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Top Rated Abums From A To Я

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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Created by Shmelevod on 15.03.2023



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1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

Welcome to what I consider the "1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" or in other words, a list of records of various genres in the arrays of Metal and Hard Rock that I deem essential or at least very recommended to listeners of hard and heavy music. This may be a very overwhelming list but I essentially try to collect all albums in the History of Metal that strike me as worthwhile. May this be a guideline for people that seek for an entrance to a particular genre or certain bands. In no means I am saying, that this list is indisputable by any means. I consider these my personal picks for albums that should be listened to by die-hard metal fans at least once. Hopefully you can discover some new music or relate with my picks. If I missed something that you would include in such a list, please tell me in the form of a comment. Enjoy! \,,/

1.High Tide - Sea Shanties
2.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
4.Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come
5.Josefus - Dead Man

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Created by pandrstudios on 31.05.2022



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Death Is Only The Beginning (Of This List)

This is a list of all the death metal albums I have listened to that I thought were at all worth remembering. Like my other genre lists, this is just a record of my own listening experience that I use for personal organization, not a definitive account of the best or all of the death metal out there; there will probably be albums or bands that are not death metal in the strictest sense. You'll find some OSDM, melodeath, tech death, death-doom, maybe a bit of deathcore, I don't know. Maybe some non-death metal albums by death metal bands that I put in here just because.

1.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
2.Death - Symbolic
3.At The Gates - With Fear I Kiss The Burning Darkness
4.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
5.Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

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Created by ScreamingSteelUS on 15.04.2022



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F3ynman's Checklist

Here are albums (ordered by subgenre) that I want to listen to, but haven't yet.
For some albums, I've heard one or two songs, but not the entire album. Therefore, these albums still await my judgement!
Recommendations are always welcome!

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2.Hamferð - Men Gu ð s Hond Er Sterk
3.Dissimulator - Lower Form Resistance
4.Job For A Cowboy - Moon Healer
5.Defect Designer - Chitin

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Created by F3ynman2000 on 20.10.2021



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The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (C)

This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone who is young in age, my tastes tend to revolve around the period of the 80s to the present.* Although certain metal albums from before will certainly be featured, the period of the 60s-70s will be under-represented. I refer you to this excellent list to gain a better appreciation for some of the best metal from that period: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/freis/martin_popoffs_the_top_500_heavy_metal_albums_of_all_time/

1.Cacophony - Speed Metal Symphony
2.Cadaveria - In Your Blood
3.Caïna - Mourner
4.Caïnan Dawn - F.O.H.A.T.
5.Cain's Offering - Stormcrow

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Created by Uxküll on 21.10.2020



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I Like Big Hits And I Can Not Lie (Part I: 20th Century)

Stuff that got me hooked in the course of the years, from my very first blurred memories as a toddler to the present day.
Lots of catchy tunes, some cheese, very few flowers.
Songs that had a big impact on me and influenced my taste in music.
Stuff to let it all hang out, songs for campfire sing-alongs and soundtracks to slit your wrists to.

1.Queen - Jazz
2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
3.Dio - Holy Diver
4.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
5.Einstürzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch

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Created by Starvynth on 10.05.2019



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Death Doom Metal In The 90s

In 90s one of the my beloved subgenre has started. This should be a compendium of all death doom old school albums featured on MS. If i miss something, you are free to suggest me something to be listed. I need more death dooooom|

1.Winter - Into Darkness
2.Paradise Lost - Lost Paradise
3.Tiamat - The Astral Sleep
4.Paradise Lost - Gothic
5.Goatlord - Reflections Of The Solstice

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Created by cobrapel on 14.09.2018



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My Favorite Metal Albums Of All Time

my 100 favorite metal albums of all times. Alphabetical order.

1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
2.Agalloch - The Serpent & The Sphere
3.Ahab - The Giant
4.Alice In Chains - Dirt
5.Altar Of Plagues - Mammal

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Created by PēterisP on 10.11.2014



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All Metal Of All Time Top 300: Songs

1.Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum
2.Theatre Of Tragedy - Theatre Of Tragedy
3.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans
4.Iron Maiden - Powerslave
5.Anathema - The Silent Enigma

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Created by Redel on 08.03.2014



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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.

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

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Created by Redel on 01.03.2014



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Symphonic Gothic Doom Death Albums Top 100 (my Favorites)

1.Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses
2.Within Temptation - The Silent Force
3.Haggard - And Thou Shalt Trust... The Seer
4.Anathema - Serenades
5.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans

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Created by Alexbridger on 16.01.2013



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Most Overlooked Metal Albums

Albums I love that, at the moment, have at most 20 votes on this site. Ordered genre-wise, and not quality-wise.

1.Legend - Fröm The Fjörds
2.Saracen - Heroes, Saints & Fools
3.Dark Quarterer - Dark Quarterer
4.Demon - Taking The World By Storm
5.Hellfueled - Born II Rock

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Created by Aristarchos on 27.12.2012



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My Top 60 Favourite Death Metal Albums (including melodeath and deathrash)

I know some of the albums are more thrash than death, but I added them anyway, because I guess they could appeal to death metal fans too. Many of the albums are not so well-known, but I prefer them over the classics. If you have any other suggestions of underground albums you think I could enjoy based on my choices, you can suggest me.

1.In Flames - Clayman
2.The Crown - Eternal Death
3.Sororicide - The Entity
4.Pestilence - Malleus Maleficarum
5.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

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Created by Aristarchos on 11.07.2012



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My Favourite Metal Albums

I excluded some of my favourite albums that I don't accept as metal. While top 10 represents albums I listened to over the years, the rest of the list better represent where I stand today.

1.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
2.Dio - Holy Diver
3.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II
4.Iron Maiden - Brave New World
5.In Flames - Clayman

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Created by Aristarchos on 03.07.2012



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Classic Death Metal Top 100

1.Carcass - Heartwork
2.Entombed - Clandestine
3.Napalm Death - Harmony Corruption
4.Pestilence - Testimony Of The Ancients
5.Gorefest - False

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Created by Alexbridger on 14.03.2011