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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive, 2004

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

2004 was a another good year, especially for my favorite genres Symphonic metal and power metal, even if it wasn't the strongest overall year for metal the 2000's started pretty slowly for metal, but 2004 was a fantastic year for other music genres

1.Haggard - Eppur Si Muove
2.Ayreon - The Human Equation
3.Orphaned Land - Mabool: The Story Of The Three Sons Of Seven
4.Nightwish - Once
5.Wintersun - Wintersun

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Created by Handala on 29.09.2022



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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive 2001

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

2001 was pretty great year... for metal that is, one of the best in my opinion, this year was especially great for Symphonic metal, power metal and Folk metal. Also 2001 saw the release of a couple of the most Iconic albums in progressive metal history.

1.Opeth - Blackwater Park
2.System Of A Down - Toxicity
3.Rammstein - Mutter
4.Ensiferum - Ensiferum
5.Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta

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Created by Handala on 08.09.2022



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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive 2000

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

2000 was a pretty solid year especially for progressive metal, Symphonic metal and power metal, also pretty good year for death metal. This also was the year I started to listen to metal music thanks to those iconic linkin park singles (RIP Chester Bennington).

1.Haggard - Awaking The Centuries
2.Koyaanisqatsy - From The Yearning To Burst The Perpetual Circle
3.Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World
4.Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Part I
5.Iron Maiden - Brave New World

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Created by Handala on 01.09.2022



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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive, 1991

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

1991 and the early 1990's ware the golden age of old school death metal, where progressive metal stars to kik more gear, the mayhem of the second wave/Norwegian black metal starts, And of course 1991 is the year where Grung killed Glam metal

1.Coroner - Mental Vortex
2.Fates Warning - Parallels
3.Death - Human
4.Bathory - Twilight Of The Gods
5.Armored Saint - Symbol Of Salvation

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Created by Handala on 27.06.2022



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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive 1999

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

1999 was surprisingly a really solid year for metal at least outside the mainstream, this year saw the release of the album that made me fell in love with progressive metal, the release of more classic black metal albums, more great Gothic and Symphonic albums and even some fun death and Trash metal. In my opinion if you actually look outside the mainstream of the time, the 1990's were a pretty great decade for metal all things considered.

1.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
2.Estatic Fear - A Sombre Dance
3.Opeth - Still Life
4.Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter
5.Agalloch - Pale Folklore

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Created by Handala on 24.08.2022



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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive 1997

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

1997 was surprisingly a solid year for metal, a lot of great releases in black and power metal, and a very strong year for gothic metal this period was by far the golden age of gothic metal

1.Stratovarius - Visions
2.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
3.Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields
4.Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
5.Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine: Biomech

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Created by Handala on 10.08.2022



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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive 1996

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

1996 was a very soild year, even though in the mainstream metal/rock started to go down hell around this time (well for me at least), but still a lot of great releases especially in black metal and gothic metal, oh and also my favorite metal genera symphonic metal started to become it's own thing around this time.

1.Therion - Theli
2.Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
3.Vinterland - Welcome My Last Chapter
4.Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear
5.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

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Created by Handala on 03.08.2022



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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive, 1995

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

1995 was amazing, great Black metal albums, Iconic power metal releases, Death second best album and one of the best years for gothic metal. I had to make some rough cuts, so as honorable mentions: Stormcrowfleet by Skepticism, De Profundis by Vader, Destroy Erase Improve by Meshuggah, Ночь Короче Дня by Aria and Orchid by Opeth, 95 was a great year for metal🤘🤘


My favorite non metal albums of 1995

1. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
By The Smashing Pumpkins (Alternative Rock, Dream Pop, Grunge)



2. Post
By Björk (Art Pop, Electronic)



3. Brown Sugar
By D'Angelo (Neo Soul, Contemporary R&B)



4. Wowee Zowee
By Pavement (Indie Rock, Noise Rock)



5. Liquid Swords
By Genius/GZA (East coast hip hop, Hardcore hip hop)




My favorite movie from 1995


1.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
2.Death - Symbolic
3.Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free
4.The Gathering - Mandylion
5.Paradise Lost - Draconian Times

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Created by Handala on 27.07.2022



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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive, 1994

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

1994 was pretty great year for metal black metal was in full swing with all its drama, death metal still going strong and a really good year for doom metal.

My favorite non-metal albums from 94

1.Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
2.Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
3.Dream Theater - Awake
4.Running Wild - Black Hand Inn
5.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

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Created by Handala on 19.07.2022



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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive 1992

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

1992, was another great year the biggest surprise for me from this year was the amount of solid thrash metal releases that came out around this time when the classic sound of this genera was on its last leg, and again I respect pantera more than I enjoy there music.

1.Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
2.Dream Theater - Images And Words
3.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
4.Alice In Chains - Dirt
5.W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol

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Created by Handala on 05.07.2022



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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive, 1990

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

1990 is the year where my all time favorite metal album came out, I had to make some tough cuts for this list especially Danzig ii, Riot's The Privilege Of Power and Suicidal Tendencies's Lights... Camera... Revolution. Also I respect Pantera more than I like there music and the same for Entombed

1.Judas Priest - Painkiller
2.Bathory - Hammerheart
3.Megadeth - Rust In Peace
4.Obituary - Cause Of Death
5.Queensrÿche - Empire

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Created by Handala on 19.06.2022



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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive, 1989

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

1989 was another great year for metal, I tried to add more obscure and overlooked albums on this list

My favorite non heavy metal albums of 1989

1. Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814

1.Running Wild - Death Or Glory
2.Coroner - No More Color
3.Faith No More - The Real Thing
4.Alice Cooper - Trash
5.Titan Force - Titan Force

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Created by Handala on 12.06.2022



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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive, 1988

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

Man this list was a rough one, but in a good way 1988 is one of the best years in metal history and a lot of great release came out that year, cutting it down to just 20 was tough and ranking them was even harder.

1.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
2.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II
3.Bathory - Blood Fire Death
4.Candlemass - Ancient Dreams
5.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

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Created by Handala on 03.06.2022



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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive 2009

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

2009 was one of the best, a lot of great release came out that year especially within black, Progressive and Death metal. Had to make some rough cuts so honorable mentions goes to: Róka Hasa Rádió by Thy Catafalque, Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us by Paradise Lost, Evangelion by Behemoth, Liebe Ist Für Alle Da by Rammstein, Axe To Fall by Converge, The Great Misdirect by Between The Buried And Me, Endgame by Megadeth, Time Waits For No Slave by Napalm Death and In The Constellation Of The Black Widow by Anaal Nathrakh, over all a fantastic year.

1.Leprous - Tall Poppy Syndrome
2.Devin Townsend - Addicted
3.Diablo Swing Orchestra - Sing-Along Songs For The Damned & Delirious
4.Abandon - The Dead End
5.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach

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Created by Handala on 05.11.2022



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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive, 2007

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

2007 was a really good one, possibly my favorite of the 2000's until now, a lot of great release in Progressive metal, Black metal and Doom metal had a really strong comeback that year, overall a really great year for metal

1.Devin Townsend - Ziltoid The Omniscient
2.Epica - The Divine Conspiracy
3.Ensiferum - Victory Songs
4.Symphony X - Paradise Lost
5.Moonsorrow - V: Hävitetty

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Created by Handala on 21.10.2022