Here we go again. This time around though I probably won't end up listening to as many albums as previous years. Time will tell.

1.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale

2.SubRosa - For This We Fought The Battle Of Ages

3.La Torture Des Ténèbres - Civilization Is The Tomb Of Our Noble Gods

4.Fvnerals - Wounds

5.Cult Of Luna - Mariner [Collaboration]

      View entire list ››

No preference order except the Top 5 (see the stars)

1.SubRosa - For This We Fought The Battle Of Ages

2.Inquisition - Bloodshed Across The Empyrean Altar Beyond The Celestial Zenith

3.Throane - Derrière-Nous, La Lumière

4.Oathbreaker - Rheia

5.Darkher - Realms

      View entire list ››

1.Latitudes - Old Sunlight

2.Borknagar - Winter Thrice

3.Bloodiest - Bloodiest

4.Mountain Witch - Burning Village

5.Sunnata - Zorya

      View entire list ››

One of source of entertainment in the couple of months since I've joined MS has been watching albums careen up and down the 2015 top 20. I thought it might be interesting to compile a list of every album that shows up on the 2016 top 20 list at any point during the year (modulo how often I'm actually able to observe the list) along with some statistics. Ranking on this list is ordered by peak rank, then last date at that rank, then end of year rank.

1.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

2.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale

3.Aenaon - Hypnosophy

4.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

5.Anaal Nathrakh - The Whole Of The Law

      View entire list ››

A 2016 list about ugly metal, cute pop and weird music.

I was trying to do something sorted alphabetically, but I realized it makes more sense if I sort them in the order I discover/listen to. So, the closer to the top, the later I found about the release. Older entries to the bottom.

Antecipated albums are sorted in release date.

1.El Ahrairah - St

2.Mega - St

3.Crayon Pop - Evolution Pop Vol I

4.Xenon Maiden - Enigma

5.Kodemari Koruri - Lunatic Butterfly

      View entire list ››

Simple ranking of all my favorite albums. Favorite song from the album in the notes. Sure to change/expand as I learn and explore more within metal.
2023: This was starting to get too long so I split it into separate lists for albums at each ranking 10 to 7. This list will no longer be updated.
10: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6891
9: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=7213
8: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=7512
7: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=8058

1.Madder Mortem - Eight Ways

2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

3.Ayreon - 01011001

4.Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

      View entire list ››

★★★★★ - Masterpiece!
★★★★½ - Excellent!
★★★★☆ - Great!
★★★½☆ - Very Good!
★★★☆☆ - Enjoyable!
★★½☆☆ - OK, Nothing Special...
★★☆☆☆ - Mediocre/Poor
★½☆☆☆ - Don't Touch
★☆☆☆☆ - I Want My Money Back

1.Cloudscape - Voice Of Reason

2.Adam Wakeman & Damian Wilson - Weir Keeper's Tale

3.Fifth To Infinity - Omnipotent Transdimensional Soulfire

4.Dissona - Paleopneumatic

5.Bloodiest - Bloodiest

      View entire list ››

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

      View entire list ››

Not really sure about the order at all 1 album per band.

1.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

2.Opeth - Still Life

3.Flesh Of The Stars - Mercy

4.Pallbearer - Heartless

5.SubRosa - For This We Fought The Battle Of Ages

      View entire list ››