your favourite albums from the 1995-2000 period?

[The Erlking]

Oh just remembered that Tad Morose's Undead came in 2000. Crappy album cover but great music.

[FuneralCircle]

New Dark Age by Solstice, and it's my favorite album!!

[Zuul]

Destroyer 666-Unchain The Wolves
Solstice-New Dark Age
Pentacle-....Rides The Moonstorm
Deceased-Fearless Undead Machines & Supernatural Addiction
Sentenced-Amok
Desaster-Tyrants of the Netherworld
Blind Guardian-Nightfall In Middle Earth
Emperor-Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
Nifelheim-Servants of Darkness
Carpathian Forest-Black Shining Leather
Immolation-Close To A World Below
Opeth-My Arms, Your Hearse
Dawnbringer-Catharsis Instinct
Enlslaved-Mardraum
Wizzard-Songs of Sin and Decadence

probably more but those are my faves probably. Not so much "Heavy Metal"

[daniel]

There are lots of albums people have mentioned that I really like so not going to repeat them at this point, maybe another day. I'll add these two for now though:

REVELATION - "...Yet So Far"
WARNING - "The Strength To Dream"

[daniel]

COLD MOURNING - "Lower Than Low"

[nightsblood]

Though not on par with the 80s, there are still plenty of great albums from these years. Post-2000 is when things drop off for me. Some numbers for comparison:

95-00: about 30 Top-Notch albums (listed below)
00-10: about 15 Top-Notch albums
That's half as many in a period twice as long. And 1/3 of them are by just 2 bands (Stormwarrior & Kamelot)

Here's my 95-00 list (may be off on a year here or there)

1995:
Blind Guardian imaginations from the other side
Dissection storm of the light’s bane
Iced Earth burnt offerings
Saint Vitus die healing
Naglfar vittra
Nocturnal Rites in a time of blood and fire
Running Wild masquerade

1996:
Cemetary black vanity
Acid Bath pagan terrorism tactics
Dark Tranquility mind’s I
Social Distortion white light white heat white trash
Solitude Aeturnus downfall

1997:
Misfits American psycho
Royal Hunt paradox

1998:
Blind Guardian nightfall in middle earth
Dawn slaughtersun
Labyrinth return to heaven denied
Edguy vain glory opera
Iron Head second to none
Nightwish ocean born
Virgin Steele invictus

1999:
Anathema judgment
Edguy theater of salvation
Kamelot fourth legacy
Breaker Accept
Immortal at the heart of winter
Misfits famous monsters
Solstice new dark age

2000:
My Dying Bride light at the end of the world
Primordial spirit the earth aflame

[MEXDefenderOfSteel]

im not very familiar with this period of time, but some obvious ones were already mentioned.

few from my collection:
Mercyful Fate-9
Dissection-Storm of the Light´s Bane
Paragon-Chalice of Steel
Nocturnal Rites-Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Iced Earth-Something Wicked This way Comes
Gamma Ray-Powerplant
Sentenced-Down (as well as Frozen and Crimson)
King Diamond-Spider´s Lullabye

[Dodens Grav]

Looking at albums in my collection from that period, I find that there's a lot more there than I would have thought, though much of it is surely not Corroseum material.

1995:

Abigor - Nachthymnen (From the Twilight Kingdom)
Barathrum - Eerie
Blind Guardian - Imaginations From the Other Side
Blood Farmers - Blood Farmers
Countess - Ad Maiorem Sathanae Gloriam
Darkthrone - Panzerfaust
Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane
Graveland - Thousand Swords
Ildjarn - Ildjarn
Molested - Blod-draum
Mütiilation - Vampires of Black Imperial Blood
Mythos - Pain Amplifier
Necromantia - Scarlet Evil Witching Black
Revelation - ...Yet So Far
Saint Vitus - Die Healing
Sigh - Infidel Art
Summoning - Minas Morgul
Swordmaster - Wraths of Time

1996:

Argentum - Ad Interitum Funebrarum
Burzum - Filosofem
Crimson Relic - Purgatory's Reign
Countess - The Book of the Heretic
Darkthrone - Goatlord
Falkenbach - ...En Their Medh Riki Fara...
Grand Belial's Key - A Witness to the Regicide
Holy Death - Triumph of Evil
Ildjarn - Forest Poetry
The Lord Weird Slough Feg - The Lord Weird Slough Feg
Nefandus - The Nightwinds Carried Our Names
Nokturnal Mortum - Lunar Poetry
Sabbat - The Dwelling
Sacramentum - Far Away From the Sun
Scald - Will of the Gods Is Great Power
Sort Vokter - Folkloric Necro Metal
Summoning - Dol Guldur
Zemial - For the Glory of UR

1997:

A Mind Confused - Anarchos
Absu - The Third Storm of Cythraul
Crown of Thorns - Eternal Death
Deströyer 666 - Unchain the Wolves
Gorgoroth - Under the Sign of Hell
Graveland - Following the Voice of Blood
Helheim - Av norrøn ætt
Mortuary Drape - Secret Sudaria
Nagelfar - Hünengrab im Herbst
Nox Intempesta - Die Lieder von Tod und Ewigkeit
Summoning - Nightshade Forests
Ulver - Nattens madrigal

1998:

Aeternus - ...And So the Night Became
Amon Goeth - The Worship
Arghoslent - Galloping Through the Battle Ruins
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth
The Chasm - Deathcult for Eternity: The Triumph
Destiny's End - Breathe Deep the Dark
Grand Belial's Key - Mocking the Philanthropist
Nox Intempesta - Damnanus - Dominum
Ofermod - Mystérion Tés Anomias
Order From Chaos - An Ending in Fire
Pentacle - ...Rides the Moonstorm
Solstice - New Dark Age

1999:

Agalloch - Pale Folklore
Candlemass - From the 13th Sun
Demoncy - Joined in Darkness
Frozen Shadows - Dans les bras des immortels
Grave Digger - Excalibur
Graveland - Immortal Pride
Graveland - Impaler's Wolves
Immolation - Failures for Gods
Into the Sunless Meridian - Into the Sunless Meridian
Nagelfar - Srontgorrth
Night Conquers Day - Rebellion Is the Art of Survival
Nominon - Diabolical Bloodshed
Repugnant - Hecatomb
Sabbat - Karisma
Sargatanas - The Enlightenment
Summoning - Stronghold
Tearstained - Monumental In Its Sorrow
Warning - The Strength to Dream

2000:

Ceremonium - No Longer Silent
Darkness Eternal - Dawn of the Suffering
Deströyer 666 - Phoenix Rising
Graveland - Creed of Iron
Internal Void - Unearthed
King Diamond - House of God
Megiddo - The Devil and the Whore
Mortuary Drape - Tolling 13 Knell
Oversoul - Seven Days in November
Weakling - Dead as Dreams

[Sgt. Kuntz]

No love for GRAVEN IMAGE "Emperor Of Eternity"? Fantastic epic metal with lots of MANILLA ROAD influences, released only on CD, but there's also a vinyl release two years ago from High Roller Rec that includes the "Game Of Iron" EP as well. For me a top five album of this period.

[FuneralCircle]

Props on mentioning the ARGENTUM, Dodens Grav. Absolutely fucking majestic album, chilling to the spine.

[nightsblood]

No love for GRAVEN IMAGE "Emperor Of Eternity"? Fantastic epic metal with lots of MANILLA ROAD influences, released only on CD, but there's also a vinyl release two years ago from High Roller Rec that includes the "Game Of Iron" EP as well. For me a top five album of this period.

I never got around to hearing that one, I remember it looked interesting when the vinyl reissue came out, but I never followed up on it

[great_knuthulhu]

No surprise it's not mentioned but Northwinds - Great God Pan is one of my all time faves. Have to second New Dark Age by Solstice as one of the real greats too.

Also,
Tyrant - King of kings
TTD - The curse of...
Slough Feg, Forsaken and Cauldron Born spring to mind from that period, though it's not all that good for metal IMO.

I really need to get that Graven Image LP from what you say about that Sgt. Kuntz. Never heard that.

[Stormbringer]

Blood Farmers - S/T
Iron Man - Generation Void
Revelation - ...Yet So Far
Saint Vitus - Die Healing
Solstice - New Dark Age
Twisted Tower Dire - The Curse of Twisted Tower
The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Down Among the Dead Men
Testament - The Gathering
Running Wild - Masquearde

[MEXDefenderOfSteel]

another album i have and i DO like since i bought it

Demons and Wizards-S/T

[Sgt. Kuntz]

@nightsblood & great_knuthulhu:

Strange thing with that band, i recommand it in levity, because i'm always absolutely sure that fans of MANILLA ROAD and epic metal in general should ejoy that album as i do. I'm not too sure if it does in the end or if it just hits my personal taste, don't know. Just a real personal favorite of mine and the double album from high roller is still not hard to find (ignore the cover, it's really bad), so you i hope you won't crucify me if you don't like it.