Well, I can't afford every album I want so I'm going off of my August 2013 count of about 700 albums. First time I've ever done this so it may be quite scattered.

This is personal and not like a Rust in Peace, then Black Sabbath, then Painkiller type of list. Time to destroy.

1.Stratovarius - Visions

2.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

3.Yes - Close to the Edge

4.Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

5.Ayreon - 01011001

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It Is Only Sound That Remains... (Forough Farrokhzad The Legendary Poet)

1.Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here

2.Anathema - Weather Systems

3.Anathema - Distant Satellites

4.Anathema - The Optimist

5.At The Gates - At War With Reality

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1.Symphony X - Paradise Lost

2.Symphony X - The Odyssey

3.Symphony X - Iconoclast

4.Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite

5.Symphony X - The Odyssey

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These are my favorite progressive/power metal albums that I have listened to. Some of them are for musical technique and others are simply because they blew my mind with the crazy story lines or whatever!

1.Symphony X - Paradise Lost

2.Symphony X - The Odyssey

3.Masterplan - Aeronautics

4.Nightwish - Dark Passion Play

5.Theocracy - As The World Bleeds

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The best album of each year (and one close 2nd) from the past 20 years. Some years were much harder than others to choose the best 2 albums.

1.In Vain - Ænigma

2.Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn

3.Dissona - Dissona

4.Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

5.Obscura - Omnivium

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Favorite Albums Of All Time!(Mine not yours)

1.Kamelot - The Black Halo

2.Kamelot - Epica

3.Within Temptation - The Unforgiving

4.Nightwish - Oceanborn

5.Kamelot - Ghost Opera

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These are my favorite 20 Progressive/Symphonic/Neo-Classical Power Metal albums

1.Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy

2.Adagio - Underworld

3.Symphony X - The Odyssey

4.Symphony X - Paradise Lost

5.To-Mera - Delusions

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1.Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet

2.Pain Of Salvation - Scarsick

3.Riverside - Rapid Eye Movement

4.Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom

5.Threshold - Dead Reckoning

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Coolingsrock's Handpicked Albums Of 2007.Ordered best to worst.

1.August Burns Red - Messengers

2.Dethklok - The Dethalbum

3.Symphony X - Paradise Lost

4.Angelus Apatrida - Give 'Em War

5.A Day To Remember - For those Who Have A Heart

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1.Symphony X - The Odyssey

2.Symphony X - Paradise Lost

3.Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy

4.Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite

5.Symphony X - Iconoclast

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1.Opeth - Blackwater Park

2.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

3.Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness

4.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

5.Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet

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My favourite 10 power metal bands of all time.

1.Falconer - Chapters From A Vale Forlorn

2.Sabaton - The Art Of War

3.Amaranthe - Amaranthe

4.Nightwish - Imaginaerum

5.Ancient Bards - The Alliance Of The Kings

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My personal annual choice for top 10 metal albums for each year. 2007 selection, fantastic year with at least 50 quality albums.

1.Epica - The Divine Conspiracy

2.Dark Tranquillity - Fiction

3.Turisas - The Varangian Way

4.Therion - Gothic Kabbalah

5.Sirenia - Nine Destinies And A Downfall

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1.Symphony X - Paradise Lost

2.Riverside - Rapid Eye Movement

3.Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos

4.Dimmu Borgir - In Sorte Diaboli

5.Circus Maximus - Isolate

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1.Therion - Gothic Kabbalah

2.Shining - V - Halmstad

3.Dawn Of Tears - Descent

4.Hanging Garden - Inherit The Eden

5.Ghost Brigade - Guided By Fire

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