1.Equilibrium - Sagas

2.Equilibrium - Turis Fratyr

3.Moonlyght - Progressive Darkness

4.Windir - Arntor

5.Eluveitie - Everything Remains As It Never Was

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A beginner's guide to genuine blasting. Call it Gothenburg, call it extreme power - whatever, it's always enjoyable.

Now ranked for even more win.

1.Wintersun - Wintersun

2.Children Of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll

3.Kalmah - Seventh Swamphony

4.Kalmah - 12 Gauge

5.Blood Stain Child - Idolator

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I'll probably never get a thumb up for this list as there are a lot of controversial albums on it. 2003 is on the other hand maybe the best metal year so far in my opinion. It was here I really started listening to metal and nothing else. The top 4 has had a huge impact on me as a metalhead.

1.Cradle Of Filth - Damnation And A Day

2.Children Of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll

3.Norther - Mirror Of Madness

4.Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death

5.Illnath - Cast Into Fields Of Evil Pleasure

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1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Demolition Hammer - Epidemic Of Violence

4.Sepultura - Arise

5.Kreator - Coma Of Souls

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I listed them according to performance, lyrics, date of release and recording quality...

1.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

2.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I

3.Helloween - The Time Of The Oath

4.Helloween - The Dark Ride

5.Helloween - Rabbit Don't Come Easy

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Just decided to add a list of albums that might(and hopefully will) be released this year, they'll probably be awesome.

1.Ark - Aradiokaos

2.Kamelot - TBA

3.Masterplan - Time To Be King

4.Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

5.Rhapsody Of Fire - The Frozen Tears Of Angels

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2000 has seen the surfacing of many breathtaking albums from both influential and newly formed bands, so here are my top 15 albums of 2000.

1.Weakling - Dead As Dreams

2.Immolation - Close To A World Below

3.Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris

4.The Crown - Deathrace King

5.Nevermore - Dead Heart, In A Dead World

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Great year with a lot of albums that has meant a lot to me and shaped parts of my taste in music.

1.Wintersun - Wintersun

2.Norther - Death Unlimited

3.Anorexia Nervosa - Redemption Process

4.Sonata Arctica - Reckoning Night

5.Cradle Of Filth - Nymphetamine

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1.Windir - Arntor

2.Amon Amarth - Versus The World

3.Burzum - Filosofem

4.Moonsorrow - V: Hävitetty

5.Sentenced - The Cold White Light

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This is my personal list of the top 10 metal albums released in the US in 2010 as of April 18. If you'd like to suggest me something to listen to, please message me!

Note: 3 - 7 are really close in awesomeness.

1.Burzum - Belus

2.Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones

3.High On Fire - Snakes For The Divine

4.Dark Funeral - Angelus Exuro Pro Eternus

5.Overkill - Ironbound

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In my opinion, these albums are the best in heavy metal history and that includes best riffs, amazing solos and especially very unique vocals.

1.Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

2.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

3.Def Leppard - Pyromania

4.Savatage - Gutter Ballet

5.Skid Row - Slave To The Grind

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1.Saturnus - Paradise Belongs To You

2.Katatonia - Dance Of December Souls

3.Virgin Black - Elegant...And Dying

4.My Dying Bride - The Angel And The Dark River

5.Empyrium - A Wintersunset...

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Avantasia will probably rise significantly once I get the Wicked Symphony and Angel of Babylon

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1.Lost Soul - Immerse In Infinity

2.Fleshgod Apocalypse - Oracles

3.Nile - Those Whom The Gods Detest

4.Asphyx - Death... The Brutal Way

5.Demonical - Hellsworn

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