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109 All-Time Favorite Songs

My Favorite Metal Songs. I tried to limit myself to one song per album, so this list also doubles as my favorite song off of each of these albums also. Probably stop the list at 666 if I ever get there.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
2.Iron Maiden - Rock In Rio
3.Testament - The Legacy
4.Exodus - Bonded By Blood
5.Wolf (UK) - Edge Of The World

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Created by Death To Posers on 10.01.2011



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The "Must Have" And The "Could Have" Metal Albums Of The 80's

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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Created by Tzo87 on 25.08.2013



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The Timeless

1.All time & genre (including Non-Metal on MS)
2.Only studio albums & EPs
3.I DON'T modify this list. So, this list is THE FINAL edition and based on my selection on 1 April 2017. (Modified on 12 February…

1.Opeth - Blackwater Park
2.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
3.Krallice - Diotima
4.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
5.Deathspell Omega - Kénôse

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Created by Lastempire on 07.07.2012



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Top 25 Albums Of 1987

Updated 10/23/18…

1.Toxik - World Circus
2.Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence
3.King Diamond - Abigail
4.Manilla Road - Mystification
5.Sacred Reich - Ignorance

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Created by Dangerboner on 02.03.2010



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A Thrash List But Not Exactly From A Thrasher

Thrash may not be my favorite metal subgenre but it's one of them. There have always been thrash albums I always get back to with great pleasure and I am usually happy when thrash veterans get back with…

1.Kreator - Terrible Certainty
2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
3.Slayer - South Of Heaven
4.Annihilator - Never, Neverland
5.Death Angel - Act III

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Created by JoHn Doe on 03.04.2020



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2012 Resolutions: This Year I'll Listen To...

Old and new, classic and obscure, hard rock and extreme, primal and progressive... here are 12 releases (one per month) that I have heard of on MetalStorm and elsewhere that seem to be really really good…

1.Wormphlegm - In An Excruciating Way Infested With Vermin And Violated By Executioners Who Practise Incendiarism And Desanctifying The Pious
2.Angizia - Das Schachbrett Des Trommelbuben Zacharias
3.Summoning - Stronghold
4.Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
5.Disembowelment - Transcendence Into The Peripheral

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Created by Qube on 07.01.2012



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Thrashing Fury

I'm not a big fan of Thrash, these are perhaps the only albums I enjoy listening to, and even then only rarely. So enjoy if you can.

1.Prong - Beg To Differ
2.Morbid Saint - Spectrum Of Death
3.Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
4.Demolition Hammer - Epidemic Of Violence
5.Exhorder - Slaughter In The Vatican

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Created by Mikyz on 14.09.2011



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Making My Way Through The MS Top 200

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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Created by Roman Doez on 13.04.2023



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TOP STRAIGHT FORWARD IN YOUR FACE THRASH ALBUMS

Following are the albums which are in my opinion Pure Thrash Metal and defines the art of Thrash /Speed Metal.

1.Exodus - Bonded By Blood
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3.Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!
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5.Metal Church - Metal Church

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Created by Haiwaan Das on 09.01.2012



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Testament Ranked

Testament is one of the greatest band in the US Thrash metal scene , along side Exodus, Overkill And Death Angel it is part of the second row of the big four.

1.Testament - The New Order
2.Testament - Practice What You Preach
3.Testament - The Legacy
4.Testament - Souls Of Black
5.Testament - The Gathering

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Created by Blackcrowe on 26.04.2024



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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 will…

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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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 and…

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

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Created by ScreamingSteelUS on 16.05.2016



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The Mightiest Albums Annually

Mightiest = albums I can listen to almost anytime/anywhere - no matter how many times they never wear out - and always give me pleasure, power, euphoria, goosebumps, inspiration and many other nasty things.

1.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud
2.Anaal Nathrakh - Desideratum
3.Battle Beast - Battle Beast
4.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone
5.Skeletonwitch - Forever Abomination

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Created by Tomas Piller on 14.01.2016



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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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Testament Albums - Top To Bottom

Testament. Perhaps one of the most prolific, great-sounding and legendary thrash metal bands. Underrated not to go along with the Big 4 instead of the overrated Anthrax, but one can also thank the Gods…

1.Testament - The New Order
2.Testament - The Legacy
3.Testament - Low
4.Testament - Dark Roots Of Earth
5.Testament - Practice What You Preach

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Created by Iron Nostarion on 21.09.2011