1.The Faceless - Planetary Duality

2.Slayer - Reign In Blood

3.Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon

4.Death - Human

5.Obscura - Cosmogenesis

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1.Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done

2.Bloodbath - Resurrection Through Carnage

3.Madder Mortem - Deadlands

4.Opeth - Deliverance

5.Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence

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Here is my provisional favorite-metal-albums-of-all-time-list! Enjoy!
The first 10 albums are in pretty accurate order. However, after that, it becomes harder and harder to separate the albums clearly. Thus, you can say that I enjoy album x on the list as much as the others in the interval of (x-5) to (x+5). For example album 37 would be as much enjoyed as 32, 33, 34, ..., 42, or something like that.

1.Cult Of Luna - Somewhere Along The Highway

2.Disillusion - Back To Times Of Splendor

3.Grand Alchemist - Intervening Coma-Celebration

4.Opeth - Blackwater Park

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

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My top 75 favourite albums of all time (initially it was a top 20 list, and after that top 50). Only 1 album per band. The list is in alphabetical order, so it doesn't represent explicitly which album is my absolute favourite (I don't have one). All albums on this list have earned at least a 9/10 rating. Albums with a star (★) have received a 10/10 rating from me. I've added genres and my favourite songs.

1.After Forever - Decipher

2.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

3.Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde

4.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

5.Anathema - The Silent Enigma

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1.Susperia - Vindication

2.Nightwish - Century Child

3.Blind Guardian - A Night At The Opera

4.Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done

5.Behemoth - Zos Kia Cultus - Here And Beyond

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My choices for the best things to happen to metal between 2000 and 2009.

1.Kayo Dot - Choirs Of The Eye

2.Ayreon - 01011001

3.Extol - Synergy

4.Opeth - Blackwater Park

5.Krallice - Krallice

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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.Trail Of Tears - A New Dimension Of Might

2.Agalloch - The Mantle

3.Sirenia - At Sixes And Sevens

4.Lacuna Coil - Comalies

5.Draconian - Dark Oceans We Cry

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1.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

2.Death - Scream Bloody Gore

3.Obituary - Slowly We Rot

4.Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten

5.Deicide - Legion

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1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2.In Flames - Clayman

3.Trivium - Ascendancy

4.King Diamond - Abigail

5.Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done

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Here are the most captivating atmospheres I've ever heard. Including metal and non-metal albums. Grouped according to genre and one album per band.

1.Division By Zero - Independent Harmony

2.Beyond Twilight - The Devil's Hall Of Fame

3.Riverside - Out Of Myself

4.Suspyre - When Time Fades...

5.Redemption - The Fullness Of Time

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Moves up and down depending on mood, but top 25-30 usually the same in varying order

1.Sylosis - Conclusion Of An Age

2.Machine Head - The Blackening

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

4.Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth

5.In Flames - The Jester Race

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1.Nightwish - Century Child

2.Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos

3.Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done

4.In Flames - Reroute To Remain

5.Meshuggah - Nothing

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1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2.Testament - The Gathering

3.Tiamat - Wildhoney

4.E Nomine - Die Prophezeiung

5.Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor

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1.Dark Tranquillity - Character

2.Dark Tranquillity - Fiction

3.Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done

4.Dark Tranquillity - We Are The Void

5.Dark Tranquillity - Haven

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