I've always been a fan of progressive metal going back to the days of Opeth. It wasn't until I discovered Scale The Summit early last year on Spotify that I came upon a big metal genre of instrumental…

1.Scale The Summit - The Migration

2.Sithu Aye - Cassini

3.Wide Eyes - Terraforming

4.Intervals - The Space Between

5.Modern Day Babylon - Travelers

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Sort of stumbled upon Anubis Gate. Not too often do you see the bassist as lead singer/frontman of the band. It's hard to place the specific sound of the band since they're a blend of power and…

1.Anubis Gate - Anubis Gate

2.Anubis Gate - Andromeda Unchained

3.Anubis Gate - Horizons

4.Anubis Gate - The Detached

5.Anubis Gate - A Perfect Forever

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Here's a quick list of what I'm looking forward to in 2018. Refreshed periodically.

1.Omnium Gatherum - The Burning Cold

2.Dragonland - TBD

3.Shadowspell - TBD

4.Be'lakor - TBD

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One of the things I like most about Dragonland is their Death Metal roots. They wanted to expand outside the scope of Death Metal and mixed their formula with power, symphonic, and progressive sounds.

1.Dragonland - Astronomy

2.Dragonland - Starfall

3.Dragonland - Under The Grey Banner

4.Dragonland - Holy War

5.Dragonland - The Battle Of The Ivory Plains

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Kalmah's pure "Swamp Metal". They blend metals styles to their own. Carefully crafted melodies with tough riffs make them stand out.

1.Kalmah - The Black Waltz

2.Kalmah - Swampsong

3.Kalmah - They Will Return

4.Kalmah - Swamplord

5.Kalmah - For The Revolution

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Been a fan of Galneryus since "One For All - All For One" Thought I'd make my favorite full length albums in order of best to worst.

1.Galneryus - Beyond The End Of Despair...

2.Galneryus - Advance To The Fall

3.Galneryus - Resurrection

4.Galneryus - Phoenix Rising

5.Galneryus - The Flag Of Punishment

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Long time fan of Stratovarius. I've comprised my best to worst albums in my own opinion. I excluded EPs and live albums to focus on full lengths.

1.Stratovarius - Visions

2.Stratovarius - Infinite

3.Stratovarius - Nemesis

4.Stratovarius - Fourth Dimension

5.Stratovarius - Elysium

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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…

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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