This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone who is young in age, my tastes tend to revolve around the period of the 80s to the present.* Although certain metal albums from before will certainly be featured, the period of the 60s-70s will be under-represented. I refer you to this excellent list to gain a better appreciation for some of the best metal from that period: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/freis/martin_popoffs_the_top_500_heavy_metal_albums_of_all_time/

1. Aara - En Ergô Einai

2. Aarni - Bathos

3. Aaskereia - Dort, Wo Das Alte Böse Ruht

4. Abandon - The Dead End

5. Abazagorath - The Satanic Verses

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1. Kalmah - The Black Waltz

2. Insomnium - Above The Weeping World

3. Kalmah - They Will Return

4. Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

5. Insomnium - Since The Day It All Came Down

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Constantly evolving list of my favorite metal albums from the 2000s

1. Trivium - Shogun

2. Opeth - Watershed

3. Tool - Lateralus

4. Deftones - White Pony

5. Trivium - Ascendancy

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1. Opeth - Blackwater Park

2. Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down

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

4. Amorphis - Am Universum

5. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Beethoven's Last Night

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No particular order

1. Graveworm - As the Angels Reach the Beauty

2. Graveworm - Scourge of Malice

3. Dimmu Borgir - For all tid

4. Dimmu Borgir - Stormblåst

5. Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

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This list will be constantly updated for I'm always discovering good things that can easily be the soundtrack of my life for many years

1. Epica - The Phantom Agony

2. Epica - The Quantum Enigma

3. Tristania - Widow's Weeds

4. Tristania - Beyond The Veil

5. Arch Enemy - Anthems of Rebellion

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1. Arch Enemy - Wages Of Sin

2. Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine

3. Arch Enemy - Anthems Of Rebellion

4. Arch Enemy - Burning Bridges

5. Arch Enemy - Khaos Legions

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1. Afgrund - Vid Helvetets Grindar

2. After Forever - After Forever

3. Agalloch - The Mantle

4. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

5. Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde

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1. Wintersun - Wintersun

2. Be'lakor - Stone's Reach

3. Ensiferum - Ensiferum

4. Septicflesh - Communion

5. Insomnium - Above The Weeping World

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Arch Enemy is so generic you can't tell which album is good or bad. True ? Let's try to sort them a bit

1. Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine

2. Arch Enemy - Wages Of Sin

3. Arch Enemy - Stigmata

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Simple ranking of all my favorite albums. Favorite song from the album in the notes. Sure to change/expand as I learn and explore more within metal.

1. Madder Mortem - Eight Ways

2. Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

3. Ayreon - 01011001

4. Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All

5. Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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1. Rainbow - Rising

2. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

3. Metallica - Ride The Lightning

4. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

5. AC/DC - Powerage

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*** MAX 3 ALBUMS PER ARTIST!!! (Except Death) Also... While extra weight will be given to classic death metal albums, this list will also include exceptional examples of melodic death, death-grind, technical/progressive death, death-thrash, and blackened death. LPs ONLY. *** /\ UNDER CONSTRUCTION /\

1. Cryptopsy - None So Vile

2. Death - Symbolic

3. Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten

4. Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious

5. Death - Human

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A bunch of albums with a big circle on the cover

1. Karnivool - Sound Awake

2. Skyclad - The Silent Whales Of Lunar Sea

3. Death - Scream Bloody Gore

4. Pentagram - Pentagram

5. Russian Circles - Empros

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Will be updated constantly as I remember albums/have time to add them! if more than one album per year- runner up. If none, then i picked none for that year.

1. The Agonist - The Eye of Providence

2. Queensrÿche - Condition Human

3. Arch Enemy - War Eternal

4. Marty Friedman - Inferno

5. Conquering Dystopia - Conquering Dystopia

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