These are the bands, which because of their sheer beauty and creativity have a special place in my collection.

1.Kayo Dot - Bath

2.Negură Bunget - OM

3.Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom

4.Cynic - Focus

5.Unexpect - In A Flesh Aquarium

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ok, i've seen my share of concerts, and these are the ones i like best.

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Bunch of classics this year.

1.Dream Theater - Awake

2.Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse

3.Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss

4.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

5.Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas

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The albums that got me into metal in chronological order (in which i first listened to them). These are the first album(s) of different styles that i listened to and made me like those styles. Not my first…

1.Judas Priest - Painkiller

2.Helloween - Treasure Chest

3.Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death

4.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

5.Paradise Lost - Icon

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This is in no particular order. I simply felt it was necassary to give praise to some of the best albums within my favourite type of metal, or my favourite type of music for that matter.

1.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

2.Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse

3.Marduk - Nightwing

4.Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas

5.Ulver - Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr I 5 Capitler

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1.Wintersun - Wintersun

2.Ayreon - The Human Equation

3.Orphaned Land - Mabool

4.Ensiferum - Iron

5.Slumber - Fallout

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1.Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

2.Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss

3.Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter

4.Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas

5.Dark Funeral - Diabolis Interium

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1.Slayer - South Of Heaven

2.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

3.Voivod - Dimension Hatröss

4.Crimson Glory - Transcendence

5.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

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1.Novembre - Wish I Could Dream It Again

2.Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness

3.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

4.Novembre - Arte Novecento

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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Here are my top 25 of 2009, going to try to get more years done as I get more free time.

1.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach

2.Baroness - Blue Record

3.Amorphis - Skyforger

4.While Heaven Wept - Vast Oceans Lachrymose

5.Mastodon - Crack The Skye

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This was a hard one cause theres alot of really good bands in this Genre...im not really into the lo-fi stuff either…

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Great year. So many classic albums. Love how the top 4 are just black metal masterpieces.

1.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

2.Naglfar - Vittra

3.Summoning - Minas Morgul

4.Mörk Gryning - Tusen År Har Gått...

5.Opeth - Orchid

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One of my favorite bands. Without any doubt Vital Remains belongs to my Top 3 Death Metal bands!…

1.Vital Remains - Dechristianize

2.Vital Remains - Icons Of Evil

3.Vital Remains - Forever Underground

4.Vital Remains - Into Cold Darkness

5.Vital Remains - Evil Death Live

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