1.Rage - End Of All Days

2.Rage - Black In Mind

3.Paradise Lost - Draconian Times

4.Sentenced - Down

5.Dark Tranquillity - The Mind's I

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1.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

2.In Flames - The Jester Race

3.Moonspell - Irreligious

4.Katatonia - Brave Murder Day

5.Cradle Of Filth - Dusk... And Her Embrace

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1.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

2.Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields

3.Saturnus - Paradise Belongs To You

4.Opeth - Still Life

5.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

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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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Plus my top three favourite tracks from each release. \m/

Honourable mentions:
Stratovarius - Episode (Power)
Marduk - Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered (Black)
Cannibal Corpse - Vile (Death)
Korn…

1.Burzum - Filosofem

2.Moonspell - Irreligious

3.Gorgoroth - Antichrist

4.Satyricon - Nemesis Divina

5.Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar

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The purpose of this list is not to find and record which albums are the best but to define Dark Metal. We will try to specify which albums are the definitive examples of Dark Metal. "Dark Metal"…

1.Rotting Christ - Sanctus Diavolos

2.Celtic Frost - Monotheist

3.Nightfall - At Night We Prey

4.Septicflesh - Sumerian Daemons

5.Behemoth - I Loved You At Your Darkest

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All my favourite songs ranked in order best down.

1.Rush - 2112

2.Deep Purple - In Rock

3.Jethro Tull - Aqualung

4.Rainbow - Rising

5.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

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Plus whatever Goth Rock I have that was available...

1.Fields Of The Nephilim - Mourning Sun

2.Moonspell - Night Eternal

3.Paradise Lost - Obsidian

4.Moonspell - Wolfheart

5.Tristania - Beyond The Veil

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Must Listen: The First 8…

1.Angra - Holy Land

2.Anathema - Eternity

3.Type O Negative - October Rust

4.Stratovarius - Episode

5.Grave Digger - Tunes Of War

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**Trigger warning**

Albums and EPs rated 8.6+ from 100+ votes which I've given an 8 or lower to.

I've listened to and rated every album on MS that meets this criteria (at time of most recent…

1.Anathema - Judgement

2.Paradise Lost - Draconian Times

3.Anathema - Alternative 4

4.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

5.Motörhead - Overkill

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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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1.Moonspell - Irreligious

2.Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear

3.Paradise Lost - Draconian Times

4.Rotting Christ - A Dead Poem

5.Tristania - Beyond The Veil

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No particular order…

1.Graveworm - As The Angels Reach The Beauty

2.Graveworm - Scourge Of Malice

3.Dimmu Borgir - For All Tid

4.Dimmu Borgir - Stormblåst

5.Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

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Suggestions are always welcome …

1.Paradise Lost - Draconian Times

2.Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear

3.Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell

4.The Sins Of Thy Beloved - Lake Of Sorrow

5.Tristania - Widow's Weeds

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Stuff that got me hooked in the course of the years, from my very first blurred memories as a toddler to the present day.
Lots of catchy tunes, some cheese, very few flowers.
Songs that had a big impact…

1.Queen - Jazz

2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3.Dio - Holy Diver

4.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

5.Einstürzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch

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