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Current Top 100, 5 Years On
Back when I joined the site in 2011, I did a customary top 100 album list. Every year since then, when I've looked back at it it's become increasingly unrecognisable from my own tastes. Seeing…
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Sylosis - Monolith |
| 3. | Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth |
| 4. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 5. | Protest The Hero - Kezia |
| + 126 more |
Playing Outside Of The Box! (An Alternative Metal Guide & Journey)
Right... Let's get this out of the way from the get-go. Alternative metal is hard to define. I guess that comes from it always wanting to experiment, explore and fuse heavy metal with non-metal music…
| 1. | Living Colour - Vivid |
| 2. | Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking |
| 3. | Faith No More - The Real Thing |
| 4. | Godflesh - Streetcleaner |
| 5. | L7 - Smell The Magic |
| + 143 more |
Albums That Quake My Existence
These albums perform twisted rituals upon my inner self
| 1. | Celtic Frost - Monotheist |
| 2. | Lurker Of Chalice - Lurker Of Chalice |
| 3. | Mr. Bungle - California |
| 4. | Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F#A#∞ [1995-1997] |
| 5. | Morbid Saint - Spectrum Of Death |
| + 5 more |
Top 1000 Artworks On Metal Storm
As chosen by me, of course. This is highly subjective.
In progress and in tandem with:
Favorite Album Art, 1960s-1990s
Favorite Album Art, 2000s
Favorite Album Art, 2010s
Favorite Album Art, 2020s
Favorite…
In progress and in tandem with:
Favorite Album Art, 1960s-1990s
Favorite Album Art, 2000s
Favorite Album Art, 2010s
Favorite Album Art, 2020s
Favorite…
| 1. | ...And Oceans - The Regeneration Itinerary |
| 2. | 16 - Curves That Kick |
| 3. | 16 - Blaze Of Incompetence |
| 4. | 16 - Bridges To Burn |
| 5. | 16 - Dream Squasher |
| + 1030 more |
Albums From My Youth
The list shows 50 albums that have had a huge impact on me over my teens. Albums released before 2000 only.
In alphabetical order.
In alphabetical order.
| 1. | Aerosmith - Get A Grip |
| 2. | Alice In Chains - Alice In Chains |
| 3. | Amorphis - Elegy |
| 4. | Anathema - Alternative 4 |
| 5. | Apes, Pigs & Spacemen - Transfusion |
| + 45 more |
Top 11 Favourite Metal Albums Of 1995
Plus my top three favourite tracks from each release. \m/
Honourable mentions:
Anathema - The Silent Enigma (Doom/Death)
The Gathering - Mandylion (Gothic)
Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other…
Honourable mentions:
Anathema - The Silent Enigma (Doom/Death)
The Gathering - Mandylion (Gothic)
Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other…
| 1. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 2. | Immortal - Battles In The North |
| 3. | Moonspell - Wolfheart |
| 4. | Death - Symbolic |
| 5. | Paradise Lost - Draconian Times |
| + 6 more |
Top 300 Albums
In progress top 300 albums in alphabetical order
| 1. | A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms |
| 2. | Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops |
| 3. | Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations |
| 4. | Acid Witch - Stoned |
| 5. | Acid Witch - Evil Sound Screamers |
| + 277 more |
1995 (An Exploration)
My personal exploration of the year I was born, I'll keep updating this list as I find albums I enjoy
| 1. | Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side |
| 2. | Death - Symbolic |
| 3. | Virgin Steele - The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell Part II |
| 4. | Fear Factory - Demanufacture |
| 5. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| + 27 more |
Blackvelvet's BEST OF 1995
What a year! Here are some of my favourites
| 1. | Lacrimosa - Inferno |
| 2. | My Dying Bride - The Angel And The Dark River |
| 3. | Paradise Lost - Draconian Times |
| 4. | Rammstein - Herzeleid |
| 5. | Anathema - The Silent Enigma |
| + 21 more |
Favorite Album Art, Photographic
Still in Progress, in tandem with Favorite Album Art
| 1. | The Armed - The Future Is Here And Everything Needs To Be Destroyed |
| 2. | Deftones - Private Music |
| 3. | Demonic Death Judge - Absolutely Launched |
| 4. | Mawiza - Ül |
| 5. | Aara - Eiger |
| + 126 more |
Trade List
| 1. | Alice In Chains - Alice In Chains |