These are my favourite death metal albums. As you can see, I'm a big fan of progressive death metal.

1.Death - Symbolic

2.Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

3.Lykathé - Elvenefris

4.Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious

5.Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone

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Albums I have downloaded and are in the process of obtaining

1.AC/DC - Back In Black

2.AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

3.AC/DC - High Voltage

4.AC/DC - Highway To Hell

5.AC/DC - Let There Be Rock

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This is a guide list to some of the greatest voices in the history of rock & metal music, ranked in alphabetical order, by singer's name. I know that there are many more great singers/vocalists out there and that some really good singers were left out of this list.

The criteria by which the following singers were selected are:
1. Anything regarding the voice and the vocal performance (voice quality, technique, range, originality, creativity, etc.)
2. Influence - effect (if a singer has been an influence on other singers or a musical genre)
3. My personal taste

The form of the list is "Band - Trademark Album For The Singer"
"Name of the singer" (Bands he/she has joined)

1.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans

2.Primordial - To The Nameless Dead

3.Watchtower - Control And Resistance

4.Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies

5.Evanescence - Fallen

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1.Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

2.My Dying Bride - The Angel And The Dark River

3.Opeth - Morningrise

4.Gojira - From Mars To Sirius

5.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

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1.Sepultura - Arise

2.Paradise Lost - Gothic

3.Metallica - Metallica

4.Slayer - Decade Of Aggression

5.Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious

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1.Adramelech - PsychoStasia

2.Armageddon - Crossing The Rubicon

3.Asphyx - Last One On Earth

4.At The Gates - Terminal Spirit Disease

5.Atheist - Piece Of Time

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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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While I know there are tons of albums to be listed in the death/gore/grind area of metal that could be included here, these are currently the most prominent to ME. They are listed in order of a toss up between relevance and personal preference.

1.Cannibal Corpse - Tomb Of The Mutilated

2.Avulsed - Gorespattered Suicide

3.Death - Scream Bloody Gore

4.Gorerotted - Only Tools and Corpses

5.Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious

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Pretty much my top 5 of each year, 1990-1999. It may have been black metal's finest hour, but for the most part I don't care for the genre - check some other lists for recoms there.

As if I needed to say that... ...on with the show... (looking for more words? scroll down to #44)

1.Anacrusis - Manic Impressions Demo

2.Anthrax - Persistence Of Time

3.Forbidden - Twisted Into Form

4.Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

5.Steve Vai - Passion And Warfare

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1.Death - Human

2.Opeth - Still Life

3.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

4.Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream

5.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

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The choice of the albums was made according to aesthetic criteria, taking into account only the musical merits of the recordings. Neither the popularity among the fans nor the commercial success (or unsuccess) of the albums were taken into account in the selection.

1.Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

4.Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

5.Death - Symbolic

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1.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

2.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

3.Ahab - The Divinity Of Oceans

4.Animals As Leaders - Animals As Leaders

5.Animals As Leaders - Weightless

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1.Morbid Angel - Blessed Are The Sick

2.Death - Human

3.Metallica - Metallica

4.Sepultura - Arise

5.Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream

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Bands listed alphabetically, One album per band (With the exception of Carcass and Napalm Death who appear in the Grind and Death Metal sections). Some bands may not be pure old school (Death / Thrash, Doom Death / Death Doom and early Brutal / Technical Death Included) I have also Included some of the more extreme Thrash releases that pre-dated the genre but undoubtedly help pave the way for things to come, I included these as I wish to give a general summary of the way Death Metal began and evolved throughout the 80's and 90's.

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2.Abhorrence - Abhorrence [EP]

3.Acrostichon - Engraved In Black

4.Adramelech - PsychoStasia

5.Afflicted - Prodigal Sun

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*** READ ME *** This list is about the greatest metal albums of all-time, from all sub-genres and all countries. You won't see bands like Deep Purple, Rush, BOC, Zeppelin, etc., nor will you see bands like Tool, Rage ATM, Melvins and Soundgarden. While I love many of those bands, my definition of metal does not include them.

1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Death - Symbolic

5.Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath

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