Top 50 of 2005

Only LPs

Album count: 189
Average rating: 7.08

1.Gojira - From Mars To Sirius

2.Falkenbach - Heralding - The Fireblade

3.Porcupine Tree - Deadwing

4.Children Of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet?

5.Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine

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1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Disforia - The Age Of Ether

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

5.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

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Here's my list of symphonic metal albums from the bands that I know of, this list is defined by the terms of "atmospheric/bombastic sounding". This is my first time of making list on this site, so some of this might not make any sense as I'm still a bit confused myself as well, and I don't really prefer to see these in particular orders.

1.Nightwish - Dark Passion Play

2.Within Temptation - The Silent Force

3.Epica - The Divine Conspiracy

4.Xandria - Neverworld's End

5.Nightwish - Once

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**Trigger warning**

Albums and EPs rated 8.6+ from 100+ votes which I've given an 8 or lower to.

I've listened to and rated every album on MS that meets this criteria (at time of most recent update) - some of them multiple times - so I feel I can give my honest opinion.

The purpose of this is to list and order the albums that I simply don't "get" and to try re-listening to them in the hope of understanding why they've received so many 9 and 10 votes.

Ordered by my rating then MS rating then number of votes.

Updated: 03-Jan-24

My other lists:
Top 500 Albums (ordered & rated)
Top 25 EPs (also ordered & rated)
Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres)
So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)

1.Anathema - Judgement

2.Paradise Lost - Draconian Times

3.Anathema - Alternative 4

4.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

5.Motörhead - Overkill

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Metal albums that blow me away every time I hear them. Loosely ordered... list gets less organized as it goes on. My favorite song from each album is included.

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

2.Faith No More - Angel Dust

3.Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence

4.Tool - Ænima

5.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

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Compilation of many Hard Rock or Metal Ballads I've heard. Bands and Albums are ordered by name alphabetically.

1.Accept - Balls To The Wall

2.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

3.Accept - Eat The Heat

4.Adagio - Underworld

5.Aerosmith - Aerosmith

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These are my favorite progressive/power metal albums that I have listened to. Some of them are for musical technique and others are simply because they blew my mind with the crazy story lines or whatever!

1.Symphony X - Paradise Lost

2.Symphony X - The Odyssey

3.Masterplan - Aeronautics

4.Nightwish - Dark Passion Play

5.Theocracy - As The World Bleeds

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Finally, after about 20 years, Kamelot have released enough albums to do a top 10 of their catalog.

1.Kamelot - The Black Halo

2.Kamelot - Epica

3.Kamelot - Karma

4.Kamelot - The Fourth Legacy

5.Kamelot - Ghost Opera

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Favorite Albums Of All Time!(Mine not yours)

1.Kamelot - The Black Halo

2.Kamelot - Epica

3.Within Temptation - The Unforgiving

4.Nightwish - Oceanborn

5.Kamelot - Ghost Opera

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This is my personal selection of albums (with specific songs) that you'd like to play in your next metal party.
The songs are sorted so the more powerful and energetic songs are equally spread all along the list, except the last songs, which are softer than average.

I'm currently working in this list (well... in my spare time), so it's not the final one.

1.Unexpect - Fables Of The Sleepless Empire

2.Korpiklaani - Karkelo

3.Solefald - Norrøn Livskunst

4.Mastodon - Crack The Skye

5.Kvelertak - Blodtørst

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1.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

2.Epiclore - Into Demise And Victory

3.Dream Theater - Octavarium

4.Beyond Twilight - Section X

5.Porcupine Tree - Deadwing

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1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

2.Motörhead - Overkill

3.Týr - Ragnarok

4.Kamelot - The Black Halo

5.Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman

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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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1.Angra - Temple Of Shadows

2.Avantasia - The Metal Opera Part I

3.Avantasia - The Metal Opera Part II

4.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

5.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

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A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

2005 was a fantastic year, especially for Progressive metal one of the best in my opinion, a lot of classics came out that year and power metal also had an amazing year the 2000's was the golden age of power metal.

1.Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal

2.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

3.Kamelot - The Black Halo

4.System Of A Down - Mezmerize

5.Gojira - From Mars To Sirius

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