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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive, 2005

A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

2005 was a fantastic year, especially for Progressive metal one of the best in my opinion, a lot of classics came out that year and power metal also had an amazing year the 2000's was the golden age of power metal.

1.Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
2.Opeth - Ghost Reveries
3.Kamelot - The Black Halo
4.System Of A Down - Mezmerize
5.Gojira - From Mars To Sirius

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Created by Handala on 07.10.2022



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Metal Albums Ranked From WORSHIP To DISLIKE

Ratings go from:

WORSHIP ❤️❤️❤️: Absolute greatness, a mindblowing album.
LOVE ❤️❤️🖤: Amazing release with very few flaws.
LIKE ❤️🖤🖤: Enjoyable but far from perfect.
DISLIKE 💔: Not very good or maybe not fitting my tastes.

I've decided to stop rating albums with a numerical value as I tend to feel uncomfortable with that. This list has a minimalistic, subjective and visceral approach, based purely on sensations and personal tastes. Mainly for personal use and doesn't pretend to be a serious ranking, but emerges from the need to remember which bands and albums I enjoyed and the ones I disliked. I constantly revisit new releases so first impressions may change over time. It usually takes 8-10 spins for me to get completely sure of a rating.

1.Æther Realm - Tarot
2.Abhoria - Abhoria
3.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
4.Agrypnie - Metamorphosis
5.Allegaeon - Fragments Of Form And Function

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Created by Rinbel on 14.03.2022



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I Like Big Hits And I Can Not Lie (Part II: 21st Century)

Stuff that got me hooked in the course of the years, from my very first blurred memories as a toddler to the present day.
Lots of catchy tunes, some cheese, very few flowers.
Songs that had a big impact on me and influenced my taste in music.
Stuff to let it all hang out, songs for campfire sing-alongs and soundtracks to slit your wrists to.
Love at first sight listen.

This is part II of II, covering the years since 2001.

Despite of the list's personal character, suggestions are very welcome.
After all I'm old and I may just have forgotten lots of stuff that did make my day.



Great albums that didn't make it on the list as they can only be enjoyed in their entirety, rather than by picking individual songs:

Thirdmoon - Sworn Enemy: Heaven (Death, 2004)
Defleshed - Reclaim The Beat (Death/Thrash, 2005)
Tyranny - Tides Of Awakening (Funeral Doom, 2005)
Mourning Beloveth - A Murderous Circus (Doom/Death, 2005)
Rotting Christ - Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy (Black, 2013)

1.Alastis - Unity
2.Diablerie - Seraphyde
3.Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
4.Emperor - Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire & Demise
5.Hollenthon - With Vilest Of Worms To Dwell

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Created by Starvynth on 19.05.2019



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A List Of Albums I Need To Stop Procrastinating For And Finally Give Them A Decent Listen

"I'll listen to this after I come back home"
I'm so sick of doing this.There are many,many albums that I KNOW will enjoy if I finally make time to listen too. This is more of a personal list,so I can keep track of what I need to hear.

1.Leaves' Eyes - Njord
2.Exodus - Pleasures Of The Flesh
3.Darkthrone - Circle The Wagons
4.Kreator - Coma Of Souls
5.Kreator - Violent Revolution

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Created by me<3mertl on 19.08.2015



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Most Weepworthy Albums

The saddest albums I've ever heard in alphabetical order.

1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
2.Agalloch - The Mantle
3.Ahab - The Giant
4.Aoria - The Constant
5.An Autumn For Crippled Children - Everything

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Created by IronArkadius666 on 04.06.2013



25 Best 2005

1.Opeth - Ghost Reveries
2.Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell
3.Noumena - Absence
4.Falkenbach - Heralding - The Fireblade
5.Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine

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Created by enumaelis on 23.01.2012



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Gloom, Beauty & Despair:Top Doom Metal Albums Of All Time And Counting...

Here is a list of my chosen top doom albums of all time. This is not the stereotypical doom that is used by people nowadays. Rather, the focus is on the true aspect of the music, i.e. feelings of gloominess and despair expressed in a hearty and beautiful manner through music, the music that evokes wonderful emotions! For true doom metal fans out there!!

1.Swallow The Sun - Hope
2.Swallow The Sun - New Moon
3.Slumber - Fallout
4.Mental Home - Black Art
5.Daylight Dies - Dismantling Devotion

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Created by metaleaterr on 10.01.2012



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MY TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 2005

1.Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell
2.Sentenced - The Funeral Album
3.Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
4.Novembers Doom - The Pale Haunt Departure
5.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

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Created by buber on 25.10.2011



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THE BEST DOOM/DEATH ALBUM

1.My Dying Bride - The Angel And The Dark River
2.Swallow The Sun - The Morning Never Came
3.Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell
4.Novembers Doom - The Pale Haunt Departure
5.Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs

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Created by buber on 02.08.2011



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Vonpire's 2005 Best

1.Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell
2.Tristania - Ashes
3.The Project Hate MCMXCIX - Armageddon March Eternal (Symphonies Of Slit Wrists)
4.Epica - Consign To Oblivion
5.Dark Tranquillity - Character

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Created by Vonpire on 17.05.2011



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All Time Metal/Symph Top 100, still working on it

1.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
2.Marillion - Brave
3.Iron Maiden - Powerslave
4.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes
5.Insomnium - Across The Dark

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Created by Marillion on 11.03.2011



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20 Albums - Current Mood

These are 20 albums I have been listening to lately. Will be updated occasionally.

1.Rush - Counter Parts
2.Darkwater - Where Stories End
3.Enslaved - Vertebrae
4.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini
5.Judas Priest - Painkiller

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Created by Carrion Misery on 05.03.2011



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Booooobs

Just Boobies!

1.Abaddon Incarnate - The Last Supper
2.Abrasive - Awakening Of Lust
3.Abrasive - The Birth... Born In Sodom
4.Abrasive - Book Of Sin
5.Abysmal Gates - Divine Deception

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Created by Elektro-Hexer on 26.07.2010



Top 20 albums of 2005

A decent year. Some incredible releases but not too much to be a year I'll remember.

1.Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell
2.Equilibrium - Turis Fratyr
3.Shining - IV - The Eerie Cold
4.Dream Theater - Octavarium
5.Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet

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Created by Warman on 09.04.2010



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Best Swallow The Sun Albums

1.Swallow The Sun - New Moon
2.Swallow The Sun - Hope
3.Swallow The Sun - The Morning Never Came
4.Swallow The Sun - Plague Of Butterflies
5.Swallow The Sun - Ghosts Of Loss

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Created by krapril620 on 08.03.2010