Another great list. Half year is over huh…

1.SIG:AR:TYR - Citadel Of Stars

2.Cloven Hoof - Heathen Cross

3.Árstíðir Lífsins - Aldrlok

4.Evildead - Toxic Grace

5.Horn - Daudswiärk

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I haven't listened a lot of 2024 albums so far, here are a few I enjoyed so far.

1.Sgàile - Traverse The Bealach

2.Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

3.For All We Know - By Design Or By Disaster

4.Turbulence - Binary Dream

5.North Sea Echoes - Really Good Terrible Things

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Heavy Metal (like most people I imagine) was one of the first metal genres I got into around 2005. My friend introduced me to Iron Maiden and from there I was hooked! He would recommend me which of their…

1.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

2.Metallica - Metallica

3.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

4.Judas Priest - Painkiller

5.Deep Purple - Machine Head

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Thrash was one of the first metal genres I got into around 2005. I discovered Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, etc through Kerrang! magazine and their albums quickly became my favourites at the time. Now,…

1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

4.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

5.Slayer - Reign In Blood

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Another new list , this time shortest month per year…

1.Borknagar - Fall

2.Traveler - Prequel To Madness

3.Ace Frehley - 10,000 Volts

4.Stygian Crown - Funeral For A King

5.Blaze Bayley - Circle Of Stone

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I've been listened to Black Metal since the late 2000s starting with Emperor and Dimmu Borgir. Since then, I've discover dozens of amazing bands thanks to MS and it has become one of my favourite…

1.Agalloch - The Mantle

2.Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle

3.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

4.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

5.Windir - 1184

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1.Wintersun - Time II

2.Weather Systems - Ocean Without A Shore

3.Iotunn - Kinship

4.Swallow The Sun - Shining

5.Opeth - The Last Will And Testament

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My S.A.D. been actin up again, so here's some Depressive Suicidal Black Metal, a genre where Sturgeons' Law is in full effect. Recs welcome as always, and an album does not have to necessarily…

1.Anti - The Insignificance Of Life

2.Austere - To Lay Like Old Ashes

3.Bethlehem - Dictius Te Necare

4.ColdWorld - Melancholie²

5.Forgotten Tomb - Songs To Leave

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Greatest band in the Galaxy … Rush The Prog Gods - Power Trio from Canada 🇨🇦
From 1974-1982 made their best era powerful records epic, prog and heavy……

1.Rush - Hemispheres

2.Rush - A Farewell To Kings

3.Rush - Permanent Waves

4.Rush - Moving Pictures

5.Rush - 2112

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The best album art of 2023. I usually gravitate towards album covers based on these factors:
-Level of detail (Foreground, background, etc. One dimensional album covers don't work for me usually)
-Art…

1.Atavistia - Cosmic Warfare

2.Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite

3.Whalesong - Leaving A Dream

4.Morwinyon - Wastelands

5.Oak - Disintegrate

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Overkill is the most solid band in the metal scene there is practically no bad records in their discography.

1.Overkill - Feel The Fire

2.Overkill - The Years Of Decay

3.Overkill - Horrorscope

4.Overkill - Under The Influence

5.Overkill - Ironbound

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Chilean metal has a huge tradition in Latin America, Chile is maybe the most prolific country in production of great Metal Bands.
This is my list of my favorite bands and records .
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https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL724WPZ1fSp7zpoLSrrw3kdiVO6EIQFUs&feature=share…

1.Criminal - Dead Soul

2.Mar De Grises - Streams Inwards

3.Six Magics - Dead Kings Of The Unholy Valley

4.Undercroft - The Seventh Hex

5.Poema Arcanus - Arcane XIII

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This is very simple, I took the ratings for a bunch of alternative metal albums on MS and ranked them accordingly

To qualify:
The album must have been released when the band was labelled as "Alternative…

1.Mass Hysteria - Contraddiction

2.Tool - Lateralus

3.The Butterfly Effect - IV

4.Tool - Ænima

5.Mass Hysteria - Le Bien-Être Et La Paix

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Maybe there is a million of records with ugly covers outside, but this is my choice
Great records bad covers and bad records bad covers, the art work it’s sometimes subjective…
Never judge a book by…

1.Metallica - 72 Seasons

2.Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!

3.Riot - Narita

4.Cyclone Temple - My Friend Lonely

5.Exodus - Force Of Habit

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1.Thantifaxath - Hive Mind Narcosis

2.Gravenchalice - Messiah

3.Blackbraid - Blackbraid II

4.Fleshvessel - Yearning: Promethean Fates Sealed

5.Hasard - Malivore

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