This is very simple, I took the ratings for a bunch of alternative metal albums on MS and ranked them accordingly

To qualify:
The album must have been released when the band was labelled as "Alternative Metal" by MS. So for example the three most recent Gojira albums count, but early Gojira does not.

The band must have more than 10 fans on MS

Therefore this is not a reflection of my opinions, rather a reflection of numbers so if you wanna get mad, get mad at the numbers, not me. And remember that this really isn't that serious

1.Mass Hysteria - Contraddiction

2.Tool - Lateralus

3.The Butterfly Effect - IV

4.Tool - Ænima

5.Mass Hysteria - Le Bien-Être Et La Paix

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Pretty straight-forward, these are my favourite industrial rock/metal albums I've heard to date. Limiting it to 3 albums per band.

1.Rammstein - Mutter

2.Rammstein - Reise Reise

3.Rammstein - Rosenrot

4.Static-X - Wisconsin Death Trip

5.Static-X - Shadow Zone

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1.Ghost - Opus Eponymous

2.Iron Maiden - The Book Of Souls

3.Judas Priest - Firepower

4.In Solitude - Sister

5.Gojira - Magma

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Time has moved on and so has my taste. There is music I didn't listen to back then but also albums I still love even though I don't listen to them as much anymore.

1.Agalloch - The Mantle

2.Aquilus - Cloak Of Autumn Shroud

3.Aquilus - Griseus

4.Babymetal - Metal Resistance

5.Babymetal - Metal Galaxy

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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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1.Rob Zombie - Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor

2.Monster Magnet - Last Patrol

3.Atrocity - Okkult

4.Finntroll - Blodsvept

5.Voivod - Target Earth

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1.Haken - The Mountain

2.The Ocean - Pelagial

3.New Keepers Of The Water Towers - The Cosmic Child

4.Persefone - Spiritual Migration

5.Leprous - Coal

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1.Witherscape - The Inheritance

2.Spiritual Beggars - Earth Blues

3.Soilwork - The Living Infinite

4.Kalmah - Seventh Swamphony

5.Tristania - Darkest White

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1.Haken - The Mountain

2.The Ocean - Pelagial

3.Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories)

4.Deafheaven - Sunbather

5.Leprous - Coal

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Same deal as the past 2 years. A list of albums I thoroughly enjoyed in 2013. No longer being edited.

1.Glorior Belli - Gators Rumble, Chaos Unfurls

2.Monster Magnet - Last Patrol

3.Anciients - Heart Of Oak

4.Amorphis - Circle

5.Autopsy - The Headless Ritual

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1.Avatarium - Avatarium

2.Amorphis - Circle

3.Wine From Tears - Glad To Be Dead

4.Orphaned Land - All Is One

5.The Vision Bleak - Witching Hour

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Pretty self explanatory. Although I usually forget to keep these kinds of lists up all year so we'll see if I keep this one up all year or forget about this one too after a couple months...

*This list is not in order of preference, just the order in which I add the albums so as to make it easy to identify the most recently added albums.

1.Abyssal - Novit Enim Dominus Qui Sunt Eius

2.Amiensus - Restoration

3.Lascaille's Shroud - Interval 01: Parallel Infinities - The Inner Universe

4.Katalepsy - Autopsychosis

5.Octopus - Into The Void Of Fear

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1.Ghost B.C. - Infestissumam

2.Cult Of Luna - Vertikal

3.Rob Zombie - Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor

4.Voivod - Target Earth

5.Arkhan - Primal

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These are all the albums that I listened to and know very well, from 2013. Order: best to worst. also contains albums that I still need to check out. I like most music, as you can see, and I don't come across many albums that I dislike. I guess it's a good thing :?

1.Protest The Hero - Volition

2.Revocation - Revocation

3.Omnium Gatherum - Beyond

4.Persefone - Spiritual Migration

5.August Burns Red - Rescue & Restore

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