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.Racer X - Technical Difficulties

2.Radiance (FIN) - The Burning Sun

3.Ragana - You Take Nothing

4.Rage - Black In Mind

5.Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine

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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.Barren Earth - Curse Of The Red River

2.Pressure Points - Remorses To Remember

3.Helevorn - Forthcoming Displeasures

4.The Howling Void - Shadows Over The Cosmos

5.Mar De Grises - Streams Inwards

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1.Helloween - 7 Sinners

2.Pretty Maids - Pandemonium

3.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

4.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

5.Sebastien - Tears Of White Roses

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1.Charred Walls Of The Damned - Charred Walls Of The Damned

2.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

3.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

4.Exodus - Exhibit B: The Human Condition

5.Helloween - 7 Sinners

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1.Avantasia - The Wicked Symphony

2.Nightwish - Dark Passion Play

3.Rhapsody Of Fire - The Frozen Tears Of Angels

4.Mägo De Oz - Gaia III - Atlantia

5.Saurom - Maryam

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My Favorite Albums Of The Year \m/

1.Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

2.Star One - Victims Of The Modern Age

3.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

4.Rhapsody Of Fire - The Frozen Tears Of Angels

5.Eluveitie - Everything Remains (As It Never Was)

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1.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

2.Star One - Victims Of The Modern Age

3.Sabaton - Coat Of Arms

4.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

5.Orden Ogan - Easton Hope

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1.Violet Sun - Loneliness In Supremacy

2.Pathfinder - Beyond The Space, Beyond The Time

3.Terra Prima - And Life Begins

4.Thaurorod - Upon Haunted Battlefields

5.Ancient Bards - The Alliance Of The Kings

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2010 had a lot of great releases. Here are some my favorites that will look like other people's favorites.

1.Ihsahn - After

2.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

3.Finntroll - Nifelvind

4.Barren Earth - Curse Of The Red River

5.Orphaned Land - The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR

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My Top Ten go to Eleven!... or Twelve! and here they are from the past two years. There is no particular order just arranged by how I rated them! So here they be!

1.Arkona - Goi, Rode, Goi!

2.Equilibrium - Rekreatur

3.Rammstein - Liebe Ist Für Alle Da

4.Skeletonwitch - Breathing The Fire

5.Finntroll - Nifelvind

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1.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

2.Avantasia - The Wicked Symphony

3.Rhapsody Of Fire - The Frozen Tears Of Angels

4.Sabaton - Coat Of Arms

5.Saurom - Maryam

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In my opinion, Rhapsody from the Turilli era and Luca Turilli don't have bad albums. Except for "The Cold Embrace Of Fear" I'll leave out the EPs, the live albums and singles, so I'll just focus on the full albums.
Top 5 tracks:
1.- Emerald Sword/On The Way To Ainor
2.- War of the Universe
3.- Dark Fate of Atlantis
4.- Arcanum (Da Vinci's Enigma)
5.- Gothic Vision

1.Rhapsody - Power Of The Dragonflame

2.Luca Turilli - Prophet Of The Last Eclipse

3.Luca Turilli's Rhapsody - Ascending To Infinity

4.Turilli / Lione Rhapsody - Zero Gravity (Rebirth And Evolution)

5.Rhapsody Of Fire - From Chaos To Eternity

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