Another year, Another list. This year has kicked off the new decade with an increadible pleathora of Metal and other notible genres. 10 of those albums, in my eyes have stood out from the rest and placed themselves at the top of the wave of what was truly another amazing year in our community, and that cut now stands before you and Although this is merely just the opinion of one, Thoughts and ideas are always welcome to be shared.

1.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

2.Carach Angren - Death Came Through A Phantom Ship

3.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

4.Cradle Of Filth - Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa

5.Dark Tranquillity - We Are The Void

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1.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

2.Grand Magus - Hammer Of The North

3.Wuthering Heights - Salt

4.InnerWish - No Turning Back

5.Overkill - Ironbound

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I've omitted Legacy Of The Dark Lands because, while I like it, it is not a conventional Blind Guardian studio album and does not feel relevant to this ranking. Additionally, while Beyond The Red Mirror is handily my least favorite BG album, it still hovers around a 7 or an 8, so the stratification is not that immense. All of these albums are at least "good," and most of them are masterpieces.

1.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth

2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

3.Blind Guardian - A Twist In The Myth

4.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

5.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

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1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Disforia - The Age Of Ether

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

5.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

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These are MY Top 250 Albums that are featured on Metal Storm in chronological order to celebrate 50 Years of Metal.

Some bands are featured on this list with more than one album, which means that they are perticulary amazing to me.

I listen to a wide spectrum of metal genres, which is why I tried to keep it diverse and not focus on one genre.

1.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

2.Deep Purple - In Rock

3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

4.Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards

5.Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies

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A list ranking the studio releases of Blind Guardian.

Just like I did with my list of Iced earth albums, I've added the names of the tracks that I feel are the most notable.

1.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

2.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth

3.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

4.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

5.Blind Guardian - Tales From The Twilight World

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1.The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced

2.Deep Purple - The Book Of Taliesyn

3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

4.Deep Purple - In Rock

5.Deep Purple - Fireball

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Simple ranking of all my favorite albums. Favorite song from the album in the notes. Sure to change/expand as I learn and explore more within metal.
2023: This was starting to get too long so I split it into separate lists for albums at each ranking 10 to 7. This list will no longer be updated.
10: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6891
9: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=7213
8: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=7512
7: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=8058

1.Madder Mortem - Eight Ways

2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

3.Ayreon - 01011001

4.Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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Compilation of many Hard Rock or Metal Ballads I've heard. Bands and Albums are ordered by name alphabetically.

1.Accept - Balls To The Wall

2.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

3.Accept - Eat The Heat

4.Adagio - Underworld

5.Aerosmith - Aerosmith

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These are my favorite progressive/power metal albums that I have listened to. Some of them are for musical technique and others are simply because they blew my mind with the crazy story lines or whatever!

1.Symphony X - Paradise Lost

2.Symphony X - The Odyssey

3.Masterplan - Aeronautics

4.Nightwish - Dark Passion Play

5.Theocracy - As The World Bleeds

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Again, I am pretty sure, I haven't heard everything worth it (namely I would definitely include Therion somewhere), but this is how I saw it at 6 November 2011, when this list was decided.

1.Sabaton - Coat Of Arms

2.Jaldaboath - The Rise Of The Heraldic Beasts

3.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

4.Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

5.Mägo De Oz - Gaia III - Atlantia

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1.Blind Guardian - A Night At The Opera

2.Blind Guardian - A Twist In The Myth

3.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

4.Blind Guardian - Tales From The Twilight World

5.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

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Song of the Year: Kamelot - Poetry For The Poisoned

1.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

2.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

3.Helloween - 7 Sinners

4.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

5.Orphaned Land - The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR

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1.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

2.Blind Guardian - A Night At The Opera

3.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

4.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

5.Blind Guardian - A Twist In The Myth

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1.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

2.Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings

3.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

4.Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica

5.Helloween - 7 Sinners

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