1. Wilderun - Olden Tales & Deathly Trails

2. Æther Realm - One Chosen By The Gods

3. Wintersun - Time I

4. Nightwish - Imaginaerum

5. Amorphis - Skyforger

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1. Turisas - The Varangian Way

2. Epica - The Divine Conspiracy

3. Autumn - My New Time

4. Within Temptation - The Heart Of Everything

5. Nightwish - Dark Passion Play

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In no particular order. Stars ★ indicate personal favourites are random.

Inferior Other Folk Lists:
•Lokaeda's
•Diabolos'
•Starchild's
•Angel Lament's

1. Arkona - Goi, Rode, Goi!

2. Arkona - Vozrozhdenie

3. Arkona - Ot Serdca K Nebu

4. Arkona - Vo Slavu Velikim!

5. Darkestrah - The Great Silk Road

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EDITED & ARRANGED: An encyclopaedia of metal songs to get you dancing or grooving your ass to. Recommendations are welcome.

1. Alestorm - Black Sails At Midnight

2. Alice Cooper - Welcome 2 My Nightmare

3. Amaranthe - Amaranthe

4. Amaranthe - The Nexus

5. Angizia - 39 Jahre Für Den Leierkastenmann

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TOP 20 METAL CONCEPT ALBUMS

I was always fascinated by the good concept albums, which manage to tell the story in a extraordinary fashion. So I decided to make a list of best concetual metal albums up to date. I decided to concentrate on truly conceptual albums, since loosening the criteria too much would leave me with having bunch of fantastic albums, which would simply be too much to put on the list. Yes, it would probably be a lot easier to make a huge list, but I wanted to concentrate on a truly top concept-related albums. So since they do not strictly tell about some event, or follow the same story, I decided to drop out loose conceptuals. Unfortunately the likes of "Sirenia - At Sixes and Sevens", "Sabaton - The Art of War" or "Nightwish - Century Child", "Bloodbound - Nosferatu" most of the Therion's albums, Amorphis and so on, went out of the list. I raised the criteria for the 'conceptual' since also there is really a lot of top-quality albums that are connected with a loose story, but they are simply not tight enough to label them as truly concept albums…Otherwise I might as well write a list of 100 albums. Also I tried to avoid multiple occurances of the same band, hence only one album from Ayreon, Symphony X, Evergrey, etc, otherwise they would probably fill up half of the bloody list.

1. Kamelot - Epica

2. Kamelot - The Black Halo

3. Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

4. Turisas - The Varangian Way

5. Evergrey - The Inner Circle

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My personal annual choice for top 10 metal albums for each year. 2007 selection, fantastic year with at least 50 quality albums.

1. Epica - The Divine Conspiracy

2. Symphony X - Paradise Lost

3. Turisas - The Varangian Way

4. Therion - Gothic Kabbalah

5. Sirenia - Nine Destinies and a Downfall

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1. Porcupine Tree - In Absentia

2. Opeth - Damnation

3. Katatonia - Viva Emptiness

4. Anathema - Alternative 4

5. Insomnium - In The Halls Of Awaiting

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This list is half-assed. So half-assed that I do not care to update it.

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

2. Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

3. Alchemist - Spiritech

4. Alcest - Souvenirs D'Un Autre Monde

5. Alestorm - Black Sails At Midnight

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My favorite and most enjoyed album's of the decade 2000-2009. Roughly in order, but not exactly.

You can kinda tell from this list that I joined Metalstorm in 2009. I started discovering far more music thanks to this site, hence the number of '09 releases featured. I'm slowly starting to pick back through the top lists of previous years, so I expect more pre-'09 releases will be added to this list.

1. Machine Head - The Blackening

2. Opeth - Blackwater Park

3. Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect

4. Wintersun - Wintersun

5. Adagio - Underworld

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1. Ensiferum - Iron

2. Ensiferum - Ensiferum

3. Turisas - The Varangian Way

4. Eluveitie - Slania

5. Equilibrium - Sagas

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Best Folkish albums I've heard so far...!! Please feel free to post your Suggestions!!

1. Agalloch - The Mantle

2. Ensiferum - Iron

3. Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

4. Blackmore's Night - Under A Violet Moon

5. Blackmore's Night - Shadow Of The Moon

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Here are the most captivating atmospheres I've ever heard. Including metal and non-metal albums. Grouped according to genre and one album per band.

1. Division By Zero - Independent Harmony

2. Beyond Twilight - The Devil's Hall Of Fame

3. Riverside - Out Of Myself

4. Suspyre - When Time Fades...

5. Redemption - The Fullness Of Time

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My favorite element about music is probably atmosphere. My mind is a lazy, albeit adventurous, asshole that likes to take vacations whenever it can. And what better than the surprise mental adventures that music takes you on? SHUT UP. SHUT UP. Nothing is better. Whether I'm whisked away on the wings of a dragon, sitting around a campfire with a group of vikings just before battle, wandering around a haunted castle, or floating around FUCKING SPACE, I love these adventures. Yes. Yes, I do. And here are my favorite albums that have incredible atmosphere for me to get lost in. (No particular order)

1. Bal-Sagoth - Battle Magic

2. Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

3. Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness

4. Rhapsody Of Fire - Dawn Of Victory

5. Les Discrets - Septembre Et Ses Dernières Pensées

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Moves up and down depending on mood, but top 25-30 usually the same in varying order

1. Sylosis - Conclusion Of An Age

2. Machine Head - The Blackening

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

4. Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth

5. In Flames - The Jester Race

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Just a list containing some of my favorite folk metal albums of all time. Note: this list is unordered.

1. Wintersun - Wintersun

2. Equilibrium - Sagas

3. Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

4. Moonsorrow - V: Hävitetty

5. Agalloch - The Mantle

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