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A Favourite Track For Each And Every Year In Metal (1968 — Present)
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Compiling a list of favourite Metal tracks for each and every year proved to be a gargantuan and exhausting task, but I had fun nonetheless. Some years were more difficult than others because there was a lot of magnificent music that I equally love. In those years, I just selected whatever track I felt like at the moment. Starting from about ~2015 and onwards I was confronted with a different problem: Not enough stuff to choose from! (Since I'm not that much into modern Metal and don't go out of my way to listen to all the latest albums). Despite this, I was still able to select tracks I genuinely enjoy. The list begins in the late 1960s instead of the early 1970s as I decided to include Proto-Metal.
| 1 |  |
Vincebus Eruptum (1968) Second Time Around (6:19) |
| 2 |  |
New! Improved! (1969) Fruits & Icebergs (6:05) |
| 3 |  |
Paranoid (1970) Iron Man (6:00) |
| 4 |  |
Children Of The Grave (5:05) |
| 5 |  |
Machine Head (1972) Highway Star (6:05) |
| 6 |  |
Breadfan (6:05) |
| 7 |  |
Phenomenon (1974) Rock Bottom (6:30) |
| 8 |  |
Life's Like A River (3:50) |
| 9 |  |
Stargazer (8:27) |
| 10 |  |
Lights Out (1977) Lights Out (4:31) |
| 11 |  |
Kill The King (4:27) |
| 12 |  |
Poisonoise (1979) There Ain't No Running Away (3:15) |
| 13 |  |
Heaven and Hell (1980) Heaven And Hell (6:56) |
| 14 |  |
Point of Entry (1981) Heading Out To The Highway (3:45) |
| 15 |  |
Hallowed Be Thy Name (7:08) |
| 16 |  |
Queensrÿche (1983) [EP] The Lady Wore Black (6:15) |
| 17 |  |
Ride the Lightning (1984) Fade To Black (6:56) |
| 18 |  |
I Am A Viking (6:00) |
| 19 |  |
Master of Puppets (1986) Master Of Puppets (8:38) |
| 20 |  |
Halloween (13:18) |
| 21 |  |
Ten Thousand Years (9:04) |
| 22 |  |
The Real Thing (1989) Epic (4:53) |
| 23 |  |
Cowboys from Hell (1990) Cemetery Gates (7:03) |
| 24 |  |
Desperate Cry (6:40) |
| 25 |  |
Killing In The Name (5:14) |
| 26 |  |
Bloody Kisses (1993) Christian Woman (8:58) |
| 27 |  |
Into The Infinity Of Thoughts (9:06) |
| 28 |  |
Mandylion (1995) Sand And Mercury (9:57) |
| 29 |  |
Crimson (1996) Crimson (40:00) |
| 30 |  |
Around the Fur (1997) Around The Fur (3:31) |
| 31 |  |
Odd Fellows Rest (1998) Planets Collide (4:38) |
| 32 |  |
White Slavery (8:21) |
| 33 |  |
Hybrid Theory (2000) Papercut (3:40) |
| 34 |  |
Toxicity (2001) Chop Suey! (3:30) |
| 35 |  |
Stepping Outside The Circle (5:25) |
| 36 |  |
Dopesmoker (2003) Dopesmoker (1:03:35) |
| 37 |  |
Nymphetamine (2004) Nymphetamine Fix (5:02) |
| 38 |  |
Sounds of Pain (2005) Eternal Beauty Of The Trees (6:01) |
| 39 |  |
Valhall Awaits Me (4:43) |
| 40 |  |
V: Hävitetty (2007) Jäästä Syntynyt / Varjojen Virta (30:10) |
| 41 |  |
The Maniacal Vale (2008) Circle (20:45) |
| 42 |  |
Україна (8:24) |
| 43 |  |
당신의 환상을 동정하라 (2010) 거울호수 (6:55) |
| 44 |  |
Everfields (9:17) |
| 45 |  |
Epitome XIV (8:55) |
| 46 |  |
Roots (16:35) |
| 47 |  |
Sacrificium (2014) Nightfall (4:02) |
| 48 |  |
Bloody Palace (2015) Bite The Bullet (5:32) |
| 49 |  |
Metal Resistance (2016) Karate (4:23) |
| 50 |  |
Bloodlust (2017) This Is Why We Ride (5:26) |
| 51 |  |
繋いだ星座のラブレター (4:30) |
| 52 |  |
誄：Condolence (2019) Swampman (6:12) |
| 53 |  |
Wanderers: Astrology of the Nine (2020) [Split] Venus (The Priestess) (12:27) |
| 54 |  |
...And I Return to Nothingness (2021) [EP] ...And I Return To Nothingness (6:10) |
| 55 |  |
In The Lonely Light Of Mourning (4:34) |
| 56 |  |
龍凰童子 (2023) 鳳凰の柩 (3:43) |
| 57 |  |
Back in the Hole (2024) Back In The Hole (4:57) |
| 58 |  |
Iron Will (2025) Chokehold (5:53) |
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