These are the albums which I like the most. Since I have not listened to a lot of albums( let's say, max 400 for me), it would be pretentious to make a list of my 100 favorite albums, so I keep this list short.

1. Tool - Lateralus

2. Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale

3. Lurker Of Chalice - Lurker Of Chalice

4. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven

5. Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God

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Alphabetical order.
Limited to 2 albums per band
Favorite tracks included.

Top 5 of non-metal:
Pink Floyd-The Wall
King Crimson-In The Court Of The Crimson King
Godspeed You! Black Emperor-Yanqui U.X.O
Comus-First Utterance
Explosions In The Sky-The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

2. Agalloch - The Mantle

3. Anaal Nathrakh - In The Constellation Of The Black Widow

4. Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas

5. Bathory - Blood Fire Death

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My top 50 favourite albums of all time (initially it was a top 20 list). I restricted every band by a maximum of 2 albums. The list is in alphabetical order, so it doesn't represent explicitly which album is my absolute favourite (I don't have one). All albums on this list have earned at least a 9/10 rating. I've added genres and my favourite songs.

1. After Forever - Decipher

2. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

3. Agalloch - The Mantle

4. Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde

5. Anathema - The Silent Enigma

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Yep, one of those lists. Everyone has one, so I thought I'd make a list of metal albums I really recommend.

This is not an absolute "best-of" list, for a few reasons:
1) I stick to one album per band, unless there's been a drastic style shift (like Katatonia's).
2) I try to cover all major subgenres fairly, so I have something for everyone. It counterbalances the tendency to list all the cool bands in a style I'm into right now (like drone or epic doom).

1. Warning - Watching From a Distance

2. Candlemass - Nightfall

3. Reverend Bizarre - In The Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend

4. Pagan Altar - The Lords Of Hypocrisy

5. Katatonia - Dance of December Souls

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My version of The Epics (Best Songs Over 10 Minutes) only this time it's more The Epics (Songs Over 10 Minutes) because we kept griping to PG and he wouldn't update his list. According to his profile he hasn't been on in... 371 days. So I thought "Hey, why not do it myself?"
Arranged by time. If you feel or know a song should be on here, let me know. I'm a mainstream fag, so I only listen to the popular stuff. I might have missed some bands.

1. Be'lakor - Stone's Reach

2. Kalisia - Cybion

3. Sun Of The Blind - Skullreader

4. Nile - Ithyphallic

5. Nightwish - Once

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1. Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia

2. Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta

3. After Forever - Decipher

4. Finntroll - Jaktens Tid

5. Arch Enemy - Wages Of Sin

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1. Opeth - Blackwater Park

2. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

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

4. Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

5. Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet

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1. Opeth - Blackwater Park

2. Hammers Of Misfortune - The August Engine

3. Savatage - Poets And Madmen

4. Opeth - Damnation

5. Riverside - Second Life Syndrome

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1. My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours

2. Therion - Secret Of The Runes

3. After Forever - Decipher

4. Eternal Tears Of Sorrow - A Virgin And A Whore

5. Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta

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This is not Avantgarde style, is vanguard music literally.... in metal of course

1. Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops

2. Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs

3. Animals As Leaders - Animals As Leaders

4. Apocalyptica - Cult

5. Arcana - Le Serpent Rouge

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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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1. Iron Maiden - Rime Of The Ancient Mariner

2. Opeth - The Moor

3. Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

4. Blind Guardian - And Then There Was Silence

5. Dream Theater - Octavarium

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1. Opeth - Still Life

2. Dream Theater - Images And Words

3. Opeth - Blackwater Park

4. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

5. Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

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I wanted to create my personal Top List for a long time and to be honest, I always considered it as some kind of cool Prog Metal, Avantgarde Metal mix. As you can see, it has become a bit more complicated. So finally, there are Unexpect and Pain Of Salvation next to Bands like Kamelot and Savatage. Also, some Non-Metal Bands got involved like Jeff Buckley and Oingo Boingo. But could you imagine how PoS would sound without Jeffs influence? Or what would have become of Mr. Bungle if it weren't for Danny Elfman and Oingo Boingo?! So I hope you have nearly as much fun with this list as I had creating it.

1. Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Part I

2. Kalisia - Cybion

3. Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera

4. Dog Fashion Disco - Adultery

5. Polkadot Cadaver - Purgatory Dance Party

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Progressive (and anything progressed) albums I'd like to take with me to the underground. I'm 25 years old and 8 "metal years old" when this list is created.
In not any particular order, and to be continued : ))

1. Dream Theater - Images And Words

2. Adagio - Underworld

3. Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse

4. Symphony X - The Odyssey

5. Adagio - Sanctus Ignis

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