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Top 500 Albums of All Time

I've been listening to Metal since 2005 and it has become my biggest passion in life. Rarely a day goes by where I don't listen to it in one form or another. The bands I listened to in my teens…

1.Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
2.Opeth - Blackwater Park
3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
4.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
5.Opeth - Still Life

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Created by nonZero on 06.10.2018



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Circles....

A bunch of albums with a big circle on the cover…

1.Karnivool - Sound Awake
2.Skyclad - The Silent Whales Of Lunar Sea
3.Death - Scream Bloody Gore
4.Pentagram - Pentagram
5.Russian Circles - Empros

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Created by me<3mertl on 03.04.2015



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Top 200 Overlooked Albums

This list aims to be the counterpart to the Metal Storm Top 200 Albums (plus a few extras).

If you discover a new band or already like any of the ones here, please give this list a thumbs up and/or…

1.Solipsist - The Human Equation
2.Ayahuasca - Beneath The Mind
3.Cryptomnesia - Primordial Oddity
4.Element (USA) - The Energy
5.Telepathy - 12 Areas

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Created by nonZero on 15.07.2020



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20 Less Known Albums For A Power/Sympho Fan

By "less known" I mean that less than 100 MS users have these albums in their collection.

1.Allen/Lande - The Battle
2.Angel Dust - Bleed
3.At Vance - Heart Of Steel
4.Ark - Burn The Sun
5.Battlelore - The Last Alliance

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Created by Zmaj Ognjeni Vuk on 05.03.2010



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Metal Mascots

Mascots are an established and popular part of metal fan culture. In contrast to sports team mascots, they are no cute talismans, but are regarded as personification of the band and its music (or even…

1.Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge
2.Annihilator - Alice In Hell
3.Anthrax - Inside Out
4.Artillery - B.A.C.K.
5.Avenged Sevenfold - Waking The Fallen

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Created by Plattner on 28.09.2023



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Empowering Albums For Powerless Losers

This is a list of all the power metal albums I have listened to that are worth remembering. Like my other genre lists, this is not meant to be a definitive guide to power metal or a binding judgment on…

1.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth
2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
3.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
4.Jag Panzer - Thane To The Throne
5.X Japan - Art Of Life

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Created by ScreamingSteelUS on 19.09.2019



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Top 46 Power Metal Albums

Power Metal is a genre I've gotten into quite a bit over the past few years. I'd only really listened to Symphony X before, but discovered Blind Guardian, Wuthering Heights, Gamma Ray and others…

1.Galneryus - Angel Of Salvation
2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
3.Wuthering Heights - Far From The Madding Crowd
4.Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free
5.Symphony X - The Odyssey

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Created by nonZero on 12.02.2024



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1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

WORK IN PROGESS! Welcome to what I consider the "1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" or in other words, a list of records of various genres in the arrays of Metal and Hard Rock that…

1.High Tide - Sea Shanties
2.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
4.Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come
5.Josefus - Dead Man

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Created by pandrstudios on 31.05.2022



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The Next Best Power Metal Albums Of All Time

If you already checked my previous list (http://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=312) and are aware about most of the albums on that list then you might want other solid power metal albums to check…

1.Victorius - Dreamchaser
2.Dreamland - Future's Calling
3.Theocracy - As The World Bleeds
4.Serious Black - As Daylight Breaks
5.Mob Rules - Savage Land

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Created by Mountain King on 04.01.2020



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Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Of 00's

1.Primal Fear - Black Sun
2.Grave Digger - Rheingold
3.Wolf - Ravenous
4.Paragon - The Dark Legacy
5.Sentenced - The Funeral Album

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Created by Mrtvozornik on 03.05.2016



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Top 100 (+8) Of 2005-2009

2000-2004 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5844
2010-2014 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5828
2015-2019 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6722

I…

1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
2.Opeth - Ghost Reveries
3.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach
4.Gojira - From Mars To Sirius
5.Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die

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Created by Crys1s on 19.09.2019



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My Favorite Power Metal Albums

These are my favorite power metal albums. Not only are they liked for their musical quality, but also for their sheer genius.

1.Dragonland - Astronomy
2.Sabaton - The Art Of War
3.Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden
4.Kamelot - Ghost Opera
5.Dream Evil - Dragonslayer

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Created by Philosopher King on 08.04.2013



Bloodbound Albums - Best To Worst

1.Bloodbound - Nosferatu
2.Bloodbound - Unholy Cross
3.Bloodbound - In The Name Of Metal
4.Bloodbound - Tabula Rasa
5.Bloodbound - Creatures Of The Dark Realm

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Created by Mrtvozornik on 28.03.2024



TOP 50 POWER/HEAVY/HardRok 2k-2k9

1.Powerwolf - Bible Of The Beast
2.Iron Maiden - Brave New World
3.HammerFall - Renegade
4.HammerFall - Crimson Thunder
5.HammerFall - Threshold

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Created by jeffster69 on 11.04.2022



Top 20 Of 2005

Must Listen: The First 11…

1.System Of A Down - Mezmerize
2.Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
3.System Of A Down - Hypnotize
4.Sentenced - The Funeral Album
5.Primal Fear - Seven Seals

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Created by Alex Avagianos on 08.05.2021