My Favorite Metal Albums Of All Time (Last Update: June 2022)
My Favorite Metal Albums Of All Time (Last Update: June 2022)
(Last Update: 2022)
These are my top 100 favorite albums - they are the reason why I love metal!
Enjoy!
Format: Band | Album | (genre, release year, country) What I like about the album; Favorite songs
Statistics:
Genre:
Death: 28
Black: 20
Thrash: 19
Heavy: 15
Progressive: 9
Power: 4
Doom: 4
Symphonic: 1
Years with most album favorites:
1995: 8
1996: 7
1990: 7
1984: 5
Countries with most album favorites:
USA: 35
Sweden: 20
UK: 16
Norway: 6
----Last Update: June 15, 2022----
These are my top 100 favorite albums - they are the reason why I love metal!
Enjoy!
Format: Band | Album | (genre, release year, country) What I like about the album; Favorite songs
Statistics:
Genre:
Death: 28
Black: 20
Thrash: 19
Heavy: 15
Progressive: 9
Power: 4
Doom: 4
Symphonic: 1
Years with most album favorites:
1995: 8
1996: 7
1990: 7
1984: 5
Countries with most album favorites:
USA: 35
Sweden: 20
UK: 16
Norway: 6
----Last Update: June 15, 2022----
1.
Judas Priest
- Painkiller
(heavy, 1990, UK) Heavy metal in its purest form! Insane riffs, beautiful guitar solos, powerful drums, and Rob Halford at his peak vocal performance! ; Favorite songs: Painkiller, A Touch of Evil, Nightcrawler, One Shot at Glory, Hell Patrol, Leather Rebel;
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Dissection
- Storm Of The Light's Bane
(black, 1995, SWE) Epic and perfect in every way: black metal vocals and atmosphere in a wintry landscape with heavy death metal riffs and emotional solos! ; Night's Blood, Soulreaper, Thorns of Crimson Death, Where Dead Angels Lie, Unhallowed, Retribution;
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Megadeth
- Rust In Peace
(thrash, 1990, USA) Thrash Metal perfection: Mustaine's fast riffs contrasting with Marty's beautiful solos - the guitar playing is otherworldly, unique, and simply divine! ; Rust in Peace... Polaris, Tornado of Souls, Hangar 18, Lucretia, Five Magics, Holy Wars;
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Metallica
- Ride The Lightning
(thrash, 1984, USA) Metallica's perfectly paced balance between energetic thrash and melodic epicness ; Creeping Death, The Call of Ktulu, Trapped Under Ice, Fade to Black, Ride the Lightning;
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Death
- Spiritual Healing
(death, 1990, USA) A damning critique of society and imagery of a dystopian future with insanely good guitar-work and expressive vocals ("LLLIIIIIEEESSS!" ;)) ; Spiritual Healing, Within The Mind, Altering The Future, Low Life
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Slayer
- Show No Mercy
(thrash, 1983, USA) Super fast, heavy, evil, and super fun! Fantastic screams, creative melodies, and the guitar-work is simply amazing - at high-speed yet nuanced...very much like Painkiller! ; Metal Storm/Face the Slayer, Die by the Sword, Tormentor, Final Command, The Antichrist, Fight Till Death, Black Magic
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Megadeth
- Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
(thrash, 1986, USA) Thrash and jazz! Super fun and catchy songs with Chris Poland's unique style and Mustaine's best guitar playing! ; Wake Up Dead, Devil's Island, Good Mourning/Black Friday, Bad Omen, The Conjuring;
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Judas Priest
- Defenders Of The Faith
(heavy, 1984, UK) Dark, fast, yet with a lot of groove and some of Priest's best guitar solos! ; The Sentinel, Rock Hard Ride Free, Love Bites, Jawbreaker, Night Comes Down;
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Immortal
- At The Heart Of Winter
(black, 1999, NOR) An absolute riff-fest with chilling vocals! A bitter cold masterpiece! ; Tragedies Blows At Horizon, Where Light And Dark Don't Differ, Withstand The Fall Of Time, Solarfall
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Black Sabbath
- Master Of Reality
(doom, 1971, UK) Black Sabbath's heaviest album with great doom-riffs and thought-provoking lyrics; Children of the Grave, Into the Void, Lord of this World, Sweet Leaf
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Slayer
- Seasons In The Abyss
(thrash, 1990, USA) Wonderfully dark atmosphere with phenomenal drumming, powerful vocals, excellent King solos, and Slayer's best riffs! ; Dead Skin Mask, War Ensemble, Seasons in the Abyss, Spirit in Black, Skeletons of Society, Blood Red, Temptation
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Necrophobic
- The Nocturnal Silence
(death, 1993, SWE) An album of pure evil with demonic vocals and melodic guitar-work! The magical invention of blending black and death metal! ; Awakening, Nocturnal Silence, The Ancients Gate, Before the Dawn, Unholy Prophecies
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Vektor
- Terminal Redux
(thrash, 2016, USA) Philosophical lyrics about mortality and order in a chaotic universe. A fantastic intergalactic journey rising to an emotional climax and an incredibly epic finish! ; Recharging the Void, Cygnus Terminal, Collapse, Pillars of Sand, Charging the Void, LCD;
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Iced Earth
- Burnt Offerings
(power, 1995, USA) Incredibly epic descent into Hell with amazingly expressive operatic vocals and doom riffs! ; Dante's Inferno, Diary, Burnt Offerings, Pierced Spirit, Last December, Creator Failure
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Edge Of Sanity
- Crimson
(progressive, 1996, SWE) An Epic journey: a mix of melodic and heavy elements, evil guest vocals contrasting with beautiful clean vocals, and elegant recurring catchy and haunting riffs!
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Bolt Thrower
- Those Once Loyal
(death, 2005, UK) Fantastic crushing riffs - Bolt Thrower at their best! ; At First Light, The Killchain, When Cannons Fade, Anti-Tank
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Candlemass
- Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
(doom, 1986, SWE) Very unique doom metal: biblical and fantasy themes presented with heavy riffs and operatic vocals! ; Solitude, Sorceror's Pledge, Demon's Gate, Black Stone Wielders
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Lucifer's Fall
- III - From The Deep
(doom, 2021, AUS) Excellent and unique blend of dark Lovecraft-themed lyrics with ultra heavy riffs and menacing preaching vocals! ; The Cave, Across the Void, Trident Steel, From the Deep, Man of God
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Nile
- Annihilation Of The Wicked
(death, 2005, USA) An absolutely insanely intense firestorm of modern death metal! Stellar performance of unrelenting Egyptian damnation! ; Cast Down the Heretic, Lashed to the Slave Stick, User Maat Re, Annihilation of the Wicked, Sacrifice Unto Sebek
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Mercyful Fate
- Melissa
(heavy, 1983, DEN) Piercing vocals, satanic lyrics, and incredible guitar playing create some fun, evil, unique heavy metal! ; Satan's Fall, Evil, Melissa, At the Sound of the Demon Bell, Curse of the Pharaoh
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Iron Maiden
- Somewhere In Time
(heavy, 1986, UK) The fantastic guitar synths create a beautiful and haunting atmosphere. Bruce's singing sends you on an epic journey through space and time! ; Alexander the Great, The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner, Stranger in a Strange Land, Deja Vu, Caught Somewhere in Time;
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Iron Maiden
- Powerslave
(heavy, 1984, UK) Iron Maiden's most epic songwriting, featuring metal's most damning anti-war song (2 Minutes to Midnight), the greatest ballad of all time (Rime of the Ancient Mariner) and the most beautiful guitar solos (Powerslave, The Duellists)
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Judas Priest
- Screaming For Vengeance
(heavy, 1982, UK) My introduction to heavy metal! Classic Judas Priest with catchy riffs and Halford's epic voice; The Hellion/Electric Eye, Riding on the Wind, Fever, Devil's Child, (Take These) Chains
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Black Sabbath
- Heaven And Hell
(heavy, 1980, UK) Dio brings fresh energy to the founders of metal with a stellar vocal performance! ; Heaven and Hell, Lady Evil, Neon Nights, Children of the Sea
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Bolt Thrower
- ...For Victory
(death, 1994, UK) Heavier than an aircraft carrier and full of awesome riffs! ; ...For Victory, War, Remembrance, Lest We Forget, Silent Demise, Graven Image
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Bolt Thrower
- The IVth Crusade
(death, 1992, UK) Super heavy and badass war anthems! This band comes rolling in like a tank! ; Where Next To Conquer, The IVth Crusade, This Time It's War
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Hazzerd
- Misleading Evil
(thrash, 2017, CAN) Fresh, fast, and ultra fun thrash metal perfection from unbelievably talented musicians - the drummer has a superb vocal performance and the guitar solos are magnificent! An overlooked masterpiece! ; Absolute Destruction, The Fallen, The Tendencies of a Madman, Road to Nowhere, Misleading Evil
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Autopsy
- Severed Survival
(death, 1989, USA) A ferocious combination of heavy doom riffs and insane trashy death metal - all accompanied by crushing bass! ; Severed Survival, Ridden with Disease, Service for a Vacant Coffin, Pagan Saviour, Critical Madness
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Be'lakor
- Stone's Reach
(death, 2009, AUS) The epitome of melodic death metal! An absolute masterpiece of magical guitar-work with mesmerizing growling vocals, with melancholy yet intense atmosphere! ; From Scythe to Sceptre, Countless Stars, Held in Hollows, Outlive the Hand, The Venator
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Emperor
- Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
(black, 1997, NOR) A majestic, captivating, landmark of black metal! Every song is phenomenal with both entrancing atmosphere and entertaining guitar-work! ; The Wanderer, Thus Spake the Nightspirit, The Loss and Curse of Reverence, Ye Entrancemperium, The Acclamation of Bonds, Ensorcelled by Khaos
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Judas Priest
- Stained Class
(heavy, 1978, UK) Excellent, fun, classic 70s Priest with intricate yet catchy guitar-work and incredible vocals! A landmark inspiration, putting the "metal" in "heavy metal"! ; Beyond the Realms of Death, Exciter, Better By You Better Than Me, Saints in Hell, Stained Class
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36.
Obituary
- Cause Of Death
(death, 1990, USA) Mesmerizing death metal riffs, spicy guitar solos by James Murphy, and unique brutal vocals! ; Body Bag, Chopped in Half, Infected, Cause of Death, Dying, Turned Inside Out
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Dismember
- Like An Ever Flowing Stream
(death, 1991, SWE) Fast paced, energetic, fun old school death metal with fantastic buzzsaw guitar tone! ; Override of the Overture, Bleed for Me, In Death's Sleep, Dismembered, Soon to be Dead, Sickening Art
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Entombed
- Left Hand Path
(death, 1990, SWE) Classic evil death metal with awesome buzzsaw-guitar tone! ; Left Hand Path, Revel in Flesh, Bitter Loss, Supposed to Rot, When Life Has Ceased, Morbid Devourment
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Demigod
- Slumber Of Sullen Eyes
(death, 1992, FIN) A masterpiece of death metal with crushing riffs and lyrics of anguish, desolation, sorrow, and oblivion! ; Tears of God, Deadsoul, The Forlorn, Slumber of Sullen Eyes, Fear Obscures The Within
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Nile
- In Their Darkened Shrines
(death, 2002, USA) Absolutely epic technical Egyptian-themed death metal perfection! Badass riffs with also many slower, hauntingly atmospheric moments; Unas Slayer of the Gods, Sarcophagus, In Their Darkened Shrines, Kheftiu Asar Butchiu
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Metallica
- ...And Justice For All
(thrash, 1988, USA) Metallica returning to their thrash side. Super heavy riffs, complex lyrics, and Hetfield's angry voice make up for lack of bass! ; One, Harvester of Sorrow, Blackened, To Live is To Die, Dyers Eve
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Lord Belial
- Enter The Moonlight Gate
(black, 1997, NOR) All the instruments, a superb demonic voice, and haunting female vocals create a captivating atmosphere as one follows a dark crusade of pure evil from a wintry landscape, through Hell, and to the Gates of Heaven. ; Enter the Moonlight Gate, Realm of a Thousand Burning Souls, Forlorn in Silence, Path with Endless Horizons, Lamia
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Dark Tranquillity
- The Gallery
(death, 1995, SWE) A beautiful masterpiece of melodic death metal with enchanting riffs and raspy, emotional vocals! ; The Dividing Line, The Gallery, Punish My Heaven, The One Brooding Warning, Silence and the Firmament Withdrew
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Mercyful Fate
- Don't Break The Oath
(heavy, 1984, DEN) Incredible sinister, satanic anthems with catchy guitar-work and signature King screams! ; A Dangerous Meeting, The Oath, Desecration of Souls, Come to the Sabbath, The Gypsy
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Savatage
- Hall Of The Mountain King
(heavy, 1987, USA) Impressive high-pitched vocals and epic guitar solos ; Hall Of The Mountain King, Legions, Price You Pay, Beyond the Doors of the Dark
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Testament
- The Legacy
(thrash, 1987, USA) Raw thrash energy mixed with elegant guitar playing and badass vocals! ; Burnt Offerings, Over The Wall, Alone In The Dark, Do Or Die, Apocalyptic City
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48.
Dio
- Holy Diver
(heavy, 1983, USA) Great guitar solos, and Dio's voice is majestic as always! ; Holy Diver, Don't Talk To Strangers, Rainbow In The Dark, Shame on the Night
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49.
Dissection
- The Somberlain
(black, 1993, SWE) Magnificent melodic and dark songs - one of the best debut albums! ; The Somberlain, Black Horizons, A Land Forlorn, The Grief Prophecy
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Vektor
- Black Future
(thrash, 2009, USA) Insanely technical guitar-work with piercing vocals and badass sci-fi lyrics! ; Destroying the Cosmos, Forests of Legend, Oblivion, Black Future
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Quo Vadis
- Day Into Night
(death, 2000, CAN) A beautiful battle of brutal and melodic death metal! ; On the Shores of Ithaka, Absolution, Let It Burn, I Believe, Dream
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52.
Death
- The Sound Of Perseverance
(progressive, 1998, USA) A unique approach for Death with some of their best riffs, solos, and emotions! ; Spirit Crusher, Voice of The Soul, Story to Tell, Bite the Pain
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53.
Iron Maiden
- Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
(heavy, 1988, UK) A great concept album with both catchy songs and epic ballads! ; Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son, The Clairvoyant, Infinite Dreams, Moonchild
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54.
Judas Priest
- Sad Wings Of Destiny
(heavy, 1976, UK) Genre-defining album with epic screams and groovy dual guitar riffs ; Dreamer Deceiver, Victim of Changes, The Ripper
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Sepultura
- Beneath The Remains
(thrash, 1989, BRA) Brazilian classic of powerful thrash with catchy melodies and badass riffs! ; Beneath The Remains, Stronger Than Hate, Inner Self, Slaves of Pain
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Slayer
- Hell Awaits
(thrash, 1985, USA) A ferocious album straight from the fiery pits of Hell! ; At Dawn They Sleep, Hell Awaits, Kill Again, Crypts of Eternity, Praise of Death
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Rotting Christ
- Thy Mighty Contract
(black, 1993, GRE) Eerie, mesmerizing, satanic black metal from Greece! ; 4th Knight of Revelation, Transform All Suffering into Plagues, Fgementh Thy Gift
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Summoning
- Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame
(black, 2001, AUT) Enchanted, epic anthems of Middle-Earth with lyrical themes of the Hobbit and eerie voice samples from Lord of the Rings! ; In Hollow Halls Beneath the Fells, A New Power is Rising, South Away, Our Foes Shall Fail, Farewell
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Necrophobic
- Mark Of The Necrogram
(black, 2018, SWE) Haunting cover art and a beautifully dark ode to evil! ; Tsar Bomba, From the Great Above to the Great Below, Requiem for a Dying Sun, Pesta
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Edge Of Sanity
- Crimson II
(progressive, 2003, SWE) Great sequel! I love it when the catchy and haunting riffs of the first Crimson album make a reappearance. ; Passage of Time, Incantation, Face to Face
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Æther Realm
- Tarot
(death, 2017, USA) An incredible masterpiece in emotional storytelling with masterclass melodeath! ; The Sun The Moon The Stars, The Devil, The Fool, The Tower, The Chariot
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Metallica
- Master Of Puppets
(thrash, 1986, USA) Metallica shows more of its melodic side, with a highlight being the slow guitar solo in the title track. This is the master of transitions with the sudden shifts between memorable, badass riffs. ; Welcome Home (Sanitarium), Master of Puppets, Disposable Heroes, Leper Messiah, Orion
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Opeth
- Blackwater Park
(progressive, 2001, SWE) Phenomenal masterpiece of melody with groovy riffs, elegant guitar-work, and crushing vocals! ; Leper Affinity, Blackwater Park, Harvester, Bleak, Patterns in the Ivy
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Summoning
- Oath Bound
(black, 2006, AUT) Majestic wintry Middle-Earth atmosphere; Across the Streaming Tide, Land if the Dead, Menegroth, Beleriand
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Mayhem
- De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
(black, 1994, NOR) Fantastic eerie, chilling, haunting atmosphere with epic riffing and super complex drumming! ; Freezing Moon, Life Eternal, Funeral Fog
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78.
Asphyx
- Necroceros
(death, 2021, NED) Brutal, unrelenting riffs mixed with slower doom elements create a masterpiece of modern death metal! ; Three Years of Famine, Mount Skull, Molten Black Earth, In Blazing Oceans
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Memoriam
- Requiem For Mankind
(death, 2019, UK) Absolutely brutal and badass - aggressive vocals, crushing riffs, and eternal war! ; Undefeated, Never The Victim, The Veteran, Austerity Kills
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Unanimated
- Ancient God Of Evil
(black, 1995, SWE) Magical, perfectly crafted guitar melodies and mesmerizing, catchy riffs work together to produce a masterpiece of blackened death metal! ; Eye of the Greyhound, Die Alone, Oceans of Time, Mirelle, Ruins, Life Demise
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83.
Summoning
- Minas Morgul
(black, 1995, AUT) Great atmosphere and a unique interpretation of Middle-Earth ; Orthanc, Soul Wandering, The Passing Of The Grey Company, Morthond, Lugburz
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Metallica
- Kill 'Em All
(thrash, 1983, USA) All hail the founders of Thrash Metal! Fun experimentation from a great band on the rise! ; Motorbreath,Seek and Destroy, The Four Horsemen, Hit the Lights, Whiplash, Jump in the Fire
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86.
Metal Church
- Metal Church
(heavy, 1984, USA) An amazing debut album! A superb vocal performance with awesome riffs, solos, and lyrics ; Beyond the Black, Metal Church, Gods of Wrath, Merciless Onslaught, In the Blood
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88.
Blind Guardian
- Nightfall In Middle-Earth
(power, 1998, GER) The Silmarillion as a musical! ' Nuff said! ; Into The Storm, Nightfall, Blood Tears, Noldor, Curse of Feanor
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89.
Necrophobic
- Hrimthursum
(black, 2006, SWE) Fast and melodic riffs, bitter cold atmosphere, demonic vocals backed with angelic choirs - fantastic blackened death metal! ; I Strike With Wrath, The Crossing, Eternal Winter, Blinded by Light
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Morbid Angel
- Altars Of Madness
(death, 1989, USA) Ultra fast paced death metal classic! ; Immortal Rites, Visions from the Dark Side, Evil Spells, Maze of Torment
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Edge Of Sanity
- The Spectral Sorrows
(death, 1993, SWE) A wide variety of genres mixed into one album, all accompanied by a thunderous guitar tone and Dan Swanö's inexhaustible genius! ; The Masque, Darkday, The Spectral Sorrows, Sacrificed
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93.
Death
- Scream Bloody Gore
(death, 1987, USA) Pure death metal with sickened, extreme vocals and masterful riffs in a cavernous atmosphere of eviiiil dead! ; Zombie Ritual, Evil Dead, Scream Bloody Gore, Regurgitation of Guts, Infernal Death
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Bolt Thrower
- Realm Of Chaos
(death, 1989, UK) Signature crushing riffs from the British masters of old school death metal! ; World Eater, Eternal War, Realm of Chaos
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Sacramentum
- Far Away From The Sun
(black, 1996, SWE) Entertaining melodic black metal à la Dissection with wonderfully mysterious cover artwork! ; Fog's Kiss, Blood Shall be Spilled, Beyond All Horizons
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Dream Theater
- Images And Words
(progressive, 1992, USA) Great progressive metal with unforgettable, beautiful melodies and incredible singing! ; Learning to Live, Pull Me Under, Metropolis, Under A Glass Moon
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In Flames
- The Jester Race
(death, 1996, SWE) Very melodic with a beautiful guitar sound! ; The Jester's Dance, Moonshield, Lord Hypnos
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Slayer
- South Of Heaven
(thrash, 1988, USA) Entertaining dark thrash with masterful drumming and signature Slayer riffs from Hell! ; South of Heaven, Ghosts of War, Silent Scream, Spill the Blood, Behind the Crooked Cross, Mandatory Suicide
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Very good list, in some time i will listen to lord belial
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Posts: 3432 Written by JavierPaper on 26.09.2021 at 23:14 Listen to Sinira's The Everlorn while you're at it
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Wow Slayer not only made it onto the list but up to 11, congrats your soul has been saved  Really great list all round though, I appreciate ones that offer a variety! 
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Posts: 3432 Written by blackwreath13 on 18.10.2021 at 13:16 Thanks for your comment!  And by the way, if you look closer, Slayer is in the top ten 
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Posts: 249 Written by F3ynman on 18.10.2021 at 14:09 Ah right, my mistake. Even better! 
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I recommend Unanimated - Ancient God Of Evil, it's melodic black metal, and sounds very similar too [band]Dissection[b/band] and Necrophobic.
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Posts: 3432 Written by [user id=280669] on 22.10.2021 at 00:01 I found Sinira impressive that it's just one guy playing all the instruments. While it has inspiration from Dissection, I think it's more unique than Thulcandra  Yeah, check out Enter the Moonlight Gate if you haven't already... I always get the first couple of lyrics stuck in my head: "I'm bewitched by the pale silver moooon in the black and ancient skyyyy!" I'll check out Dawn. Vinterland is also similar and is on my to-do list
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I've changed my ratings and the ordering of the albums. Now I've given 10s only to my "elite", ultimate favorites. 9s are for albums that are among the best ever. 8s are for albums that I really enjoy, even though they have some flaws. 7s are good/decent.
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Posts: 3432 Written by MadeleineGlover on 19.09.2021 at 15:23 To discover new bands I usually use YouTube and Bandcamp. I'm not familiar with the show4me app. Maybe I'll check that out
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With now 101 albums in my all-time favorites list, I decided to gather some statistics about my list. The years with the most albums are 1990 (8 favorites), 1995 (6 favorites), 1993 (6 favorites), 1986 (5 favorites), 1984 (5 favorites), and 1989 (5 favorites). The albums here range from 1971 to 2021. While there are gaps in the 70s and early 2000s, there is a continuous run from 1982 to 2001, which is not surprising since the 80s and 90s are deemed by most metalheads as the "golden years". These are my album counts for the 80s and 90s: 1982: 1 1983: 4 1984: 5 1985: 3 1986: 5 1987: 4 1988: 4 1989: 5 1990: 8 1991: 4 1992: 3 1993: 6 1994: 4 1995: 6 1996: 3 1997: 2 1998: 2 1999: 4 2000: 3 2001:3 The countries with the most albums by far are USA (36), Sweden (21), and UK (18). The full list is: USA: 36 Sweden: 21 UK: 18 Germany: 4 Denmark: 4 Norway: 3 Finland: 3 Austria: 3 The Netherlands: 3 Australia:2 Brazil: 2 Canada: 2 Greece: 1 Portugal: 1 Belgium:1 I also tried to count how many albums for each subgenre there are, but it was hard to exactly label some albums that are a mix of genres (for example there are several black/death metal albums). Overall, though, I think the most albums belong to death and thrash metal. (I'm constantly rearranging my list and adding new favorites all the time. So, these statistics are subject to change. This is just a snapshot in time of my list right now.) I hope some of you enjoyed this insight into my favorites of metal! What are your thoughts on the progress of my metal journey?
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Love your stats, I think they kind of overlap with what I had realized in my [url="https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6361"]sats list[/url] with what years are the ones with the most amount of top 200 albums and whatnot. And there are some great albums in your list as well, gg man.
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Posts: 3432 Written by Roman Doez on 19.01.2022 at 19:13 Yeah I really liked your stats list! I definitely had that in mind.  Thanks for liking my choices
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Greetings, my fellow metalheads! With my 999th post here on Metal Storm, I'm proud to announce My Top 100 Favorite Metal Albums of All Time! Over the last couple of months as I've been constantly discovering new albums, my list here had grown to almost 140. Instead of adding every album that I enjoyed, I've now decided to limit myself here to the "elite" ones - 100 albums that I truly enjoy and that represent why I love this music so much! The top 50 are pretty much set in stone and I think the order reflects my taste pretty accurately. The bottom 50 are somewhat in order. I pretty much like all of the bottom 50 equally well. (Remember that this is just a personal list: I don't claim that these are the best albums - these are just my favorites  )While I haven't yet added descriptions to all albums, I have included the year of release, country of origin, and subgenre for each album. There are some interesting insights I've gathered about my tastes. For example, although I've known for some time already that the subgenre that I enjoy the most is death metal (comprising 28 out of the 100 albums), I was pleasantly surprised to find black metal ahead of thrash (each 20 vs 19 out of 100). Black metal was the subgenre I was having the most difficulty getting into. The Swedish melodic style and Summoning's grand atmospheres helped me ease my way into the genre until I learned to appreciate the Norwegian bands. Even the Greek black metal scene has intrigued me! Some of you might also notice that my appreciation for Slayer has improved a lot. 4 out of their first 5 albums grace this list of metal gems. I guess I would call myself a fan The statistics compared to my last post in January have changed a bit. 1990, although personally regarded as metal's best year, surprisingly is surpassed by 1995 and tied with 1996 now (1995's 8 vs 7 releases for both 1996 and 1990). 1984 stands out with 5 releases, while most of the 80s and early 90s have about 4 albums per year. The ranking of the countries remains relatively the same: USA, Sweden, and UK lead the pack, while Norway has gained some appearances. The full statistics are as follows: Genre: Death: 28 Black: 20 Thrash: 19 Heavy: 15 Progressive: 9 Power: 4 Doom: 4 Symphonic: 1 Country: USA: 35 Sweden: 20 UK: 16 Norway: 6 Finland: 4 Austria: 3 Canada: 3 Australia:2 Brazil: 2 Denmark: 2 Greece: 2 Portugal: 2 Germany: 1 France: 1 The Netherlands: 1 Year: 71: 1 ... 76: 2 ... 78: 1 ... 80: 1 ... 82: 1 83: 4 84: 5 85: 3 86: 4 87: 3 88: 4 89: 4 90: 7 91: 3 92: 3 93: 4 94: 3 95: 8 96: 7 97: 3 98: 2 99: 2 00: 2 01: 2 02: 2 03: 1 04: 1 05: 2 06: 2 07: 1 08: 1 09: 2 ... 11: 1 ... 16: 2 17: 2 18: 1 19: 1 ... 21: 2 Well, that's enough statistics for now.... now, it's time for some music - now it's time for metal!
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Interesting little statistic: 29 of my top 100 albums are the debut albums of bands! I guess that goes to show that I'm a fan of the "old but gold"
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This list probably needs an update
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Posts: 3432 Written by Roman Doez on 21.02.2024 at 03:23 Indeed! Hence the June 2022 disclaimer! I've been building up a list, using nonZero's method of ranking based on average score of song ratings. I'm also writing on my next anniversary write up that'll come out this coming June. What do you think, should I publish a new top 100 list before or after the June article?
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Well it may need an update but damn do we have a lot of favourite albums in common lol. Fucking awesome list man.
---- - Headbanging with mostly clogged arteries to that stuff - Guib's List Of Essential Albums - Also Thrash Paradise Thrash Here
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Wow, I would say this is about nearly 50% of my Top 100. With Storm of..., Painkiller, Rust in Peace and Show no Mercy at the front row. Very nice! The two best Sepultura, Iced Earth, B.G., In Flames Jester Race, most of the other Slayer masterpieces, some of the best Maiden LPs, Bolt Thrower... But also the variety. For example Be´lakor would be in mine too or at least close to. Far away from my Top100 would be Dream Theater and Symphony X.
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Posts: 3432 Written by InfernalOverkill on 07.10.2025 at 00:12 Thanks! Although, since this list was last updated (June 2022), I've discovered a lot of albums that aren't on this list. I'm planning to release an updated favorites list (perhaps for a 5-year anniversary, i.e. 2026). I think musclassia did something similar. But I'm still trying to figure out a best way to rank them. I first tried a song-by-song rating system (like nonZero does), but I found that that led to some inflated ratings for me. So, I've now tried using an Elo system, programming for myself a Flickchart-like game that pairs up albums in a list and I choose which I prefer. Through an Elo system, the album with many wins gets ranked high, while the album with many losses gets ranked low. We'll see how it goes.
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Posts: 2778 Written by F3ynman on 07.10.2025 at 19:12 Sounds like a reasonable approach, I'd say. But I wouldn't rule out the song-by-song ranking just like that. It has its appeal too. Inflation of the rating is imaginable, but you shouldn't care about the overall level of rating there too much, just use the relative ranks of the albums as information and apply it to give the albums a ranking, neglecting their ratings as a level, just look at their ranks. That should be one of your rankings. And then you make a second one, which would result from your album-against-album battles, ranking them by the overall number of wins. Then you have two rankings, by different approaches, perhaps looking completely different. And based on these two rankings you create your final ranking, but mainly driven by how you feel about the albums in general, not taking too much into consideration the exact ratings on the songs or the wins, these would just give you a global guidance. But in the end the list needs to develop mainly from how you feel about the albums overall, also considering aspects like historical relevance, or relevance for your personal metal journey. And when you think about these aspects more, the list will just develop itself easily. You will see... Well, that's just how I did my one more or less. Curious to see what you will make of it.
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Posts: 3432 Written by Redel on 26.10.2025 at 00:28 Oh, yeah! Good idea. I'll look at both lists and then adjust as needed based on my feelings. Thanks for the advice!
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