Obviously everyone has their own preference but for me I prefer their more progressive songs and am not as much of a fan of metalcore . Nightmare 10 The Stage 10 Self Titled 9 . 5 City of Evil 9 . 5 Waking the Fallen 9 Diamonds in the rough 8 Hail to the King 7 Sounding the Seventh Trumpet 6 As you can see from my list , even the bottom few are highly recommended . For getting introduced to the band I would honestly recommend listening to them chronologically StST , WtF , CoE , A 7 X , DitR , Nightmare , HttK , The Stage and you will enjoy it the most . Their older stuff is a lot less refined than recent albums but it is still amazing . Their first album is the weakest in my opinion , though . <| sep |> Everyone is watching the US election , because you guys just elected someone who has a high likelihood of accidentally starting a world war .