1.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale

2.Draconian - Under A Godless Veil

3.Draconian - Sovran

4.Gojira - Fortitude

5.Gojira - Magma

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1.Pylar - Pyedra

2.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

3.Thy Catafalque - Meta

4.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale

5.Messa - Belfry

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1.Vektor - Terminal Redux

2.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

3.Mare Cognitum - Luminiferous Aether

4.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale

5.Borknagar - Winter Thrice

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2016 was... well... oh oh... oh oh... well... what the fuck!

Anyhow, here is my top 50 ranking of albums I scored 8+

Album count: 126
Average rating: 7.1…

1.Alcest - Kodama

2.Khemmis - Hunted

3.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

4.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale

5.Skuggsjá - A Piece For Mind & Mirror

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The MS top 200 is supposed to represent the absolute peak of metal music, the timeless classics. I have been listening to metal for about 6 years now and would consider myself fairly knowledgeable about…

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3.W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol

4.Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die

5.Ensiferum - Ensiferum

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A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

2016 was pretty solid year for metal, a couple of masterpieces in melodic death metal…

1.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

2.Eternal Champion - The Armor of Ire

3.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale

4.La Torture Des Ténèbres - Civilization Is The Tomb Of Our Noble Gods

5.Demon Bitch - Hellfriends

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1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Disforia - The Age Of Ether

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

5.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

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I feel like my overall favorites list is getting too long. I'm splitting it up by rating.

1.So Hideous - None But A Pure Heart Can Sing

2.Metallica - Re-Load

3.Faetooth - Remnants Of The Vessel

4.Inferi - The End Of An Era

5.Midnight Odyssey - Biolume Part 1 - In Tartarean Chains

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1.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

2.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

3.Witherscape - The Northern Sanctuary

4.Ihsahn - Arktis.

5.Alcest - Kodama

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If you are looking to explore melancholic metal or you just want to discover some great bands you haven't heard yet, check out this list.

1.Sentenced - Down

2.End Of Green - Void Estate

3.The Man-Eating Tree - Harvest

4.Fall Of The Leafe - Vantage

5.Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs

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Thanks to digital media, I have been exposed to a large number of great metal albums from female vocalists, especially over the last 5 years. 2020 saw a number of these super releases, and lead me to make…

1.Royal Thunder - CVI

2.Konvent - Puritan Masochism

3.Julie Christmas - Mariner [Collaboration]

4.L7 - Smell The Magic

5.In This Moment - Blood

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2000-2004 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5844
2005-2009 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5838
2010-2014 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5828

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1.Mgła - Exercises In Futility

2.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

3.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

4.Vektor - Terminal Redux

5.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale

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

2.Evoken - Hypnagogia

3.Woods Of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light

4.Grand Magus - The Hunt

5.Candlemass - Psalms For The Dead

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Plus whatever Goth Rock I have that was available...

1.Fields Of The Nephilim - Mourning Sun

2.Moonspell - Night Eternal

3.Paradise Lost - Obsidian

4.Moonspell - Wolfheart

5.Tristania - Beyond The Veil

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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.!T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)

2.T.R.A.M. - Lingua Franca

3.Taake - ...Doedskvad

4.Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster - Exegesis

5.Tad Morose - Modus Vivendi

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