I picked one album by each of my favorite bands for this list. Keep in mind that after the first few albums I put on the list, it became increasingly difficult to figure out where to place artists in my list. Also, this is kind of how my favorite bands lie now, as far as how often I listen to them - whereas some of these bands used to be much more frequently played, years ago. But this is, more or less, a list of my favorite albums by my favorite bands.

1. Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

2. Seventh Wonder - The Great Escape

3. Symphony X - The Odyssey

4. Circus Maximus - Nine

5. Haken - Visions

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The label metal includes heavy, power, black...

1. Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

2. Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

3. Rush - 2112

4. Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite

5. Opeth - Still Life

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The best ballads in the history of Metal. Of course, all these bands and other bands have really good ballads but this list shows the very best, handpicked by me. In alphabetical order by bands name to make the list less chaotic and not by order of preference.

1. Accept - Eat The Heat

2. Accept - Blood Of The Nations

3. Adagio - Underworld

4. Aerosmith - Aerosmith

5. Allen/Lande - The Battle

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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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Pagan's Mind albums put in order from the best to the least consistent album.

1. Pagan's Mind - Celestial Entrance

2. Pagan's Mind - Heavenly Ecstasy

3. Pagan's Mind - Enigmatic : Calling

4. Pagan's Mind - God's Equation

5. Pagan's Mind - Infinity Divine

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AWesomest power metal albums I've heard in my life and Enjoy the most (and some which are extreme power which didnt feel right not to put them here..!), probably not ordered in the most right way...!!

1. Kamelot - The Black Halo

2. Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica

3. Dark Moor - Autumnal

4. Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes

5. Stratovarius - Visions

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UPDATED Apr. 2012! Like the title says (covers '00 - '09). In numbered order by personal preference. May change as I find new releases.

1. Anubis Gate - The Detached

2. Agalloch - The Mantle

3. Kamelot - The Black Halo

4. Warning - Watching From a Distance

5. Gojira - The Way of All Flesh

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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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As a long time guitarist, i have a passion to learn and play guitar riffs and solos and these ones are an ultimate guide for guitar playing. Some solos are just more memorable than others and the following are the most well craftted solos i have heard till now.

1. Scorpions - Love At First Sting

2. Judas Priest - Painkiller

3. Symphony X - The Odyssey

4. Savatage - Edge Of Thorns

5. Stratovarius - Visions

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1. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor

2. Kamelot - The Black Halo

3. Biomechanical - The Empires Of The Worlds

4. Beyond Twilight - Section X

5. Gojira - From Mars To Sirius

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1. Outworld - Outworld

2. Symphony X - Iconoclast

3. Beyond Twilight - Section X

4. Adagio - Archangels In Black

5. Adagio - Sanctus Ignis

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A list of my favourite Progressive albums on Metal Storm, ranked roughly in order of preference.

1. Ayreon - The Human Equation

2. Dol Ammad - Ocean Dynamics

3. Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition

4. Porcupine Tree - Signify

5. Opeth - Still Life

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