The must-have albums of old school heavy metal. Includes genres like Traditional, NWOBHM, U.S.P.M., Speed, Epic, Doom, and prog.

1.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

2.Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

3.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

4.Crimson Glory - Transcendence

5.Angel Witch - Angel Witch

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1.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

2.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

3.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

4.Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer

5.Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy

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This is a list of the doom albums I have listened to.

The list starts with a handful of what I'd call my favorite doom albums. The first few of those count among my favorite of all time, with Paranoid, Watching From A Distance, and Черно at present holding a perfect 10. This list does have a cutoff point, stretching from those 10s through some high 9s and all the way down to middling 6s. If I rated it below a 6, it does not appear on this list, and that's because I disliked the album.

Given how much music I listen to and how many lists I have going concurrently, I don't update this as I go; I let albums accumulate for a while and then do periodic overhauls, so the list won't change for months at a time.

Last updated October 17, 2021.

1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

2.Warning - Watching From A Distance

3.Kypck - Черно

4.Woods Of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light

5.Heaven And Hell - The Devil You Know

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1.Judas Priest - Painkiller

2.Saxon - Unleash The Beast

3.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

4.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

5.Bruce Dickinson - Balls To Picasso

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I realize the importance of these albums to the genres, and the influence they have had. however I do not find these albums really that great and pleasurable due to the competition and elimination through these decades of musical evolution. I respect these bands for releasing something so creative, conceptual and also brought us to the new dimension in the past.

1.Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

2.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

3.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

4.Accept - Restless And Wild

5.Accept - Balls To The Wall

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1.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

2.Judas Priest - British Steel

3.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

4.Saxon - Wheels Of Steel

5.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

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I do my best to feel confident about my top 10, After that 11-100 are just alphabetical.

1.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

2.Iron Maiden - Brave New World

3.Evergrey - The Inner Circle

4.Obscure Sphinx - Void Mother

5.Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor

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1.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

2.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

3.Diamond Head - Lightning To The Nations

4.AC/DC - Back In Black

5.Rush - Permanent Waves

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1.Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum

2.Theatre Of Tragedy - Theatre Of Tragedy

3.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans

4.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

5.Anathema - The Silent Enigma

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An entirely subjective list of my all-time favourite metal albums, well lets better say albums/genres featured on MS, since not all here is precisely metal.
Objective quality is not a criteria here, just how much I like the album. Ordered by preference, top down.

1.Anathema - The Silent Enigma

2.Opeth - Morningrise

3.Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum

4.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans

5.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

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The end of 2013 marks the end of the fifth year of my journey into metal. I had listened to a select few songs prior to that, but around five years ago, I started to delve into the genre and I've discovered a lot of great music as a result. Much of my success I owe to Metalstorm for providing such an excellent platform. I want to express my sincere thanks to everyone who keeps this site running. I mostly enjoy the more melodic genres of metal, so don't expect a lot of extreme stuff. Also, please keep in mind that the following list is not a list of what I consider to be the best metal albums of all time or anything like it. It is simply a collection or a countdown of the albums that I have enjoyed the most during my journey so far.

1.Kamelot - The Black Halo

2.Rush - Hemispheres

3.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

4.Crimson Glory - Transcendence

5.Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter

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1.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

2.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

3.AC/DC - Back In Black

4.Saxon - Strong Arm Of The Law

5.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

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1.Ashes Of Ares - Ashes Of Ares

2.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

3.Iced Earth - Dystopia

4.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

5.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I

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Albums I have downloaded and are in the process of obtaining

1.AC/DC - Back In Black

2.AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

3.AC/DC - High Voltage

4.AC/DC - Highway To Hell

5.AC/DC - Let There Be Rock

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1.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

2.Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz

3.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

4.Angel Witch - Angel Witch

5.Judas Priest - British Steel

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