1. Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2. Black Sabbath - Paranoid

3. Iron Maiden - Powerslave

4. Metallica - Master Of Puppets

5. Slayer - Reign In Blood

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I havnt been into metal all that long...so this is a good chuck of the metal albums i own...though ive heard many, many more....these are all albums ive spent a lot of time with (or soon will). I tried to stay away from multiple albums by an artist, but a few exceptions were made hehe.

1. !T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)

2. 3 Inches Of Blood - Here Waits Thy Doom

3. Absu - Tara

4. ADX - Division Blindée

5. Agalloch - The Mantle

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Just decided to add a list of albums that might(and hopefully will) be released this year, they'll probably be awesome.

1. Ark - Aradiokaos

2. Kamelot - TBA

3. Masterplan - Time To Be King

4. Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

5. Rhapsody Of Fire - The Frozen Tears Of Angels

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So, these are basically my favourite albums of all time, including non-metal/rock acts, compilations and live albums. Needless to say, I would need a couple of days to go through all of these.

1. Dream Theater - Awake

2. Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse

3. Riverside - Out Of Myself

4. Rotting Christ - Triarchy Of The Lost Lovers

5. Anathema - Alternative 4

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In no particular order. Stars ★ indicate personal favourites are random.

Inferior Other Folk Lists:
•Lokaeda's
•Diabolos'
•Starchild's
•Angel Lament's

1. Arkona - Goi, Rode, Goi!

2. Arkona - Vozrozhdenie

3. Arkona - Ot Serdca K Nebu

4. Arkona - Vo Slavu Velikim!

5. Darkestrah - The Great Silk Road

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Albums that have intrigued me and ones that I've liked and loved from 2012, rather than EVERYTHING I've heard from 2012. One again, more emphasis on the obscure and the unknown.
No order.

BANDCAMP LINKS:

METAL
Monolithe | Sigh | Chimp Spanner | Orange Goblin | Christian Mistress | Lord Mantis | Kayo Dot | Nadja | Abigail Williams | Yayla | Nachtruf | What The Blood Revealed | Hiemal | Abyssal | Hellvetron | Bologna Violenta | Vulgaari | Prison Of Mirrors | Nebula VII | Umbah | Ice Dragon | Vattnet Viskar | Biipiigwan | Conan | Pike | A Cloud Forest | Noûs | Beyond Terror Beyond Grace | Abest | Apotheosis | Hivelords | Spelljammer | Inverloch | SaturninE | Demon Lung | Bloodshot Dawn | Book Of Sand | Agruss

1. Reverence - The Asthenic Ascension

2. Monolithe - Interlude Second

3. Diskord - Dystopics

4. Sigh - In Somniphobia

5. Agruss - Morok

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the "genres" of stoner metal, sludge, and post-metal all seem to bleed/flow together at various times so playing metal bartender, i've cooked up this list of albums those interested in the genres can use as suggestions/starting points. this is just a basic primer with 25 albums... not a definitive list by any stretch. just albums i love. some are landmark releases that helped define the genre... while others are recent releases from cool bands that MS/labels have helped me uncover. Enjoy.

1. Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops

2. Baroness - Blue Record

3. Down - NOLA

4. High On Fire - Death Is This Communion

5. Kyuss - Blues For The Red Sun

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1. Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell

2. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans

3. Doom:VS - Dead Words Speak

4. Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields

5. Agalloch - The Mantle

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This is a list of my favorite albums with less than 150 votes. The ordering is done by approximate preference. Bands may only have one entry on the list and no entries will come from the current calendar year. All of these albums are terrific and deserve to be listened to so do yourself a favor and check out these albums if the description intrigues you. **Last Update 08/16/11**

1. Ghost Brigade - Guided By Fire

2. Slumber - Fallout

3. Leprous - Tall Poppy Syndrome

4. Persefone - Core

5. Into Eternity - Buried In Oblivion

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In this list, many Death Doom have also

1. Empyrium - A Wintersunset...

2. Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields

3. Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die

4. Shape Of Despair - Illusion's Play

5. Shape Of Despair - Angels Of Distress

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My first list! Celebrating 25+ years of listening to metal I present my 25 favorite metal albums. Mostly prog and thrash in my early years and exploring other metal avenues today, I hope my fellow metalheads will take notice and discover (or re-discover) some great music!

1. Rush - Moving Pictures

2. Coroner - Grin

3. Voivod - The Outer Limits

4. Fates Warning - Parallels

5. Rosetta - Wake / Lift

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Since I started to become interested in not only metal, but music in general, there have been many albums that have marked something important in my life, and I know that there will be albums in the near future that will become important in my life, but these, are the ones that did it, and in some way, changed my perspective about what music is, and what it could be. In no particular order.

1. Opeth - Morningrise

2. Agalloch - The Mantle

3. Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

4. Orphaned Land - Mabool

5. Alcest - Souvenirs d'un Autre Monde

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Diplomatic immunity.

1. Wintersun - Wintersun

2. Wintersun - Time I

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This is a favorites list, not a guide or anything of that sort. It just highlights the albums that I've enjoyed listening to and spinned extensively since last November (When I got into this monolithic genre.) One entry for each band. The descriptions aren't necessarily descriptions of the music. I just wrote what came to my mind. I will update with new albums frequently.
EDIT: Got to 50 entries, so I guess I'll stop for now. I want more time to revisit these 50, get into the other albums of the bands listed below and delve into other genres of metal. I guess that taking a break from black metal (at least new stuff) will ensure that I won't get bored of it. It is likely that I'll continue this list by the half of July.

1. A Forest Of Stars - Opportunistic Thieves Of Spring

2. Addaura - Burning For The Ancient

3. Agalloch - Pale Folklore

4. Alcest - Écailles De Lune

5. Alda - : Tahoma :

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Best Folkish albums I've heard so far...!! Please feel free to post your Suggestions!!

1. Agalloch - The Mantle

2. Ensiferum - Iron

3. Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

4. Blackmore's Night - Under A Violet Moon

5. Blackmore's Night - Shadow Of The Moon

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