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.Ea - Ea Taesse

2.Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull

3.Earth And Pillars - Earth I

4.Earth Crisis - Destroy The Machines

5.Earth Rot - Black Tides Of Obscurity

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1.Septicflesh - Codex Omega

2.Spectral Voice - Eroded Corridors Of Unbeing

3.Paradise Lost - Medusa

4.Samael - Hegemony

5.Egonaut - The Omega

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albums I keep coming back to in 2017

1.Sinister - Syncretism

2.Stray From The Path - Only Death Is Real

3.Cytotoxin - Gammageddon

4.Evocation - The Shadow Archetype

5.Trivium - The Sin And The Sentence

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1.Memoriam - For The Fallen

2.Necrot - Blood Offerings

3.Power Trip - Nightmare Logic

4.Attic - Sanctimonious

5.Havok - Conformicide

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1.Immolation - Atonement

2.Suffocation - ?Of The Dark Light

3.Obituary - Obituary

4.Morbid Angel - Kingdoms Disdained

5.God Dethroned - The World Ablaze

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1.Mastodon - Emperor Of Sand

2.Body Count - Bloodlust

3.Wolfheart - Tyhjyys

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5.Obituary - Obituary

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Getting started on this later than usual

1.Persefone - Aathma

2.Schammasch - The Maldoror Chants: Hermaphrodite

3.Au-Dessus - End Of Chapter

4.Heretoir - The Circle

5.Mastodon - Emperor Of Sand

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1.Impureza - La Caída De Tonatiuh

2.Aeternam - Ruins Of Empires

3.Nova Collective - The Further Side

4.Persefone - Aathma

5.Witherfall - Nocturnes And Requiems

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1.Septicflesh - Codex Omega

2.Schammasch - The Maldoror Chants: Hermaphrodite

3.Sun Of The Sleepless - To The Elements

4.Satyricon - Deep Calleth Upon Deep

5.Origin - Unparalleled Universe

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1.Caligula's Horse - In Contact

2.Widek - Hidden Dimensions

3.The Contortionist - Clairvoyant

4.Ignea - The Sign Of Faith

5.Heretoir - The Circle

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✮✮✮✮✮ - Incredible, possibly Album Of The Year
✮✮✮✮½ - Awesome
✮✮✮✮ - Solid release
✮✮✮½ - Good release
✮✮✮ - Not bad
✮✮½ - Shuffle material (probably boring as an album)
✮✮ - Disappointing

1.Wormwood - Ghostlands - Wounds From A Bleeding Earth

2.Sólstafir - Berdreyminn

3.Akercocke - Renaissance In Extremis

4.Benighted - Necrobreed

5.Immolation - Atonement

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