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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List of my all-time favourite heavy metal albums to day. Hate it or love it.
Note: I'll put here something new with time, I hope.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power

3.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

4.Slayer - Reign In Blood

5.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

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Limited to one album for each band.

1.Kreator - Coma Of Souls

2.Vader - Litany

3.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

4.Apocalyptica - Reflections

5.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

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Tough year. A lot of amazing stuff.

1.Devil Doll - The Sacrilege Of Fatal Arms

2.Dissection - The Somberlain

3.Sepultura - Chaos A.D.

4.Cynic - Focus

5.Morbid Angel - Covenant

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I consider myself very lucky to have grown up, not just on the West Coast of the United States, but right in the heart of one of history's great metal scenes--the San Francisco Bay Area. So many awesome memories from so many incredible local bands, with other acts from all over the world regularly passing through as well. Time to memorialize in no particular order.

1.Anthrax - State Of Euphoria

2.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

3.Exodus - Fabulous Disaster

4.Testament - The New Order

5.Voivod - Nothingface

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These my all time favorite albums.
Not in a particular rank

1.Amorphis - The Beginning Of Times

2.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

3.Arch Enemy - Anthems Of Rebellion

4.Carcass - Heartwork

5.Children Of Bodom - Tokyo Warhearts

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1.Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

2.Carcass - Heartwork

3.Abramelin - Abramelin

4.Sepultura - Arise

5.Nocturnus - The Key

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1.Sepultura - Chaos A.D.

2.Clawfinger - Deaf Dumb Blind

3.Life Of Agony - River Runs Red

4.Steve Vai - Sex & Religion

5.Rush - Counterparts

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Please note that the following is all personal opinion. Other views are welcome.

1.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

2.Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses

3.Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power

4.Sepultura - Chaos A.D.

5.Death - Symbolic

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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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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.Carcass - Heartwork

2.Entombed - Clandestine

3.Napalm Death - Harmony Corruption

4.Pestilence - Testimony Of The Ancients

5.Gorefest - False

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1.Tool - Lateralus

2.Dream Theater - Awake

3.Queensrÿche - Rage For Order

4.The Tea Party - The Edges Of Twilight

5.Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale

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Some of albums that i remembered...

1.Death - Symbolic

2.Death - Individual Thought Patterns

3.Carcass - Reek Of Putrefaction

4.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

5.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

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