The best album of each year (and one close 2nd) from the past 20 years. Some years were much harder than others to choose the best 2 albums.

1. TBA - 2013

2. TBA - 2013 (Close 2nd)

3. Dissona - Dissona

4. Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

5. Mastodon - The Hunter

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Instrumental bands are limited to one entry.

Do not mention Metallica.

1. Agalloch - The Mantle

2. Akelei - De Zwaarte van het Doorstane

3. The Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky

4. Anathema - The Silent Engima

5. Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale

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Based on the original BBC radio program from 1942 that asked "if you were to be cast away alone on a desert island, which eight gramophone records would you choose to have with you, assuming of course, that you had a gramophone and an inexhaustible supply of needles".

Pretty f&rkin' hard to choose just eight albums but I've given it a go. Hope it never happens because I'd probably get sick of these awesome albums after just a few weeks - then what!?

1. Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny

2. Faith No More - The Real Thing

3. Megadeth - Rust in Peace

4. Alice in Chains - Dirt

5. In Flames - The Jester Race

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1. The Gathering - How To Measure A Planet?

2. Tiamat - Wildhoney

3. My Dying Bride - A Line Of Deathless Kings

4. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

5. Samael - Ceremony Of Opposites

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Around 30 albums that are my favorites. This list may irritate some people so don't be hating because I don't have a Slayer album there. This list consists mostly of Doom/Goth atmospheric albums.

1. Tiamat - Wildhoney

2. Opeth - Blackwater Park

3. Anathema - Eternity

4. Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

5. My Dying Bride - The Light At The End Of The World

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Well, the title says it all...

1. Vision Divine - Stream Of Consciousness

2. In Flames - The Jester Race

3. Dream Theater - Images And Words

4. Wintersun - Wintersun

5. In Flames - Whoracle

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For each year that I have albums in my (metal storm) collection, this is the best, in my opinion. Pretty self-explanatory. Not counting compilations or DVDs.

1. Cannibal Corpse - Torture

2. Vektor - Outer Isolation

3. Ghost - Opus Eponymous

4. Warbringer - Waking Into Nightmares

5. Keep of Kalessin - Kolossus

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Sequnces are not important this albums are essential for this genre

1. At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

2. In Flames - The Jester Race

3. Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery

4. Amon Amarth - Versus The World

5. Carcass - Heartwork

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1. Opeth - Blackwater Park

2. Emperor - Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire And Demise

3. Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

4. Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

5. Opeth - Still Life

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This is buy or die stuff (in no particular order), the epitome of pure awesomeness!

1. Windir - Arntor

2. Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

3. Cor Scorpii - Monument

4. Judas Priest - Painkiller

5. Summoning - Dol Guldur

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This was by far the most difficult list to do. That's because all top releases are so good that any could be number one. 1996 probably best metal year ever imo.

1. Cradle Of Filth - Dusk... And Her Embrace

2. Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear

3. Moonspell - Irreligious

4. Samael - Passage

5. Cradle Of Filth - V Empire

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Lots of genres, not repeating any Band (except Therion, but with 3 different styles). You cannot go wrong with this list, some nice Starts to any kind of Metal.
The list is sorted by year, but has not any particular order. Enjoy!

1. Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

2. Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

3. Therion - Symphony Masses - Ho Drakon Ho Megas

4. Cynic - Focus

5. Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

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My opinion of the best metal albums ever!!!

1. Death - Symbolic

2. Metallica - Ride the Lightning

3. Children of Bodom - Hatebreeder

4. Megadeth - So Far, So Good... So What?

5. Metallica - Master of Puppets

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1. Iron Maiden - Powerslave

2. Judas Priest - Painkiller

3. Summoning - Minas Morgul

4. Windir - 1184

5. Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta

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BEST YEAR OF THE CENTURY

1. Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

2. Death - Symbolic

3. Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

4. In Flames - The Jester Race

5. Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery

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