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Metal Rasputin's Absolute Favorite Albums Of All Time
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Updated 14.4.2024

My rather personal and improvised take on the subject matter. The list is pretty wage, I'll be updating it a lot and the order might vary a little depending on some things, but they're all great and awesome records no matter what. If there are some great records missing, that doesn't necessarily mean I consider them bad, maybe I just forgot about them or just haven't listened to them enough to consider them personal favourites.

Limited to metal and rock albums found on Metal Storm. Most of them (at least 90%) are anyway, so doesn't matter. The absent ones are mostly more pop and synth oriented stuff and some really obscure jazz and fusion albums.

Created by: Metal Rasputin | 15.02.2020


1. Marillion - Marbles
2. Anathema - Weather Systems
3. Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
4. Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta
5. Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
6. Reverend Bizarre - In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend
7. W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol
8. Rush - A Show Of Hands
9. Coroner - No More Color
10. Judas Priest - Painkiller
11. Hibria - Defying The Rules
12. W.A.S.P. - The Headless Children
13. King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
14. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
15. Rush - Power Windows
16. Riot - ThunderSteel
17. Strapping Young Lad - City
18. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
19. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
20. Deftones - White Pony
21. Artillery - By Inheritance
22. Devastation - Idolatry
23. Nightwish - Oceanborn
24. Marillion - Clutching At Straws
25. Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
26. King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic
27. Exodus - Tempo Of The Damned
28. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
29. Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
30. Helloween - Walls Of Jericho
31. Funeral Nation - After The Battle
32. Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica
33. Deftones - Around The Fur
34. Vektor - Outer Isolation
35. Conception - Flow
36. Rush - Moving Pictures
37. King Crimson - Red
38. Saxon - Lionheart
39. Praying Mantis - Time Tells No Lies
40. Pagan Altar - Mythical & Magical
41. King Diamond - Abigail
42. Carnivore - Retaliation
43. Moonsorrow - Verisรคkeet
44. Carnivore - Carnivore
45. Autopsy - Mental Funeral
46. Voivod - Killing Technology
47. King Diamond - "Them"
48. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
49. Vektor - Black Future
50. Conception - In Your Multitude
51. Running Wild - Black Hand Inn
52. Halford - Live Insurrection
53. Vektor - Terminal Redux
54. Finsterforst - Zerfall
55. Between The Buried And Me - Colors
56. Autopsy - Severed Survival
57. Voivod - Dimension Hatrรถss
58. Crimson Glory - Transcendence
59. Lizzy Borden - Love You To Pieces
60. Rush - Grace Under Pressure
61. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
62. Finsterforst - ...Zum Tode Hin
63. Sonata Arctica - Silence
64. Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith
65. Rush - Hemispheres
66. Mgล‚a - Exercises In Futility
67. Helstar - Nosferatu
68. Whiplash - Insult To Injury
69. Pagan Altar - Lords Of Hypocrisy
70. Threshold - Hypothetical
71. Karnivool - Sound Awake
72. Fear Factory - Demanufacture
73. King Diamond - The Eye
74. Heathen - Victims Of Deception
75. Rivers Of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name
76. IQ - Dark Matter
77. Black Sabbath - Headless Cross
78. King Crimson - Discipline
79. Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
80. Marillion - Seasons End
81. Riot - The Privilege Of Power
82. Pagan Altar - Volume 1
83. Threshold - Subsurface
84. Deliverance - Weapons Of Our Warfare
85. Torture Squad - Pandemonium
86. Finsterforst - Mach Dich Frei
87. Marillion - Brave
88. Iron Maiden - Brave New World
89. Threshold - Dead Reckoning
90. Halford - Resurrection
91. Tesla - The Great Radio Controversy
92. Judas Priest - Stained Class
93. Nightwish - Wishmaster
94. Winters Bane - Heart Of A Killer
95. Running Wild - Port Royal
96. Black Sabbath - The Eternal Idol
97. Gravestone - Creating A Monster
98. Kreator - Pleasure To Kill
99. Tesla - Psychotic Supper
100. Wrath - Nothing To Fear
101. Heavens Gate - Livin' In Hysteria
102. Marillion - Script For A Jester's Tear
103. Planet X - Quantum
104. Running Wild - Death Or Glory
105. Riot - Immortal Soul
106. Coroner - Mental Vortex
107. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath
108. Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
109. Not Fragile - Lost In A Dream
110. Ulver - Lyckantropen Themes
111. Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious
112. Animals As Leaders - Animals As Leaders
113. Queensrรฟche - Operation: Mindcrime
114. Pestilence - Consuming Impulse
115. Agent Steel - Order Of The Illuminati
116. Death - Leprosy
117. Agent Steel - Omega Conspiracy
118. Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory
119. Amon Amarth - Versus The World
120. Dream Theater - Awake
121. IQ - Tales From The Lush Attic
122. Rush - Permanent Waves
123. Black Sabbath - Tyr
124. Death - Individual Thought Patterns
125. Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King
126. Angel Witch - Angel Witch
127. Heathen - Breaking The Silence
128. Attack - Destinies Of War
129. Coroner - Grin
130. Powermad - Absolute Power
131. Holy Terror - Mind Wars
132. Obituary - Cause Of Death
133. Exhorder - Slaughter In The Vatican
134. Holy Terror - Terror And Submission
135. Savatage - Edge Of Thorns
136. Flotsam And Jetsam - No Place For Disgrace
137. Carcass - Heartwork
138. King Diamond - Conspiracy
139. Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side
140. Ulver - Perdition City
141. Death - Human
142. Stormwitch - Walpurgis Night
143. Metal Church - Blessing In Disguise
144. Riot City - Burn The Night
145. Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
146. Threshold - Critical Mass
147. Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
148. Toxik - Think This
149. Saxon - Innocence Is No Excuse
150. Xysma - Above The Mind Of Morbidity
151. IQ - Ever
152. Planet X - MoonBabies
153. Leprous - Tall Poppy Syndrome
154. Razor - Evil Invaders
155. Ayreon - Into The Electric Castle
156. Sentenced - Down
157. Paladin - Ascension
158. Burzum - Filosofem
159. Bruce Dickinson - Accident Of Birth
160. Burzum - Filosofem
161. Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death
162. Savatage - Gutter Ballet
163. Conception - Parallel Minds
164. Moonsorrow - V: Hรคvitetty
165. Riot - Fire Down Under
166. Ripper - Experiment Of Existence
167. Mesarthim - Isolate
168. Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa
169. Mesarthim - - .- -... ... . -. -.-. .
170. Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence
171. Target - Master Project Genesis
172. Cyclone Temple - I Hate Therefore I Am
173. Galneryus - Into The Purgatory
174. Demolition Hammer - Epidemic Of Violence
175. Arch Echo - Arch Echo
176. Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment 2
177. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
178. At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
179. Razor - Violent Restitution
180. Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways
181. Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry
182. Satan - Court In The Act
183. Tesla - Mechanical Resonance
184. Exciter - Heavy Metal Maniac
185. Loudness - Thunder In The East
186. Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
187. Anthrax - Sound Of White Noise
188. Grave Digger - The Grave Digger
189. Alice In Chains - Dirt
190. Spastic Ink - Ink Compatible
191. Elder - Dead Roots Stirring
192. The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium
193. Down - Nola
194. Sadist - Tribe
195. Stryper - Against The Law
196. Elder - Lore
197. The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
198. Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth
199. The Black Dahlia Murder - Nocturnal
200. Tourniquet - Psycho Surgery
201. Van Halen - Fair Warning
202. The Who - Quadrophenia
203. Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings
204. Skid Row - Slave To The Grind
205. Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry
206. Saxon - The Inner Sanctum
207. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
208. Fear Factory - Obsolete
209. Pendragon - Not Of This World
210. Deicide - Deicide
211. Pendragon - The Window Of Life
212. Warrior Path - The Mad King
213. The Sins Of Thy Beloved - Lake Of Sorrow
214. Killing Joke - Pandemonium
215. Pokolgรฉp - Pokoli Szรญnjรกtรฉk
216. Stratovarius - Episode
217. Cloven Hoof - A Sultan's Ransom
218. Demon Bitch - Hellfriends
219. Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika
220. Periphery - Periphery II: This Time It's Personal
221. Darkane - Expanding Senses
222. Ratt - Out Of The Cellar
223. Front Line Assembly - Hard Wired
224. Marillion - Fugazi
225. Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
226. Threshold - March Of Progress
227. Instanzia - Ghosts
228. Overkill - Horrorscope
229. Spastic Ink - Ink Complete
230. Neptunian Maximalism - ร‰ons
231. Armored Saint - Symbol Of Salvation
232. Axel Rudi Pell - The Masquerade Ball
233. Redemption - Snowfall On Judgment Day
234. Winger - Pull
235. Skid Row - Skid Row
236. Front Line Assembly - Tactical Neural Implant
237. Enforcer - From Beyond
238. Arch Echo - You Won't Believe What Happens Next!
239. Threshold - For The Journey
240. Theocracy - Mirror Of Souls
241. Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment
242. Dream Theater - Images And Words
243. Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian
244. Gary Numan - Sacrifice
245. Theocracy - As The World Bleeds
246. Elder - Reflections Of A Floating World
247. Fates Warning - Parallels
248. Seven Sisters - The Cauldron And The Cross
249. Pagan's Mind - Celestial Entrance
250. Killing Joke - Absolute Dissent
251. Unanimated - Ancient God Of Evil
252. Devin Townsend - Deconstruction
253. Tool - Lateralus
254. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
255. Mindless Sinner - Turn On The Power
256. Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
257. Overkill - The Years Of Decay
258. Caligula's Horse - The Tide, The Thief & River's End
259. Oz - Fire In The Brain
260. Ratt - Invasion Of Your Privacy
261. Thaurorod - Anteinferno
262. Tool - ร†nima
263. Cradle Of Filth - Midian
264. Motรถrhead - 1916
265. Rush - Signals
266. IQ - Frequency
267. Riverside - Out Of Myself
268. Unleash The Archers - Apex
269. Children Of Bodom - Hatebreeder
270. Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
271. Entombed - Left Hand Path
272. Mercyful Fate - Melissa
273. Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
274. Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream
275. Killing Joke - Killing Joke
276. Strapping Young Lad - Alien
277. Demigod - Slumber Of Sullen Eyes
278. Moonlight Sorcery - Horned Lord Of The Thorned Castle
279. Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
280. Polyphia - Renaissance
281. Dissection - Reinkaos
282. Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes
283. Anathema - Alternative 4
284. Lucid Planet - Lucid Planet II
285. Sepultura - Arise
286. Pendragon - The Masquerade Overture
287. Gary Numan - Pure
288. Redemption - The Fullness Of Time
289. Riverside - Eye Of The Soundscape
290. Malevolent Creation - Retribution
291. Pagan's Mind - Enigmatic : Calling
292. Kalmah - They Will Return
293. Dio - The Last In Line
294. Scanner - Terminal Earth
295. Liege Lord - Master Control
296. Massacre - From Beyond
297. Death - Spiritual Healing
298. Finntroll - Jaktens Tid
299. Annihilator - Never, Neverland
300. Vinnie Moore - Mind's Eye
301. David Maxim Micic - Who Bit The Moon
302. Rush - Counterparts
303. Coroner - Punishment For Decadence
304. Fear Factory - Soul Of A New Machine
305. Nuclear Assault - Game Over
306. Nuclear Assault - Survive
307. Anthrax - Spreading The Disease
308. Nuclear Assault - Handle With Care
309. Dordeduh - Har
310. Cyclone - Inferior To None
311. Kingdom Come - Kingdom Come
312. The Birthday Massacre - Walking With Strangers
313. Def Leppard - Pyromania
314. Riot - Narita
315. Heavens Gate - In Control
316. Karnivool - Asymmetry
317. Saint - Too Late For Living
318. Nailbomb - Point Blank
319. Venator - Echoes From The Gutter
320. Sadist - Above The Light
321. Walls Of Jericho - With Devils Amongst Us All


Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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Comments: 4   Visited by: 85 users
03.11.2020 - 22:37
Redel
moderator

There is a lot of great stuff here.
Also a lot of stuff at pretty high ranks where I go like .
But that will probably be the same with you if you take a look at my Top 250 of all time.
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07.05.2021 - 15:20
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
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Cool list alot of my favourite albums here, I've noticed you like a lot of progressive rock/Metal albums too
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12.08.2023 - 03:29
Guib
Thrash Talker
Hell yes man! This list is fire!

Symbol Of Salvation, Terror And Submissiom, Think This, Time Tell No Lies, Heartwork, Never Neverland, The Years Of Decay, Ascension, Cause Of Death... and it goes on to meet my taste.

Mate yes! We gotta talk metal some day haha +1
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22.03.2024 - 23:36
billy4metal
Nice list โ€ฆ I think we have been on a similar musical journey. Particularly in that 1980s classic and the 1988 power metal / Noise Music phase
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