1.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

2.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach

3.Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

4.Orphaned Land - Mabool

5.Protest The Hero - Fortress

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Metal albums (and yes, I consider metalcore to be metal) that rocked my world, with maximum 2 albums per band sorted by bands in alphabetic order. Live, EP and compilation albums allowed, also including hard rock and stoner rock albums.

It will be updated as I discover new bands so check it sometime

1.Alabama Thunderpussy - Open Fire

2.Alice In Chains - Dirt

3.All That Remains - The Fall Of Ideals

4.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

5.Annihilator - Alice In Hell

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1.Overkill - The Electric Age

2.Ex Deo - Caligvla

3.Candlemass - Psalms For The Dead

4.Asphyx - Deathhammer

5.Accept - Stalingrad

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The end of 2013 marks the end of the fifth year of my journey into metal. I had listened to a select few songs prior to that, but around five years ago, I started to delve into the genre and I've discovered a lot of great music as a result. Much of my success I owe to Metalstorm for providing such an excellent platform. I want to express my sincere thanks to everyone who keeps this site running. I mostly enjoy the more melodic genres of metal, so don't expect a lot of extreme stuff. Also, please keep in mind that the following list is not a list of what I consider to be the best metal albums of all time or anything like it. It is simply a collection or a countdown of the albums that I have enjoyed the most during my journey so far.

1.Kamelot - The Black Halo

2.Rush - Hemispheres

3.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

4.Crimson Glory - Transcendence

5.Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter

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My top list by far......
last update : 23/01/2019

1.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

2.Gojira - From Mars To Sirius

3.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

4.Amorphis - Silent Waters

5.Death - Symbolic

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1.Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence

2.Enslaved - RIITIIR

3.Obsidian Kingdom - Mantiis

4.Meshuggah - Koloss

5.Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage

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1.Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence

2.Enslaved - RIITIIR

3.In Mourning - The Weight Of Oceans

4.Obsidian Kingdom - Mantiis - An Agony In Fourteen Bites

5.Moonspell - Alpha Noir / Omega White

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1.Enslaved - RIITIIR

2.Meshuggah - Koloss

3.Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage

4.In Mourning - The Weight Of Oceans

5.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

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This is a list of bands featuring some of the best guitar work. This covers overall writing, riffs, grooves, and whatnot.
It isn't really in any particular order.

1.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

2.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

3.Leprous - Tall Poppy Syndrome

4.The Project Hate MCMXCIX - Hate, Dominate, Congregate, Eliminate

5.Animals As Leaders - Animals As Leaders

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1.Circus Maximus - Nine

2.Jeff Loomis - Plains Of Oblivion

3.Aerosmith - Music From Another Dimension

4.Epica - Requiem For The Indifferent

5.Gotthard - Firebirth

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So, I figure with all the staff picks and ms awards going around, I'd post some of the new favorites I've found in 2012, as well as some anticipated favs of the year! Some of these have really changed since the MS awards, since I found myself enjoying certain albums way more than others, which likely would have been on my list otherwise.

1.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

2.Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

3.Enslaved - RIITIIR

4.Xanthochroid - Blessed He With Boils

5.Atoma - Skylight

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A really good year, full of surprises. Never been much of a Sabaton fan and especially not a fan of Lamb of God. Both bands released kick ass albums. Avatar keep on getting better and better. Rush released their best album in 25 years. Kreator gave me one of the best thrash albums I've ever heard.

1.Dråpsnatt - Skelepht

2.Kreator - Phantom Antichrist

3.Wintersun - Time I

4.An Autumn For Crippled Children - Only The Ocean Knows

5.Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas

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1.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

2.Finsterforst - Rastlos

3.Luca Turilli's Rhapsody - Ascending To Infinity

4.Wintersun - Time I

5.Heidevolk - Batavi

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1.Enslaved - RIITIIR

2.In Mourning - The Weight Of Oceans

3.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

4.The Faceless - Autotheism

5.Arkaik - Metamorphignition

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1.Les Discrets - Ariettes Oubliées...

2.Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

3.In Aevum Agere - The Shadow Tower

4.Der Weg Einer Freiheit - Unstille

5.Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Piñata

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