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The Best Gothic Metal Albums
Note 1: This list will take time before it gets a definitive form (or it might take forever if good gothic metal albums will be released in the future).
Note 2: Another important feature is that this…
Note 2: Another important feature is that this…
| 1. | Estatic Fear - A Sombre Dance |
| 2. | Tiamat - Wildhoney |
| 3. | The Sins Of Thy Beloved - Lake Of Sorrow |
| 4. | Tristania - Widow's Weeds |
| 5. | Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear |
| + 96 more |
Metal Songs That Make You Want To Dance
An encyclopedia of metal songs that get you to dance or groove to whether you want to or not.
One album per band. Recommendations are welcome.
One album per band. Recommendations are welcome.
| 1. | 6:33 - Feary Tales For Strange Lullabies: The Dome |
| 2. | Aborym - With No Human Intervention |
| 3. | Akphaezya - Anthology II: Links From The Dead Trinity |
| 4. | Alestorm - Black Sails At Midnight |
| 5. | The Algorithm - Polymorphic Code |
| + 61 more |
Iron Recommends: A Metal Selection
Yep, one of those lists. Everyone has one, so I thought I'd make a list of metal albums I really recommend.
This is not an absolute "best-of" list, for a few reasons:
1) I stick to one…
This is not an absolute "best-of" list, for a few reasons:
1) I stick to one…
| 1. | Warning - Watching From A Distance |
| 2. | Candlemass - Nightfall |
| 3. | Reverend Bizarre - In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend |
| 4. | Pagan Altar - The Lords Of Hypocrisy |
| 5. | Katatonia - Dance Of December Souls |
| + 54 more |
Like Women In Your Metal? Zmaj's Choice Of 20 Female Fronted Albums
| 1. | After Forever - Decipher |
| 2. | Battlelore - The Last Alliance |
| 3. | Beautiful Sin - The Unexpected |
| 4. | Blackmore's Night - Shadow Of The Moon |
| 5. | Crimfall - As The Path Unfolds... |
| + 15 more |
Top 400 Metal Albums Ranked Mathematically (2026 Update)
RESTRICTIONS
Each album had to meet all the following conditions in order to be eligible:
1) 10+ years old
2) Metalstorm: 200+ votes, average user score 8.0+
3) Rateyourmusic: 1000+ ratings, average…
Each album had to meet all the following conditions in order to be eligible:
1) 10+ years old
2) Metalstorm: 200+ votes, average user score 8.0+
3) Rateyourmusic: 1000+ ratings, average…
| 1. | Death - Symbolic |
| 2. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 3. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 4. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 5. | Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality |
| + 395 more |
90s Favourites (Some Obvious Choices, Some Good And Some Odd)
This is an old list I made on my previous account. I've update it a little bit.
My introduction text back then said: "A list of 90s albums I enjoyed throughout the decade, some I discovered…
My introduction text back then said: "A list of 90s albums I enjoyed throughout the decade, some I discovered…
| 1. | Marillion - Brave |
| 2. | Dream Theater - Awake |
| 3. | Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade Of Gray |
| 4. | Enchant - Break |
| 5. | Marillion - Holidays In Eden |
| + 64 more |
Top 100 Gothic Metal Records
Yes, I decided to do another gothic metal list because it been rapidly changing since my last two lists. I love revisiting this kind of list because of how different my tastes have changed withing this…
| 1. | Anathema - Eternity |
| 2. | Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell |
| 3. | The Foreshadowing - Days Of Nothing |
| 4. | Monumentum - In Absentia Christi |
| 5. | Tiamat - Wildhoney |
| + 95 more |
Vonpire's 1997 Best
| 1. | The Gathering - Nighttime Birds |
| 2. | Hecate Enthroned - The Slaughter Of Innocence, A Requiem For The Mighty |
| 3. | Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields |
| 4. | Tristania - Tristania |
| 5. | Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant |
| + 42 more |
100 Greatest Metal Bands
Pretty self-explanatory, with a couple caveats: first, this is mostly just a list of my favorite metal bands in approximate order (after the top 10 or so the order matters far less), with extra weight…
| 1. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 2. | Iron Maiden - Powerslave |
| 3. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 4. | Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance |
| 5. | Slayer - Reign In Blood |
| + 95 more |
Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive 1997
A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.
1997 was surprisingly a solid year for metal, a lot of great releases in black and power…
1997 was surprisingly a solid year for metal, a lot of great releases in black and power…
| 1. | Stratovarius - Visions |
| 2. | Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk |
| 3. | Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields |
| 4. | Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy |
| 5. | Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine: Biomech |
| + 15 more |
Some Albums With 8.50 Or More
| 1. | Shylmagoghnar - Emergence |
| 2. | Galneryus - Angel Of Salvation |
| 3. | Blindead - Affliction XXIX II MXMVI |
| 4. | Batushka - Litourgiya |
| 5. | Leprous - Bilateral |
| + 195 more |
Top 200 Overrated Albums
**Trigger warning**
Albums and EPs rated 8.6+ from 100+ votes which I've given an 8 or lower to.
I've listened to and rated every album on MS that meets this criteria (at time of most recent…
Albums and EPs rated 8.6+ from 100+ votes which I've given an 8 or lower to.
I've listened to and rated every album on MS that meets this criteria (at time of most recent…
| 1. | Anathema - Judgement |
| 2. | Paradise Lost - Draconian Times |
| 3. | Anathema - Alternative 4 |
| 4. | Motörhead - Ace Of Spades |
| 5. | Motörhead - Overkill |
| + 193 more |
Best Metal Vocalists
*** /\ UNDER CONSTRUCTION /\ *** READ ME *** List of the best metal vocalists across all subgenres. The album that best exhibits their vocals will represent them -- not necessarily the best album they…
| 1. | King Diamond - Abigail |
| 2. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 3. | Savatage - Gutter Ballet |
| 4. | Iron Maiden - Powerslave |
| 5. | Queensrÿche - Empire |
| + 48 more |
Top 20 Of 1997
Must Have: The First 12
| 1. | Bruce Dickinson - Accident Of Birth |
| 2. | Conception - Flow |
| 3. | Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy |
| 4. | Megadeth - Cryptic Writings |
| 5. | Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade Of Gray |
| + 24 more |
My Top Albums Of 1997
| 1. | Dark Tranquillity - The Mind's I |
| 2. | In Flames - Whoracle |
| 3. | Machine Head - The More Things Change... |
| 4. | Rammstein - Sehnsucht |
| 5. | Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant |
| + 10 more |