Here they are, in order of year, and order of personal preference within each year. My utterly favourite songs from pre-1980 classics, rendered in my never-really-humble opinion, as everything should be.

Yes,…

1.Deep Purple - Shades Of Deep Purple

2.Neil Young - Neil Young

3.Jethro Tull - This Was

4.Cream - Wheels of Fire

5.The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland

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Essentially I composed this list as a note-to-self not to take my negative first impressions so seriously. Most of these tend to be works I initially rated a couple points (/10) lower, because the music…

1.Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies

2.Anthrax - Stomp 442

3.Cathedral - Kingdom of Ends

4.Hypocrisy - Catch 22

5.Intruder - Psycho Savant

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No, I haven't yet really checked out MS' own 'Clandestine Cuts' demo-highlighting series. Lemme know, if you will, which ones might be the aces in the holes - and what's the best…

1.Anacrusis - Manic Impressions Demo

2.Deadfall - Ordeal by Fire

3.Testament - Demo:1

4.Vektor - Demolition

5.Ackros - Ackros

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In the last several hours, I have (as is rarely the case) had a good, big breakfast + dinner.

I feel great.

...as is rarely the case. So - what have I consumed, to put this diamond-in-the-rough smile…

1.Anata - Under A Stone With No Inscription

2.Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery

3.Cryptopsy - None So Vile

4.Death - Scream Bloody Gore

5.Entombed - Left Hand Path

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Apologies, of the most sincere kind, for the Spoonerism. It's really not my style, but some could argue it was necessary...

1.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

2.Deadfall - Ordeal by Fire demo/EP

3.Dãm - The Difference Engine

4.Neil Young - Mirror Ball

5.Slayer - Reign In Blood

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Howzat, two of my all-time fav releases recently turned 10 and 5 years old. They should get anniversary reissues. Make those great bands some more dough, among other things...

Numbers 10 and 28 on this…

1.Fatboy Slim - Halfway between the Gutter and the Stars

2.Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R

3.Offspring - Conspiracy of One

4.Eidolon - Nightmare World

5.Muse - Origin of Symmetry

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With the express exclusion of Na, Mg, K, Ca, Cr, Fe, Cu, W, Hg, etc.

EP, full-length albums, & single song picks from a Guy Who's Not Really into PM... Yeah, I should have put up Viron's…

1.Eidolon - Nightmare World

2.Tad Morose - Modus Vivendi

3.Brainstorm - Soul Temptation

4.Blind Guardian - A Night At The Opera

5.Nightwish - Wishmaster

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by 15/10/14 these 4 should move to my 5th list and be replaced by <10 others
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1.Anacrusis - Annihilation Complete

2.Altar - Until Heaven Forbids

3.Usurper - Diabolosis

4.Usurper - Threshold Of The Usurper

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Pretty much my top 5 of each year, 1990-1999. It may have been black metal's finest hour, but for the most part I don't care for the genre - check some other lists for recoms there.

As if I…

1.Anacrusis - Manic Impressions Demo

2.Anthrax - Persistence Of Time

3.Forbidden - Twisted Into Form

4.Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

5.Steve Vai - Passion And Warfare

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They were the best of times, they were the worst of times. Then thrash kicked glam out of the way, and once again, it was the best of times. Haha. Def Leppard's debut came close. Box of Frogs may…

1.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

2.Diamond Head - Lightning To The Nations

3.Jeff Beck - There and Back

4.Iron Maiden - Killers

5.Neil Young - Trans

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A few important ones missing, I know... 8 Foot Sativa, Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Kataklysm...

1.Artillery - The Mind Factory

2.Dismember - Indecent And Obscene

3.Judas Priest - British Steel

4.Mortal Sin - I Am Immortal

5.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

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A good many of these also had promo videos. If you've got a[n in]decent sense of humour I'd like to point out http://www.metalstorm.net/bands/videos.php?band_id=116 (Bark) and http://www.metalstorm.net/bands/videos.php?band_id=383…

1.Aoife Ní Fhearraigh with choral accompaniment - Metal Gear Solid

2.Bush - Golden State

3.Cathedral - Hopkins

4.Dio - We Rock

5.Glen Hansard - Drive All Night

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http://www.metalstorm.net/bands/band_suggestions.php

Collection of various suggestions I've made for addition to MS's db, not necessarily new bands or with new releases, but with a few "bonus"…

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2.Aggression - Spanish thrashers

3.Akaname - local tech (now instru)metal (and not so local anymore)

4.Aneurysm - interesting (or not) mix with undeniable effort, from Italy

5.Arcana Imperia - Rus

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1.Anathema - Judgement

2.Budgie - Never Turn Your Back On A Friend

3.Crowbar - Sever The Wicked Hand

4.The Doors - Morrison Hotel

5.Ian Dury & the Blockheads - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll: The Best Of

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1.Exence - Tabula Rasa

2.Guillotine (IND) - The Cynic

3.Akaname - Akaname

4.Rex Mundi - Balance Between Madness And Hope

5.AraPacis - So Many Leapers

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