Here's a list of albums that are so obscure it's almost a crime. The list is ordered so that albums scoring high in both obscurity and quality are near the top.

WORK IN PROGRESS. Some of the albums ending up here may already be "Metal Storm approved", but this might be used for broader reference.

1.Skein - Of Wings Unfolding

2.Oddland - The Treachery Of Senses

3.Turbid North - Orogeny

4.Chaos Divine - The Human Connection

5.Anthriel - The Pathway

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1.Opeth - Still Life

2.Opeth - Blackwater Park

3.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

4.Opeth - Damnation

5.Opeth - Watershed

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1.Therion - Secret Of The Runes

2.Therion - Vovin

3.Therion - Sirius B

4.Therion - Theli

5.Therion - Lemuria

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1.Septicflesh - Titan

2.Tengger Cavalry - Ancient Call

3.Avatar - Hail The Apocalypse

4.Allegaeon - Elements Of The Infinite

5.Devin Townsend - Z²

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1.Riot - Rock City

2.Judas Priest - Sin After Sin

3.AC/DC - Let There Be Rock

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1.Accept - Blind Rage

2.Eluveitie - Origins

3.Astral Doors - Notes From The Shadows

4.Wovenwar - Wovenwar

5.Alestorm - Sunset On The Golden Age

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Nightwish, Dimmu Borgir, Septicflesh and their respective clones are not welcome here. The title is a bit misleading since none of these albums are 'symphonic metal' per se, but they're metal with symphonic/orchestra elements added in a way that's unconventional, or at least as far as I know. Suggestions welcome.

1.Apocalyptica - Plays Metallica By Four Cellos

2.Aquilus - Griseus

3.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

4.Blood Thirsty - Sanguine River Absolution

5.Igorrr - Hallelujah

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1.Triptykon - Melana Chasmata

2.Septicflesh - Titan

3.Allegaeon - Elements Of The Infinite

4.Insomnium - Shadows Of The Dying Sun

5.At The Gates - At War With Reality

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1.Cynic - Kindly Bent To Free Us

2.Chon - Woohoo!

3.Dark Fortress - Venereal Dawn

4.RX Bandits - Gemini, Her Majesty

5.Hannes Grossmann - The Radial Covenant

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Without repeating bands, not in mega particular order but roughly

1.Watain - The Wild Hunt

2.The Faceless - Autotheism

3.Behemoth - The Satanist

4.Dimmu Borgir - Abrahadabra

5.The Black Dahlia Murder - Everblack

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My opinion on the best metal albums of 1981 (only metal so there's no Rush or King Crimson even if I love it)

1.Iron Maiden - Killers

2.Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry

3.Riot - Fire Down Under

4.Venom - Welcome To Hell

5.Black Sabbath - Mob Rules

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Just keeping track of the bands I'm glad I've got to see live. I know it's not an impressive resume ... yet

1.0 X í S T - 2015

2.1000mods - 2022

3.1349 - 2019

4.16 - 2018

5.40 Watt Sun - 2022

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1.Fallujah - The Flesh Prevails

2.Overkill - White Devil Armory

3.Within The Ruins - Phenomena

4.Goatwhore - Constricting Rage Of The Merciless

5.Darkest Horizon - The Grand Continuum

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1.Behemoth - The Satanist

2.Slipknot - .5: The Gray Chapter

3.Mors Principium Est - Dawn Of The 5th Era

4.Anaal Nathrakh - Desideratum

5.Monuments - The Amanuensis

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1.Septicflesh - Titan

2.Allegaeon - Elements Of The Infinite

3.Illdisposed - With The Lost Souls On Our Side

4.Inanimate Existence - Never-Ending Cycle Of Atonement

5.Monuments - The Amanuensis

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