Top 10 favourite albums of all time?

[Lethe78]

Please forgive me if this has already been done, but I am curious as to what other people like aside from Katatonia.

Mine, (in no particular order):

Katatonia - Dance of December Souls
Katatonia - Viva Emptiness
Opeth - Morningrise
October Tide - Rain Without End
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Pink Floyd - Animals
Tristania - Widow's Weeds
Live - Throwing Copper
System of a Down - Toxicity
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound

 

[Cerulean]

This has been done, but people's top 10's change constantly I think so I don't mind

Anathema - Pentecost III
Anathema - Eternity
Anathema - The Silent Enigma
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Tool - Lateralus
Diabolical Masquerade - Nightwork
Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans
Sepultura - Arise
Immortal - At the Heart of Winter


I'm missing some essential albums of course, but you asked for 10, so...

 

[the_dying]

Chronological:

DARKTHRONE – A blaze in the northern sky
ENSLAVED – Vikingligr veldi
ULVER – Bergtatt
DARK TRANQUILLITY – The gallery
AT THE GATES - Slaughter of the soul
THE CROWN - Give you hell
KATATONIA - Tonight's decision
OPETH - Still life
SATYRICON - Volcano
ORPHANED LAND - Mabool

 

[insidethefall]

Opeth - Morningrise
Katatonia - Discouraged Ones
My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans
Anathema - Eternity
Desultory - Bitterness
Tiamat - A Deeper Kind of Slumber
Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings
Emperor - Anthems...
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
Amorphis - Tales from the thousand lakes
Loreena McKennitt - The Book of Secrets

Off the top of my head, I'm sure it might change and it would be more time consuming. I listed 11, if anyone cares

 

[discouraged1]

at the top of me mind;

tiamat - wildhoney 1994
in the woods... - omnio 1997
isis - oceanic 2002
miles davis - panthalassa 1969 (1998 reissue)
autechre - incunabula 1993
radiohead - ok computer 1997
the 3rd and the mortal - painting on glass 1996
saturnus - paradise belongs to you 1997
def leppard - hysteria 1987
w.a.s.p. - w.a.s.p. 1984


this is more of a 'most-influental', 'turned-my-head', 'jawfloored' kind of list.

no anathema on the list simply cos every album lacks sth (tho theyre all good). same for opeth.
not listed katatonia cos every album was great for the time it went out.(cannot pick one)

 

[Cerulean]

Motherfuck, how could I forget Paradise Belongs to You.
I hereby replace Alive in Athens by PBTY, and I'll also add Morningrise so it's a top 11.

 

[Spoiler79]

For The Time Being....

Tiamat - Wildhoney
Amorphis - Tales From Thousand Lakes
Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
Ulver - Perdition City
Jeff Buckley - Grace
My Dying Bride - The Angel and the Dark River
The 3rd and the Mortal - In this Room
The Gathering - Mandyilion
Nick Cave - Boatman's Call
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead

 

[°scarlet°]

katatonia: dance of december souls
katatonia: brave murder day
anathema: the silent enigma
the cure: disintegration
my dying bride: turn loose the swans
slowdive: just for a day
nick cave: the good son
empyrium: songs of moors and misty fields
lycia: cold
cathedral: forest of equilibrium

edit: currently these ones...

 

[Eleria]

No order to these

Katatonia - Tonights Decision
Katatonia - Viva Emptiness
Vintersorg - Cosmic Genesis
Borknagar - Empiricism
Bruce Dickenson - Chemical Wedding
Eric Clapton - Unplugged
Amorphis - Elegy
Borknagar - The Archaic Course
Opeth - Black Water Park
In Flames - Clayman

Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale

How could I forget that album???

 

[ira incensus]

My favourite album top 10:

1. Anathema - The silent enigma
2. Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
3. Katatonia - Last fair deal gone down
4. My dying bride - The angel and the dark river
5. My dying bride - The dreadful hours
6. In the woods... - HEart of the ages
7. In the woods... - Omnio
8. Opeth - Blackwater Park
9. Arcturus - La masquerade infernale
10. Emperor - Anthems to the welkin at dusk
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[MECOSARIO]

King Crimson - The construcktion of light
Iron Maiden - Killers
Dan Swano - Moontower
Death - Individual thought patterns
Samael - Passage
Tool - Lateralus
Katatonia - LFDGD
Emperor - Anthems...
Slayer - Reign in blood
Mercyful Fate - Don't break the oat

 

[Liquid Diamonds]

This will have changed by tomorrow (and it's not really in any order, althought the top 3 is accurate):

1. Hope Of The States - 'The Lost Riots'
2. Opeth - 'Blackwater Park'
3. Tori Amos - 'Under The Pink'
4. Katatonia - 'Last Fair Deal Gone Down'
5. Strapping Young Lad - 'Alien'
6. My Dying Bride - 'The Dreadful Hours'
7. Arcturus - 'La Masquarade Infernale'
8. Portishead - 'Dummy'
9. Anathema - 'A Fine Day To Exit'
10. Paradise Lost - 'Host'

I probably forgot important stuff
Also, it was a conscious decision not to include more than one album by an artist/band.

 

[Hypnos]

In The Woods... - Omnio
Anathema - Eternity
Opeth - My Arms Your Hearse
Primordial - Spirit The Earth Aflame
Tiamat - Wildhoney
Amorphis - Elegy
Agalloch - The Mantle
Morgion - Solinari
Orphaned Land - Mabool
Katatonia - Brave Murder Day

next 10:

Moonspell - Wolfheart
Hollenthon - Domvs Mvndi
Dornenreich - Her Von Welken Nächten
Madder Mortem - Mercury
Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
Paradise Lost - Gothic
Void Of Silence - Human Antithesis
My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans
Katatonia - Viva Emptiness
Anathema - Silent Enigma

 

[Khayman666]

I don't think I can do this in 10:

Bloodbath - BD/RTC/NMF (all tied)
Katatonia - Viva Emptiness
Sentenced - Crimson
Opeth - Orchid/MAYH (tied)
Strapping Young Lad - City
The Cure - Disintegration (loved this album for years)
Bruce Dickinson - the Chemical Wedding
Entombed - Left Hand Path
Type O Negative - October Rust
Edge of Sanity - Crimson (most recent addition to the list. Brilliant album!)

 

[SkullFucker]

AC/DC - Powerage
AC/DC - Back In Black
Free - Fire and Water
Opeth - Morningrise
Satyricon - Dark Medievil Times
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
Faith No More - King for a day...
Katatonia - Viva Emptiness
Suffocation - Pierced From Within
Sodom - Agent Orange

 

[insidethefall]

lycia: cold

Great Choice!! This album is so dark and gloomy, even moreso than most doom.

 

[Isilme]

Some of the best 10, in my opinion:

Jethro Tull - Living In The Past
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Thyrfing - Vansinnevisor
Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Opeth - Still Life
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Lumsk - Troll
Deftones - White Pony
Emperor - In The Night Side Eclipse (sweet nostalgia)

 

[gone]

Jesu - Jesu
Desiderii Marginis - Deadbeat
Raison d'Etre - Enthralled by the Winds of Loneliness
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
Paradise Lost - Icon
Therapy? - Troublegum
Katatonia - BMD, I guess
Dark Tranquillity - Projector
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Delerium - Karma

yes, yes, false metal, poseur, dance crap and all that, flame away.

 

[Darkness comming]

1 Katatonia - Discouraged Ones
2 Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
3 Sentenced - The Cold White Light
4 Moonspell - The Antidote
5 Anathema - A Natural Disaster
6 Dark Tranquillity - Projector
7 In Flames - Whoracle
8 My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours
9 Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down
10 Hypocrisy - The Final Chapter

 

[DegradationTrip]

In random order, atm:

Opeth - Still Life
Opeth - My Arms Your Hearse
Pearl Jam - VS
Katatonia - Tonight's Decision
Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies
Mastodon - Remission
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Silent Hill 2 OST
Moonspell - Sin/Pecado
Meshuggah - I