These are my bakers-dozen favourite album covers - those that really stand out for me from my collection (although at the time of making there was one that hasn't yet been released). These are all albums that I really like, musically, so that has been a factor in the selection. Comments welcomed.

1.Darkest Hour - The Human Romance

2.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach

3.Entombed - Morning Star

4.Behemoth - Zos Kia Cultus (Here And Beyond)

5.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

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Metal / Rock / Instrumental / Etc...

1.Fanisk - Noontide

2.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach

3.Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

4.

5.Anathema - A Moment In Time

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The top album of every year since I was born.

1.Dream Theater - Falling Into Infinity

2.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

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

4.Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper

5.Opeth - Blackwater Park

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1.Annihilator - Alice In Hell

2.Annihilator - Never, Neverland

3.Anthrax - Among The Living

4.Artillery - By Inheritance

5.Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion

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1.Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet

2.Pain Of Salvation - Scarsick

3.After Forever - After Forever

4.Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos

5.Sonata Arctica - Unia

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This is a list in which I have included the top 30 albums of the decade that has just passed. Of course it's gonna change because I'm sure there is a lot I haven't listened to yet...

1.In Flames - Clayman

2.Moonspell - The Antidote

3.HIM - Love Metal

4.Emperor - Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire And Demise

5.Nightwish - Once

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1.Wintersun - Wintersun

2.Machine Head - The Blackening

3.Dream Theater - Octavarium

4.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth

5.In Flames - The Jester Race

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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.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

3.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

4.Machine Head - The Blackening

5.Flotsam And Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deceiver

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1.Machine Head - Through The Ashes Of Empires

2.Machine Head - The Blackening

3.Machine Head - Burn My Eyes

4.Machine Head - The More Things Change...

5.Machine Head - Unto The Locust

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1.Primordial - To The Nameless Dead

2.Machine Head - The Blackening

3.Alter Bridge - Blackbird

4.Nile - Ithyphallic

5.W.A.S.P. - Dominator

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This list shows only my preferences in metal. These albums are not necessarily the best of the bands written by, but I return to them again and again. In my opinion, all this masterpieces confirm the variety and greatness of metal music.
Rules:
1. One album per band.
2. Ordered from highest position (top) to lowest (bottom).
3. No heavy, power, doom, gothic, sludge/stoner albums.

1.Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper

2.Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia

3.In Flames - Clayman

4.Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos

5.Gojira - From Mars To Sirius

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The albums below is my definition of extreme metal music, regardless of their genre. Entire list is based only on my personal preferences in metal.
Rules:
1. One album per band
2. 305 groups/305 albums

1.In Flames - Clayman

2.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

3.Chimaira - Chimaira

4.Death - Symbolic

5.Testament - The New Order

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Must Listen: The First 11

1.Nightwish - Dark Passion Play

2.Paradise Lost - In Requiem

3.Kamelot - Ghost Opera

4.Symphony X - Paradise Lost

5.Allen/Lande - The Revenge

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I discovered metal with Machine Head - No shame - with their very infamous Supercharger... Oh yes.

It is crap, sure, but it holds an important place for me as my first (and we are not always proud of our first, are we?

I've followed the band ever since for better, for worse and there has been both! I will always be excited about a new album no matter what!

Here is my Machine F****ing Head Experience

1.Machine Head - Through The Ashes Of Empires

2.Machine Head - Burn My Eyes

3.Machine Head - The Blackening

4.Machine Head - The More Things Change...

5.Machine Head - Øf Kingdøm And Crøwn

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