My favourite records by genre

12.03.2015

Best rock albums:

1. King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)

2. Mike Oldfield – Heaven’s Open (1991)

3. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)

4. Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)

5. Red Hot Chili Peppers – One Hot Minute (1995)

6. Puddle of Mudd – Life on Display (2003)

7. Yes – Close to the Edge (1972)

8. Alice Cooper – Trash (1989)

9. The Hooters – Nervous Night (1985)

10. Muse – The 2^nd Law (2012)

Best extreme metal albums (black/death):

1. Amorphis – Tales from the Thousand Lakes (1994)

2. Amorphis – Circle (2013)

3. Thormesis – Von Leben und Tod (2012)

4. Dimmu Borgir – Death Cult Armageddon (2003)

5. 天幕落 Terminal Lost – 卷贰凤凰山/ Chapter II: Phoenix Mountains (2012)

6. In Flames – Sounds of a Playground Fading (2011)

7. ดอนผีบิน / Donpheebin – โลกมืด / Dark World (1993)

8. Putamen Insula – Souriez (2013)

9. Voivod – Phobos (1997)

10. Martyr – Feeding the Abscess (2006)

Best folk metal albums:

1. In Extremo – Mein rasend Herz (2005)

2. Orphaned Land – All is One (2013)

3. Dalriada – Napisten Hava (2012)

4. 颠覆M/ Ego Fall - 蒙古精神 / Spirit of Mongolia (2008)

5. 深山 / Deep Mountains – 忘忧湖 / Lake of Solace (2014)

6. Elvenking – Wyrd (2004)

7. In Extremo – Sünder ohne Zügel (2001)

8. Elvenking – Era (2012)

9. Eluveitie – Slania (2008)

10. Myrath – Hope (2007)

Best gothic / symphonic metal albums:

1. The Vision Bleak – Carpathia: A Dramatic Poem (2005)

2. The Old Dead Tree – The Perpetual Motion (2005)

3. Therion – Theli (1996)

4. Moonspell – Wolfheart (1995)

5. Novembers Doom – Of Sculptured Ivy and Stone Flowers (1999)

6. Xandria – Sacrificium (2014)

7. 六翼天使 / Seraphim – 平等精靈 / The Equal Spirit (2002)

8. Amorphis – Silent Waters (2007)

9. The Vision Bleak – The Deathship Has a New Captain (2004)

10. Septicflesh – A Fallen Temple (1998)

Best groove / thrash metal albums:

1. Anthrax – Among the Living (1987)

2. Kreator – Phantom Antichrist (2012)

3. Judas Priest – Jugulator (1997)

4. Metallica - ...and Justice for All (1988)

5. Anthrax – Spreading the Disease (1985)

6. Metallica – Ride the Lightning (1984)

7. Anthrax – Worship Music (2011)

8. セックス・マシンガンズ / Sex Machineguns –セックスのマシンガン / Sex Machinegun (1998)

9. Metallica – St. Anger (2003)

10. ガーゴイル / Gargoyle -禊 / Misogi (1989)

Best heavy / doom metal albums:

1. Iron Maiden – The X-Factor (1995)

2. Savatage – Gutter Ballet (1989)

3. 唐朝 / Tang Dynasty – 梦回唐朝 / A Dream Return to Tang Dynasty (1992)

4. Iron Maiden – Somewhere in Time (1986)

5. 人間椅子/ Ningen-Isu – 萬燈籠 / Mandoro (2013)

6. Blaze Bayley – The King of Metal (2012)

7. Ария / Aria – Мания величия / Megalomania (1985)

8. ラウドネス/ Loudness – 撃剣霊化 / Disillusion (1984)

9. Black Sabbath – Paranoid (1970)

10. Agalloch – Faustian Echoes (2012)

Best power metal albums:

1. Stratovarius – Dreamspace (1994)

2. Amorphis – The Beginning of Time (2011)

3. Rebellion – Sagas of Iceland: The History of the Vikings, Part One (2005)

4. Stratovarius – Nemesis (2013)

5. Avantasia – The Metal Opera (2001)

6. Edguy – Hellfire Club (2004)

7. Amorphis – Eclipse (2006)

8. Rhapsody of Fire – Triumph or Agony (2006)

9. Helloween – Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy (2005)

10. Activator - Хранитель жизни / Defender of Life (2013)

Best progressive metal albums:

1. Amorphis – Am Universum (2001)

2. Heaven’s Cry – Primal Power Addiction (2002)

3. 末裔 / The Last Successor –末裔 / The Last Successor (2010)

4. Rush – Clockwork Angels (2012)

5. Voivod – Angel Rat (1991)

6. Pantommind – Shade of Fate (2005)

7. Akphaezya – Anthology IV: The Tragedy of Nerak (2012)

8. United Mind Club – World Blood History (2012)

9. Amorphis – Tuonela (1999)

10. Le Grand Guignol – The Great Maddening (2007)