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AJ's Ranking Of 2015

2015 was the edge, the cliff, the abyss looking back at us... and we jumped... oh yes we did...

Top 50 of my 8+ ratings

Enjoy! or not I don't really care

Album count: 155
Average rating: 7.15

1.Shape Of Despair - Monotony Fields
2.Arcturus - Arcturian
3.Panopticon - Autumn Eternal
4.Kauan - Sorni Nai
5.Swallow The Sun - Songs From The North I, II & III

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Created by AJ The Great on 06.05.2023



Artwork: Black Metal Albums

This is a list of black metal (and blackened metal) albums based on their artwork (in reverse alphabetical order). It includes iconic cover art from classic albums as well as fascinating work from more recent releases.
There is a saying that "you should not judge a book by its cover", which is of course also true in the case of music albums. However, the artwork can complement the production and give a visual introduction to the musical theme and atmosphere. More than for any other kind of music, this may be true for metal.

(Updated 02.10.2023)

1.Zeal & Ardor - Zeal & Ardor
2.Yoth Iria - As The Flame Withers
3.Watain - Lawless Darkness
4.Vreid - Lifehunger
5.Venom - Black Metal

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Created by Plattner on 08.10.2022



Thumbs up: +5
The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (F)

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.Faal - The Clouds Are Burning
2.Façade - The Eternal Dance
3.Facínora - Hell Is Here
4.The Faceless - Autotheism
5.Faceless Burial - Speciation

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Created by Uxküll on 13.11.2020



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MS Meta(l) List Of The 2010's - Top 200

Input:
10 years
20 decade lists
749 bands
973 albums

Output:
200 top albums from 2010-2019

FAQ

How are the points calculated?
Simple math.

Ranked top lists:
1st place = 150 pts.
2nd place = 149 pts.
...
100th place = 51 pts.
...
150th place = 1 pt.

Alphabetically sorted lists:
Each place = 100 pts.

1.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini
2.Esoteric - Paragon Of Dissonance
3.Emptiness - Nothing But The Whole
4.Esoteric - A Pyrrhic Existence
5.Tribulation - The Formulas Of Death

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Created by Starvynth on 24.05.2020



My Top 10 Albums Of 2015

1.Shape Of Despair - Monotony Fields
2.A Forest Of Stars - Beware The Sword You Cannot See
3.Enslaved - In Times
4.Mgła - Exercises In Futility
5.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

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Created by Angaroth on 14.01.2020



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You Know It's Technically 2011-2020, Right?

To explain the title, there is no year 0, regardless of what Ghost may tell you. Thus, the first decade was years 1-10, instead of 0-9. So then it would be 11-20, and so on. But I know that would imply that Paranoid is a 60s album, which we cannot have.

So now that all the cool kids are doing it, here is my top 100 albums of the "decade", most of it might be a bit too mainsteam, most of it you'll find on others' lists, and so on. Restricted to one album per artist/band (including collabs), ordered alphabetically.

1.Abyssal - Antikatastaseis
2.Agalloch - The Serpent & The Sphere
3.Akhlys - The Dreaming I
4.Alcest - Écailles De Lune
5.Altar Of Plagues - Teethed Glory & Injury

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Created by RaduP on 31.12.2019



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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.

1.Sylosis - Monolith
2.Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth
3.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud
4.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone
5.Cult Of Luna - Vertikal

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Created by musclassia on 27.12.2019



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2015

1.Thou - You, Whom I Have Always Hated [Collaboration]
2.Deafheaven - New Bermuda
3.Panopticon - Autumn Eternal
4.Cloud Rat - Qliphoth
5.Ghost - Meliora

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Created by Marc-Antoine on 24.05.2019



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The 2010s: Apothecary's Favorites

Self explanatory. Favorite metal albums from this current decade. It's probably going to be mostly black, doom, and drone related type albums, as that's mostly what I listen to, but not entirely. Full streams provided when available.

Hopefully this'll be something to return to nostalgically when I'm 40 and we can access the Internet neurologically while we sleep.

1.
2.Ihsahn - After
3.The Body - All The Waters Of The Earth Turn To Blood
4.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini
5.Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones

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Created by Auntie Sahar on 16.09.2017



Metal Top 140 (myFavorites 2015)

1.Tribulation - The Children Of The Night
2.Slayer - Repentless
3.Leprous - The Congregation
4.Unleashed - Dawn Of The Nine
5.Kauan - Sorni Nai

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Created by Alexbridger on 06.01.2016



Top 20 albums of 2015

This decade just keeps on delivering awesome albums. So glad that so many old favourites of mine delivered great stuff. Tribulation is by far the winner this year with one of the best albums I've ever heard.

1.Tribulation - The Children Of The Night
2.Arcturus - Arcturian
3.Cain's Offering - Stormcrow
4.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud
5.Grift - Syner

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Created by Warman on 29.12.2015



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Best Of 2015

My top albums from 2015, in list are those I have heard more then 3 times.
First 3 are in order, 4-11 also in some order as I like. rest no, just add them , because those what I have played and remember most from 2015
O yes what sucked. Virgin Steele, Iron maiden, WASP, Dis Pater listed in last 4, those last 4 places sucked big time , don't know what more, hmmm VS I think

1.Draconian - Sovran
2.Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful
3.Moonspell - Extinct
4.My Dying Bride - Feel The Misery
5.Ereb Altor - Nattramn

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Created by Bad English on 24.12.2015



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>2015; >Still Doing Year Lists

1.Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.
2.Senegal Grindcore Mafia - Hay Daño En Casa
3.Leviathan - Scar Sighted
4.Ahab - The Boats Of The Glen Carrig
5.A Forest Of Stars - Beware The Sword You Cannot See

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Created by Unhealer on 03.12.2015



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2015

The best metal releases of 2015, off the top of my head.

1.Ethereal Shroud - They Became The Falling Ash
2.Arche - Undercurrents
3.Demonic Possessor - Porous Chambers
4.Ahab - The Boats Of The Glen Carrig
5.Shape Of Despair - Monotony Fields

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Created by Skyum on 03.11.2015



2015 Albums

I will update soon.

1.Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.
2.Subterranean Masquerade - The Great Bazaar
3.Deafheaven - New Bermuda
4.Leprous - The Congregation
5.Native Construct - Quiet World

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Created by MrEdu3 on 13.10.2015