1.Enslaved - In Times

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3.Frantic Amber - Burning Insight

4.The Gentle Storm - The Diary

5.Moonspell - Extinct

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1.Cryptopsy - None So Vile

2.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson II

3.Deicide - Deicide

4.Bolt Thrower - Realm Of Chaos

5.Cannibal Corpse - The Bleeding

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Another year long journey into the world of Metal! The Earth's most interesting music. My tastes are pretty diverse. I enjoy that music that hits the nerve closest to the soul , and also that nasty…

1.High On Fire - Luminiferous

2.Intronaut - The Direction Of Last Things

3.Cattle Decapitation - The Anthropocene Extinction

4.Minsk - The Crash & The Draw

5.Between The Buried And Me - Coma Ecliptic

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After 10+ years of listening to these guys, I felt it was time for a tribute to an excellent discography, and one of the earliest to adorn my shelf in full.

1.Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park

2.Skinny Puppy - VIVIsectVI

3.Skinny Puppy - Rabies

4.Skinny Puppy - The Process

5.Skinny Puppy - Cleanse Fold And Manipulate

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1.Darkspace - Dark Space III I

2.Equilibrium - Erdentempel

3.Agalloch - The Serpent & The Sphere

4.Panopticon - Roads To The North

5.Triptykon - Melana Chasmata

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*** /\ UNDER CONSTRUCTION /\ *** READ ME *** List of the best metal vocalists across all subgenres. The album that best exhibits their vocals will represent them -- not necessarily the best album they…

1.King Diamond - Abigail

2.Judas Priest - Painkiller

3.Savatage - Gutter Ballet

4.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

5.Queensrÿche - Empire

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1.Enslaved - In Times

2.The Gentle Storm - The Diary

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4.Barren Earth - On Lonely Towers

5.Armageddon - Captivity & Devourment

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Continuing my quest to get metal-heads interested in other genres, I present to you my favorite rap and hip hop albums you should hear before you die. They are only somewhat in order of preference.

1.Aesop Rock - Labor Days

2.A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory

3.Nas - Illmatic

4.Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

5.Mobb Deep - The Infamous

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1.3 Inches Of Blood - Fire Up The Blades

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1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

3.Evile - Enter The Grave

4.Amon Amarth - Fate Of Norns

5.Suffocation - Pinnacle Of Bedlam

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*** MAX 3 ALBUMS PER ARTIST!!! (Except Death) Also... While extra weight will be given to classic death metal albums, this list will also include exceptional examples of melodic death, death-grind, technical/progressive…

1.Cryptopsy - None So Vile

2.Death - Symbolic

3.Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten

4.Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious

5.Death - Human

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My other lists:
Tasty Stuff Not Currently Featured On MS
Most Talented Vocalists In Metal

"Which bands sound like Opeth?" It seems that perennial question has plagued fans and non-fans of…

1.Adeia - Serenity

2.Alley - Amphibious

3.Altesia - Paragon Circus

4.Anciients - Voice Of The Void

5.Aquilus - Griseus

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With Immortal finished for the foreseeable future, it seems relevant to look back on their stellar catalog and reflect on one of the best black thrash acts to ever grace the genre.

1.Immortal - Sons Of Northern Darkness

2.Immortal - Pure Holocaust

3.Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter

4.Immortal - Battles In The North

5.Immortal - Damned In Black

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1.Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Piñata

2.Periphery - Periphery II: This Time It's Personal

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

4.Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

5.Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind

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