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…

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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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1.Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

2.Carcass - Heartwork

3.Abramelin - Abramelin

4.Sepultura - Arise

5.Nocturnus - The Key

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1.In Mourning - Shrouded Divine

2.Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe

3.Septicflesh - Communion

4.Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh

5.Psycroptic - Ob(Servant)

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An ongoing list for personal use as well as for reference for beginners (& veterans alike). This is solely my personal opinion and taste (Death & Prog mostly but do give every genre a try). Basically will…

1.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

2.King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King

3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III

4.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

5.Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself

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Note: Tool intentionally ommitted because they don't consider themselves metal. Otherwise you'd see their first 4 albums in top 25.

Last updated: 27 March 2024.

1.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

2.Agalloch - The Mantle

3.Opeth - Blackwater Park

4.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

5.Lost Horizon - A Flame To The Ground Beneath

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1.Opeth - Blackwater Park

2.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

3.Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness

4.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

5.Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet

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The purpose of this list is not to find and record which albums are the best but to define Dark Metal. We will try to specify which albums are the definitive examples of Dark Metal. "Dark Metal" is what…

1.Rotting Christ - Sanctus Diavolos

2.Celtic Frost - Monotheist

3.Nightfall - At Night We Prey

4.Septicflesh - Sumerian Daemons

5.Behemoth - I Loved You At Your Darkest

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This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone…

1.S.V.E.S.T. - Veritas Diaboli Manet In Aeternum: Le Diable Est Ma Raison

2.Sabachthani - Miserable Endings

3.Sabaoth - Les Illuminations

4.Sabaton - Carolus Rex

5.Sabbat - Dreamweaver

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How my tastes evolved over the last two years. For the sake of comparison, I reported the original list below the updated one.

1.Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale

2.Virus - The Black Flux

3.TotalSelfHatred - Totalselfhatred

4.ColdWorld - Melancholie²

5.Mar De Grises - Draining The Waterheart

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1.Death - Symbolic

2.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

3.Desultory - Bitterness

4.Morgoth - Cursed

5.Death - Human

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This is my top albums (only with those where I gave 8 or more). I will update the list now and then…

1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

3.Slipknot - Iowa

4.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

5.Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper

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Plus my top three favourite tracks from each release. \m/

Honourable mentions:
Warbringer - War Without End (Thrash)
Judas Priest - Nostradamus (Heavy/Symphonic)
Belphegor - Bondage Goat Zombie (Black/Death)…

1.Draconian - Turning Season Within

2.Moonspell - Night Eternal

3.Septicflesh - Communion

4.Metallica - Death Magnetic

5.Sabaton - The Art Of War

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Last updated on 25 June 2024.

1.Dream Theater - Images And Words

2.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

3.Wintersun - Wintersun

4.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

5.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

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Well, I can't afford every album I want so I'm going off of my August 2013 count of about 700 albums. First time I've ever done this so it may be quite scattered.

This is personal and not like a Rust…

1.Stratovarius - Visions

2.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

3.Yes - Close to the Edge

4.Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows

5.Ayreon - 01011001

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Updated version of the list previously published here. You'll notice that the comments are a bit different for sure, as is the order:
1 to 3: best of the year (in preference order)
4 to 25: other great…

1.Textures - Silhouettes

2.Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale

3.Burst - Lazarus Bird

4.ADX - Division Blindée

5.Cynic - Traced In Air

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