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The Encyclopaedia of Beautiful Metal Ballads
If you know other wonderful songs which are missing in this list, feel free to suggest them to me 
| 1. | Adagio - Underworld |
| 2. | Aerosmith - Aerosmith |
| 3. | After Forever - Prison Of Desire |
| 4. | After Forever - Decipher |
| 5. | After Forever - After Forever |
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Hall Of Fame: Top 80 Of All Time
- only studio albums
- only albums featured on MS
- only albums featured on MS
| 1. | After Forever - Decipher |
| 2. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 3. | Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea |
| 4. | Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde |
| 5. | Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side |
| + 75 more |
All Metal Of All Time Top 300: Albums
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…
Objective quality is not a criteria here, just…
| 1. | Anathema - The Silent Enigma |
| 2. | Opeth - Morningrise |
| 3. | Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum |
| 4. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 5. | Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss |
| + 310 more |
All Metal Of All Time Top 300: Songs
| 1. | Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum |
| 2. | Theatre Of Tragedy - Theatre Of Tragedy |
| 3. | My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans |
| 4. | Iron Maiden - Powerslave |
| 5. | Anathema - The Silent Enigma |
| + 317 more |
1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
WORK IN PROGESS! 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…
| 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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Best Album Closers
A lot has already been said about the best album openers in metal. Not that much do we talk about album closers though.
I guess for me the ending of an album is at least as important as its start.
I…
I guess for me the ending of an album is at least as important as its start.
I…
| 1. | Iron Maiden - Powerslave |
| 2. | Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings |
| 3. | Mercyful Fate - Melissa |
| 4. | Opeth - Morningrise |
| 5. | Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss |
| + 37 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 |
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Symphonic Gothic Doom Death Albums Top 100 (my Favorites)
| 1. | Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses |
| 2. | Within Temptation - The Silent Force |
| 3. | Haggard - And Thou Shalt Trust... The Seer |
| 4. | Anathema - Serenades |
| 5. | My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans |
| + 115 more |
My Top Albums Of The Decade: 1990's (On Going)
| 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 |
| + 139 more |
Some Essential Gothic/Doom Albums
These are 44 of the my favorite Gothic Metal albums in no particular order. This will hopefully serve as a starting point for someone new to the style. If one of your favorites isn't on here, it's…
| 1. | The Foreshadowing - Second World |
| 2. | Anathema - Judgement |
| 3. | Crematory - Awake |
| 4. | Charon - Songs For The Sinners |
| 5. | Darkseed - Ultimate Darkness |
| + 39 more |
My Doom Collection
Doom metal happens to be my favourite musical genre specifically death doom. An attempt to all albums I have listened to and rated. In no particular order.
| 1. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 2. | Anathema - Serenades |
| 3. | Anathema - The Silent Enigma |
| 4. | Anathema - Alternative 4 |
| 5. | Paradise Lost - Gothic |
| + 18 more |
My Favourite Album by Year (1980 - 2016)
This is a list of my favourite album for each year. Made in October 2016. Compilations, cover albums, live albums, and things like that are ignored.
Top bands in this list:
Grave Digger: 6 albums
Helloween:…
Top bands in this list:
Grave Digger: 6 albums
Helloween:…
| 1. | Saxon - Wheels Of Steel |
| 2. | Venom - Welcome To Hell |
| 3. | Venom - Black Metal |
| 4. | Mercyful Fate - Melissa |
| 5. | Grave Digger - Heavy Metal Breakdown |
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Top 20 Of 1995
Must Listen: The First 6
| 1. | Sentenced - Amok |
| 2. | Paradise Lost - Draconian Times |
| 3. | Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free |
| 4. | Shadow Gallery - Carved In Stone |
| 5. | Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side |
| + 24 more |