Progressive rock / metal and some avantgarde - what I have in my collection. Would love suggestions to add to it.

1. Animals As Leaders - Animals As Leaders

2. Animals As Leaders - Weightless

3. Animals As Leaders - The Joy Of Motion

4. Ayreon - The Human Equation

5. Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

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1. Machine Head - Unto The Locust

2. Vildhjarta - Måsstaden

3. Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth

4. Shining - VII - Född Förlorare

5. Ghost Brigade - Until Fear No Longer Defines Us

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NO MORE ARGUMENTS ABOUT OPETH EDITION!

Ever had that one album that a band has made that everybody just passes off as being decent while you see it as a masterpiece? Well, here are (in no particular order) the albums that I feel deserve much more attention than what they got from their fanbases.

1. Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence

2. Queensrÿche - Promised Land

3. Avenged Sevenfold - Avenged Sevenfold

4. Queen - Innuendo

5. System of a Down - Steal This Album!

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A list of non-metal albums made by bands/artists who are either currently or have been part of a metal band. Ambient, Acoustic, Folk, etc.

1. Finntroll - Visor Om Slutet

2. Wongraven - Fjelltronen

3. Ulver - Kveldssanger

4. Helloween - Unarmed - Best Of 25th Anniversary

5. Månegarm - Urminnes Hävd - The Forest Sessions

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I know this is a bit late, but whatever...

1. Insomnium - One For Sorrow

2. SepticFlesh - The Great Mass

3. Machine Head - Unto The Locust

4. Opeth - Heritage

5. Wolves In The Throne Room - Celestial Lineage

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1. Obscura - Omnivium

2. Pagan's Mind - Heavenly Ecstasy

3. Born Of Osiris - The Discovery

4. Magic Pie - The Suffering Joy

5. Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa

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Being a metal site I would usually just make another metal list but two of my picks are anything but metal.

1. Devin Townsend - Ghost

2. Obscura - Omnivium

3. Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony

4. Symphony X - Iconoclast

5. Septicflesh - The Great Mass

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1. Tesseract - One

2. Anathema - Falling Deeper

3. Riverside - Memories In My Head

4. Born Of Osiris - The Discovery

5. Corelia - Nostalgia

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2011 for me was a year where experimentation really took the spotlight, although not entirely accepted by fans, critics brought more attention to bands trying out something new.

1. Opeth - Heritage

2. Fair To Midland - Arrows & Anchors

3. Steven Wilson - Grace For Drowning

4. Mastodon - The Hunter

5. Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events

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Purely subjective list based on personal preferences for the year, unrelated to mass opinion of an album or a band's abilities (e.g. Trivium, Oranssi Pazuzu) - many albums lined up to listen to so will increase in size. Also, not entirely in order, middle order mainly just an approximation.

1. Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth

2. Protest The Hero - Scurrilous

3. Infestus - E x I s t

4. Amorphis - The Beginning Of Times

5. Ouroboros - Glorification Of A Myth

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It remains to add bands that haven't released album and add personal comments.

1. Symphony X - Iconoclast

2. Iced Earth - Dystopia

3. Vektor - Outer Isolation

4. Megadeth - Th1rt3en

5. Warbringer - Worlds Torn Asunder

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Ordered best to worst. This is entirely my opinion.

1. Insomnium - One For Sorrow

2. Graveyard - Hisingen Blues

3. Havok - Time Is Up

4. Toxic Holocaust - Conjure And Command

5. Deafheaven - Roads To Judah

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These are the albums I have enjoyed the most with a vague ordering. There are of course a few albums left to be heard. As for the albums I did not enjoy, they will not be making an appearance on this list.

1. Mastodon - The Hunter

2. Opeth - Heritage

3. Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony

4. Graveyard - Hisingen Blues

5. Hate Eternal - Phoenix Amongst The Ashes

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My favorit albums of this year.

1. Septicflesh - The Great Mass

2. Machine Head - Unto the Locust

3. Devin Townsend - Deconstruction

4. Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn Of Events

5. Derek Sherinian - Oceana

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2011 promises to be a sensational year for metal!

1. Anathema - Falling Deeper

2. Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising

3. Cynic - TBA

4. The Dear Hunter - The Color Spectrum

5. Devin Townsend - Deconstruction

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