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My Favorite Instrumental Metal Songs
I love instrumentals (songs without vocals)!
One doesn't need words to convey a message and evoke emotions. Instrumentals also show how metal is very closely related to classical music!
These are…
One doesn't need words to convey a message and evoke emotions. Instrumentals also show how metal is very closely related to classical music!
These are…
| 1. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 2. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 3. | Summoning - Minas Morgul |
| 4. | Metallica - ...And Justice For All |
| 5. | Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance |
| + 67 more |
Thrash Effect
Like my other genre-based lists, this exists purely for my own organizational purposes and not to provide a definitive statement about or guidebook to the thrash genre. I've folded some speed metal…
| 1. | Slayer - Reign In Blood |
| 2. | Gama Bomb - Citizen Brain |
| 3. | Cross Examination - Menace II Sobriety |
| 4. | Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss |
| 5. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| + 516 more |
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: 17 July 2026.
Last updated: 17 July 2026.
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 3. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 5. | Vital Remains - Dechristianize |
| + 258 more |
Ranking The Big 4 Discographies
my ranking of the Big 4s Full-Length albums
Near the bottom , the rankings get a bit more 'interchangeable' because I can't be bothered to specifically discern the difference between turd…
Near the bottom , the rankings get a bit more 'interchangeable' because I can't be bothered to specifically discern the difference between turd…
| 1. | Slayer - Reign In Blood |
| 2. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 3. | Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? |
| 4. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 5. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| + 44 more |
The Most Overrated Metal Albums
This list is serious, but shouldn't be taken too seriously. Will add more albums and more mini-reviews in the future. Feel free to agree, disagree or call me a moron. The more opinions, the merrier.
| 1. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 2. | Metallica - ...And Justice For All |
| 3. | Ayreon - The Source |
| 4. | Summoning - Stronghold |
| 5. | Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth |
| + 5 more |
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 |
| + 60 more |
400+ Favorite Songs
Last updated on 7 July 2026.
| 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 |
| + 468 more |
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…
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 |
| + 71 more |
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…
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…
| 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 |
| + 322 more |
