1.Powerwolf - Preachers Of The Night

2.James LaBrie - Impermanent Resonance

3.Thy Light - No Morrow Shall Dawn

4.Obsidian Tongue - A Nest Of Ravens In The Throat Of Time

5.Hibria - Silent Revenge

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1.Dio - Holy Diver

2.Huntress - Spell Eater

3.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

4.Judas Priest - British Steel

5.Nightmare - Insurrection

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This is my complete favorite list of Sabbath albums. Yes, it might be a little bit controversial due to the fact that I appreciate a little bit more the Tony Martin works (hence, Headless Cross is my no.1 favorite), but I strongly believe that the later Sabbath catalogue is very underrated and underapreciated. I do not get even up until today the whole Ozzy hype since stuff like Vol. 4 or Sabotage were just boring and even the other albums weren't that great either (except a couple of songs). In my opinion, the Dio and Martin years (well maybe except for Forbidden) are the best years for Sabbath. If I were to rank the best vocalists this band had, Ronnie James Dio will take the crown with Tony Martin close by while Ozzy would be only the 3rd in my rankings.

1.Black Sabbath - Headless Cross

2.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

3.Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

4.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

5.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

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I've been a fan of Nightwish ever since I started listening to metal. I never really faced the drama between NW and Tarja and the whole Tarja and Anette battle. So I loved both of their voices. My first Nightwish album was Once and I didn't really start listening to Anette after listening to WM and OTHAFA. I like Anette over Tarja. It's just a personal opinion of mine.

1.Nightwish - The Poet and The Pendulum

2.Nightwish - Scaretale

3.Nightwish - Ghost River

4.Nightwish - Ocean Soul

5.Nightwish - Escapist

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What's a Maiden hangover? You know a regular hangover, right? It's really bad, your head hurts and you feel ill. You know you still love beer, but you don't want it for a while. That's how I've felt about some Iron Maiden songs for a couple of years now. I've seen Maiden six times since 2005, and that's not even during the same tours. Still I feel like they play the same couple of songs over and over again. I can understand why, being a huge band with some monumental metal classics. But a little variety, please! I went to a show last night and thought during it "it's enough now". One of the best things about seeing the same bands over and over again, is to witness them play different songs. One that I haven't already experienced live. But this never happens with Maiden, we get like 1-2 songs they haven't played in a while. And its not just witnessing the same songs over and over again, it's the fucking same coreography during them too!

1.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

2.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

3.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

4.Iron Maiden - Killers

5.Iron Maiden - Killers

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1.AC/DC - Highway To Hell

2.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

3.Dio - Holy Diver

4.Dio - Magica

5.Dio - The Last In Line

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What a year! Here are some of my favourites

1.Lacrimosa - Inferno

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

3.Paradise Lost - Draconian Times

4.Rammstein - Herzeleid

5.Anathema - The Silent Enigma

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Here is my personnal top 50 Thrash Metal album of all time, order by my preference. (even if it's really hard to order after the top 20 )
Feel free to suggest me some I've forgot to mention, there's so much excellent band and I should have not listen to all of them ! ^^
In my opinion, the best style to see live !!

1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Slayer - Reign In Blood

4.Vektor - Black Future

5.Machine Head - Burn My Eyes

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1.Finntroll - Blodsvept

2.Lunarsea - Hundred Light Years

3.In Vain - Ænigma

4.Pessimist - Death from Above

5.Persefone - Spiritual Migration

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1.The Ocean - Pelagial

2.Cult Of Luna - Vertikal

3.Soilwork - The Living Infinite

4.Hypocrisy - End Of Disclosure

5.Fleshgod Apocalypse - Labyrinth

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Albums that I've enjoyed the most this year.

1.Abyssal - Novit Enim Dominus Qui Sunt Eius

2.Antediluvian - λόγος

3.Eibon - II

4.Funeralium - Deceived Idealism

5.Lesbian - Forestelevision

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In no particular order, these are the albums that are essential for those dedicated to Metal!

1.Judas Priest - Painkiller

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

4.Ensiferum - Iron

5.Manowar - Kings Of Metal

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My personal Top 10 Heavy Metal bands

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Looking at the top ten list of metal from 1974, I couldn't believe you only listed 6 albums, and none of them were Fly To The rainbow, where Uli Jon Roth truly ripped. This inspired me to list, although a lot of their music I more often than not think is a pop sellout or just not really that metal and I really do enjoy the Humanity album more than I've liked most of their stuff since like World Wide Live, the deserving top 6 for giving credit where credit is due.

1.Scorpions - Fly To The Rainbow

2.Scorpions - Virgin Killer

3.Scorpions - Taken By Force

4.Scorpions - Animal Magnetism

5.Scorpions - Love At First Sting

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All Judas Priest albums, ranked from best to worst (in my opinion).

1.Judas Priest - Painkiller

2.Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny

3.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

4.Judas Priest - Stained Class

5.Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

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