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1001 Metal Albums to Hear Before You Die

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…

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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Created by metalriff on 05.02.2021



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A Progressive Journey: My Selections / Favourites

Progressive rock / metal - what I love the most in my collection. Would love suggestions to add to it.

1.Animals As Leaders - Animals As Leaders
2.Animals As Leaders - The Joy Of Motion
3.Ayreon - The Human Equation
4.Between The Buried And Me - Colors
5.Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence

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Created by Progfiggit on 22.02.2014



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My Top Albums Of The Decade: 2000's (On Going)

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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Created by Red_Travis on 03.02.2012



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The Best Of Prog

Over the past few decades music has been completely turned over on its back, and I blame these geniuses.

1.King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
2.Genesis - Nursery Cryme
3.Jethro Tull - Aqualung
4.Yes - Fragile
5.Pink Floyd - Darkside of The Moon

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Created by rapidspeed on 10.04.2011



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Greatest Metal Drumming Plus's The Most Influential

My Favorites songs on drums…
A tribute to those great drummers…A Huge investigation about the name of those drummers and their best moments and songs…

1.Rush - 2112
2.Van Halen - 1984
3.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
4.Dream Theater - Train Of Thought
5.Dio - The Last In Line

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Created by Blackcrowe on 02.12.2023



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Metal Albums Ranked From WORSHIP To DISLIKE

Ratings go from:

WORSHIP ❤️❤️❤️: Absolute greatness, a mindblowing album.
LOVE ❤️❤️🖤: Amazing release with very few flaws.
LIKE ❤️🖤🖤: Enjoyable but far from perfect.
DISLIKE 💔: Not very good or maybe…

1.Æther Realm - Tarot
2.Abhoria - Abhoria
3.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
4.Agrypnie - Metamorphosis
5.Allegaeon - Fragments Of Form And Function

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Created by Rinbel on 14.03.2022



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My All Time Favorite (metal) Albums...

Metal albums (and yes, I consider metalcore to be metal) that rocked my world, with maximum 2 albums per band sorted by bands in alphabetic order. Live, EP and compilation albums allowed, also including…

1.Alabama Thunderpussy - Open Fire
2.Alice In Chains - Dirt
3.All That Remains - The Fall Of Ideals
4.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God
5.Annihilator - Alice In Hell

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Created by Drogich on 27.09.2014



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The Best Metal Albums Of The 2000s

My choices for the best things to happen to metal between 2000 and 2009.

1.Kayo Dot - Choirs Of The Eye
2.Ayreon - 01011001
3.Extol - Synergy
4.Opeth - Blackwater Park
5.Krallice - Krallice

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Created by untosheol on 09.02.2012



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My 20 Timeless Prog/Metal Albums

The albums that made me love prog/metal even more / that I can't get enough of.

1.Opeth - Blackwater Park
2.Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper
3.Nightwish - Once
4.Carcass - Heartwork
5.Death - Symbolic

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Created by Bloody_Footprint on 31.08.2010



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Top Albums Of Gregg

No specific order…

1.Lamb Of God - Ashes Of The Wake
2.Opeth - Ghost Reveries
3.Strapping Young Lad - Alien
4.Slipknot - Slipknot
5.Divine Heresy - Bleed The Fifth

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Created by Steadydrummer619 on 03.03.2010



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The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (B)

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.Ba'al - Ellipsism
2.Back To R'lyeh - The Awakening / Last Fight Of The Primordial
3.Bad Salad - Uncivilized
4.Bakos Attila - Aranyhajnal
5.Balance Of Power - Book Of Secrets

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Created by Uxküll on 13.10.2020



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Metalcore's Finest

1.All That Remains - The Fall Of Ideals
2.Bleeding Through - The Truth
3.Killswitch Engage - The End Of Heartache
4.Dry Kill Logic - The Darker Side Of Nonsense
5.Evergreen Terrace - Sincerity Is An Easy Disguise In This Business

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Created by MOIST on 01.11.2017



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Top 100 Albums (No Repeating Bands)

I do my best to feel confident about my top 10, After that 11-100 are just alphabetical.

1.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything
2.Iron Maiden - Brave New World
3.Evergrey - The Inner Circle
4.Obscure Sphinx - Void Mother
5.Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor

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Created by LascaillesShroud on 23.04.2014



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Essential Hipster Metal

20 Essential Hipster Metal Albums/Bands. One Album Per Band,…

1.Mastodon - Crack The Skye
2.Kylesa - Spiral Shadow
3.Wolves In The Throne Room - Diadem Of 12 Stars
4.Krallice - Krallice
5.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

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Created by Gjulch on 20.04.2014



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Top 10 Albums

These are my top ten albums of all time. I realize that A Diamond for Disease is an EP, but I don't care, it's going on the list.

1.Kalisia - Cybion
2.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
3.Arsis - A Diamond For Disease
4.Opeth - Blackwater Park
5.Carcass - Heartwork

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Created by bloodwrage on 07.03.2010