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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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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My favorites Gothic SONGS of all time.

1.Virgin Black - Requiem, Kyrie- Requiem

2.Opeth - FACE OF MELINDA

3.Agalloch - IN THE SHADOW OF OUR PALE COMPANION

4.SEPTIC FLESH - WHEN ALL IS NONE

5.Draconian - DEATH, COME NEAR ME

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1.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

2.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

3.Katatonia - Discouraged Ones

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

5.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

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1.Opeth - Still Life

2.Paradise Lost - Gothic

3.Testament - The Gathering

4.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

5.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

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Overall year rating:
3,5/5

1.Death - Human

2.Sepultura - Arise

3.Cathedral - Forest Of Equilibrium

4.Coroner - Mental Vortex

5.Bathory - Twilight Of The Gods

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