Current Top 100 as of September 2019. Having listened to metal for 45 years or so - here are my favourites (favourite track). One album limit per band. Enjoy!

1.Absu - Absu

2.AC/DC - If You Want Blood You've Got It

3.Agalloch - The Mantle

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

5.Alcest - Écailles De Lune

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To add fuel to the fire of the "they'll never top their first album" rhetoric, here are all my favorite full length debuts in alphabetical order. Full lengths, not EPs.

1.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations

2.Aeternus - Beyond The Wandering Moon

3.Agruss - Morok

4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

5.Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde

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This list, like the others, is only in alphabetical order. If I had to pick a favorite then it would be Darkspace's 'III' hands down.

1.Ásmegin - Arv

2.A Forest Of Stars - The Corpse Of Rebirth

3.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

4.Averse Sefira - Advent Parallax

5.Black Lotus - Harvest Of Seasons

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My favorite metal albums sorted alphabetically by band name and chronological by release date.

1.Æther Realm - Tarot

2.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations

3.Allegaeon - Proponent For Sentience

4.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

5.Amorphis - Silent Waters

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A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

2008 was a really strong one for metal, Progressive metal had a very strong one, power metal at it's peak, strong output of Doom metal and 2000s Alternative going strong, 08 was one of the best.

1.Ayreon - 01011001

2.Septicflesh - Communion

3.Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls

4.Equilibrium - Sagas

5.Opeth - Watershed

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This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone who is young in age, my tastes tend to revolve around the period of the 80s to the present.* Although certain metal albums from before will certainly be featured, the period of the 60s-70s will be under-represented. I refer you to this excellent list to gain a better appreciation for some of the best metal from that period: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/freis/martin_popoffs_the_top_500_heavy_metal_albums_of_all_time/

1.Cacophony - Speed Metal Symphony

2.Cadaveria - In Your Blood

3.Caïna - Mourner

4.Caïnan Dawn - F.O.H.A.T.

5.Cain's Offering - Stormcrow

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Just a list of my favorite albums, mostly Black or Death Metal !

There are some albums/bands I would love to put in this list, but they are not on MS.

1.1349 - Liberation

2.Agalloch - The Mantle

3.Amon Amarth - Versus The World

4.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

5.Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising

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1.A Forest Of Stars - The Corpse Of Rebirth

2.Neo Inferno 262 - Hacking The Holy Code

3.Isole - Bliss Of Solitude

4.Darkestrah - The Great Silk Road

5.Les Chants De Nihil - Les Six Leçons

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Okay guys the countdown is really not a countdown, as in they aren't in any specific order.
PS: I'm sure I forgot some albums, so I might edit this list later on.

1.Lair Of The Minotaur - War Metal Battle Master

2.Saattue - Jäähyvästi

3.Isole - Bliss Of Solitude

4.Forefather - Steadfast

5.Grand Magus - Iron Will

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Top 50 of 2008. Albums I rated 8 and above.

Album count: 210
Average rating: 6.84

1.Septicflesh - Communion

2.Opeth - Watershed

3.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

4.Ihsahn - AngL

5.Dornenreich - In Luft Geritzt

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1.Warrel Dane - Praises To The War Machine

2.Ayreon - 01011001

3.Jeff Loomis - Zero Order Phase

4.All Ends - All Ends

5.Whitesnake - Good To Be Bad

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1.Moonlyght - Shining

2.Ayreon - 01011001

3.Keldian - Journey Of Souls

4.Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls

5.Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe

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An interesting year considering many of my favourite bands with a relative big discography released strong albums (Tiamat, Judas Priest, Cradle of Filth, Opeth, Moonspell, Metallica). Overall, it's not the best of years. The first three on the list are the definitive highlights.

1.Tiamat - Amanethes

2.Equilibrium - Sagas

3.Lifelover - Konkurs

4.Judas Priest - Nostradamus

5.Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls

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