Your Ultimate Metal Compilation

[mayhem-for-all]

Well we already have an all-star line-up thread so why not Ultimate metal compilation.

and no I'm not 100% certain there already ain't topic like this but how to search for?
Trying the search function with all possible words I can think of?

So Create a legendary Compilation album of the metal songs you like the most.
Only Rules are 1 song per band and 20 songs total maximum.

So this one could be mine for example:

1. Stratovarius - Destiny (A great opener)
2. Thunderstone - 10000 Ways (Energetic)
3. Firewind - Remembered (Fast)
4. Kiuas - Deacying Doctrine (catchy and Heavy)
5. Leverage - Run Down the Hill (Fast and Catchy)
6. Rhapsody - Mighty Ride of the Firelord (Epic)
7. Diablo - Mimic47 (Heavy)
8. Symphony X -Set the World on Fire (progressive+heavy)
9. Hammerfall - Legion (Heavy + Fast)
10. Winterborn - On the Edge of Eternity (Calm)
11. Sonata Arctica - Don't Say a Word (Not Calm)
12. Revolution Renaissance - Into the Future (uplifting)
13. Olympos Mons - Black (Fast yet full of emotion)
14. Excalion - Soaking Ground (Perfect Closer)

[Shurik]

1. Stratovarius - Father Time (power)
2. Manticora - Filaments Of Armageddon (power/thrash)
3. Slayer - Angel Of Death (thrash)
4. Blind Guardian - Mirror, Mirror (power)
5. Metallica - One (thrash)
6. Megadeth - Holy Wars (speed)
7. Iron Maiden - Aces High (heavy)
8. Black Sabbath - Paranoid (heavy)
9. Dream Theater - Pull Me Under (progressive)
10. Skyclad - A Broken Promised Land (folk)
11. Cruachan - Ossian's Return (folk)
12. Korpiklaani - Happy Little Boozer (folk)
13. Nightwish - Wishmaster (power)
14. Samael - Rain (industrial/black/whatever)
15. Ministry - NWO (industrial)
16. Rammstein - Du Reicht So Gut (industrial)
17. Cannibal Corpse - Hammer Smashed Face (death)
18. Amon Amarth - Ride For Vengeance (death)
19. Cradle Of Filth - Her Ghost In The Fog (black)
20. GWAR - Vlad The Impaler (heavy)

[Mormegil]

I'm going for an idiot's guide to metal on my first list, so not all of these are my absolute favourites (all though I do like them all):

CD1
1. Judas Priest - The Hellion/Electric Eye
2. Accept - Fast As A Shark
3. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
4. Bathory - Twilight Of The Gods
5. Dimmu Borgir - Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse
6. Manowar - Heart Of Steel
7. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
8. Finntroll - Aldhissla
9. Rammstein - Mutter
10. Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name

CD2
1. Stratovarius - Black Diamond
2. Rainbow - Stargazer
3. Slayer - Raining Blood
4. Therion - The Rise Of Sodom And Gomorrah
5. Dream Theater - Metropolis Part 1
6. Savatage - When The Crowds Are Gone
7. Candlemass - Bewitched
8. Emperor - I Am The Black Wizards
9. Impaled Nazarene - Armageddon Death Squad
10. Blind Guardian - And Then There Was Silence

[Babylon]

Not exactly in order but here's mine:

1. Helloween - King For 1000 Years
2. Iron Maiden - Revelations
3. Stratovarius - Destiny
4. Bruce Dickinson - Dark Side Of Aquarius
5. King Diamond - No Presents For Christmas
6. Nocturnal Rites - Awakening
7. Dream Evil - Blind Evil
8. Excalion - The Wingman
9. Metallica - Disposable Heroes
10. Mob Rules - Insurgeria
11. Hammerfall - Blood Bound
12. Judas Priest - Between The Hammer And The Anvil
13. Gamma Ray - Gardens Of The Sinner
14. Blind Guardian - Script For My Requiem
15. Edguy - Golden Dawn
16. Armored Saint - Reign Of Fire
17. Saxon - Terminal Velocity
18. Running Wild - Bad To The Bone
19. Rage - Lost In The Void
20. Pantera - Mouth For War

[mayhem-for-all]

8. Excalion - The Wingman

Yea

[Babylon]

8. Excalion - The Wingman

Yea

One of the best songs I've heard in long time. Freakin awesome band.