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The Metal Art Of Thrashing (Ordered By Years)
**WARNING: Mega-list ahead**
So you're seeking some good ol' (or new) Thrash Metal and you don't know where to look? Recommendations are running low and you're tired of wandering…
So you're seeking some good ol' (or new) Thrash Metal and you don't know where to look? Recommendations are running low and you're tired of wandering…
| 1. | Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing |
| 2. | Metallica - Kill 'Em All |
| 3. | Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies |
| 4. | Slayer - Show No Mercy |
| 5. | Dr. Know - Plug-In Jesus |
| + 515 more |
Top 200 Metal Masterpieces Of All Time
RANKING CRITERIA :
- Originality [ 35% of the rating ]
- Songwriting [ 35% of the rating ]
- Performance [ 30% of the rating ]
- Originality [ 35% of the rating ]
- Songwriting [ 35% of the rating ]
- Performance [ 30% of the rating ]
| 1. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 2. | Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast |
| 3. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 4. | Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality |
| 5. | Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind |
| + 195 more |
Guib's Essentials (Alphabetical Order)
Wanna know what I headbang to on the regular? The releases that have seen countless re-spins... Well, this is a very simple list and something you've probably seen a lot of other MS users do in the…
| 1. | Absu - The Third Storm Of Cythrául |
| 2. | AC/DC - High Voltage |
| 3. | Alestorm - Black Sails At Midnight |
| 4. | Alien Weaponry - Tū |
| 5. | Amon Amarth - Fate Of Norns |
| + 152 more |
50 Albums Of Pure Eargasm For The Ages
This is buy or die stuff (in no particular order), the epitome of pure awesomeness!
| 1. | Windir - Arntor |
| 2. | Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes |
| 3. | Cor Scorpii - Monument |
| 4. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 5. | Summoning - Dol Guldur |
| + 45 more |
Favorite Albums By My Favorite Bands
I picked one album by each of my favorite bands for this list. Keep in mind that after the first few albums I put on the list, it became increasingly difficult to figure out where to place artists in my…
| 1. | Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory |
| 2. | Seventh Wonder - The Great Escape |
| 3. | Symphony X - The Odyssey |
| 4. | Circus Maximus - Nine |
| 5. | Haken - Visions |
| + 25 more |
Favorite Megadeth Albums
| 1. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 2. | Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? |
| 3. | Megadeth - So Far, So Good... So What? |
| 4. | Megadeth - Endgame |
| 5. | Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! |
| + 9 more |
Best Metal Albums Of Decade 90'S
| 1. | Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers |
| 2. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 3. | Death - The Sound Of Perseverance |
| 4. | Pantera - Cowboys From Hell |
| 5. | Death - Symbolic |
| + 257 more |
The Top Albums Of Ch'ti
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…
Keep in mind that I've only been seriously listening to metal for a few years, and that it's…
| 1. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
| 2. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 3. | Opeth - Ghost Reveries |
| 4. | Sepultura - Beneath The Remains |
| 5. | Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal |
| + 369 more |
The Albums That Made Me Who I Am Today - Part 1: The Early Years
OK, let's get this straight right now: THIS IS NOT A LIST OF MY FAVOURITE ALBUMS. Neither is it a 'Best Of' list in any shape, manner or form. And it is also not a list of albums I consider…
| 1. | Anathema - Judgement |
| 2. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 3. | Cradle Of Filth - Midian |
| 4. | Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger |
| 5. | Def Leppard - Hysteria |
| + 21 more |
Thrash Effect
Like my other genre-based lists, this exists purely for my own organizational purposes and not to provide a definitive statement about or guidebook to the thrash genre. I've folded some speed metal…
| 1. | Slayer - Reign In Blood |
| 2. | Gama Bomb - Citizen Brain |
| 3. | Cross Examination - Menace II Sobriety |
| 4. | Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss |
| 5. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| + 515 more |
200+ Favorite Albums
Note: Tool intentionally ommitted because they don't consider themselves metal. Otherwise you'd see their first 4 albums in top 25.
Last updated: 1 July 2026.
Last updated: 1 July 2026.
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 3. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 5. | Vital Remains - Dechristianize |
| + 266 more |
Ranking The Big 4 Discographies
my ranking of the Big 4s Full-Length albums
Near the bottom , the rankings get a bit more 'interchangeable' because I can't be bothered to specifically discern the difference between turd…
Near the bottom , the rankings get a bit more 'interchangeable' because I can't be bothered to specifically discern the difference between turd…
| 1. | Slayer - Reign In Blood |
| 2. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 3. | Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? |
| 4. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 5. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| + 44 more |
The Most Metal / Rock Albums With Impact On Me
Kinda saw another relative lists on here that state this, one bad and one inspirational, so thought I might do my own.
Alphabetic order. And don't ask why a lot of Testament stuff is there, if their…
Alphabetic order. And don't ask why a lot of Testament stuff is there, if their…
| 1. | AC/DC - Back In Black |
| 2. | Accept - Stalingrad |
| 3. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 4. | Amon Amarth - Versus The World |
| 5. | Anthrax - Spreading The Disease |
| + 44 more |
Top 65 Heavy Metal Albums
| 1. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 2. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 3. | Pantera - Cowboys From Hell |
| 4. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 5. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| + 60 more |
400+ Favorite Songs
Last updated on 7 July 2026.
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
| 3. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 4. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 5. | Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast |
| + 443 more |