1.Metallica - Metallica

2.Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II

3.Judas Priest - Painkiller

4.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

5.Dream Theater - Images And Words

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A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

1990 is the year where my all time favorite metal album came out, I had to make some…

1.Judas Priest - Painkiller

2.Bathory - Hammerheart

3.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

4.Obituary - Cause Of Death

5.Queensrÿche - Empire

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The albums below is my definition of extreme metal music, regardless of their genre. Entire list is based only on my personal preferences in metal.
Rules:
1. One album per band
2. 305 groups/305 albums…

1.In Flames - Clayman

2.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

3.Chimaira - Chimaira

4.Death - Symbolic

5.Testament - The New Order

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These are some albums I replayed hundreds of times on my MC-player when I was 16. Some of them I still listen to, while others I’d never play again. Some are good, some are bad, and some are rather unexpected—but…

1.Aggressor - Of Long Duration Anguish

2.Amorphis - The Karelian Isthmus

3.Amorphis - Elegy

4.Brutality - When The Sky Turns Black

5.Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss

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

Honourable mentions:
Sacred Reich - The American Way (Thrash)
Artillery - By Inheritance (Thrash)
Death - Spiritual Healing (Death)
Kreator -…

1.Judas Priest - Painkiller

2.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

3.Obituary - Cause Of Death

4.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

5.Forbidden - Twisted Into Form

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1.King Diamond - "Them"

2.Death - Human

3.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

4.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

5.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

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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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This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone…

1.S.V.E.S.T. - Veritas Diaboli Manet In Aeternum: Le Diable Est Ma Raison

2.Sabachthani - Miserable Endings

3.Sabaoth - Les Illuminations

4.Sabaton - Carolus Rex

5.Sabbat - Dreamweaver

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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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Must Listen: The First 7…

1.Judas Priest - Painkiller

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Queensrÿche - Empire

4.Sanctuary - Into The Mirror Black

5.Scorpions - Crazy World

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1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Judas Priest - Painkiller

3.King Diamond - The Eye

4.Death - Spiritual Healing

5.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

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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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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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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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