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Top 45 Thrash Metal Albums

Thrash was one of the first metal genres I got into around 2005. I discovered Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, etc through Kerrang! magazine and their albums quickly became my favourites at the time. Now, I've discovered many more such as Vektor, Testament and Nevermore thanks to MS.

So here are my favourites of the genre with my rating, its sub-genre and release year:

(Score is an average of each album's song ratings, full list located here)

If you discovered any new albums or like the same sort of thrash metal, be sure to give this list a thumbs-up and leave a comment so more people can find these amazing bands!

My other lists:
Top 500 Albums (ordered & rated)
Top 25 EPs (also ordered & rated)
Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres)
Top 200 Overrated Albums (trigger warning)
So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)

1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
3.Metallica - ...And Justice For All
4.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
5.Slayer - Reign In Blood

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Created by nonZero on 04.03.2024



My Favorite Metal Albums Of All Time

My favorite metal albums sorted alphabetically by band name and chronological by release date.

1.Æther Realm - Tarot
2.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations
3.Allegaeon - Proponent For Sentience
4.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes
5.Amorphis - Silent Waters

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Created by Ryanm123 on 23.12.2023



Albums To Check Out

1.Disembowelment - Transcendence Into The Peripheral
2.Weakling - Dead As Dreams
3.Greylotus - Dawnfall
4.John Petrucci - An Evening With John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess [Collaboration]
5.John Petrucci - Suspended Animation

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Created by em6568 on 05.06.2023



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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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My Top 100 Albums According To Last.fm

This list is my top 100 played albums ordered by the number of "scrobbles" since 2013 according to last.fm, if you also have a last.fm account, don't hesitate to follow me.
My last.fm user: daniloescolin

1.Slayer - Reign In Blood
2.W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.
3.W.A.S.P. - The Headless Children
4.Kreator - Enemy Of God
5.Iced Earth - The Dark Saga

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Created by IDieForMetal on 17.01.2023



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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive 2000

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

2000 was a pretty solid year especially for progressive metal, Symphonic metal and power metal, also pretty good year for death metal. This also was the year I started to listen to metal music thanks to those iconic linkin park singles (RIP Chester Bennington).

1.Haggard - Awaking The Centuries
2.Koyaanisqatsy - From The Yearning To Burst The Perpetual Circle
3.Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World
4.Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Part I
5.Iron Maiden - Brave New World

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Created by Handala on 01.09.2022



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Top 50 Of 2000-2004

1.Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane
2.Evergrey - The Inner Circle
3.Dark Tranquillity - Haven
4.Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Part I
5.Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World

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Created by Alex Avagianos on 12.08.2022



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My Top 30 Albums Of 2000

1.Saturnus - Martyre
2.Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Part I
3.Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun
4.Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World
5.Radiohead - Kid A

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Created by JHK on 10.08.2022



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Nevermore Best To Worst

1.Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black
2.Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World
3.Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
4.Nevermore - The Obsidian Conspiracy
5.Nevermore - Enemies Of Reality

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Created by Alex Avagianos on 08.06.2022



All Time Favourite Albums

1.Dream Theater - Images And Words
2.Mastodon - Crack The Skye
3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
4.Kamelot - Karma
5.Sonata Arctica - Silence

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Created by AdamL on 04.01.2022



Top 11 Favourite Metal Albums Of 2000

Iron Maiden have made more appearances in these than any other band so far and this is the first time they got the number one spot in one of my lists. Congratulations guys, it took 20 years but you finally did it! A career high point, no doubt.

Also includes: another poser alert!
(But I stand by it and be honest, half of us millennials probably found this music thanks to that album.)

1.Iron Maiden - Brave New World
2.Deströyer 666 - Phoenix Rising
3.Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World
4.Halford - Resurrection
5.Watain - Rabid Death's Curse

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Created by blackwreath13 on 28.11.2021



Ultimate Collection Of Metal

The albums below is my definition of extreme metal music, regardless of their genre. Entire list is based only on my personal preferences in metal.
Rules:
1. One album per band
2. 305 groups/305 albums

1.In Flames - Clayman
2.Metallica - ...And Justice For All
3.Chimaira - Chimaira
4.Death - Symbolic
5.Testament - The New Order

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Created by nikita_ducati on 18.10.2021



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400+ Favorite Songs

Last updated on 27 March 2024.

1.Dream Theater - Images And Words
2.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
3.Wintersun - Wintersun
4.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
5.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

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Created by Qualeen on 10.10.2021



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200+ Favorite Albums

Note: Tool intentionally ommitted because they don't consider themselves metal. Otherwise you'd see their first 4 albums in top 25.

Last updated: 27 March 2024.

1.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
2.Agalloch - The Mantle
3.Opeth - Blackwater Park
4.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
5.Lost Horizon - A Flame To The Ground Beneath

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Created by Qualeen on 30.09.2021



Top Favourite Progressive Metal Albums

Not my genre so this is a pretty limpdicked list.

Inc. Avant Garde Metal because I'm a Philistine who can't tell the difference.

1.Tool - Lateralus
2.Celtic Frost - Monotheist
3.Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale
4.Opeth - Ghost Reveries
5.Death - Symbolic

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Created by blackwreath13 on 27.04.2021