RANKING CRITERIA :

- Originality [ 35% of the rating ]
- Songwriting [ 35% of the rating ]
- Performance [ 30% of the rating ]

Neither popularity among fans nor commercial success (or unsuccess)…

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

4.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

5.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

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1.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

2.Judas Priest - Painkiller

3.Summoning - Minas Morgul

4.Windir - 1184

5.Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta

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My choices for the best things to happen to metal between 2000 and 2009.

1.Kayo Dot - Choirs Of The Eye

2.Ayreon - 01011001

3.Extol - Synergy

4.Opeth - Blackwater Park

5.Krallice - Krallice

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1.Opeth - Blackwater Park

2.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

3.Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness

4.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

5.Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet

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On the picture - John Cobbett - Hammers Of Misfortune, Vhöl, Ludicra, The Lord Weird Slough Feg…

1.Avenged Sevenfold - City Of Evil

2.Opeth - Blackwater Park

3.Hammers Of Misfortune - The Locust Years

4.Mastodon - Remission

5.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

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1.My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours

2.Therion - Secret Of The Runes

3.After Forever - Decipher

4.Amorphis - Am Universum

5.Eternal Tears Of Sorrow - A Virgin And A Whore

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1.Machine Head - The Blackening

2.Overkill - Ironbound

3.Tool - Lateralus

4.Rush - Clockwork Angels

5.Rush - Snakes & Arrows

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1.Opeth - Blackwater Park

2.Lacrimas Profundere - Burning: A Wish

3.Moonspell - Darkness And Hope

4.My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours

5.Therion - Secret Of The Runes

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Limited to one album for each band.

1.Kreator - Coma Of Souls

2.Vader - Litany

3.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

4.Apocalyptica - Reflections

5.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

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There are certain albums that i truly believe to be timeless. These select few have been in my collection for years and aren't leaving any time soon. This is in no particular order.

1.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

2.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

3.Anaal Nathrakh - The Codex Necro

4.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

5.Behemoth - The Apostasy

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My favorite and most enjoyed album's of the decade 2000-2009. Roughly in order, but not exactly.

You can kinda tell from this list that I joined Metalstorm in 2009. I started discovering far more…

1.Opeth - Blackwater Park

2.Vektor - Black Future

3.Between The Buried And Me - The Great Misdirect

4.SikTh - Death Of A Dead Day

5.Protest The Hero - Fortress

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Some of these albums are known just when you see their album cover. They are usually iconic albums (whether positively or negatively) and one can easily identify them even if they were zoomed out tons…

1.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

2.Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter

3.Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse

4.Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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1.Opeth - Blackwater Park

2.Gamma Ray - No World Order

3.Sonata Arctica - Silence

4.Falconer - Falconer

5.Avantasia - The Metal Opera Part I

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The top album of every year since I was born.

1.Dream Theater - Falling Into Infinity

2.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

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

4.Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper

5.Opeth - Blackwater Park

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Basically what I (yes, that is me dimwit, not you) deem to be the best song from each album.

Did this because like many others I am FUCKING excited for Heritage to come out, just three days after my…

1.Opeth - Orchid

2.Opeth - Morningrise

3.Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse

4.Opeth - Still Life

5.Opeth - Blackwater Park

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