1. Moonspell - Night Eternal

2. Iced Earth - The Crucible Of Man (Something Wicked - Part 2)

3. In Mourning - Shrouded Divine

4. Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery

5. Warrel Dane - Praises To The War Machine

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I will try to be as subjective as I can and it won't include only my favorite genres as I will try to include albums from all Metal sub-genres because I think it's important to get exposed to all kinds of metal so that a person may create a good taste in Metal music. (Might include more than 1 album per band).

1. King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King

2. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

3. Deep Purple - Machine Head

4. Judas Priest - Stained Class

5. Scorpions - Taken By Force

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In no particular order - 20 albums that, for me, stood out above the rest.

1. Steven Wilson - Insurgentes

2. Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe

3. Abigail Williams - In The Shadow Of A Thousand Suns

4. Moonspell - Night Eternal

5. Swallow The Sun - Plague Of Butterflies

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1. Sybreed - Antares

2. Thrice - Vheissu

3. Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down

4. Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe

5. Katatonia - Night Is The New Day

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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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Another yearly top 10 list.

1. Ayreon - 01011001

2. Eluveitie - Slania

3. Sabaton - The Art of War

4. Evergrey - Torn

5. Firewind - The Premonition

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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 is a list of the top melodic death metal albums ever made between 2000 and 2010.

1. Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper

2. Dark Tranquillity - Fiction

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

4. Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe

5. Solution .45 - For Aeons Past

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1. Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

2. Death - Scream Bloody Gore

3. Obituary - Slowly We Rot

4. Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten

5. Deicide - Legion

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1. Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2. In Flames - Clayman

3. Trivium - Ascendancy

4. King Diamond - Abigail

5. Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done

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1. At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul

2. Arch Enemy - Rise of the Tyrant

3. Arch Enemy - Wages of Sin

4. Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery

5. In Flames - Colony

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Pure Fucking Metal !!!

1. Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

2. Agalloch - The Mantle

3. Ahab - The Divinity Of Oceans

4. Akelei - De Zwaarte Van Het Doorstane

5. Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs

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1. Firewind - The Premonition

2. Ayreon - 01011001

3. Mourning Beloveth - A Disease for the Ages

4. Grand Magus - Iron Will

5. Becoming the Archetype - Dichotomy

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Disclaimer: This list is influenced by THE LIST here on MS, the one by Introspekrieg.

Moving on; here's my take on what I believe to be the finest in cyber metal (or electro-based metal in general). A few unconventional choices thrown out there for an overall well-rounded feel. Not all of them are cyber metal, of course, but those albums in question have certain qualities which appeal to the genre, and thus cannot be overlooked.

1. Illidiance - Damage Theory

2. Sybreed - The Pulse Of Awakening

3. Neurotech - Antagonist

4. Minority Sound - The Explorer

5. Seecrees - Genesis

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This is not a typical "Best of the decade" list. To be more precise, it's a list about the top 20 albums of each year of the last decade, in my perspective of course. In this way, a lot of good albeit overlooked albums can get some exposure, in addition to covering more ground at the same time.

1. 2009

2. Sybreed - The Pulse Of Awakening

3. Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs

4. Porcupine Tree - The Incident

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