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1.All time & genre (including Non-Metal on MS)
2.Only studio albums & EPs
3.I DON'T modify this list. So, this list is THE FINAL edition and based on my selection on 1 April 2017. (Modified on 12 February 2022)
4.The genre is primary one.
Last modified on 1 April 2017

...NOTICE: I'm reselecting albums & EPs for "The Timeless Ver2". This will be a bit more stringently selected than "ver1".

Created by: Lastempire | 07.07.2012


1. Opeth - Blackwater Park
2001 Progressive Death ∞
2. Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
1997 Symphonic Black 10
3. Krallice - Diotima
2011 Black 10
4. Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
1995 Melodic Black/Death 10
5. Deathspell Omega - Kénôse
2005 Black 10
6. Emperor - Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire & Demise
2001 Symphonic Black 10
7. Cynic - Focus
1993 Progressive 10
8. Weakling - Dead As Dreams
2000 Black 10
9. Neurosis - Through Silver In Blood
1996 Sludge 10
10. Orphaned Land - Mabool: The Story Of The Three Sons Of Seven
2004 Progressive Folk 10
11. Slayer - Reign In Blood
1986 Thrash 10
12. Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice
2004 Black 10
13. Vektor - Terminal Redux
2016 Progressive Thrash 10
14. Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls
2008 Progressive 10
15. Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power
1992 Groove 10
16. Thergothon - Stream From The Heavens
1994 Funeral Doom 10
17. Esoteric - Subconscious Dissolution Into The Continuum
2004 Funeral Doom 10
18. Corrupted - El Mundo Frio
2005 Sludge 10
19. Mono - Hymn To The Immortal Wind
2009 Post Rock 10
20. Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Part I
2000 Progressive 10
21. Ulcerate - Everything Is Fire
2009 Technical Death 10
22. Opeth - Still Life
1999 Progressive Death 10
23. Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
1998 Technical Death 10
24. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
1984 Thrash 10
25. Vektor - Black Future
2009 Technical Thrash 10
26. Candlemass - Nightfall
1987 Epic Doom 10
27. S.V.E.S.T. - Urfaust
2003 Black 10
28. Keep Of Kalessin - Armada
2006 Melodic Black 10
29. Akhlys - The Dreaming I
2015 Black 10
30. Ulver - Nattens Madrigal - Aatte Hymne Til Ulven I Manden
1997 Black 10
31. Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
1994 Black 10
32. Mono - You Are There
2006 Post Rock 10
33. Altar Of Plagues - Mammal
2011 Black 9.5
34. Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
1994 Black 9.5
35. Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
1997 Progressive 9.5
36. Grey Heaven Fall - Black Wisdom
2015 Black 9.5
37. Grim Funeral - Abdication Under Funeral Dirge
2013 Depressive Black 9.5
38. Svartidauði - Flesh Cathedral
2012 Black 9.5
39. Negură Bunget - OM
2006 Folk Black 9.5
40. Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
1988 Progressive 9.5
41. Portal - Vexovoid
2013 Death 9.5
42. Esoteric - Paragon Of Dissonance
2011 Funeral Doom 9.5
43. Cobalt - Eater Of Birds
2007 Black 9.5
44. Ash Borer - The Irrepassable Gate
2016 Black 9.5
45. Decapitated - Winds Of Creation
2000 Technical Death 9.5
46. Deathspell Omega - Paracletus
2010 Black 9.5
47. The Legion - Unseen To Creation
2003 Black 9.5
48. Altar Of Plagues - White Tomb
2009 Black 9.5
49. The Crown - Deathrace King
2000 Death/Thrash 9.5
50. Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines
2002 Brutal Death 9.5
51. Disembowelment - Transcendence Into The Peripheral
1993 Death Doom 9.5
52. Panopticon - Social Disservices
2011 Atmospheric Black 9.5
53. Tiamat - Wildhoney
1994 Doom 9.5
54. Dir En Grey - Uroboros
2008 Progressive 9.5
55. Death - Symbolic
1995 Technical Death 9.5
56. Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika
2016 Viking 9.5
57. Amia Venera Landscape - The Long Procession
2010 Post Hardcore 9.5
58. Cult Of Fire - मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान
2013 Black 9.5
59. Immortal - Pure Holocaust
1993 Black 9.5
60. Anthrax - Among The Living
1987 Thrash 9.5
61. At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
1995 Melodic Death 9.5
62. Destruction - Release From Agony
1988 Thrash 9.5
63. In Flames - The Jester Race
1996 Melodic Death 9.5
64. Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery
1995 Melodic Death 9.5
65. Riverside - Out Of Myself
2003 Progressive 9.5
66. Misþyrming - Söngvar Elds Og Óreiðu
2015 Black 9.5
67. Ulcerate - Shrines Of Paralysis
2016 Technical Death 9.5
68. Aosoth - III: Violence & Variations
2011 Black 9.5
69. Cradle Of Filth - Cruelty And The Beast
1998 Symphonic Black 9.5
70. Tool - Lateralus
2001 Progressive 9.5
71. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
1982 NWOBHM 9.5
72. Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free
1995 Power 9.5
73. Testament - The Legacy
1987 Thrash 9.5
74. Wiegedood - De Doden Hebben Het Goed
2015 Black 9.5
75. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans
1993 Death Doom 9.5
76. Boris - Flood
2000 Drone 9.5
77. King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
1969 Progressive Rock 9.5
78. Wintersun - Wintersun
2004 Melodic Death 9
79. Pain Of Salvation - In The Passing Light Of Day
2017 Progressive 9
80. Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane
2002 Progressive 9
81. Tod Huetet Uebel - Malícia
2015 Black 9
82. Sombres Forêts - La Mort Du Soleil
2013 Depressive Black 9
83. Paramnesia - Paramnesia
2014 Atmospheric Black 9
84. Death - Individual Thought Patterns
1993 Technical Death 9
85. Dream Theater - Images And Words
1992 Progressive 9
86. Neurosis - Times Of Grace
1999 Sludge 9
87. Krallice - Years Past Matter
2012　Black 9
88. Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
2003 Viking 9
89. 1349 - Beyond The Apocalypse
2004 Black 9
90. Cryptopsy - None So Vile
1996 Technical Brutal Death 9
91. Metallica - ...And Justice For All
1988 Thrash 9
92. Mastodon - Leviathan
2004 Progressive 9
93. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
1986 Thrash 9
94. Schammasch - Contradiction
2014 Black 9
95. Den Saakaldte - All Hail Pessimism
2009 Black 9
96. Vektor - Outer Isolation
2011 Technical Thrash 9
97. Envy - All The Footprints You've Ever Left And The Fear Expecting Ahead
2001 Post Hardcore 9
98. Dawn (SWE) - Slaughtersun (Crown Of The Triarchy)
1998 Melodic Black 9
99. Disillusion - Back To Times Of Splendor
2004 Progressive 9
100. Lake Of Blood - Omnipotens Tyrannus
2013 Atmospheric Black 9
101. Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
2006 Funeral Doom 9
102. Annihilator - Never, Neverland
1990　Thrash 9
103. Slayer - Hell Awaits
1985 Thrash 9
104. Nasum - Helvete
2003 Grindcore 9
105. Terrorizer - World Downfall
1989 Grindcore 9
106. Carcass - Heartwork
1993 Melodic Death 9
107. Anaal Nathrakh - Eschaton
2006 Black 9
108. Sepultura - Arise
1991 Thrash 9
109. Katharsis - VVorldVVithoutEnd
2006 Black 9
110. Skáphe - Skáphe²
2016 Black ９
111. System Of A Down - Toxicity
2001 Alternative 9
112. Svart Crown - Witnessing The Fall
2010 Black 9
113. Satyricon - Nemesis Divina
1996 Black 9
114. Funeral Mist - Salvation
2003 Black 9
115. Necrophagist - Epitaph
2004 Technical Death 9
116. Ulver - Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr I 5 Capitler
1995 Folk Black 9
117. Moonspell - Wolfheart
1995　Gothic/Folk Black 9
118. Ash Borer - Cold Of Ages
2012 Black 9
119. Opeth - Morningrise
1996 Progressive Death 9
120. Mayhem - Wolf's Lair Abyss
1997 Black 9
121. Melechesh - Emissaries
2006 Melodic Black 9
122. Alcest - Écailles De Lune
2010 Blackgaze 9
123. Watain - Lawless Darkness
2010 Black 9
124. Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
1986 Thrash 9
125. Kyuss - Kyuss
1994 Stoner Rock 9
126. Triumphator - Wings Of Antichrist
1999 Black 9
127. Blaze Of Perdition - Towards The Blaze Of Perdition
2010 Black 9
128. Mastodon - Crack The Skye
2009 Progressive 9
129. Swallow The Sun - The Morning Never Came
2003 Death Doom 8.5
130. Isis - Panopticon
2004 Atmospheric Sludge 8.5
131. Metallica - Kill 'Em All
1983 Thrash 8.5
132. Regarde Les Hommes Tomber - Exile
2015 Black 8.5
133. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
2006 Atmospheric Black 8.5
134. Beyond Creation - The Aura
2011 Technical Death 8.5
135. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
2005 Progressive 8.5
136. Edge Of Sanity - Purgatory Afterglow
1994 Melodic Death 8.5
137. Mercyful Fate - Melissa
1983 Heavy 8.5
138. Metallica - Metallica
1991 Heavy 8.5
139. Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
1998 Progressive Death 8.5
140. Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough
2009 Black 8.5
141. My Dying Bride - The Angel And The Dark River
1995 Gothic Doom 8.5
142. Ea - Ea Taesse
2006 Funeral Doom 8.5
143. Immortal - Sons Of Northern Darkness
2002 Black Metal 8.5
144. Warning - Watching From A Distance
2007 Epic Doom 8.5
145. Krater - Utere
2016 Black 8.5
146. Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum
2007 Black 8.5
147. Savatage - Gutter Ballet
1989 Heavy Metal 9
148. Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World
2000 Progressive 8.5
149. Thantifaxath - Sacred White Noise
2014 Black 8.5
150. Secrets Of The Moon - Carved In Stigmata Wounds
2004 Black 8.5
151. Gorguts - Obscura
1998 Technical Death 8.5
152. Vemod - Venter På Stormene
2012 Black 8.5
153. Laster - De Verste Verte Is Hier
2014 Atmospheric Black 8.5
154. Behemoth - Demigod
2004 Death 8.5
155. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
1990 Thrash 8.5
156. Dissection - The Somberlain
1993 Melodic Black/Death 8.5
157. Anekdoten - Vemod
1993 Progressive Rock 8.5
158. Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
1994 Symphonic Black 8.5
159. Converge - Jane Doe
2001 Chaotic Hardcore 8.5
160. Coroner - Punishment For Decadence
1988 Technical Thrash 8.5
161. Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve
1995 Technical Thrash 8.5
162. Between The Buried And Me - Colors
2007 Progressive 8.5
163. Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde
2007 Blackgaze 8.5
164. Be'lakor - Stone's Reach
2009 Melodic Death 8.5
165. Ningen Isu - 黄金の夜明け
1992 Doom 8.5
166. Artillery - By Inheritance
1990 Thrash 8.5
167. Ultha - Converging Sins
2016 Black 8.5
168. Quo Vadis - Day Into Night
2000 Technical Death 8.5
169. Annihilator - Alice In Hell
1989 Thrash 8.5
170. Suffocation - Pierced From Within
1995 Brutal Death 8.5
171. Fleshgod Apocalypse - Oracles
2009 Brutal Death 8.5


Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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10.08.2023 - 06:43
Guib
Thrash Talker
Nice! I agree with a lot of those picks.
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- Headbanging with mostly clogged arteries to that stuff -
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10.08.2023 - 09:13
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
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Awesome albums indeed. By "genre is primary one", do you mean that the albums are ranked by how influential they are for their respective genres? Or how they are perfect examples of their genre?
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10.08.2023 - 16:28
Lastempire
The genre is based on the highest proportion of the album's musical elements that I think. For example. if Black Metal elements is 90% and Death Metal elements is 10%, the genre is Black Metal.

Infuence and representativeness have no relation.

Written by F3ynman on 10.08.2023 at 09:13

Awesome albums indeed. By "genre is primary one", do you mean that the albums are ranked by how influential they are for their respective genres? Or how they are perfect examples of their genre?

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10.08.2023 - 16:54
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
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Written by Lastempire on 10.08.2023 at 16:28

The genre is based on the highest proportion of the album's musical elements that I think. For example. if Black Metal elements is 90% and Death Metal elements is 10%, the genre is Black Metal.

Infuence and representativeness have no relation.

Written by F3ynman on 10.08.2023 at 09:13

Awesome albums indeed. By "genre is primary one", do you mean that the albums are ranked by how influential they are for their respective genres? Or how they are perfect examples of their genre?



Ah OK. I see. Nice list
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