Fifty years of metal, 50 best albums of the year. Note that in order to diversify the list I limited it to one album per band, otherwise there would have been too much Judas Priest and Iron Maiden.

1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

2.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

3.Deep Purple - Machine Head

4.Budgie - Never Turn Your Back On A Friend

5.Queen - Queen II

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1.Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny

2.Judas Priest - Nostradamus

3.Judas Priest - Jugulator

4.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

5.Judas Priest - Ram It Down

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To give you a sense of how much I hate Deathcore, the only Suicide Silence album I find to be passable is their self-titled. Even with better bands I still don't like their albums. For example, I…

1.All Shall Perish - Awaken The Dreamers

2.Bring Me The Horizon - Count Your Blessings

3.Whitechapel - Mark Of The Blade

4.Betraying The Martyrs - Breathe In Life

5.Slice The Cake - Odyssey To The West

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Ten heavy metal holy cows that have contributed much less to metal than their popularity would suggest.

1.Ghost - Ripping Off Black Metal Aesthetics + Pop = Profit

2.Testament - Sorry, but Anthrax is the band which deserves the fourth spot in the big four

3.Cannibal Corpse - The point at which shock value in death metal became more important than actual music

4.Avenged Sevenfold - Talent wasted on a spastic Metallica wannabe

5.Mötley Crüe - The worst band in the worst subgenre of metal, they are known for hedonism rather than talent

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While the order in each decade is purely personal preference, there are several rules for a song qualifying for the list. First off, the band has to be notable. I'm not going to define what that means,…

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2.King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King

3.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

4.Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

5.Deep Purple - In Rock

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Bands who are known for incredibly monotonous riffs in their early albums, but proved to be distinguished riff makers later in their career.

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Nu metal is often berated for it's simple riffs, but compared to genres which don't share it's metal heritage it's always been riff driven. The purpose of this list is not to find the…

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New is being defined as being forming within the new millennium, and continuing to create unique music in the current decade. Interesting is defined as being significantly unique, and I like them. This…

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These guys can't really do the sing thing, but they try, and we love them anyway.

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Progressive metal has some of the most creative musicians in metal, but the tendency for progressive bands to make extremely long, technical songs with no sense of structure can be turnoff to some people,…

1.Devin Townsend - Accelerated Evolution

2.Porcupine Tree - In Absentia

3.Toehider - What Kind Of Creature Am I?

4.Coheed and Cambria - Volume 4

5.Mastodon - Once More 'Round The Sun

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Another one of these, I guess it could be considered a bit of a follow up to the nu metal one, only this time it's for a genre known for it's vocal talent.

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Well, it's been over 8 years since their last album, at it this rate it may be over a decade. While we are waiting, here are some other bands with a similar sound to check out. Also don't forget…

1.Soen - Cognitive

2.Deftones - White Pony

3.Karnivool - Sound Awake

4.Chevelle - Point No. 1

5.September Sky - Bright Sides to Dark Days

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I wanted to write a bit more about each singer, but I only had so much room on each line.

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So here are ten alternative metal albums which I think are significant to defining the sound of alternative metal over the years, limiting it to one album per band and keeping to albums that are best described…

1.Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking

2.Faith No More - Angel Dust

3.Helmet - Meantime

4.Alice In Chains - Dirt

5.Tool - Undertow

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