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Top Favourite Gothic Metal Albums

Plus whatever Goth Rock I have that was available...

1.Fields Of The Nephilim - Mourning Sun
2.Moonspell - Night Eternal
3.Paradise Lost - Obsidian
4.Moonspell - Wolfheart
5.Tristania - Beyond The Veil

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Created by blackwreath13 on 11.04.2021



2020

1.Necrophobic - Dawn Of The Damned
2.Temple Of Void - The World That Was
3.Dark Tranquillity - Moment
4.Paradise Lost - Obsidian
5.Ulcerate - Stare Into Death And Be Still

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Created by Angoracat on 22.03.2021



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MSA 2020 All Write-ins

All write-in votes from Metal Storm Awards 2020

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3.Amaranthe - Manifest
4.Avatar - Hunter Gatherer
5.El Lobo En Tu Puerta - Santana Bendita

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Created by Maxder on 01.03.2021



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Best Of 2020!

First 18 in a order as I think its best. Yes in order so my best 18 albums what I can say were best. Really best from all!
Rest in order, just because I am selfish I wanna know what I have listen.

I dont know how to put suxer albums A-Z or Z-A what sucks more, I chose A-Z system so from 369 all was bad, biggest led down is 369 then what I thought was let down but not so bad as that band.

1.Katavasia - Magnus Venator
2.Marko Hietala - Pyre Of The Black Heart
3.Yoth Iria - Under His Sway
4.Trident - Nord
5.Ivanhoe - Blood And Gold

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Created by Bad English on 22.02.2021



Top Albums 2020

1.Auðn - Vökudraumsins Fangi
2.Ulcerate - Stare Into Death And Be Still
3.Vader - Solitude In Madness
4.Aeternam - Al Qassam
5.Necrophobic - Dawn Of The Damned

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Created by Magic Rock! on 14.02.2021



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Recap 2020

Using MSA's to organize my listening from 2020.

1.Anaal Nathrakh - Endarkenment
2.The Ocean - Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic / Cenozoic
3.Envy - The Fallen Crimson
4.Igorrr - Spirituality And Distortion
5.Paradise Lost - Obsidian

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Created by LifelikeAdvisor on 13.02.2021



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1001 Metal Albums to Hear Before You Die

An ongoing list for personal use as well as for reference for beginners (& veterans alike). This is solely my personal opinion and taste (Death & Prog mostly but do give every genre a try). Basically will include albums I've rated 8 & above. Sorted by year since I'll need a Venn diagram to sort by genre (seriously MS please make it happen if possible). Will feature multiple releases per year (obviously) and per band (since if a band is putting out better albums it deserves more recognition). Keeping the metal faith alive from India

1.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
2.King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
4.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
5.Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself

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Created by metalriff on 05.02.2021



My Top 30 Most Enjoyed Albums Of The Decade (2011-2020)

1.Amorphis - Queen Of Time
2.Moonspell - Extinct
3.Ghost - Meliora
4.Ulver - The Assassination Of Julius Caesar
5.Soen - Lotus

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Created by in the mist on 25.01.2021



Apocalyptic Top 30 Of 2020

It's that magical time of the year again, when it's almost impossible to choose your top albums for the previous year, but here we are. Some of these bands delivered a much needed soundtrack for one of the toughest years so far, and I must say I'm satisfied. The list in itself is in order about halfway in, the rest I couldn't decide about, so the second half is not ranged in any particular order.  I won't go too much into details, but here are some main impressions.

1.Dark Tranquillity - Moment
2.Draconian - Under A Godless Veil
3.Secrets Of The Moon - Black House
4.Pain Of Salvation - Panther
5.Katatonia - City Burials

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Created by Evilquince on 17.01.2021



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TOP 2020 By Afro09

It could be changed in the future. ;-)

1.Cryptic Shift - Visitations From Enceladus
2.Ulver - Flowers Of Evil
3.Katalepsy - Terra Mortuus Est
4.Arsebreed - Butoh
5.Pharaoh Overlord - #6

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Created by afro09 on 12.01.2021



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Top 25 Albums Of 2020

By far the worst year for me... Period!

However, throughout the chaos that has happened in my country, I never stopped listening to new music that comes out this year, and have found some cool gems that have released this year. So it is time to list my favorite albums of the year.

Let's see how many times I change this up after this.

1.Draconian - Under A Godless Veil
2.Lucid Planet - Lucid Planet II
3.Paradise Lost - Obsidian
4.Urantia - Vermis
5.Autumn's Dawn - Dying Ember

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Created by Gothic Metalhead on 07.01.2021



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Old Nick's Top-30 Of 2020

The title is pretty much self explanatory. This is the list of albums released in 2020 that I listened to the most in the past year. The first five are in strict order of preference, the rest are a bit more loosely placed.

Best EP: Fleshvessel - Bile Of Man Reborn
Best demo: Lamp Of Murmuur - The Burning Spears Of Crimson Agony

1.Anaal Nathrakh - Endarkenment
2.Psychotic Waltz - The God-Shaped Void
3.Sweven - The Eternal Resonance
4.Hail Spirit Noir - Eden In Reverse
5.Dool - Summerland

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Created by nikarg on 04.01.2021



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Embers Of The Dying Night: Top Metal Albums Of 2020

It is interesting to see how the passing of time affects taste, preferences, and lists of this type. I'm writing these lists as a means to share the music I like, and by now it has become a tradition, albeit one which very few people read on a regular basis, if at all, but one which I have no intention of giving up. I published my first yearly list back in 2007. At first, I would publish them on last.FM and myspace (yes, I am that old), then I moved to Facebook, migrated to Tumblr, think I even tried Instagram, but I was never satisfied with any of those as a platform to share my annual and other lists and scribblings with others. Some years ago I started sharing my lists on the metal storm, thanks to their quite useful tool called lists, which is made for exactly that reason. When I added my lists to the metal storm, I reworked them and expanded a bit, adding some sort of a template, from my old lists that I still had saved up at various places. Besides a top ten and honorable mentions, there are few other sub-categories, which are basically just my way of telling people that I really loved that album, and that they should really fuckin'listen to it. The fact that I think that anyone besides myself is actually that much interested in my annual top lists or best (mostly) metal albums speaks more about me, I guess.

1.Havukruunu - Uinuos Syömein Sota
2.Myrkur - Folkesange
3.Ensiferum - Thalassic
4.Thy Catafalque - Naiv
5.Sojourner - Premonitions

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Created by RhaegarTargaryen on 03.01.2021



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2020 Albums That I've Spinned Over 3 Times

No particular order.

1.Dark Tranquillity - Moment
2.Draconian - Under A Godless Veil
3.Havukruunu - Uinuos Syömein Sota
4.Wolfheart - Wolves Of Karelia
5.Sylosis - Cycle Of Suffering

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Created by Mortal Share on 01.01.2021



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Tominator's 2020... Best To Worst

Another end to a year, another list to make.

Like always I've added the specific genre/subgenre so you can easily pick out the albums that might be of interest to you.

I know some of you like statistics, so I put in a bit of extra effort to add some numbers:

- 317 albums
- Total points given: 2366,1
- Average Score: 7,46/10

- Albums with a score of 7 or above: 79,11%
- Albums with a score of 8 or above: 36,39%
- Albums with a score of 9 or above: 1,27%

- Albums with a score below 5: 2,53%

- Nationalities: 35

- USA: 73 - (23,10%)
- Germany: 31 - (9,81%)
- Sweden: 28 - (8,86%)
- UK: 25 - (7,91%)
- Finland: 18 - (5,70%)
- Greece: 18 - (5,70%)
- Brazil: 10 - (3,16%)
- France: 10 - (3,16%)
- Poland: 10 - (3,16%)
- Italy: 9 - (2,85%)
- Spain: 9 - (2,85%)
- Canada: 8 - (2,53%)
- Belgium: 6 - (1,90%)
- Norway: 6 - (1,90%)
- Russia: 6 - (1,90%)
- The Netherlands: 6 - (1,90%)
- Australia: 5 - (1,58%)
- Denmark: 5 - (1,58%)
- Czech Republic: 4 - (1,27%)
- Mexico: 4 - (1,27%)
- Colombia: 3 - (0,95%)
- Switzerland: 3 - (0,95%)
- Argentina: 2 - (0,63%)
- Austria: 2 - (0,63%)
- Chile: 2 - (0,63%)
- Japan: 2 - (0,63%)
- Portugal: 2 - (0,63%)
- Puerto Rico: 2 - (0,63%)
- Slovakia: 2 - (0,63%)
- Costa Rica: 1 - (0,32%)
- Egypt: 1 - (0,32%)
- Estonia: 1 - (0,32%)
- Ethiopia: 1 - (0,32%)
- Israel: 1 - (0,32%)
- Peru: 1 - (0,32%)

1.Paradise Lost - Obsidian
2.IAH - III
3.Asian Death Crustacean - Baikal
4.Dawnwalker - Ages
5.Necrophobic - Dawn Of The Damned

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Created by tominator on 31.12.2020