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The Best "(Melodic) Death Doom" Albums

A list by
Erik M.
Created
August 04, 2013
Entries
59
Endorsements
86
Here's a list that contains only Death Doom and Melodic Death Doom Metal albums, so Gothic (check out my other list for that), Funeral or Sludge Doom etc. are NOT included here (but elements from…
1. Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
2. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans
3. Saturnus - Paradise Belongs To You
4. Desire - Locus Horrendus - The Night Cries Of A Sullen Soul...
5. Disembowelment - Transcendence Into The Peripheral
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My Top 75 Albums Of All Time

A list by
Erik M.
Created
October 22, 2012
Entries
75
Endorsements
77
My top 75 favourite albums of all time (initially it was a top 20 list, and after that top 50). Only 1 album per band. The list is in alphabetical order, so it doesn't represent explicitly which album…
1. After Forever - Decipher
2. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
3. Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde
4. Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes
5. Anathema - The Silent Enigma
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A List Of Great Debut Albums

A list by
Erik M.
Created
November 30, 2012
Entries
365
Endorsements
70
A lot of bands have great debut albums. Obviously this list is just a fraction of all the great debut albums out there, but it's a start. I'll keep expanding this list continuously, so all suggestions…
1. Aarni - Bathos
2. Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia
3. Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom
4. Sadness - Ames De Marbre
5. Solefald - The Linear Scaffold
+ 360 more

Top 500 Albums of All Time

A list by
nonZero
Created
October 06, 2018
Entries
500
Endorsements
34
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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Top 50 Doom/Gothic Metal Albums

A list by
saw_you_drown
Created
June 05, 2011
Entries
70
Endorsements
23
1. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
2. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
3. Katatonia - Discouraged Ones
4. My Dying Bride - The Angel And The Dark River
5. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
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All Metal Of All Time Top 300: Albums

A list by
Redel
Created
March 01, 2014
Entries
315
Endorsements
21
An entirely subjective list of my all-time favourite metal albums, well lets better say albums/genres featured on MS, since not all here is precisely metal.
Objective quality is not a criteria here, just…
1. Anathema - The Silent Enigma
2. Opeth - Morningrise
3. Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum
4. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
5. Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss
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The Best Gothic Metal Albums

A list by
TheMAGAmvm
Created
April 25, 2014
Entries
101
Endorsements
19
Note 1: This list will take time before it gets a definitive form (or it might take forever if good gothic metal albums will be released in the future).

Note 2: Another important feature is that this…
1. Estatic Fear - A Sombre Dance
2. Tiamat - Wildhoney
3. The Sins Of Thy Beloved - Lake Of Sorrow
4. Tristania - Widow's Weeds
5. Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear
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My Top 20 Doom Metal Albums

A list by
lup0demacch1a
Created
April 17, 2010
Entries
20
Endorsements
12
1. Saturnus - Paradise Belongs To You
2. Katatonia - Dance Of December Souls
3. Virgin Black - Elegant...And Dying
4. My Dying Bride - The Angel And The Dark River
5. Empyrium - A Wintersunset...
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All Metal Of All Time Top 300: Songs

A list by
Redel
Created
March 08, 2014
Entries
322
Endorsements
10
1. Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum
2. Theatre Of Tragedy - Theatre Of Tragedy
3. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans
4. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
5. Anathema - The Silent Enigma
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Artists With Only 8+ Albums

A list by
Liafev
Created
May 21, 2025
Entries
229
Endorsements
9
Only bands with at least 3 albums, and all albums rated over 8 (with at least 50 votes).
1. Allegaeon - USA / 7 albums / Formed in: 2005 / Genres: Melodic death metal, Technical death metal
2. Allegaeon - Fragments Of Form And Function
3. Allegaeon - Formshifter
4. Allegaeon - Elements Of The Infinite
5. Allegaeon - Proponent For Sentience
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1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

A list by
pandrstudios
Created
May 31, 2022
Entries
1247
Endorsements
8
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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Top 30 Doom Metal Albums

A list by
nonZero
Created
March 18, 2024
Entries
30
Endorsements
8
Doom Metal is one of those genres that I'd never really taken much notice of until I started working my way through the MS top 200 albums. I'd listened to Black Sabbath when a teacher at my school…
1. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
2. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
3. Slumber - Fallout
4. Doom:VS - Dead Words Speak
5. October Tide - Rain Without End
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Top 1000 Artworks On Metal Storm

A list by
purplejesus
Created
January 04, 2026
Entries
1031
Endorsements
4
As chosen by me, of course. This is highly subjective.

In progress and in tandem with:
Favorite Album Art, 1960s-1990s
Favorite Album Art, 2000s
Favorite Album Art, 2010s
Favorite Album Art, 2020s
Favorite…
1. ...And Oceans - The Regeneration Itinerary
2. 16 - Curves That Kick
3. 16 - Blaze Of Incompetence
4. 16 - Bridges To Burn
5. 16 - Dream Squasher
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Urs' Top 10 Of 1996

A list by
Urs Blank
Created
March 05, 2010
Entries
10
Endorsements
4
Overall year rating:
4,5/5
1. Opeth - Morningrise
2. Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
3. Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
4. Tool - Ænima
5. Moonspell - Irreligious
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Mr. Cheeky's Favourite Debut Albums Throughout The Years

A list by
Grind Magus
Created
March 11, 2014
Entries
37
Endorsements
3
This is a list of my favourite debut albums.
I'm sure there are some years that will have multiple great debut albums but I'm limiting to only putting one band per year.
The ones that I put…
1. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
2. AC/DC - T.N.T.
3. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
4. Venom - Welcome To Hell
5. Witchfinder General - Death Penalty
+ 32 more