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Metal Rasputin's Absolute Favorite Albums Of All Time
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Updated 14.4.2024

My rather personal and improvised take on the subject matter. The list is pretty wage, I'll be updating it a lot and the order might vary a little depending on some things, but they're all great and awesome records no matter what. If there are some great records missing, that doesn't necessarily mean I consider them bad, maybe I just forgot about them or just haven't listened to them enough to consider them personal favourites.

Limited to metal and rock albums found on Metal Storm. Most of them (at least 90%) are anyway, so doesn't matter. The absent ones are mostly more pop and synth oriented stuff and some really obscure jazz and fusion albums.

Created by: Metal Rasputin | 15.02.2020


1. Marillion - Marbles
2. Anathema - Weather Systems
3. Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
4. Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta
5. Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
6. Reverend Bizarre - In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend
7. W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol
8. Rush - A Show Of Hands
9. Coroner - No More Color
10. Judas Priest - Painkiller
11. Hibria - Defying The Rules
12. W.A.S.P. - The Headless Children
13. King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
14. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
15. Rush - Power Windows
16. Riot - ThunderSteel
17. Strapping Young Lad - City
18. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
19. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
20. Deftones - White Pony
21. Artillery - By Inheritance
22. Devastation - Idolatry
23. Nightwish - Oceanborn
24. Marillion - Clutching At Straws
25. Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
26. King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic
27. Exodus - Tempo Of The Damned
28. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
29. Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
30. Helloween - Walls Of Jericho
31. Funeral Nation - After The Battle
32. Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica
33. Deftones - Around The Fur
34. Vektor - Outer Isolation
35. Conception - Flow
36. Rush - Moving Pictures
37. King Crimson - Red
38. Saxon - Lionheart
39. Praying Mantis - Time Tells No Lies
40. Pagan Altar - Mythical & Magical
41. King Diamond - Abigail
42. Carnivore - Retaliation
43. Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet
44. Carnivore - Carnivore
45. Autopsy - Mental Funeral
46. Voivod - Killing Technology
47. King Diamond - "Them"
48. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
49. Vektor - Black Future
50. Conception - In Your Multitude
51. Running Wild - Black Hand Inn
52. Halford - Live Insurrection
53. Vektor - Terminal Redux
54. Finsterforst - Zerfall
55. Between The Buried And Me - Colors
56. Autopsy - Severed Survival
57. Voivod - Dimension Hatröss
58. Crimson Glory - Transcendence
59. Lizzy Borden - Love You To Pieces
60. Rush - Grace Under Pressure
61. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
62. Finsterforst - ...Zum Tode Hin
63. Sonata Arctica - Silence
64. Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith
65. Rush - Hemispheres
66. Mgła - Exercises In Futility
67. Helstar - Nosferatu
68. Whiplash - Insult To Injury
69. Pagan Altar - Lords Of Hypocrisy
70. Threshold - Hypothetical
71. Karnivool - Sound Awake
72. Fear Factory - Demanufacture
73. King Diamond - The Eye
74. Heathen - Victims Of Deception
75. Rivers Of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name
76. IQ - Dark Matter
77. Black Sabbath - Headless Cross
78. King Crimson - Discipline
79. Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
80. Marillion - Seasons End
81. Riot - The Privilege Of Power
82. Pagan Altar - Volume 1
83. Threshold - Subsurface
84. Deliverance - Weapons Of Our Warfare
85. Torture Squad - Pandemonium
86. Finsterforst - Mach Dich Frei
87. Marillion - Brave
88. Iron Maiden - Brave New World
89. Threshold - Dead Reckoning
90. Halford - Resurrection
91. Tesla - The Great Radio Controversy
92. Judas Priest - Stained Class
93. Nightwish - Wishmaster
94. Winters Bane - Heart Of A Killer
95. Running Wild - Port Royal
96. Black Sabbath - The Eternal Idol
97. Queensrÿche - Rage For Order
98. Gravestone - Creating A Monster
99. Kreator - Pleasure To Kill
100. Tesla - Psychotic Supper
101. Wrath - Nothing To Fear
102. Heavens Gate - Livin' In Hysteria
103. Marillion - Script For A Jester's Tear
104. Planet X - Quantum
105. Running Wild - Death Or Glory
106. Riot - Immortal Soul
107. Coroner - Mental Vortex
108. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath
109. Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
110. Not Fragile - Lost In A Dream
111. Ulver - Lyckantropen Themes
112. Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious
113. Animals As Leaders - Animals As Leaders
114. Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
115. Pestilence - Consuming Impulse
116. Agent Steel - Order Of The Illuminati
117. Death - Leprosy
118. Agent Steel - Omega Conspiracy
119. Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory
120. Amon Amarth - Versus The World
121. Dream Theater - Awake
122. IQ - Tales From The Lush Attic
123. Rush - Permanent Waves
124. Black Sabbath - Tyr
125. Death - Individual Thought Patterns
126. Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King
127. Angel Witch - Angel Witch
128. Heathen - Breaking The Silence
129. Attack - Destinies Of War
130. Coroner - Grin
131. Powermad - Absolute Power
132. Holy Terror - Mind Wars
133. Obituary - Cause Of Death
134. Exhorder - Slaughter In The Vatican
135. Holy Terror - Terror And Submission
136. Savatage - Edge Of Thorns
137. Flotsam And Jetsam - No Place For Disgrace
138. Carcass - Heartwork
139. King Diamond - Conspiracy
140. Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side
141. Ulver - Perdition City
142. Death - Human
143. Stormwitch - Walpurgis Night
144. Metal Church - Blessing In Disguise
145. Riot City - Burn The Night
146. Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
147. Threshold - Critical Mass
148. Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
149. Toxik - Think This
150. Saxon - Innocence Is No Excuse
151. Xysma - Above The Mind Of Morbidity
152. IQ - Ever
153. Planet X - MoonBabies
154. Leprous - Tall Poppy Syndrome
155. Razor - Evil Invaders
156. Ayreon - Into The Electric Castle
157. Sentenced - Down
158. Paladin - Ascension
159. Burzum - Filosofem
160. Bruce Dickinson - Accident Of Birth
161. Burzum - Filosofem
162. Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death
163. Savatage - Gutter Ballet
164. Conception - Parallel Minds
165. Moonsorrow - V: Hävitetty
166. Riot - Fire Down Under
167. Ripper - Experiment Of Existence
168. Mesarthim - Isolate
169. Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa
170. Mesarthim - - .- -... ... . -. -.-. .
171. Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence
172. Target - Master Project Genesis
173. Cyclone Temple - I Hate Therefore I Am
174. Galneryus - Into The Purgatory
175. Demolition Hammer - Epidemic Of Violence
176. Arch Echo - Arch Echo
177. Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment 2
178. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
179. Queensrÿche - The Warning
180. At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
181. Razor - Violent Restitution
182. Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways
183. Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry
184. Satan - Court In The Act
185. Exciter - Heavy Metal Maniac
186. Loudness - Thunder In The East
187. Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
188. Anthrax - Sound Of White Noise
189. Grave Digger - The Grave Digger
190. Alice In Chains - Dirt
191. Spastic Ink - Ink Compatible
192. Elder - Dead Roots Stirring
193. The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium
194. Down - Nola
195. Sadist - Tribe
196. Stryper - Against The Law
197. Elder - Lore
198. The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
199. Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth
200. The Black Dahlia Murder - Nocturnal
201. Tourniquet - Psycho Surgery
202. Van Halen - Fair Warning
203. The Who - Quadrophenia
204. Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings
205. Skid Row - Slave To The Grind
206. Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry
207. Saxon - The Inner Sanctum
208. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
209. Fear Factory - Obsolete
210. Pendragon - Not Of This World
211. Deicide - Deicide
212. Pendragon - The Window Of Life
213. Warrior Path - The Mad King
214. The Sins Of Thy Beloved - Lake Of Sorrow
215. Killing Joke - Pandemonium
216. Pokolgép - Pokoli Színjáték
217. Stratovarius - Episode
218. Cloven Hoof - A Sultan's Ransom
219. Demon Bitch - Hellfriends
220. Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika
221. Periphery - Periphery II: This Time It's Personal
222. Darkane - Expanding Senses
223. Ratt - Out Of The Cellar
224. Front Line Assembly - Hard Wired
225. Marillion - Fugazi
226. Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
227. Threshold - March Of Progress
228. Instanzia - Ghosts
229. Overkill - Horrorscope
230. Spastic Ink - Ink Complete
231. Neptunian Maximalism - Éons
232. Armored Saint - Symbol Of Salvation
233. Axel Rudi Pell - The Masquerade Ball
234. Redemption - Snowfall On Judgment Day
235. Winger - Pull
236. Skid Row - Skid Row
237. Front Line Assembly - Tactical Neural Implant
238. Enforcer - From Beyond
239. Arch Echo - You Won't Believe What Happens Next!
240. Threshold - For The Journey
241. Theocracy - Mirror Of Souls
242. Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment
243. Dream Theater - Images And Words
244. Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian
245. Gary Numan - Sacrifice
246. Theocracy - As The World Bleeds
247. Elder - Reflections Of A Floating World
248. Fates Warning - Parallels
249. Seven Sisters - The Cauldron And The Cross
250. Pagan's Mind - Celestial Entrance
251. Killing Joke - Absolute Dissent
252. Unanimated - Ancient God Of Evil
253. Devin Townsend - Deconstruction
254. Tool - Lateralus
255. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
256. Mindless Sinner - Turn On The Power
257. Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
258. Overkill - The Years Of Decay
259. Caligula's Horse - The Tide, The Thief & River's End
260. Oz - Fire In The Brain
261. Ratt - Invasion Of Your Privacy
262. Thaurorod - Anteinferno
263. Tool - Ænima
264. Cradle Of Filth - Midian
265. Motörhead - 1916
266. Rush - Signals
267. IQ - Frequency
268. Riverside - Out Of Myself
269. Unleash The Archers - Apex
270. Children Of Bodom - Hatebreeder
271. Allegiance - D.e.s.t.i.t.u.t.i.o.n
272. Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
273. Entombed - Left Hand Path
274. Mercyful Fate - Melissa
275. Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
276. Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream
277. Killing Joke - Killing Joke
278. Strapping Young Lad - Alien
279. Demigod - Slumber Of Sullen Eyes
280. Moonlight Sorcery - Horned Lord Of The Thorned Castle
281. Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
282. Polyphia - Renaissance
283. Dissection - Reinkaos
284. Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes
285. Anathema - Alternative 4
286. Lucid Planet - Lucid Planet II
287. Sepultura - Arise
288. Pendragon - The Masquerade Overture
289. Gary Numan - Pure
290. Redemption - The Fullness Of Time
291. Riverside - Eye Of The Soundscape
292. Malevolent Creation - Retribution
293. Pagan's Mind - Enigmatic : Calling
294. Kalmah - They Will Return
295. Dio - The Last In Line
296. Scanner - Terminal Earth
297. Liege Lord - Master Control
298. Massacre - From Beyond
299. Death - Spiritual Healing
300. Finntroll - Jaktens Tid
301. Annihilator - Never, Neverland
302. Vinnie Moore - Mind's Eye
303. David Maxim Micic - Who Bit The Moon
304. Rush - Counterparts
305. Coroner - Punishment For Decadence
306. Scanner - Hypertrace
307. Fear Factory - Soul Of A New Machine
308. Nuclear Assault - Game Over
309. Nuclear Assault - Survive
310. Anthrax - Spreading The Disease
311. Nuclear Assault - Handle With Care
312. Dordeduh - Har
313. Cyclone - Inferior To None
314. Kingdom Come - Kingdom Come
315. The Birthday Massacre - Walking With Strangers
316. Def Leppard - Pyromania
317. Riot - Narita
318. Heavens Gate - In Control
319. Karnivool - Asymmetry
320. Saint - Too Late For Living
321. Nailbomb - Point Blank
322. Ritual Carnage - Every Nerve Alive
323. Venator - Echoes From The Gutter
324. Sadist - Above The Light
325. Walls Of Jericho - With Devils Amongst Us All


Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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Comments: 4   Visited by: 96 users
03.11.2020 - 22:37
Redel
Moderator

There is a lot of great stuff here.
Also a lot of stuff at pretty high ranks where I go like .
But that will probably be the same with you if you take a look at my Top 250 of all time.
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07.05.2021 - 15:20
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Contributor
Cool list alot of my favourite albums here, I've noticed you like a lot of progressive rock/Metal albums too
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12.08.2023 - 03:29
Guib
Thrash Talker
Hell yes man! This list is fire!

Symbol Of Salvation, Terror And Submissiom, Think This, Time Tell No Lies, Heartwork, Never Neverland, The Years Of Decay, Ascension, Cause Of Death... and it goes on to meet my taste.

Mate yes! We gotta talk metal some day haha +1
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22.03.2024 - 23:36
billy4metal
Nice list … I think we have been on a similar musical journey. Particularly in that 1980s classic and the 1988 power metal / Noise Music phase
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