1.Timeless Miracle - Into The Enchanted Chamber

2.Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica

3.Crimson Shadows - Glory On The Battlefield

4.Wintersun - Wintersun

5.Violet Sun - Loneliness In Supremacy

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As a long time guitarist, i have a passion to learn and play guitar riffs and solos and these ones are an ultimate guide for guitar playing. Some solos are just more memorable than others and the following are the most well craftted solos i have heard till now.

1.Angra - Temple Of Shadows

2.Scorpions - Love At First Sting

3.Judas Priest - Painkiller

4.Symphony X - The Odyssey

5.Savatage - Edge Of Thorns

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1.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

2.Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings

3.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

4.Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica

5.Helloween - 7 Sinners

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1.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

2.Masterplan - Masterplan

3.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I

4.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

5.Helloween - Rabbit Don't Come Easy

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This is my list of favorite power metal that I've been listening for years . Including all types of power metal, from extreme like Chidren of Bodom, to Symphonic like Nightwish, Progressive as well and so on.

1.Kamelot - Epica

2.Kamelot - The Black Halo

3.Kamelot - Karma

4.Helloween - 7 Sinners

5.Angra - Temple Of Shadows

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If you know other wonderful songs which are missing in this list, feel free to suggest them to me

1.Adagio - Underworld

2.Aerosmith - Aerosmith

3.After Forever - Prison Of Desire

4.After Forever - Decipher

5.After Forever - After Forever

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My personel top 10 list of bands/albums that I think whould do a great job converting young boys and girls into metalheads

1.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

2.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

3.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

4.Lost Horizon - A Flame To The Ground Beneath

5.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

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1.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

2.Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes

3.Gamma Ray - Somewhere Out In Space

4.Children Of Bodom - Hatebreeder

5.Nightwish - Oceanborn

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1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

2.Amon Amarth - Once Sent From The Golden Hall

3.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

4.Angizia - Das Schachbrett Des Trommelbuben Zacharias

5.Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

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- only studio albums
- only albums featured on MS

1.After Forever - Decipher

2.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

3.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

4.Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde

5.Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

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One of the best metal years of all time with a lot of classic stuff. At least for me. The top 6 are surely immortal masterpieces.

1.Children Of Bodom - Hatebreeder

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

3.Estatic Fear - A Sombre Dance

4.In Flames - Colony

5.Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica

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sometimes we need to calm down, lost in the strains of the lyrics, and feel how wonderful metal music it is. (I only wrote one song for one band)

1.Dark Moor - The Gates Of Oblivion

2.DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage

3.Helloween - Master Of The Rings

4.Gamma Ray - To The Metal

5.Rhapsody Of Fire - Triumph Or Agony

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"If I were to die tomorrow, which 50 albums should I take with me?"

Through the endless ocean of music we always seem to find the albums which differ themselves more than others. These are the albums that are timeless to me, and have remained as a musical stain in my life over the years.

The list isn't 100% correct when it comes to the order of the albums, but these are the albums I know I will be happy with - if I only could bring 50 albums to heaven/hell.

1.Kamelot - The Black Halo

2.Eternal Tears Of Sorrow - A Virgin And A Whore

3.Evergrey - The Inner Circle

4.Dream Theater - Images And Words

5.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

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1.Symphony X - Paradise Lost

2.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

3.Dream Theater - Train Of Thought

4.Dream Theater - Octavarium

5.Opeth - Blackwater Park

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Limited to two albums per band a work in progress.

1.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

2.Heavenwood - Diva

3.Skyclad - The Answer Machine?

4.Moonsorrow - Suden Uni

5.Moonspell - Wolfheart

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