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Guide To First Wave Of Black Metal

This list is a guide to the first wave of Black Metal.
Releases here are considered to be a part of the first wave
or they stylistically are similar to the first wave bands.
Some releases are of thrash/death bands but please note that
at the time first wave wasn't really homogeneous style and that
those bands are included cause they were influence to the bands
that will later form Second wave.
Have in mind that First wave ceased to exist somewhere around 1987-1989.
Releases are ordered by release year.
Have fun!

1.Venom - Welcome To Hell
2.Venom - Black Metal
3.Mercyful Fate - Mercyful Fate
4.Slayer - Show No Mercy
5.Mercyful Fate - Melissa

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Created by ANGEL REAPER on 13.05.2013



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Thrash Metal Old School Top 50

The Best album of Thrash Metal Old School (1980-1991)
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1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
2.Slayer - Reign In Blood
3.Sodom - Agent Orange
4.Exodus - Bonded By Blood
5.Anthrax - Fistful Of Metal

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Created by ChapuLviz on 13.07.2011



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Andy top black metal albums

My favourite black metal albums listed and ranked, all varieties within the black metal genre.

1.Summoning - Oath Bound
2.Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter
3.Primordial - To The Nameless Dead
4.Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
5.Mgła - Exercises In Futility

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Created by AndyMetalFreak on 26.04.2021



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Now That's What I Call Range: Highest Highs And Lowest Lows

A list of bands ordered by the biggest difference between their highest rated album on MS and their lowest rated album on MS. Finally my Excel skills paid off. Some ratings may be a bit outdated. Open to suggestions because I barely scratched the surface.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
2.Metallica - Lulu [Collaboration]
3.Celtic Frost - Monotheist
4.Celtic Frost - Cold Lake
5.Machine Head - The Blackening

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Created by RaduP on 14.11.2019



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Top 20 Albums Of 1982

Metal Albums from 1982

1.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
3.Venom - Black Metal
4.Accept - Restless And Wild
5.Scorpions - Blackout

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Created by JCJen7 on 24.08.2011



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The "Must Have" And The "Could Have" Metal Albums Of The 80's

These are the 211 essential hard rock/metal albums of the 80's, as were selected by the Greek Magazine "Metal Hammer" (August 2001 issue).

The albums followed by a star are the "must have", whereas the rest albums are the "could have".

1.Angel Witch - Angel Witch
2.AC/DC - Back In Black
3.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
4.Diamond Head - Lightning To The Nations
5.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

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Created by Tzo87 on 25.08.2013



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Most Iconic Metal Album Covers (No Order) (More Coming Soon)

Some of these albums are known just when you see their album cover. They are usually iconic albums (whether positively or negatively) and one can easily identify them even if they were zoomed out tons in any place.

Please contribute to this list by suggesting albums you think have iconic covers. Comments are appreciated.

1.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
2.Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter
3.Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
4.Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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Created by Iron Nostarion on 01.10.2011



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Top 10 NWOBHM Albums

*I do not count Judas Priest and Motorhead as NWOBHM, because they started before that scene

1.Satan - Court In The Act
2.Cloven Hoof - Cloven Hoof
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4.Witchfinder General - Death Penalty
5.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

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Created by tuthitamlut on 21.05.2011



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Favorite albums from the 80's

Here are my favorite METAL albums from 1980 to 1989.

1.Mayhem - Deathcrush
2.Sepultura - Schizophrenia
3.Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
4.Faith No More - The Real Thing
5.Tormentor - Anno Domini

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Created by Hamird on 02.03.2010



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Metal Songs And Albums That Inspired The Names Of Other Bands

This is an alphabetical list of metal songs and albums that inspired the names of other artists.

Please feel free to suggest more examples.



1.Amebix - No Sanctuary: The Spiderleg Recordings
2.Anathema - Alternative 4
3.Arch Enemy - Black Earth
4.Architects - Ruin
5.Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark

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Created by Plattner on 10.03.2023



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All Metal Of All Time Top 300: Songs

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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Created by Redel on 08.03.2014



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Top 25 British Thrash Albums

1.Venom - Welcome To Hell
2.Xentrix - For Whose Advantage?
3.Onslaught - The Force
4.Raven - Nothing Exceeds Like Excess
5.Sabbat - Dreamweaver

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Created by ChapuLviz on 28.02.2012



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The Mightiest Albums Annually

Mightiest = albums I can listen to almost anytime/anywhere - no matter how many times they never wear out - and always give me pleasure, power, euphoria, goosebumps, inspiration and many other nasty things.
One album per year obviously, with some years missing in case i have not yet found an album mighty enough from that year.
Recommendations appreciated.

1.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud
2.Anaal Nathrakh - Desideratum
3.Battle Beast - Battle Beast
4.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone
5.Skeletonwitch - Forever Abomination

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Created by Tomas Piller on 14.01.2016



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One-Hit Albums

A (most probably incomplete) list of albums on which I really enjoy only a single song (in alphabetical order, excluding one-track albums).
They turn out to be albums that I rate a 6 or 7 overall -- with few exceptions.
The songs mentioned though are all-time favourites, which I would rate at 9 or 10.
I only listed albums on which I found exactly one such song.

1.Agalloch - Pale Folklore
2.Amorphis - Far From The Sun
3.Annihilator - Set The World On Fire
4.Asphyx - The Rack
5.Bathory - Blood Fire Death

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Created by Redel on 09.01.2020



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TOP ALBUMS OF 1982

1.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
3.Scorpions - Blackout
4.Accept - Restless And Wild
5.Michael Schenker Group - Assault Attack

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Created by achil on 16.05.2014