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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Alphabetical order.
Limited to 2 albums per band
Favorite tracks included.

Top 5 of non-metal:
Pink Floyd-The Wall
King Crimson-In The Court Of The Crimson King
Godspeed You! Black Emperor-Yanqui U.X.O
Comus-First Utterance
Explosions In The Sky-The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

2. Agalloch - The Mantle

3. Anaal Nathrakh - In The Constellation Of The Black Widow

4. Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas

5. Bathory - Blood Fire Death

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1. Wintersun - Time I

2. Monuments - Gnosis

3. Thy Majestie - ShiHuangDi

4. Wilderun - Olden Tales & Deathly Trails

5. Weeping Silence - For The Unsung

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Since we had the whole MS album art awards, I figured I would try and list out my favourites.
This is not in any order and has no relation to the music, there are bands in here that I don't like, but the artwork is still great.
I'm not quite sure of some of the illustrators and designers on some covers, so they have been left blank, if you do know who did them, let me know. If you think there are some artists that I would dig coz of similar work, just leave me a shout.
This list is not finished so I will keep adding covers that I like.
I don't like Derek Riggs work too much so don't ask me why an Iron Maiden cover is not on the list.

1. Baroness - Red Album

2. Baroness - Blue Record

3. Mastodon - Leviathan

4. Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse

5. Kvelertak - Kvelertak

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My version of The Epics (Best Songs Over 10 Minutes) only this time it's more The Epics (Songs Over 10 Minutes) because we kept griping to PG and he wouldn't update his list. According to his profile he hasn't been on in... 371 days. So I thought "Hey, why not do it myself?"
Arranged by time. If you feel or know a song should be on here, let me know. I'm a mainstream fag, so I only listen to the popular stuff. I might have missed some bands.

1. Be'lakor - Stone's Reach

2. Kalisia - Cybion

3. Sun Of The Blind - Skullreader

4. Nile - Ithyphallic

5. Nightwish - Once

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I'm still catching up on 2011 while putting together my 2012 list. Here's what I've heard from 2011. This is bound to change a bit as I re-listen to these albums with a more critical ear and discover albums I missed entirely.

1. Deafheaven - Roads To Judah

2. Cormorant - Dwellings

3. Sleestak - The Fall of Altrusia

4. Dirge - Elysian Magnetic Fields

5. Falls of Rauros - The Light That Dwells In Rotten Wood

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In no particular order. Stars ★ indicate personal favourites are random.

Inferior Other Folk Lists:
•Lokaeda's
•Diabolos'
•Starchild's
•Angel Lament's

1. Arkona - Goi, Rode, Goi!

2. Arkona - Vozrozhdenie

3. Arkona - Ot Serdca K Nebu

4. Arkona - Vo Slavu Velikim!

5. Darkestrah - The Great Silk Road

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Title says it all. Best 50 albums in 2011. chosen by me.

1. Vomitory - Opus Mortis VIII

2. Ghost Brigade - Until Fear No Longer Defines Us

3. Insomnium - One For Sorrow

4. Hedon Cries - The End Of The Path Is Nigh

5. Autopsy - Macabre Eternal

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1. Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale

2. Cormorant - Dwellings

3. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Beethoven's Last Night

4. Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia

5. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor

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This year was quite interesting as far as releases go. All-in-all, it was a GREAT year for good albums, but not a GOOD year for great albums. Usually, there are about 40 albums fighting vigorously for a spot in my lists. This year, there were ten clear cut favorites and a bunch of better-than-average arm arm wrestling for the rest of the final spots. Although my duties at metalreview.com prevent me from spending too much time around these parts, I was still a vicious lurker and enjoy being a part of this community (albeit somewhat silent). To anyone with similar tastes that may have had a good album or two fall through the cracks, I hope this list or any of my others will be of good use to you.

1. Blut Aus Nord - 777 - The Desanctification

2. 40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room

3. Sorgeldom - ...From Outer Intelligences

4. Lifelover - Sjukdom

5. Mournful Congregation - The Book of Kings

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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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1. Opeth - Heritage

2. Mastodon - The Hunter

3. Septicflesh - The Great Mass

4. Pain Of Salvation - Road Salt Two

5. Machine Head - Unto The Locust

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A list of my favourite albums i have heard in 2011 from best to worst.

1. Cormorant - Dwellings

2. Grayceon - All We Destroy

3. Vektor - Outer Isolation

4. Primordial - Redemption At The Puritan's Hand

5. 40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room

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