I feel like my overall favorites list is getting too long. I'm splitting it up by rating.

1.Amon Amarth - Jomsviking

2.Qrixkuor - Poison Palinopsia

3.Skepticism - Ordeal

4.Funeral Mist - Devilry

5.Zeal & Ardor - Zeal And Ardor

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Maybe there is a million of records with ugly covers outside, but this is my choice
Great records bad covers and bad records bad covers, the art work it’s sometimes subjective…
Never judge a book by its cover

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1.Metallica - 72 Seasons

2.Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!

3.Riot - Narita

4.Cyclone Temple - My Friend Lonely

5.Exodus - Force Of Habit

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These are the albums with the highest possible rates in my personal list. Sometimes it was an emotional decision made after one single spin, but mostly these actually are my favorite albums. Also, I was wondering what genre would be most represented.

PS. The image was selected intentionally to piss you off. Still, I do consider Diabolus In Musica to be an almost perfect album

1.1833 AD - My Dark Symphony

2.1914 - The Blind Leading The Blind

3.Akhlys - Melinoë

4.Amorphis - The Karelian Isthmus

5.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

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my ranking of the Big 4s Full-Length albums
Near the bottom , the rankings get a bit more 'interchangeable' because I can't be bothered to specifically discern the difference between turd flavors

1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?

4.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

5.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

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1.Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes

2.Virgin Steele - Invictus

3.Nightwish - Oceanborn

4.Amon Amarth - Once Sent From The Golden Hall

5.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

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JUST FOR FUN….Bad Records From Great Bands Or Bands You Just Don’t Get Into…This is my personal choice
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1.Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar

2.Limp Bizkit - Significant Other

3.Bruce Dickinson - Skunkworks

4.KISS - Unmasked

5.Manowar - Kings Of Metal MMXIV

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1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

3.Slayer - South Of Heaven

4.Slayer - Show No Mercy

5.Slayer - Hell Awaits

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1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.Slayer - Hell Awaits

3.Slayer - South Of Heaven

4.Slayer - Show No Mercy

5.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

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Like my other genre-based lists, this exists purely for my own organizational purposes and not to provide a definitive statement about or guidebook to the thrash genre. I've folded some speed metal and other occasional outliers into this list, maybe a few not-so-thrash albums by otherwise-thrash bands, since they're close enough and I wasn't going to make a separate list.

1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.Gama Bomb - Citizen Brain

3.Cross Examination - Menace II Sobriety

4.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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1.Alice In Chains - Jar Of Flies

2.Animals As Leaders - Animals As Leaders

3.Damageplan - New Found Power

4.Dying Fetus - Killing On Adrenaline

5.Fear Factory - Archetype

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My personal rankings of Slayer's studio albums.

1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

3.Slayer - South Of Heaven

4.Slayer - Christ Illusion

5.Slayer - Hell Awaits

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Simple ranking of all my favorite albums. Favorite song from the album in the notes. Sure to change/expand as I learn and explore more within metal.
2023: This was starting to get too long so I split it into separate lists for albums at each ranking 10 to 7. This list will no longer be updated.
10: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6891
9: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=7213
8: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=7512
7: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=8058

1.Madder Mortem - Eight Ways

2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

3.Ayreon - 01011001

4.Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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1.Anthrax - Stomp 442

2.Megadeth - The World Needs A Hero

3.Sepultura - Nation

4.Kreator - Renewal

5.Slayer - Diabolus In Musica

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1.Rainbow - Rising

2.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

3.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

4.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

5.AC/DC - Powerage

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***Only one album per band so I don't have half of In Flames and Metallica's discography here.

1.Megadeth - Risk

2.Metallica - Lulu [Collaboration]

3.Iron Maiden - Virtual XI

4.Slayer - Diabolus In Musica

5.In Flames - Siren Charms

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