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Top 500 Albums of All Time

I've been listening to Metal since 2005 and it has become my biggest passion in life.

Rarely a day goes by where I don't listen to it in one form or another. The bands I listened to in my…

1.Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
2.Opeth - Blackwater Park
3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
4.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
5.Opeth - Still Life

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Created by nonZero on 06.10.2018



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The Top Of Death's Crystal Mountain (150 Greatest Death Metal Albums)

*** MAX 3 ALBUMS PER ARTIST!!! (Except Death) Also... While extra weight will be given to classic death metal albums, this list will also include exceptional examples of melodic death, death-grind, technical/progressive…

1.Cryptopsy - None So Vile
2.Death - Symbolic
3.Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten
4.Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious
5.Death - Human

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Created by saw_you_drown on 08.04.2015



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Classic Death Metal Top 100

1.Carcass - Heartwork
2.Entombed - Clandestine
3.Napalm Death - Harmony Corruption
4.Pestilence - Testimony Of The Ancients
5.Gorefest - False

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Created by Alexbridger on 14.03.2011



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Top 25 Albums Of All Time

My Top 25 albums of all time!

This list could change a bit as I keep on listening to new music, but at least the first 10-15 albums will probably be on the list.

1.Death - Symbolic
2.Morbid Angel - Covenant
3.Deicide - The Stench Of Redemption
4.Death - Individual Thought Patterns
5.Bloodbath - Resurrection Through Carnage

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Created by Deadmeat on 05.03.2010



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Most Iconic Metal Album Covers (No Order) (More Coming Soon)

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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Created by Iron Nostarion on 01.10.2011



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Best Metal Albums of Decade 90s

The choice of albums was made according to aesthetic criteria, taking into account only musical merits of the recordings.
Neither popularity among fans nor commercial success (or unsuccess) of the albums…

1.Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers
2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace
3.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
4.Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
5.Death - Symbolic

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Created by Vasil de Shumen on 03.02.2012



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Metal Songs And Albums That Inspired The Names Of Other Bands

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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Created by Plattner on 10.03.2023



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A Chronology Of Masterpieces

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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Created by Ansercanagicus on 16.02.2022



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My Album Of The Year, 1970-present

Here's my AotY for each year from 1970, with a runner up (or two) following.
Pink Floyd and Yes aren't here, King Crimson is, so I'll include King Crimson…

1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
2.Deep Purple - In Rock
3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
4.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
5.Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards

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Created by sgtrobo on 04.04.2024



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Top 200 Metal Releases Of All Time

I have finally caved in and made a top 200 list. The main focus here is metal, so no Rush, no King Crimson, Deep Purple, or GY!BE are in the list, but I do still love those bands and others that could…

1.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
2.Windir - Arntor
3.Vektor - Terminal Redux
4.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
5.Sigh - Hangman's Hymn: Musikalische Exequien

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Created by Roman Doez on 21.02.2024



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Most Interesting Interludes/Intros/Outros

(This list is a work in progress)

In this list I intend to compile all of my favorite interludes, intros, outros, short acoustic tracks, instrumentals, non-metal or otherwise atypical songs from the…

1.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
2.Bathory - Blood Fire Death
3.Melechesh - Emissaries
4.Agalloch - The Mantle
5.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

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Created by Qualeen on 05.04.2022



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1001 Metal Albums to Hear Before You Die

An ongoing list for personal use as well as for reference for beginners (& veterans alike). This is solely my personal opinion and taste (Death & Prog mostly but do give every genre a try). Basically…

1.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
2.King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
4.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
5.Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself

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Created by metalriff on 05.02.2021



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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…

1.AC/DC - Back In Black
2.Accept - Stalingrad
3.Agalloch - The Mantle
4.Amon Amarth - Versus The World
5.Anthrax - Spreading The Disease

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Created by Iron Nostarion on 10.05.2012



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One-Hit Albums

A (most probably incomplete) list of albums on which I really enjoy only a single song (in alphabetical order, excluding one-track albums).
They turn out to be albums that I rate a 6 or 7 overall -- with…

1.Agalloch - Pale Folklore
2.Amorphis - Far From The Sun
3.Annihilator - Set The World On Fire
4.Asphyx - The Rack
5.Bathory - Blood Fire Death

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Created by Redel on 09.01.2020



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Death Metal I enjoy the most

Here's a little list displaying my personal favorite death metal albums, based on the same idea as my heavy metal list, thus stressing the raw and the genuine. For me death metal has to be crushing,…

1.Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious
2.Suffocation - Pierced From Within
3.Cynic - Focus
4.Septicflesh - Εσοπτρον
5.Death - Symbolic

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Created by Ansercanagicus on 25.02.2016