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KB's Favorite Albums Of All Time (Only Metal)
Here is my provisional favorite-metal-albums-of-all-time-list! Enjoy!
The first 10 albums are in pretty accurate order. However, after that, it becomes harder and harder to separate the albums clearly.
The first 10 albums are in pretty accurate order. However, after that, it becomes harder and harder to separate the albums clearly.
| 1. | Cult Of Luna - Somewhere Along The Highway |
| 2. | Disillusion - Back To Times Of Splendor |
| 3. | Grand Alchemist - Intervening Coma-Celebration |
| 4. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 5. | Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory |
| + 72 more |
Some Essential Melodic Death Albums
These are 36 of the my favorite Melodeath albums in no particular order. This will hopefully serve as a starting point for someone new to the style. If one of your favorites isn't on here, it's…
| 1. | Dark Tranquillity - Fiction |
| 2. | The Absence - Riders Of The Plague |
| 3. | Darkane - Expanding Senses |
| 4. | Insomnium - Since The Day It All Came Down |
| 5. | Luna Mortis - The Absence |
| + 32 more |
The Albums That Got Me Into Metal
This is a list of some of the very first albums that got me into metal. And before you look, yes, A7X and DragonForce are on the list, deal with it, it happened, I still listen to plenty of great bands!
| 1. | Avenged Sevenfold - City Of Evil |
| 2. | In Flames - Come Clarity |
| 3. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 4. | At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul |
| 5. | DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage |
| + 9 more |
My Top Albums Of The Decade: 2000's (On Going)
| 1. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 2. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 3. | Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness |
| 4. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
| 5. | Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet |
| + 121 more |
100 Greatest Metal Bands
Pretty self-explanatory, with a couple caveats: first, this is mostly just a list of my favorite metal bands in approximate order (after the top 10 or so the order matters far less), with extra weight…
| 1. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 2. | Iron Maiden - Powerslave |
| 3. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 4. | Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance |
| 5. | Slayer - Reign In Blood |
| + 95 more |
My Top 15 Albums Of 2000
2000 has seen the surfacing of many breathtaking albums from both influential and newly formed bands, so here are my top 15 albums of 2000.
| 1. | Weakling - Dead As Dreams |
| 2. | Immolation - Close To A World Below |
| 3. | Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris |
| 4. | The Crown - Deathrace King |
| 5. | Nevermore - Dead Heart, In A Dead World |
| + 10 more |
2000 (An Exploration)
| 1. | Iron Maiden - Brave New World |
| 2. | Rhapsody - Dawn Of Victory |
| 3. | Nightwish - Wishmaster |
| 4. | Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper |
| 5. | Mudvayne - L.D. 50 |
| + 12 more |
My Top Albums Of 2000
| 1. | Nevermore - Dead Heart, In A Dead World |
| 2. | Soilwork - The Chainheart Machine |
| 3. | The Haunted - The Haunted Made Me Do It |
| 4. | Helloween - The Dark Ride |
| 5. | Dark Tranquillity - Haven |
| + 19 more |