Favorite Metal Albums Of All Time

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Favorite Metal Albums Of All Time

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A list by
sgtrobo
Created
July 14, 2022
Entries
120
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3
1 album per band per subgenre
work in progress, updating as I go through the song-by-song ratings on RateYourMusic.com
I will typically update my black metal faves - https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6924
and my death metal faves - https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6298
prior to updating this one
120.
1.
Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
1988
120.
2.
King Diamond - Abigail
1987
120.
3.
Voivod - Dimension Hatröss
1988
120.
4.
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
2009
120.
5.
Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris
2000
120.
6.
Candlemass - Nightfall
1987
120.
7.
Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle
2013
120.
8.
Judas Priest - Painkiller
1990
120.
9.
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
1984
120.
10.
Immolation - Close To A World Below
2000
120.
11.
Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum
2007
120.
12.
Cryptopsy - None So Vile
1996
120.
13.
System Of A Down - Toxicity
2001
120.
14.
Dragged Into Sunlight - Hatred For Mankind
2009
120.
15.
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath
1984
120.
16.
Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked
2005
120.
17.
Death - Symbolic
1995
120.
18.
Weakling - Dead As Dreams
2000
120.
19.
Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi
2020
120.
20.
Altar Of Plagues - Teethed Glory & Injury
2013
120.
21.
Ethereal Shroud - Trisagion
2021
120.
22.
Schammasch - Triangle
2016
120.
23.
Svartidauði - Flesh Cathedral
2012
120.
24.
Agalloch - The Mantle
2002
120.
25.
Slayer - Reign In Blood
1986
120.
26.
Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
1995
120.
27.
Thorns - Thorns
2001
120.
28.
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
1991
120.
29.
Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
1989
120.
30.
Cynic - Focus
1993
120.
31.
Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
1987
120.
32.
Timeghoul - 1992-1994 Discography
2012
120.
33.
Demilich - Nespithe
1993
120.
34.
Faith No More - King For A Day... Fool For A Lifetime
1995
120.
35.
Disembowelment - Transcendence Into The Peripheral
1993
120.
36.
Veilburner - Lurkers In The Capsule Of Skull
2021
120.
37.
Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence
1993
120.
38.
Forteresse - Métal Noir Québécois
2006
120.
39.
Dawn - Slaughtersun (Crown Of The Triarchy)
1998
120.
40.
Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
1989
120.
41.
Gorguts - Colored Sands
2013
120.
42.
Celtic Frost - Monotheist
2006
120.
43.
Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
2005
120.
44.
Ved Buens Ende - Written In Waters
1995
120.
45.
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
1994
120.
46.
Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
1997
120.
47.
Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
1983
120.
48.
Stormtroopers Of Death - Speak English Or Die
1985
120.
49.
Pestilence - Testimony Of The Ancients
1991
120.
50.
Alice In Chains - Dirt
1992
120.
51.
Slumber - Fallout
2004
120.
52.
Coroner - Punishment For Decadence
1988
120.
53.
Aquilus - Griseus
2011
120.
54.
Kreator - Pleasure To Kill
1986
120.
55.
Apotheosis - Farthest From The Sun
2002
120.
56.
Holy Terror - Mind Wars
1988
120.
57.
Wintersun - Wintersun
2004
120.
58.
Primordial - To The Nameless Dead
2007
120.
59.
Sulphur Aeon - The Scythe Of Cosmic Chaos
2018
120.
60.
Silencer - Death, Pierce Me
2001
120.
61.
Into Eternity - Buried In Oblivion
2004
120.
62.
Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
1996
120.
63.
Sacramentum - Far Away From The Sun
1996
120.
64.
Draconian - Under A Godless Veil
2020
120.
65.
Sanctuary - Refuge Denied
1987
120.
66.
Cryptic Shift - Visitations From Enceladus
2020
120.
67.
Septicflesh - Sumerian Daemons
2003
120.
68.
Deeds Of Flesh - Portals To Canaan
2013
120.
69.
Spawn Of Possession - Incurso
2012
120.
70.
Skinless - Trample The Weak, Hurdle The Dead
2006
120.
71.
Carcass - Symphonies Of Sickness
1989
120.
72.
Paysage d'Hiver - Paysage D'Hiver
1999
120.
73.
Imperial Triumphant - Vile Luxury
2018
120.
74.
Mizmor - Yodh
2016
120.
75.
Summoning - Stronghold
1999
120.
76.
Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle
1991
120.
77.
Anaal Nathrakh - In The Constellation Of The Black Widow
2009
120.
78.
Walknut - Graveforests And Their Shadows
2007
120.
79.
Zhrine - Unortheta
2016
120.
80.
Pestilence - Malleus Maleficarum
1988
120.
81.
Bütcher - 666 Goats Carry My Chariot
2020
120.
82.
Havukruunu - Uinuos Syömein Sota
2020
120.
83.
Opeth - Blackwater Park
2001
120.
84.
Suffocation - Pierced From Within
1995
120.
85.
Dying Fetus - Reign Supreme
2012
120.
86.
The Monolith Deathcult - Trivmvirate
2008
120.
87.
Carcass - Heartwork
1993
120.
88.
Black Curse - Endless Wound
2020
120.
89.
Damned Spirits' Dance - Weird Constellations
2009
120.
90.
Aspid - Кровоизлияние
1992
120.
91.
Unhuman - Unhuman
2013
120.
92.
Ministry - ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ
1992
120.
93.
Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape
2001
120.
94.
Metal Church - Metal Church
1984
120.
95.
Disciples Of Mockery - Prelude To Apocalypse
1999
120.
96.
Pyaemia - Cerebral Cereal
2001
120.
97.
Miasma - Changes
1992
120.
98.
Nocturnus - The Key
1990
120.
99.
The Ruins Of Beverast - Rain Upon The Impure
2006
120.
100.
Behemoth - Demigod
2004
120.
101.
Disincarnate - Dreams Of The Carrion Kind
1993
120.
102.
Chthe'ilist - Le Dernier Crépuscule
2016
120.
103.
Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King
1987
120.
104.
Epica - The Divine Conspiracy
2007
120.
105.
Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
1995
120.
106.
Gorement - The Ending Quest
1994
120.
107.
Crystal Age - Far Beyond Divine Horizons
1995
120.
108.
Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
1986
120.
109.
Archspire - Relentless Mutation
2017
120.
110.
Incantation - Diabolical Conquest
1998
120.
111.
Dusk - ...Majestic Thou In Ruin
1995
120.
112.
Paradise Lost - Gothic
1991
120.
113.
Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
1996
120.
114.
Kvist - For Kunsten Maa Vi Evig Vike
1996
120.
115.
Decapitated - Winds Of Creation
2000
120.
116.
Tchornobog - Tchornobog
2017
120.
117.
Lurker Of Chalice - Lurker Of Chalice
2005
120.
118.
Ripping Corpse - Dreaming With The Dead
1991
120.
119.
Rippikoulu - Musta Seremonia
1993
120.
120.
Mastery - Valis
2015
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F3ynman
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Always thought of you as the big death metal guy with your love for Immolation, so I'm surprised to see Queensryche, King Diamond, Voivod, and Candlemass so high.

Definitely lots of great albums here - can't wait to see the final ranking
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Written by F3ynman on 17.07.2022 at 00:59

Always thought of you as the big death metal guy with your love for Immolation, so I'm surprised to see Queensryche, King Diamond, Voivod, and Candlemass so high.

Definitely lots of great albums here - can't wait to see the final ranking

I'm definitely "the big death metal guy" but long before death metal existed, I was a 6th grader getting blown out a window by Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and the newly-solo artist Ozzy Osbourne.
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Written by sgtrobo on 17.07.2022 at 01:04

I'm definitely "the big death metal guy" but long before death metal existed, I was a 6th grader getting blown out a window by Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and the newly-solo artist Ozzy Osbourne.

ah I definitely understand - gotta pay tribute to those early inspirations
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Written by F3ynman on 17.07.2022 at 01:07

Written by sgtrobo on 17.07.2022 at 01:04

I'm definitely "the big death metal guy" but long before death metal existed, I was a 6th grader getting blown out a window by Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and the newly-solo artist Ozzy Osbourne.

ah I definitely understand - gotta pay tribute to those early inspirations

yup. There are memories associated with some of those old albums from when I was a kid first hearing heavy metal that are tough to beat.
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Great list! lot's of interesting choices
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Written by F3ynman on 17.07.2022 at 00:59

Always thought of you as the big death metal guy with your love for Immolation, so I'm surprised to see Queensryche, King Diamond, Voivod, and Candlemass so high.

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Actually, Voivod is very popular among extreme metal fans. Their dissonant riffage inspired many death metal bands' sound, same with their somewhat psychedelic technicality.

Bingo.
Look no further than Imperial Triumphant's forthcoming album (or bonus track on Alohaville) for an example
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