1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

2.Spawn Of Possession - Noctambulant

3.Mastodon - Blood Mountain

4.Insomnium - Above The Weeping World

5.Isis - In The Absence Of Truth

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Top 50 of 2006

Only LPs

Album count: 180
Average rating: 7.09

1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

2.Celtic Frost - Monotheist

3.Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die

4.Summoning - Oath Bound

5.Enslaved - Ruun

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1.Judas Priest - Painkiller

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden

4.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

5.Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding

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Amon Amarth discography ranked from best to worst

1.Amon Amarth - Versus The World

2.Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising

3.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

4.Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

5.Amon Amarth - Fate Of Norns

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1.Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death

2.Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

3.Blind Guardian - A Twist In The Myth

4.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

5.Lamb Of God - Sacrament

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here another top for another band that have a huge impact in my life.

1.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

2.Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

3.Amon Amarth - Versus The World

4.Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising

5.Amon Amarth - Deceiver Of The Gods

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1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2.Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?

3.Slayer - Reign In Blood

4.Pantera - Far Beyond Driven

5.Strapping Young Lad - City

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This list shows only my preferences in metal. These albums are not necessarily the best of the bands written by, but I return to them again and again. In my opinion, all this masterpieces confirm the variety and greatness of metal music.
Rules:
1. One album per band.
2. Ordered from highest position (top) to lowest (bottom).
3. No heavy, power, doom, gothic, sludge/stoner albums.

1.Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper

2.Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia

3.In Flames - Clayman

4.Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos

5.Gojira - From Mars To Sirius

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1.Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance

2.Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die

3.Insomnium - Above The Weeping World

4.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

5.The Mars Volta - Amputechture

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I feel like my overall favorites list is getting too long. I'm splitting it up by rating.

1.So Hideous - None But A Pure Heart Can Sing

2.Metallica - Re-Load

3.Faetooth - Remnants Of The Vessel

4.Inferi - The End Of An Era

5.Midnight Odyssey - Biolume Part 1 - In Tartarean Chains

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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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Must Listen: The First 5

1.Firewind - Allegiance

2.Evergrey - Monday Morning Apocalypse

3.Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death

4.Wuthering Heights - The Shadow Cabinet

5.Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

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1.Kalmah - The Black Waltz

2.Insomnium - Above The Weeping World

3.Kalmah - They Will Return

4.Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

5.Insomnium - Since The Day It All Came Down

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My personal favorite metal albums of all time. In no particular order (although kinda alphabetical). Some of the albums might as well represent whole discographies.

1.Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

2.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

3.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

4.Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal

5.Cattle Decapitation - Monolith Of Inhumanity

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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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