Albums That Defined My High School Years
Not nessecarily the best albums, but these were some of my favorites from high school with most remaining as such, and they all surved to be very important factors in my life. |
| 1 |  | My Dying Bride
Turn Loose the Swans
Is tied with The Dreadful Hours as my favorite album ever. A dark, beautiful masterpiece that moves me in ways most music can't |
| 2 |  | My Dying Bride
The Dreadful Hours
See above |
| 3 |  | My Dying Bride
The Angel and the Dark River
My senior years were pretty much soely dedicated to this bands discography, so as such they take up alot of the list... |
| 4 |  | My Dying Bride
Like Gods of the Sun |
| 5 |  | My Dying Bride
Songs of Darkness, Words of Light |
| 6 |  | My Dying Bride
For Lies I Sire |
| 7 |  | System of a Down
Toxicity
The first album that introduced me to heavy music, and one of the first albums I could listen to beginning to end. Not so much a fan now a'days but its importance can't be ignored |
| 8 |  | Rammstein
Mutter
I loved this album when I was 14 |
| 9 |  | In Flames
Whoracle
Blew my mind, and revolutionized the way I listened to music in my first year of high school. Was my favorite album for years. |
| 10 |  | In Flames
Come Clarity
Teen Angst. |
| 11 |  | Killswitch Engage
Alive or Just Breathing
Teen Angst.....Again. |
| 12 |  | Scar Symmetry
Symmetric in Design
The contrast between brutality and melody was really appealing in my discovery of metal. |
| 13 |  | Unexpect
In A Flesh Aquarium
Blew my mind, and still have yet to hear an album as chaotic and weird as this. |
| 14 |  | The Mars Volta
Amputechture
Crazy, psychedlic album that ruled my headphones during high school |
| 15 |  | Arcturus
The Sham Mirrors
i was obssessed with this album when I was 16. The crazy spacey keys and vocals made this album. Remains one of my favorite albums to this day. |
| 16 |  | Disillusion
Back to Times of Splendor
When I wasn't listening to The Mars Volta or Arcturus, I was listening to this. |
| 17 |  | Mastodon
Blood Mountain
Just a great album that I listened to ALOT |
| 18 | | The Arcade Fire
Funeral
When my obsession with My Dying Bride was at its peak, I really opened my mind to alot of non-metal music. The Arcade Fire was the biggest amoung them, and when I wasn't enjoying MDB, I was listening to them. |
| 19 | | The Arcade Fire
Neon Bible
See Above |
| 20 |  | Kyuss
Welcome to Sky Valley
Nothing says getting your learners permit like driving around to this album |
| 21 |  | Swans
White Light From The Mouth of Infinity
Another album I discover and fell in love with because of my love for My Dying Bride. Remains one of my top 5 albums of all time. |
| 22 |  | Kamelot
Ghost Opera
When this album was originally released, it really moved me and stayed in my stereo for months. |
| 23 |  | Agalloch
The Mantle
Served as the soundtrack to many a forest walk in my darkest times. |
| 24 |  | Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost
Good rock out, sing along kind of album. |
| 25 |  | Faith No More
Angel Dust
Just one of those timeless classics I discovered when I was younger and never grew out of |
| 26 |  | Alice in Chains
Dirt |
| 27 |  | Mr. Bungle
Mr Bungle |
| 28 |  | Amorphis
Silent Waters |
| 29 |  | Katatonia
Last Fair Deal Gone Down |
| 30 |  | The Mars Volta
Frances the Mute |
| 31 |  | Swallow the Sun
Ghost of Loss |
| 32 |  | Draconian
Turning Season Within |
| 33 |  | Death
Symbolic |
| 34 |  | Opeth
Blackwater Park |
| 35 |  | My Dying Bride
A Line of Deathless Kings |
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