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All Metal Of All Time Top 300: Albums


An entirely subjective list of my all-time favourite metal albums, well lets better say albums/genres featured on MS, since not all here is precisely metal.
Objective quality is not a criteria here, just how much I like the album. Ordered by preference, top down.

Created by: Redel | 01.03.2014



1. Anathema - The Silent Enigma
2. Opeth - Morningrise
3. Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum
4. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans
5. Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss
6. My Dying Bride - The Angel And The Dark River
7. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
8. Iced Earth - Night Of The Stormrider
9. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
10. Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
11. Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
12. Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory
13. Opeth - Still Life
14. Death - Symbolic
15. Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter
16. Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery
17. Primordial - To The Nameless Dead
18. Slayer - South Of Heaven
19. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings
20. Agalloch - The Mantle
21. Bathory - Hammerheart
22. Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
23. Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
24. Tiamat - Clouds
25. Opeth - Orchid
26. My Dying Bride - Like Gods Of The Sun
27. Sepultura - Arise
28. Moonspell - Wolfheart
29. Opeth - Blackwater Park
30. Cemetary - Godless Beauty
31. Haggard - Eppur Si Muove
32. Summoning - Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame
33. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
34. Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence
35. Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
36. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
37. Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done
38. Slayer - Reign In Blood
39. In Flames - The Jester Race
40. Be'lakor - Stone's Reach
41. Mourning Beloveth - The Sullen Sulcus
42. Slayer - Show No Mercy
43. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
44. Dio - Holy Diver
45. In Flames - Clayman
46. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
47. Savatage - Gutter Ballet
48. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
49. Theatre Of Tragedy - Theatre Of Tragedy
50. Bolt Thrower - Warmaster
51. The Elysian Fields - We...The Enlightened
52. Judas Priest - Painkiller
53. Tiamat - Wildhoney
54. Samael - Ceremony Of Opposites
55. Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die
56. Cryptopsy - None So Vile
57. Unanimated - Ancient God Of Evil
58. Bolt Thrower - The IVth Crusade
59. Sodom - Agent Orange
60. Mercyful Fate - Melissa
61. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
62. My Dying Bride - The Light At The End Of The World
63. The Gathering - Mandylion
64. Anathema - Eternity
65. Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
66. Insomnium - Above The Weeping World
67. Mourning Beloveth - Dust
68. My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours
69. Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
70. Metallica - Kill 'Em All
71. Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell
72. Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
73. Savatage - Handful Of Rain
74. Bathory - Twilight Of The Gods
75. Summoning - Stronghold
76. Katatonia - Dance Of December Souls
77. Kreator - Coma Of Souls
78. Demolition Hammer - Epidemic Of Violence
79. Coroner - No More Color
80. Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II
81. Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I
82. Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free
83. Iced Earth - Iced Earth
84. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
85. Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes
86. Death - Human
87. Obituary - Cause Of Death
88. Judas Priest - Stained Class
89. Rush - Moving Pictures
90. Cynic - Focus
91. Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
92. Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King
93. Exodus - Bonded By Blood
94. Wintersun - Wintersun
95. Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers
96. Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera
97. Rainbow - Rising
98. Rush - Hemispheres
99. Anathema - Alternative 4
100. Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
101. Dream Theater - Images And Words
102. Warning - Watching From A Distance
103. Sanctuary - Into The Mirror Black
104. Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
105. Ensiferum - Ensiferum
106. Devastation - Idolatry
107. Holy Terror - Mind Wars
108. Entombed - Left Hand Path
109. Entombed - Clandestine
110. Carcass - Heartwork
111. Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
112. Paradise Lost - Icon
113. Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields
114. Morgion - Among Majestic Ruin
115. Primordial - Redemption At The Puritan's Hand
116. Voivod - Dimension Hatröss
117. Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence
118. King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
119. Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness
120. Bathory - Blood On Ice
121. Beyond Belief - Rave The Abyss
122. Estatic Fear - A Sombre Dance
123. Dark Millennium - Ashore The Celestial Burden
124. October Tide - Rain Without End
125. Warlord - And The Cannons Of Destruction Have Begun...
126. Saturnus - Paradise Belongs To You
127. My Dying Bride - For Lies I Sire
128. Blind Guardian - Tales From The Twilight World
129. Edge Of Sanity - Purgatory Afterglow
130. Num Skull - Ritually Abused
131. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath
132. Slayer - Hell Awaits
133. Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
134. Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
135. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
136. Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
137. Gates Of Ishtar - A Bloodred Path
138. Testament - The Legacy
139. Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
140. Blind Guardian - Battalions Of Fear
141. Sepultura - Chaos A.D.
142. Blind Guardian - Follow The Blind
143. Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
144. Alice In Chains - Dirt
145. Anthrax - Among The Living
146. The Elysian Fields - 12abLAZe
147. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
148. Falconer - Falconer
149. Dissection - The Somberlain
150. Deep Purple - In Rock
151. Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
152. Saturnus - Martyre
153. Overkill - The Years Of Decay
154. The Elysian Fields - Adelain
155. Danzig - Danzig III - How The Gods Kill
156. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
157. Death - Individual Thought Patterns
158. Ashbury - Endless Skies
159. Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith
160. Holy Moses - Queen Of Siam
161. Znowhite - Act Of God
162. Vendetta (GER) - Brain Damage
163. Nocturnus - The Key
164. Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World
165. Gates Of Ishtar - At Dusk And Forever
166. Cirith Ungol - King Of The Dead
167. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
168. Process Of Guilt - Erosion
169. Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
170. Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
171. Magnum - Kingdom Of Madness
172. Anthrax - Spreading The Disease
173. Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
174. Suicidal Tendencies - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow... When I Can't Even Smile Today
175. In Flames - Colony
176. Tiamat - The Astral Sleep
177. The Drowning - This Bleak Descent
178. Anathema - Serenades
179. Kreator - Violent Revolution
180. Metallica - ...And Justice For All
181. Officium Triste - Mors Viri
182. Kreator - Pleasure To Kill
183. Tristania - Widow's Weeds
184. Helloween - Walls Of Jericho
185. W.A.S.P. - The Headless Children
186. Rage - The Missing Link
187. Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian
188. Amorphis - Elegy
189. The 3rd And The Mortal - Tears Laid In Earth
190. Lake Of Tears - Headstones
191. Anathema - Judgement
192. Diamond Head - Lightning To The Nations
193. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
194. Night In Gales - Towards The Twilight
195. Morgion - Cloaked By Ages, Crowned In Earth
196. Autopsy - Severed Survival
197. Massacre - From Beyond
198. Flotsam And Jetsam - No Place For Disgrace
199. Sepultura - Schizophrenia
200. Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit
201. Razor - Violent Restitution
202. Crimson Glory - Transcendence
203. Before The Rain - ...One Day Less
204. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
205. Virgin Black - Requiem - Mezzo Forte
206. Before The Rain - Frail
207. Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory
208. Running Wild - Black Hand Inn
209. Moonspell - Irreligious
210. Dark Quarterer - Dark Quarterer
211. Running Wild - Death Or Glory
212. Malevolent Creation - The Ten Commandments
213. Skyclad - The Silent Whales Of Lunar Sea
214. Nazareth - Hair of the dog
215. White Lion - Fight To Survive
216. Haggard - Awaking The Centuries
217. Riot - ThunderSteel
218. Cloven Hoof - A Sultan's Ransom
219. Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear
220. Galadriel - The Mirror Of Ages
221. Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark
222. Gamma Ray - Insanity And Genius
223. Flotsam And Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deceiver
224. Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
225. Kreator - Extreme Aggression
226. Count Raven - High On Infinity
227. Jethro Tull - Aqualung
228. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
229. Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream
230. Artillery - By Inheritance
231. Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
232. Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
233. Overthrow - Within Suffering
234. Mourning Beloveth - A Disease For The Ages
235. Desultory - Into Eternity
236. At The Gates - The Red In The Sky Is Ours
237. Psychotic Waltz - Bleeding
238. Lake Of Tears - Greater Art
239. Obituary - Slowly We Rot
240. Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta
241. Primordial - Where Greater Men Have Fallen
242. Savatage - Edge Of Thorns
243. Rush - 2112
244. Running Wild - Pile Of Skulls
245. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
246. In Flames - Reroute To Remain
247. Dark Tranquillity - Projector
248. Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud
249. Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power
250. Metallica - Metallica
251. Forbidden - Forbidden Evil
252. My Dying Bride - Songs Of Darkness, Words Of Light
253. Death - Spiritual Healing
254. Candlemass - Nightfall
255. In Flames - Whoracle
256. Mistveil - Amnesia
257. Pentagram - Pentagram
258. Deep Purple - Machine Head
259. Sodom - Persecution Mania
260. Skyclad - Prince Of The Poverty Line
261. My Dying Bride - A Line Of Deathless Kings
262. Therion - Theli
263. Morta Skuld - As Humanity Fades
264. Moral Crusade - An Act Of Violence
265. Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
266. Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale
267. Danzig - Danzig
268. Alcest - Spiritual Instinct
269. Vordven - Towards The Frozen Stream
270. Hate - Daemon Qui Fecit Terram
271. Morta Skuld - Dying Remains
272. Pallbearer - Foundations Of Burden
273. Shattered Hope - Absence
274. Officium Triste - Reason
275. Paradise Lost - Draconian Times
276. Angel Witch - Angel Witch
277. Helstar - Nosferatu
278. Lake Of Tears - Forever Autumn
279. AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
280. Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards
281. Omen - Battle Cry
282. Vault - No More Escape
283. Darkseed - Spellcraft
284. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
285. Anathema - Weather Systems
286. Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force
287. Runemagick - The Supreme Force Of Eternity
288. Cemetary - Black Vanity
289. Morgion - Solinari
290. King Diamond - Abigail
291. Paradise Lost - Shades Of God
292. Deathrow - Deception Ignored
293. Crematory - ... Just Dreaming
294. Savatage - Dead Winter Dead
295. Destruction - Infernal Overkill
296. Novembre - Classica
297. Atrophy - Violent By Nature
298. 40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room
299. Ophis - Stream Of Misery
300. Godgory - Sea Of Dreams



Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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29.12.2021 - 22:30
Redel

Written by F3ynman2000 on 29.12.2021 at 21:08

I've returned to this list
As an update: I've now listened to about 31% of the albums in your list
I'll continue exploring more

Great, I couldnt think of a better place to return to. Thanks for keeping me updated.
Observing your taste of metal so far I can imagine you will not have as much fun exploring the remaining 69% of my list as you had with the first 31%. There is a bulk of doom, death doom, gothic and even some power metal classics in my list, which might be not your cup of tea. But maybe one or the other of those albums will surprisingly please you. Let me know in case that turns out to be true.
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29.12.2021 - 22:46
F3ynman2000
Nocturnal Bro
Written by Redel on 29.12.2021 at 22:30

There is a bulk of doom, death doom, gothic and even some power metal classics in my list

Yeah I've mainly listened to heavy, thrash, death, and some black.
Doom, gothic, folk, and power are mostly unexplored for me. I'm listening to Moonspell's Wolfheart, which I'm enjoying a lot! Can you recommend anything that sounds similar?
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30.12.2021 - 21:46
Redel

Written by F3ynman2000 on 29.12.2021 at 22:46

Can you recommend anything that sounds similar?

Honestly, not really I am afraid. This album has quite a unique sound if you ask me. You though may want to check out their sophomore album, which is also excellent and a bit similar in sound. Plus, 90s Type O Negative maybe... No more from the top of my head.
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31.12.2021 - 00:07
F3ynman2000
Nocturnal Bro
Written by Redel on 30.12.2021 at 21:46

Written by F3ynman2000 on 29.12.2021 at 22:46

Can you recommend anything that sounds similar?

Honestly, not really I am afraid. This album has quite a unique sound if you ask me. You though may want to check out their sophomore album, which is also excellent and a bit similar in sound. Plus, 90s Type O Negative maybe... No more from the top of my head.

Interesting. Good to know, thanks!
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11.03.2023 - 15:22
F3ynman2000
Nocturnal Bro
Written by F3ynman2000 on 29.12.2021 at 21:08

I've returned to this list
As an update: I've now listened to about 31% of the albums in your list
I'll continue exploring more

I've returned to this list again.
As an update: now I've listened to 50% of these albums (your list hasnt grown by any chance, has it?). Still a lot more gothic and power metal to discover for me. Thanks, by the way, for introducing me to these albums thanks to your list:
Estatic Fear | Somnium Obmutum
My Dying Bride | Turn Loose The Swans
Slayer | Seasons in the Abyss
Iced Earth | Burnt Offerings

Always a joy to find new gems. Rock on
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11.03.2023 - 20:56
Redel

Written by F3ynman2000 on 11.03.2023 at 15:22

your list hasnt grown by any chance, has it?


Yes, this list grows from time to time. Basically every now and then when I discover a new gem I have overlooked before and like it so much that it reaches a rank within this list, I extend the list instead of kicking another album out. It just feels too harsh to kick out albums I like so much that they entered this list.

If your point of reference is Dec 21 there has been one major extension on top of that. There was a moment last year when I decided it is time to extend the list beyond 250 ranks. So, this one might have messed up your listening tracks severely.

Written by F3ynman2000 on 11.03.2023 at 15:22

Thanks, by the way, for introducing me to these albums thanks to your list:
Estatic Fear | Somnium Obmutum
My Dying Bride | Turn Loose The Swans
Slayer | Seasons in the Abyss
Iced Earth | Burnt Offerings


Wow, if my list has really introduced you to these masterpieces of music I am of course deeply honoured. In this case I can only recomment you to dig some more of the second half of my list, which you have not yet listened to. Have fun at that.
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05.08.2023 - 05:53
Guib
Thrash Talker
Tasty list. Very diverse and so many amazing picks in there and more Thrash Metal than I expected to see.
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- Headbanging with mostly clogged arteries to that stuff -
Guib's List Of Essential Albums
- Also Thrash Paradise
Thrash Here
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05.08.2023 - 08:39
Redel

Written by Guib on 05.08.2023 at 05:53

Tasty list. Very diverse and so many amazing picks in there and more Thrash Metal than I expected to see.

Thanks for caring to comment here, dude. Yes, my taste in metal has always been quite diverse, and at the same time pretty selective.
If it is from the old school, thrash metal will always have a place in my heart.
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