Top 500 Albums of All Time

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Top 500 Albums of All Time

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A list by
nonZero
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October 06, 2018
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I've been listening to Metal since 2005 and it has become my biggest passion in life. Rarely a day goes by where I don't listen to it in one form or another. The bands I listened to in my teens inspired me to pick up the guitar (and later drums) and start making music of my own.

So here are the albums that have stood out and made the largest impact on me. To be as transparent as possible, I've labelled albums as 'nostalgia bias' where my memories of the band give it an advantage over others.

(Score is an average of each album's song ratings, full list located here. There are a ton of albums that I've rated 9/10 in the 'TBR' tab that may never make it to this list, be sure to check those out.)

If you discovered any new albums or like the same sort of metal, be sure to give this list a thumbs-up and leave a comment so more people can find these amazing bands!

Top Genres:
Black (56 albums)
Melodic Death (51 albums)
Thrash (47 albums)
Power (46 albums)
Heavy (34 albums)
Doom (30 albums)
Folk (28 albums)
Death (27 albums)
Progressive (25 albums)
Hard Rock (24 albums)
Progressive Death (23 albums)
Progressive Rock (18 albums)

Top Bands:
Opeth (8 albums)
Insomnium (6 albums)
Moonsorrow (6 albums)
Trivium (6 albums)
Dark Tranquillity (5 albums)
Black Sabbath (4 albums)
Death (4 albums)
Iron Maiden (4 albums)
Metallica (4 albums)
Symphony X (4 albums)
Amon Amarth (3 albums)
Machine Head (3 albums)
Scar Symmetry (3 albums)

Top Decades:
2000s (200 albums)
1990s (123 albums)
2010s (86 albums)
1980s (60 albums)
1970s (23 albums)

My other lists:
Top 25 EPs (ordered & rated)
Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres)
Top 200 Overrated Albums (trigger warning)
So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)
500.
1.
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
10/10 (nostalgia bias) · Industrial Metal · 1994
500.
2.
Opeth - Blackwater Park
10/10 · Progressive Death Metal · 2001
500.
3.
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
10/10 · Thrash Metal · 1986
500.
4.
Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
10/10 · Progressive Death Metal · 1996
500.
5.
Opeth - Still Life
9.93/10 · Progressive Death Metal · 1999
500.
6.
Trivium - Shogun
9.91/10 (nostalgia bias) · Melodic Thrash Metal · 2008
500.
7.
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
9.88/10 · Progressive Rock · 1973
500.
8.
Machine Head - The Blackening
9.88/10 (nostalgia bias) · Groove Thrash Metal · 2007
500.
9.
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
9.88/10 · Thrash Metal · 1984
500.
10.
Trivium - Ascendancy
9.86/10 (nostalgia bias) · Metalcore · 2005
500.
11.
Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power
9.82/10 · Groove Thrash Metal · 1992
500.
12.
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
9.81/10 · Progressive Death Metal · 2005
500.
13.
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
9.81/10 · Heavy Metal · 1988
500.
14.
Metallica - Metallica
9.79/10 · Heavy Metal · 1991
500.
15.
Metallica - ...And Justice For All
9.78/10 · Thrash Metal · 1988
500.
16.
Alice In Chains - Dirt
9.71/10 · Grunge · 1992
500.
17.
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
9.69/10 · Doom Metal · 1970
500.
18.
Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
9.69/10 · Progressive Thrash Metal · 1998
500.
19.
Nirvana - Nevermind
9.67/10 · Grunge · 1991
500.
20.
Slayer - Reign In Blood
9.65/10 · Thrash Metal · 1986
500.
21.
Wintersun - Wintersun
9.63/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2004
500.
22.
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
9.63/10 · Hard Rock · 1971
500.
23.
Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever
9.63/10 · Progressive Rock · 2001
500.
24.
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
9.60/10 · Progressive Rock · 1975
500.
25.
Agalloch - The Mantle
9.56/10 · Atmospheric Black Metal · 2002
500.
26.
Ensiferum - Ensiferum
9.55/10 · Viking Folk Metal · 2001
500.
27.
Radiohead - OK Computer
9.55/10 · Alternative Rock · 1997
500.
28.
Faith No More - Angel Dust
9.54/10 · Alternative Metal · 1992
500.
29.
Wintersun - Time I
9.50/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2012
500.
30.
Green Day - American Idiot
9.50/10 · Punk Rock · 2004
500.
31.
Bloodbath - Nightmares Made Flesh
9.50/10 · Death Metal · 2004
500.
32.
Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle
9.50/10 · Atmospheric Black Metal · 2013
500.
33.
Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards
9.50/10 · Hard Rock · 1972
500.
34.
Insomnium - Winter's Gate
9.50/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2016
500.
35.
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
9.50/10 · Heavy Metal · 1984
500.
36.
Edge Of Sanity - Crimson II
9.50/10 · Progressive Death Metal · 2003
500.
37.
Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta
9.50/10 · Viking Folk Metal · 2001
500.
38.
Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
9.50/10 · Melodic Black Metal · 1995
500.
39.
Judas Priest - Painkiller
9.50/10 · Heavy Metal · 1990
500.
40.
Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
9.50/10 · Doom Metal · 1971
500.
41.
Rainbow - Rising
9.50/10 · Hard Rock · 1976
500.
42.
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
9.50/10 (Disc 1) · Hard Rock · 1975
500.
43.
Vektor - Terminal Redux
9.44/10 · Technical Thrash Metal · 2016
500.
44.
Leprous - Tall Poppy Syndrome
9.44/10 · Progressive Metal · 2009
500.
45.
Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
9.43/10 · Symphonic Black Metal · 1997
500.
46.
Machine Head - Burn My Eyes
9.41/10 (nostalgia bias) · Groove Thrash Metal · 1994
500.
47.
Testament - The New Order
9.39/10 (excluding track 8) · Thrash Metal · 1988
500.
48.
Windir - 1184
9.38/10 · Viking Black Metal · 2001
500.
49.
Rush - Moving Pictures
9.36/10 · Progressive Rock · 1981
500.
50.
System Of A Down - Toxicity
9.36/10 · Alternative Metal · 2001
500.
51.
Vektor - Black Future
9.33/10 · Technical Thrash Metal · 2009
500.
52.
Solipsist - Extinction Protocol
9.33/10 · Groove Thrash Metal · 2012
500.
53.
Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
9.33/10 · Viking Folk Metal · 2003
500.
54.
Death - Human
9.31/10 · Progressive Death Metal · 1991
500.
55.
Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet
9.30/10 · Viking Folk Metal · 2005
500.
56.
System Of A Down - Mezmerize
9.30/10 · Alternative Metal · 2005
500.
57.
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
9.30/10 · Progressive Rock · 1969
500.
58.
Trivium - In Waves
9.29/10 (nostalgia bias) · Melodic Thrash Metal · 2011
500.
59.
Slumber - Fallout
9.29/10 · Melodic Doom Metal · 2004
500.
60.
Deep Purple - Machine Head
9.29/10 · Heavy Metal · 1972
500.
61.
At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
9.28/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 1995
500.
62.
Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World
9.27/10 · Progressive Thrash Metal · 2000
500.
63.
Neal Morse - Sola Scriptura
9.25/10 · Progressive Rock · 2007
500.
64.
The Haunted - The Haunted Made Me Do It
9.25/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2000
500.
65.
Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising
9.25/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2011
500.
66.
Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
9.25/10 · Progressive Metal · 1988
500.
67.
Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
9.25/10 · Heavy Metal · 1980
500.
68.
Warlord - And The Cannons Of Destruction Have Begun...
9.25/10 · Heavy Metal · 1984
500.
69.
Scar Symmetry - Pitch Black Progress
9.23/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2006
500.
70.
Testament - The Gathering
9.23/10 · Thrash Metal · 1999
500.
71.
Rammstein - Mutter
9.23/10 · Industrial Metal · 2001
500.
72.
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
9.22/10 · Thrash Metal · 1990
500.
73.
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
9.21/10 · Hard Rock · 1987
500.
74.
Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields
9.20/10 · Doom Folk Metal · 1997
500.
75.
In Flames - The Jester Race
9.20/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 1996
500.
76.
Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss
9.20/10 · Thrash Metal · 1990
500.
77.
AC/DC - Back In Black
9.20/10 · Hard Rock · 1980
500.
78.
Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream
9.19/10 · Death Metal · 1991
500.
79.
King Diamond - Abigail
9.19/10 · Heavy Metal · 1987
500.
80.
Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
9.19/10 · Heavy Metal · 1982
500.
81.
Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery
9.18/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 1995
500.
82.
Lamb Of God - Ashes Of The Wake
9.18/10 · Groove Thrash Metal · 2004
500.
83.
Mors Principium Est - The Unborn
9.17/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2005
500.
84.
Death - Symbolic
9.17/10 · Progressive Death Metal · 1995
500.
85.
Galneryus - Angel Of Salvation
9.17/10 · Power Metal · 2012
500.
86.
Deathspell Omega - Kénôse
9.17/10 · Black Metal · 2005
500.
87.
Dark Tranquillity - Fiction
9.15/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2007
500.
88.
As I Lay Dying - The Powerless Rise
9.14/10 · Metalcore · 2010
500.
89.
Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
9.13/10 · Symphonic Black Metal · 1994
500.
90.
Nirvana - In Utero
9.13/10 · Grunge · 1993
500.
91.
Trivium - In The Court Of The Dragon
9.11/10 (nostalgia bias) · Melodic Thrash Metal · 2021
500.
92.
Pestilence - Consuming Impulse
9.11/10 · Death Metal · 1989
500.
93.
Anthrax - Among The Living
9.11/10 · Thrash Metal · 1987
500.
94.
Sepultura - Arise
9.11/10 · Thrash Metal · 1991
500.
95.
Vomitory - Blood Rapture
9.11/10 · Death Metal · 2002
500.
96.
Wintersun - Time II
9.10/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2024
500.
97.
Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God
9.10/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2008
500.
98.
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien
9.10/10 · Instrumental Hard Rock · 1987
500.
99.
Solipsist - The Human Equation
9.10/10 · Groove Thrash Metal · 2010
500.
100.
Accept - Restless And Wild
9.10/10 · Heavy Metal · 1982
500.
101.
Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
9.10/10 · Progressive Metal · 2009
500.
102.
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
9.10/10 (nostalgia bias) · Industrial Metal · 1989
500.
103.
Doom:VS - Dead Words Speak
9.08/10 · Funeral Doom Metal · 2008
500.
104.
Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done
9.08/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2002
500.
105.
Xanthochroid - Of Erthe And Axen: Act I
9.07/10 · Progressive Folk Metal · 2017
500.
106.
Tiamat - Wildhoney
9.07/10 · Atmospheric Gothic Metal · 1994
500.
107.
October Tide - Rain Without End
9.07/10 · Melodic Doom Metal · 1997
500.
108.
Ensiferum - Iron
9.06/10 · Viking Folk Metal · 2004
500.
109.
Amon Amarth - Versus The World
9.06/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2002
500.
110.
Isis - Oceanic
9.06/10 · Post-Metal · 2002
500.
111.
Coroner - Punishment For Decadence
9.06/10 (excluding track 10) · Technical Thrash Metal · 1988
500.
112.
Children Of Bodom - Hatebreeder
9.06/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 1999
500.
113.
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath
9.06/10 · Heavy Metal · 1984
500.
114.
Dominia - Divine Revolution
9.06/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2006
500.
115.
Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
9.06/10 · Power Metal · 1995
500.
116.
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
9.06/10 · Hard Rock · 1969
500.
117.
Vinterland - Welcome My Last Chapter
9.06/10 · Melodic Black Metal · 1996
500.
118.
Mercenary - The Hours That Remain
9.05/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2006
500.
119.
Wuthering Heights - Far From The Madding Crowd
9.05/10 · Progressive Power Metal · 2004
500.
120.
Equilibrium - Sagas
9.05/10 · Viking Folk Metal · 2008
500.
121.
Wrathchild America - 3-D
9.05/10 · Technical Thrash Metal · 1991
500.
122.
Machine Head - Unto The Locust
9.00/10 · Groove Thrash Metal · 2011
500.
123.
King Crimson - Red
9.00/10 · Progressive Rock · 1974
500.
124.
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II
9.00/10 (excluding tracks 13 & 14) · Hard Rock · 1991
500.
125.
John Petrucci - Suspended Animation
9.00/10 · Instrumental Progressive Metal · 2005
500.
126.
Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free
9.00/10 · Power Metal · 1995
500.
127.
Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
9.00/10 · Progressive Metal · 2005
500.
128.
Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
9.00/10 · Atmospheric Black Metal · 2006
500.
129.
In Vain - Ænigma
9.00/10 · Progressive Death Metal · 2013
500.
130.
Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone
9.00/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2012
500.
131.
Drudkh - Кров У Наших Криницях (Blood In Our Wells)
9.00/10 · Atmospheric Black Metal · 2006
500.
132.
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
9.00/10 · Progressive Death Metal · 1998
500.
133.
Coroner - No More Color
9.00/10 · Technical Thrash Metal · 1989
500.
134.
Symphony X - The Odyssey
9.00/10 · Progressive Power Metal · 2002
500.
135.
Slayer - South Of Heaven
9.00/10 · Thrash Metal · 1988
500.
136.
Cynic - Focus
9.00/10 · Progressive Death Metal · 1993
500.
137.
Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
9.00/10 · Progressive Power Metal · 1997
500.
138.
Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika
9.00/10 · Viking Folk Metal · 2016
500.
139.
Therion - Theli
9.00/10 · Symphonic Metal · 1996
500.
140.
Symphony X - Paradise Lost
9.00/10 · Progressive Power Metal · 2007
500.
141.
Doom:VS - Aeternum Vale
9.00/10 · Funeral Doom Metal · 2006
500.
142.
Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere
9.00/10 · Progressive Death Metal · 2024
500.
143.
Accept - Blood Of The Nations
9.00/10 · Heavy Metal · 2010
500.
144.
Galneryus - Beyond The End Of Despair...
9.00/10 · Power Metal · 2006
500.
145.
Lost Horizon - Awakening The World
9.00/10 · Power Metal · 2001
500.
146.
Bloodbound - Nosferatu
9.00/10 · Power Metal · 2005
500.
147.
Aria - Кровь За Кровь
9.00/10 · Heavy Metal · 1991
500.
148.
W.A.S.P. - The Headless Children
9.00/10 · Heavy Metal · 1989
500.
149.
Rush - 2112
9.00/10 · Progressive Rock · 1976
500.
150.
Gallowbraid - Ashen Eidolon
9.00/10 · Doom Folk Metal · 2010
500.
151.
Lord Belial - Enter The Moonlight Gate
9.00/10 · Melodic Black Metal · 1997
500.
152.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
9.00/10 · Post-Rock · 2000
500.
153.
The Doors - The Doors
9.00/10 · Hard Rock · 1967
500.
154.
Vesperian Sorrow - Regenesis Creation
9.00/10 · Melodic Black Metal · 2006
500.
155.
Transatlantic - The Whirlwind
8.96/10 · Progressive Rock · 2009
500.
156.
Mors Principium Est - Dawn Of The 5th Era
8.95/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2014
500.
157.
Stratovarius - Visions
8.95/10 · Power Metal · 1997
500.
158.
Leprous - Bilateral
8.95/10 · Progressive Metal · 2011
500.
159.
Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
8.95/10 · Progressive Thrash Metal · 2005
500.
160.
Masterplan - Masterplan
8.95/10 · Power Metal · 2003
500.
161.
Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris
8.95/10 · Brutal Death Metal · 2000
500.
162.
Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers
8.95/10 · Progressive Thrash Metal · 1993
500.
163.
As I Lay Dying - An Ocean Between Us
8.95/10 · Metalcore · 2007
500.
164.
Ostura - The Room
8.95/10 · Symphonic Progressive Metal · 2018
500.
165.
Entombed - Left Hand Path
8.95/10 · Death Metal · 1990
500.
166.
Toxik - Think This
8.95/10 · Technical Thrash Metal · 1989
500.
167.
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine
8.95/10 · Mathcore · 2004
500.
168.
Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park
8.95/10 · Industrial Metal · 1990
500.
169.
Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
8.94/10 · Death Metal · 2005
500.
170.
The Ocean - Pelagial
8.94/10 · Post-Metal · 2013
500.
171.
Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud
8.94/10 · Folk Metal · 2015
500.
172.
Dan Swanö - Moontower
8.94/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 1999
500.
173.
Meshuggah - ObZen
8.94/10 · Progressive Thrash Metal · 2008
500.
174.
Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence
8.94/10 · Death Metal · 1993
500.
175.
Insomnium - Above The Weeping World
8.94/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2006
500.
176.
Swallow The Sun - New Moon
8.94/10 · Melodic Doom Metal · 2009
500.
177.
Rhapsody - Symphony Of Enchanted Lands
8.94/10 · Symphonic Power Metal · 1998
500.
178.
Swallow The Sun - Plague Of Butterflies
8.94/10 (track 1 only) · Melodic Doom Metal · 2008
500.
179.
Cryptopsy - None So Vile
8.94/10 · Brutal Death Metal · 1996
500.
180.
Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz
8.94/10 · Heavy Metal · 1980
500.
181.
Iotunn - Kinship
8.94/10 · Progressive Death Metal · 2024
500.
182.
Eumeria - Rebel Mind
8.94/10 · Progressive Metal · 2011
500.
183.
X Japan - Art Of Life
8.93/10 · Progressive Power Metal · 1993
500.
184.
Bathory - Hammerheart
8.93/10 · Black Metal · 1990
500.
185.
Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
8.93/10 (excluding track 7) · Thrash Metal · 1986
500.
186.
Aria - Игра С Огнём
8.93/10 · Heavy Metal · 1989
500.
187.
Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell
8.93/10 · Gothic Doom Metal · 2005
500.
188.
DevilDriver - The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand
8.92/10 · Groove Thrash Metal · 2005
500.
189.
My Dying Bride - The Angel And The Dark River
8.92/10 · Gothic Doom Metal · 1995
500.
190.
Spock's Beard - V
8.92/10 · Progressive Rock · 2000
500.
191.
Garden Of Shadows - Oracle Moon
8.92/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2000
500.
192.
Epica - Design Your Universe
8.91/10 · Symphonic Metal · 2009
500.
193.
Wine From Tears - Through The Eyes Of A Mad
8.91/10 · Melodic Doom Metal · 2009
500.
194.
Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery
8.91/10 · Death Metal · 2008
500.
195.
Ruoska - Radium
8.91/10 · Industrial Metal · 2005
500.
196.
Miseration - Tragedy Has Spoken
8.90/10 · Death Metal · 2012
500.
197.
Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
8.90/10 · Progressive Metal · 1999
500.
198.
Insomnium - Shadows Of The Dying Sun
8.90/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2014
500.
199.
In Flames - Whoracle
8.90/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 1997
500.
200.
Jun Mitsui - Evacuation
8.90/10 · Instrumental Progressive Metal · 2019
500.
201.
Cattle Decapitation - Monolith Of Inhumanity
8.90/10 · Death Metal · 2012
500.
202.
Opeth - Deliverance
8.90/10 · Progressive Death Metal · 2002
500.
203.
Neurotech - Antagonist
8.90/10 · Industrial Metal · 2011
500.
204.
Insomnium - One For Sorrow
8.89/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2011
500.
205.
Barren Earth - Curse Of The Red River
8.89/10 · Progressive Death Metal · 2010
500.
206.
Gloria Morti - Eryx
8.89/10 · Death Metal · 2008
500.
207.
Nightwish - Oceanborn
8.89/10 · Symphonic Power Metal · 1998
500.
208.
Dio - Holy Diver
8.89/10 · Heavy Metal · 1983
500.
209.
Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
8.89/10 · Power Metal · 1992
500.
210.
Sentenced - Down
8.89/10 · Suomi Metal · 1996
500.
211.
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
8.89/10 · Hard Rock · 1969
500.
212.
Solitude Aeturnus - Alone
8.89/10 · Doom Metal · 2006
500.
213.
Vintersorg - Cosmic Genesis
8.89/10 · Melodic Black Metal · 2000
500.
214.
The Who - Who's Next
8.89/10 · Hard Rock · 1971
500.
215.
Obituary - Cause Of Death
8.89/10 · Death Metal · 1990
500.
216.
Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn
8.88/10 · Instrumental Progressive Metal · 1988
500.
217.
Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence
8.88/10 · Thrash Metal · 1987
500.
218.
The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium
8.88/10 · Progressive Rock · 2003
500.
219.
Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe
8.88/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2008
500.
220.
Kreator - Terrible Certainty
8.88/10 · Thrash Metal · 1987
500.
221.
Cryptomnesia - Primordial Oddity
8.88/10 · Instrumental Progressive Metal · 2010
500.
222.
Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die
8.88/10 · Gothic Doom Metal · 2006
500.
223.
Swallow The Sun - The Morning Never Came
8.88/10 · Melodic Doom Metal · 2003
500.
224.
Artillery - By Inheritance
8.88/10 (excluding track 9) · Thrash Metal · 1990
500.
225.
Dissection - The Somberlain
8.88/10 · Melodic Black Metal · 1993
500.
226.
Eternal Tears Of Sorrow - A Virgin And A Whore
8.88/10 (excluding track 7) · Melodic Death Metal · 2001
500.
227.
Batushka - Litourgiya
8.88/10 · Black Metal · 2015
500.
228.
Diabolical Masquerade - Death's Design
8.87/10 · Avantgarde Black Metal · 2001
500.
229.
Wilderun - Sleep At The Edge Of The Earth
8.86/10 · Progressive Folk Metal · 2015
500.
230.
Solipsist - The Burning Mass
8.86/10 · Groove Thrash Metal · 2015
500.
231.
An Abstract Illusion - Woe
8.86/10 · Progressive Death Metal · 2022
500.
232.
Cradle Of Filth - Cruelty And The Beast
8.86/10 · Symphonic Black Metal · 1998
500.
233.
Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors
8.86/10 · Avantgarde Metal · 2002
500.
234.
The Haunted - Revolver
8.86/10 · Thrash Metal · 2004
500.
235.
Faith No More - The Real Thing
8.86/10 · Alternative Metal · 1989
500.
236.
Tristania - Widow's Weeds
8.86/10 · Symphonic Gothic Metal · 1998
500.
237.
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
8.86/10 · Progressive Sludge Metal · 2009
500.
238.
Falkenbach - Ok Nefna Tysvar Ty
8.86/10 · Viking Folk Metal · 2003
500.
239.
Kauan - Sorni Nai
8.86/10 · Doom Metal · 2015
500.
240.
Carcass - Heartwork
8.85/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 1993
500.
241.
Shylmagoghnar - Convergence
8.85/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2023
500.
242.
Velvet Revolver - Contraband
8.85/10 · Hard Rock · 2004
500.
243.
Accept - Balls To The Wall
8.85/10 · Heavy Metal · 1983
500.
244.
Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs
8.85/10 · Alternative Metal · 2009
500.
245.
Toxik - World Circus
8.85/10 · Technical Thrash Metal · 1987
500.
246.
AC/DC - Highway To Hell
8.85/10 · Hard Rock · 1979
500.
247.
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I
8.84/10 · Hard Rock · 1991
500.
248.
Insomnium - Across The Dark
8.83/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2009
500.
249.
Candlemass - Nightfall
8.83/10 · Epic Doom Metal · 1987
500.
250.
Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
8.83/10 · Hard Rock · 1975
500.
251.
Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory
8.83/10 · Death Metal · 1994
500.
252.
Vintersea - Illuminated
8.83/10 · Progressive Death Metal · 2019
500.
253.
Avantasia - The Metal Opera Part I
8.83/10 · Symphonic Power Metal · 2001
500.
254.
Long Distance Calling - Avoid The Light
8.83/10 · Post-Rock · 2009
500.
255.
Acherontas - Vamachara
8.83/10 · Melodic Black Metal · 2011
500.
256.
Kamelot - The Black Halo
8.82/10 · Symphonic Power Metal · 2005
500.
257.
Dark Tranquillity - Character
8.82/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2005
500.
258.
Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon
8.82/10 · Symphonic Black Metal · 2003
500.
259.
Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth
8.82/10 · Power Metal · 1998
500.
260.
Saint Deamon - In Shadows Lost From The Brave
8.82/10 · Power Metal · 2008
500.
261.
Necrophobic - Hrimthursum
8.82/10 · Death Metal · 2006
500.
262.
Wilderun - Veil Of Imagination
8.81/10 · Progressive Death Metal · 2019
500.
263.
Vital Remains - Dechristianize
8.81/10 · Death Metal · 2003
500.
264.
Pestilence - Testimony Of The Ancients
8.81/10 · Progressive Death Metal · 1991
500.
265.
Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini
8.81/10 · Progressive Black Metal · 2010
500.
266.
King Diamond - Conspiracy
8.81/10 · Heavy Metal · 1989
500.
267.
Rapture - Futile
8.81/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 1999
500.
268.
Enslaved - RIITIIR
8.81/10 · Progressive Black Metal · 2012
500.
269.
Edguy - Mandrake
8.80/10 · Power Metal · 2001
500.
270.
Exodus - Tempo Of The Damned
8.80/10 · Thrash Metal · 2004
500.
271.
Nocturnus - The Key
8.80/10 · Atmospheric Death Metal · 1990
500.
272.
Shade Empire - Omega Arcane
8.80/10 · Symphonic Black Metal · 2013
500.
273.
Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith
8.80/10 · Heavy Metal · 1984
500.
274.
Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica
8.80/10 · Power Metal · 1999
500.
275.
Conquering Dystopia - Conquering Dystopia
8.80/10 · Instrumental Progressive Metal · 2014
500.
276.
Finntroll - Jaktens Tid
8.80/10 · Folk Metal · 2001
500.
277.
Deicide - Deicide
8.80/10 · Death Metal · 1990
500.
278.
Shining - V - Halmstad
8.80/10 · Black Metal · 2007
500.
279.
Sentenced - The Cold White Light
8.80/10 · Suomi Metal · 2002
500.
280.
Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
8.80/10 · Nu Metal · 1992
500.
281.
Telepathy - 12 Areas
8.80/10 · Post-Metal · 2014
500.
282.
IQ - Dark Matter
8.80/10 · Progressive Rock · 2004
500.
283.
StarSystems - StarSystems III
8.80/10 · Instrumental Progressive Metal · 2016
500.
284.
Drudkh - Autumn Aurora
8.80/10 · Atmospheric Black Metal · 2004
500.
285.
Finsterforst - ...Zum Tode Hin
8.80/10 · Folk Metal · 2009
500.
286.
Opeth - Watershed
8.79/10 · Progressive Death Metal · 2008
500.
287.
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
8.79/10 · Groove Thrash Metal · 1994
500.
288.
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
8.79/10 · Groove Thrash Metal · 1990
500.
289.
Kreator - Enemy Of God
8.79/10 · Thrash Metal · 2005
500.
290.
Galneryus - Advance To The Fall
8.79/10 · Power Metal · 2005
500.
291.
Isis - Panopticon
8.79/10 · Post-Metal · 2004
500.
292.
Archspire - Relentless Mutation
8.79/10 · Technical Death Metal · 2017
500.
293.
Coroner - Mental Vortex
8.79/10 (excluding track 8) · Technical Thrash Metal · 1991
500.
294.
Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself
8.79/10 · Hard Rock · 1971
500.
295.
Orphaned Land - Mabool: The Story Of The Three Sons Of Seven
8.78/10 · Progressive Folk Metal · 2004
500.
296.
Aria - Ночь Короче Дня
8.78/10 · Heavy Metal · 1995
500.
297.
Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape
8.78/10 · Avantgarde Metal · 2001
500.
298.
Wuthering Heights - The Shadow Cabinet
8.78/10 · Progressive Power Metal · 2006
500.
299.
Darkspace - Dark Space III
8.78/10 · Atmospheric Black Metal · 2008
500.
300.
Morbid Angel - Covenant
8.78/10 · Death Metal · 1993
500.
301.
Therion - Lemuria
8.78/10 · Symphonic Metal · 2004
500.
302.
Heavenly - Virus
8.78/10 · Power Metal · 2006
500.
303.
Trivium - The Sin And The Sentence
8.77/10 (nostalgia bias) · Melodic Thrash Metal · 2017
500.
304.
Converge - Jane Doe
8.77/10 · Mathcore · 2001
500.
305.
Chimaira - Pass Out Of Existence
8.77/10 · Groove Thrash Metal · 2001
500.
306.
Æther Realm - Tarot
8.77/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2017
500.
307.
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
8.77/10 · Progressive Rock · 1971
500.
308.
Saturnus - Martyre
8.77/10 · Gothic Doom Metal · 2000
500.
309.
Ensiferum - Victory Songs
8.75/10 · Viking Folk Metal · 2007
500.
310.
Summoning - Stronghold
8.75/10 · Atmospheric Black Metal · 1999
500.
311.
Sylosis - Conclusion Of An Age
8.75/10 · Progressive Thrash Metal · 2008
500.
312.
Enslaved - Isa
8.75/10 · Progressive Black Metal · 2004
500.
313.
Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
8.75/10 · Heavy Metal · 1998
500.
314.
The Black Dahlia Murder - Nocturnal
8.75/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2007
500.
315.
Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
8.75/10 · Symphonic Black Metal · 1997
500.
316.
Aquilus - Griseus
8.75/10 · Atmospheric Black Metal · 2011
500.
317.
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories)
8.75/10 · Progressive Rock · 2013
500.
318.
Windir - Likferd
8.75/10 · Viking Black Metal · 2003
500.
319.
Kreator - Coma Of Souls
8.75/10 · Thrash Metal · 1990
500.
320.
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
8.75/10 · Epic Doom Metal · 1986
500.
321.
Shylmagoghnar - Emergence
8.75/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2014
500.
322.
Windir - Arntor
8.75/10 · Viking Black Metal · 1999
500.
323.
Scar Symmetry - The Singularity (Phase I - Neohumanity)
8.75/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2014
500.
324.
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works
8.75/10 · Mathcore · 2007
500.
325.
Gris - Il Était Une Forêt...
8.75/10 · Atmospheric Black Metal · 2007
500.
326.
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
8.75/10 · Progressive Rock · 1972
500.
327.
Amorphis - Skyforger
8.75/10 · Folk Metal · 2009
500.
328.
Hypocrisy - Virus
8.75/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2005
500.
329.
Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked
8.75/10 · Brutal Death Metal · 2005
500.
330.
Cult Of Luna - A Dawn To Fear
8.75/10 · Post-Metal · 2019
500.
331.
Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
8.75/10 · Funeral Doom Metal · 2006
500.
332.
Death - Leprosy
8.75/10 · Death Metal · 1988
500.
333.
Forbidden - Forbidden Evil
8.75/10 · Thrash Metal · 1988
500.
334.
Ketzer - Satan's Boundaries Unchained
8.75/10 · Black Metal · 2009
500.
335.
Annihilator - Alice In Hell
8.75/10 · Thrash Metal · 1989
500.
336.
Rush - Hemispheres
8.75/10 · Progressive Rock · 1978
500.
337.
Villagers Of Ioannina City - Age Of Aquarius
8.75/10 · Progressive Rock · 2019
500.
338.
Atavistia - One Within The Sun
8.75/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2017
500.
339.
God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright
8.75/10 · Post-Rock · 2005
500.
340.
Virgin Steele - The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell Part II
8.75/10 · Symphonic Metal · 1995
500.
341.
Lovebites - Awakening From Abyss
8.75/10 · Power Metal · 2017
500.
342.
Lovebites - Clockwork Immortality
8.75/10 · Power Metal · 2018
500.
343.
Persefone - Spiritual Migration
8.73/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2013
500.
344.
Soilwork - The Living Infinite
8.73/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2013
500.
345.
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
8.73/10 · Heavy Metal · 1991
500.
346.
Therion - Secret Of The Runes
8.73/10 · Symphonic Metal · 2001
500.
347.
Cavalera Conspiracy - Inflikted
8.73/10 · Groove Thrash Metal · 2008
500.
348.
Gamma Ray - Somewhere Out In Space
8.73/10 (excluding track 12) · Power Metal · 1997
500.
349.
Dragonland - Astronomy
8.73/10 · Power Metal · 2006
500.
350.
Kalmah - Swampsong
8.72/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2003
500.
351.
Rhapsody - Power Of The Dragonflame
8.72/10 · Symphonic Power Metal · 2002
500.
352.
Emperor - Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire & Demise
8.72/10 · Symphonic Black Metal · 2001
500.
353.
Tristania - Beyond The Veil
8.72/10 · Gothic Metal · 1999
500.
354.
Sanctuary - Into The Mirror Black
8.72/10 · Power Metal · 1990
500.
355.
Dying Fetus - Reign Supreme
8.72/10 · Brutal Death Metal · 2012
500.
356.
Anthrax - Spreading The Disease
8.72/10 · Thrash Metal · 1985
500.
357.
Dio - The Last In Line
8.72/10 · Heavy Metal · 1984
500.
358.
Eluveitie - Slania
8.72/10 · Folk Metal · 2008
500.
359.
End Of The Dream - All I Am
8.72/10 · Symphonic Metal · 2015
500.
360.
Dawnless - While Hope Remains
8.72/10 · Power Metal · 2008
500.
361.
Xanthochroid - Of Erthe And Axen: Act II
8.71/10 · Progressive Folk Metal · 2017
500.
362.
Gorguts - Obscura
8.71/10 · Technical Death Metal · 1998
500.
363.
Negură Bunget - OM
8.71/10 · Black Metal · 2006
500.
364.
Moonsorrow - Suden Uni
8.71/10 · Viking Folk Metal · 2001
500.
365.
Summoning - Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame
8.71/10 · Atmospheric Black Metal · 2001
500.
366.
Cradle Of Filth - Dusk... And Her Embrace
8.71/10 · Symphonic Black Metal · 1996
500.
367.
Diabolical Masquerade - Nightwork
8.71/10 · Melodic Black Metal · 1998
500.
368.
Deathrow - Deception Ignored
8.71/10 · Technical Thrash Metal · 1989
500.
369.
Kenn Nardi - Dancing With The Past
8.70/10 · Progressive Thrash Metal · 2014
500.
370.
Crimson Glory - Transcendence
8.70/10 · Heavy Metal · 1988
500.
371.
Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite
8.70/10 · Progressive Power Metal · 2000
500.
372.
Gamma Ray - No World Order
8.70/10 · Power Metal · 2001
500.
373.
Cannibal Corpse - The Bleeding
8.70/10 · Death Metal · 1994
500.
374.
Koyaanisqatsy - From The Yearning To Burst The Perpetual Circle
8.70/10 · Symphonic Progressive Metal · 2000
500.
375.
Quo Vadis - Day Into Night
8.70/10 · Technical Death Metal · 2000
500.
376.
Ensiferum - From Afar
8.69/10 · Viking Folk Metal · 2009
500.
377.
Vektor - Outer Isolation
8.69/10 · Technical Thrash Metal · 2011
500.
378.
Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
8.69/10 · Death Metal · 1989
500.
379.
Ihsahn - After
8.69/10 · Progressive Black Metal · 2010
500.
380.
Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
8.69/10 · Stoner Metal · 2002
500.
381.
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
8.69/10 · Technical Death Metal · 1991
500.
382.
Be'lakor - Vessels
8.69/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2016
500.
383.
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'N' Roll
8.69/10 · Hard Rock · 1978
500.
384.
Demolition Hammer - Epidemic Of Violence
8.69/10 · Thrash Metal · 1992
500.
385.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
8.68/10 · Hard Rock · 1967
500.
386.
Sonata Arctica - Silence
8.68/10 · Power Metal · 2001
500.
387.
Stratovarius - Episode
8.68/10 · Power Metal · 1996
500.
388.
Clutch - Blast Tyrant
8.68/10 · Hard Rock · 2004
500.
389.
Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows
8.67/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2011
500.
390.
Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
8.67/10 · Symphonic Black Metal · 2001
500.
391.
Beyond Creation - The Aura
8.67/10 · Technical Death Metal · 2011
500.
392.
The Ocean - Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic
8.67/10 · Post-Metal · 2018
500.
393.
Morbid Angel - Domination
8.67/10 · Death Metal · 1995
500.
394.
Graveworm - As The Angels Reach The Beauty
8.67/10 · Symphonic Black Metal · 1999
500.
395.
Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper
8.67/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2000
500.
396.
Sacramentum - Far Away From The Sun
8.67/10 · Melodic Black Metal · 1996
500.
397.
Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom
8.67/10 · Avantgarde Metal · 2006
500.
398.
Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings
8.67/10 · Progressive Metal · 2009
500.
399.
Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante
8.67/10 · Avantgarde Metal · 1995
500.
400.
Dawn - Slaughtersun (Crown Of The Triarchy)
8.67/10 · Melodic Black Metal · 1998
500.
401.
Nile - Those Whom The Gods Detest
8.67/10 · Brutal Death Metal · 2009
500.
402.
W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol
8.67/10 · Heavy Metal · 1992
500.
403.
Aria - Герой Асфальта
8.67/10 · Heavy Metal · 1987
500.
404.
Mercenary - 11 Dreams
8.65/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2004
500.
405.
Tool - Lateralus
8.65/10 · Progressive Metal · 2001
500.
406.
Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane
8.64/10 · Progressive Metal · 2002
500.
407.
Mercyful Fate - Melissa
8.64/10 · Heavy Metal · 1983
500.
408.
Summoning - Oath Bound
8.64/10 · Atmospheric Black Metal · 2006
500.
409.
Bathory - Twilight Of The Gods
8.64/10 · Black Metal · 1991
500.
410.
Gamma Ray - Power Plant
8.64/10 · Power Metal · 1999
500.
411.
Samael - Passage
8.64/10 · Symphonic Black Metal · 1996
500.
412.
Morgion - Solinari
8.64/10 · Death Doom Metal · 1999
500.
413.
Element (USA) - The Energy
8.64/10 · Instrumental Progressive Metal · 2010
500.
414.
Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice of Steel
8.64/10 · Black Metal · 2009
500.
415.
Thorns - Thorns
8.64/10 · Industrial Metal · 2001
500.
416.
Necrophagist - Onset Of Putrefaction
8.63/10 · Technical Death Metal · 1999
500.
417.
Kalmah - Swamplord
8.63/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2000
500.
418.
Skeletonwitch - Beyond The Permafrost
8.63/10 · Thrash Metal · 2007
500.
419.
Sodom - Persecution Mania
8.63/10 (excluding track 3) · Thrash Metal · 1987
500.
420.
Opeth - Damnation
8.63/10 · Progressive Rock · 2003
500.
421.
Voivod - Dimension Hatröss
8.63/10 · Progressive Metal · 1988
500.
422.
Angra - Temple Of Shadows
8.63/10 · Progressive Power Metal · 2004
500.
423.
Turisas - The Varangian Way
8.63/10 · Viking Folk Metal · 2007
500.
424.
Sodom - Agent Orange
8.63/10 · Thrash Metal · 1989
500.
425.
Terrorizer - World Downfall
8.63/10 · Grindcore · 1989
500.
426.
The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand
8.63/10 · Doom Metal · 2007
500.
427.
Dark Tranquillity - Atoma
8.63/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2016
500.
428.
Doomocracy - Visions & Creatures Of Imagination
8.63/10 · Epic Doom Metal · 2017
500.
429.
Equilibrium - Turis Fratyr
8.63/10 · Viking Folk Metal · 2005
500.
430.
Saturnus - Paradise Belongs To You
8.63/10 · Gothic Doom Metal · 1997
500.
431.
Converge - Axe To Fall
8.62/10 · Mathcore · 2009
500.
432.
Lord Of The Lost - Thornstar
8.62/10 · Industrial Metal · 2018
500.
433.
Van Halen - Van Halen
8.61/10 (excluding tracks 3 & 10) · Hard Rock · 1978
500.
434.
Trivium - What The Dead Men Say
8.61/10 (nostalgia bias) · Melodic Thrash Metal · 2020
500.
435.
Testament - The Legacy
8.61/10 · Thrash Metal · 1987
500.
436.
Soen - Lotus
8.61/10 · Progressive Metal · 2019
500.
437.
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
8.61/10 · Hard Rock · 1976
500.
438.
Judas Priest - Firepower
8.61/10 · Heavy Metal · 2018
500.
439.
Neuraxis - Asylon
8.61/10 · Technical Death Metal · 2011
500.
440.
Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone
8.61/10 · Progressive Death Metal · 2005
500.
441.
Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses
8.61/10 · Gothic Metal · 1993
500.
442.
Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
8.61/10 · Doom Metal · 1994
500.
443.
The Elysian Fields - We...The Enlightened
8.61/10 · Melodic Black Metal · 1999
500.
444.
The Haunted - Strength In Numbers
8.61/10 · Thrash Metal · 2017
500.
445.
Iced Earth - Night Of The Stormrider
8.61/10 · Power Metal · 1991
500.
446.
Ouroboros - Glorification Of A Myth
8.60/10 · Technical Death Metal · 2011
500.
447.
Kartikeya - Mahayuga
8.60/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2011
500.
448.
Iron Maiden - Brave New World
8.60/10 · Heavy Metal · 2000
500.
449.
Opeth - Morningrise
8.60/10 · Progressive Death Metal · 1996
500.
450.
Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit
8.60/10 · Atmospheric Black Metal · 2010
500.
451.
Empyrium - A Wintersunset...
8.60/10 · Doom Folk Metal · 1996
500.
452.
Ayreon - Into The Electric Castle
8.60/10 · Progressive Metal · 1998
500.
453.
Cradle Of Filth - Vempire Or Dark Faerytales In Phallustein
8.60/10 · Symphonic Black Metal · 1996
500.
454.
Eluveitie - Spirit
8.60/10 · Folk Metal · 2006
500.
455.
Nightwish - Once
8.59/10 · Symphonic Power Metal · 2004
500.
456.
Rammstein - Sehnsucht
8.59/10 · Industrial Metal · 1997
500.
457.
Edguy - Hellfire Club
8.59/10 · Power Metal · 2004
500.
458.
Lost Horizon - A Flame To The Ground Beneath
8.58/10 · Power Metal · 2003
500.
459.
Agalloch - Pale Folklore
8.57/10 · Atmospheric Black Metal · 1999
500.
460.
Decapitated - Winds Of Creation
8.57/10 · Brutal Death Metal · 2000
500.
461.
Amber Tears - Revelations Of Renounced
8.57/10 · Death Doom Metal · 2006
500.
462.
Unexpect - In A Flesh Aquarium
8.57/10 · Avantgarde Metal · 2006
500.
463.
Pressure Points - Remorses To Remember
8.57/10 · Progressive Death Metal · 2010
500.
464.
Virgin Black - Requiem - Mezzo Forte
8.57/10 · Gothic Metal · 2007
500.
465.
Evergrey - In Search Of Truth
8.56/10 · Progressive Power Metal · 2001
500.
466.
Devin Townsend - Ziltoid The Omniscient
8.56/10 · Industrial Metal · 2007
500.
467.
Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory
8.56/10 · Heavy Metal · 1986
500.
468.
Insomnium - Since The Day It All Came Down
8.56/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2004
500.
469.
Limbonic Art - In Abhorrence Dementia
8.56/10 · Symphonic Black Metal · 1997
500.
470.
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Vol. 4
8.56/10 · Doom Metal · 1972
500.
471.
Merrow - Retrospecial
8.56/10 · Instrumental Progressive Metal · 2012
500.
472.
Enshine - Origin
8.56/10 · Melodic Doom Metal · 2013
500.
473.
The Fading - In Sin We'll Find Salvation
8.56/10 · Melodic Death Metal · 2009
500.
474.
Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology
8.56/10 · Death Metal · 2018
500.
475.
Strapping Young Lad - City
8.56/10 · Industrial Metal · 1997
500.
476.
Cradle Of Filth - Midian
8.56/10 · Symphonic Black Metal · 2000
500.
477.
Tool - 10,000 Days
8.56/10 · Progressive Metal · 2006
500.
478.
Mr. Bungle - California
8.56/10 · Avantgarde Metal · 1999
500.
479.
Ayahuasca - Beneath The Mind
8.56/10 · Progressive Death Metal · 2018
500.
480.
Ravencult - Temples Of Torment
8.56/10 · Black Metal · 2007
500.
481.
Power Trip - Nightmare Logic
8.56/10 · Thrash Metal · 2017
500.
482.
Flotsam And Jetsam - No Place For Disgrace
8.56/10 (excluding track 5) · Thrash Metal · 1988
500.
483.
Scorpions - Love At First Sting
8.56/10 · Hard Rock · 1984
500.
484.
Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time
8.55/10 · Power Metal · 2010
500.
485.
Finntroll - Nattfödd
8.55/10 · Folk Metal · 2004
500.
486.
Epica - The Divine Conspiracy
8.55/10 · Symphonic Metal · 2007
500.
487.
Overkill - Horrorscope
8.55/10 · Thrash Metal · 1991
500.
488.
Therion - Sirius B
8.55/10 · Symphonic Metal · 2004
500.
489.
Nightwish - Wishmaster
8.55/10 · Symphonic Power Metal · 2000
500.
490.
Vader - Litany
8.55/10 · Death Metal · 2000
500.
491.
Running Wild - Port Royal
8.55/10 · Heavy Metal · 1988
500.
492.
Danzig - Danzig II - Lucifuge
8.55/10 · Hard Rock · 1990
500.
493.
Mastodon - Blood Mountain
8.54/10 · Progressive Sludge Metal · 2006
500.
494.
Septicflesh - Sumerian Daemons
8.54/10 · Atmospheric Death Metal · 2003
500.
495.
Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines
8.54/10 · Brutal Death Metal · 2002
500.
496.
Pig Destroyer - Terrifyer
8.53/10 · Grindcore · 2004
500.
497.
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
8.50/10 · Grunge · 1991
500.
498.
Bilocate - Sudden Death Syndrome
8.50/10 · Death Doom Metal · 2008
500.
499.
Ulver - Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr I 5 Capitler
8.50/10 · Black Metal · 1995
500.
500.
Moonsorrow - V: Hävitetty
8.50/10 · Viking Folk Metal · 2007
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Wow epic list! 🖒🤘
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Written by AndyMetalFreak on 03.08.2021 at 20:36

Wow epic list! 🖒🤘

Thanks. My ultimate goal is to get them all rated and ordered. It's really helping put how much I enjoy each album into perspective.
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Written by nonZero on 04.08.2021 at 10:30

Thanks. My ultimate goal is to get them all rated and ordered. It's really helping put how much I enjoy each album into perspective.

I originally created a big list of all my favourite albums, but I struggled with ordering them, so I have catorgorized the lists into different genre's, which was easier for me.
I have kept a big list for my favourite songs tho.
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That's a long list, thumbs up for the effort alone.
Love a few albums here, dislike some and don't know some.
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Written by AndyMetalFreak on 04.08.2021 at 10:47

Written by nonZero on 04.08.2021 at 10:30

Thanks. My ultimate goal is to get them all rated and ordered. It's really helping put how much I enjoy each album into perspective.

I originally created a big list of all my favourite albums, but I struggled with ordering them, so I have catorgorized the lists into different genre's, which was easier for me.
I have kept a big list for my favourite songs tho.

I originally had this list broken down into genres but decided to do overall and take the average of each album's song ratings using this sheet (feel free to copy).

Nice song list, I like a lot on there. I've given that a thumbs up in return.

Written by John_Doe on 04.08.2021 at 10:49

That's a long list, thumbs up for the effort alone.
Love a few albums here, dislike some and don't know some.

Thanks! Which ones do you love? I know we've had difference of opinions in the past so I'm interested to know where our common tastes are
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That's a long list, thumbs up for the effort alone.
Love a few albums here, dislike some and don't know some.

Thanks! Which ones do you love? I know we've had difference of opinions in the past so I'm interested to know where our common tastes are

that would be a long list as well and for now I do not have the time or patience to list them all, but if you check out my lists, (or the albums I've rated) you'd realize what I enjoy.

I will try to make a list as soon as time allows it.
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Written by nonZero on 04.08.2021 at 11:55


I originally had this list broken down into genres but decided to do overall and take the average of each album's song ratings using this sheet (feel free to copy).

Nice song list, I like a lot on there. I've given that a thumbs up in return.

Cheers for that🖒🍻
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22.03.2022 - 18:19

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Milestone achieved: 400 albums rated

Next milestone: 500
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Well, here it is...over 5 years in the making...my top 500 albums!

Almost a quarter of the albums I've ever listened to are on this list. While I have given all of them either a 9 or 10/10 on their album pages, it is by no means an exhaustive list of all 9/10s I've given (see the 'TBR' tab here).

I probably won't set another milestone as my life is about to get a lot busier this year, but I may add the occasional new release from my favourite bands if I enjoy them enough.

This has been a great project to work on and I'm incredibly proud of it. There will be more lists to come, but this will forever be my 'Master List' and the best representation of my taste.

Thank you to everyone that has given it a thumbs-up and/or commented, if it has helped even one person discover a new favourite album or band then I'm happy.

Anyway...time to relisten to them!
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At first I thought: Wait, is this really another new list from nonzero like the several he released recently? Have I not seen an all-genres top list from him before?
Then I saw The Downward Spital sitting in the top position, and now I was sure, I have seen that before. This is just such an odd choice for favourite album, from my view, if I may say so.
It might even have made me refrain from thumbing the list up over the years.

But I went through it again, now understanding it has basically grown lately, and I must say that there are just too many of my all-time favourite albums in this list not to upvote. So, here you go.

Note: I was briefly thinking whether this list might have grown too long now with 500 ranks. Mine is also at 300 already, possibly growing too.
Yet, I have quickly come to the conclusion that 500 spots surely is a lot, but I think it is fine. And the reason is that it is a cross-genre list.
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Written by Redel on 12.03.2024 at 19:59

At first I thought: Wait, is this really another new list from nonzero like the several he released recently? Have I not seen an all-genres top list from him before?
Then I saw The Downward Spital sitting in the top position, and now I was sure, I have seen that before. This is just such an odd choice for favourite album, from my view, if I may say so.
It might even have made me refrain from thumbing the list up over the years.

But I went through it again, now understanding it has basically grown lately, and I must say that there are just too many of my all-time favourite albums in this list not to upvote. So, here you go.

Note: I was briefly thinking whether this list might have grown too long now with 500 ranks. Mine is also at 300 already, possibly growing too.
Yet, I have quickly come to the conclusion that 500 spots surely is a lot, but I think it is fine. And the reason is that it is a cross-genre list.

Haha, no this is my original one! The Downward Spiral got me through a pretty bad time in my life so I have a lot of nostalgia bias towards it (thus the tag). And thanks for the thumbs-up!

The first 200 were definitely the easiest, then each additional 100 was more difficult. So good luck to you, I'll keep an eye on yours for the progress
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Its a very good list, a lot of great releases in here. Even some that you tagged as "nostalgia bias" I actually really enjoy (Trivium's Ascendancy for example I think is a killer metalcore album).
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Written by Guib on 12.03.2024 at 22:54

Its a very good list, a lot of great releases in here. Even some that you tagged as "nostalgia bias" I actually really enjoy (Trivium's Ascendancy for example I think is a killer metalcore album).

Thanks! Ascendancy was one of the first albums I ever bought and inspired me to play guitar so it'll always be one of my favourites even if Metalcore isn't one of my preferred genres.
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Hey! You have really good taste in music, from The Who to Bathory. I've been using Last.fm since 2013 to keep track of all my listening, maybe you could give it a try since you like to order and classify your albums. This is my account https://www.last.fm/user/daniloescolin/library if you want to see what it looks like.
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Written by IDieForMetal on 30.05.2024 at 17:26

Hey! You have really good taste in music, from The Who to Bathory. I've been using Last.fm since 2013 to keep track of all my listening, maybe you could give it a try since you like to order and classify your albums. This is my account https://www.last.fm/user/daniloescolin/library if you want to see what it looks like.

Thanks! I appreciate your comment. I remember using Last.fm back in 2007/8 to find metal bands like Kreator, but haven't used it since then. I'll check out your page for any recommendations
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Fabulous list with a lot of amazing albums of all kinds. Thumbs up for the effort alone. You take your metal very seriously. You can check out mine too but it's far from complete.
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Written by metalriff on 26.10.2024 at 23:55

Fabulous list with a lot of amazing albums of all kinds. Thumbs up for the effort alone. You take your metal very seriously. You can check out mine too but it's far from complete.

Thanks! I've checked yours out and given it a thumbs-up - some great choices on there.
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