My take on the greatest albums ever... (No, early 70s Black Sabbath is NOT metal, and neither is Led Zeppelin.)

1. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast

2. Cradle of Filth - Cruelty and the Beast

3. King Diamond - Abigail

4. Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

5. Slayer - Reign In Blood

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1. Real Tears For Sale

2. This Strange Engine

3. The Bell In The Sea

4. The King Of Sunset Town

5. Ocean Cloud

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1. Heavenwood - Abyss Masterpiece

2. Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

3. Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa

4. Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising

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Each year countless of albums come out. This is obviously by no means a definitive guide because as of 14/12/2011, I've only heard 364 releases from 2011, but do check these albums out if you haven't already! Feel free to throw stuff at my direction. In a rough order right now and rankings get rearranged every now and again. Will be trimmed around again in January / February. Note that I still have plenty to check out though.

1. Terra Tenebrosa - The Tunnels

2. Esoteric - Paragon Of Dissonance

3. Born Of Osiris - The Discovery

4. The Psychic Paramount - II

5. Flourishing - The Sum Of All Fossils

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1. The Vision Bleak - Set Sail To Mystery

2. Sigh - Scenes From Hell

3. Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

4. Ihsahn - After

5. Negură Bunget - Vîrstele Pămîntului

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1. Candlemass - Candlemass

2. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor

3. System of a Down - Mezmerize/Hypnotize

4. Kamelot - The Black Halo

5. Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution

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This is the top 20 list with my favorite metal albums of 2010. In order. NOW WITH GENRE DESCRIPTION!

1. Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

2. Avantasia - The Wicked Symphony / Angel Of Babylon

3. Pain Of Salvation - Road Salt One

4. Accept - Blood Of The Nations

5. Hardcore Superstar - Split Your Lip

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1. Revocation

2. Death

3. Megadeth

4. Tankard

5. Death Angel

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My top twelve albums of all time, meaning you may not agree

1. Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3. Queens Of The Stone Age - Queens Of The Stone Age

4. Slipknot - Slipknot

5. Slayer - Reign In Blood

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1. Slayer - Reign In Blood

2. Metallica - Master Of Puppets

3. Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?

4. Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

5. Destruction - Eternal Devastation

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No aww-derr. Anything that feels like a 7.5+ will probably appear here before being filtered for an end-of-year list. Mostly researched stuff outside of Metal Storm. Songs from the majority of these can be found on Youtube, Bandcamp and/or Spotify.

1. Blut Aus Nord - 777 - The Desanctification

2. Blut Aus Nord - 777 - Sect(s)

3. SubRosa - No Help For The Mighty Ones

4. Botanist - I: The Suicide Tree / II: A Rose From the Dead

5. Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All

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1. Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

2. Blind Guardian - A Night At The Opera

3. Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

4. Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

5. Blind Guardian - A Twist In The Myth

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A list of my favorite recent albums in 2011. I'll update this list regularly. In no particular order. I added the rating next to them for the curious ones, but you should check them all.

1. 40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room

2. Mitochondrion - Parasignosis

3. Dirge - Elysian Magnetic Fields

4. Ulcerate - The Destroyers of All

5. Blut Aus Nord - 777 - The Desanctification

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THIS ARE MY FAVOURITES ALBUMS OF ALL TIME

1. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon

2. Deep Purple - Burn

3. Deep Purple - Made In Japan

4. Slayer - Reign In Blood

5. Bob Dylan - Highway 65 Revisited

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1. Evergrey - Glorious Collision

2. Heavenwood - Abyss Masterpiece

3. Septicflesh - The Great Mass

4. Primordial - Redemption At The Puritan's Hand

5. Mercenary - Metamorphosis

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