Diario

Omg...The time flies away with the speed of light. But who am I kidding, if it it really went with the speed of light, then the time would stop. (A Lightspeed-Relativity-Time-Space joke..nevermind.)


These are the artist I gnawed on in 2009

1. Rush (339 plays)
2. evil dead the musical (305 plays)
3. Andrew Lloyd Webber (198 plays)
4. Iron Maiden (161 plays)
5. Dream Theater (127 plays)
6. Cynic (126 plays)
7. Tenacious D (104 plays)
8. A.C.T (103 plays)
9. Murat Esmer (92 plays)
10. Death (89 plays)
11. Kitaro (79 plays)
12. Laço Tayfa (71 plays)
13. Necrophagist (65 plays)
14. Gordian Knot (62 plays)
15. Pain of Salvation (59 plays)
15. Nightwish (59 plays)
17. Children of Bodom (58 plays)
18. Planet X (57 plays)
19. Linkin Park (54 plays)
20. Pat Metheny (52 plays)
21. Michael Hoenig (50 plays)
22. Nevermore (48 plays)
22. Wes Montgomery (48 plays)
24. Blizzard (47 plays)
24. Aghora (47 plays)
26. Frank Gambale (46 plays)
27. Metallica (45 plays)
28. Dave Weckl Band (44 plays)
29. Guthrie Govan (43 plays)
30. Eric Johnson (42 plays)
31. Dennis Chambers (41 plays)
31. Marty Friedman (41 plays)
33. Michael Land (39 plays)
34. Loreena McKennitt (37 plays)
35. Cacophony (34 plays)
36. Freak Kitchen (31 plays)
36. Aziza Mustafa Zadeh (31 plays)
38. Jason Becker (28 plays)
38. Cengiz Baysal (28 plays)
40. Pat Martino (26 plays)


And these are the tracks I was obsessed with in the last year:


1. Cynic - Veil of Maya (28 plays)
2. Eric Johnson - Manhattan (24 plays)
3. evil dead the musical - look who's evil now (21 plays)
3. Duane Decker - Rise Of Nations (21 plays)
5. Andrew Lloyd Webber - Heaven on Their Minds (20 plays)
6. Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer (19 plays)
7. evil dead the musical - Cabin in the Woods (18 plays)
7. evil dead the musical - It's Time (18 plays)
7. Rush - YYZ (18 plays)
7. Iron Maiden - Judas Be My Guide (18 plays)
7. Necrophagist - Diminished to B (18 plays)
7. Tenacious D - Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown) (18 plays)
13. Rush - Limelight (17 plays)
13. Andrew Lloyd Webber - Simon Zealotes/Poor Jerusalem (17 plays)
13. Andrew Lloyd Webber - Damned for All Time / Blood Money (17 plays)
16. Cynic - Celestial Voyage (16 plays)
16. Rush - Cygnus X-1 Book II (16 plays)
16. evil dead the musical - What the Fuck was That? (16 plays)
16. evil dead the musical - I'm Not a Killer (16 plays)
16. Death - Sacred Serenity (16 plays)
21. evil dead the musical - Good Old Reliable Jake (15 plays)
21. evil dead the musical - Ode to an Accidental Stabbing (15 plays)
21. Necrophagist - Epitaph (15 plays)
24. Tenacious D - Kickapoo (14 plays)
24. evil dead the musical - housewares employee (14 plays)
24. Andrew Lloyd Webber - Pilate's Dream (14 plays)
24. evil dead the musical - Bit Part Demon (14 plays)
24. evil dead the musical - Blew that Bitch Away (14 plays)
24. evil dead the musical - We Will Never Die (14 plays)
24. Andrew Lloyd Webber - Judas' Death (14 plays)
24. evil dead the musical - Housewares Employee (Reprise) (14 plays)
32. Rush - A Passage To Bangkok (13 plays)
32. evil dead the musical - Groovy (13 plays)
32. evil dead the musical - All The Men In My Life Keep Getting Killed By Candarian Demons (13 plays)
32. Dream Theater - The Dark Eternal Night (13 plays)
36. evil dead the musical - Do the Necronomicon (12 plays)
36. Nightwish - Come Cover Me (12 plays)
36. Karsantı - Anti Ajdar (Karpmuz) (12 plays)
36. evil dead the musical - Stupid Bitch (12 plays)
36. Dream Theater - A Rite of Passage (12 plays)

Thanks to http://kebab-usergroup.com/~pej/lastfm/bestof2009/index.php
Man, there are so many creative and capable coders these days...

Have a nice new year. 20010. Yeah. 20010. I love this. After 2009 comes 20010.

1. Dream Theater
First Song: The Spirit Carries On
Fall In Love: Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Current Favourite: Scarred

2. Between the Buried and Me
First Song: Selkies: The Endless Obsession
Fall In Love: Sun of Nothing
Current Favourite: Disease, Injury, Madness

3. Opeth
First Song: Harvest
Fall In Love: The Drapery Falls
Current Favourite: Godhead's Lament

4. Devin Townsend Project
First Song: Disruptr
Fall In Love: Coast
Current Favourite: Awake!

5. Protest the Hero
First Song: Sequoia Throne
Fall In Love: Heretics and Killers
Current Favourite: Limb from Limb

6. Dark Tranquillity
First Song: Lost to Apathy
Fall In Love: Focus Shift
Current Favourite: Mind Matters

7. Cynic
First Song: Evolutionary Sleeper
Fall In Love: The Space for This
Current Favourite: Sentiment

8. Greg Howe
First Song: Emergency Exit
Fall In Love: Come and Get It
Current Favourite: InStep

9. Andy Timmons
First Song: Deliver Us
Fall In Love: Resolution
Current Favourite: The Ghost of You

10. Misery Signals
First Song: A Certain Death
Fall In Love: Ebb and Flow
Current Favourite: Homecoming

11. The Human Abstract
First Song: Mea Culpa
Fall In Love: Mea Culpa
Current Favourite: Harbringer

12. Devin Townsend
First Song: ZTO
Fall In Love: Hyperdrive
Current Favourite: Earth Day

13. Funeral For A Friend
First Song: Streetcar
Fall In Love: Escape Artists Never Die
Current Favourite: Novella

14. Porcupine Tree
First Song: Fear of a Blank Planet
Fall In Love: Anesthetize
Current Favourite: Way Out Of Here

15. Guthrie Govan
First Song: Fives
Fall In Love: Waves
Current Favourite: Waves

16. Kisschasy
First Song: Do Dos and Woah Ohs
Fall In Love: Face Without a Name
Current Favourite: Black Dress

17. Trivium
First Song: Detonation
Fall In Love: Anthem (We Are The Fire)
Current Favourite: Throes of Perdition

18. Children of Bodom
First Song: Living Dead Beat
Fall In Love: Tie My Rope
Current Favourite: Needled 24/7

19. Alkaline Trio
First Song: Armageddon
Fall In Love: Mr Chainsaw
Current Favourite: Private Eye

20. Escape the Fate
First Song: Situations
Fall In Love: There's No Sympathy For the Dead
Current Favourite: My Apocalypse

Alright, as we near the end of this first Y2K decade, it's time to take a look back at all the best Albums that have been released in the last 40+ years.

I'll start off this extensive research with 2000, up until 2009. I'll then go back to 1980, all the way up to 1999, to then wrap things up with the 70s and before.

I'll be choosing my Top 25 Albums for each year; an ordered Top 10, and ~15 others worth mentioning. I'm also considering the live albums and EPs (~5), but they have their own section since songs on these have usually been released on official releases. The final result will be a Top 1000 for Official Albums, and Top ~250 for Live/EP albums.

These are general rankings of how I see them today, and based on my Last.FM songs playcounts (2005-now) put through the formula:

Total Sum of each Album's Song's (running time X playcount)
DIVIDED BY
Album's Total Running Time

Thanks to MediaMonkey and its amazing scripting abilities, that formula gives an Album's REAL playcount, taking into consideration every song's lenght & playcount in relation to the overall album's lenght and # of songs on it.
You'll see the result (# of times I've really listened to an album since 2005) besides each, along with my 10* Rating. (x/x)
Besides each Year, you get the Total of all Albums' Playcounts and the average of all Albums' Ratings. (x / %)

Note that I haven't necessarily discovered and enjoyed all these albums on their released years, some I discovered years later. So these are also based on how important (to me) some of these albums were at the time.

(**) are the complete albums I was into at that time;
(*) are albums that contained only a few song(s) I was into or listened to at that time;
and those without (*) are albums I discovered years later.

=======================
Favorite albums (1970-1979)
Favorite albums (1980-1989)
Favorite albums (1990-1999)
=======================

2000 (~140 / 81%)



1) Furnished Souls for Rent (48/10) (**)
2) The Screen Behind The Mirror (9/9) (**)
3) Universe (6/9) (**)
4) Dead Soul Men (6/9)
5) undefined (1/9)
6) A New Day Yesterday (1/9)
7) CAB (4/9)
8) Another Spin Around The Sun (5/8) (*)
9) Origin (9/8)
10) Stiff Upper Lip (1/8)

Live/EP:

-) S&M (-/10)
-) Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live (-/10)
-) Half the World Is Watching Me (-/9)
-) Earth, Sky and Everything in Between (-/9)
-) Spirit Of Live (-/8)
-) Not Enough Shouting (-/8)

worth mentioning:

-) Awake (3/8)
-) The Perfect Element, Part I (1/8)
-) SMPTe (3/8) (*)
-) Don't Give Me Names (1/8)
-) If_then_else (2/8)
-) You Go Now (6/8)
-) Rated R (6/8)
-) Outbound (1/8)
-) Brave New World (1/8)
-) Flamenco.A.Go.Go (1/8)
-) The Sickness (4/7)
-) Lightbulb Sun (3/7)
-) Shuttlecock (2/7)
-) Mer De Noms (3/7) (*)
-) My Favorite Headache (2/7)
-) Crush (9/7) (*)
-) Ice Cycles (2/7) (*)
-) Crack a Smile... and More (1994 album w/ Blues Saraceno) (1/7)




2001 (~100 / 84%)



1) Leitmotif (23/10)
2) Alive in an Ultra World (8/10) (**)
3) The Pleasure and the Greed (10/10) (**)
4) Amélie (3/10)
5) Huron Street (6/9)
6) Toxicity (3/9)
7) Contact (2/9)
8) Emalgamation (1/9)
9) Days of the New III (4/9)
10) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2/9) (**)

Live:

-) Live Scenes From New York (-/10) (**)
-) One Wild Night (-/10) (*)
-) Half Life (-/9)
-) Live at the Baked Potato (-/9)
-) The Deep End (-/8)
-) Pyramidion (-/8)
-) Live Frogs (-/7)

worth mentioning:

-) Lateralus (7/8)
-) Everyday (2/8)
-) Inertia (6/8) (*)
-) Manic Moonlight (1/8)
-) Feeding the Wheel (3/8) (*)
-) Bridge Across Forever (1/8)
-) Origin Of Symmetry (3/8)
-) Tantric (1/8)
-) Almost Heathen (3/8)
-) Invincible (1/8)
-) Unleashed Memories (1/8)
-) 2 (2/8) (*)
-) 10 000 Hz Legend (1/8)
-) The Interzone Mantras (1/7)
-) The Idiot King (2/7)
-) Buck Fever (1/7)
-) Book M (1/7)




2002 (~270 / 85%)



1) Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (25/10) (**)
2) Population 1 (36/10) (**)
3) Moon Babies (15/10) (**)
4) Songs For The Deaf (21/9)
5) 67 (28/9) (**)
6) Move (12/9)
7) In Absentia (11/9) (*)
8) Freak Guitar (3/9)
9) Saturate (25/9)
10) El Cielo (13/9)

Live/EP:

-) Live From Oz (-/10) (*)
-) Stolen Babies EP (-/9)
-) And All That Could Have Been (-/9)
-) Not for Your Ears (-/8)
-) Boozed, Broozed & Broken-Boned (-/7)

worth mentioning:

-) Bounce (4/9) (*)
-) X (13/8) (**)
-) By the Way (2/8) (*)
-) Exit Elvis (11/8) (**)
-) Weight of the World (3/8)
-) Steal This Album! (3/8)
-) So, It's Like That (1/8)
-) Remedy Lane (2/8)
-) Diorama (4/8)
-) Audioslave (6/8) (*)
-) Vapor Trails (7/8) (*)
-) From One (4/8)
-) Dead Soul Tribe (1/8)
-) The End of the Beginning (1/8)
-) Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones (3/7) (**)
-) Independent (3/7)
-) Believe (4/7)




2003 (~240 / 90%)



1) Train of Thought (41/10) (**)
2) The Quicksilver Meat Dream (35/10) (**)
3) Office Of Strategic Influence (38/10) (*)
4) Frengers (24/10)
5) The Moon is Falling (3/10)
6) Robot Monster (10/10) (**)
7) Re-Foc (12/9)
8) Summercamp Nightmare (2/9)
9) Good Bye Lenin! (1/9)
10) Absolution (14/9) (*)

Live:

-) Live at the Astoria (-/10) (**)
-) Rush in Rio (-/10) (**)
-) This Left Feels Right (-/8) (*)
-) 10 anos ao vivo (-/8)
-) Spatial/Design (-/8)
-) Animals Should Not Try To Act Like People (-/7)

worth mentioning:

-) Faceless (4/8)
-) Souvenirs (2/8)
-) Black Utopia (4/8)
-) In Lake 'ch (2/8)
-) Black Like Sunday (1/8)
-) Blues Deluxe (8) (*)
-) Little Worlds (1/8)
-) Jeff (1/8)
-) A Murder of Crows (1/8)
-) Walking on a Thin Line (1/8)
-) A Natural Disaster (2/8)
-) Fallen (21/8) (*)
-) St Anger (7/7) (*)
-) Quadropus (1/7)
-) Emergent (1/7)
-) Voyageur (4/7)
-) Thirteenth Step (2/7)




2004 (~160 / 83%)



1) We Are Not Alone (33/10)
2) Come Again (24/9) (**)
3) Mythology (10/9)
4) Live Manchester And Dublin (16/9)
5) Wake Pig (4/9)
6) Dreamcatcher (3/9)
7) The Big Eyeball in the Sky (1/8)
8) Time (1/8)
9) Rhythm of Time (2/8)
10) Fraktal (1/8)

Live/EP:

-) Live At Budokan (-/10) (**)
-) Hallucino-Genetics (-/10) (**)
-) Cloon Demo (29/9)
-) Live In Hyde Park (-/9)
-) Live All Over The Place (-/9)
-) 12:5 (-/9)
-) Anywhere But Home (-/9) (*)
-) Sessions From Room 4 (23/8) (**)
-) The Other Side (-/8)
-) Sleepy Buildings (-/8)
-) Southside Double-Wide: Acoustic Live (-/8)
-) Feedback (1/7)

worth mentioning:

-) The January Tree (1/8)
-) Wheel of Life (1/8)
-) Kallocain (3/8)
-) After We Go (2/8)
-) Legs to Make Us Longer (2/8) (*)
-) Seven Circles (2/8)
-) One Day Remains (3/8)
-) Talkie Walkie (3/8)
-) Blackfield (1/8)
-) Had to Cry Today (1/8)
-) Is There Love in Space? (1/8)
-) Passion for Life (1/8)
-) Amplifier (1/8)
-) Out of Myself (3/7)
-) Graveyard Mountain Home (3/7)
-) This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In) (4/7)
-) Perpetual (3/7)




2005 (~310 / 84%)



1) Love (76/10) (**)
2) Octavarium (62/10) (**)
3) Panzerballett (7/10)
4) Deadwing (30/9) (*)
5) Freak Guitar: The Road Less Traveled (7/9) (*)
6) Suspended Animation (17/9) (**)
7) Real Illusions: Reflections (11/8) (*)
8) Mesmerize (17/9) (*) & Hypnotize (1/8)
9) S.U.S.A.R. (8/8)
10) Catch Without Arms (9/8)

Live:

-) R30 (*) (-/10)
-) Montreal (-/9)
-) Jagged Little Pill Acoustic (-/9)
-) Gluttons for Punishment: Live in '05 (-/8)
-) Over the Years and Through the Woods (-/8)

worth mentioning:

-) Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (8/8) (**)
-) Art of Motion (3/8)
-) Organic (2/8)
-) 44 (2/8)
-) The Art Of Navigating By The Stars (1/8)
-) And The Glass Handed Kites (6/8)
-) riddle (1/8)
-) Ten Thousand Fists (7/8)
-) Second Life Syndrome (1/8)
-) Leva-me P'ra casa (17/8) (*)
-) Ogre Tones (1/8)
-) Stand Up (1/8)
-) Elements Of Persuasion (6/8) (*)
-) Lullabies To Paralyze (2/8) (*)
-) Octane (1/8)
-) Duality (2/7)
-) Out of Exile (5/7) (*)
-) World Play (1/7)




2006 (~200 / 84%)



1) Rodrigo Y Gabriela (34/10) (**)
2) Free (59/10) (**)
3) A Posteriori (22/9) (**)
4) The Lost Book Of Malchus (1/9)
5) Revelations (7/9) (*)
6) Development (5/9)
7) Black Holes and Revelations (9/9) (*)
8) The Butcher's Ballroom (2/8)
9) 10,000 Days (8/8) (*)
10) Leaving Lotus (1/8)

Live/EP:

-) Score (-/10) (**)
-) Cloon EP (11/10) (**)
-) Live At The Fillmore (-/9)
-) Raw (-/8)
-) Home (-/8)
-) Two Nights In North America (1/8)
-) Tour EP (1/8)
-) Yeah! (2/7) (*)

worth mentioning:

-) Phobia (12/8) (*)
-) The Hidden Land (1/8)
-) Erotic Cakes (1/8)
-) IV (2/8)
-) The Open Door (4/8) (*)
-) Upside Down (1/8)
-) There Be Squabbles Ahead (1/8)
-) Blood Of The Snake (6/8) (*)
-) Home (1/8)
-) Milliontown (1/8)
-) Be (1/8)
-) The Dark Third (3/8)
-) Stadium Arcadium (1/8)
-) You and Me (1/8)
-) Palace Of Mirrors (1/7)
-) Karmacode (1/7)
-) Insider (1/7)




2007 (~160 / 90%)



1) Snakes and Arrows (16/10) (*)
2) Systematic Chaos (30/9) (**)
3) Quantum (14/9) (**)
4) Sound Theories Vol. I & II (4/9) (*)
5) Ultra Payloaded (21/9) (**)
6) The End is Begun (9/9) (*)
7) Fear of a Blank Planet (22/9) (*)
8) The Gates of Gnomeria (2/8)
9) Art Metal (1/8)
10) Blackbird (2/8) (*)

Live:

-) The String Quartet Tribute to Dream Theater (-/10)
-) Made In Australia (2/9) (*)
-) MTV Unplugged (-/9)

worth mentioning:

-) Spontaneous Combustion (2/8) (*)
-) Clinophobia (2/8)
-) Spot De Rue (2/8)
-) Sloe Gin (1/8)
-) Scarsick (1/8)
-) Fates (5/8) (*)
-) Who Did It to Michelle Waters? (1/8) & Creepy Tales for Freaky Children (1/8)
-) Rapid Eye Movement (4/8) (*)
-) Libertad (1/8) (*)
-) A Lullaby for the Devil (1/8)
-) Era Vulgaris (3/8) (*)
-) Young Modern (2/8) (*)
-) Into the Presence (1/8)
-) Pocket Symphony (1/8)
-) Blackfield II (1/8)
-) Into the Wild (2/8)
-) Acid Test (1/8)




2008 (~120 / 83%)



1) Saudades de Rock (44/10) (**)
2) Death Magnetic (16/9) (**)
3) Seven Lives Many Faces (7/9) (**)
4) Existence (5/9) (**)
5) Starke Stücke (4/9)
6) The Cosmic Year (2/9)
7) Songs From The Sparkle Lounge (10/8) (**)
8) XV (3/8) (*)
9) Black Ice (1/8)
10) Chapter VII: Hope & Sorrow (8/8) (**)

Live:

-) Snakes & Arrows Live (-/10) (**)
-) Chaos In Motion (-/10) (**)
-) Live in Japan (-/10) (**)
-) Live At Mile High Music Festival (-/10)
-) Smart People (-/10) (*)
-) Playgrounds (-/9)
-) The Thing That Came From Somewhere (-/9) (*)
-) Reality Dream (-/8)
-) Hindsight (-/8)
-) Il Grande Silenzio (-/7) (*)

worth mentioning:

-) The End Begins (2/8) (**)
-) Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock (1/8)
-) Diffusion (1/8)
-) The Garden (1/8)
-) Experiments In Mass Appeal (1/8)
-) The Atomized Dream (1/8)
-) Sleeping In Traffic: Part Two (2/8)
-) Equilibrium (1/8)
-) Who's The Boss In The Factory? (1/8)
-) Chinese Democracy (1/8)
-) God Is An Astronaut (1/8)
-) Orquid (1/8)
-) Palmystery (1/8)
-) Black Sun (1/8)
-) Hope (1/7)
-) Cheat The Gallows (1/7)
-) Indestructible (*) (2/7)




2009 (~80 / 92%)



1) Black Clouds & Silver Linings (18/10)
2) Blood (19/10)
3) 11:11 (5/10)
4) Land of the Freaks (1/10)
5) Sing-Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious (3/9)
6) Idmen (1/9)
7) Street Sweeper Social Club (1/9)
8) Molecular Heinosity (6/9)
9) Them Crooked Vultures (1/9)
10) The Incident (3/9)

Live:

-) Where The Wild Things Are (-/10)
-) Liquid Tension Experiment (-/10)
-) Ilosaarirock (-/10)
-) Revisions (-/8)
-) When The Keyboard Breaks: Live In Chicago (-/7)

worth mentioning:

-) Hart Genossen (1/9)
-) Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King (1/9)
-) Chickenfoot (1/9)
-) No More Stories (1/9)
-) Amor Vincit Omnia (4/9)
-) The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion (2/8)
-) Tiny Pictures (4/8)
-) Sol Eye Sea I (1/8)
-) Don't Panic (1/8)
-) Anno Domini High Definition (1/8)
-) The Whirlwind (1/8)
-) The Ballad Of John Henry (1/8)
-) Of Fungi and Foe (1/8)
-) Mind Control (1/8)
-) The Resistence (1/8)
-) Chapters (1/8)
-) Dear Agony (1/8)
-) Magnified (1/7)




Coming up next: 1980s



Artists

3, 7for4, A Perfect Circle, AC/DC, Air, Alanis Morissette, Alter Bridge, Amplifier, Anathema, Andy McKee, Anekdoten, Antoine Dufour, Attention Deficit, Audioslave, Baby Animals, Beardfish, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Bigelf, Big Wreck, Black Label Society, Blackfield, Blues Saraceno, Bon Jovi, Breaking Benjamin, CAB, Canvas Solaris, Caspian, Chevelle, Chickenfoot, Chroma Key, Cloon, Collective Soul, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, Cosmics, Cosmosquad, Counter-World Experience, Dave Matthews Band, Days of the New, Deadsoul Tribe, Def Leppard, Derek Sherinian, Devil's Slingshot, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Disturbed, Don Ross, Don Ross & Andy McKee, Dr Sin, DramaGods, Dream Theater, dredg, Eddie Vedder, Edwin, Enigma, Erik Mongrain, Estradasphere, Evanescence, Extreme, Flesh, Freak Kitchen, Frost, Gambale Donati Fierabracci, Geddy Lee, God Is an Astronaut, Godsmack, Gordian Knot, Gov't Mule, Guano Apes, Guns 'N Roses, Guthrie Govan, Hammer of the Gods, Harem Scarem, I Mother Earth, Indukti, Interférence Sardines, Into The Presence, Irepress, Iron Maiden, James LaBrie, Jeff Beck, Jesse Cook, Joe Bonamassa, Joe Satriani, Joel Hoekstra, John Petrucci, John Williams, Jon Gomm, Jonas Hellborg, Jordan Rudess, Kaki King, Karma to Burn, Karmakanic, King's X, Kingdom Come, Korn, Lacuna Coil, Les Claypool, Liquid Limbs, Liquid Tension Experiment, Liquid Trio Experiment, Lucia Moniz, Mattias IA Eklundh, Mechanical Poet, Metallica, Mew, Michael Jackson, Mourning Widows, MullMuzzler, Muse, Nine Inch Nails, Nuno Bettencourt, OSI, Ozric Tentacles, Paatos, Pain of Salvation, Panzerballett, Perry Farrell's Satellite Party, Pink Floyd, Planet X, Platypus, Poison, Population 1, Porcupine Tree, Primus, Pure Reason Revolution, Queens of the Stone Age, Ra, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Riverside, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Rush, Sam Aliano, Secret Chiefs 3, Sevendust, Sieges Even, Silverchair, Soul SirkUS, Spock's Beard, Street Sweeper Social Club, Steve Stevens, Steve Vai, Stolen Babies, Super TransAtlantic, System of a Down, Tantric, The Gathering, The Les Claypool Frog Brigade, The Mayan Factor, The Tea Party, Them Crooked Vultures, Thomas Leeb, Thornley, Tool, Transatlantic, Tribe of Judah, Unitopia, Velvet Revolver, Victor Wooten, Wolfstone, Yann Tiersen.

Here's a list of my overall favorite albums which I can recommend to you. I roughly put it in genres, and sorted it by artist name and year.

Enjoy!

Acoustic:
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Andy McKee - 2005 - Art Of Motion
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Billy McLaughlin - 1996 - Fingerdance
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Don Ross - 1999 - Passion Session
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Ambient:
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Buckethead - 1998 - Colma
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Electronica:
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Air - 2004 - Talkie Walkie
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Aphex Twin - 1996 - Richard D. James Album
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Fusion:
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Al Di Meola - 1978 - Casino
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Allan Holdsworth - 1982 - I. O. U.
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Béla Fleck & The Flecktones - 1992 - UFO Tofu
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Brand X - 1977 - Morrocan Roll
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Dave Weckl Band - 2005 - Multiplicity
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Derek Sherinian - 1999 - Planet X
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Devil's Slingshot - 2007 - Clinophobia
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Guthrie Govan - 2006 - Erotic Cakes
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Mahavishnu Orchestra - 1973 - Birds Of Fire
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Mike Stern - 1989 - Jigsaw
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Pat Metheny - 1976 - Bright Size Life
Pat Metheny Group - 1982 - Offramp
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Planet X - 2000 - Universe
Planet X - 2002 - Moonbabies
Planet X - 2007 - Quantum
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Metal:
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Andromeda - 2003 - II = I
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Annihilator - 1989 - Alice In Hell
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Anthrax - 1985 - Spreading the Disease
Anthrax - 1988 - Among The Living
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Arch Enemy - 2001 - Wages Of Sin
Arch Enemy - 2003 - Anthems Of Rebellion
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Audrey Horne - 2005 - No Hay Banda
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Black Sabbath - 1970 - Paranoid
Black Sabbath - 1974 - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
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Cannibal Corpse - 1992 - Tomb Of The Mutilated
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Children of Bodom - 1999 - Hatebreeder
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Circus Maximum - 2005 - The 1st Chapter
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Death - 1988 - Leprosy
Death - 1995 - Symbolic
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Death Angel - 1990 - Act III
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DevilDriver - 2005 - The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand
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Dimmu Borgir - 1996 - Stormblåst
Dimmu Borgir - 2003 - Death Cult Armageddon
Dimmu Borgir - 2007 - In Sorte Diaboli
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Dio - 1983 - Holy Diver
Dio - 1984 - The Last In Line
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Dream Theater - 1992 - Images And Words
Dream Theater - 1999 - Scenes From A Memory
Dream Theater - 2003 - Train Of Thought
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Exodus - 1989 - Bounded By Blood
Exodus - 1990 - Impact Is Imminent
Exodus - 2004 - Tempo Of The Damned
Exodus - 2007 - The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A
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Iron Maiden - 1982 - The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden - 1984 - Powerslave
-----------------------
Job for a Cowboy - 2006 - Doom
-----------------------
John Petrucci - 2005 - Suspended Animation
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Kreator - 1989 - Extreme Aggression
Kreator - 2005 - Enemy Of God
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Liquid Tension Experiment - 1998 - Liquid Tension Experiment
-----------------------
Marty Friedman - 2003 - Music For Speeding
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Mastodon - 2002 - Remission
Mastodon - 2006 - Blood Mountain
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Megadeth - 1985 - Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!
Megadeth - 1986 - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
Megadeth - 1988 - So Far, So Good... So What!
Megadeth - 1990 - Rust In Peace
Megadeth - 1992 - Countdown To Extinction
Megadeth - 1994 - Youthanasia
Megadeth - 2004 - The System Has Failed
Megadeth - 2007 - United Abominations
Megadeth - 2009 - Endgame
(Hey, it's my favorite band...)
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Meshuggah - 1998 - Chaosphere
Meshuggah - 2005 - Catch Thirtythree
Meshuggah - 2008 - obZen
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Metallica - 1983 - Kill 'Em All
Metallica - 1984 - Ride The Lightning
Metallica - 1986 - Master Of Puppets
Metallica - 1988 - ...And justice For All
Metallica - 1991 - Metallica
Metallica - 2004 - St. Anger
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Nevermore - 2000 - Dead Heart In A Dead World
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Nuclear Assault - 1989 - Handle With Care
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Opeth - 2001 - Blackwater Park
Opeth - 2002 - Deliverance
Opeth - 2003 - Damnation
Opeth - 2005 - Ghost Reveries
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Ozzy Osbourne - 1980 - Blizzard Of Ozz
Ozzy Osbourne - 1983 - Bark At The Moon
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Pantera - 1990 - Cowboys From Hell
Pantera - 1992 - Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera - 1994 - Far Beyond Driver
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Racer X - 2000 - Superheroes
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Scar Symmetry - 2006 - Pitch Black Progress
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SikTh - 2006 - Death Of A Dead Day
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Slayer - 1986 - Reign In Blood
Slayer - 1988 - South Of Heaven
Slayer - 1990 - Seasons In The Abyss
Slayer - 2001 - God Hates Us All
Slayer - 2006 - Christ Illusion
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Slipknot - 2004 - Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
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Symphony X - 2001 - V
Symphony X - 2002 - The Odyssey
Symphony X - 2007 - Paradise Lost
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System of a Down - 2005 - Mezmerize
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Testament - 1987 - The Legacy
Testament - 1988 - The New Order
Testament - 1999 - The Gathering
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Tony Macalpine - 1987 - Maximum Security
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Tool - 2001 - Lateralus
Tool - 2006 - 10,000 Days
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Yngwie Malmsteen - 1984 - Rising Force
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Rock:
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A Perfect Circle - 2003 - Thirteenth Step
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AC/DC - 1976 - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
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Accept - 1984 - Balls To The Wall
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Alcatrazz - 1985 - Disturbing The Peace
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Alica Cooper - 1989 - Trash
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Alice in Chains - 1992 - Dirt
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Animal Alpha - 2005 - Pheromones
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Audioslave - 2002 - Audioslave
Audioslave - 2005 - Out Of Exile
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BigBang - 1999 - Electric Psalmbook
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Bigelf - 2003 - Hex
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Bjørn Berge - 2006 - The Antipop
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Buckethead - 1994 - Giant Robot
Buckethead - 2006 - Crime slunk Scene
Buckethead - 2007 - Pepper's Ghost
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Chickenfoot - 2009 - Chickenfoot
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Clutch - 2004 - Blast Tyrant
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Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains - 2004 - The Big Eyeball In The Sky
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Cream - 1967 - Disraeli Gears
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Deep Purple - 1971 - Fireball
Deep Purple - 1972 - Machine Head
Deep Purple - 1974 - Burn
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Eric Johnson - 1990 - Ah Via Musicom
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Extreme - 1989 - Extreme
Extreme - 1990 - Pornograffitti
Extreme - 1992 - III Sides To Every Story
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Faith No More - 1989 - The Real Thing
Faith No More - 1992 - Angel Dust
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Gary Moore - 1987 - Wild Frontier
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Glenn Hughes - 2005 - Soul Mover
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Guns N' Roses - 1987 - Appetite For Destruction
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Jeff Beck - 1976 - Wired
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Jimi Hendrix - 1968 - Electric Ladyland
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Joe Satriani - 1987 - Surfing With The Alien
Joe Satriani - 1998 - Crystal Planet
Joe Satriani - 2000 - Engines Of Creation
Joe Satriani - 2002 - Strange Beautiful Music
Joe Satriani - 2004 - Is There Love In Space?
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John Mayer - 1999 - Inside Wants Out
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Kaizers Orchestra - 2005 - Maestro
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King's X - 1990 - Faith Hope Love
King's X - 1992 - King's X
King's X - 1994 - Dogman
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Loudness - 1985 - Thunder In The East
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MC5 - 1970 - Back In The USA
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Mountain - 1970 - Climbing!
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Mr. Big - 1989 - Mr. Big
Mr. Big - 1991 - Lean Into It
Mr. Big - 1993 - Bump Ahead
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Muse - 2003 - Absolution
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Mötley Crüe - 1981 - Too Fast For Love
Mötley Crüe - 1989 - Dr. Feelgood
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Night Ranger - 1983 - Midnight Madness
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Nine Inch Nails - 1994 - The Downward Spiral
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Paul Gilbert - 2002 - Burning Organ
Paul Gilbert - 2006 - Get Out Of My Yard
Paul Gilbert - 2008 - Silence Followed By A Deafening Roar
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Pearl Jam - 1991 - Ten
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Pink Floyd - 1973 - The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd - 1979 - The Wall
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Platypus - 2000 - Ice Cycles
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Porcupine Tree - 2005 - Deadwing
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Primus - 1993 - Pork Soda
Primus - 1999 - Antipop
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Queen - 1974 - Sheer Heart Attack
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Rage Against the Machine - 1992 - Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against the Machine - 1996 - Evil Empire
Rage Against the Machine - 1999 - The Battle Of Los Angeles
Rage Against the Machine - 2000 - Renegades
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Rainbow - 1976 - Rainbow Rising
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Red Hot Chili Peppers - 1991 - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
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Rush - 1974 - Rush
Rush - 1976 - 2112
Rush - 1978 - Hemispheres
Rush - 1981 - Moving Pictures
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Sex Pistols - 1977 - Nevermind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols
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Skid Row - 1991 - Slave To The Grind
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Skunk Anansie - 1996 - Stoosh
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Soundgarden - 1991 - Badmotorfinger
Soundgarden - 1994 - Superunknown
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Span - 2004 - Mass Distraction
Span - 2005 - Vs. Time
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Steve Vai - 1984 - Flexable
Steve Vai - 1990 - Passion And Warfare
Steve Vai - 1995 - Alien Love secrets
Steve Vai - 1999 - The Ultra Zone
Steve Vai - 2005 - Real Illusions: Reflections
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Street Sweeper Social Club - 2009 - Street Sweeper Social Club
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Temple of the Dog - 1991 - Temple Of The Dog
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The Clash - 1979 - London Calling
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The Jelly Jam - 2001 - The Jelly Jam
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The Who - 1971 - Who's Next
The Who - 1978 - Who Are You
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Thin Lizzy - 1976 - Jailbreak
Thin Lizzy - 1977 - Bad Reputation
Thin Lizzy - 1983 - Thunder And Lightning
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Van Halen - 1978 - Van Halen
Van Halen - 1984 - 1984
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White Lion - 1987 - Pride
White Lion - 1989 - Big Game
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ZZ Top - 1983 - Eliminator
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I will update this list once in a while.

Please comment if you wish to recommend me something, or argue! ;-)

Below I have chosen a favourite album and favourite song from 40 separate years ('67-'06). This is just my opinion and based on the music I've actually heard. The favourite track does not have to come from the year's corresponding favourite album. In cases where the track does happen to come from the year's favourite album it is usually either an indicator of a weak year (1993) or an incredibly strong album (1982). However, I do tend to change my mind quite a bit, so I may return to this journal to update my preferences, particularly when I discover new albums and new tracks to love. In most cases the decision was incredibly close with many runners up in extremely close contention

60s:

1967:
Album: The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love
Song: The Who - I Can See For Miles
1968:
Album: Cream - Wheels Of Fire
Song: Cream - White Room
1969:
Album: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Song: King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King

70s:

1970:
Album: Deep Purple - In Rock
Song: Deep Purple - Speed King
1971:
Album: Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Song: The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
1972:
Album: Deep Purple - Machine Head
Song: Yes - Siberian Khatru
1973:
Album: The Who - Quadrophenia
Song: Genesis - The Battle of Epping Forest
1974:
Album: Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties
Song: Yes - The Gates of Delirium
1975:
Album: Scorpions - In Trance
Song: The New Tony Williams Lifetime - Red Alert
1976:
Album: Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Song: Rush - 2112
1977:
Album: Judas Priest - Sin After Sin
Song: Thin Lizzy - Dancing in the Moonlight
1978:
Album: Judas Priest - Killing Machine
Song: Van Halen - Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
1979:
Album: Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend
Song: Thin Lizzy - Roisin Dubh (Black Rose)

80s:

1980:
Album: Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations
Song: Iron Maiden - Running Free
1981:
Album: Rush - Moving Pictures
Song: Van Halen - Unchained
1982:
Album: Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
Song: Iron Maiden - Children of the Damned
1983:
Album: Dio - Holy Diver
Song: Iron Maiden - Where Eagles Dare
1984:
Album: Van Halen - 1984
Song: Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1985:
Album: Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue
Song: Allan Holdsworth - Devil Take the Hindmost
1986:
Album: Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
Song: David Lee Roth - Goin' Crazy
1987:
Album: Joe Satriani - Surfing With the Alien
Song: Racer X - Scarified
1988:
Album: iron maiden] - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
Song: Cacophony - Images
1989:
Album: Overkill - The Years of Decay
Song: Overkill - Playing With Spiders/Skullkrusher

90s:

1990:
Album: Steve Vai - Passion and Warfare
Song: Megadeth - Tornado of Souls
1991:
Album: Overkill - Horrorscope
Song: Soundgarden - Jesus Christ Pose
1992:
Album: Joe Satriani - The Extremist
Song: Extreme - Everything Under The Sun
1993:
Album: Anthrax - Sound of White Noise
Song: Anthrax - Room for One More
1994:
Album: Freak Kitchen - Appetizer
Song: Dream Theater - A Mind Beside Itself (i. Erotomania / ii. Voices / iii. The Silent Man)
1995:
Album: Marty Friedman - Introduction
Track: Shadow Gallery - Alaska
1996:
Album: Angra - Holy Land
Track: Freak Kitchen - Taste My Fist
1997:
Album: Psycho Motel - Welcome to the World
Song: Dream Theater - Lines in the Sand
1998:
Album: Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
Song: Freak Kitchen - Mr. Kashchei and the 13 Prostitutes
1999:
Album: Racer X - Technical Difficulties
Song: Racer X - Technical Difficulties

00s:

2000:
Album: Racer X - Superheroes
Song: Spock's Beard - The Great Nothing
2001:
Album: Devin Townsend - Terria
Song: Devin Townsend - Earth Day
2002:
Album: Spock's Beard - Snow
Song: Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
2003:
Album: Muse - Absolution
Song: Firewind - The Fire And The Fury
2004:
Album: Balance of Power - Heathen Machine
Song: Derek Sherinian - Day Of The Dead
2005:
Album: Sieges Even - The Art Of Navigating By The Stars
Song: Frameshift - I Killed You
2006:
Album: Iron Maiden - A Matter of Life and Death
Song: Guthrie Govan - Ner Ner

I'm bored to effin' death, so here's a list of bands I need to see live!

Al Di Meola
Alice Cooper
Alice in Chains
Allan Holdsworth
Black Sabbath
Buckethead
Clutch
Devil's Slingshot
Diamond Head
El Caco
Extreme
Faith No More
Guthrie Govan
Jeff Beck
Joe Satriani
John McLaughlin
King's X
KISS
Lamb of God
Liquid Tension Experiment
Mastodon
Megadeth
Nevermore
Opeth
Ozzy Osbourne
Paul Gilbert
Pearl Jam
Planet X
Porcupine Tree
Primus
Rage Against the Machine
Rush
Slayer
Steve Vai
Testament
The Jelly Jam
Tony Macalpine
Tool
Van Halen


Too late for:

Audioslave
Brand X
Death
Frank Zappa
Jimi Hendrix
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Mr. Big
Soundgarden
Span
The Clash
Trouble

Seen Live:

Deep Purple
Dream Theater
Symphony X
Dio
Stage Dolls
Ian Hunter
Nazareth
Primal Fear
U.D.O.
Vamp

I haven't seen many bands yet, mainly because almost all of the concerts here in Norway are 18+, but when I'm 18... Heeell Yeeeaaah!

My thanks to everyone who's commented so far. If you know of anymore more bands/artists/albums that should be on this list but aren't, let me know.

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This list is still very much a work in progress. More bands/artists/albums, better formatting, and more links are still to come.

Also, bands that are not themselves entirely instrumental, but have at least one instrumental release, will be listed with the name(s) of said instrumental release(s) below the band's/artist's name in the following format:

(Year) Album Title [Release Type]

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Newest Additions (04/13/2009):
Ghaust
Michael Knight

New Additions (03/12/2009):
65daysofstatic
Aardtmann op Vuurtopberg
ADAM WORRELL
ADMIRAL BROWNING
AeA (Metal Archives)
Afiqme (Metal Archives)
Ageless Kingdoms (Metal Archives)
Akaname (Metal Archives)
Al Candello (Metal Archives)
Alejandro Silva Power Cuarteto (Metal Archives)
Alien Forcep (Metal Archives)
Ally the Fiddle (
Metal Archives)
A.M.P (Metal Archives)
God Is an Astronaut
Guthrie Govan
Imeodon
Mogwai
Mono (Official Site)
September Malevolence
This Will Destroy You

Full List:
1980
Technical Progressive Jazz Metal

3 Headed Monster
Progressive/Power/Thrash Metal

5ive's Continuum Research Project
65daysofstatic
A Silver Mt. Zion
A((Wake))
Melodic Progressive Metal

Aardtmann op Vuurtopberg
Abolishment Of Hate
Death Metal

Abstract
Atmospheric Dark Metal

Adai
Atmospheric Sludge

ADAM WORRELL
Ad Lustrum
Ambient / Experimental Drone Doom / Black Metal

ADMIRAL BROWNING
AeA (Metal Archives)
Aes Liquor (formerly Simbelin)
Afiqme (Metal Archives)
Ageless Kingdoms (Metal Archives)
Akaname (Metal Archives)
Al Candello (Metal Archives)
Alejandro Silva Power Cuarteto (Metal Archives)
Alex Masi
Alien Forcep (Metal Archives)
Ally the Fiddle (
Metal Archives)
A.M.P (Metal Archives)
Anakron
An Endless Sporadic
Apocalyptica
Aras
- (2006) Arpa [EP]
- (2006) Fountain Of Aras [Single]
- (2007) Ballad For Arpa [Single]
- (2007) Crypt [Demo]
Atratus
Balance of one
Bardo (Myspace)
Behold... the Arctopus
Beithíoch
Between the Buried and Me
- (2005) Alaska [Instrumental Version] [EP]
Bioshock
Blackwaves
BLIND VANDAL
Blotted Science
Bob Katsionis
Buckethead
Bulb
Caldera
- (2008) Mist Through Your Consciousness [Full-length]
Canvas Solaris
Caspian
Centrica
Chimp Spanner
Chris Poland
Cloudkicker
Collapsar
Cosmics
Cosmosquad
Dandelium
Das War
Deathmøle
Del Rey
Deus Irae
Dimaension X
Don Caballero
Dream Fall
Dream Theater
- (2007) Systematic Chaos [Instrumental Demo]
Dysrhythmia
Echosilence
Einsamkeit Mit Mihr
- (2004) Depressed [Demo]
Electric Magma
Electro Quarterstaff
Eluvium
Empires (Metal Archives)
Eole Noir
- (2004) Valeurs [Demo]
- (2008) Ambivalence [Demo]
Explosions in the Sky
Farzad Golpayegani
F.E.E.L.
Forest of Fog
- (2003) Rabenflug [Demo]
Foxhole
Fuge
Futant Oblivion
Geomancer
Ghaust
Glowworm
God Is an Astronaut
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Gordian Knot
Gore
- (1987) Mean Man's Dream [Full-length]
Grails
Guitar Heroes
Guthrie Govan
Habit Of Mind
Hakael
- (2008) Demo I [Demo]
Hematovore
Hromovlad
- (2004) Promo 2004 [Instrumental Version]
Humanoid
Hyperion
Ichneutic
- (2002) New Moon [Demo]
If These Trees Could Talk
Imeodon
Indricothere
Irepress
Jakob
Jangli Jaggas
Jason Becker
Jeff Loomis
Jelonek
Joe Satriani
John 5
John Petrucci
JT Bruce
Judgement Day
K3
Kahtmayan
Kong
Latvala Bros
LaughingSkull
Lento
Liquid Tension Experiment
Lorus
Luminous Flesh Giants
Megadeth
- (1998) Cryptic Sounds (No Voices In Your Head) [EP]
Michael Angelo Batio
Michael Knight
Michael Romeo
Mogwai
Mono (Official Site)
Mornament
Mothertrucker
Mountains Among Us (formerly From Oceans to Autumn)
muhmood & ego ex nihil
Mytra
Nahrayan
- (2007) The End [EP]
Nanda Devi
- (2007) Nanda Devi [EP]
Nauthisuruz
- (2007) The End Of Nauthisuruz [Best of/Compilation]
North
- (2006) Siberia [EP]
- (2007) Ruins [Full-length]
October Falls
- (2003) Tuoni [EP]
- (2005) Marras [Full-length]
- (2007) Sarastus [EP]
Octopus
Omega Massif
Orthrelm
OSV
Parabstruse
Parallaxe
Paranormal Activity
Parhelia
Pelican
Powerglove
Protest the Hero
- (2008) Fortress [Instrumental Version]
Reckoning Storm
Red Sparowes
Rigid Horns
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Russian Circles
Sapahe Zodimii
sculptor
Scale The Summit
Sepia Dreamer
Сергей Маврин (Sergey Mavrin)
Serpent Throne
September Malevolence
Shora
- (2005) Malval [Full-length]
Sieghetnar
- (2008) Bewusstseinserweiterung [Full-length]
- (2008) Endlösung [Full-length]
- (2008) Kältetod [Full-length]
Skogyr
Sleepmakeswaves
Sleep Terror
Sonorant
Stinking Lizaveta
Sungate
Tetrafusion
The Antarcticans
The Black Mages
The Day After
The Machinist
The Seven Mile Journey
This Will Destroy You
Three Steps to the Ocean
Throw Stephanie In The Incinerator
Tides
Tides From Nebula
Toshi Iseda
Toundra
Trephine
Ulytau
Voyager
When Day Descends
While Sad Spirits Around Me Stroll
Windmills by the Ocean
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Abbath Doom Occulta of Immortal
Ace Frehley of KISS
Adam Jones of Tool
Akira Takasaki of Loudness
Alex Lifeson of Rush
Alex Skolnick & Eric Peterson of Testament
Alexi Laiho of Children of Bodom
Andre Olbrich of Blind Guardian
Andy James
Andy Timmons (Danger Danger, Andy Timmons Band)
Angus & Malcolm Young of AC/DC
Bernie Versailles (Agent Steel, Redemption)
Bill Steer of Carcass
bjorn gelotte & Jesper Stromblad of In Flames
Brett Garsed (Planet X)
Brian May of Queen
Brian Tatler of Diamond Head
Carl Roa
Chris DeGarmo & Michael Wilton of QUEENSRŸCHE
Chris Impellitteri (Impellitteri)
Chuck Schuldiner of Death
Daron Malakian of System of a Down
Dave Murray & Adrian Smith of Iron Maiden
Dave Mustaine & Marty Friedman of Megadeth
Dave Weiner
Devin Townsend (Strapping Young Lad)
Dimebag Darrell of Pantera & Damageplan
Dino Cazares of Fear Factory
Donald Buck Dharma Roeser of Blue Öyster Cult
Doug Aldrich (Whitesnake, Dio, Hurricane, Burning Rain, Lion, House of Lords, Bad Moon Rising)
Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen
Fast Eddie Clarke of MOTÖRHEAD
Frank Hannon & Tommy Skeoch of Tesla
Gary Hoey
Gary Holt & Rick Hunolt of Exodus
Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy)
George Lynch of Dokken
Glen Buxton & Michael Bruce of Alice Cooper
Glen Tipton & KK Downing of Judas Priest
Gus G (Firewind, Mystic Prophecy, Dream Evil
Guthrie Govan (GPS)
Hank Shermann & Michael Denner of Mercyful Fate
Head & munky of Korn
Jake E Lee of Ozzy Osbourne & Badlands
Jason Becker of Dave Lee Roth
Jeff Beck
Jeff Waters (Annihilator)
Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains
Jim Martin of Faith No More
Jim Matheos of Fates Warning
Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
Joe Perry & Brad Whitford of Aerosmith
Joe Satriani
Joey Tafolla (Jag Panzer)
John Christ of Danzig
John Kay & Michael Monarh of Steppenwolf
John Petrucci of Dream Theater
John Sykes of Thin Lizzy & Blue Murder
Jon Donais & Matt Backhand of Shadows Fall
Jon Schaffer of Iced Earth
Jørn Viggo Lofstad (Pagan's Mind, Jorn)
Kai Hansen of Gamma Ray
Kerry King & Jeff Hanneman of Slayer
Kiko Loureiro & Rafael Bittencourt (Angra)
Kim Thayil of Soundgarden
Kirk Hammett & James Hetfield of Metallica
Leigh Stephens of Blue Cheer
Leslie West of Mountain
Mantas of Venom
Mark Morton & Will Adler of Lamb of God
Marten Hagström & Fredrik Thorndendal of Meshuggah
Mattias IA Eklundh (Freak Kitchen, Jonas Hellborg)
Michael Amott of Arch Enemy
Michael Angelo
Michael Romeo of Symphony X
Michael Schenker of MSG & UFO
Mick Mars of MÖTLEY CRÜE
Mikael Åkerfeldt & Peter Lindgren of Opeth
Neil Young
Nick Bowcott of Grim Reaper
Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap
Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme
Oystein "Euronymous" Aarseth of Mayhem
Paul Gilbert of Mr Big & Racer X
Pepper Keenan & Woody Weatherman of coc
Pete Townshend of The Who
Phil Campbell (Motorhead)
Phil Collen & steve clarke of Def Leppard
Piggy of Voivod
Randy Rhoads of Ozzy Osbourne
Reb Beach of Winger & Dokken
Richie Kotzen (Poison, Mr. Big, Forty Deuce)
Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi
Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple & Rainbow
Robert Fripp of King Crimson
Ron Jarzombek (Watchtower, Spastic Ink)
Ron Thal (a.k.a. Bumblefoot, Guns N Roses)
Roy Z (Bruce Dickinson)
Rudolf Schenker & Uli John Roth of Scorpions
Rusty Cooley (Outworld)
Sammy Hagar of Van Halen
Scott "Wino" Weinrich of The Obsessed
Scott Gorham & Brian Robertson of Thin Lizzy
Scott Ian of Anthrax
Slash of Guns N' Roses
Stephen Carpenter of Deftones
Steve Lukather (Toto, Los Lobotomys, El Grupo, Doves Of Fire
Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs, Deep Purple, Steve Morse Band)
Steve Stevens (Billy Idol)
Steve Vai of Dave Lee Roth
Ted Nugent
Timo Tolkki of Stratovarius
Tom G Warrior of Celtic Frost
Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine
Tommy Victor of Prong
Tony Bourge of Budgie
Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath
Tony Macalpine (Planet X, Devil's Slingshot, Ring of Fire, CAB)
Tore Østby (Conception, Ark
Trey Azagthoth of Morbid Angel
Ty Tabor of King's X
Uffe Cederlund & Alex Hellid of Entombed
Vernon Reid of Living Colour
Vinnie Moore (UFO)
Vivian Campbell of Def Leppard
Warren DeMartini of Ratt
Yngwie Malmsteen
Zakk Wylde of Ozzy Osbourne & Black Label Society


This list is just a jumping off point. There are GLARING OMMISSIONS. Please share your recommendations from all genres...I can't get enough guitar virtuosity!

NOW WORSHIP AT THE ALTAR OF THE METAL GODS!