I feel like my overall favorites list is getting too long. I'm splitting it up by rating.

1.Thy Catafalque - Meta

2.Sepulcros - Vazio

3.Kassad - Faces Turn Away

4.Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings

5.Xanthochroid - Of Erthe And Axen: Act I

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1.Judas Priest - Firepower

2.Powerwolf - Blood Of The Saints

3.Tygers Of Pan Tang - Tygers Of Pan Tang

4.Sonata Arctica - Pariah's Child

5.Evergrey - Hymns For The Broken

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A list of bands ordered by the biggest difference between their highest rated album on MS and their lowest rated album on MS. Finally my Excel skills paid off. Some ratings may be a bit outdated. Open to suggestions because I barely scratched the surface.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Metallica - Lulu [Collaboration]

3.Celtic Frost - Monotheist

4.Celtic Frost - Cold Lake

5.Machine Head - The Blackening

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This is a list of all the power metal albums I have listened to that are worth remembering. Like my other genre lists, this is not meant to be a definitive guide to power metal or a binding judgment on what power metal is or is not. The list exists purely for my own organizational purposes and may contain bands or albums that are not strictly True Knights of the Eternal Thundersword.

The first cluster includes my favorite albums in the genre (and a significant number of my all-time favorites); beyond that, they are listed by rating from 9/10 down to 6/10 and alphabetically within each bracket.

Last updated November 27, 2021.

1.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth

2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

3.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

4.Jag Panzer - Thane To The Throne

5.X Japan - Art Of Life

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1.AC/DC - Back In Black

2.AC/DC - High Voltage

3.AC/DC - Highway To Hell

4.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

5.Allen/Lande - The Showdown

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Simple ranking of all my favorite albums. Favorite song from the album in the notes. Sure to change/expand as I learn and explore more within metal.
2023: This was starting to get too long so I split it into separate lists for albums at each ranking 10 to 7. This list will no longer be updated.
10: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6891
9: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=7213
8: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=7512
7: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=8058

1.Madder Mortem - Eight Ways

2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

3.Ayreon - 01011001

4.Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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My personal best 10 albums from 2012!

1.Sabaton - Carolus Rex

2.Kamelot - Silverthorn

3.Wintersun - Time I

4.DragonForce - The Power Within

5.Eluveitie - Helvetios

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1.Kobra And The Lotus - Kobra And The Lotus

2.Sinner - Danger Zone

3.Danzig - Danzig

4.Iced Earth - Dystopia

5.Pretty Maids - Pandemonium

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Since many of you felt annoyed by my previous list title I changed it and hopefully you will be ok with it.Power up everybody!!!

1.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

3.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I

4.Riot - ThunderSteel

5.Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free

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1.Moonspell - Alpha Noir / Omega White

2.Katatonia - Dead End Kings

3.Jeff Loomis - Plains Of Oblivion

4.Mors Principium Est - ...And Death Said Live

5.Epica - Requiem For The Indifferent

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1.Galneryus - Angel Of Salvation

2.Galderia - Universality

3.Pathfinder - Fifth Element

4.Balflare - Downpour

5.Luca Turilli's Rhapsody - Ascending To Infinity

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My favourite albums of 2012

1.Wintersun - Time I

2.Korpiklaani - Manala

3.Eluveitie - Helvetios

4.Ensiferum - Unsung Heroes

5.Enslaved - RIITIIR

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1.Storm Corrosion - Storm Corrosion

2.Dead Can Dance - Anastasis

3.The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet

4.Anathema - Weather Systems

5.Ihsahn - Eremita

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1.Anathema - Weather Systems

2.Storm Corrosion - Storm Corrosion

3.Katatonia - Dead End Kings

4.Chimp Spanner - All Roads Lead Here

5.Periphery - Periphery II: This Time It's Personal

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Updated as the year goes on...

1.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

2.Oddland - The Treachery Of Senses

3.Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

4.Barren Earth - The Devil's Resolve

5.Enslaved - RIITIIR

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