This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone who is young in age, my tastes tend to revolve around the period of the 80s to the present.* Although certain metal albums from before will certainly be featured, the period of the 60s-70s will be under-represented. I refer you to this excellent list to gain a better appreciation for some of the best metal from that period: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/freis/martin_popoffs_the_top_500_heavy_metal_albums_of_all_time/

1.S.V.E.S.T. - Veritas Diaboli Manet In Aeternum: Le Diable Est Ma Raison

2.Sabachthani - Miserable Endings

3.Sabaoth - Les Illuminations

4.Sabaton - Carolus Rex

5.Sabbat - Dreamweaver

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I will most likely look back at this decade as the dark ages of popular music. A time where mainstream music was largely dominated by talentless pop/hip hop music with less memorable songs than the previous decade. However, that doesn't mean that metal music followed the same path. While it was largely dominated by metalcore during the beginning of the decade, I started to grow to love more music in this decade for metal music than I initially did during the beginning of the decade. This was the decade where I became a metalhead, where I became who I am today and started expanding my horizons musically and learn to appreciate a lot of metal music released during this decade and that will be something I will look back at fondly. As the 2010's comes to a close, I decided to make a list of the top 50 metal albums of the decade that I would consider the best. NOTE: this list might change if I discover more music from this decade that I thought are amazing.

1.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale

2.Kauan - Sorni Nai

3.Angellore - La Litanie Des Cendres

4.Les Discrets - Ariettes Oubliées...

5.Woods Of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light

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No particular order

1.Graveworm - As The Angels Reach The Beauty

2.Graveworm - Scourge Of Malice

3.Dimmu Borgir - For All Tid

4.Dimmu Borgir - Stormblåst

5.Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

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This is a collection of duets with male and female singers. Listed in play order and not best order. I'm sure there are more that I have overlooked.

1.Fleshgod Apocalypse - Labyrinth

2.Therion - Lemuria

3.Sonata Arctica - The Days Of Grays

4.Imperanon - Stained

5.Draconian - Sovran

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Cigars, Craft beer and whisky, in your 20's you party, get leid, after 30 only what left in life is metal, cigars, craft beer, whisky and metal, because rest of freaks are old, whit family, children and boring life. And yes after 30 real men grows beard and dont shave we have no reason why.

1-5 is in order!! As I like and best albums of the year.

1.Immortal - Northern Chaos Gods

2.A Forest Of Stars - Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes

3.Cruachan - Nine Years Of Blood

4.Forest Of Shadows - Among The Dormant Watchers

5.Chrome Division - One Last Ride

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1.Bleed From Within - Era

2.Architects - Holy Hell

3.Kamelot - The Shadow Theory

4.Bury Tomorrow - Black Flame

5.Our Hollow, Our Home - In Moment / / In Memory

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2018 is far from being over, but there are some excellent albums out there already. This is my personal opinion, and I like to discuss opinions, and unbiased ones, not likings ok? So if you think there is something I should change, explain me respectfully why

1.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

2.On Thorns I Lay - Aegean Sorrow

3.Thy Catafalque - Geometria

4.Euphoreon - Ends Of The Earth

5.Necrophobic - Mark Of The Necrogram

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1.Drudkh - Їм Часто Сниться Капіж (They Often See Dreams About The Spring)

2.Thy Catafalque - Geometria

3.Chapel Of Disease - ...And As We Have Seen The Storm, We Have Embraced The Eye

4.Judas Priest - Firepower

5.Shining - X - Varg Utan Flock

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Welcome to my 2018 list. If you have recommendations for albums, feel free to message in the comments section. Or, if you see anything on the list you liked or found something you want to check out, feel free to give a thumbs up

Every album on this list has been listened to fully at least 3 (or more) times.

1.Вѣдьмa - История отречения

2.Stormbane - Eldritch Devotion

3.Omnium Gatherum - The Burning Cold

4.The Algorithm - Compiler Optimization Techniques

5.High On Fire - Electric Messiah

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Actually getting onto this year relatively early, let's see what it's got in store for us all.

1.Weedpecker - III

2.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

3.Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology

4.Rolo Tomassi - Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It

5.Aviations - The Light Years

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1.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

2.Vermilia - Kätkyt

3.Sulphur Aeon - The Scythe Of Cosmic Chaos

4.Zeal & Ardor - Stranger Fruit

5.Tribulation - Down Below

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As is the case with my other lists, this is for my own organizational purposes and is designed purely to help me keep track of all the many black metal bands and albums that I enjoy, since I can't keep all of this information in my head. It has no other benefit whatsoever and will likely result in tantrums should anyone else see it. I'm aware that I haven't listened to every black metal album that I should have. I only went down to the 6s on this list, so it's possible that I have listened to your favorite black metal album that you desperately need to suggest and I thought it was terrible. There are a lot of heinously incompetent black metal bands out there.

On the off-chance that you've found this and actually care about what I think (you shouldn't), be advised that my favorites come first. Some are favorites in the general sense; some are favorites within black metal. The first few of those are in some order and not so much after that.

Because this is for my own purposes and not intended to be a definitive list of pure black metal, there are some black metal-adjacent bands, or albums by black metal bands that may not themselves be black metal. That's why you'll find so much Sigh clogging up the top of the list. I prefer to keep whole discographies together on one list. I used to include Primordial, Forefather, and other such bands, but a while back I created a list for folk and I decided that those artists would fit better there.

I update these lists very infrequently. This was last updated December 7, 2022.

1.Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape

2.Sigh - Graveward

3.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

4.Sigh - Heir To Despair

5.The Meads Of Asphodel - The Murder Of Jesus The Jew

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