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> one of my goals for the year is to find at least 2 albums per month I want to buy.

Rate Your Music (RYM) has been invaluable for me in discovering loads of music, I'd highly recommend it

Please, share your method.

I looked up an artist there (Dio), and then an album (Holy diver). Neither page helped me find "similar" music

find the bands listed on metal-archives and check the "similar artists" tab, also the side-bar sources from r/metal on reddit

Look at the user lists that the band/album is included in. The title of the list should give you a good idea of what else you'll find on it.

You can also click on any one of the band/album's genres and look at the charts.