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Best Sounding Metal Albums
This is a list for albums that sound particularly good in my ears. Some have higher production values, some lower, but they're good nevertheless. One album per band. Exclusion of some great individual…
| 1. | Exodus - Tempo Of The Damned |
| 2. | Iron Maiden - Powerslave |
| 3. | Artillery - By Inheritance |
| 4. | Carcass - Heartwork |
| 5. | Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime |
| + 27 more |
Crimson Glory Albums Ranked
| 1. | Crimson Glory - Transcendence |
| 2. | Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory |
| 3. | Crimson Glory - Strange And Beautiful |
| 4. | Crimson Glory - Astronomica |
| 5. | Crimson Glory - Chasing The Hydra |
Current Mood - Progressive & Doom Albums
A mix of progressive, doom and the darker side of metal.
| 1. | Ihsahn - Eremita |
| 2. | Jeff Loomis - Plains Of Oblivion |
| 3. | Virgin Black - Sombre Romantic |
| 4. | Virgin Black - Elegant...And Dying |
| 5. | Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone |
| + 15 more |
My Top 50 Favourite Metal Albums
A cross selection of Thrash, Old School, Progressive, Power and Hair Metal.
| 1. | Five Finger Death Punch - The Way Of The Fist |
| 2. | Overkill - The Years Of Decay |
| 3. | Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind |
| 4. | AC/DC - Back In Black |
| 5. | Crimson Glory - Transcendence |
| + 40 more |
Top 10 All Time Favorite Power Metal Albums
Due to my love for power metal recently being rekindled I thought I'd make a list of my all time favorite power metal albums. Some of those mentioned here are crossing over into different musical…
| 1. | Crimson Glory - Transcendence |
| 2. | Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian |
| 3. | Blind Guardian - A Night At The Opera |
| 4. | Lethal - Programmed |
| 5. | Sanctuary - Refuge Denied |
| + 6 more |
Top 10 Power Metal Albums
| 1. | Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side |
| 2. | Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free |
| 3. | Helloween - Walls Of Jericho |
| 4. | Heavens Gate - Livin' In Hysteria |
| 5. | Riot - ThunderSteel |
| + 5 more |
Top 60 Albums Of The 1980s
Here are the 80s albums that have stood out and made the largest impact on me. To be as transparent as possible, I've labelled albums as 'nostalgia bias' where my memories of the band give…
| 1. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 2. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 3. | Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son |
| 4. | Metallica - ...And Justice For All |
| 5. | Slayer - Reign In Blood |
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Top Favourite Power Metal Albums
Inc. Symphonic Metal.
| 1. | Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time |
| 2. | Sabaton - The Art Of War |
| 3. | Unleash The Archers - Apex |
| 4. | Kamelot - The Black Halo |
| 5. | Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth |
| + 36 more |
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.
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 |
| + 18 more |