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My Top 50 Favorite Metal Albums Of All Time


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Limiting my picks to one album per band (otherwise it would have been a much larger list), here are my top 50 favorite metal albums of all time including my favorite track for each album:

Created by: stratogustav | 18.03.2023



1. Stratovarius - Episode
1996, Eternity
2. Angra - Angels Cry
1993, Stand Away
3. Helloween - Better Than Raw
1998, Revelation
4. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
1984, For Whom The Bell Tolls
5. Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark
1992, Afraid To Shoot Strangers
6. Therion - Secret Of The Runes
2001, Ginungagap
7. Rhapsody - Power Of The Dragonflame
2002, Knightrider Of Doom
8. Sonata Arctica - Silence
2001, Wolf & Raven
9. Samael - Solar Soul
2007, Ave!
10. Meshuggah - Nothing
2002, Straws Pulled At Random
11. Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper
2000, Everytime I Die
12. Arch Enemy - Wages Of Sin
2002, Dead Bury Their Dead
13. Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done
2002, Format C: For Cortex
14. In Flames - Soundtrack To Your Escape
2004, F(r)iend
15. Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
2001, Indoctrination
16. Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
1995, The Script For My Requiem
17. Gamma Ray - No World Order
2001, Dethrone Tyranny
18. Lost Horizon - A Flame To The Ground Beneath
2002, Cry Of A Restless Soul
19. Luca Turilli - Prophet Of The Last Eclipse
2002, Prince Of The Starlight
20. Dark Moor - Tarot
2006, The Emperor
21. Opeth - Deliverance
2002, Deliverance
22. Cradle Of Filth - Damnation And A Day
2003, Babalon A.D. (So Glad For The Madness)
23. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
1990, Holy Wars... The Punishment Due
24. Mercyful Fate - Melissa
1983, Black Funeral
25. Judas Priest - Painkiller
1990, Painkiller
26. Ozzy Osbourne - Ozzmosis
1995, I Just Want You
27. Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden
2004, The Devil To Pay
28. King Diamond - Abigail
1997, The Family Ghost
29. Sepultura - Chaos A.D.
1993, Territory
30. Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
1994, Broken
31. Anthrax - We've Come For You All
2003, What Doesn't Die
32. Finntroll - Ur Jordens Djup
2007, Slagbröder
33. Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos
2002, Black Star Deciver
34. Amon Amarth - Fate Of Norns
2004, Valkyries Ride
35. Magic Kingdom - Symphony Of War
2010, No Mercy For The Enemy
36. Revolution Renaissance - Age Of Aquarius
2009, Kyrie Eleison
37. Nightwish - Wishmaster
2000, The Kinslayer
38. HammerFall - Crimson Thunder
2002, Riders Of The Storm
39. Avantasia - The Metal Opera Part I
2001, Reach Out For The Light
40. Kamelot - Epica
2003, Center Of The Universe
41. Wintersun - Wintersun
2004, Beyond The Dark Sun
42. Death - Human
1991, Lack Of Comprehension
43. Carcass - Heartwork
1993, No Love Lost
44. Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
1989, Immortal Rites
45. Immortal - Battles In The North
1994, Grim And Frostbitten Kingdoms
46. Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
1997, The Loss & Curse Of Reverence
47. Eternal Tears Of Sorrow - Before The Bleeding Sun
2006, Sinister Rain
48. Asgaroth - Red Shift
2002, Naked Eye
49. Satyricon - Volcano
2002, Fuel For Hatred
50. Old Man's Child - In Defiance Of Existence
2003, Agony Of Fallen Grace



Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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