I first listened to Metallica when I was getting into metal around 2005/06. Kerrang! featured a cover album of Master of Puppets which I thought sounded pretty cool, so I bought an album from the band…

1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Metallica - Metallica

4.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

5.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

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Same as before, just adding as I revisit my collection…

1.Cult Of Luna - Mariner [Collaboration]

2.David Bowie - Blackstar

3.Katatonia - The Fall Of Hearts

4.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

5.An Abstract Illusion - Illuminate The Path

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

1.Amon Amarth - Jomsviking

2.Qrixkuor - Poison Palinopsia

3.Skepticism - Ordeal

4.Funeral Mist - Devilry

5.Zeal & Ardor - Zeal And Ardor

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my ranking of the Big 4s Full-Length albums
Near the bottom , the rankings get a bit more 'interchangeable' because I can't be bothered to specifically discern the difference between turd…

1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?

4.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

5.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

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1.Agalloch - Pale Folklore

2.Agalloch - The Mantle

3.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

5.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

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1.Metallica - Metallica

2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

3.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

4.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

5.Metallica - Garage Inc.

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1.Avantasia - Ghostlights

2.Myrath - Legacy

3.Volbeat - Seal The Deal & Let's Boogie

4.Dynazty - Titanic Mass

5.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

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1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Metallica - Live Shit: Binge & Purge

3.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

4.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

5.Metallica - Metallica

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1.Ghost - Opus Eponymous

2.Iron Maiden - The Book Of Souls

3.Judas Priest - Firepower

4.In Solitude - Sister

5.Gojira - Magma

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1.Metal Church - XI

2.Rage - The Devil Strikes Again

3.Paragon - Hell Beyond Hell

4.Wisdom - Rise Of The Wise

5.Primal Fear - Rulebreaker

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1.Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here

2.Audrey Horne - Audrey Horne

3.Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare

4.Baroness - Yellow & Green

5.Bring Me The Horizon - Amo

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1.Textures - Phenotype

2.Twelve Foot Ninja - Outlier

3.Ihsahn - Arktis.

4.Panic! at the Disco - Death of a Bachelor

5.Madder Mortem - Red In Tooth And Claw

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1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

3.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

4.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

5.Metallica - Metallica

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1.Leprous - Live At Rockefeller Music Hall

2.Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep Of Reason

3.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

4.Textures - Phenotype

5.Haken - Affinity

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Metal albums that blow me away every time I hear them. Loosely ordered... list gets less organized as it goes on. My favorite song from each album is included.

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

2.Faith No More - Angel Dust

3.Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence

4.Tool - Ænima

5.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

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