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Oldy's 2019 Albums Ranked

1.Cattle Decapitation - Death Atlas
2.Devin Townsend - Empath
3.Mgła - Age Of Excuse
4.Borknagar - True North
5.Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave

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Created by Oldy86 on 27.11.2023



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O' Canada! (Ordered By Years)

Good day folks! T'day, I just wanted to share the best of what Canada has to offer when it comes to Metal, eh. It seems a lot of people don't yet know that Canada's a force to be reckoned with when it comes to the heavy stuff and I'll show you just how much!

The main goal here is to help people discover the history of Canadian Metal through time and amazing releases. To do so, I'll be listing a single album per band and order the list by year of release from oldest to newest then I'll identify the genre for each of them. Note that the albums chosen aren't necessarily the best of each band but my personal favorites and in my humble opinion, good points of entry into a band's discography. I will try to fill each gaps in years over time. (So this list is permanently under construction).

Also, as always in my lists, releases with a ''★'' are the ones I believe you shouldn't miss because of their impact, uniqueness or just because they are my favourites.

There is a lot of different styles, I did my best to diversify so there should be something interesting for everyone!

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To my fellow Canadians, if you have recommendations or wanna point out obvious albums I might have missed, please feel free to let me know. To everyone else, I hope you'll like this virtual musical trip to the great white north! Enjoy. Oh and you're really all welcome to suggest albums.

- Guib -

Last Update: March 9th, 2024

1.Moxy - Moxy
2.Triumph - Just A Game
3.Rush - Moving Pictures
4.April Wine - The Nature Of The Beast
5.D.O.A. - Hardcore '81

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Created by Guib on 24.07.2023



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Song Puzzles: One Song In Several Parts On Different Albums

Some stories, themes or concepts are presented not just in one single song but are split in separate tracks that (often) share the same title but are distinguished by a number of the corresponding part of the song series.

However, sometimes these parts are not found together on one album, but are included on different releases of the artist.
They can be found on two (or more) conceptually linked albums (where they function as part of an ensemble together with the other songs), or they can be included on independent releases (where only they alone continue their story).

Therefore, the main purpose of this list is to give an overview that enables the reader to find the missing song pieces - or even to inform that these pieces exist at all.

Please feel free to find and suggest more examples of these "song jigsaw puzzles": one song(concept) in separate parts on different albums.



1.After Forever - Prison Of Desire
2.Agathodaimon - Higher Art Of Rebellion
3.Agathodaimon - Phoenix
4.Alestorm - Sunset On The Golden Age
5.Alestorm - Curse Of The Crystal Coconut

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Created by Plattner on 28.05.2023



M0rkeleb's Overall Favorites - 8s

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

1.Thy Catafalque - Meta
2.Sepulcros - Vazio
3.Kassad - Faces Turn Away
4.Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings
5.Xanthochroid - Of Erthe And Axen: Act I

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Created by M0rkeleb on 04.12.2022



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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



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The New Machine Of Classic Death Metal (best Albums 2010 - 2020)

1.Abyssus - Into The Abyss
2.Acephalix - Decreation
3.Ascended Dead - Abhorrent Manifestation
4.Auroch - From Forgotten Worlds
5.Auroch - Taman Shud

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Created by Alexbridger on 07.04.2021



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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/

1.!T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)
2.T.R.A.M. - Lingua Franca
3.Taake - ...Doedskvad
4.Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster - Exegesis
5.Tad Morose - Modus Vivendi

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Created by Uxküll on 24.02.2021



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My Best Death Metal Albums

1.Faceless Burial - Speciation
2.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
3.Death - Symbolic
4.Entombed - Left Hand Path
5.Necrot - Blood Offerings

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Created by Xhall on 28.01.2021



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Sakurabas' Top Death Metal Albums (Top 3 Albums each Year)

1.Death - Scream Bloody Gore
2.Bolt Thrower - In Battle There Is No Law
3.Death - Leprosy
4.Autopsy - Severed Survival
5.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

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Created by Sakuraba on 11.09.2020



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JokeR's Top Hunnid From 2010 - 2019

To commemorate the top 100 albums of 2010 - 2019 I thought I would follow suit and make a list of my own. This has been a very challenging task to say the least. As I reflected on the releases from the last 10 years, it became increasingly difficult to settle on album rankings. In the interest of getting my top 100 published I am potentially releasing the list a little prematurely. The top 30 or so are quite firm. I don't anticipate much change in those albums, however, there could be some mobility throughout the rest of the list.

1.Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All
2.Esoteric - A Pyrrhic Existence
3.Un - Sentiment
4.Mournful Congregation - The Incubus Of Karma
5.Ulcerate - Shrines Of Paralysis

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Created by Chobo_jokeR on 17.05.2020



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pandrstudios Metal History

These are MY Top 250 Albums that are featured on Metal Storm in chronological order to celebrate 50 Years of Metal.

Some bands are featured on this list with more than one album, which means that they are perticulary amazing to me.

I listen to a wide spectrum of metal genres, which is why I tried to keep it diverse and not focus on one genre.

1.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
2.Deep Purple - In Rock
3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
4.Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards
5.Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies

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Created by pandrstudios on 01.05.2020



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MSA 2019 All Write-in Albums

Here is a list of all the bands who received at least one write-in vote during MSA 2019.

Following the annoucement of the results, this information is lost, I post it here so you can continue to explore your favorite genres !

I'm still working on fixing links, if you find errors, feel free to notify in the comments !

1.Babymetal - Metal Galaxy
2.Cave In - Final Transmission
3.Mother Of Millions - Artifacts
4.Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind
5.Soen - Lotus

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Created by Maxder on 01.03.2020



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Best Of 2019 Death Metal

Once again I will try to comprise a mini-compendium of the toitest death metal releases of the year, this being 2019.
Will definitely be updated as I hear new shit so check back for more and recommend me stuff!
In alphabetical order by band name.

1.Abnormality - Sociopathic Constructs
2.Aephanemer - Prokopton
3.Altarage - The Approaching Roar
4.Ataraxie - Résignés
5.Baest - Venenum

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Created by Jaro on 29.01.2020



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Metal Album Top 145 - My Favorites 2019

1.Waste Of Space Orchestra - Syntheosis
2.Stellar Master Elite - Hologram Temple
3.Mephorash - Shem Ha Mephorash
4.Nile - Vile Nilotic Rites
5.Strigoi - Abandon All Faith

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Created by Alexbridger on 13.01.2020



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Top 20 2019

1.Tomb Mold - Planetary Clairvoyance
2.Gatecreeper - Deserted
3.Cult Of Luna - A Dawn To Fear
4.Cattle Decapitation - Death Atlas
5.Mortiferum - Disgorged From Psychotic Depths

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Created by LucaBrosi on 08.12.2019