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Here are my top recommendations for empowering metal+rock music.
Feel free to add your own recommendations, to comment or ask questions.

= top recommended album
= top recommended song

1. ASP
Germany
"Zaubererbruder — der Krabat-Liederzyklus" (Brother in Magic — the Krabat Song Cycle)
"Krabat" (a German folktale)
"Denn ich bin der Meister" (For I Am the Master)
"Der geheimnisvolle Fremde" (The Mysterious Stranger)
"Horror Vacui" (Fear of the Void)
"How Far Would You Go?"
"Coming Home"
"Biotopia"
"Ich bin ein wahrer Satan" (I Am a True Satan; about hypocrisy and prejudices)
"Stille der Nacht" (Depth of Night)
"Werben" (Courting)
"Ich will brennen" (I Want to Burn; about passion)

2. Battle Beast
Finland
"Battle Beast"
"Out of Control"
"Black Ninja"
"Let It Roar"
"Raven"
"Into the Heart of Danger"
"Out on the Streets"

3. Böhse Onkelz (Badd Unkelz)
Germany
"Böse Menschen — böse Lieder" (Evil People — Evil Songs)
"Onkelz wie wir ..." (Our Kind of Unkelz)
"Kneipenterroristen" (Terrorists of the Pub)
"Es ist soweit" (It's Time)
"Wir ham' noch lange nicht genug" (We Want Much More)
"Heilige Lieder" (Holy Songs)
"Weiß" (White; double-release with "Schwarz" = Black)
"Dunkler Ort" (Dark Place)
"Lieber stehend sterben" (Rather Die Standing)
"Ich" (Me)
"Scheißegal" (I Fucking Don't Care)
"Deutschland im Herbst" (Germany In Fall)
"Ohne mich" (Don't Count Me In)
"Religion"
"Kirche" (Church)
"Schöne neue Welt" (Brave New World)
"Wieder mal nen Tag verschenkt" (Wasted Yet Another Day)
"Für immer" (Forever)
"Erinnerungen" (Memories)
"Der Himmel kann warten" (Heaven Can Wait)

4. Heidevolk (Heathenfolk)
Netherlands
"Walhalla Wacht" (Valhalla Waits)
"Uit Oude Grond" (From Old Lands)
"Vulgaris Magistralis" (Ordinary Master)
"Nehalennia"
"Ostara"
"Saksenland" (Land of Saxons)

5. Orphaned Land
Israel
"All Is One"
"Unsung Prophets and Dead Messiahs"
"Sapari" (featuring Schlomit Levi)
"All Is One"
"Like Orpheus" (featuring Hansi Kürsch)
"Brother"
"All Knowing Eye"
"Chains Fall to Gravity"

6. Powerwolf
Germany
"The Sacrament of Sin"
"Venom of Venus"
"Killers With the Cross"
"Incense and Iron"
"The Sacrament of Sin"
"Fist by Fist"
"Nightside of Siberia"
"Demons Are A Girl's Best Friend"
"Stoßgebet" (Horny Prayer)
"Nighttime Rebel"

7. Sabaton
Sweden
"Carolus Rex" (English+Swedish edition)
"En Livstid I Krig" / "A Lifetime of War"
"Gott mit uns" (God Be with Us)
"Karolinens Bön" / "The Carolean's Prayer"
"1 6 4 8"
"Lejonet Från Norden" / "The Lion from the North"
"Poltava"
"Konungens Likfärd" / "Long Live the King"
"Ruina Imperii" (The End of the Empire)
"The Art of War"
"Talvisota"
"40:1"
"The Price of a Mile"
"Ghost Division"
"Panzerkampf" (Tank Battle)
"Swedish Pagans"
"Coat of Arms"
"Saboteurs"
"Coat of Arms"
"Screaming Eagles"
"The Final Solution"
"Uprising"
"Metal Ripper"

8. Turisas
Finland
"Battle Metal"
"Battle Metal"
"Sahti-Waari" (Good Old Ale)
"One More"
"The Land of Hope and Glory"
"As Torches Rise"
"Stand Up and Fight"
"The March of the Varangian Guard"


Monumental Tracks:

"Na Moyey Zemle (На моей земле)" (In My Land)
a collaboration of:
1. Arkona (Аркона) from Russia
2. Månegarm from Sweden
3. Obtest from Lithuania
4. Skyforger from Latvia
5. Menhir from Germany
6. Heidevolk from the Netherlands

"Hildebrandslied" (part 1+2)
by Menhir from Germany