1.Warbringer - Woe To The Vanquished

2.The Faceless - In Becoming A Ghost

3.The Black Dahlia Murder - Nightbringers

4.Trivium - The Sin And The Sentence

5.Goatwhore - Vengeful Ascension

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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.Judas Priest - Stained Class

2.Motörhead - Overkill

3.Judas Priest - British Steel

4.Venom - Welcome To Hell

5.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

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1.Mastodon - Emperor Of Sand

2.Septicflesh - Codex Omega

3.At the drive - in.ter. a.li.a

4.AFI - the blood album

5.Grandaddy - last place

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Some time ago I made a list for heavy metal albums I enjoyed the most. I got it cleaned up after ripening my tastes.I also tried to organize the list a bit, in subcategories. There is one album per band (choices were hard sometimes), with no strict order, but my favorite albums are usualy on top.

2020 EDIT:
I like heavy metal with atmoshpere, with melody, and ideally it should be some kind of gate to a fantastic universe. I don't care about modern HM with a shiny production and simplistic riffs. I don't care obscure occult band with horrendous prod and no musical ideas. Here's the list of what I consider classics of the genre, pinnacle of dreamy, groovy, beautiful and well composed oldschool heavy metal

1.Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny

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3.Angra - Angels Cry

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5.Fates Warning - No Exit

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1.Saxon - Thunderbolt

2.Harakiri For The Sky - Arson

3.Necrophobic - Mark Of The Necrogram

4.Judas Priest - Firepower

5.At The Gates - To Drink From The Night Itself

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The list shows 50 albums that have had a huge impact on me over my teens. Albums released before 2000 only.
In alphabetical order.

1.Aerosmith - Get A Grip

2.Alice In Chains - Alice In Chains

3.Amorphis - Elegy

4.Anathema - Alternative 4

5.Apes, Pigs & Spacemen - Transfusion

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These are my top 10 metal albums of 2017 so far, I will update the final judgement at the end of the year.

1.Septicflesh - Codex Omega

2.Beast In Black - Berserker

3.Cradle Of Filth - Cryptoriana: The Seductiveness Of Decay

4.Wintersun - The Forest Seasons

5.Crimfall - Amain

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Note: these are only for the traditional style of metal borne out of the period of late 60s - late 80s. Modern bands are permitted but they need to be playing in that style.

Recommendations are welcome. I'll listen and if I like it, I'll add it.

1.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

2.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

3.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

4.Deep Purple - In Rock

5.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III

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1.Vuur - In This Moment We Are Free - Cities

2.Sorcerer - The Crowning Of The Fire King

3.Power Quest - Sixth Dimension

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5.Nocturnal Rites - Phoenix

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Based on which tracks I enjoy listening to the most

1.Opeth - Still Day Beneath The Sun

2.Opeth - Deliverance

3.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

4.Opeth - Blackwater Park

5.Opeth - Still Life

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1.All That Remains - The Fall Of Ideals

2.Bleeding Through - The Truth

3.Killswitch Engage - The End Of Heartache

4.Dry Kill Logic - The Darker Side Of Nonsense

5.Evergreen Terrace - Sincerity Is An Easy Disguise In This Business

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1.Akercocke - Renaissance In Extremis

2.Leprous - Malina

3.Decapitated - Anticult

4.Archspire - Relentless Mutation

5.Wolves In The Throne Room - Thrice Woven

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List of my personal notes of upcoming releases

1.Accept - Humanoid

2.Alien Ant Farm - Mantras

3.Darkthrone - It Beckons Us All......

4.Deicide - Banished By Sin

5.Morgul Blade - Heavy Metal Wraiths

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1.King Diamond - Halloween

2.Rammstein - Feuer Frei

3.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

4.Ghost - Cirice

5.Opeth - Sorceress

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