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Top Metal 2010-2020

My top 10 metal album from 2000-2009

1.Agalloch - The Mantle
2.Shining - V - Halmstad
3.Opeth - Ghost Reveries
4.Corrupted - El Mundo Frio
5.Rotting Christ - Theogonia

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Created by Amo del Merol on 29.03.2024



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Top 100

In progress top 100 albums in no order yet

1.Alice In Chains - Jar Of Flies
2.Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
3.Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
4.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
5.Dream Theater - Images And Words

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Created by em6568 on 25.03.2024



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The Top Albums Of Ch'ti

This is my top albums (only with those where I gave 8 or more). I will update the list now and then

1.Slipknot - Iowa
2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace
3.Opeth - Ghost Reveries
4.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
5.Slipknot - Slipknot

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Created by Ch'ti on 06.02.2024



AJ's Ranking Of 2009

Top 50 of albums I rated 8 and above.

Album count: 222
Average rating: 6.96

1.Ahab - The Divinity Of Oceans
2.Insomnium - Across The Dark
3.Fen - The Malediction Fields
4.Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs
5.Isis - Wavering Radiant

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Created by AJ The Great on 02.01.2024



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Melodic Escapism

My personal picks for albums that makes my mind wander. Also a good list for anyone getting into metal.

1.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes
2.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach
3.Budgie - Never Turn Your Back On A Friend
4.Children Of Bodom - Something Wild
5.Dark Tranquillity - Character

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Created by em6568 on 13.09.2023



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Essential Music For Phone

Bands in my daily listening rotation. Albums chosen are my favorite by the respective band in most cases 🤘

1.200 Stab Wounds - Slave To The Scalpel
2.A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms
3.Abbath - Abbath
4.Acid Witch - Rot Among Us
5.Æther Realm - Tarot

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Created by em6568 on 13.07.2023



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Making My Way Through The MS Top 200

The MS top 200 is supposed to represent the absolute peak of metal music, the timeless classics. I have been listening to metal for about 6 years now and would consider myself fairly knowledgeable about the genre. Yet, I have barely heard half of what the top 200 has to offer. I am now on a quest to listen to it all and give an honest opinion on what I thought of it.
This list will show every album of the top 200 and if I've listened to it whether it's an all-time favourite of mine (+++), I really like it (++), I like it (+), it’s good (*), it’s not great (-), I really dislike it (--) or I hate it from the bottom of my heart (---). The same symbols will be used to characterize what I think my opinion of the albums I haven't heard yet will be, based on my knowledge of the bands and of the genre they play. (?) signifies that I have no idea of whether I'll enjoy it or not and (/) means that my opinion of the album is probably obsolete, and I need to listen to it again. A ★ means the album is in my own top 200.
Edit: The bottom of the top 200 has been changing a lot, with some stuff formerly in the list now closer to 240th, so this is now a top 250. I’m not sure I want to expand the list further down, but I’ll see whenever it’s completed if I feel like going for a top 300 or something like that.
Best discoveries so far: Wildhoney, Nightfall, Out Of Myself, Portal Of I, Autumn Aurora, Nemesis Divina, Abigail, V: Hävitetty, Sounds Of Pain.

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3.W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol
4.Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die
5.Ensiferum - Ensiferum

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Created by Roman Doez on 13.04.2023



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Best Album Closers

A lot has already been said about the best album openers in metal. Not that much do we talk about abum closers though.
I guess for me the ending of an album is at least as important as its start.
I have put here my favourite album closers in all metal of all time, in descending order of my preference. And I am looking forward to your comments on it.

1.Iron Maiden - Powerslave
2.Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings
3.Mercyful Fate - Melissa
4.Opeth - Morningrise
5.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

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Created by Redel on 23.01.2023



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My Must Listen Albums

1.Agalloch - Pale Folklore
2.Agalloch - The Mantle
3.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
5.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

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Created by P3YM4N on 12.12.2022



M0rkeleb's Overall Favorites - 8s

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

1.Thy Catafalque - Meta
2.Sepulcros - Vazio
3.Kassad - Faces Turn Away
4.Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings
5.Xanthochroid - Of Erthe And Axen: Act I

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Created by M0rkeleb on 04.12.2022



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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive 2009

A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

2009 was one of the best, a lot of great release came out that year especially within black, Progressive and Death metal. Had to make some rough cuts so honorable mentions goes to: Róka Hasa Rádió by Thy Catafalque, Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us by Paradise Lost, Evangelion by Behemoth, Liebe Ist Für Alle Da by Rammstein, Axe To Fall by Converge, The Great Misdirect by Between The Buried And Me, Endgame by Megadeth, Time Waits For No Slave by Napalm Death and In The Constellation Of The Black Widow by Anaal Nathrakh, over all a fantastic year.

1.Leprous - Tall Poppy Syndrome
2.Devin Townsend - Addicted
3.Diablo Swing Orchestra - Sing-Along Songs For The Damned & Delirious
4.Abandon - The Dead End
5.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach

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Created by Handala on 05.11.2022



My Top 150 Albums Of All Time

This list shows only my preferences in metal. These albums are not necessarily the best of the bands written by, but I return to them again and again. In my opinion, all this masterpieces confirm the variety and greatness of metal music.
Rules:
1. One album per band.
2. Ordered from highest position (top) to lowest (bottom).
3. No heavy, power, doom, gothic, sludge/stoner albums.

1.Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper
2.Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
3.In Flames - Clayman
4.Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos
5.Gojira - From Mars To Sirius

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Created by nikita_ducati on 16.10.2022



My Top 50 Albums Of 2000-2009

1.Opeth - Ghost Reveries
2.Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
3.Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane
4.Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet
5.Opeth - Blackwater Park

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Created by JHK on 01.10.2022



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Top 50

Subject to change from time to time. (Currently in a remaking process)

1.Avenged Sevenfold - Waking The Fallen
2.Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier
3.Avenged Sevenfold - City Of Evil
4.Opeth - Still Life
5.Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel

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Created by MR11MAIDEN on 28.09.2022



My Top 30 Albums Of 2009

1.Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
2.Kauan - Aava Tuulen Maa
3.Katatonia - Night Is The New Day
4.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach
5.Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs

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Created by JHK on 03.05.2022