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This is my top albums (only with those where I gave 8 or more). I will update the list now and then.
Keep in mind that I've only been seriously listening to metal for a few years, and that it's not because an album is recent that it deserves to be on the list any less than a classic of the genre, that doesn't matter to me, an album makes the list when I like it, that's the only criterion that counts.

Bands that appeared more than once:
9: Opeth

6: Finsterforst, Moonsorrow

5: Dream Theater, Megadeth

4: Agalloch, Black Sabbath, Bolt Thrower, Children Of Bodom, Iron Maiden, Leprous, Metallica, Septicflesh, Shadow Of Intent

3: Be'lakor, Blind Guardian, Born Of Osiris, Cradle Of Filth, Death, Haken, Immortal, Judas Priest, Mgła, My Dying Bride, Nightwish, Pantera, Paysage D'Hiver, Porcupine Tree, Slipknot, W.A.S.P.

2: After The Burial, Alcest, Candlemass, Cattle Decapitation, Dimmu Borgir, Dissection, Dvne, Emperor, Ensiferum, Funeral, Galneryus, Gorod, Gris, Helloween, Kamelot, Malediction, Nevermore, Psychonaut 4, Rush, Sepultura, Sigh, Symphony X; Tool, Trhä, Windir, Wintersun, Witherscape

Number of albums per country:
1. USA 🇺🇸: 97
2. United Kingdom 🇬🇧: 43
3. Sweden 🇸🇪: 31
4. Germany 🇩🇪: 24
5. Finland 🇫🇮: 23
6. Norway 🇳🇴: 21
7. France 🇫🇷: 14
8. Greece 🇬🇷: 8
9. Canada 🇨🇦: 7
10. Switzerland 🇨🇭: 6
11. Australia 🇦🇺: 5
11. Poland 🇵🇱: 5
11. Japan 🇯🇵: 5
12. Denmark 🇩🇰: 4
13. Brazil 🇧🇷: 3
14. Chile 🇨🇱: 2
14. Georgia 🇬🇪: 2
14. Iceland 🇮🇸: 2
14. Russia 🇷🇺: 2
14. Spain 🇪🇸: 2
14. The Netherlands 🇳🇱: 2
15. Andorra 🇦🇩: 1
15. Argentina 🇦🇷: 1
15. Austria 🇦🇹: 1
15. Belarus 🇧🇾: 1
15. Belgium 🇧🇪: 1
15. Israel 🇮🇱: 1
15. Italy 🇮🇹: 1
15. Portugal 🇵🇹: 1
15. Romania 🇷🇴: 1

Created by: Ch'ti | 06.02.2024


1. Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
2003
2. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
1990
3. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
2005
4. Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
1989
5. Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
2005
6. Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World
2000
7. Opeth - Blackwater Park
2001
8. Slipknot - Iowa
2001
9. Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
1999
10. Windir - 1184
2001
11. Shylmagoghnar - Convergence
2023
12. Children Of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet?
2005
13. After The Burial - Dig Deep
2016 My review: https://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=19190
14. Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
1995
15. Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper
2000
16. An Abstract Illusion - Woe
2022
17. Ensiferum - Ensiferum
2001
18. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
2006
19. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
1986
20. Shadow Of Intent - Melancholy
2019
21. Converge - Jane Doe
2001 My review: https://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=19571
22. Paysage d'Hiver - Winterkälte
2001
23. Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter
1999
24. Mgła - Exercises In Futility
2015
25. Be'lakor - Stone's Reach
2009
26. Haken - Fauna
2023
27. Have A Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
2008
28. Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
1986
29. Slash - World On Fire
2014
30. Shaman - Ritual
2002
31. Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction
1992
32. Gojira - Magma
2016
33. Batushka - Litourgiya
2015
34. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
2000
35. Born Of Osiris - The Discovery
2011
36. Haken - Vector
2018
37. Leprous - Tall Poppy Syndrome
2009
38. Shadow Of Intent - Primordial
2016
39. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
2005
40. Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet
2007
41. Slipknot - Slipknot
1999
42. Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology
2018
43. Kvelertak - Kvelertak
2010
44. Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
1996
45. Ulver - Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr I 5 Capitler
1995
46. Kamelot - Karma
2001
47. King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
1969
48. Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
1995
49. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
2005
50. Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
1994
51. Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II
1988
52. Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien
1987
53. Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
1997
54. Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
1980
55. Villagers Of Ioannina City - Age Of Aquarius
2019
56. Windir - Likferd
2003
57. Finsterforst - ...Zum Tode Hin
2009
58. Aquilus - Griseus
2011
59. Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness
2001
60. Ayahuasca - Beneath The Mind
2018
61. Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle
2013
62. Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta
2001
63. John Petrucci - Suspended Animation
2005 My review: https://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=19228
64. Septicflesh - Codex Omega
2017
65. Gorod - Leading Vision
2006
66. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
1982
67. W.A.S.P. - The Headless Children
1989
68. Vektor - Terminal Redux
2016
69. Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere
2024
70. Insomnium - Winter's Gate
2016
71. The Monolith Deathcult - Trivmvirate
2008 My review: https://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=19518
72. Galneryus - Advance To The Fall
2005 My review: https://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=19615
73. Windir - Arntor
1999
74. Haken - Virus
2020
75. Bekëth Nexëhmü - De Fördolda Klangorna
2019
76. Nightwish - Once
2004
77. Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
1972
78. Be'lakor - Vessels
2016
79. Árstíðir Lífsins - Aldrlok
2024
80. Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape
2001
81. Malediction - Condamnés
2001 My review: https://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=20078
82. Opeth - Morningrise
1996
83. Opeth - Still Life
1999
84. Edge Of Sanity - Crimson II
2003
85. Dio - Holy Diver
1983
86. Leprous - Bilateral
2011
87. After The Burial - Rareform
2008
88. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
1984
89. Broken Torso - The Ultimate Abhorrence
2000 My review: https://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=19240
90. Immortal - Pure Holocaust
1993
91. Cryptopsy - None So Vile
1996
92. Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
1994
93. Dvne - Voidkind
2024
94. Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force
1984
95. Slaughter To Prevail - Kostolom
2021
96. Les Discrets - Septembre Et Ses Dernières Pensées
2010
97. Gorod - A Perfect Absolution
2012
98. Artillery - By Inheritance
1990
99. Nightwish - Century Child
2002
100. Sigh - In Somniphobia
2012
101. Gamma Ray - No World Order
2001
102. Children Of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll
2003
103. Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
1998
104. Dimmu Borgir - Spiritual Black Dimensions
1999
105. Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
1990
106. Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet
2005
107. Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell
2005
108. Fear Factory - Demanufacture
1995
109. Deafheaven - Lonely People With Power
2025
110. All Shall Perish - The Price Of Existence
2006
111. Dream Theater - Images And Words
1992
112. Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone
2012
113. Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence
1993
114. Murmuüre - Murmuüre
2010
115. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
1992
116. Enterprise Earth - The Chosen
2022
117. Mother Of Graves - The Periapt Of Absence
2024
118. Gaerea - Coma
2024
119. Orphaned Land - Mabool: The Story Of The Three Sons Of Seven
2004
120. Born Of Osiris - Soul Sphere
2015
121. Gallowbraid - Ashen Eidolon
2010
122. Paradise Lost - Draconian Times
1995
123. Bolt Thrower - Realm Of Chaos
1989
124. AC/DC - Back In Black
1980
125. Sepultura - Arise
1991
126. Opeth - Watershed
2008
127. Fires In The Distance - Air Not Meant For Us
2023
128. At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
1995
129. Persefone - Spiritual Migration
2013
130. Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
1998
131. Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind
2019
132. Candlemass - Nightfall
1987
133. Shadow Of Intent - Reclaimer
2017
134. Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite
2000
135. Kalisia - Cybion
2009
136. Malediction - Esclave Du Vice
2004
137. Carcass - Heartwork
1993
138. Gris - Il Était Une Forêt...
2007
139. Bolt Thrower - Mercenary
1998
140. Exuvial - The Hive Mind Chronicles, Pt. I: Parasitica
2024
141. Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
1992
142. System Of A Down - Toxicity
2001
143. Vidres A La Sang - Som
2009
144. Neurosis - Times Of Grace
1999
145. Finsterforst - Zerfall
2019
146. Megadeth - Dystopia
2016
147. Finsterforst - Jenseits
2023
148. Dog Fashion Disco - Adultery
2006 My review: https://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=19567
149. Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power
1992
150. Opeth - Deliverance
2002
151. Gris - À L'Âme Enflammée, L'Äme Constellée...
2013
152. Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane
2002
153. W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol
1992
154. Moonsorrow - Suden Uni
2001
155. Bolt Thrower - The IVth Crusade
1992
156. Witherscape - The Northern Sanctuary
2016
157. Galneryus - 絆
2012
158. For My Pain - Fallen
2003
159. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
1970
160. Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery
1995
161. Septicflesh - Communion
2008
162. Dream Theater - Octavarium
2005
163. Lamb Of God - Sacrament
2006
164. Parkcrest - ...And That Blue Will Turn To Red
2019
165. Neal Morse - No Hill For A Climber
2024
166. Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss
1990
167. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
1984
168. W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.
1984
169. Opeth - The Last Will And Testament
2024
170. Electric Callboy - Tekkno
2022 My review: https://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=19192
171. Psychonaut 4 - Have A Nice Trip
2012
172. Metallica - Metallica
1991
173. Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
1983
174. My Dying Bride - Songs Of Darkness, Words Of Light
2004
175. Dissection - The Somberlain
1993
176. Iron Maiden - Brave New World
2000
177. Tool - 10,000 Days
2006
178. Immortal - Sons Of Northern Darkness
2002
179. Blaze (JPN) - Blaze
2007
180. Aria - Игра С Огнём
1989 My review: https://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=19331
181. Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
1989
182. Children Of Bodom - Hatebreeder
1999
183. Leprous - The Congregation
2015
184. Paysage d'Hiver - Paysage D'Hiver
1999
185. Agalloch - The Mantle
2002
186. Paysage d'Hiver - Die Berge
2024
187. Nunca Seremos Dichosos - Kollong
2019
188. Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
2000
189. Múr - M​ú​r
2024
190. Witherscape - The Inheritance
2013
191. Born Of Osiris - Tomorrow We Die ∆live
2013
192. In Flames - The Jester Race
1996
193. Turnstile - Glow On
2021
194. Funeral - Gospel Of Bones
2024
195. Cattle Decapitation - Death Atlas
2019
196. The Chasm - Procession To The Infraworld
1999 My review: https://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=19366
197. Megadeth - Youthanasia
1994
198. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
1970
199. Dream Theater - A View From The Top Of The World
2021
200. Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls
2008
201. Alcest - Kodama
2016
202. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath
1984
203. Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud
2015
204. Dream Theater - Train Of Thought
2003
205. Death - Symbolic
1995
206. Trhä - ∫um'ad​∂​ejja Cavvaj
2024
207. Wintersun - Time I
2012
208. Running Wild - Black Hand Inn
1994
209. Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth
1998
210. Jethro Tull - Aqualung
1971
211. Trhä - Nvenlanëg
2020
212. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
1967
213. Rotting Christ - Theogonia
2007
214. Wintersun - Wintersun
2004
215. Wilderun - Veil Of Imagination
2019
216. Celtic Frost - Monotheist
2006
217. Rush - Hemispheres
1978
218. Moonsorrow - V: Hävitetty
2007
219. Kanonenfieber - Die Urkatastrophe
2024
220. Finsterforst - Wiege Der Finsternis
2006
221. Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever
2001
222. Machine Head - The Blackening
2007
223. Cradle Of Filth - Cruelty And The Beast
1998
224. Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
1997
225. Cradle Of Filth - Dusk... And Her Embrace
1996
226. Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
1997
227. Wretched - Beyond The Gate
2010
228. Aviana - Corporation
2022
229. Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
1988
230. Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
1994
231. Death - Human
1991
232. SpiRitual - Pulse
2006
233. Mgła - Age Of Excuse
2019
234. Ethereal Shroud - Trisagion
2021
235. Mgła - With Hearts Toward None
2012
236. Grikhy - No Sleep
2024
237. Judas Priest - Painkiller
1990
238. Speedtrap - Straight Shooter
2015
239. Agalloch - The White
2008
240. Rush - Moving Pictures
1981
241. Stolen Babies - There Be Squabbles Ahead
2006
242. Sidilarsen - On Va Tous Crever
2019 My review: https://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=19114
243. Weakling - Dead As Dreams
2000
244. Rammstein - Mutter
2001
245. Septicflesh - The Great Mass
2011
246. Kamelot - The Black Halo
2005
247. The Great Old Ones - Kadath
2025
248. Lokust - Infidel
2023
249. Danefae - Trøst
2025
250. Breakdown Of Sanity - Perception
2013
251. Shadow Of Intent - Elegy
2022
252. Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith
1984
253. Hail Spirit Noir - Fossil Gardens
2024
254. Accept - Restless And Wild
1982
255. Alcest - Écailles De Lune
2010
256. Negură Bunget - OM
2006
257. Skid Row - Slave To The Grind
1991
258. Tool - Ænima
1996
259. Septicflesh - Sumerian Daemons
2003
260. Sodom - Persecution Mania
1987
261. Athanatheos - Alpha Theistic
2012
262. My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours
2001
263. Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite
2023
264. Vola - Inmazes
2015
265. Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
1982
266. Rivers Of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name
2018
267. Ice Nine Kills - The Silver Scream
2018 My review: https://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=19185
268. Retromorphosis - Psalmus Mortis
2025
269. Leprous - Coal
2013
270. Psychonaut 4 - ...Of Mourning
2024
271. Crimson Glory - Transcendence
1988
272. Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
2002
273. Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream
1991
274. Finsterforst - Rastlos
2012
275. Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony
2011
276. Warlord - Deliver Us
1983
277. Opeth - Damnation
2003
278. Synestia - The Poetic Edda [Collaboration]
2024
279. Agalloch - Pale Folklore
1999
280. Buckethead - Hold Me Forever (In Memory Of My Mom Nancy York Carroll)
2014
281. Deathspell Omega - Paracletus
2010
282. Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale
2008
283. Long Distance Calling - Avoid The Light
2009
284. Nightwish - Oceanborn
1998
285. Cradle Of Filth - The Screaming Of The Valkyries
2025
286. Doomocracy - Visions & Creatures Of Imagination
2017
287. My Dying Bride - The Light At The End Of The World
1999
288. Vendetta (GER) - Brain Damage
1988 My review: https://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=19451
289. Hellripper - Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
2023
290. D-A-D - No Fuel Left For The Pilgrims
1989 My review: https://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=19191
291. Funeral - From These Wounds
2006
292. Vicious Crusade - Freedom Comes
2009 My review: https://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=19246
293. Equilibrium - Sagas
2008
294. Conifère - L'impôt Du Sang
2024 My review: https://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=19887
295. Aiumeen Basoa - Iraganeko Bide Malkartsutik
2010
296. Korpiklaani - Tales Along This Road
2006
297. Chapel Of Disease - ...And As We Have Seen The Storm, We Have Embraced The Eye
2018
298. Metallica - ...And Justice For All
1988
299. Neptunian Maximalism - Éons
2020
300. Dormant Ordeal - Tooth And Nail
2025
301. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
1971
302. Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
1986
303. Wardruna - Runaljod - Yggdrasil
2013 My review: https://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=19375
304. Sadness (USA) - Your Perfect Hands And My Repeated Words
2024
305. Slice The Cake - Odyssey To The West
2016
306. Valdrin - Throne Of The Lunar Soul
2023
307. Vinterland - Welcome My Last Chapter
1996 My review: https://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=19329
308. Dvne - Etemen Ænka
2021
309. Finsterforst - Weltenkraft
2007
310. Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika
2016
311. Gideon - More Power. More Pain.
2023
312. Dan Swanö - Moontower
1999
313. Deep Purple - Machine Head
1972
314. Stortregn - Impermanence
2021
315. Ensiferum - Iron
2004
316. Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I
1987
317. Shape Of Despair - Illusion's Play
2004


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31.03.2024 - 04:23
Guib
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Damn, nice and varied selection. We have more essentials in common than I expected there.
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28.11.2024 - 23:26
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There’s a few picks I can’t wrap my head around but I’m sure some folks would say the same about my favorites great mix of genres, and I like seeing a good mix of old and new as well. Thumbs up for Kivenkantanja at number one!
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