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The Metal Art Of Thrashing (Ordered By Years)
**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…
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 |
Top 200 Metal Masterpieces of All Time
RANKING CRITERIA :
- Originality [ 35% of the rating ]
- Songwriting [ 35% of the rating ]
- Performance [ 30% of the rating ]
- Originality [ 35% of the rating ]
- Songwriting [ 35% of the rating ]
- Performance [ 30% of the rating ]
| 1. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 2. | Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast |
| 3. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 4. | Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality |
| 5. | Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind |
| + 195 more |
Classic Metal Albums Of Forever
*** READ ME *** This list is about the greatest metal albums of all-time, from all sub-genres and all countries. You won't see bands like Deep Purple, Rush, BOC, Zeppelin, etc., nor will you see bands…
| 1. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 2. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 3. | Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son |
| 4. | Death - Symbolic |
| 5. | Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath |
| + 95 more |
Top 500 Albums of All Time
I've been listening to Metal since 2005 and it has become my biggest passion in life. Rarely a day goes by where I don't listen to it in one form or another. The bands I listened to in my teens…
| 1. | Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral |
| 2. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 3. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 5. | Opeth - Still Life |
| + 495 more |
If The World Was Ending, I Would Find Time To Listen To These Albums First
So, these are basically my favourite albums of all time, including non-metal/rock acts, compilations and live albums. Needless to say, I would need a couple of days to go through all of these.
| 1. | Dream Theater - Awake |
| 2. | Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse |
| 3. | Riverside - Out Of Myself |
| 4. | Rotting Christ - Triarchy Of The Lost Lovers |
| 5. | Anathema - Alternative 4 |
| + 29 more |
My Top 35 Thrash Metal Albums Of All Time
| 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 |
Guib's Essentials (Alphabetical Order)
Wanna know what I headbang to on the regular? The releases that have seen countless re-spins... Well, this is a very simple list and something you've probably seen a lot of other MS users do in the…
| 1. | Absu - The Third Storm Of Cythrául |
| 2. | AC/DC - High Voltage |
| 3. | Alestorm - Black Sails At Midnight |
| 4. | Alien Weaponry - Tū |
| 5. | Amon Amarth - Fate Of Norns |
| + 152 more |
Scapeplan's Top 50 Albums Of All Time
Alphabetical order.
Limited to 2 albums per band
Top 5 of non-metal:
Pink Floyd-The Wall
King Crimson-In The Court Of The Crimson King
Godspeed You! Black Emperor-Yanqui U.X.O
Comus-First Utterance
Explosions…
Limited to 2 albums per band
Top 5 of non-metal:
Pink Floyd-The Wall
King Crimson-In The Court Of The Crimson King
Godspeed You! Black Emperor-Yanqui U.X.O
Comus-First Utterance
Explosions…
| 1. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 2. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 3. | Anaal Nathrakh - In The Constellation Of The Black Widow |
| 4. | Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas |
| 5. | Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side |
| + 45 more |
Top 73 albums of all time
| 1. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 2. | Amon Amarth - Once Sent From The Golden Hall |
| 3. | Amorphis - Queen Of Time |
| 4. | Angizia - Das Schachbrett Des Trommelbuben Zacharias |
| 5. | Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors |
| + 68 more |
All Metal Of All Time Top 300: Albums
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…
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 |
| + 310 more |
Hidden Title Tracks – Album Titles That Come From A Song`s Lyrics
Almost all album titles fall in one of two categories: The album shares the title with one of its songs (the title track) or, alternatively, the album title is independent from the songs (no title track).
However,…
However,…
| 1. | 40 Watt Sun - Wider Than The Sky |
| 2. | A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays |
| 3. | Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops |
| 4. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 5. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| + 223 more |
*Album Of The Year (For Every Year In My Collection)*
This list is the best album of every year that is represented in my current collection. Some years were really hard to choose as there were many deserving albums, others I had one or very few to choose…
| 1. | Septicflesh - The Great Mass |
| 2. | Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini |
| 3. | Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs |
| 4. | Septicflesh - Communion |
| 5. | Symphony X - Paradise Lost |
| + 27 more |
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 |
| + 104 more |
My Favorite Metal Songs
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”…
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 |
| + 90 more |
Now That's What I Call Range: Highest Highs And Lowest Lows
A list of bands ordered by the biggest difference between their highest rated album on MS and their lowest rated album on MS. Finally my Excel skills paid off. Some ratings may be a bit outdated. Open…
| 1. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 2. | Metallica - Lulu [Collaboration] |
| 3. | Iced Earth - Night Of The Stormrider |
| 4. | Iced Earth - A Narrative Soundscape |
| 5. | Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime |
| + 99 more |