This is buy or die stuff (in no particular order), the epitome of pure awesomeness!

1.Windir - Arntor

2.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

3.Cor Scorpii - Monument

4.Judas Priest - Painkiller

5.Summoning - Dol Guldur

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1.Tristania - Beyond The Veil

2.Estatic Fear - A Sombre Dance

3.Anathema - Judgement

4.Lake Of Tears - Forever Autumn

5.Agalloch - Pale Folklore

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1.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

2.Judas Priest - Painkiller

3.Summoning - Minas Morgul

4.Windir - 1184

5.Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta

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This is the list for my favorite albums. It will with no doubt change from time to time and some may disappear or move from a spot to another.

1.Agalloch - The Mantle

2.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

3.Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell

4.For My Pain - Fallen

5.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

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1.Summoning - Stronghold

2.Children Of Bodom - Hatebreeder

3.Gamma Ray - Power Plant

4.Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter

5.Dimmu Borgir - Spiritual Black Dimensions

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1.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

2.Arch Enemy - Rise Of The Tyrant

3.Arch Enemy - Wages Of Sin

4.Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery

5.In Flames - Colony

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1.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

2.Marillion - Brave

3.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

4.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

5.Insomnium - Across The Dark

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These are 36 of the my favorite Melodeath albums in no particular order. This will hopefully serve as a starting point for someone new to the style. If one of your favorites isn't on here, it's because this is my favorites list, not yours. Feel free to make recommendations, however.

1.Dark Tranquillity - Fiction

2.The Absence - Riders Of The Plague

3.Darkane - Expanding Senses

4.Insomnium - Since The Day It All Came Down

5.Luna Mortis - The Absence

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1.Rage - XIII

2.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

3.Disbelief - Navigator

4.Fields Of The Nephilim - Mourning Sun

5.Kalmah - The Black Waltz

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1.In Flames - Colony

2.In Flames - The Jester Race

3.In Flames - Clayman

4.In Flames - Whoracle

5.In Flames - Lunar Strain

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One of the best metal years of all time with a lot of classic stuff. At least for me. The top 6 are surely immortal masterpieces.

1.Children Of Bodom - Hatebreeder

2.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

3.Estatic Fear - A Sombre Dance

4.In Flames - Colony

5.Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica

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