Why metal is so fascinating ??

1.Children Of Bodom - Hatebreeder

2.Cradle Of Filth - Midian

3.Hunter - Medeis

4.Swallow The Sun - The Morning Never Came

5.Carpathian Forest - Defending The Throne Of Evil

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I've been listening to metal for over a decade now. Here's my all time "favorites" list. Updated with comments March 24th, 2016. I started with death metal acts of In Flames and Dark Tranquility. I went to power metal for a long time, yet have circled back with getting re-introduced to Insomnium, Omnium Gatherum, and Be'lakor.

1.In Flames - The Jester Race

2.Omnium Gatherum - Beyond

3.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

4.Wintersun - Wintersun

5.Angra - Temple Of Shadows

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Limited to two albums per band a work in progress.

1.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

2.Heavenwood - Diva

3.Skyclad - The Answer Machine?

4.Moonsorrow - Suden Uni

5.Moonspell - Wolfheart

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Once upon a time, there was a metaller who dared to say : hey, let's put symphonies in our metal, dudes. The dudes thought it was stupid at first, then they tried and guess what? The result was WONDERFUL!!! Here are my 20 favourite symphonic metal albums, taken from all subgenres, from power to folk, black and death.

1.Equilibrium - Sagas

2.Equilibrium - Turis Fratyr

3.Septicflesh - Communion

4.Epica - Design Your Universe

5.Symphony X - Paradise Lost

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1.Opeth - Still Life

2.Paradise Lost - Gothic

3.Testament - The Gathering

4.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

5.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

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N.B. These haven't changed for quite some time.

1.Opeth - Still Life

2.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

3.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

4.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

5.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

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1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

2.Spawn Of Possession - Noctambulant

3.Mastodon - Blood Mountain

4.Insomnium - Above The Weeping World

5.Isis - In The Absence Of Truth

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Top metal albuns based on the influence they have in my personality and by the way they changed some ideas and theories I had.

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

2.Symphony X - The Odyssey

3.Therion - Secret Of The Runes

4.Dream Theater - Images And Words

5.Primordial - Spirit The Earth Aflame

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1.In Mourning - Shrouded Divine

2.Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe

3.Septicflesh - Communion

4.Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh

5.Psycroptic - Ob(Servant)

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These are the ones I can always listen to, no specific order, just as I remembered the albums.

1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

4.Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

5.Judas Priest - Killing Machine [Hell Bent For Leather]

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1.Nightwish - Oceanborn

2.Nightwish - Century Child

3.Nightwish - Once

4.Nightwish - Dark Passion Play

5.Nightwish - Wishmaster

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1.Swallow The Sun - New Moon

2.Swallow The Sun - Hope

3.Swallow The Sun - The Morning Never Came

4.Swallow The Sun - Plague Of Butterflies

5.Swallow The Sun - Ghosts Of Loss

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1.Swallow The Sun - New Moon

2.Avantasia - The Wicked Symphony

3.Epica - Design Your Universe

4.Avantasia - Angel Of Babylon

5.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach

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