Top 250 Metal Releases Of All Time

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Top 250 Metal Releases Of All Time

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A list by
Roman Doez
Created
February 21, 2024
Entries
250
Endorsements
15
Here’s my list of what I consider to be the best metal albums (+2 compilations and like 2 demo I think) of all time.
Enjoy!

Bands that appear the most in the list:
9 times: Sigh
5 times: Dream Theater, The Chasm, Godflesh
4 times: Defeated Sanity, Mekong Delta, Boris, Iron Maiden
3 times: Windir, Vektor, Dolorian, La Torture Des Ténèbres, Paysage D'Hiver, Opeth, Megadeth, Immolation, Darkspace, Dying Fetus, Carnival In Coal, Esoteric, Converge, Brodequin, Voivod
2 times: Dissection, Ulver, Urfaust, Bolt Thrower, Morbid Angel, Afterbirth, Burzum, Neurosis, Cult Of Luna, Suffocation, Absu, Pan.Thy.Monium, Deathspell Omega, Volahn, Krallice, Meshuggah, Nile, Naked City
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1.
Sigh - In Somniphobia
🇯🇵 Avant-garde metal, 2012. 10/10.
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2.
Windir - Arntor
🇳🇴 Melodic black metal, 1999. 10/10.
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3.
Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
🇸🇪 Melodic black metal, 1995. 10/10.
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4.
Vektor - Terminal Redux
🇺🇸 Progressive thrash metal, 2016. 10/10.
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5.
Dolorian - When All The Laughter Has Gone
🇫🇮 Death doom metal, 1999. 10/10.
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6.
Sigh - Hangman's Hymn: Musikalische Exequien
🇯🇵 Symphonic black metal, 2007. 10/10.
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7.
Sigh - Scenes From Hell
🇯🇵 Avant-garde symphonic black metal, 2010. 10/10.
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8.
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
🇺🇸 Industrial rock / industrial metal, 1994. 9/10.
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9.
Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
🇺🇸 Progressive metal, 1999. 10/10.
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10.
La Torture Des Ténèbres - IV - Memoirs Of A Machine Girl
🇨🇦 Black noise / black ambient, 2017. 10/10.
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11.
Sigh - Gallows Gallery [Reissue]
🇯🇵 Avant-garde metal, 2005. 10/10.
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12.
Arkheth - 12 Winter Moons Comes The Witches Brew
🇦🇺 Avant-garde black metal, 2018. 9/10.
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13.
Ulver - Nattens Madrigal - Aatte Hymne Til Ulven I Manden
🇳🇴 Raw black metal, 1997. 9/10.
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14.
Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape
🇯🇵 Avant-garde metal, 2001. 9/10.
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15.
Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
🇸🇪 Progressive melodic death metal, 1996. 9/10.
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16.
Paysage d'Hiver - Paysage D'Hiver
🇨🇭 Atmospheric black metal, 1999. 9/10.
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17.
Ved Buens Ende - Written In Waters
🇳🇴 Avant-garde black metal, 1995. 9/10.
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18.
Urfaust - Ritual Music For The True Clochard
🇳🇱 Black metal, 2012. 9/10.
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19.
Defeated Sanity - The Sanguinary Impetus
🇩🇪 Technical brutal death metal, 2020. 9/10.
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20.
Greymachine - Disconnected
🇺🇸 Drone / industrial metal / noise / noise rock, 2009. 9/10.
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21.
Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors
🇳🇴 Avant-garde metal, 2002. 9/10.
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22.
Opeth - Morningrise
🇸🇪 Extreme progressive metal, 1996. 9/10.
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23.
Ulver - Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr I 5 Capitler
🇳🇴 Black metal, 1995. 9/10.
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24.
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!
🇺🇸 Thrash metal, 1985. 9/10.
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25.
Dream Theater - Awake
🇺🇸 Progressive metal, 1994. 9/10.
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26.
Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
🇬🇧 Death metal, 2005. 9/10.
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27.
Ephel Duath - The Painter's Palette
🇮🇹 Avant-garde / progressive metal, 2003. 9/10.
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28.
Immolation - Close To A World Below
🇺🇸 Death metal, 2000. 9/10.
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29.
Mekong Delta - Dances Of Death (And Other Walking Shadows)
🇩🇪 Progressive thrash metal, 1990. 9/10.
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30.
La Torture Des Ténèbres - Civilization Is The Tomb Of Our Noble Gods
🇨🇦 Atmospheric black metal / black noise, 2016. 9/10.
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31.
Darkspace - Dark Space III
🇨🇭 Atmospheric black metal, 2008. 9/10.
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32.
W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol
🇺🇸 Heavy metal, 1992. 9/10.
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33.
Morbid Angel - Formulas Fatal To The Flesh
🇺🇸 Death metal, 1998. 9/10.
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34.
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
🇺🇸 Thrash metal, 1990. 9/10.
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35.
Forgotten Woods - As The Wolves Gather
🇳🇴 Black metal, 1994. 9/10.
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36.
First Fragment - Gloire Éternelle
🇨🇦 Technical death metal, 2021. 9/10.
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37.
Dolorian - Voidwards
🇫🇮 Death doom metal, 2006. Very high 8/10.
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38.
Звёздный Храм - Звёздный Храм
🇷🇺 Atmospheric black metal, 2024. Very high 8/10.
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39.
Dream Theater - Train Of Thought
🇺🇸 Progressive metal, 2003. Very high 8/10.
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40.
Dawn - Slaughtersun (Crown Of The Triarchy)
🇸🇪 Melodic black metal, 1998. Very high 8/10.
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41.
Scimitar - Scimitarium I
🇩🇰 Blackened heavy metal, 2025. Very high 8/10.
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42.
Morbus Chron - Sweven
🇸🇪 Progressive death metal, 2014. Very high 8/10.
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43.
Boris - Pink
🇯🇵 Stoner metal / noise rock, 2005. Very high 8/10.
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44.
Timeghoul - 1992-1994 Discography
🇺🇸 Progressive death metal, 2012. Very high 8/10.
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45.
Closet Witch - Chiaroscuro
🇺🇸 Grindcore, 2023. Very high 8/10.
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46.
The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand
🇺🇸 Drone metal / shoegaze, 2007. Very high 8/10.
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47.
Windir - 1184
🇳🇴 Melodic black metal, 2001. Very high 8/10.
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48.
Dying Fetus - Killing On Adrenaline
🇺🇸 Brutal death metal, 1998. Very high 8/10.
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49.
Carnival In Coal - Fear Not
🇫🇷 Avant-garde metal, 2001. Very high 8/10.
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50.
Albino Slug - Albino Slug
🇳🇴 Avant-garde metal, 1993. Very high 8/10.
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51.
Afterbirth - In But Not Of
🇺🇸 Progressive brutal death metal, 2023. Very high 8/10.
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52.
Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale
🇬🇧 Funeral doom metal, 2008. Very high 8/10.
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53.
Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
🇳🇴 Atmospheric black metal, 1994. High 8/10.
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54.
SubRosa - More Constant Than The Gods
🇺🇸 Sludge metal, 2013. High 8/10.
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55.
Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite
🇺🇸 Progressive / power metal, 2000. High 8/10.
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56.
Dolorian - Dolorian
🇫🇮 Death doom metal, 2001. High 8/10.
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57.
Defeated Sanity - Passages Into Deformity
🇩🇪 Technical brutal death metal, 2013. High 8/10.
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58.
Cenotaph (TUR) - Precognition To Eradicate
🇹🇷 Technical brutal death metal, 2021. High 8/10.
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59.
Sabbat (JPN) - Karisma
🇯🇵 Black / thrash metal, 1999. High 8/10.
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60.
Defeated Sanity - Psalms Of The Moribund
🇩🇪 Technical brutal death metal, 2020. High 8/10.
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61.
Darkspace - Dark Space II
🇨🇭 Atmospheric black metal, 2005. High 8/10.
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62.
Pig Destroyer - Terrifyer
🇺🇸 Grindcore, 2004. High 8/10.
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63.
Vektor - Black Future
🇺🇸 Progressive thrash metal, 2009. High 8/10.
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64.
Afterbirth - Four Dimensional Flesh
🇺🇸 Technical brutal death metal, 2020. High 8/10.
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65.
The Chasm - Farseeing The Paranormal Abysm
🇲🇽🇺🇸 Proggy death metal, 2009. High 8/10.
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66.
Cynic - Focus
🇺🇸 Progressive death metal, 1993. High 8/10.
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67.
Cryptopsy - None So Vile
🇨🇦 Technical brutal death metal, 1996. High 8/10.
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68.
Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
🇳🇴 Black metal, 1994. High 8/10.
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69.
Disembowelment - Transcendence Into The Peripheral
🇦🇺 Death doom metal, 1993. High 8/10.
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70.
Neurosis - Souls At Zero
🇺🇸 Atmospheric sludge metal, 1992. High 8/10.
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71.
Painkiller - Guts Of A Virgin
🇺🇸 Avant-garde metal / free jazz, 1991. High 8/10.
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72.
Esoteric - The Pernicious Enigma
🇬🇧 Funeral doom metal, 1997. High 8/10.
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73.
Converge - Axe To Fall
🇺🇸 Metalcore, 2009. High 8/10.
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74.
Chryst - PhantasmaChronica
🇦🇹 Avant-garde black metal, 2011. High 8/10.
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75.
Mentality - Teonanacatl
🇸🇰 Avant-garde brutal death metal, 1998. High 8/10.
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76.
Rotting Sky - Sedation
🇺🇸 Atmospheric black metal / noise, 2014. High 8/10.
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77.
Shining (NOR) - Blackjazz
🇳🇴 Avant-garde metal / jazz, 2010. High 8/10.
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78.
Virus - Carheart
🇳🇴 Avant-garde metal, 2003. High 8/10.
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79.
Cult Of Luna - Mariner [Collaboration]
🇸🇪 Sludge / post-metal, 2016. High 8/10.
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80.
Candlemass - Nightfall
🇸🇪 Doom metal, 1987. High 8/10.
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81.
Bathory - Blood Fire Death
🇸🇪 Black metal, 1988. High 8/10.
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82.
Esoteric - Metamorphogenesis
🇬🇧 Funeral doom metal, 1999. High 8/10.
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83.
Phlebotomized - Immense Intense Suspense
🇳🇱 Progressive death metal, 1994. High 8/10.
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84.
Dødheimsgard - Black Medium Current
🇳🇴 Progressive / avant-garde black metal, 2023. High 8/10.
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85.
The Chasm - Conjuration Of The Spectral Empire
🇲🇽🇺🇸 Proggy death metal, 2002. High 8/10.
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86.
Suffocation - Pierced From Within
🇺🇸 Brutal death metal, 1995. High 8/10.
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87.
Boris - Boris At Last - Feedbacker
🇯🇵 Drone doom metal, 2003. High 8/10.
250.
88.
Absu - Abzu
🇺🇸 Blackened thrash metal, 2011. High 8/10.
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89.
Bríi - Sem Propósito
🇧🇷 Atmospheric black metal, 2021. High 8/10.
250.
90.
Dystopia (USA) - Dystopia
🇺🇸 Crust punk / sludge metal, 2008. High 8/10.
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91.
Immolation - Failures For Gods
🇺🇸 Death metal, 1999. High 8/10.
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92.
Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
🇬🇧 Heavy metal, 1986. High 8/10.
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93.
Katharsis - VVorldVVithoutEnd
🇩🇪 Black metal, 2006. High 8/10.
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94.
Μνήμα - Κ​α​τ​α​ρ​α​μ​έ​ν​α Λ​ε​ί​ψ​α​ν​α
🇬🇷 Noise black metal, 2024. High 8/10.
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95.
Paysage d'Hiver - Das Tor
🇨🇭 Atmospheric black metal, 2013. High 8/10.
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96.
The Chasm - Procession To The Infraworld
🇲🇽🇺🇸 Proggy death metal, 2000. High 8/10.
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97.
Supuration - The Cube
🇫🇷 Progressive death metal, 1993. High 8/10.
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98.
Strapping Young Lad - City
🇨🇦 Industrial metal, 1997. High 8/10.
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99.
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
🇬🇧 NWOBHM, 1988. High 8/10.
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100.
Death - Individual Thought Patterns
🇺🇸 Progressive / technical death metal, 1993. High 8/10.
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101.
Falkenbach - Heralding - The Fireblade
🇩🇪 Viking folk metal, 2005. High 8/10.
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102.
Defeated Sanity - Chronicles Of Lunacy
🇩🇪 Technical brutal death metal, 2024. High 8/10.
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103.
Fleshvessel - Obstinacy: Sisyphean Dreams Unfolded
🇺🇸 Avant-garde death metal, 2025. High 8/10.
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104.
Malignancy - Intrauterine Cannibalism
🇺🇸 Brutal death metal, 1999. High 8/10.
250.
105.
Mastodon - Leviathan
🇺🇸 Progressive sludge metal, 2004. High 8/10.
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106.
Katatonia - Dance Of December Souls
🇸🇪 Death doom metal, 1993. High 8/10.
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107.
Sigh - Infidel Art
🇯🇵 Black metal, 1995. True 8/10.
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108.
Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
🇩🇪 Funeral doom metal, 2006. True 8/10.
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109.
Trichomoniasis - Containment Facility
🇺🇸 Avant-garde brutal death metal, 2026. True 8/10.
250.
110.
Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
🇺🇸 Metalcore, 2012. True 8/10.
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111.
Demilich - Nespithe
🇫🇮 Progressive death metal, 1993. True 8/10.
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112.
Converge - Jane Doe
🇺🇸 Metalcore, 2001. True 8/10.
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113.
Mekong Delta - The Music Of Erich Zann
🇩🇪 Progressive thrash metal, 1988. True 8/10.
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114.
Dying Fetus - Reign Supreme
🇺🇸 Technical brutal death metal, 2012. True 8/10.
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115.
Boris - Akuma No Uta
🇯🇵 Stoner metal, 2003. True 8/10.
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116.
Pan.thy.monium - Dawn Of Dreams
🇸🇪 Avant-garde death metal, 1992. True 8/10.
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117.
Evoken - Antithesis Of Light
🇺🇸 Funeral doom metal, 2005. True 8/10.
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118.
Forgotten Silence - Senyaan
🇨🇿 Progressive / avant-garde death metal, 1998. True 8/10.
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119.
Brodequin - Festival Of Death
🇺🇸 Brutal death metal, 2001. True 8/10.
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120.
Deathspell Omega - Paracletus
🇫🇷 Black metal, 2010. True 8/10.
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121.
Slayer - Show No Mercy
🇺🇸 Thrash / speed metal, 1983. True 8/10
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122.
Dream Theater - Images And Words
🇺🇸 Progressive metal, 1992. True 8/10.
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123.
The Chasm - The Scars Of A Lost Reflective Shadow
🇲🇽🇺🇸 Proggy death metal, 2022. True 8/10.
250.
124.
Forteresse - Métal Noir Québécois
🇨🇦 Black metal, 2006. True 8/10.
250.
125.
The Chasm - The Spell Of Retribution
🇲🇽🇺🇸 Proggy death metal, 2004. True 8/10.
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126.
Arizmenda - Stillbirth In The Temple Of Venus
🇺🇸 Psychedelic black metal, 2014. True 8/10.
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127.
Mastery - Valis
🇺🇸 Avant-garde black metal, 2015. True 8/10.
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128.
Obtained Enslavement - Soulblight
🇳🇴 Symphonic black metal, 1998. True 8/10.
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129.
Voivod - Nothingface
🇨🇦 Progressive / avant-garde metal, 1989. True 8/10.
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130.
Voivod - Killing Technology
🇨🇦 Progressive thrash metal, 1987. True 8/10.
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131.
Orthrelm - Ov
🇺🇸 Avant-garde metal, 2005. True 8/10.
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132.
Megadeth - So Far, So Good... So What?
🇺🇸 Thrash metal, 1988. True 8/10.
250.
133.
Vektor - Outer Isolation
🇺🇸 Progressive thrash metal, 2011. True 8/10
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134.
HALO - Degree Zero Point Of Implosion
🇦🇺 Sludge / industrial / drone metal, 2000. True 8/10.
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135.
Brodequin - Instruments Of Torture
🇺🇸 Brutal death metal, 2000. True 8/10.
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136.
Drudkh - Forgotten Legends
🇺🇦 Atmospheric Black Metal, 2003. True 8/10.
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137.
Dying Fetus - Destroy The Opposition
🇺🇸 Brutal death metal, 2000. True 8/10
250.
138.
Gorement - The Ending Quest
🇸🇪 Death metal, 1994. True 8/10.
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139.
M.S.W. - Obliviosus
🇺🇸 Doom metal, 2020. True 8/10.
250.
140.
Godflesh - Selfless
🇬🇧 Industrial / sludge / post-metal, 1994. True 8/10.
250.
141.
Burzum - Filosofem
🇳🇴 Atmospheric black metal, 1996. True 8/10.
250.
142.
Desire - Infinity... A Timeless Journey Through An Emotional Dream
🇵🇹 Death doom metal, 1996. True 8/10.
250.
143.
Volahn - Popol Vuh
🇺🇸 Black metal, 2025. True 8/10.
250.
144.
Atvm - Famine, Putrid And Fucking Endless
🇬🇧 Progressive death metal, 2021. True 8/10.
250.
145.
Meshuggah - Chaosphere
🇸🇪 Progressive metal / djent, 1998. True 8/10.
250.
146.
Sigh - Heir To Despair
🇯🇵 Avant-garde metal, 2018. True 8/10.
250.
147.
Between The Buried And Me - Colors
🇺🇸 Progressive metalcore, 2007. True 8/10.
250.
148.
Opeth - Still Life
🇸🇪 Progressive extreme metal, 1999. True 8/10.
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149.
Godflesh - Hymns
🇬🇧 Industrial / sludge metal, 2001. True 8/10.
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150.
Opeth - Orchid
🇸🇪 Extreme progressive metal, 1995. True 8/10.
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151.
Ophis - Withered Shades
🇩🇪 Progressive thrash metal, 1992. True 8/10.
250.
152.
Kvist - For Kunsten Maa Vi Evig Vike
🇳🇴 Black metal, 1996. True 8/10.
250.
153.
La Torture Des Ténèbres - V
🇨🇦 Atmospheric black metal, 2024. True 8/10.
250.
154.
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
🇺🇸 Technical / progressive death metal, 1991. True 8/10.
250.
155.
Dan Swanö - Moontower
🇸🇪 Progressive metal, 1999. True 8/10.
250.
156.
Torture Chain - Mutilating Astral Entities
🇺🇸 Black metal, 2013. True 8/10.
250.
157.
Unholy - Rapture
🇫🇮 Death doom metal, 1998. True 8/10.
250.
158.
Mortal Decay - Forensic
🇺🇸 Brutal death metal, 2002. True 8/10.
250.
159.
Godflesh - Streetcleaner
🇬🇧 Industrial metal, 1989. True 8/10.
250.
160.
Gojira - From Mars To Sirius
🇫🇷 Progressive death metal, 2005. True 8/10.
250.
161.
Urfaust - Geist Ist Teufel
🇳🇱 Black metal, 2004. True 8/10.
250.
162.
Old Man's Child - The Pagan Prosperity
🇳🇴 Melodic black metal, 1997. True 8/10.
250.
163.
Morgue (FRA) - The Process To Define The Shape Of Self Loathing
🇫🇷 Deathgrind / grindcore, 2002. True 8/10.
250.
164.
Paysage d'Hiver - Winterkälte
🇨🇭 Atmospheric black metal, 2001. True 8/10.
250.
165.
Regurgitation (USA - OH) - Tales Of Necrophilia
🇺🇸 Brutal death metal, 1999. True 8/10.
250.
166.
Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough
🇺🇸 Avant-garde black metal, 2009. True 8/10.
250.
167.
Carnival In Coal - French Cancan
🇫🇷 Avant-garde metal, 1999. True 8/10.
250.
168.
Mekong Delta - Mekong Delta
🇩🇪 Progressive thrash metal, 1987. True 8/10.
250.
169.
Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
🇺🇸 Death metal, 1989. True 8/10.
250.
170.
Dark Tribe - In Jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr Der Tollwütigen Bestie
🇩🇪 Black metal, 2004. True 8/10.
250.
171.
Endon - MAMA
🇯🇵 Avant-garde metal / noise rock, 2014. True 8/10.
250.
172.
Pan.thy.monium - Khaooohs
🇸🇪 Avant-garde death metal, 1993. True 8/10.
250.
173.
Brodequin - Harbinger Of Woe
🇺🇸 Brutal death metal, 2024. True 8/10.
250.
174.
Funebrarum - Beneath The Columns Of Abandoned Gods
🇺🇸 Death metal, 2001. True 8/10.
250.
175.
Immolation - Dawn Of Possession
🇺🇸 Death metal, 1991. True 8/10.
250.
176.
Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten
🇺🇸 Brutal death metal, 1991. True 8/10.
250.
177.
Absu - Tara
🇺🇸 Black / thrash metal, 2001. True 8/10.
250.
178.
Krallice - Krallice
🇺🇸 Avant-garde black metal, 2008. True 8/10.
250.
179.
Skáphe - Skáphe²
🇺🇸 Dissonant black metal, 2016. True 8/10.
250.
180.
Cult Of Luna - Vertikal
🇸🇪 Sludge / post-metal, 2013. True 8/10.
250.
181.
Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
🇺🇸 Progressive metal, 2002. True 8/10.
250.
182.
Godflesh - Pure
🇬🇧 Industrial metal, 1992. True 8/10.
250.
183.
Master's Hammer - Ritual
🇨🇿 Black metal, 1991. True 8/10.
250.
184.
Meshuggah - Catch Thirtythree
🇸🇪 Progressive metal / djent, 2005. True 8/10.
250.
185.
Byatis - In Dark Abysses Of Memory
🇫🇷 Technical brutal death metal, 2003. True 8/10.
250.
186.
Nahvalr - Nahvalr
🇺🇸 Black noise, 2008. True 8/10.
250.
187.
Autonoesis - Moon Of Foul Magics
🇨🇦 Black thrash, 2022. True 8/10.
250.
188.
Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory
🇬🇧 Death metal, 1994. True 8/10.
250.
189.
Darklord - Symphony Satanikka
🇦🇺 Brutal death / symphonic black metal, 2002. True 8/10.
250.
190.
Windir - Sóknardalr
🇳🇴 Melodic black metal, 1997. True 8/10.
250.
191.
Havohej - Kembatinan Premaster
🇺🇸 Avant-garde black metal / industrial, 2009. True 8/10.
250.
192.
Manes - Under Ein Blodraud Maane
🇳🇴 Black metal, 1999. True 8/10.
250.
193.
Volahn - Aq'Ab'Al
🇺🇸 Black metal, 2014. True 8/10.
250.
194.
Gorgasm - Masticate To Dominate
🇺🇸 Brutal death metal, 2003. True 8/10.
250.
195.
Mütiilation - Vampires Of Black Imperial Blood
🇫🇷 Black metal, 1995. True 8/10.
250.
196.
Igorrr - Savage Sinusoid
🇫🇷 Avant-garde metal / breakcore, 2017. True 8/10.
250.
197.
Nile - Amongst The Catacombs Of Nephren-Ka
🇺🇸 Technical brutal death metal, 1998. True 8/10.
250.
198.
Mekong Delta - Kaleidoscope
🇩🇪 Progressive thrash metal, 1992. True 8/10.
250.
199.
Voivod - Synchro Anarchy
🇨🇦 Progressive thrash metal, 2022. True 8/10.
250.
200.
Mayhem - Ordo Ad Chao
🇳🇴 Black Metal, 2007. True 8/10.
250.
201.
Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked
🇺🇸 Technical brutal death metal, 2005. True 8/10.
250.
202.
Carnival In Coal - Collection Prestige
🇫🇷 Avant-garde metal, 2005. True 8/10.
250.
203.
Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment 2
🇺🇸 Progressive metal, 1999. True 8/10.
250.
204.
The Devouring Void - Hypnagogic Hallucinations
🇵🇹 Black metal, 2021. True 8/10.
250.
205.
Direwolf - Beyond The Lands Of Human Existence
🇺🇸 Avant-garde / progressive black metal, 2007. True 8/10.
250.
206.
Papangu - Holoceno
🇧🇷 Progressive / avant-garde metal ; zeuhl, 2021. True 8/10.
250.
207.
Gorgoroth - Under The Sign Of Hell
🇳🇴 Black Metal, 1997. True 8/10.
250.
208.
Nedgravd - Ascension
🇳🇴 Death metal, 2026. True 8/10.
250.
209.
Gonin-ish - 内視鏡世界
🇯🇵 Progressive metal / avant-prog, 2005. True 8/10.
250.
210.
Blut Aus Nord - The Mystical Beast Of Rebellion
🇫🇷 Dissonant black metal, 2001. True 8/10.
250.
211.
Naked City - Leng Tch'e
🇺🇸 Drone metal, 1992. True 8/10.
250.
212.
Sieges Even - Sophisticated
🇩🇪 Progressive metal, 1995. True 8/10.
250.
213.
Graal - Sigullum Naturae
🇺🇦 Avant-garde black metal, 1998. True 8/10.
250.
214.
Rotting - Crushed
🇨🇦 Brutal death metal, 1998. True 8/10.
250.
215.
Infester - To The Depths, In Degradation
🇺🇸 Death metal, 1994. True 8/10.
250.
216.
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity
🇺🇸 Mathcore, 1999. True 8/10.
250.
217.
Ungfell - Mythen, Mären, Pestilenz
🇨🇭 Black metal, 2018. True 8/10.
250.
218.
Arch Enemy - Burning Bridges
🇸🇪 Melodic death metal, 1999. True 8/10.
250.
219.
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
🇬🇧 Heavy metal, 1984. True 8/10.
250.
220.
Appalling Spawn - Freedom, Hope & Fury (The Second Spawn)
🇨🇿 Technical brutal death metal, 1998. True 8/10.
250.
221.
Meth. - Shame
🇺🇸 Avant-garde sludge metal / noise rock, 2024. True 8/10.
250.
222.
Barren Path - Grieving
🇺🇳 Grindcore, 2025. True 8/10.
250.
223.
Dissection - The Somberlain
🇸🇪 Melodic black metal, 1993. Low 8/10.
250.
224.
Necrophagist - Epitaph
🇩🇪 Technical death metal, 2004. Low 8/10.
250.
225.
Godflesh - Songs Of Love And Hate
🇬🇧 Industrial metal, 1996. Low 8/10.
250.
226.
Bethlehem - Dictius Te Necare
🇩🇪 DSBM, 1996. Low 8/10.
250.
227.
Kaatayra - Inpariquipê
🇧🇷 Black metal / folk, 2021. Low 8/10.
250.
228.
Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King
🇺🇸 Proggy heavy metal, 1987. Low 8/10.
250.
229.
Mindrot - Dawning
🇺🇸 Death doom / sludge / gothic metal, 1995. Low 8/10.
250.
230.
こくまろみるく - 少女娼婦
🇯🇵 Avant-garde power metal, 2008. Low 8/10.
250.
231.
Pisscorpse - Precipice Of Death
🇺🇸 Deathgrind / grindcore, 2026. Low 8/10.
250.
232.
Darkspace - Dark Space I
🇨🇭 Atmospheric black metal, 2003. Low 8/10.
250.
233.
Naked City - Torture Garden
🇺🇸 Avant-garde jazz / grindcore, 1990. Low 8/10.
250.
234.
Sühnopfer - Offertoire
🇫🇷 Melodic black metal, 2014. Low 8/10.
250.
235.
Scorpions - Taken By Force
🇩🇪 Heavy metal, 1977. Low 8/10.
250.
236.
Acid - Acid
🇧🇪 Heavy metal, 1983. Low 8/10.
250.
237.
Portal - Swarth
🇦🇺 Dissonant death metal, 2009. Low 8/10.
250.
238.
Blood Incantation - Hidden History Of The Human Race
🇺🇸 Death metal, 2019. Low 8/10.
250.
239.
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
🇬🇧 NWOBHM, 1980. Low 8/10.
250.
240.
Neurosis - Neurosis & Jarboe [Collaboration]
🇺🇸 Avant-garde atmospheric sludge metal, 2003. Low 8/10.
250.
241.
Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum
🇫🇷 Black metal, 2007. Low 8/10.
250.
242.
Effluence - Anticholinergic Derangement
🇺🇸 Avant-garde brutal death metal, 2026. Low 8/10.
250.
243.
Boris - Heavy Rocks
🇯🇵 Stoner metal, 2002. Low 8/10.
250.
244.
Holocaust - Hypnosis Of Birds
🇬🇧 Progressive / avant-garde metal, 1988. Low 8/10.
250.
245.
Sigh - Hail Horror Hail
🇯🇵 Avant-garde black metal, 1997. Low 8/10.
250.
246.
Pensées Nocturnes - Vacuum
🇫🇷 DSBM, 2009. Low 8/10.
250.
247.
Pestilence - Consuming Impulse
🇳🇱 Death metal, 1989. Low 8/10.
250.
248.
Angel Witch - Angel Witch
🇬🇧 Heavy Metal, 1980. Low 8/10.
250.
249.
Fall Of Because - Life Is Easy
🇬🇧 Industrial metal / noise rock, 1999. Low 8/10.
250.
250.
Sigh - Shiki
🇯🇵 Progressive / avant-garde metal, 2022. Low 8/10.
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Here it is, my own top 200 list! I hope you guys can find some cool stuff in it
Feel free to recommend me more albums, but also to tell me why my opinion is wrong and x album should be rated higher or lower, that's what those lists are for after all
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Nice list, lots of great albums in there. I especially like the Tech Death and Thrash selection. Especially glad to see Unquestionable Presence
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Written by Guib on 21.02.2024 at 03:40

Nice list, lots of great albums in there. I especially like the Tech Death and Thrash selection. Especially glad to see Unquestionable Presence

That's a fun thing to point out, those are two of the least represented genres in the list, glad you like my selection though!
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Written by Roman Doez on 21.02.2024 at 22:54

Written by Guib on 21.02.2024 at 03:40

Nice list, lots of great albums in there. I especially like the Tech Death and Thrash selection. Especially glad to see Unquestionable Presence

That's a fun thing to point out, those are two of the least represented genres in the list, glad you like my selection though!

Well, they are 2 of my favourite genres so Im inclined to find and point 'em out.
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Respect for not having a lot of albums in the 10's and 9's, some people are giving high scores like candies.
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Written by BurntEmbodiment on 29.05.2025 at 13:47

Respect for not having a lot of albums in the 10's and 9's, some people are giving high scores like candies.

Yeah I try to keep my 9s and 10s for album that are truly special to me, it's a little silly when people have 200 albums rated 9 or 10, as good as those albums may be
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Any recommendations for bands similar to Sigh, but with more focused/streamlined songwritting? I like the idea behind the music, but the different genre mesh feels rather unorganic and disjointed. At times it feels like the artist is "throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks", I love some of their albums, but I like those more straightforward albums like Scorn Defeat (more orthodox black metal), Gallows Gallery (blackened power metal I guess?) and Hangman's Hymn (punchy symphonic black metal).
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Written by BurntEmbodiment on 01.06.2025 at 18:26

Any recommendations for bands similar to Sigh, but with more focused/streamlined songwritting? I like the idea behind the music, but the different genre mesh feels rather unorganic and disjointed. At times it feels like the artist is "throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks", I love some of their albums, but I like those more straightforward albums like Scorn Defeat (more orthodox black metal), Gallows Gallery (blackened power metal I guess?) and Hangman's Hymn (punchy symphonic black metal).

I've been thinking about this and tbh there isn't really any band that sounds like Sigh, even on their most straight-forward releases. I've heard The Meads Of Asphodel have a lot in common with Sigh but I haven't listened to them yet so I can't vouch for that.
There's hints of Sigh in stuff like Solefald, Pensées Nocturnes, Thy Catafalque, Hail Spirit Noir or Arcturus but they each do their own thing with more or less genre meshing.
Japanese bands like Kokumaromilk and Gonin-ish are probably your best picks if you want something kinda like Sigh but more restrained, but once again they both do their own things.
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Finally gave this list a big update with an actual methodology this time around, it's a lot more definitive than before and I even expanded it to a top 250
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Nice to see Desire on this, a very good but underrated band from my country.

The Dream Theater albums are all correct and Cynic too

Honourable mention to Mekong Delta, a great band! You have a lot of prog gems on this, for sure.
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Cool list. Seeing Timeghoul is especially awesome.
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