A collection of metal albums that use Arabian, middle-east and far east folk elements. Recommendations are welcome. Image is the cover artwork of Shangren's Warriors of Devastation.

1.Acyl - Algebra

2.Aeternam - Disciples Of The Unseen

3.Akvan اكوان - شکوه فراموش شده / Forgotten Glory

4.Al-Namrood - Estorat Taghoot

5.Al-Namrood - Kitab Al-Awthan

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Bullshit! In my collection i have some albums of the bands i like that are total crap and i still keep them even now without the will to listen to them or to trow them away.The following list shows you…

1.Burzum - Umskiptar

2.Bathory - Octagon

3.Bathory - Requiem

4.Mayhem - Ordo Ad Chao

5.Celtic Frost - Monotheist

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Yup.
On the day Sanitarium strikes back:
Woke up this mornin' with a white boat comin' up the ladder…

1.Mars Bonfire - ???

2.The Presidents of the United States of America - The Presidents of the United States of America

3.Necrodeath - 100% Hell

4.Tom Jones - Reload

5.Immortal - Sons Of Northern Darkness

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1.Nuclear Assault - The Plague

2.Mercyful Fate - Mercyful Fate

3.Helloween - Helloween EP

4.Savatage - The Dungeons Are Calling

5.Warlord - Deliver Us

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1.Meshuggah - ObZen

2.Persefone - Spiritual Migration

3.Eye Of The Enemy - Eye Of The Enemy

4.Circus Maximus - Isolate

5.James LaBrie - Static Impulse

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1.Cruachan - O Ro Se Do Bheatha Bhaile

2.Primordial - The Coffin Ships

3.Mael Mórdha - Cluain Tarḃ

4.Waylander - King of the Fairies

5.Folkearth - Gaelic Valor

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So, I figure with all the staff picks and ms awards going around, I'd post some of the new favorites I've found in 2012, as well as some anticipated favs of the year! Some of these have really…

1.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

2.Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

3.Enslaved - RIITIIR

4.Xanthochroid - Blessed He With Boils

5.Atoma - Skylight

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This is my list of bands I feel aren't given the credit they deserve.

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1.Witherscape - The Inheritance

2.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

3.Týr - Valkyrja

4.Thrawsunblat - Thrawsunblat II: Wanderer On The Continent Of Saplings

5.Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn

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1.Moonspell - Memorial

2.Madder Mortem - Desiderata

3.Scar Symmetry - Pitch Black Progress

4.Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance

5.Into Eternity - The Scattering Of Ashes

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These are the cream of the crop, in my humble opinion, of 2012. Take a look!…

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

2.Headspace - I Am Anonymous

3.Lich King - Born Of The Bomb

4.The Stranded - Survivalism Boulevard

5.Accept - Stalingrad

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Here's a list of mostly Gothic Metal albums, exclusively of the "Beauty and the Beast" type (which refers to clean "angelic" female vocals contrasted with male growls/screams).

1.Tristania - Widow's Weeds

2.The Sins Of Thy Beloved - Lake Of Sorrow

3.Draconian - Where Lovers Mourn

4.Epica - The Phantom Agony

5.Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear

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same shit, different year. found the year lacking a bit at the very top but wowzers were there a lot of really good albums released last year... so much so that i ran out of spots in the top 25 before…

1.Faal - The Clouds Are Burning

2.Tort - Tort

3.High On Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis

4.Lurk - Lurk

5.Enslaved - RIITIIR

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1.Accept - TBA

2.Alestorm - Live At The End Of The World

3.Dio - Finding The Sacred Heart - Live In Philly 1986

4.Dream Theater - Live At Luna Park

5.Ensiferum - TBA

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