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All Time Favourite Albums

1.Dream Theater - Images And Words
2.Mastodon - Crack The Skye
3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
4.Kamelot - Karma
5.Sonata Arctica - Silence

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Created by AdamL on 04.01.2022



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 Winter/Christmas 2021 Playlist

I like to create playlists for fun when I'm not busy. Usually, though, I abandon them soon after. I want this playlist to be a bit different - perhaps not infinitely useful, but I associate all these…

1.Dream Theater - Awake
2.Immolation - Close To A World Below
3.Vader - Impressions In Blood
4.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
5.Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse

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Created by Qualeen on 14.12.2021



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 400+ Favorite Songs

Last updated on 28 January 2025.

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

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Created by Qualeen on 10.10.2021



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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 January 2025.

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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 Top 11 Favourite Metal Albums Of 1988

Plus my top three favourite tracks from each release. \m/

Honourable mentions:
Crimson Glory - Transcendence (Power/Prog)
Megadeth - So Far, So Good... So What? (Thrash)
Pestilence - Malleus Maleficarum…

1.Death - Leprosy
2.Slayer - South Of Heaven
3.Metallica - ...And Justice For All
4.Bathory - Blood Fire Death
5.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

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Created by blackwreath13 on 17.08.2021



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 My Favorite Album Openings

These are my favorite opening songs of all time. When I listened to them, I was instantly hooked! Whether it starts with a slow instrumental build-up or an aggressive assault of riffs, these openers set…

1.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
2.Judas Priest - Painkiller
3.Summoning - Minas Morgul
4.Megadeth - Rust In Peace
5.Testament - The Legacy

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Created by F3ynman on 02.08.2021



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 Best Metal Album Artwork

Albums with the most epic cover art!…

1.Iron Maiden - Powerslave
2.Rainbow - Rising
3.Death - Scream Bloody Gore
4.Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
5.Necrophobic - Mark Of The Necrogram

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Created by F3ynman on 16.06.2021



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 My Favorite Metal Albums Of All Time (June 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 songs
Statistics:
Genre:…

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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Created by F3ynman on 09.06.2021



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 Top 20 of 1988

1.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
2.Manowar - Kings Of Metal
3.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II
4.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
5.Crimson Glory - Transcendence

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Created by Alex Avagianos on 02.03.2021



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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…

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



My Top 10 Of 1988

1.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
2.King Diamond - "Them"
3.Death - Leprosy
4.Bathory - Blood Fire Death
5.Running Wild - Port Royal

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Created by Archie 666 on 01.09.2020



Top 20 Thrash Metal

1.Slayer - Reign In Blood
2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
4.Exodus - Bonded By Blood
5.Flotsam & Jetsam - No Place For Disgrace

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Created by KassianosKassianou on 11.08.2020



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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…

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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 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



My Slayer Albums Ranking

1.Slayer - Reign In Blood
2.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss
3.Slayer - South Of Heaven
4.Slayer - Show No Mercy
5.Slayer - Hell Awaits

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Created by Sangre Sani on 22.12.2018