1. Lurker Of Chalice - Lurker Of Chalice

2. Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God

3. !T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)

4. Deathspell Omega - Kénôse

5. Warning - Watching From A Distance

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1. Opeth - Ghost Reveries

2. Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth

3. Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet

4. Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal

5. Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone

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1. Ævangelist - De Masticatione Mortuorum In Tumulis

2. Abyssal - Denouement

3. Abyssal - Antikatastaseis

4. Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops

5. Alkerdeel - Morinde

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They are not in order and also one album per band

1. Anathema - Serenades

2. Opeth - Morningrise

3. In The Woods... - Heart Of The Ages

4. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

5. Alcest - Écailles De Lune

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AtoZ (Album)

1. Insomnium - Above The Weeping World

2. Death Angel - Act III

3. Devin Townsend - Addicted

4. Ihsahn - After

5. Sentenced - Amok

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*** MAX 3 ALBUMS PER ARTIST!!! (Except Death) Also... While extra weight will be given to classic death metal albums, this list will also include exceptional examples of melodic death, death-grind, technical/progressive death, death-thrash, and blackened death. LPs ONLY. *** /\ UNDER CONSTRUCTION /\

1. Death - Symbolic

2. Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten

3. Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious

4. Cryptopsy - None So Vile

5. Death - Human

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8.5, 25, 9

1. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

2. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II

3. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

4. Black Sabbath - Paranoid

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So here we are again . After many years of dedication and love to this music that we call progressive metal, here are some of the best albums that ever existed and made the earth a better place . Give to these albums the attention and the respect they deserve and you will be fully awarded. I think i will try and limit this list to 3 cd's maximum per band to make this thing more challenging .

1. Dan Swanö - Moontower

2. Cynic - Traced in Air

3. Cynic - Focus

4. Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

5. Enslaved - Ruun

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My top 50 albums/EPs of all time in alphabetical order. This list will change over time and if you have any suggestions on bands I might like based on the info provided below, feel free to mention it. Albums with a ❤ have received a 10 from me. Comment/critique/complain away.

1. !T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)

2. Ævangelist - De Masticatione Mortuorum In Tumulis

3. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

4. Agalloch - The Mantle

5. Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

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These are my favourite death metal albums. As you can see, I'm a big fan of progressive death metal.

1. Death - Symbolic

2. Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

3. Lykathé - Elvenefris

4. Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious

5. Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone

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My top 100 Albums, sorted in descending order of favorites. Pretty rough list, I may update if I become un-lazy sometime. One album per band only. Some explanation and description provided for those who aspire to waste as much time on this site as I do.

1. Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris

2. Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

3. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor

4. Opeth - Still Life

5. !T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)

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There are the albums that have impressed me. Alphabetical orders. Hope you enjoy this list.

1. Acatalepsy - Acatalepsy (EP)

2. Across Tundras - Dark Songs of the Prairie

3. Aelter - Dusk Dawn/Follow You Beloved

4. A Forest Of Stars - The Corpse Of Rebirth

5. Ain Sof Aur - Atra Serpens

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My other lists:
Tasty Stuff Not Currently Featured On MS
So I Heard You Like Opeth...

A concise list of my metalhead man-crushes (now featuring ladies.)

While there is little introduction required for some of these bands and their front(wo)men, there are no words that can accurately describe such jaw-dropping talent anyhow. The albums and youtube links listed are meant to display the full capacity of vocalists' talents, not the bands' most quality or popular tracks - click the links below and behold the prowess.

1. Abstrakt Algebra - Abstrakt Algebra

2. Adagio - Underworld

3. Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone

4. Amorphis - Silent Waters

5. Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas

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1. Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas

2. Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger

3. Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark

4. Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse

5. Satyricon - Nemesis Divina

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Yep, one of those lists. Everyone has one, so I thought I'd make a list of metal albums I really recommend.

This is not an absolute "best-of" list, for a few reasons:
1) I stick to one album per band, unless there's been a drastic style shift (like Katatonia's).
2) I try to cover all major subgenres fairly, so I have something for everyone. It counterbalances the tendency to list all the cool bands in a style I'm into right now (like drone or epic doom).

1. Warning - Watching From a Distance

2. Candlemass - Nightfall

3. Reverend Bizarre - In The Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend

4. Pagan Altar - The Lords Of Hypocrisy

5. Katatonia - Dance of December Souls

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