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The Best Records by Year

I've been keeping track of my favorite records for quite some time. Here are my top lists, most of which aren't really orderly.

One day I'll clean this all up.

The Best Records Ever!

This is not an easy task and so I can't really categorize these fairly. However, here is a quick overview to the best of my ability...

Best Of The Best

Metallica 1986 Master Of Puppets

Opeth 1996 Morningrise

Megadeth 1990 Rust In Peace

Metal

Mercyful Fate 1984 Don't Break The Oath

Opeth 1995 Orchid

Opeth 1998 My Arms, Your Hearse

Soilwork 2000 The Chainheart Machine

Black Metal

Immortal 1999 At The Heart Of Winter

Emperor 1997 Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

Dimmu Borgir 1997 Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

Satyricon 1997 Nemesis Divina

In The Woods... 1995 HEart Of The Ages

Dissection 1995 Storm Of The Light's Bane

Non-Metal

Sarah McLachlan 1993 Fubmling Towards Ecstacy

The Cure 1988 Disintegration

Orbital 1996 In Sides

Pink Floyd 1977 Animals

The Best Records of the '10s

Guess I still can't beleive it's a new decade. Starting out though, 2010 had some solid records! Let's see what's what!

Best Records of the '10s

2011: Moonsorrow
2010: Exodus

The Best Records of the '00s

Another decade down and man! some great records in there! It appears I'm still a sucker for European metal, in fact, barring 2004 & 2005, every top album went to a European act. Kalmah is on there 4x! Skyfire had a 5-year lapse and yes, that's Metallica. Can you believe it?!

Best Records of the '00s

2009: Skyfire
2008: Kalmah / Metallica
2007: Arch Enemy / Exodus / Iced Earth / Jesu / Naglfar
2006: Kalmah / Lamb Of God
2005: The Black Dahlia Murder
2004: Exodus / Iced Earth / Skyfire
2003: Children of Bodom / Einherjer / The Haunted / Kalmah / Old Man's Child
2002: Blind Guardian
2001: Arch Enemy / Cradle of Filth / Soilwork
2000: Soilwork ... Children of Bodom / Cradle Of Filth / Kalmah

The Best Records of the '90s

Being a teen in the early 90s and watching my favorite style of music fade from glory was a tough thing to stomach. Living through the resurrection in the latter part of the decade was an amazing experience. Like above, check out the full list below and see the highlights under that.

Best Records of the '90s

1999: Testament
1998: Opeth
1997: Emperor / Dimmu Borgir / Satyricon
1996: Opeth / In Flames / Dimmu Borgir / Tool
1995: Dissection / At The Gates / In The Woods
1994: Godflesh
1993: Dissection / Sarah McLachlan / Katatonia