1.Skyclad - Wayward Sons Of Mother Earth

2.Running Wild - Pile Of Skulls

3.Skyclad - Jonah's Ark

4.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

5.Moonspell - Wolfheart

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This is not a list over my favourite albums, although some of them on the list of course are. These are albums that formed me, had a huge impact on me and defined my musical taste. Without some of these releases I probably wouldn't even be the person that I am today.

1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2.Iron Maiden - Rock In Rio

3.Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death

4.Iron Maiden - Killers

5.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

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These are the Top 20 albums in no particular order that i consider to be the darkest, most powerful, inspirational metal i have heard

1.Secrets Of The Moon - Privilegivm

2.Watain - Sworn To The Dark

3.Dissection - Reinkaos

4.Anaal Nathrakh - Eschaton

5.Behemoth - Thelema 6

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No particular order.

1.Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

2.Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked

3.Summoning - Dol Guldur

4.Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery

5.Skyclad - Irrational Anthems

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List is alphabetical

1.Behemoth - Evangelion

2.Burzum - Filosofem

3.Celtic Frost - Monotheist

4.Cradle Of Filth - Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder

5.Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon

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A really good year, just look at the top 3! Three of the world's greatest black metal albums ever! And the six albums thereafter? Magic. All I can say is that this list was a pain to order, because there's so much great albums which deserves to be higher up.

1.Watain - Sworn To The Dark

2.Shining - V - Halmstad

3.Mayhem - Ordo Ad Chao

4.Månegarm - Vargstenen

5.Be'lakor - The Frail Tide

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1.Arch Enemy - Wages Of Sin

2.Satyricon - Now, Diabolical

3.Mayhem - Ordo Ad Chao

4.Sahg - I

5.Arch Enemy - Doomday Machine

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