Progressive Metal/Rock is my main music, but you can't ignore the beauty in other genres.

1.Orphaned Land - The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR

2.Opeth - Damnation

3.Porcupine Tree - The Incident

4.Porcupine Tree - In Absentia

5.Tool - 10,000 Days

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One album per band in random order. Will be continued very soon.

1.Rapture - Futile

2.Barathrum - Eerie

3.Bathory - Blood Fire Death

4.Diaboli - Mesmerized By Darkness

5.Obituary - Cause Of Death

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1.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3.Agalloch - The Mantle

4.Judas Priest - Painkiller

5.Therion - Lemuria

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This list contains the top twenty albums in the metal/progressive genres that are most precious to me. The personal feelings and influences as well as musical doorways that these records represent to me are big factors in the choices on the list. Enjoy!

1.Nightwish - Oceanborn

2.Cradle Of Filth - Cruelty And The Beast

3.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

4.Danzig - Danzig II - Lucifuge

5.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

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The albums that made me love prog/metal even more / that I can't get enough of.

1.Opeth - Blackwater Park

2.Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper

3.Nightwish - Once

4.Carcass - Heartwork

5.Death - Symbolic

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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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1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

2.Amon Amarth - Once Sent From The Golden Hall

3.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

4.Angizia - Das Schachbrett Des Trommelbuben Zacharias

5.Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

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- only studio albums
- only albums featured on MS

1.After Forever - Decipher

2.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

3.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

4.Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde

5.Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

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One of the best metal years of all time with a lot of classic stuff. At least for me. The top 6 are surely immortal masterpieces.

1.Children Of Bodom - Hatebreeder

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

3.Estatic Fear - A Sombre Dance

4.In Flames - Colony

5.Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica

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"If I were to die tomorrow, which 50 albums should I take with me?"

Through the endless ocean of music we always seem to find the albums which differ themselves more than others. These are the albums that are timeless to me, and have remained as a musical stain in my life over the years.

The list isn't 100% correct when it comes to the order of the albums, but these are the albums I know I will be happy with - if I only could bring 50 albums to heaven/hell.

1.Kamelot - The Black Halo

2.Eternal Tears Of Sorrow - A Virgin And A Whore

3.Evergrey - The Inner Circle

4.Dream Theater - Images And Words

5.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

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My personal top favorite metal albums of all times. NOT IN ORDER.

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

2.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

3.Disillusion - Back To Times Of Splendor

4.Kreator - Violent Revolution

5.Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper

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These are my current Favourite albums. Though some bands could of had 3 or 4 albums on this list, I limited it to one album per band.

1.Wintersun - Wintersun

2.Ensiferum - Ensiferum

3.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

4.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth

5.Wuthering Heights - Salt

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1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Judas Priest - Painkiller

3.Dream Theater - Images And Words

4.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

5.Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Part I

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I've been a metal fan since 2000, I'm 20 years old, thats fair enough!! I'm more into progressive metal but still, love many albums from thrash and heavy, lets roll...

1.Dream Theater - Images And Words

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

3.Dream Theater - Awake

4.Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence

5.Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite

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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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