Top 50 of 2005

Only LPs

Album count: 189
Average rating: 7.08

1.Gojira - From Mars To Sirius

2.Falkenbach - Heralding - The Fireblade

3.Porcupine Tree - Deadwing

4.Children Of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet?

5.Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine

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Top album's form 2010-2019

1.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

2.Esoteric - Paragon Of Dissonance

3.Corrupted - Garten Der Unbewusstheit

4.Ihsahn - After

5.Mar De Grises - Streams Inwards

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1.Blazing Eternity - A Certain End Of Everything

2.Tomorrow's Rain - Ovdan

3.Ixion - Extinction

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1.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

2.In Flames - The Jester Race

3.Moonspell - Irreligious

4.Katatonia - Brave Murder Day

5.Cradle Of Filth - Dusk... And Her Embrace

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Just read the title


Genres:
Groove metal/Metalcore

1.Lamb Of God - As The Palaces Burn

2.Lamb Of God - Ashes Of The Wake

3.Lamb Of God - VII: Sturm Und Drang

4.Lamb Of God - New American Gospel

5.Lamb Of God - Wrath

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1.Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

2.Spectral Voice - Sparagmos

3.Hauntologist - Hollow

4.My Dying Bride - A Mortal Binding

5.Motherwood - A Fading Elegy

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1.Ivory Tower - Subjective Enemy

2.Ivory Tower - Beyond The Stars

3.Ivory Tower - Ivory Tower

4.Ivory Tower - Stronger

5.Ivory Tower - Heavy Rain

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After seeing Guib's great list (go check it out) , I wanted to create my own lineup of albums that really hit the spot for me. I'm all about heavy guitars mixed with symphonic elements/melodies. While I'll mostly lean towards technical death metal & deathcore, I'm open to throwing in other stuff that fits the vibe.

I'll list them in order of date. Feel free to post recommendations. One album each band.

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Personal favorite 2024:
Job For A Cowboy - Moon Healer

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TAGS: Technical Death Metal, Melodic Tech-Death, Brutal, Atmospheric, Progressive, Blackened Tech-Death, Deathcore, Symphonic, Dissonant Tech-Death, Metalcore

1.The Faceless - Akeldama

2.Born Of Osiris - The Discovery

3.Northlane - Singularity

4.Aversions Crown - Tyrant

5.Rings Of Saturn - Lugal Ki En

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1.Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields

2.Saturnus - Paradise Belongs To You

3.Radiohead - OK Computer

4.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

5.Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale

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My favorite black metal album’s

1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

2.Akhlys - Melinoë

3.Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs

4.Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

5.Blut Aus Nord - Hallucinogen

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Hey Folks! It’s me… Again!

I’m coming back once more to explore the depths of a genre that arguably did not begin where you all thought it did! Yeah yeah… Alright, maybe Left Hand Path, Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious, Like An Ever Flowing Stream & The Red In The Sky Is Ours aren’t exactly the sound you would expect, but they were certainly a sign of something incredible that was about to happen. The birth of Melodic Death Metal!

Most of you, them, us… Would agree that Melodic Death metal really appeared in the form of Carcass’s 1993 album Heartwork. Even though some shades of what would become staples of the genre were heard before, this one would truly be the first album to be called as such. Mixing OSDM with more classic heavy metal styled riffs & melodies, our beloved genre (along with Thrash) would become for a lot of our teenage selves, a gateway into the more extreme bowels of metal’s subgenres. I would argue that it’s an almost obligatory step in the grand metalhead’s journey. Ah, how amazing it was to first taste the somewhat delicate sound of melodeath before rattling our ears with the obscenities & nonsensical wankery of grindcore, brutal tech-death, dissonant death and post metal… Rrrrright.

As you have become accustomed to by now, I will attempt to honour the genre by listing the absolute best Melodic Death metal albums to be ever released throughout the years. And I will do so starting with a few albums that are arguably not Melodic Death metal… Because I can and I did, hah! F*ck you! Along the way, you might stumble upon some strange & unorthodox choices mixing a plethora of other genres as well and that’s ok. Truly. Take it easy, don’t hyperventilate over it and just go with the flow. The main goal here is to help people who don’t know much about melodeath discover it and where it came from. I also want to push forward some less known jewels amongst highly praised landmarks of the style and sprinkle a bit of my personality along the way because that’s always fun. The albums will be ordered in years of release and there will be no other restriction or specific rules.

I hope you have a blast going through my list and that it brings you joy and a slight tingle on your nostalgia strings. Though, if it pisses you off, if I forgot your absolute favourite album of all goddamn time or if you think I’m an idiot, well… Just remember that I’m right, always and forever, thank you. Regardless It will be a pleasure for me to hear your recommendations or discuss anything related to melodeath below. Cheers & have fun!

-Guib-

Note: Albums with a 🇨🇦 are from my country (Canada) and albums with a ★ are my personal favourites.

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Last Updated: April 19th, 2024

1.Entombed - Left Hand Path

2.Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious

3.Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream

4.At The Gates - The Red In The Sky Is Ours

5.Carcass - Heartwork

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The greatest Thrash metal band from Germany 🇩🇪

1.Kreator - Pleasure To Kill

2.Kreator - Extreme Aggression

3.Kreator - Terrible Certainty

4.Kreator - Coma Of Souls

5.Kreator - Hordes Of Chaos

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Listed in alphabetical order

1.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations

2.Amorphis - Silent Waters

3.Atheist - Piece Of Time

4.Bathory - Blood On Ice

5.Be'lakor - Coherence

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1.Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse

2.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

3.Saturnus - For The Loveless Lonely Nights

4.Katatonia - Discouraged Ones

5.Cradle Of Filth - Cruelty And The Beast

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1.Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

2.In Vain - Solemn

3.Saxon - Hell, Fire And Damnation

4.South of Salem - Death of the Party

5.Borknagar - Fall

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