Top 2026 Albums of All Time

Top 2026 Albums of All Time

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A list by
metal_imran
Created
January 05, 2026
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All 2026 Metal albums that I have listened to and all are ranked.
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Enshine - Elevation
(Sweden/France) Melodic Death/Doom Metal - Really calm and chill to listen to. These types of music is always great to do your work or even school stuff.
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Denominate - Restoration
(Finland) Progressive Death Metal - I was speechless about this album. Perfect blend of heaviness and beauty. Finland don't miss with amazing metal bands out there.
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Marianas Rest - The Bereaved
(Finland) Melodic Doom/Death Metal - these 2 genres fit perfectly with each other. I normally don't like or listen to a lot of doom metal songs. But this album hits really deep.
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Møl - Dreamcrush
(Denmark) Post-Black Metal/Shoegaze - Holy shit this is amazing. Every songs hits you deep and has the strong emotions.
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Urne - Setting Fire To The Sky
(UK) Stoner/Sludge Metal - I normally don't listen to Stoner or Sludge metal often. But my goodyness Urne really know how to go hard.
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Ov Sulfur - Endless
(USA) Deathcore - The debut album slapped but this one slaps even harder. Sick riffs and breakdowns. Last song was also really beautiful.
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Ellende - Zerfall
(Austria) Post-Black Metal - The older albums are better but this one is really melancholic and has great solos and vocals in them.
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Destroy Them - Threshold Of Apocalypse
(Germany) Thrash Metal - Former members of Sucidal Angels and Exarsis and omg it has that sound of them and it's awesome. Riffs go fast asf and the solos are out this world.
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Deathraiser - Forged In Hatred
(Brazil) Thrash Metal - Fast Thrash metal riffs and drums always go hard. If anyone can do amazing Thrash are the ones from Brazil.
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Carrion Vael - Slay Utterly
(USA) Melodic Death Metal - Really sick riffs and vocals. Every song slaps really hard.
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Genus Ordinis Dei - The Land East Of Eden
(Italy) Symphonic Death/Groove Metal/Metalcore - This album is really amazing. Love the vocals and the dark atmoshphere.
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Kreator - Krushers Of The World
(Germany) Thrash Metal - The German legends are back and still kicking it with their new album. Amazing riffs and catchy chorus. Both studio and live are amazing to listen to.
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Ectovoid - In Unreality's Coffin
(USA) Death Metal - Really great mix of modern and old school death metal. Solos punch you right into your guts.
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Handful Of Hate - Soulless Abominations
(Italy) Black Metal - Who would've thought Italian black metal would hit this hard.
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The Mensis Ritual - Cainite
(UK) Deathcore - Insane vocals and amazing drums. Riffs go hard on this.
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Elbereth's Grace - Where Silence Speaks
(Switzerland) Symphonic Metal - Very speachless. Perfect blend of deep vocals and symphonicness. I love the female vocals.
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REDIVIDER - SOUNDS OF MALICE
(USA) Death Metal - How every amazing Death Metal albums should sound like. Brutal riffs and awesome vocals.
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Concrete - Absent Mortality
(Bulgaria) Death Metal - The Balkans are uniting with more amazing underrated bands.
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Soen - Reliance
(Sweden) Progressive Metal - Really chill album. Not really their works by looking at the last 3 albums they released. But the last song was really soothing and beautiful.
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Total Annihilation - Mountains Of Madness
(Switzerland) Thrash/Death Metal - Great combination of both albums and love the darkness of it.
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Upiór - Forefathers' Eve (Redemption)
(France) Symphonic Death Metal - Insaely awesome album is this my goodness. The symphonic part fits really well and the vocals are deep and the solos are amazing.
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Velozza - Humanity
(The Netherlands) Thrash Metal - For their first debut album they nailed it. I have a feeling more albums in the future will be even more awesomess.
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Venger - Times of Legend
(UK/Austria/Norway) Heavy Metal - I feel like they were inspired by Judas Priest. Pretty great debut album from them.
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Dawnbreaker - Pactum Sanguine Novo
(USA) Symphonic Blackened Death Metal - Drums go insane on this album and it's chaotic but great to listen to.
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Stabbing - Eon Of Obscenity
(USA) Brutal Death Metal - Brutal Death and slam bands from US just hits different. They always know how to be brutal and aggressive at the same time.
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Stalwart - Tempvs Edax Rervm
(Russia) Death/Thrash - Drums go hard and great vocals.
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Edenbridge - Set The Dark On Fire
(Austria) Symphonic Power Metal - Not really the greatest symphonic metal album that i have listened to so far. But I do like the vocals a lot.
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Wildhunt - Aletheia
(Austria) Thrash Metal - Really fun riffs and great solos.
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The Ruins Of Beverast - Tempelschlaf
(Germany) Atmospheric Black/Doom Metal - Pretty interesting album combining slow and speed.
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Draconis Infernum - The Black Flames Of Satan
(Singapore) Black Metal - Really strong and fast black metal. Dark atmosphere is the way to go.
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Malignant Aura - Where All Of Worth Comes To Wither
(Australia) Death/Doom Metal - For me doom is always hit or miss. This one has a mix of both. I still like the death elements in them but not my thing sadly.
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Architectural Genocide - Malignant Cognition
(USA) Brutal Death Metal - My cup of tea. Cool artwork and sick deep riffs.
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Death Dealer - Reign Of Steel
(USA) Power Metal - It's a really soft power metal album and not a lot of energy into it. But it has great solos so far.
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Hellevator - Feed Of Arms
(Sweden) Thrash Metal - Pretty sick riffs and solos.
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A Dead Poem - Scars of Divine Rebellion
(Brazil) Doom/Black/Gothic Metal - Dark slow atmosphere. Great deep vocals and sharp solos.
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1986 - Carniveil
(UK) Sludge Metal/Hardcore - Pretty interesting combination with the 2 genres. They do fit perfectly together. The slowness and the vocals are a great match.
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Barbarian - The Reek of God
(Italy) Speed/Thrash/Black metal - With these 3 genres than Midnight and Knife can be better. Solid album but not really heavy enough to combine these genres.
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Woe - Legacies Of Human Frailty
(USA) Black Metal - Bit softer for a Black Metal album but still has the fastness and great vocals.
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Oraculum - Hybris Divina
(Chile) Death Metal - Not really the greatest death metal I've heard. But it has great riffs and solos. They have potential to be amazing in the future.
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Deathgeist - Underworld
(Brazil) Thrash Metal - Brazil always hit hard with their Thrash bands. Not really the strongest. But so far is still pretty decent.
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Megadeth - Megadeth
(USA) Thrash/Heavy Metal - Not really the greatest Megadeth album i have listen to. Good riffs and solos tho.
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Rebel Nation - Atomic Inferno
(Poland) Thrash Metal/Metalcore - Catchy riffs but the vocals isn't really the greatest. Overall it's a good album.
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Fuath - III
(UK) Atmospheric Black Metal - Long songs and are really repetitive.
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Alba Viking - Alba Viking
(UK) Progressive/Thrash Metal - All instrumental songs. They all have pretty cool solos but for the rest it's not that special.
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Sickoticks - Order is Dead
(Spain) Thrash Metal - Vocals are really strange and some solos feel bit wonky.
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Bullet - Kickstarter
(Sweden) Heavy Metal - Really cool riffs. But the singer is trying to sound like Brian Johnson but it's not great. But it's good.
Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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