1.Dio - Holy Diver

2.Huntress - Spell Eater

3.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

4.Judas Priest - British Steel

5.Nightmare - Insurrection

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This is my complete favorite list of Sabbath albums. Yes, it might be a little bit controversial due to the fact that I appreciate a little bit more the Tony Martin works (hence, Headless Cross is my no.1…

1.Black Sabbath - Headless Cross

2.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

3.Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

4.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

5.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

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1.Nightwish - Angels Fall First

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1.Symphony X - Paradise Lost

2.Symphony X - The Odyssey

3.Symphony X - Iconoclast

4.Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite

5.Symphony X - The Odyssey

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I've been a fan of Nightwish ever since I started listening to metal. I never really faced the drama between NW and Tarja and the whole Tarja and Anette battle. So I loved both of their voices. My…

1.Nightwish - The Poet and The Pendulum

2.Nightwish - Scaretale

3.Nightwish - Ghost River

4.Nightwish - Ocean Soul

5.Nightwish - Escapist

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Just a few recomendations to start your funeral / gothic doom collections…

1.Funeral - Tragedies

2.Draconian - Where Lovers Mourn

3.Katatonia - Brave Murder Day

4.Katatonia - For Funerals To Come

5.Lacrimosa - Inferno

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Progressive metal is one of my most favorite musical genres. The most interesting thing about this genre is the musical flexibility and the fact that progressive metal can come into different forms and…

1.Tool - Lateralus

2.Opeth - Still Life

3.Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor

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

5.Mayhem - Ordo Ad Chao

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Same deal as the past 2 years. A list of albums I thoroughly enjoyed in 2013. No longer being edited.

1.Glorior Belli - Gators Rumble, Chaos Unfurls

2.Monster Magnet - Last Patrol

3.Anciients - Heart Of Oak

4.Amorphis - Circle

5.Autopsy - The Headless Ritual

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1.Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery

2.Opeth - Orchid

3.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

4.Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings

5.Nevermore - Nevermore

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1.Cangaço - Rastros

2.Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories)

3.Omnium Gatherum - Beyond

4.The Ocean - Pelagial

5.Timo Tolkki's Avalon - The Land Of New Hope

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The wide spectrum of sounds expressed through the sub-genre of Doom Metal often gets overshadowed by the somehow inaccessible slowness that is in its nature and so DM doesn't get the recognition it…

1.Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale

2.Saturnus - Martyre

3.Lacrimas Profundere - Memorandum

4.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans

5.Process Of Guilt - Erosion

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Note: Based on personal taste.

These are my ultimate choices of metal (and hard rock) music coming from my homeland of Iran.

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1.From The Vastland - Kamarikan

2.Qutin - Rationalism

3.1000 Funerals - Portrait Of A Dream

4.Mordab - Darker Than Grave

5.Sorg Innkallelse - Into The Dark Tower

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My choices of albums with strong forms of atmospheric sound in metal. Recommendations are welcome, though I won't add all as this will be towards personal taste.

1.A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays

2.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

3.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

4.Akelei - De Zwaarte Van Het Doorstane

5.Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde

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

2.Dream Theater - Awake

3.Dream Theater - Images And Words

4.Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos

5.Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence

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These are my favorite progressive/power metal albums that I have listened to. Some of them are for musical technique and others are simply because they blew my mind with the crazy story lines or whatever!…

1.Symphony X - Paradise Lost

2.Symphony X - The Odyssey

3.Masterplan - Aeronautics

4.Nightwish - Dark Passion Play

5.Theocracy - As The World Bleeds

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