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TOP 50 POWER/HEAVY/Hardrock 1970-1979

1.AC/DC - Highway To Hell
2.AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
3.Triumph - Just A Game
4.AC/DC - High Voltage
5.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

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Created by jeffster69 on 04.03.2024



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Delivering The... Judas Priest Ranking

I'm not good at making a click baity list name, but here is my Judas Priest ranking. Not an easy thing to do, I could switch a couple of them around. Just like Iron Maiden, no lists look the same.

1.Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
2.Judas Priest - Sin After Sin
3.Judas Priest - Stained Class
4.Judas Priest - Killing Machine (Hell Bent For Leather)
5.Judas Priest - Painkiller

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Created by JoHn Doe on 26.01.2024



M0rkeleb's Overall Favorites - 7s

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

1.Amon Amarth - Jomsviking
2.Qrixkuor - Poison Palinopsia
3.Skepticism - Ordeal
4.Funeral Mist - Devilry
5.Zeal & Ardor - Zeal And Ardor

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Created by M0rkeleb on 31.12.2023



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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



Top 10 70s Albums

top 10 70s albums (1 album per band)

1.Alice Cooper - Killer
2.Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
3.Van Halen - Van Halen
4.Deep Purple - Machine Head
5.AC/DC - Highway To Hell

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Created by Coolingsrock on 10.04.2023



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Mixed Discography Ranking - Maiden, Priest, And Sabbath

This is the most unquestionably difficult ranking I could undertake. The # of albums I consider borderline flawless from each of these bands is ridiculous. Over a dozen albums from these 3 bands have legitimate arguments to be considered the greatest traditional heavy metal album of all time.

I have a few rankings that are likely hot takes here
** Yes, I like Dance of Death more than most folks. Title track and Paschendale are both top 10 Maiden songs, and Montsegur is only a small step behind that. Those 3 songs are better than anything on Brave New World to me, but the rest of BNW is better and higher quality.
** Yes I kinda like Turbo. It's silly but it's fun and the guitar work and Rob's vocals are absolutely stellar. That kinda sucks about Ram It Down, it's got some of Priests' best lead guitar work and I don't think Rob ever sounded better, but dear lord, some of those songs...
As for the top 6 albums here, honestly put them in whatever order you want. They're that close to me and mood depending it could change

1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
2.Judas Priest - Painkiller
3.Iron Maiden - Powerslave
4.Black Sabbath - Sabotage
5.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

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Created by sgtrobo on 09.04.2023



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Misplaced Title Tracks - Songs That Are Not On The Album They Title

It is a common concept that many albums share the title with one of their songs, the title track.
However, there are a few examples of songs that have not been included in the album of the same name but on a different release by the group.

Please feel free to suggest more Metal/Hard Rock examples for these "misplaced title tracks".



1.AC/DC - High Voltage (Australia)
2.AC/DC - If You Want Blood You've Got It
3.Arch Enemy - Black Earth
4.Bathory - Hammerheart
5.Before The Dawn - Stormbringers

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Created by Plattner on 08.04.2023



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THE METAL BIBLE Part I: The 70s

Welcome to what I consider the "1970s Metal Bible" or in other words, a list of records of various genres in the arrays of Metal and Hard Rock that I deem essential or at least very recommended to listeners of hard and heavy music. This and the other parts of this journey through the decades may be a very overwhelming list. I essentially try to collect all albums in the History of Metal that strike me as worthwhile. May this be a guideline for people that seek for an entrance to a particular genre or certain bands. In no means I am saying, that this list is indisputable by any means. I consider these my personal picks for albums that should be listened to by die-hard metal fans at least once. Hopefully you can discover some new music or relate with my picks. If I missed something that you would include in such a list, please tell me in the form of a comment. Enjoy! \,,/

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 02.12.2022



Full Album Reactions On The Metal Junkie Youtube Channel

All of the albums that I did full reactions of on my Youtube channel, The Metal Junkie. link here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMetalJunkie/featured

1.Death - Symbolic
2.Rush - Hemispheres
3.Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith
4.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
5.Rammstein - Mutter

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Created by Coolingsrock on 02.12.2022



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Judas Priest Ranked

1.Judas Priest - Painkiller
2.Judas Priest - Stained Class
3.Judas Priest - Firepower
4.Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith
5.Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny

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Created by ScreamingSteelUS on 27.11.2022



Top 200 Metal Albums

1.Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
2.Judas Priest - Painkiller
3.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
4.Death - Human

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Created by KriegPhantom on 17.11.2022



Essential Metal Albums To Own

Work in progress until a good foundation is made. No real order other than what pops in my head.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
3.Slayer - Hell Awaits
4.Slayer - Reign In Blood
5.Slayer - South Of Heaven

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Created by rgemmell82 on 14.10.2022



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Top Metal Albums Of All Time

I started listening to metal music when I was a teenager, somewhere around the end of the 90's. After all these years, I thought it was high time to compose my personal top list of metal albums. What you see here is the absolute best of the best ... according to my taste.

To compile this list I have put all albums that I have given a 10/10 here on MS. Then I have put all these albums in a Ranking Engine (https://www.pubmeeple.com/ranking-engine) where they were put head to head and I had to choose which I liked more. The list below is what came out of this exercise.

1.Opeth - Deliverance
2.Opeth - Blackwater Park
3.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
4.Edge Of Sanity - Purgatory Afterglow
5.Cobalt - Eater Of Birds

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Created by Miohn on 18.09.2022



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TheJahrhead's Totally Biased Personal Favorites

1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace
2.Disforia - The Age Of Ether
3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
4.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything
5.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

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Created by TheJahrhead on 03.09.2022



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Judas Priest Ranked 🤘

The Priest Ranked

1.Judas Priest - Stained Class
2.Judas Priest - Sin After Sin
3.Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
4.Judas Priest - Killing Machine (Hell Bent For Leather)
5.Judas Priest - British Steel

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Created by Blackcrowe on 10.06.2022