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2021 Favorites

1.Thy Catafalque - Vadak
2.Forhist - Forhist
3.Lake Of Tears - Ominous
4.Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee At State's End!
5.Unto Others - Strength

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Created by Maldone on 06.11.2023



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MSA 2022 All Write-ins

Taken around 8:30 pm GMT
There was no write-in for djent so I voted for one.
Not totally clean (trolls in last categories are kept for fun),
Thanks to the person who curated most of the write-is since yesterday, it really reduced the work to do!

PS : I cleaned the list listening to The Testament by Seventh Wonder, so I was particularly unhappy to see it in the biggest letdowns at the end

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2.A.A. Williams - As The Moon Rests
3.Disturbed - Divisive
4.Dog Fashion Disco - Cult Classic
5.Fleshwater - We're Not Here To Be Loved

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Created by Maxder on 28.02.2023



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Favorite Metal Albums Of All Time

1 album per band per subgenre
work in progress, updating as I go through the song-by-song ratings on RateYourMusic.com
I will typically update my black metal faves - https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6924
and my death metal faves - https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6298
prior to updating this one

1.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
2.King Diamond - Abigail
3.Voivod - Dimension Hatröss
4.Mastodon - Crack The Skye
5.Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris

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Created by sgtrobo on 14.07.2022



M0rkeleb's Overall Favorites - 9s

I feel like my overall favorites list is getting too long. I'm splitting it up by rating.

1.So Hideous - None But A Pure Heart Can Sing
2.Metallica - Re-Load
3.Faetooth - Remnants Of The Vessel
4.Inferi - The End Of An Era
5.Midnight Odyssey - Biolume Part 1 - In Tartarean Chains

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Created by M0rkeleb on 24.04.2022



My Top 10 Albums Of 2021

1.Vildhjarta - Måsstaden Under Vatten
2.Ethereal Shroud - Trisagion
3.Igric - Svet Svetlom Stvorený
4.Aquilus - Bellum I
5.Cân Bardd - Devoured By The Oak

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Created by Andrew_Deer on 20.03.2022



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Metal Albums Ranked From WORSHIP To DISLIKE

Ratings go from:

WORSHIP ❤️❤️❤️: Absolute greatness, a mindblowing album.
LOVE ❤️❤️🖤: Amazing release with very few flaws.
LIKE ❤️🖤🖤: Enjoyable but far from perfect.
DISLIKE 💔: Not very good or maybe not fitting my tastes.

I've decided to stop rating albums with a numerical value as I tend to feel uncomfortable with that. This list has a minimalistic, subjective and visceral approach, based purely on sensations and personal tastes. Mainly for personal use and doesn't pretend to be a serious ranking, but emerges from the need to remember which bands and albums I enjoyed and the ones I disliked. I constantly revisit new releases so first impressions may change over time. It usually takes 8-10 spins for me to get completely sure of a rating.

1.Æther Realm - Tarot
2.Abhoria - Abhoria
3.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
4.Agrypnie - Metamorphosis
5.Allegaeon - Fragments Of Form And Function

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Created by Rinbel on 14.03.2022



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MSA 2021 All Write-ins - Best Albums By Genre

For those interested in suggestions of albums by genre

Removed:
- Trolls
- Limp bizkit outside of Alternative category
- albums already nominated. After the results, I will add the nominated albums that don't receive enough votes to be displayed in the results, as "staff write-ins".
- albums with a release date not in 2021

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2.Heleven - Into The Oceans
3.Imminence - Heaven In Hiding
4.Lantlôs - Wildhund
5.Leprous - Aphelion

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Created by Maxder on 28.02.2022



2021: The Final Countdown

Metallic World War 2021

2017 champions Archspire want to defend their leadership (strategy: we raze you with more BPM), while Dvne (3rd place in 2017) and Rivers of Nihil (3rd place in 2018) enhance their sonic arsenal by forcefully declaring war on sovereigns; however, the battlefield is filled with loose mines that could explode and blow everything up, ultra-technical mines called Inferi, Deviant Process and First Fragment (brand: Dominic Forest Lapointe). From afar, cautious and silent, veterans named Carcass, Dream Theater and Mastodon lurk. Steffen Kummurer of Obscura (3rd place in 2009, 2nd place in 2011, 6th place in 2016, 7th place in 2018) warrior experienced and reliable, re-sheaths his most powerful weapons (Jeroen Paul Thesseling and Christian Muenzner, champion with the Alkaloid in 2018) and prepares for the final assault on the Throne of Metal. The 2012 champions, Between the Buried and Me, dethroned but never tamed, take the field recalling the glorious colors of the past to regain what is rightfully theirs.

1.Between The Buried And Me - Colors II
2.Dvne - Etemen Ænka
3.Archspire - Bleed The Future
4.Obscura - A Valediction
5.Mastodon - Hushed And Grim

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Created by RockwiththeDoc on 01.02.2022



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MMXXI à la Netzach

The most memorable albums from my first year on the Metal Storm crew. Loosely ranked in list order. If I forgot something, it's not worth mentioning and/or I'm being stupid. Likely "and". Or...?

1.Ophiuchi - Shibboleth
2.Pa Vesh En - Maniac Manifest
3.Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee At State's End!
4.Decoherence - System I
5.Thy Catafalque - Vadak

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Created by Netzach on 27.01.2022



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(A Top 20 Of) What Good Taste Looks Like In 2021

Favourite albums of 2021. Will most likely be obsolete in a few days.

1.Æthĕrĭa Conscĭentĭa - Corrupted Pillars Of Vanity
2.Converge - Bloodmoon: I [Collaboration]
3.Ethereal Shroud - Trisagion
4.Funeral Mist - Deiform
5.Year Of No Light - Consolamentum

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Created by Deadsoulman on 11.01.2022



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2021

My very subjective ranking of all heard metal and metal-adjacent albums 2021.

1.Atvm - Famine, Putrid And Fucking Endless
2.Worm - Foreverglade
3.Noltem - Illusions In The Wake
4.Dream Unending - Tide Turns Eternal
5.Ad Nauseam - Imperative Imperceptible Impulse

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Created by Jacob Butcher on 07.01.2022



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Old Nick's Top-20 Of 2021

My best and most played stuff from 2021. The order of preference is as accurate as it can be.

Best EP: Melancholia - Static Church.
Best demo: Mace ‘N’ Chain - Upon The Anvil Formed.
Best video: Iron Maiden - “The Writing On The Wall”.
Best album artwork: Neptunian Maximalism - Solar Drone Ceremony.

1.Soen - Imperial
2.Ethereal Shroud - Trisagion
3.Unto Others - Strength
4.Lake Of Tears - Ominous
5.Lucifer's Fall - III - From The Deep

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Created by nikarg on 05.01.2022



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My Top 50 Albums Of 2021

1.Cân Bardd - Devoured By The Oak
2.Thy Catafalque - Vadak
3.Iotunn - Access All Worlds
4.Aquilus - Bellum I
5.Dordeduh - Har

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Created by JHK on 02.01.2022



2021 Interesting Picks

I would like to wrote again the small reviews, but i'm not inspired... Bruh!

Non Metalstorm bands

Subnuba: https://subnuba.bandcamp.com

1.Anakim - The Elysian Void
2.Ethereal Shroud - Trisagion
3.Helloween - Helloween
4.Khemmis - Deceiver
5.Havukruunu - Kuu Erkylän Yllä

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Created by Rot Teufel on 01.01.2022



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My Top 50 Albums of 2021:

"The artwork was created by acclaimed Polish artist, Mariusz Lewandowski, whose art matched LIVLØS’ artistic vision" the band revealed to And Justice For Art..."

1.Gojira - Fortitude
2.Evadne - The Pale Light Of Fireflies
3.Imminence - Heaven In Hiding
4.Vildhjarta - Måsstaden Under Vatten
5.Swallow The Sun - Moonflowers

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Created by Umideath on 26.12.2021