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Top 30 Doom Metal Albums

Doom Metal is one of those genres that I'd never really taken much notice of until I started working my way through the MS top 200 albums. I'd listened to Black Sabbath when a teacher at my school gave me his copy of Paranoid to borrow around 2007/08, which I highly enjoyed! Since then, Over the last few years, I've discovered so many great doom metal bands such as Slumber, Doom:VS, October Tide and Swallow the Sun.

So here are my favourites of the genre with my rating, its sub-genre and release year:

(Score is an average of each album's song ratings, full list located here)

If you discovered any new albums or like the same sort of doom metal, be sure to give this list a thumbs-up and leave a comment so more people can find these amazing bands!

My other lists:
Top 500 Albums (ordered & rated)
Top 25 EPs (also ordered & rated)
Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres)
Top 200 Overrated Albums (trigger warning)
So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)

1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
2.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
3.Slumber - Fallout
4.Doom:VS - Dead Words Speak
5.October Tide - Rain Without End

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Created by nonZero on 18.03.2024



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Top 200 Metal Releases Of All Time

I have finally caved in and made a top 200 list. The main focus here is metal, so no Rush, no King Crimson, Deep Purple, or GY!BE are in the list, but I do still love those bands and others that could have qualified.
The list mostly contains albums, but some EPs, demos, splits, and compilations are also featured every now and then. I also tried to avoid including demos or EPs that were too short but there’s still a few of them.
Enjoy!

1.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
2.Windir - Arntor
3.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
4.Sigh - Hangman's Hymn: Musikalische Exequien
5.Vektor - Terminal Redux

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Created by Roman Doez on 21.02.2024



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F3ynman's Top 50 Most Frequently Listened-to Albums Of 2023

Merry Christmas, my fellow metalheads!

I present to you my top 50 most frequently listened-to albums of the year 2023, ordered by number of full listens.

In other words, here are the albums that I've been most obsessively addicted to over the past year!

Frohe Weihnachten und einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr!

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Last year's edition: F3ynman's Top 50 Most Frequently Listened-to Albums Of 2022


1.Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
2.Japanische Kampfhörspiele - Welt Ohne Werbung
3.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
4.Necrovation - Storm The Void / Starving Grave
5.Vitriolic Sage - 梦路

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Created by F3ynman2000 on 24.12.2023



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Metal Band Names Inspired By Books

This alphabetical list presents bands that took the inspiration for their name from literature (novels, poems, plays, comics). The list shows the debut album cover along with the information of the corresponding source of inspiration.

Please feel free to suggest more examples of metal/hard rock band names that are inspired by literature.



1.A Dream Of Poe - The Mirror Of Deliverance
2.Abhoth - Abhoth
3.Abigail Williams - In The Shadow Of A Thousand Suns
4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
5.Alice In Chains - Facelift

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Created by Plattner on 28.10.2023



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Favorite Full Length Debuts

To add fuel to the fire of the "they'll never top their first album" rhetoric, here are all my favorite full length debuts in alphabetical order. Full lengths, not EPs.

1.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations
2.Aeternus - Beyond The Wandering Moon
3.Agruss - Morok
4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
5.Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde

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Created by Ryanm123 on 18.06.2023



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Making My Way Through The MS Top 200

The MS top 200 is supposed to represent the absolute peak of metal music, the timeless classics. I have been listening to metal for about 6 years now and would consider myself fairly knowledgeable about the genre. Yet, I have barely heard half of what the top 200 has to offer. I am now on a quest to listen to it all and give an honest opinion on what I thought of it.
This list will show every album of the top 200 and if I've listened to it whether it's an all-time favourite of mine (+++), I really like it (++), I like it (+), it’s good (*), it’s not great (-), I really dislike it (--) or I hate it from the bottom of my heart (---). The same symbols will be used to characterize what I think my opinion of the albums I haven't heard yet will be, based on my knowledge of the bands and of the genre they play. (?) signifies that I have no idea of whether I'll enjoy it or not and (/) means that my opinion of the album is probably obsolete, and I need to listen to it again. A ★ means the album is in my own top 200.
Edit: The bottom of the top 200 has been changing a lot, with some stuff formerly in the list now closer to 240th, so this is now a top 250. I’m not sure I want to expand the list further down, but I’ll see whenever it’s completed if I feel like going for a top 300 or something like that.
Best discoveries so far: Wildhoney, Nightfall, Out Of Myself, Portal Of I, Autumn Aurora, Nemesis Divina, Abigail, V: Hävitetty, Sounds Of Pain.

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3.W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol
4.Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die
5.Ensiferum - Ensiferum

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Created by Roman Doez on 13.04.2023



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Great Album Covers 👍👍👍

A list of my favorite album covers

1.Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
2.Mercyful Fate - Melissa
3.Slayer - Reign In Blood
4.Motörhead - Motörhead
5.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

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Created by Blackcrowe on 31.03.2023



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Best Debuts Of All Time

The best debut records of all time by year…

1.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
2.KISS - Kiss
3.Rush - Rush
4.AC/DC - High Voltage
5.Motörhead - Motörhead

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Created by Blackcrowe on 10.03.2023



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Song Titles With The Band`s Name

It is not uncommon that album titles are chosen after the band`s name. However, song titles that include or are identical to the band`s name are relatively seldom found.
This is a list of song titles with the (entire) band name / band names after (their own) song titles.

Please feel free to suggest further titles/bands.



1.71TONMAN - 71TONMAN
2.A Feast For Lampreys - Graveyard Abyss
3.Aaskereia - Mit Raben Und Wölfen
4.Absent In Body - The Abyss Stares Back - Vol. V
5.Absu - Absu

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Created by Plattner on 12.02.2023



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F3ynman's Top 50 Most Frequently Listened-to Albums Of 2022

Merry Christmas, my fellow metalheads!

Inspired by Qualeen's list, I meticulously kept track of how often I listened to every album this year. I present to you my top 50 most frequently listened-to albums of the year 2022, ordered by number of full listens.

In other words, here are the albums that I've been most obsessively addicted to over the past year!

1.Slayer - Show No Mercy
2.Mercyful Fate - Melissa
3.Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked
4.Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh
5.Autopsy - Severed Survival

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Created by F3ynman2000 on 24.12.2022



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My Must Listen Albums

1.Agalloch - Pale Folklore
2.Agalloch - The Mantle
3.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
5.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

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Created by P3YM4N on 12.12.2022



Currently Listening... (December 2022 Edition)

These are albums that I'm currently enjoying. They may be classics that I'm revisiting or new gems I've recently discovered. (Ordered alphabetically)

- A star (⭐️) denotes a new discovery that I find exceptionally special!
- A flame (🔥) denotes an album that I've heard before, enjoyed, and am revisiting this month!

1.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
2.Acid Bath - Paegan Terrorism Tactics
3.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
4.Ahab - The Divinity Of Oceans
5.Angrrsth - W Czeluść

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Created by F3ynman2000 on 01.12.2022



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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive 2006

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

2006 was okay there was a couple of great release, a really good year for Doom metal , but not as amazing as the year before but still a good one

My favorite non metal albums of 2006


1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
2.Summoning - Oath Bound
3.Draconian - The Burning Halo
4.Opera Magna - El Ultimo Caballero
5.Insomnium - Above The Weeping World

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Created by Handala on 14.10.2022



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1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

Welcome to what I consider the "1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" or in other words, a list of records of various genres in the arrays of Metal and Hard Rock that I deem essential or at least very recommended to listeners of hard and heavy music. This may be a very overwhelming list but I essentially try to collect all albums in the History of Metal that strike me as worthwhile. May this be a guideline for people that seek for an entrance to a particular genre or certain bands. In no means I am saying, that this list is indisputable by any means. I consider these my personal picks for albums that should be listened to by die-hard metal fans at least once. Hopefully you can discover some new music or relate with my picks. If I missed something that you would include in such a list, please tell me in the form of a comment. Enjoy! \,,/

1.High Tide - Sea Shanties
2.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
4.Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come
5.Josefus - Dead Man

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Created by pandrstudios on 31.05.2022



My Top 30 Albums Of 2006

1.Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance
2.Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die
3.Insomnium - Above The Weeping World
4.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
5.The Mars Volta - Amputechture

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Created by JHK on 25.05.2022