This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone who is young in age, my tastes tend to revolve around the period of the 80s to the present.* Although certain metal albums from before will certainly be featured, the period of the 60s-70s will be under-represented. I refer you to this excellent list to gain a better appreciation for some of the best metal from that period: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/freis/martin_popoffs_the_top_500_heavy_metal_albums_of_all_time/

1.Racer X - Technical Difficulties

2.Radiance (FIN) - The Burning Sun

3.Ragana - You Take Nothing

4.Rage - Black In Mind

5.Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine

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1.ReinXeed - A New World

2.ReVamp - Wild Card

3.Riverside - Shrine Of New Generation Slaves

4.Royal Hunt - A Life To Die For

5.Serenity - War Of Ages

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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.Orphaned Land - All Is One

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

3.Ghost B.C. - Infestissumam

4.Trivium - Vengeance Falls

5.Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King

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There is no real arrangement here, apart for the top 3.

1.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

2.Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn

3.The Vision Bleak - Witching Hour

4.Avatarium - Avatarium

5.Black Sabbath - 13

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11- Especial Guest

1.Fleshgod Apocalypse - Labyrinth

2.Thränenkind - The Elk

3.Parasite Inc. - Time Tears Down

4.Rage - LMO

5.Born Of Osiris - Tomorrow We Die ∆live

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Albums from 2013 worth being considered for a replay, I'm already having trouble remembering some of them. I'll TRY to order them from the one I liked most to the least.
I'm taking a passive stand to this year's music since I'm dedicating myself to old records currently, so probably 3/4 of the stuff I checked out came to me from this site one way or another

1.Cult Of Luna - Vertikal

2.Corrections House - Last City Zero

3.Dreadnought - Lifewoven

4.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

5.Obscure Sphinx - Void Mother

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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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1.Amaranthe - The Nexus

2.Fleshgod Apocalypse - Labyrinth

3.ReVamp - Wild Card

4.Amorphis - Circle

5.Vandroya - One

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1.Leprous - Coal

2.Lingua Mortis Orchestra - LMO

3.Orphaned Land - All Is One

4.Stratovarius - Nemesis

5.Persefone - Spiritual Migration

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1.Lingua Mortis Orchestra - LMO

2.Black Sabbath - 13

3.Leprous - Coal

4.Dream Theater - Dream Theater

5.Omnium Gatherum - Beyond

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Limited to only those albums featured on Metal Storm.

1.Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick

2.Rush - Moving Pictures

3.King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King

4.Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane

5.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

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