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The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (T) 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/
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Created by Uxküll
on 24.02.2021
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POST-MAY (aka June) "CALENDAR MADE OF METAL"
June = Post Metal Listening to as many albums as possible in said genre during said month and listing them here as I go. Suggestions welcome.
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Created by Daddy Pig
on 01.06.2020
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Top 100 Albums Of 2010-2019 Another 2010-2019 list! I guess a lot of people will hate on me for #2, but I love that album. Enjoy!
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Created by Kuroboshi
on 05.01.2020
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150 Albums To Become An Adult To: 2010-2019 I began this decade in my final year of high school, in the early phases of my metal journey (Mastodon, Machine Head, Dream Theater, Pantera and Avenged Sevenfold were still recent discoveries). One Masters degree and one PhD later, I'm now a tax-paying Londonian, and have ploughed through what must be comfortably over 2000 new releases during the previous ten years. To commemorate the end of a turbulent decade, I've put together a list of the albums that have stuck with me throughout this decade - I wouldn't consider this to be a 'best albums' list, as there have been some truly ingenious works released in more avant-garde territories, but ultimately these are the albums that have ended up dominating my listening habits, or otherwise making a sufficient impression to make this list.
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Created by musclassia
on 27.12.2019
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Hidden Gems - 25 Albums You Might Have Missed What follows are 25 very good albums that seem to have flown under the radar of MS users, as not a one has even 50 ratings. Pulled pretty much from tastes, so largely some death, doom, sludge, stoner, and thrash. So check 'em out, you might find a couple worth your while.
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Created by BitterCOld
on 12.05.2015
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2010-2014: Top 100 Albums (WIP) 2008 might've been my first proper taste of metal, with the acquisition of albums from the likes of Metallica, Megadeth, Black Sabbath and that most grandiose of gateway bands, DragonForce. 2009 might've seen me expanding my palette, with Iron Maiden, Alice In Chains, Avenged Sevenfold, and more entering my world, and Guns N' Roses triumphantly re-entering it. But 2010 was when I delved into more 'intense' stuff with Machine Head, In Flames, and most notably of all, Sylosis, and saw my relationship with metal shift from ever-increasing interest into full-blown love affair. To commemorate this 5-year anniversary, and because I love making lists, I decided to do a retrospective of the best albums and songs that have been released during this time period, and give brief tributes to them. Yay music!
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Created by musclassia
on 08.01.2015
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Underrated and Overlooked Albums Rules:
1. One album per band 2. Alphabetic order 3. Only albums with less than 30 votes + albums not available on MS Links to albums which are not featured on MS: Antagonist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7gKRrqbWG8 Aphotic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGDeUKGB16o Apocalypse (UK) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-6Dw9EjLe8 Arcania https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU7oPe7WUfw Armageddon (USA) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfu4hX1H_-s As Light Dies http://aslightdies.bandcamp.com/album/ars-subtilior-from-within-the-cage Atlain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaG3-z_puEM Attack http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mSzsfjD3jE Auditory Imagery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNT5bypc2rQ Änglagård https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFI554_xM-I Babylon Sad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc12Z3Bqf2c Betrayal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl9mqOw7adc Black Hole http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlkPxq1BZaE Black Symphony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8Ly1Luk21s Blood Cult http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgwRqPoM_zg Bronz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OTnWnDegMw Buffalo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rzxM6Z_oDQ Cactus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_y_m0mImGw Calhoun Conquer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQih771h2Mw Carmilla Morte http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmqiMdo5Zks Cave Of Swimmers https://caveofswimmers.bandcamp.com/album/reflection Centaur https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSn7iXf7lVc Ceremonium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsbVOcaT4-c Chowder http://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/passion-rift Clepsydra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpQVVe9wPqc Cosmosquad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HehOaRhPrx0 Counter-World Experience http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LPR-BoMQpc Cryptomnesia http://tornfleshrecords.bandcamp.com/album/primordial-oddity Crystal Age https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mot3HS8ks7I Cult Of Vampyrism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VpmkSxl3Lo Cybele https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pCxN9pkHTU Cyberhed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJdj6iJ5lXo Dali's Dilemma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80DcS2zHfM8 Dawn Of Dreams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyIZsuaQWJE Dead Temple https://deadtemple.bandcamp.com/ Deaf Eyes https://deafeyes.bandcamp.com/releases Decision D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQZ8vH-RBiQ Decoryah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69bHWfAg_0A Demimonde http://demimondeofficial.bandcamp.com/album/mutant-star Diabolique https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx1mKbpncBU Doom (JPN) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsqw8X-c4zc Dust https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO_IyJU-ZbE Dust Sculptures http://dustsculptures.bandcamp.com/album/nostalgia Dustynation http://dustynation.bandcamp.com/ Dying Passion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLa6ACfBlGY Earth Burnt Black https://earthburntblack.bandcamp.com/album/under-a-dying-sun Egypt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt5Wh7jGSl8 Egypt (US) https://egypt1.bandcamp.com/album/become-the-sun Embryo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2lhw0z7r_8 Empyria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr3u1Qjfk70 End Amen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVfKv9vC2z8 Energetic Krusher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1hUUhRAkTY Equirhodont http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if1TCEu9jto Eternal Cry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3wzddYaT6s Eternal Valley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWRsO7_KNiM Evol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OmQypgX-Lc Excidium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2O9k7pNvLA Exises https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srS4QTBCqp0 Exxplorer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgg2FXe5ZQE Flames Of Hell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGHSHUj3IsU H-Bomb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkmgHJgZl4I Harrow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh-qWj5hzYs Heaven's Cry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHp0jTLCUko Hocculta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaI7dmrbwvA Hydrotoxin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS0L_lPn3i8 Hypnotic Scenery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdc9abD6kgk Icecross https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MOQRWHCJLA Iron Claw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHL6Na0c5g0 Jakub Żytecki https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlTDJ1CwyP8 Jarun https://jarun.bandcamp.com/album/pod-niebem-utkanym-z-popio-u Jeronimo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLMflMrHP24 Jester's March https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh6WR9x_eU8 Kalovorot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyze-7dst6A Katar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw3DvrfWLsg Kobong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EayCslBxICc Kohllapse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sSYgruU3ug Korpse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1njOKpJkcBI Light Of Darkness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZNPZDB47OA Lucifer's Friend http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y9AJ4HVAQg Maeth http://maeth.bandcamp.com/album/oceans-into-ashes Maleficium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lt28cw_oYI Malignant Eternal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q88RWpnSYfs Mech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_bfMQt6rpY Megace http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4iFcde28Oc Mely https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvorSS6mEtE Memoria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSPEeBxWuxA Memory Driven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvkb1FJAm_8 Mephistopheles (GER) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9FYtWtE4-A Mistguide http://mistguide.bandcamp.com/album/era Moonlight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=480oxwRDwmw Narita https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w5e15suhfk Necroart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4m_5I3MecA Neolithic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op7tamalrT4 Nexus 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlABSdgZJFI Night Sun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9sscVftmDU Nimbatus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ntsia6r9hOo Nox Mortis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UUsn2m94HA Obiat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlZiyI6PPbw Obrero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEtYdT5ifQ4 Obsidieth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja8EEH7vh4E Odyssey (RSA) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1cDZfDXXzc Olvido http://olvido-oficial.bandcamp.com/album/luto Oppressor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtMPBlZ1EHM Opus Arise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdVTjAgduHI Oracle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH-QQZWqFEI Ordained Fate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOivwjopHvg Path Of Debris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lebyXZNr21M Pergalė http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26N4_6JYop0 Polluted Inheritance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVdxGUo3Y04 Promethean http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc79qtfThZ4 Red Tide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jS_bNbnTMQ Quicksand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5lGb7mLSUk Sabaoth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKqjutLIdtM Sacrosanct https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwVVICRxdSE Sad Whisperings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06YH2FVtP8I Sandrider http://sandrider.bandcamp.com/album/sandrider Sanvoisen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtUi72rXfac Scatterbrain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQmEpkrYkts Scissorfight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJsIEOxkUik Secrecy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tAy6DzMrEw Sethery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd71lkQdpW0 Shadowseeds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3lPRlNYNGM Sorg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IFGwLk-F7U Soul Cages https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxtRlcB2WVY Southwake http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uObnRZrXPBs Stomach Earth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3XkLGh-23g Stworz https://stworz.bandcamp.com/album/c-po-yznych-ziemiach Sweet Noise http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk3hy31kQcc Symphonian http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HLk1LV6nmE Synkronizity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0rySk_WY4o T2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1cKMIfcumg Tangerine Circus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMnNAZMQ-IE The Advent Equation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEQCBsIvgr0 The Bedlam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi6tQRtnXdE The Beyond http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASBltGF1Yf4 The Fathomless Deep https://thefathomlessdeep.bandcamp.com/album/the-fathomless-deep The Re-Stoned https://re-stoned.bandcamp.com/album/totems Thunderhead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHrvJPbe-eQ Thy Withering Orchard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9PuIWfAm7o Time Grid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXCbYUCKPGk Toad (CH) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci3Wt_HS4h8 Torchure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqoE9a4imfE Touch Of Cruel Hands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKFZy0XMoSY Tower https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO40C2HBlbA Trizna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaHdBWB7NVs Under The Sun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0xyRZRCi3E Utopianisti http://utopianisti.bandcamp.com/album/utopianisti-ii-utopianisti-meets-black-motor-jon-ballantyne Vanguard X Mortem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5EnjGbDMlo Viogression http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmUF5fo3KL0 Violent Work Of Art https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hirh1sdp2Is Virgo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHE5VQSB5PU Vyre https://vyred.bandcamp.com/album/the-initial-frontier-pt-1 Wicked Innocence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LNKYKenx-Q Wicked Maraya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8CVp-V9rD4 Wings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBB6b9R8Z1A Wizz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5H02wmRgDk Xenolith http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIcbJHC_FWY Zions Abyss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z62KqVqQR-0
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Created by Hex_Omega
on 22.08.2013
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BitterGOld MMXII same shit, different year. found the year lacking a bit at the very top but wowzers were there a lot of really good albums released last year... so much so that i ran out of spots in the top 25 before i ran out of "8's"... passers by were surprised by the unusual amount of blood. passers by were surprised by the unusual amount of blood. passers by were surprised by the unusual amount of blood.
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Created by BitterCOld
on 12.03.2013
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2012 MS Awards - My Ballot Weeee my ballot in the MS Awards. I guess I was Kvlt City, USA this year. Only Black Breath snagged more than 50 votes. And only The Great Old Ones placed higher than fifth. \m/
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Created by BitterCOld
on 01.03.2013
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2012: Favourite To Least (Continued) Because I reached the word limit on the previous list, and don't want to lose my quite excellent in-depth descriptions. Those without descriptions are from my other list.
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Created by musclassia
on 29.10.2012
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tea[m]ster's 2012 Must Listens And Recs Well, it's been a terrific 2012 for metal fans. I listened to hundreds of albums and I'd like to share my favs with you. Although it was very difficult I have narrowed down my top 20.
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Created by tea[m]ster
on 26.04.2012
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The Pussiest Poser Guide To 2012 - Iron's Favorites A list of 2012 albums I found good, interesting or just worth checking out - and some I reviewed that turned out to be crap.
The albums are in order of preference down to and not including those ranked 3/5. Those and below are grouped by style, so that you can easily find similar recommendations. You can find several full reviews on my RYM list. Check it out.
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Created by IronAngel
on 18.02.2012
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2012: Favourite To Least One of likely hundreds of these, more for self-enjoyment (or something) above anything, but if it helps someone find a good album/albums they wouldn't've otherwise heard I'll be happy.
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Created by musclassia
on 11.01.2012
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My Top Albums Of 2012
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Created by Red_Travis
on 02.01.2012
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Beginner's Guide To Building A Prog Collection (Standards, And A Few Unorthodox Choices) Limited to only those albums featured on Metal Storm.
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Created by Introspekrieg
on 03.03.2010
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