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My Top Metalcore Albums

My list of my favorites metalcore albums.

1.After The Burial - Dig Deep
2.After The Burial - Rareform
3.Electric Callboy - Tekkno
4.Gideon - More Power. More Pain.
5.Aviana - Corporation

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Created by Ch'ti on 24.02.2024



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Playing Outside Of The Box! (An Alternative Metal Guide & Journey)

Right... Let's get this out of the way from the get-go. Alternative metal is hard to define. I guess that comes from it always wanting to experiment, explore and fuse heavy metal with non-metal music genres. It also makes it an ever changing and growing genre.

Also, before you guys flood me, yes my list contains a lot of Industrial & Nu Metal bands, as well as other genre.. As far as I'm concerned, my picks all fit quite well in the scope of an alternative metal list. Don't you agree? Wait... You disagree? Well, let's agree to disagree and move on.

As for the list itself, I'm going to try and list through time what I (me, myself & moi) consider as essential alternative albums. I will also limit myself to a maximum of 4 releases each year to prevent a messy list, which often makes it a difficult decision, especially in the early 2000's. So yes, it is possible your personal favourite won't be featured. You can tell me all about it in the comments below and we can discuss it, even argue it.

Now, have fun, enjoy my list and let me know what you think or would personally put in your favourite alt-metal list!

-Guib-

EDIT: I will now add my pick for best album of each year using the (best of xxxx) in the chosen album's description.

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Guib's Best Alternative Metal Album Picks

Best Of 2022
Polyphia - Remember That You Will Die

Best Of 2023
Mutoid Man - Mutants

Best of 2024 So Far
...tbd

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Last Updated: February 23rd, 2024

1.Living Colour - Vivid
2.Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
3.Faith No More - The Real Thing
4.Godflesh - Streetcleaner
5.L7 - Smell The Magic

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Created by Guib on 20.08.2023



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Hidden Title Tracks – Album Titles That Come From A Song`s Lyrics

Almost all album titles fall in one of two categories: The album shares the title with one of its songs (the title track) or, alternatively, the album title is independent from the songs (no title track).

However, there are examples of songs that have a central link to the album title without sharing the same name. In these cases, certain lyrics from the song were chosen as the album title.

This (alphabetical) list shows the names of these “hidden title tracks” and the central lyrics that gave the name to the corresponding album.

Please feel free to suggest more of your favorite metal/hard rock examples of these “hidden title tracks”.



1.40 Watt Sun - Wider Than The Sky
2.A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays
3.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
4.Agalloch - The Mantle
5.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

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Created by Plattner on 06.07.2023



Top 20 Of 2013

Must Listen: The First 4

1.Volbeat - Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies
2.Civil War - The Killer Angels
3.Trivium - Vengeance Falls
4.James LaBrie - Impermanent Resonance
5.Pretty Maids - Motherland

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Created by Alex Avagianos on 12.07.2021



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My Favourites

1.Opeth - Still Life
2.Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down
3.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
4.In Flames - Whoracle
5.Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse

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Created by bloodymert on 02.03.2021



Top 20 Albums of the Decade

This was probably the second-best decade in music for me (with the first being 2000s). There were albums that changed my perspective on how to perceive the world and helped me dive deeper into this neverending journey of discovering music. It always felt like there is a unique world hidden in every album and that makes me want to discover as much as possible to broaden my horizons.

1.TesseracT - Altered State
2.Behemoth - The Satanist
3.Wintersun - Time I
4.Septicflesh - The Great Mass
5.Myrath - Legacy

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Created by Darkmember on 15.11.2019



2013

1.Deafheaven - Sunbather
2.Bring Me The Horizon - Sempiternal
3.Gorguts - Colored Sands
4.Ghost - Infestissumam
5.The Dillinger Escape Plan - One Of Us Is The Killer

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Created by Marc-Antoine on 03.09.2019



My Top-20 Albums For 2013

1.Letlive. - The Blackest Beatiful
2.Clutch - Earth Rocker
3.Protest The Hero - Volition
4.Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
5.Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork

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Created by Iron Men on 09.02.2014



Top Albums Of 2013

1.Bring Me The Horizon - Sempiternal
2.Omnium Gatherum - Beyond
3.Stratovarius - Nemesis
4.Falkenbach - Asa
5.Asking Alexandria - From Death To Destiny

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Created by ja-vi on 19.01.2014



Top 20 Metal Albums Of 2013

1.TesseracT - Altered State
2.Dark Tranquillity - Construct
3.Amorphis - Circle
4.Neurotech - The Decipher Volumes
5.Bring Me The Horizon - Sempiternal

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Created by Darkmember on 30.12.2013



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Uldreth's 2013 List

Uldreth is good at deciding what he likes and what he does not, but is terrible at setting a definitive order at them. So all albums in this list are ordered alphabetically. All albums included are positives and the degree of their positivity is measured by stars.

1.65daysofstatic - Wild Light
2.After The Burial - Wolves Within
3.August Burns Red - Rescue & Restore
4.Bad Religion - True North
5.Barrow - Though I'm Alone

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Created by Uldreth on 23.12.2013



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Favourite Album's Of 2013

My favourite albums of 2013. (In order of preference, and only including albums I would rate 7+).

1.Deafheaven - Sunbather
2.Protest The Hero - Volition
3.TesseracT - Altered State
4.Ovid's Withering - Scryers Of The Ibis
5.Means End - The Didact

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Created by Moose on 01.11.2013



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Top Albums Of 2013

1.Soilwork - The Living Infinite
2.The Ocean - Pelagial
3.The Dillinger Escape Plan - One Of Us Is The Killer
4.Killswitch Engage - Disarm The Descent
5.In Vain - Ænigma

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Created by schlakt on 27.08.2013



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Best of 2013

Album Rating System
9-10 = A
8-9 = B
7-8 = C
6-7 = D
0-6 = F

1.Watain - The Wild Hunt
2.
3.The Black Dahlia Murder - Everblack
4.Fleshgod Apocalypse - Labyrinth
5.Deafheaven - Sunbather

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Created by Tony Teh Towel on 12.06.2013



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2013 In Music Or Just Another Pointless Subjective List.

1.In Vain - Ænigma
2.Omnium Gatherum - Beyond
3.Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn
4.Dark Tranquillity - Construct
5.The Dillinger Escape Plan - One Of Us Is The Killer

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Created by Horlan on 25.04.2013