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1983-1984 was my freshman year of high school. I went to a very conservative private catholic school in downtown Manhattan but don't let that impress or fool you. That first year there did however ultimately change my tastes and outlook on music. I fell in with a bunch of punk/stoner dudes who were totally different from my hardrock/metalhead friends from the neighborhood and got my first taste of underground music.
Here are some albums I first heard that year that changed my life. They all still hold a special place in my heart. I realize this is a metal site but I think all of these records have a distinct 'metalness' to them.

1.Black Flag - Damaged

2.Minor Threat - Minor Threat EP

3.Minutemen - The Punch Line

4.The Adolescents - Adolescents

5.Bad Brains - Bad Brains

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Great year, the top 8 is pretty awesome.

1.Opeth - Blackwater Park

2.Sonata Arctica - Silence

3.Ensiferum - Ensiferum

4.Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta

5.Windir - 1184

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I'll probably never get a thumb up for this list as there are a lot of controversial albums on it. 2003 is on the other hand maybe the best metal year so far in my opinion. It was here I really started listening to metal and nothing else. The top 4 has had a huge impact on me as a metalhead.

1.Cradle Of Filth - Damnation And A Day

2.Children Of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll

3.Norther - Mirror Of Madness

4.Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death

5.Illnath - Cast Into Fields Of Evil Pleasure

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This is my personal list of the top 10 metal albums released in the US in 2010 as of April 18. If you'd like to suggest me something to listen to, please message me!

Note: 3 - 7 are really close in awesomeness.

1.Burzum - Belus

2.Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones

3.High On Fire - Snakes For The Divine

4.Dark Funeral - Angelus Exuro Pro Eternus

5.Overkill - Ironbound

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Avantasia will probably rise significantly once I get the Wicked Symphony and Angel of Babylon

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A decent year. Some incredible releases but not too much to be a year I'll remember.

1.Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell

2.Equilibrium - Turis Fratyr

3.Shining - IV - The Eerie Cold

4.Dream Theater - Octavarium

5.Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet

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1.In Flames - A Sense Of Purpose

2.Lacrimosa - Lichtgestalt

3.Anathema - A Natural Disaster

4.Eluveitie - Everything Remains As It Never Was

5.Silentium - Sufferion - Harmartia Of Prudence

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The best albums from one of metal's greatest years of achievements

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please excuse the variety

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