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Top 500 Albums of All Time

A list by
nonZero
Created
October 06, 2018
Entries
500
Endorsements
34
I've been listening to Metal since 2005 and it has become my biggest passion in life. Rarely a day goes by where I don't listen to it in one form or another. The bands I listened to in my teens…
1. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
2. Opeth - Blackwater Park
3. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
4. Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
5. Opeth - Still Life
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The Best Black Metal Albums

A list by
Diabolos
Created
May 08, 2010
Entries
50
Endorsements
28
Only 1 album per band;
Rating:
10: 1-4.
9: 5-32.
8: 33-50.
1. Summoning - Stronghold
2. Dornenreich - Bitter Ist's Dem Tod Zu Dienen
3. Shining - V - Halmstad
4. Primordial - To The Nameless Dead
5. Kampfar - Kvass
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Top [Insert Round Number Here] Second Wave Black Metal Albums

A list by
saw_you_drown
Created
May 05, 2011
Entries
64
Endorsements
23
***Limit 2 albums per artist***
1. Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
2. Burzum - Filosofem
3. Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
4. Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
5. Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
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Favorite Black Metal Albums

A list by
TheMAGAmvm
Created
October 02, 2012
Entries
100
Endorsements
11
1. Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
2. Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
3. Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
4. Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
5. Satyricon - Nemesis Divina
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The Ultimate Symphonic Metal Albums

A list by
CyberSymphony
Created
March 06, 2010
Entries
66
Endorsements
11
A collection of metal albums that heavily use the likes of classical instrumentation, orchestral, opera or/and symphonic keyboard synths. Suggestions/Recommendations are welcome.
1. Adagio - Underworld
2. Aesma Daeva - Dawn Of The New Athens
3. After Forever - Decipher
4. Almôra - Kalihora's Song
5. Ancient Bards - The Alliance Of The Kings
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The 20 Best Album Openings

A list by
Cryzpin
Created
March 06, 2011
Entries
20
Endorsements
10
Ordered. One album per band.
1. Limbonic Art - In Abhorrence Dementia
2. Judas Priest - Painkiller
3. Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
4. Helloween - Walls Of Jericho
5. Slayer - Show No Mercy
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My Top 100 Metal Albums EVER

A list by
in the mist
Created
November 23, 2012
Entries
100
Endorsements
9
1. The Gathering - How To Measure A Planet?
2. Tiamat - Wildhoney
3. My Dying Bride - A Line Of Deathless Kings
4. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
5. Samael - Ceremony Of Opposites
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1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

A list by
pandrstudios
Created
May 31, 2022
Entries
1247
Endorsements
7
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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Top 56 Black Metal Albums

A list by
nonZero
Created
February 19, 2024
Entries
56
Endorsements
5
I've been listened to Black Metal since the late 2000s starting with Emperor and Dimmu Borgir. Since then, I've discover dozens of amazing bands thanks to MS and it has become one of my favourite…
1. Agalloch - The Mantle
2. Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle
3. Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
4. Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
5. Windir - 1184
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Best Albums To Fall Asleep To

A list by
me<3mertl
Created
March 18, 2015
Entries
55
Endorsements
4
SPOILER ALERT: This is mostly just black metal.
****Alphabetical Order
1. Abigor - Nachthymnen (From The Twilight Kingdom)
2. Agalloch - The Mantle
3. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
4. Arckanum - Fran Marder
5. Arckanum - Antikosmos
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The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (L)

A list by
Uxküll
Created
January 01, 2021
Entries
109
Endorsements
4
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. Labyrinth - Return To Heaven Denied Pt. II
2. Lacrimas Profundere - Memorandum
3. Lacrimosa - Elodia
4. Lacuna Coil - Comalies
5. Lahmia - Resilience
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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive 1997

A list by
Handala
Created
August 10, 2022
Entries
20
Endorsements
3
A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

1997 was surprisingly a solid year for metal, a lot of great releases in black and power…
1. Stratovarius - Visions
2. Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
3. Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields
4. Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
5. Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine: Biomech
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Urs' Top 10 Of 1997

A list by
Urs Blank
Created
March 05, 2010
Entries
10
Endorsements
3
Overall year rating:
5/5
1. Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale
2. Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
3. Limbonic Art - In Abhorrence Dementia
4. In The Woods... - Omnio
5. Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine: Biomech
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Albums Of My Life

A list by
bundasmanu
Created
August 05, 2019
Entries
155
Endorsements
2
No particular order
1. Graveworm - As The Angels Reach The Beauty
2. Graveworm - Scourge Of Malice
3. Dimmu Borgir - For All Tid
4. Dimmu Borgir - Stormblåst
5. Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
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Some Albums With 8.50 Or More

A list by
JavierPaper
Created
November 28, 2021
Entries
200
Endorsements
2
1. Shylmagoghnar - Emergence
2. Galneryus - Angel Of Salvation
3. Blindead - Affliction XXIX II MXMVI
4. Batushka - Litourgiya
5. Leprous - Bilateral
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