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5? Why only 5 is something on fire? Fuck me sideways this is a toughy, it took me a week to make a top 100 once. Ok if we are talking absolute must have classics then: Rainbow - "Rainbow Rising" Deep Purple - "In Rock" Iron Maiden - "Iron Maiden" Slayer - "Reign In Blood" Judas Priest - "Sad Wings Of Destiny" P.s I hate the original poster of this thread! P.p.s if nothing is on fire and I have picked just 5 I am going to be really pissed!
I think the intention was a current top 5, not for all time. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Currently I am listenning to: Summoning - Stronghold Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn Summoning - Nightshade Forests EP (by the way - what a great artwork!) Otyg - Alvefard Falkenbach - Asa ...so lots of atmospheric stuff is visiting my music player.
If you haven't yet, check out my friend Jake's band Caladan Brood, if you dig Summoning, you'll probably enjoy them too. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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I've got lately not a lot of time, due to the exams on my university. But those albums were visiting my player lately: 1. Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn 2. Lord Wind - Ales Stenar 3. Burzum - Belus 4. And a compilation of TSA best songs. It's such a hard rock/heavy metal stuff, cult in Poland ;)

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^ agree 100% Pig Destroyer and Devourment are so underrated for me I'd say 1. Pig Destroyer - Terrifyer 2. SEWER - Black Death 3. Phantom - Divine Necromancy 4. Von Goat - Septic Illumination 5. SEWER - The Light for the last one

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top 10 1. Alice In Chains - Facelift 2. Pantera - Far Beyond Driven 3. Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill 4. High On Fire - The Art Of Self Defense 5. Shadows Fall - Fire From The Sky 6. Metallica - Ride The Lightning 7. Pantera- Reinventing The Steel 8. Shadows Fall - The War Within 9. Alice In Chains - Dirt 10. Thy Will Be Done - In Ancient Of Days

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My top 5 are all from the 80s even if I listen to new releases, my favorites will always be my classics. 1. Slayer - South Of Heaven 2. Sodom - Persecution Mania 3. Coroner - Punishment For Decadence 4. Bathory - Blood Fire Death 5. Voïvod - Killing Technology Extra cheating Sacred Reich - Ignorance Sacrifice - Forward To Termination Nuclear Assault - Survive Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time Onslaught - Power From Hell

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This is tough...favorite albums doesn't always constitute favorite bands...so as far as albums being their own entities aside from the overall run of the band, my top 5 ever are as follows: Black Sabbath: Paranoid (come on, every song is a freaking hit) AC/DC: High Voltage Rancid: ...And Out Come the Wolves The Doors: The Doors Misfits: Walk Among Us Top 5 METAL albums are as follows: Black Sabbath: Paranoid Grim Reaper: See You In Hell Type O Negative: Bloody Kisses Judas Priest: Screamin' for Vengeance Sleep: Holy Mountain

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My top 5 would be something like this 1. Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss 2. Macabre - Murder Metal 3. Killswitch Engage - the end of heartache 4. Amon Amarth - Fate Of Norns 5. Cannibal Corpse - the bleeding and for extra cheating so to say Death - sounds of perseverance steel panther - feel the steel burst - origo the contortionist - exoplanet misery signals - controller

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