my 100 favorite metal albums of all times. Alphabetical order.

1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

2.Agalloch - The Serpent & The Sphere

3.Ahab - The Giant

4.Alice In Chains - Dirt

5.Altar Of Plagues - Mammal

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Metal albums (and yes, I consider metalcore to be metal) that rocked my world, with maximum 2 albums per band sorted by bands in alphabetic order. Live, EP and compilation albums allowed, also including…

1.Alabama Thunderpussy - Open Fire

2.Alice In Chains - Dirt

3.All That Remains - The Fall Of Ideals

4.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

5.Annihilator - Alice In Hell

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Metal and not so metal albums that had huge impact on my taste as metalhead and love for "heavy" music, ordered approximately by time I first listened to them…

1.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

2.Children Of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll

3.In Flames - The Jester Race

4.Lamb Of God - Sacrament

5.Sepultura - Arise

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So here are ten alternative metal albums which I think are significant to defining the sound of alternative metal over the years, limiting it to one album per band and keeping to albums that are best described…

1.Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking

2.Faith No More - Angel Dust

3.Helmet - Meantime

4.Alice In Chains - Dirt

5.Tool - Undertow

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An entirely subjective list of my all-time favourite metal albums, well lets better say albums/genres featured on MS, since not all here is precisely metal.
Objective quality is not a criteria here, just…

1.Anathema - The Silent Enigma

2.Opeth - Morningrise

3.Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum

4.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans

5.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

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1.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

2.Death - Leprosy

3.Death - Spiritual Healing

4.Fear Factory - Demanufacture

5.Ghost B.C. - Opus Eponymous

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This is a guide list to some of the greatest voices in the history of rock & metal music, ranked in alphabetical order, by singer's name. I know that there are many more great singers/vocalists…

1.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans

2.Primordial - To The Nameless Dead

3.Watchtower - Control And Resistance

4.Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies

5.Evanescence - Fallen

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A list of quality sophomore releases.

1.Agalloch - The Mantle

2.Alice In Chains - Dirt

3.Anthrax - Spreading The Disease

4.Asphyx - Last One On Earth

5.Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

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Based on the original BBC radio program from 1942 that asked "if you were to be cast away alone on a desert island, which eight gramophone records would you choose to have with you, assuming of course,…

1.Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny

2.Faith No More - The Real Thing

3.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

4.Alice In Chains - Dirt

5.In Flames - The Jester Race

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1.Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine

2.The Gathering - Always...

3.Paradise Lost - Shades Of God

4.Alice In Chains - Dirt

5.Faith No More - Angel Dust

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Jiri cruises to 1992. What strange choices will dominate this year? Find out below!…

1.Alice In Chains - Dirt

2.Root - The Temple In The Underworld

3.Burzum - Burzum

4.Faith No More - Angel Dust

5.Deicide - Legion

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RANKING CRITERIA :

- Originality [ 35% of the rating ]
- Songwriting [ 35% of the rating ]
- Performance [ 30% of the rating ]

Neither popularity among fans nor commercial success (or unsuccess)…

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

4.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

5.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

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1.Death - Human

2.Opeth - Still Life

3.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

4.Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream

5.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

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The choice of albums was made according to aesthetic criteria, taking into account only musical merits of the recordings.
Neither popularity among fans nor commercial success (or unsuccess) of the albums…

1.Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

4.Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

5.Death - Symbolic

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1.Faith No More - Angel Dust

2.Waltari - Torcha!

3.Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power

4.Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine

5.Alice In Chains - Dirt

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