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Top 65 Heavy Metal Albums

1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace
2.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
3.Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
4.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
5.Judas Priest - Painkiller

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Created by wild_chale on 20.02.2011



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Top 25 Favorite Metal Albums (embedded in my heart)

1.Metallica - ...And Justice For All
2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
3.Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark
4.Metallica - Metallica
5.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth

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Created by Vikcen on 10.06.2010



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Top 45 Thrash Metal Albums

Thrash was one of the first metal genres I got into around 2005. I discovered Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, etc through Kerrang! magazine and their albums quickly became my favourites at the time. Now, I've discovered many more such as Vektor, Testament and Nevermore thanks to MS.

So here are my favourites of the genre with my rating, its sub-genre and release year:

(Score is an average of each album's song ratings, full list located here)

If you discovered any new albums or like the same sort of thrash metal, be sure to give this list a thumbs-up and leave a comment so more people can find these amazing bands!

My other lists:
Top 500 Albums (ordered & rated)
Top 25 EPs (also ordered & rated)
Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres)
Top 200 Overrated Albums (trigger warning)
So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)

1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
3.Metallica - ...And Justice For All
4.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
5.Slayer - Reign In Blood

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Created by nonZero on 04.03.2024



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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 March 2024.

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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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 20 BIG 4 Of Thrash - Albums

May not be the best by everyone's standards but they're my best and favourites.

1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace
3.Metallica - ...And Justice For All
4.Slayer - Reign In Blood
5.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

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Created by Aviator15 on 03.05.2011



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My Best Album By Year (1967-2009)

1.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach
2.Doom:VS - Dead Words Speak
3.Swallow The Sun - Hope
4.Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side
5.Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell

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Created by cobrapel on 01.10.2010



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Top Albums Of My Life

1.Symphony X - Paradise Lost
2.Metallica - ...And Justice For All
3.Dream Theater - Train Of Thought
4.Dream Theater - Octavarium
5.Opeth - Blackwater Park

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Created by Quinaitor on 15.03.2010



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My Top 20 Favorite Albuns

Top metal albuns based on the influence they have in my personality and by the way they changed some ideas and theories I had.

1.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
2.Symphony X - The Odyssey
3.Therion - Secret Of The Runes
4.Dream Theater - Images And Words
5.Primordial - Spirit The Earth Aflame

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Created by Njord on 08.03.2010



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Metal Albums Ranked From WORSHIP To DISLIKE

Ratings go from:

WORSHIP ❤️❤️❤️: Absolute greatness, a mindblowing album.
LOVE ❤️❤️🖤: Amazing release with very few flaws.
LIKE ❤️🖤🖤: Enjoyable but far from perfect.
DISLIKE 💔: Not very good or maybe not fitting my tastes.

I've decided to stop rating albums with a numerical value as I tend to feel uncomfortable with that. This list has a minimalistic, subjective and visceral approach, based purely on sensations and personal tastes. Mainly for personal use and doesn't pretend to be a serious ranking, but emerges from the need to remember which bands and albums I enjoyed and the ones I disliked. I constantly revisit new releases so first impressions may change over time. It usually takes 8-10 spins for me to get completely sure of a rating.

1.Æther Realm - Tarot
2.Abhoria - Abhoria
3.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
4.Agrypnie - Metamorphosis
5.Allegaeon - Fragments Of Form And Function

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Created by Rinbel on 14.03.2022



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Top Favourite Thrash Albums

Erm... sorry Dave... >.>

1.Slayer - Reign In Blood
2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
3.Kreator - Pleasure To Kill
4.Power Trip - Nightmare Logic
5.Sodom - M-16

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Created by blackwreath13 on 06.03.2020



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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 a list of albums with the purpose of being as complete as possible. I'm looking for music that is technical or progressive, although I really don't like when things get out of hand, with crazy vocals in 4 different registers building tension and brutally stoping to yield it to a shredding solo in mixolydian helped by drums in 11/12 which try to imitate the synth syncopation in counterpoint, for ten seconds before jumping into something else.

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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My All Time Favorite (metal) Albums...

Metal albums (and yes, I consider metalcore to be metal) that rocked my world, with maximum 2 albums per band sorted by bands in alphabetic order. Live, EP and compilation albums allowed, also including hard rock and stoner rock albums.

It will be updated as I discover new bands so check it sometime

1.Alabama Thunderpussy - Open Fire
2.Alice In Chains - Dirt
3.All That Remains - The Fall Of Ideals
4.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God
5.Annihilator - Alice In Hell

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Created by Drogich on 27.09.2014



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Metallica Albuns Best To Worst

in my opinion!

1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
2.Metallica - ...And Justice For All
3.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
4.Metallica - Kill 'Em All
5.Metallica - Death Magnetic

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Created by RuiQuental on 17.06.2011



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Personal Favorite Guitar Solos

As a long time guitarist, i have a passion to learn and play guitar riffs and solos and these ones are an ultimate guide for guitar playing. Some solos are just more memorable than others and the following are the most well craftted solos i have heard till now.

1.Angra - Temple Of Shadows
2.Scorpions - Love At First Sting
3.Judas Priest - Painkiller
4.Symphony X - The Odyssey
5.Savatage - Edge Of Thorns

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Created by Mountain King on 25.02.2011