1.Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky

2.Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger

3.Darkthrone - Old Star

4.Darkthrone - Ravishing Grimness

5.Darkthrone - Panzerfaust

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Welcome to what I consider the "1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" or in other words, a list of records of various genres in the arrays of Metal and Hard Rock that I deem essential or at least very recommended to listeners of hard and heavy music. This may be a very overwhelming list but I essentially try to collect all albums in the History of Metal that strike me as worthwhile. May this be a guideline for people that seek for an entrance to a particular genre or certain bands. In no means I am saying, that this list is indisputable by any means. I consider these my personal picks for albums that should be listened to by die-hard metal fans at least once. Hopefully you can discover some new music or relate with my picks. If I missed something that you would include in such a list, please tell me in the form of a comment. Enjoy! \,,/

1.High Tide - Sea Shanties

2.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

4.Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come

5.Josefus - Dead Man

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1.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

2.Iron Maiden - Killers

3.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

4.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

5.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

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A bunch of albums with a big circle on the cover

1.Karnivool - Sound Awake

2.Skyclad - The Silent Whales Of Lunar Sea

3.Death - Scream Bloody Gore

4.Pentagram - Pentagram

5.Russian Circles - Empros

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1-5: Amazing Albums
6-10: Good Albums
11-13: "Meh..."
14-16: Shit

1.Darkthrone - Under A Funeral Moon

2.Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky

3.Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger

4.Darkthrone - Panzerfaust

5.Darkthrone - The Underground Resistance

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Listen to these today. I limited later Enslaved releases, as they become less and less "black metal" as time goes on. That is not to say you should not check them out.

1.Immortal - Sons Of Northern Darkness

2.Enslaved - Mardraum - Beyond The Within

3.Enslaved - Isa

4.Gorgoroth - Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam

5.Absu - Tara

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1.Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger

2.Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky

3.Darkthrone - Under A Funeral Moon

4.Darkthrone - Panzerfaust

5.Darkthrone - Hate Them

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weeeee. all my past staff picks now compiled into one swell list.

1.High On Fire - Snakes For The Divine

2.Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough

3.Greymachine - Disconnected

4.Kylesa - Static Tensions

5.Profetus - Coronation Of The Black Sun

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1.Immortal - Battles In The North

2.Besatt - Hellstorm

3.Christicide - Christicide

4.Lunar Aurora - Elixer of Sorrow

5.Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter

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Loose order. Not complete

"Extreme" metal albums only

Updated 10/1/22

1.Decrepit Birth - ...And Time Begins

2.Dying Fetus - Stop At Nothing

3.Drawn And Quartered - Extermination Revelry

4.Brutus - Slachtbeest

5.Gorgasm - Masticate To Dominate

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The "better half" of my top 100 of the Zeroes. In list format, now with album covers!

1.Warning - Watching From A Distance

2.Negură Bunget - OM

3.Primordial - To The Nameless Dead

4.Neurosis - Given To The Rising

5.Mastodon - Crack The Skye

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