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This was by far the most difficult list to do. That's because all top releases are so good that any could be number one. 1996 probably best metal year ever imo.

1.Cradle Of Filth - Dusk... And Her Embrace

2.Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear

3.Moonspell - Irreligious

4.Samael - Passage

5.Cradle Of Filth - V Empire

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1.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

2.Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

3.Gorod - A Perfect Absolution

4.Swallow The Sun - Emerald Forest And The Blackbird

5.Dying Fetus - Reign Supreme

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Here is my list for what I consider to be the top 20 best albums from the year 2012. Keep in mind that one of them is not featured on Metal Storm, and one of them is an EP.

1.Beyond The Bridge - The Old Man And The Spirit

2.Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

3.Wintersun - Time I

4.Katatonia - Dead End Kings

5.Meshuggah - Koloss

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1.Wintersun - Starchild

2.Ensiferum - Token of Time

3.Wintersun - Death and the Healing

4.Ensiferum - One More Magic Potion

5.Ensiferum - Twilight Tavern

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Well damn, sure as hell a long list for a best to worst.

1.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

2.Motörhead - Iron Fist

3.Motörhead - Bastards

4.Motörhead - 1916

5.Motörhead - Overkill

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This is a list of my first ever purchased metal albums. I was born in 1982 and started my metal collection in 1994/95.. Anyway thought I'd share

1.Manowar - The Triumph Of Steel

2.Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power

3.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

4.Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon

5.Black Sabbath - Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath

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1.Tool - Lateralus

2.Porcupine Tree - In Absentia

3.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

4.Devin Townsend - Ziltoid The Omniscient

5.Agalloch - The Mantle

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Apologies, of the most sincere kind, for the Spoonerism. It's really not my style, but some could argue it was necessary...

1.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

2.Deadfall - Ordeal by Fire demo/EP

3.Dãm - The Difference Engine

4.Neil Young - Mirror Ball

5.Slayer - Reign In Blood

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1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

2.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

3.Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

4.Asphyx - The Rack

5.Beherit - Drawing Down The Moon

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Here are all of the top albums that have come out since I was born in 1993!

1.Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses

2.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

3.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

4.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

5.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

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Fav albums by my fav band

1.Opeth - Blackwater Park

2.Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse

3.Opeth - Still Life

4.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

5.Opeth - Morningrise

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Another hard list to do. Enjoy.

Songs that didn't make the cut; Trains, Time Flies, Pure Narcotic, Black Dahlia, Stars Die, and Fadeaway. These are all great songs, but couldn't make the list.

1.Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun

2.Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet

3.Porcupine Tree - Up The Downstair

4.Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun

5.Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet

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1.Kivimetsän Druidi - Touppein'nostelulaulu

2.Kivimetsän Druidi - Veljet

3.Kivimetsän Druidi - Pedon Loitsu

4.Kivimetsän Druidi - Desolation - White Wolf

5.Kivimetsän Druidi - The Tyrant

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Lots of genres, not repeating any Band (except Therion, but with 3 different styles). You cannot go wrong with this list, some nice Starts to any kind of Metal.
The list is sorted by year, but has not any particular order. Enjoy!

1.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

2.Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

3.Therion - Symphony Masses - Ho Drakon Ho Megas

4.Cynic - Focus

5.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

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