A list of metal albums inspired and based with themes from the works/writings of H.P. Lovecraft. Recommendations/suggestions are welcome. Only one album per band and album featured on MS.

1.Aarni - Bathos

2.Aldebaran - Embracing The Lightless Depths

3.Arkham Witch - Legions Of The Deep

4.Auroch - Taman Shud

5.Back To R'lyeh - The Awakening / Last Fight of the Primordial

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1.Adramelech - PsychoStasia

2.Armageddon - Crossing The Rubicon

3.Asphyx - Last One On Earth

4.At The Gates - Terminal Spirit Disease

5.Atheist - Piece Of Time

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A list of bands ordered by the biggest difference between their highest rated album on MS and their lowest rated album on MS. Finally my Excel skills paid off. Some ratings may be a bit outdated. Open…

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Metallica - Lulu [Collaboration]

3.Celtic Frost - Monotheist

4.Celtic Frost - Cold Lake

5.Machine Head - The Blackening

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Updated 14.4.2024

My rather personal and improvised take on the subject matter. The list is pretty wage, I'll be updating it a lot and the order might vary a little depending on some things, but they're…

1.Marillion - Marbles

2.Anathema - Weather Systems

3.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

4.Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta

5.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

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These are the 211 essential hard rock/metal albums of the 80's, as were selected by the Greek Magazine "Metal Hammer" (August 2001 issue).

The albums followed by a star are the "must have", whereas…

1.Angel Witch - Angel Witch

2.AC/DC - Back In Black

3.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

4.Diamond Head - Lightning To The Nations

5.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

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Some of these albums are known just when you see their album cover. They are usually iconic albums (whether positively or negatively) and one can easily identify them even if they were zoomed out tons…

1.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

2.Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter

3.Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse

4.Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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The greatest albums of all time aka albums that nobody needs to listen to unless they want to aka only 9/10 and 10/10 albums here aka no memes, sorry. No particular order either. Will add more albums in…

1.Lurker Of Chalice - Lurker Of Chalice

2.!T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)

3.Evoken - Quietus

4.Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter

5.Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny

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1.Warning - Watching From A Distance

2.Aquilus - Griseus

3.King Diamond - Abigail

4.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

5.Candlemass - Nightfall

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I've been into Hardrock/Metal since I was 9 years or so (that's now 5/6 years ago) and here's some turning point albums…

1.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

2.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

3.Obituary - Xecutioner's Return

4.Carcass - Symphonies Of Sickness

5.Autopsy - Acts Of The Unspeakable

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My personal list of best death metal albums of all time. If you have an album you think I should check out, message it to me!…

1.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

2.Death - Symbolic

3.Asphyx - Last One On Earth

4.Obituary - Cause Of Death

5.Gorguts - The Erosion Of Sanity

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This is an alphabetical list of metal songs and albums that inspired the names of other artists.

While comparable lists often focus on the band name and explain its origin, this list turns the point…

1.Amebix - No Sanctuary: The Spiderleg Recordings

2.Anathema - Alternative 4

3.Arch Enemy - Black Earth

4.Architects - Ruin

5.Ayreon - The Final Experiment

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What seems the most important albums for me in chronological order.
I wish I could carry the list year after year to see how my tastes changed and new findings.
I can help but notice that old albums immediately…

1.Frank Zappa - Freak Out

2.The Who - Tommy

3.Frank Zappa - Uncle Meat

4.Frank Zappa - Hot Rats

5.King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King

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The MS top 200 is supposed to represent the absolute peak of metal music, the timeless classics. I have been listening to metal for about 6 years now and would consider myself fairly knowledgeable about…

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3.W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol

4.Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die

5.Ensiferum - Ensiferum

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1.Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

2.Carcass - Heartwork

3.Abramelin - Abramelin

4.Sepultura - Arise

5.Nocturnus - The Key

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1.Obituary - Cause Of Death

2.Hypocrisy - Osculum Obscenum

3.Bolt Thrower - The IVth Crusade

4.Nile - Amongst The Catacombs Of Nephren-Ka

5.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

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