1.Dream Theater - Images And Words

2.Mastodon - Crack The Skye

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Kamelot - Karma

5.Sonata Arctica - Silence

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The albums below is my definition of extreme metal music, regardless of their genre. Entire list is based only on my personal preferences in metal.
Rules:
1. One album per band
2. 305 groups/305 albums

1.In Flames - Clayman

2.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

3.Chimaira - Chimaira

4.Death - Symbolic

5.Testament - The New Order

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1.Alter Bridge - Blackbird

2.Alter Bridge - One Day Remains

3.Amorphis - Elegy

4.Amorphis - Tuonela

5.Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale

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Must Listen: The First 10

1.Dark Tranquillity - Haven

2.Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Part I

3.Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World

4.In Flames - Clayman

5.Fates Warning - Disconnected

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1.Nightwish - Dark Passion Play

2.Nightwish - Once

3.Nightwish - Century Child

4.Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful

5.Nightwish - Oceanborn

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One album per artist in alphabetical order which happen to be my favorites. Feels like an addendum to the ?Beginner's Guide To Building A Prog Collection" (http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=58) often mentioning the same band but different releases.

1.36 Crazyfists - A Snow Capped Romance

2.Agrypnie - 16[485]

3.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

4.Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone

5.Alkaloid - Liquid Anatomy

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I thought about this A LOT, and here is the list:

Please share your thoughts!

The spots I'm most unsure of are 1. vs 2. and 4. vs 5.
The rest is really stable.

1.Nightwish - Oceanborn

2.Nightwish - Century Child

3.Nightwish - Imaginaerum

4.Nightwish - Once

5.Nightwish - Wishmaster

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1.Nightwish - Once

2.Nightwish - Angels Fall First

3.Nightwish - Century Child

4.Nightwish - Wishmaster

5.Nightwish - Dark Passion Play

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1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Megadeth - So Far, So Good... So What?

5.Whitesnake - Slip Of The Tongue

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1.Cradle Of Filth - Midian

2.Iron Maiden - Brave New World

3.Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R

4.Marilyn Manson - Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death)

5.Decapitated - Winds Of Creation

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1.Wintersun - Wintersun

2.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach

3.Ensiferum - Ensiferum

4.Septicflesh - Communion

5.Insomnium - Above The Weeping World

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1.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

2.Iron Maiden - Killers

3.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

4.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

5.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

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1.Nightwish - Once

2.Nightwish - Once

3.Nightwish - Once

4.Nightwish - Century Child

5.Nightwish - Wishmaster

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1.AC/DC - Back In Black

2.AC/DC - High Voltage

3.AC/DC - Highway To Hell

4.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

5.Allen/Lande - The Showdown

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1.Nightwish - Century Child

2.Nightwish - Wishmaster

3.Nightwish - Angels Fall First

4.Nightwish - Once

5.Nightwish - Imaginaerum

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