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Top 50 Melodic Death Metal Albums

I've always been a fan of melodic death metal, having listened to bands such as In Flames, Dark Tranquillity and At The Gates in my first few years of getting into metal around 2005-2008. Now, thanks to MS, I've gotten into many more amazing bands such as Wintersun, Insomnium and Scar Symmetry and it has become one of my favourite sub-genres.

So here are my favourites of the genre with my rating, its sub-genre and release year:

(Score is an average of each album's song ratings, full list located here)

If you discovered any new albums or like the same sort of melodic death metal, be sure to give this list a thumbs-up and leave a comment so more people can find these amazing bands!

My other lists:
Top 500 Albums (ordered & rated)
Top 25 EPs (also ordered & rated)
Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres)
Top 200 Overrated Albums (trigger warning)
So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)

1.Wintersun - Time I
2.Wintersun - Wintersun
3.Insomnium - Winter's Gate
4.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
5.The Haunted - The Haunted Made Me Do It

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Created by nonZero on 26.02.2024



My Top 30 Albums Of 2006

1.Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance
2.Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die
3.Insomnium - Above The Weeping World
4.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
5.The Mars Volta - Amputechture

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Created by JHK on 25.05.2022



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Top 500 Albums of All Time

I've been listening to Metal since 2005 and it has become my biggest passion in life.

Rarely a day goes by where I don't listen to it in one form or another. The bands I listened to in my teens inspired me to pick up the guitar (and later drums) and start making music of my own.

So here are the albums that have stood out and made the largest impact on me. To be as transparent as possible, I've labelled albums as 'nostalgia bias' where my memories of the album give it an advantage over others.

(Score is an average of each album's song ratings, full list located here. There are a ton of albums that I've rated 9/10 in the 'TBR' tab that may never make it to this list, be sure to check those out.)

If you discovered any new albums or like the same sort of metal, be sure to give this list a thumbs-up and leave a comment so more people can find these amazing bands!

My other lists:
Top 25 EPs (ordered & rated)
Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres)
Top 200 Overrated Albums (trigger warning)
So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)

Genre-Specific:
Top 50 Black Metal Albums
Top 50 Melodic Death Metal Albums
Top 45 Thrash Metal Albums
Top 40 Power Metal Albums
Top 30 Doom Metal Albums
Top 30 Heavy Metal Albums

1.Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
2.Opeth - Blackwater Park
3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
4.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
5.Opeth - Still Life

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Created by nonZero on 06.10.2018



My Top Metal Songs Of All Time (In Progress)

1.In Flames - Reroute To Remain
2.Katatonia - Viva Emptiness
3.Crematory - Pray
4.The Project Hate MCMXCIX - Armageddon March Eternal (Symphonies Of Slit Wrists)
5.Mercenary - The Hours That Remain

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Created by Lukthu on 12.01.2017



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25 Best 2006

1.Mercenary - The Hours That Remain
2.Amorphis - Eclipse
3.Keep Of Kalessin - Armada
4.Communic - Waves Of Visual Decay
5.Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

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Created by enumaelis on 15.01.2012



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My TOP 100 Metal Albums - At 2011 May

1.Novembre - Wish I Could Dream It Again
2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
3.Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
4.Metallica - ...And Justice For All
5.Autumnal - Grey Universe

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Created by Thrasher Hungary on 01.06.2011



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Top 20 Albums Of 2006

1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
2.Mercenary - The Hours That Remain
3.Dominia - Divine Revolution
4.Amorphis - Eclipse
5.Dragonland - Astronomy

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Created by Starchild on 06.09.2010



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My Favourite Albums Of All Time

1.Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine: Biomech
2.Lost Horizon - A Flame To The Ground Beneath
3.Wintersun - Wintersun
4.Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields
5.Mors Principium Est - The Unborn

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Created by Starchild on 25.08.2010



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...under Making...

1.Novembre - Wish I Could Dream It Again
2.Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
3.Metallica - ...And Justice For All
4.Novembre - Arte Novecento
5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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Created by Thrasher Hungary on 14.08.2010



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My Top 20 Albums

1.Still Remains - The Serpent
2.Delain - Lucidity
3.Bleeding Through - The Truth
4.In Flames - Reroute To Remain
5.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

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Created by Dracius on 07.03.2010