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Classic Metal Albums Of Forever

*** READ ME *** This list is about the greatest metal albums of all-time, from all sub-genres and all countries. You won't see bands like Deep Purple, Rush, BOC, Zeppelin, etc., nor will you see bands…

1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
4.Death - Symbolic
5.Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath

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Created by saw_you_drown on 18.05.2011



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Top 50 Doom/Gothic Metal Albums

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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Created by saw_you_drown on 05.06.2011



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All Metal Of All Time Top 300: Albums

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.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans
5.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

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Created by Redel on 01.03.2014



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All Metal Of All Time Top 300: Songs

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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Created by Redel on 08.03.2014



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My Top 100 Metal Albums EVER

1.The Gathering - How To Measure A Planet?
2.Tiamat - Wildhoney
3.My Dying Bride - A Line Of Deathless Kings
4.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
5.Samael - Ceremony Of Opposites

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Created by in the mist on 23.11.2012



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Albums With Multiple Title Tracks

Albums that share their name with a song usually have only one title track. However, there are also examples of albums where several songs contribute to the album name.

Please feel free to suggest more…

1.Alcest - Écailles De Lune
2.All For Metal - Gods Of Metal (Year Of The Dragon)
3.Alpinist - Lichtlærm
4.Anathema - Eternity
5.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

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Created by Plattner on 20.05.2023



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MY FAVORITE ALBUMS

All my favorite albums (rated 9 or 10), in cronological order.

1.Iotunn - Access All Worlds
2.Soen - Imperial
3.Draconian - Under A Godless Veil
4.Soen - Lotus
5.Chapel Of Disease - ...And As We Have Seen The Storm, We Have Embraced The Eye

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Created by Dark Horizons on 26.05.2018



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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive 1996

A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

1996 was a very soild year, even though in the mainstream metal/rock started to go down…

1.Therion - Theli
2.Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
3.Vinterland - Welcome My Last Chapter
4.Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear
5.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

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Created by Handala on 03.08.2022



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90s Favourites (Some Obvious Choices, Some Good And Some Odd)

This is an old list I made on my previous account. I've update it a little bit.
My introduction text back then said: "A list of 90s albums I enjoyed throughout the decade, some I discovered…

1.Marillion - Brave
2.Dream Theater - Awake
3.Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade Of Gray
4.Enchant - Break
5.Marillion - Holidays In Eden

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Created by John doe on 18.06.2022



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Top 100 Gothic Metal Records

Yes, I decided to do another gothic metal list because it been rapidly changing since my last two lists. I love revisiting this kind of list because of how different my tastes have changed withing this…

1.Anathema - Eternity
2.Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell
3.The Foreshadowing - Days Of Nothing
4.Monumentum - In Absentia Christi
5.Tiamat - Wildhoney

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Created by Gothic Metalhead on 16.05.2020



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My Favorite Albums

1.Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields
2.Thurisaz - Scent Of A Dream
3.Opeth - Morningrise
4.Empyrium - A Wintersunset...
5.Anathema - Eternity

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Created by berkayhalfm on 26.01.2020



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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

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Created by saw_you_drown on 03.06.2015



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My TOP 100 Metal Albums - At 2011 May

1.Novembre - Wish I Could Dream It Again
2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
3.Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
4.Metallica - ...And Justice For All
5.Autumnal - Grey Universe

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Created by Thrasher Hungary on 01.06.2011



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GREAT SONGS COVERED BY METAL BANDS

^^Rules 2 songs per band but not for the same record^^

The real merit of covering a song is that it has to sound so good that everyone thinks it’s your own creation.
Some people say that some covers…

1.Voivod - The Outer Limits
2.Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
3.Motörhead - Motörhead
4.Metallica - The $5.98 EP - Garage Days Re-Revisited
5.Judas Priest - Sin After Sin

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Created by Blackcrowe on 09.10.2024



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Top 50 Of 1995-1999

1.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
2.Sentenced - Amok
3.Paradise Lost - Draconian Times
4.Anathema - Alternative 4
5.Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding

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Created by Alex Avagianos on 19.08.2022