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.
Under construction, the order of list might change.I would also add description too each album in the future.

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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This is a list comprised of my personal favorite albums. I tried to keep a limitation of two albums per band, but some musicians such will appear on the list at a higher frequency due to having multiple bands. Small reviews for each album will be added eventually. Please note that this list is still under heavy construction, and is no where near done. Many things are probably missing, and some albums may not remain for too long. My goal is to get 100 albums, but if that becomes too difficult I will chop the list down to 50 (or maybe 75). If you can think of any album you think I may be forgetting (read: an album you think I find to be one of my favorites, not your's), don't hesitate to remind me of it's existence.

1. Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops

2. Agalloch - The Mantle

3. Aluk Todolo - Occult Rock

4. Amorphis - The Karelian Isthmus

5. Ataraxie - Slow Transcending Agony

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Essential 10. In alphabetic order.

1. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

2. Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta I - Fathers Of The Icy Age

3. Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

4. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

5. Isis - Panopticon

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Please, keep in mind that this list is subject to changes. If you find a prettier album cover, please send me a PM.

1. Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse

2. Anathema - Eternity

3. Epica - The Divine Conspiracy

4. Anathema - Weather Systems

5. Candlemass - Ancient Dreams

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The title says it all. Of course it's highly subjective.

1. Isis - Panopticon

2. Year Of No Light - Ausserwelt

3. Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

4. Rosetta - Wake / Lift

5. Shape Of Despair - Illusion's Play

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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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How my tastes evolved over the last two years. For the sake of comparison, I reported the original list below the updated one.

1. Warning - Watching From A Distance

2. Evoken - A Caress Of The Void

3. Cobalt - Eater Of Birds

4. The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand

5. Shining - V - Halmstad

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...and everything in between.

Here's an intensive guide to 100 artists that inhabit the world of drones, ambients, noise and all the tiny variations within and between, both metal and beyond. One release per artist (aside from a few collaborations which I felt were of high quality and worthy of being mentioned). This is the world in which I am happiest, when structure is little more than a dot on the horizon of alien landscapes. This is where the mind drifts and consciousness and music become intertwined.

1. Abandoned Place - Shadow Of Memory

2. Abruptum - Potestates Apocalypsis

3. Aderlating - Spear of Gold and Seraphim Bone Pt.1

4. Aghast - Hexeri im Zwielicht der Finsternis

5. Alec Empire - Generation Star Wars

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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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Metal / Rock / Instrumental / Etc...

1. Fanisk - Noontide

2. Be'lakor - Stone's Reach

3. Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

4. Pink Floyd - Meddle

5. Anathema - A Moment in Time

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My top 100 albums of all time (featured on MS).
One album per band.

In alphabetical order.

1. !T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)

2. Ævangelist - De Masticatione Mortuorum In Tumulis

3. Abyssal - Novit Enim Dominus Qui Sunt Eius

4. Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops

5. Agalloch - The Mantle

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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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More doom on the way: as of 14th June I'm slowly adding a few albums, hopefully to reach the 50 mark.

1. Candlemass - Nightfall

2. Doomsword - Let Battle Commence

3. Mourning Beloveth - The Sullen Sulcus

4. Skepticism - Lead And Aether

5. Shape Of Despair - Angels Of Distress

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You know, I think I'm kind of... out of myself ...

1. Agalloch - The White

2. Ahab - The Divinity Of Oceans

3. Akelei - De Zwaarte Van Het Doorstane

4. Alcest - Le Secret

5. Anathema - A Fine Day To Exit

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Slow/Post/Depress/Funeral/Love/Gloom/Beauty/Sorrow/Obscure/Cold/Avantgarde/Atmospheric/Diferente...

1. A Forest Of Stars - Opportunistic Thieves Of Spring

2. Ablaze In Hatred - Deceptive Awareness

3. Agalloch - Pale Folklore

4. Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

5. Ahab - The Divinity Of Oceans

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