These are the albums I have enjoyed the most with a vague ordering. There are of course a few albums left to be heard. As for the albums I did not enjoy, they will not be making an appearance on this list.

1.Mastodon - The Hunter

2.Opeth - Heritage

3.Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony

4.Graveyard - Hisingen Blues

5.Hate Eternal - Phoenix Amongst The Ashes

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My favorit albums of this year.

1.Septicflesh - The Great Mass

2.Machine Head - Unto The Locust

3.Devin Townsend - Deconstruction

4.Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn Of Events

5.Derek Sherinian - Oceana

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From "simple" progressive, through jazzy surf djent to kebab-kosher-jazz-film-traffic-punk and Poweglove,no order intended ,enjoy

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the "genres" of stoner metal, sludge, and post-metal all seem to bleed/flow together at various times so playing metal bartender, i've cooked up this list of albums those interested in the genres can use as suggestions/starting points. this is just a basic primer with 25 albums... not a definitive list by any stretch. just albums i love. some are landmark releases that helped define the genre... while others are recent releases from cool bands that MS/labels have helped me uncover. Enjoy.

1.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops

2.Baroness - Blue Record

3.Down - Nola

4.High On Fire - Death Is This Communion

5.Kyuss - Blues For The Red Sun

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1.Septicflesh - The Great Mass

2.Insomnium - One For Sorrow

3.Ouroboros - Glorification Of A Myth

4.Vreid - V

5.Havok - Time Is Up

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1.Slipknot - Iowa

2.Rush - Snakes & Arrows

3.Sepultura - Chaos A.D.

4.Metallica - Metallica

5.Slipknot - Vol 3: The Subliminal Verses

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Best to worst album of The Beast ! ( imo of course )

1.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

2.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

3.Iron Maiden - Brave New World

4.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

5.Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

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A list of some of my favorite solo guitarist albums of the last decade or so (vaguely in order).

Feel free to send me suggestions! I can not get enough of this kind of music.

(Names such as Malmsteen, Satriani, Vai, etc, will not be appearing on this list. This is more for the purpose of spreading the word about lesser heard of, modern artists).

1.Jeff Loomis - Zero Order Phase

2.Christian Muenzner - Timewarp

3.Guthrie Goven - Erotic Cakes

4.Paul Wardingham - Assimilate Regenerate

5.Lars Eric Mattsson - Aurora Borealis

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1.Dream Theater - Awake

2.Dream Theater - Train Of Thought

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

4.Dream Theater - Images And Words

5.Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence

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Song of the Year: Dream Theater - On The Backs Of Angels

1.Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony

2.Insomnium - One For Sorrow

3.Iced Earth - Dystopia

4.Septicflesh - The Great Mass

5.Wolves In The Throne Room - Celestial Lineage

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Weird year. The top 3 are without a doubt some of the best albums ever made. The rest is mostly good, some great. But I have to say there's a lot of overrated albums on the list.

1.Dream Theater - Images And Words

2.W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol

3.Devil Doll - Sacrilegium

4.Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction

5.Burzum - Burzum

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This is the bands I've listen to from the day I got introduced to metal to now where no 1 is the first etc
The bands on the list are bands that I have an album from and/or been listening to frequently
Some of the bands might not be Metal but they have been important for my love for fast and heavy music

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The top 10 is more or less set so far, I'm still listening to many albums from the rest of the pack plus some not on the list so it is most likely going to change. Although, I don't believe Peste Noire will be taken out the first spot.

1.Peste Noire - L'Ordure à L'état Pur

2.Devin Townsend - Deconstruction

3.Lifelover - Sjukdom

4.Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa

5.Taake - Noregs Vaapen

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weeeee. all my past staff picks now compiled into one swell list.

1.High On Fire - Snakes For The Divine

2.Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough

3.Greymachine - Disconnected

4.Kylesa - Static Tensions

5.Profetus - Coronation Of The Black Sun

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