Top Ten Lists - 1994

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1. Psychotic Waltz Mosquito
2. The 3rd And The Mortal Tears Laid In Earth
3. Tiamat Wildhoney
4. Kyuss Welcome To Sky Valley
5. Korn Korn
6. The God Machine One Last Laugh In A Place Of Dying
7. Prong Cleansing
8. Enslaved Frost
9. Lord Bane Age Of Elegance
10. Mekong Delta Pictures At An Exhibition

1. Megadeth Youthanasia
2. Slayer Divine Intervention
3. Amorphis Tales From The Thousand Lakes
4. Pantera Far Beyond Driven
5. Machine Head Burn My Eyes
6. Testament Low
7. Dream Theater Awake
8. Tiamat Wildhoney
9. Carcass Heartwork
10. Nailbomb Point Blank

Once considered a relatively weak year, 1994's list below has aged quite well, with Mosquito and Tears Laid In Earth both easily among the best of the 90's. Frost is perhaps the first true black metal album to make it to my top ten list.

Youthanasia seems to be a stretch here, as it's hardly Megadeth's best and there are better/more influential albums here. In a list dominated by new and old-styled thrash albums, Dream Theater sticks out like a sore thumb.