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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1.Monuments - Gnosis

2.Weeping Silence - For The Unsung

3.Munruthel - Epoch Of Aquarius

4.Ex Deo - Caligvla

5.The Levitation Hex - The Levitation Hex

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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

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My top 75 favourite albums of all time (initially it was a top 20 list, and after that top 50). Only 1 album per band. The list is in alphabetical order, so it doesn't represent explicitly which album…

1.After Forever - Decipher

2.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

3.Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde

4.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

5.Anathema - The Silent Enigma

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1.Samael - Ceremony Of Opposites

2.Cradle Of Filth - The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh

3.Moonspell - Under The Moonspell

4.Machine Head - Burn My Eyes

5.Tiamat - Wildhoney

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1.All time & genre (including Non-Metal on MS)
2.Only studio albums & EPs
3.I DON'T modify this list. So, this list is THE FINAL edition and based on my selection on 1 April 2017. (Modified…

1.Opeth - Blackwater Park

2.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

3.Krallice - Diotima

4.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

5.Deathspell Omega - Kénôse

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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

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Here are the most captivating atmospheres I've ever heard. Including metal and non-metal albums. Grouped according to genre and one album per band.

1.Division By Zero - Independent Harmony

2.Beyond Twilight - The Devil's Hall Of Fame

3.Riverside - Out Of Myself

4.Suspyre - When Time Fades...

5.Redemption - The Fullness Of Time

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1.Waltari - So Fine!

2.Machine Head - Burn My Eyes

3.Tiamat - Wildhoney

4.Mötley Crüe - Mötley Crüe

5.Korn - Korn

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Slow/Depress/Funeral/Love/Gloom/Beauty/Sorrow/Obscure/Cold/Atmospheric/…

1.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

2.Akelei - De Zwaarte Van Het Doorstane

3.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

4.Anathema - The Silent Enigma

5.Corrupted - El Mundo Frio

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1.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

2.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

3.Katatonia - Discouraged Ones

4.My Dying Bride - The Angel And The Dark River

5.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

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*** READ ME *** This list is about the greatest metal albums of all-time, from all sub-genres and all countries. You won't see bands like Deep Purple, Rush, BOC, Zeppelin, etc., nor will you see bands…

1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Death - Symbolic

5.Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath

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Updating this as of 20th Nov 2012…

1.Madder Mortem - All Flesh Is Grass

2.Paradise Lost - Icon

3.The Gathering - Mandylion

4.Tiamat - Wildhoney

5.Throes Of Dawn - Quicksilver Clouds

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Best of progressive/avant-garde metal by me…

1.Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine: Biomech

2.Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

3.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

4.Tiamat - Wildhoney

5.Gojira - From Mars To Sirius

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1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2.Testament - The Gathering

3.Tiamat - Wildhoney

4.E Nomine - Die Prophezeiung

5.Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor

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