1.Aephanemer - Know Thyself

2.Andy Gillion - NeverAfter

3.Conquering Dystopia - Conquering Dystopia

4.Michael Romeo - The Dark Chapter

5.Decimals - Symmetry

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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.Jacobs Dream - Jacobs Dream

2.Jambinai - Onda

3.James LaBrie - Static Impulse

4.Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn

5.Jassa - Lights in the Howling Wilderness

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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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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.Warrel Dane - Praises To The War Machine

2.Ayreon - 01011001

3.Jeff Loomis - Zero Order Phase

4.All Ends - All Ends

5.Whitesnake - Good To Be Bad

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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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This is a list of the albums that score 100 in my personal ranking system. This means they are absolute all time favorites, and they could be here because of different reasons: from absolute mind-blowing musicianship that I deeply appreciate or simply because I enjoy the music and connect to it in a special way. Albums are not listed in any particular order.

1.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth

2.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

3.Patrick Rondat - On The Edge

4.Helloween - The Dark Ride

5.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

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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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My favorite and most enjoyed album's of the decade 2000-2009. Roughly in order, but not exactly.

You can kinda tell from this list that I joined Metalstorm in 2009. I started discovering far more music thanks to this site, hence the number of '09 releases featured. I'm slowly starting to pick back through the top lists of previous years, so I expect more pre-'09 releases will be added to this list.

1.Opeth - Blackwater Park

2.Vektor - Black Future

3.Between The Buried And Me - The Great Misdirect

4.SikTh - Death Of A Dead Day

5.Protest The Hero - Fortress

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A list of some of my favorite solo guitarist albums of the last decade or so (vaguely in order).

Feel free to send me suggestions! I can not get enough of this kind of music.

(Names such as Malmsteen, Satriani, Vai, etc, will not be appearing on this list. This is more for the purpose of spreading the word about lesser heard of, modern artists).

1.Jeff Loomis - Zero Order Phase

2.Christian Muenzner - Timewarp

3.Guthrie Goven - Erotic Cakes

4.Paul Wardingham - Assimilate Regenerate

5.Lars Eric Mattsson - Aurora Borealis

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Welcome to the sphere my friends. I'm talking about albums made by Guitar Heroes, with extreme creativity and skills. As you know, this is not the biggest musical genre because there are many amazing guitar players, but not that much amazing Guitar Heroes albums which deserves a true attention in their wholeness. For the little story of my life, I used to begin listening to metal with Yngwie, Joe and Steve Vai in 2005 or something like that. And when I bought my first electric guitar in 2005, I first started to try Vai's songs while you all know EVERY beginer starts playing with Nirvana or Red Hot Chili Peppers
Anyway, I hope you will enjoy my playlist. These albums are great to me, and it's always a pleasure to listen to them so many years after. I admit that GH albums are not my first preocupation today (if you take a look to my other lists, you will see), but this is the source of my passion, and each time I discover a good piece of them I bring it here, when I think about it. Enjoy

1.Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force

2.Cacophony - Speed Metal Symphony

3.Jeff Loomis - Zero Order Phase

4.Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien

5.Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn

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1.Novembre - Wish I Could Dream It Again

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness

4.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

5.Autumnal - Grey Universe

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20 Albums From The Past Decade That Changed My Life!

1.Cynic - Traced In Air

2.Symphony X - The Odyssey

3.Opeth - Damnation

4.Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor

5.Ayreon - The Human Equation

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A list of my current top 25 instrumental metal albums

1.Tides From Nebula - Aura

2.God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright

3.Pelican - The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw

4.Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien

5.Planet X - MoonBabies

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Here are my top 25 albums for 2008

1.Equilibrium - Sagas

2.Protest The Hero - Fortress

3.Mirrorthrone - Gangrene

4.Opeth - Watershed

5.Oceans Of Sadness - The Arrogance Of Ignorance

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