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My Top 50 Favorite Metal Albums Of All Time

Limiting my picks to one album per band (otherwise it would have been a much larger list), here are my top 50 favorite metal albums of all time including my favorite track for each album:…

1.Stratovarius - Episode
2.Angra - Angels Cry
3.Helloween - Better Than Raw
4.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
5.Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark

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Created by stratogustav on 18.03.2023



My Top 30 Albums Of 2002

1.Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane
2.Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
3.Agalloch - The Mantle
4.Opeth - Deliverance
5.Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos

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Created by JHK on 26.06.2022



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50 Favorite Bands

The bands are in that order on purpose, from most to least favorite, but favorite nonetheless. The format is:

band | favourite album by the band | favorite song (or 2) by the band

Last updated on 4 November…

1.Meshuggah - Nothing
2.Opeth - Blackwater Park
3.Immolation - Close To A World Below
4.Death - Symbolic
5.Agalloch - The Mantle

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Created by Qualeen on 31.01.2022



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My Most Frequently Listened-to Albums Of 2021

Based on Last.fm.

1.Dream Theater - Images And Words
2.Vital Remains - Dechristianize
3.Wintersun - Wintersun
4.Infant Annihilator - The Battle Of Yaldabaoth
5.Tool - Lateralus

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Created by Qualeen on 01.01.2022



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400+ Favorite Songs

Last updated on 28 January 2025.

1.Dream Theater - Images And Words
2.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
3.Wintersun - Wintersun
4.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
5.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

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Created by Qualeen on 10.10.2021



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200+ Favorite Albums

Note: Tool intentionally ommitted because they don't consider themselves metal. Otherwise you'd see their first 4 albums in top 25.

Last updated: 27 January 2025.

1.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
2.Agalloch - The Mantle
3.Opeth - Blackwater Park
4.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
5.Lost Horizon - A Flame To The Ground Beneath

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Created by Qualeen on 30.09.2021



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August 2021 Jams

I just want to note that these are my favorites to listen to right now, and not necessarily the albums I would rate "best" or "most classic". Pure preference

1.Entombed - Left Hand Path
2.Antestor - The Forsaken
3.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
4.Amenra - De Doorn
5.Wintersun - Wintersun

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Created by Qualeen on 25.08.2021



Top Favourite Progressive Metal Albums

Not my genre so this is a pretty limpdicked list.

Inc. Avant Garde Metal because I'm a Philistine who can't tell the difference.

1.Tool - Lateralus
2.Celtic Frost - Monotheist
3.Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale
4.Opeth - Ghost Reveries
5.Death - Symbolic

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Created by blackwreath13 on 27.04.2021



Top 30 Albums Of 2002

1.Agalloch - The Mantle
2.Immortal - Sons Of Northern Darkness
3.Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
4.Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane
5.Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

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Created by al3xjpt on 01.04.2020



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Club: Technical/progressive Music That Ain't Over The Top Wankery

this list is related to this forum thread, please check
this list is a collaborative one and will surely grow ; it is a proof of concept for a club feature, see here.

Hi people. I'd like to create…

1.Angra - Angels Cry
2.Angra - Holy Land
3.Angra - Fireworks
4.Angra - Rebirth
5.Angra - Temple Of Shadows

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Created by Ansercanagicus on 14.03.2019



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Dietrich's Top 50: 2000-2010

1.Celtic Frost - Monotheist
2.Behemoth - Evangelion
3.Septicflesh - Communion
4.Behemoth - Demigod
5.Decapitated - Nihility

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Created by Dietrich on 28.01.2017



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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



Top Albums In My Collection In Alphabetical Order

My most listened to and favourite albums in my collection.

1.AC/DC - High Voltage
2.AC/DC - Highway To Hell
3.AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
4.Amon Amarth - Fate Of Norns
5.Amon Amarth - Once Sent From The Golden Hall

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Created by baumer on 14.12.2014



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Progressive Spiritual Euphoria / Best prog Albums Ever .

So here we are again . After many years of dedication and love to this music that we call progressive metal, here are some of the best albums that ever existed and made the earth a better place . Give…

1.Dan Swanö - Moontower
2.Cynic - Traced In Air
3.Cynic - Focus
4.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini
5.Enslaved - Ruun

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Created by Hazelnut Nero on 20.09.2014



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Djent

In order of release date, a list of what are in my opinion, the best Djent related albums. (I say 'djent related', because in many cases it is not their primary genre).

1.Meshuggah - Nothing
2.SikTh - The Trees Are Dead And Dried Out, Wait For Something Wild
3.Meshuggah - Catch Thirtythree
4.SikTh - Death Of A Dead Day
5.Textures - Drawing Circles

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Created by Moose on 31.08.2014