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The Metal Art Of Thrashing (Ordered By Years)

A list by
Guib
Created
May 24, 2011
Entries
520
Endorsements
165
**WARNING: Mega-list ahead**

So you're seeking some good ol' (or new) Thrash Metal and you don't know where to look? Recommendations are running low and you're tired of wandering…
1. Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing
2. Metallica - Kill 'Em All
3. Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
4. Slayer - Show No Mercy
5. Dr. Know - Plug-In Jesus
+ 515 more

A List Of Great Debut Albums

A list by
Erik M.
Created
November 30, 2012
Entries
365
Endorsements
70
A lot of bands have great debut albums. Obviously this list is just a fraction of all the great debut albums out there, but it's a start. I'll keep expanding this list continuously, so all suggestions…
1. Aarni - Bathos
2. Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia
3. Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom
4. Sadness - Ames De Marbre
5. Solefald - The Linear Scaffold
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Circles....

A list by
me<3mertl
Created
April 03, 2015
Entries
100
Endorsements
25
A bunch of albums with a big circle on the cover
1. Karnivool - Sound Awake
2. Skyclad - The Silent Whales Of Lunar Sea
3. Death - Scream Bloody Gore
4. Pentagram - Pentagram
5. Russian Circles - Empros
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Guide To First Wave Of Black Metal

A list by
ANGEL REAPER
Created
May 13, 2013
Entries
17
Endorsements
24
This list is a guide to the first wave of Black Metal.
Releases here are considered to be a part of the first wave
or they stylistically are similar to the first wave bands.
Some releases are of thrash/death…
1. Venom - Welcome To Hell
2. Venom - Black Metal
3. Mercyful Fate - Mercyful Fate
4. Slayer - Show No Mercy
5. Mercyful Fate - Melissa
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My Top 35 Thrash Metal Albums Of All Time

A list by
Soulweeper
Created
April 01, 2010
Entries
35
Endorsements
24
1. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
2. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
3. Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power
4. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
5. Testament - Demonic
+ 30 more

All Metal Of All Time Top 300: Albums

A list by
Redel
Created
March 01, 2014
Entries
315
Endorsements
21
An entirely subjective list of my all-time favourite metal albums, well lets better say albums/genres featured on MS, since not all here is precisely metal.
Objective quality is not a criteria here, just…
1. Anathema - The Silent Enigma
2. Opeth - Morningrise
3. Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum
4. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
5. Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss
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My Favorite Metal Albums Of All Time (Last Update: June 2022)

A list by
F3ynman
Created
June 09, 2021
Entries
100
Endorsements
18
(Last Update: 2022)

These are my top 100 favorite albums - they are the reason why I love metal!
Enjoy!
Format: Band | Album | (genre, release year, country) What I like about the album; Favorite…
1. Judas Priest - Painkiller
2. Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
3. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
4. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
5. Death - Spiritual Healing
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109 All-Time Favorite Songs

A list by
Death To Posers
Created
January 10, 2011
Entries
109
Endorsements
14
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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My Favorite Metal Songs

A list by
F3ynman
Created
June 24, 2021
Entries
95
Endorsements
14
Here is a revamped list of my favorite metal songs!
Listed in ALPHABETICAL ORDER (sorted by band name), as it's too hard to rank them!

The old version of my “300+ Greatest Metal Songs of All Time”…
1. Acherontas - Vamachara
2. Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
3. Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
4. Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
5. Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
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Song Titles With The Band`s Name

A list by
Plattner
Created
February 12, 2023
Entries
535
Endorsements
14
It is not uncommon that album titles are chosen after the band`s name. However, song titles that include or are identical to the band`s name are relatively seldom found.
This is an alphabetical list…
1. (hed) p.e. - Broke
2. 16 - Drop Out
3. 71TONMAN - 71TONMAN
4. 1914 - Viribus Unitis
5. 1917 - Viribus Unitis
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Top 100 US Thrash Albums

A list by
ChapuLviz
Created
April 21, 2012
Entries
100
Endorsements
14
1. Slayer - Reign In Blood
2. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
3. Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
4. Exodus - Bonded By Blood
5. Overkill - The Years Of Decay
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Top 250 Metal Releases Of All Time

A list by
Roman Doez
Created
February 21, 2024
Entries
250
Endorsements
14
Here’s my list of what I consider to be the best metal albums (+2 compilations and like 2 demo I think) of all time.
Enjoy!

Bands that appear the most in the list:
9 times: Sigh
5 times: Dream Theater,…
1. Windir - Arntor
2. Sigh - In Somniphobia
3. Vektor - Terminal Redux
4. Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
5. La Torture Des Ténèbres - IV - Memoirs Of A Machine Girl
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Screechy Evil Felonious Blitzing Metal

A list by
ScreamingSteelUS
Created
August 25, 2023
Entries
38
Endorsements
12
The concept of this list is not exceptionally well defined, but I'm circling a basic sound of lean, fast-paced metal with high-pitched vocals that tend to be on the harsher side. The album that inspired…
1. Judas Priest - Painkiller
2. Evil Invaders - Shattering Reflection
3. Bütcher - 666 Goats Carry My Chariot
4. Agent Steel - Skeptics Apocalypse
5. Riot - ThunderSteel
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The "Must Have" And The "Could Have" Metal Albums Of The 80's

A list by
Tzo
Created
August 25, 2013
Entries
211
Endorsements
11
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…
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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All Metal Of All Time Top 300: Songs

A list by
Redel
Created
March 08, 2014
Entries
322
Endorsements
10
1. Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum
2. Theatre Of Tragedy - Theatre Of Tragedy
3. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans
4. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
5. Anathema - The Silent Enigma
+ 317 more