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Top 200 Metal Masterpieces of All Time

RANKING CRITERIA :

- Originality [ 35% of the rating ]
- Songwriting [ 35% of the rating ]
- Performance [ 30% of the rating ]

Neither popularity among fans nor commercial success (or unsuccess)…

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
4.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
5.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

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Created by Vasil de Shumen on 10.03.2012



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Best Of American Power Metal

Just a list of 20 of the best Power Metal albums of the US style, in order of preference. The order and number of albums in the list may change as I find new albums.

1.Crimson Glory - Transcendence
2.Iced Earth - Night Of The Stormrider
3.Jag Panzer - Casting The Stones
4.Helstar - Nosferatu
5.Sanctuary - Refuge Denied

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Created by R'Vannith on 23.03.2011



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Metal-Gems: "Power Metal"

A list for power metal bands and albums, which are sadly overlooked by the majority, but are highly deserving much more attention. That means obviously that this is no place for the genres biggest and…

1.Crom - Vengeance
2.Wuthering Heights - The Shadow Cabinet
3.Fairyland - Score To A New Beginning
4.Dol Ammad - Ocean Dynamics
5.Eldritch - El Niño

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Created by sashike on 20.10.2012



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Top 25 Albums Of 1986

Updated 10/23/18…

1.Slayer - Reign In Blood
2.Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
3.Flotsam And Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deceiver
4.Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
5.Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

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Created by Dangerboner on 02.03.2010



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Old-school Metal: The Must-haves

The must-have albums of old school heavy metal. Includes genres like Traditional, NWOBHM, U.S.P.M., Speed, Epic, Doom, and prog.

1.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
2.Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
3.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
4.Crimson Glory - Transcendence
5.Angel Witch - Angel Witch

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Created by Jagermeister on 07.03.2015



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Empowering Albums For Powerless Losers

This is a list of all the power metal albums I have listened to that are worth remembering. Like my other genre lists, this is not meant to be a definitive guide to power metal or a binding judgment on…

1.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth
2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
3.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
4.Jag Panzer - Thane To The Throne
5.X Japan - Art Of Life

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Created by ScreamingSteelUS on 19.09.2019



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Great Album Covers 👍👍👍

A list of my favorite album covers…

1.Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
2.Mercyful Fate - Melissa
3.Slayer - Reign In Blood
4.Motörhead - Motörhead
5.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

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Created by Blackcrowe on 31.03.2023



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1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

WORK IN PROGESS! 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…

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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Top 20 Of 1986

1.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
3.Queensrÿche - Rage For Order
4.Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
5.Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory

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Created by Alex Avagianos on 09.04.2022



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Manilla Road Album's Ranked

Ranking of one of the greatest metal bands. Manilla Road mixes a personal and unique metal sound with concepts of history, fantasy, and ancient mythology, incorporating exquisite passages of progressive,…

1.Manilla Road - Mystification
2.Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
3.Manilla Road - The Deluge
4.Manilla Road - Open The Gates
5.Manilla Road - Invasion

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Created by Blackcrowe on 03.12.2020