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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.

Albums that are a "Must-Listen" are marked with a "*".

Created by: pandrstudios | 01.05.2020



1. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
1970
2. Deep Purple - In Rock
3. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
1971
4. Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards
1972
5. Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
1973
6. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
1974
7. Rush - Fly By Night
1975
8. Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
1976
9. Rainbow - Rising
10. KISS - Destroyer
11. Rush - A Farewell To Kings
1977
12. AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
13. Judas Priest - Stained Class
1978
14. Motörhead - Overkill
1979
15. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz
1980
16. Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
17. AC/DC - Back In Black
18. Saxon - Strong Arm Of The Law
19. Venom - Welcome To Hell
1981
20. Iron Maiden - Killers
21. Scorpions - Blackout
1982
22. Witchfinder General - Death Penalty
23. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
24. Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
25. Accept - Restless And Wild
26. Motörhead - Iron Fist
27. Satan - Court In The Act
1983
28. Thin Lizzy - Thunder And Lightning
29. Mötley Crüe - Shout At The Devil
30. Exciter - Heavy Metal Maniac
31. Dio - Holy Diver
32. Mercyful Fate - Melissa
33. Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry
1984
34. Grim Reaper - See You In Hell
35. Cirith Ungol - King Of The Dead
36. Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
37. Possessed - Seven Churches
1985
38. Manilla Road - Open The Gates
39. Magnum - On A Storyteller's Night
40. Exodus - Bonded By Blood
41. Bathory - The Return Of The Darkness And Evil
42. Tankard - Zombie Attack
43. Razor - Evil Invaders
44. Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
45. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
1986
46. Slayer - Reign In Blood
47. Kreator - Pleasure To Kill
48. Sodom - Persecution Mania
1987
49. Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I
50. Napalm Death - Scum
51. King Diamond - Abigail
52. Candlemass - Nightfall
53. Death - Leprosy
1988
54. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
55. Testament - The New Order
56. Metallica - ...And Justice For All
57. Manowar - Kings Of Metal
58. Overkill - The Years Of Decay
1989
59. W.A.S.P. - The Headless Children
60. Nocturnus - The Key
1990
61. Deicide - Deicide
62. Bathory - Hammerheart
63. Obituary - Cause Of Death
64. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
65. Morbid Angel - Blessed Are The Sick
1991
66. Autopsy - Mental Funeral
67. Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious
68. Sarcófago - The Laws Of Scourge
69. Sepultura - Arise
70. Darkthrone - Soulside Journey
71. Napalm Death - Utopia Banished
1992
72. Burzum - Burzum
73. Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
74. Cannibal Corpse - Tomb Of The Mutilated
75. Gorguts - The Erosion Of Sanity
1993
76. Darkthrone - Under A Funeral Moon
77. Savatage - Edge Of Thorns
78. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans
79. Katatonia - Dance Of December Souls
80. Marduk - Opus Nocturne
1994
81. Enslaved - Vikingligr Veldi
82. Running Wild - Black Hand Inn
83. Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
84. Korn - Korn
85. Paradise Lost - Draconian Times
1995
86. Satyricon - The Shadowthrone
87. Darkthrone - Panzerfaust
88. Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
89. Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
90. Suffocation - Pierced From Within
91. Rage - End Of All Days
1996
92. Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
93. Gorgoroth - Antichrist
94. Burzum - Filosofem
95. In Flames - The Jester Race
96. Gates Of Ishtar - A Bloodred Path
97. Cryptopsy - None So Vile
98. Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
99. Six Feet Under - Warpath
1997
100. Saxon - Unleash The Beast
101. Obtained Enslavement - Witchcraft
102. Lacrimosa - Stille
103. Deceased - Fearless Undead Machines
104. Ulver - Nattens Madrigal - Aatte Hymne Til Ulven I Manden
105. Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
106. Stratovarius - Visions
107. Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
108. Vader - Black To The Blind
109. Rhapsody - Legendary Tales
110. Sentenced - Frozen
1998
111. Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
112. Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
113. Eisregen - Krebskolonie
114. Demons & Wizards - Demons And Wizards
1999
115. Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter
116. Children Of Bodom - Hatebreeder
117. Slipknot - Slipknot
118. Katatonia - Tonight's Decision
119. Grave Digger - Excalibur
120. Taake - Nattestid...
121. Weakling - Dead As Dreams
2000
122. Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun
123. Nightwish - Wishmaster
124. Iron Maiden - Brave New World
125. Cradle Of Filth - Midian
126. Evoken - Quietus
2001
127. Silencer - Death - Pierce Me
128. Avantasia - The Metal Opera Part I
129. Gamma Ray - No World Order
130. Anaal Nathrakh - The Codex Necro
131. Reverend Bizarre - In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend
132. Judas Iscariot - To Embrace The Corpses Bleeding
2002
133. Vomitory - Blood Rapture
134. HammerFall - Crimson Thunder
135. Behemoth - Zos Kia Cultus (Here And Beyond)
136. Rage - Soundchaser
2003
137. Nasum - Helvete
138. Leviathan - The Tenth Sub Level Of Suicide
139. Enslaved - Below The Lights
140. Draconian - Where Lovers Mourn
141. Xasthur - To Violate The Oblivious
2004
142. My Dying Bride - Songs Of Darkness, Words Of Light
143. Blackfield - Blackfield
144. Drudkh - Autumn Aurora
145. Ensiferum - Iron
146. Motörhead - Inferno
147. Forgotten Tomb - Love's Burial Ground
148. Wintersun - Wintersun
149. Sonata Arctica - Reckoning Night
150. Forest Of Shadows - Departure
151. Amon Amarth - Fate Of Norns
152. Kreator - Enemy Of God
2005
153. Dark Tranquillity - Character
154. Taake - ...Doedskvad
155. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
156. Lacrimosa - Lichtgestalt
157. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
158. Arcturus - Sideshow Symphonies
159. Necrophobic - Hrimthursum
2006
160. Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
161. Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance
162. Cannibal Corpse - Kill
163. Summoning - Oath Bound
164. Scar Symmetry - Pitch Black Progress
165. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
166. Insomnium - Above The Weeping World
167. Lunar Aurora - Andacht
2007
168. Before The Dawn - Deadlight
169. Shining - V - Halmstad
170. Paradise Lost - In Requiem
171. Make A Change... Kill Yourself - II
172. The Black Dahlia Murder - Nocturnal
173. Wolves In The Throne Room - Two Hunters
174. Insect Warfare - World Extermination
175. Whitechapel - This Is Exile
176. Nyktalgia - Peisithanatos
177. Napalm Death - Time Waits For No Slave
2009
178. Powerwolf - Bible Of The Beast
179. Heaven And Hell - The Devil You Know
180. Warbringer - Waking Into Nightmares
181. Amorphis - Skyforger
182. Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs
183. Caliban - Say Hello To Tragedy
184. Swallow The Sun - New Moon
185. Drowning The Light - An Alignment Of Dead Stars
186. Suicidal Angels - Sanctify The Darkness
187. Nails - Unsilent Death
2010
188. Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time
189. Sargeist - Let The Devil In
190. Deathspell Omega - Paracletus
191. Septicflesh - The Great Mass
2011
192. Midnight Odyssey - Funerals From The Astral Sphere
193. Desaster - The Arts Of Destruction
2012
194. Mgła - With Hearts Toward None
195. Overkill - The Electric Age
196. Motionless In White - Infamous
197. Cattle Decapitation - Monolith Of Inhumanity
198. Magnum - On The 13th Day
199. Darkthrone - The Underground Resistance
2013
200. Gloryhammer - Tales From The Kingdom Of Fife
201. Fleshgod Apocalypse - Labyrinth
202. Skeletonwitch - Serpents Unleashed
203. Tribulation - The Formulas Of Death
204. Primal Fear - Delivering The Black
2014
205. Insomnium - Shadows Of The Dying Sun
206. Anaal Nathrakh - Desideratum
207. The Amity Affliction - Let The Ocean Take Me
208. Saor - Aura
209. Revocation - Deathless
210. Visigoth - The Revenant King
2015
211. Psychonaut 4 - Dispomania
212. Sulphur Aeon - Gateway To The Antisphere
213. Paradise Lost - The Plague Within
214. Iron Maiden - The Book Of Souls
215. Avantasia - Ghostlights
2016
216. Khemmis - Hunted
217. Architects - All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us
218. Harakiri For The Sky - III: Trauma
219. Testament - Brotherhood Of The Snake
220. Wolfheart - Tyhjyys
221. Cradle Of Filth - Cryptoriana: The Seductiveness Of Decay
2017
222. Trivium - The Sin And The Sentence
223. Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper
224. Orden Ogan - Gunmen
225. Evilfeast - Elegies Of The Stellar Wind
226. Kalmankantaja - Routamaa
227. Shining - X - Varg Utan Flock
2018
228. Judas Priest - Firepower
229. Amorphis - Queen Of Time
230. Karg - Dornenvögel
231. Shylmagoghnar - Transience
232. Fit For A King - Dark Skies
233. Striker - Play To Win
234. Architects - Holy Hell
235. Beast In Black - From Hell With Love
2019
236. Traveler - Traveler
237. Darkthrone - Old Star
238. Tomb Mold - Planetary Clairvoyance
239. In Mourning - Garden Of Storms
240. Psychotic Waltz - The God-Shaped Void
2020
241. Dark Fortress - Spectres From The Old World
242. Paradise Lost - Obsidian
243. Dynazty - The Dark Delight



Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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23.07.2020 - 12:22
metalriff
You love Sad wings of destiny so much that you added it twice
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18.09.2020 - 22:07
pandrstudios
Oh thank you for that, I meant Screaming For Vengeance
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