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Top 34 Heavy Metal Albums

Heavy Metal (like most people I imagine) was one of the first metal genres I got into around 2005. My friend introduced me to Iron Maiden and from there I was hooked! He would recommend me which of their…

1.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
2.Metallica - Metallica
3.Iron Maiden - Powerslave
4.Judas Priest - Painkiller
5.Deep Purple - Machine Head

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Created by nonZero on 11.03.2024



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The Top Albums Of Ch'ti

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

1.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace
3.Opeth - Ghost Reveries
4.Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
5.Opeth - Blackwater Park

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Created by Ch'ti on 06.02.2024



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Scott Burns

It is very hard to understate how much Scott Burns' talents have given to the world of metal music. He might disagree about the following statements, but his work defined one of the most admired and…

1.Agent Steel - Unstoppable Force
2.Whiplash - Ticket To Mayhem
3.Crimson Glory - Transcendence
4.Death - Leprosy
5.Terrorizer - World Downfall

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Created by qlacs on 09.12.2023



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50 80s Albums That Shaped A Young Metalhead (no Order )

1.Metal Church - Metal Church
2.Crimson Glory - Transcendence
3.Slayer - Show No Mercy
4.Viva - What The Hell Is Going On
5.Satan - Court In The Act

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Created by Samarithan on 18.11.2023



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Best Of 1988… The Year That Defined My Metal Life

While 1987 woke me up to metal and I hoovered up the likes of Iron Maiden, Metallica and Helloween’s keepers, 1988 was my metal heyday and a year that produced albums that would still dominiate my top…

1.Manowar - Kings Of Metal
2.Scanner - Hypertrace
3.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II
4.Candlemass - Ancient Dreams
5.Riot - ThunderSteel

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Created by billy4metal on 01.11.2023



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Essential Power Metal

1.Angra - Temple Of Shadows
2.Avantasia - The Metal Opera Part I
3.Avantasia - The Metal Opera Part II
4.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
5.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

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Created by em6568 on 19.06.2023



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Making My Way Through The MS Top 200

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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Created by Roman Doez on 13.04.2023



Crimson Glory Albums Ranked

1.Crimson Glory - Transcendence
2.Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory
3.Crimson Glory - Strange And Beautiful
4.Crimson Glory - Astronomica

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Created by majormalfunction on 31.12.2022



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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive, 1988

A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

Man this list was a rough one, but in a good way 1988 is one of the best years in metal…

1.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
2.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II
3.Bathory - Blood Fire Death
4.Candlemass - Ancient Dreams
5.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

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Created by Handala on 03.06.2022



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US Power-Metal Favorites

1.Crimson Glory - Transcendence
2.Sanctuary - Into The Mirror Black
3.Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian
4.Savatage - Gutter Ballet
5.Psyco Drama - The Illusion

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Created by JoHn Doe on 30.01.2022



Metal At The End Of The 80’s 88-89

The eighties was the most productive decade in metal history, the biggest bands born during this decade Iron Maiden, Dio, Slayer, Death, Metallica… for named a few.
The eighties starts with the NWOBHM…

1.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
2.Testament - Practice What You Preach
3.King Diamond - Conspiracy
4.Death - Leprosy
5.Voivod - Nothingface

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Created by Blackcrowe on 13.01.2022



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USPower Metal 👑

Bands almost unknown for the most, Cds or Vinyls out of print or never print, Sometimes record production sucks, thats why I love US power metal. An original style Classic and Epic Heavy Metal Mixed With…

1.Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
2.Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction
3.Riot - ThunderSteel
4.Cirith Ungol - Frost And Fire
5.Omen - Warning Of Danger

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Created by Blackcrowe on 22.10.2021



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200+ Favorite Albums

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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Created by Qualeen on 30.09.2021



Top Favourite Progressive Metal Albums

Not my genre so this is a pretty limpdicked list.

Inc. Avant Garde Metal because I'm a Philistine who can't tell the difference.

1.Tool - Lateralus
2.Celtic Frost - Monotheist
3.Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale
4.Opeth - Ghost Reveries
5.Death - Symbolic

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Created by blackwreath13 on 27.04.2021



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Andy's top heavy metal/hard rock albums

My top ranked (in order from best down) favorite hard rock/heavy metal albums. I've also one included my top three favorite tracks from each album.

Enjoy!…

1.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
2.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
3.Rush - Hemispheres
4.Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards
5.Judas Priest - Painkiller

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Created by AndyMetalFreak on 01.04.2021