The Similitude Of A Dream

2.Oddland - Origin

3.Iamthemorning - Lighthouse

4.Riverside - Eye Of The Soundscape

5.Ihsahn - Arktis.

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My favorite progressive metal albums (derived/mixed genres included). Lot of stuff still missing here since I have a terrible memory I think everything here is at least 8,5/10.

Please, feel free to…

1.Dream Theater - Awake

2.Dream Theater - Images And Words

3.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

4.Dream Theater - Train Of Thought

5.Redemption - Snowfall On Judgment Day

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My favorite to least favorite from 2016. I will be adding and moving albums as the year goes on.

1.Epica - The Holographic Principle

2.Testament - Brotherhood Of The Snake

3.Avantasia - Ghostlights

4.Allegaeon - Proponent For Sentience

5.Brymir - Slayer Of Gods

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1.Latitudes - Old Sunlight

2.Borknagar - Winter Thrice

3.Bloodiest - Bloodiest

4.Mountain Witch - Burning Village

5.Sunnata - Zorya

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1.Borknagar - Winter Thrice

2.Fates Warning - Theories Of Flight

3.Obscura - Akróasis

4.Witherscape - The Northern Sanctuary

5.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

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Simple ranking of all my favorite albums. Favorite song from the album in the notes. Sure to change/expand as I learn and explore more within metal.
2023: This was starting to get too long so I split…

1.Madder Mortem - Eight Ways

2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

3.Ayreon - 01011001

4.Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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1.Fates Warning - Parallels

2.Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade Of Gray

3.Fates Warning - Disconnected

4.Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry

5.Fates Warning - FWX

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