Feels like a nice cold drink when listening to these ones

1.Fear Factory - Archetype

2.Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked

3.Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory

4.AC/DC - Ballbreaker

5.AC/DC - Powerage

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This list shows only my preferences in metal. These albums are not necessarily the best of the bands written by, but I return to them again and again. In my opinion, all this masterpieces confirm the variety and greatness of metal music.
Rules:
1. One album per band.
2. Ordered from highest position (top) to lowest (bottom).
3. No heavy, power, doom, gothic, sludge/stoner albums.

1.Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper

2.Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia

3.In Flames - Clayman

4.Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos

5.Gojira - From Mars To Sirius

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The albums below is my definition of extreme metal music, regardless of their genre. Entire list is based only on my personal preferences in metal.
Rules:
1. One album per band
2. 305 groups/305 albums

1.In Flames - Clayman

2.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

3.Chimaira - Chimaira

4.Death - Symbolic

5.Testament - The New Order

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1.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

2.Ayreon - 01011001

3.Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery

4.Cavalera Conspiracy - Inflikted

5.Cynic - Traced In Air

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I've been listening to Metal since 2005 and it has become my biggest passion in life.

Rarely a day goes by where I don't listen to it in one form or another. The bands I listened to in my teens inspired me to pick up the guitar (and later drums) and start making music of my own.

So here are the albums that have stood out and made the largest impact on me. To be as transparent as possible, I've labelled albums as 'nostalgia bias' where my memories of the album give it an advantage over others.

(Score is an average of each album's song ratings, full list located here. There are a ton of albums that I've rated 9/10 in the 'TBR' tab that may never make it to this list, be sure to check those out.)

If you discovered any new albums or like the same sort of metal, be sure to give this list a thumbs-up and leave a comment so more people can find these amazing bands!

My other lists:
Top 25 EPs (ordered & rated)
Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres)
Top 200 Overrated Albums (trigger warning)
So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)

Genre-Specific:
Top 50 Black Metal Albums
Top 50 Melodic Death Metal Albums
Top 45 Thrash Metal Albums
Top 40 Power Metal Albums
Top 30 Doom Metal Albums
Top 30 Heavy Metal Albums

1.Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

2.Opeth - Blackwater Park

3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

4.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

5.Opeth - Still Life

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1.Agent Steel - Unstoppable Force

2.Annihilator - Alice In Hell

3.Anthrax - Among The Living

4.Artillery - By Inheritance

5.Baphomet - The Dead Shall Inherit

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1.Volbeat - Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood

2.Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh

3.Trivium - Shogun

4.Cavalera Conspiracy - Inflikted

5.Septicflesh - Communion

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1.Testament - The Formation Of Damnation

2.Cradle Of Filth - Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder

3.Hollenthon - Opus Magnum

4.Sabaton - The Art Of War

5.Opeth - Watershed

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1.Warrel Dane - Praises To The War Machine

2.Cynic - Traced In Air

3.Ihsahn - AngL

4.Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh

5.Pin-Up Went Down - 2 Unlimited

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1.Arch Enemy - Wages Of Sin

2.Satyricon - Now, Diabolical

3.Mayhem - Ordo Ad Chao

4.Sahg - I

5.Arch Enemy - Doomday Machine

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1.Draconian - Turning Season Within

2.Cradle Of Filth - Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder

3.Moonspell - Night Eternal

4.Therion - Live Gothic

5.Heavenwood - Redemption

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