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*The Best Albums Under 150 Votes*

This is a list of my favorite albums with less than 150 votes. The ordering is done by approximate preference. Bands may only have one entry on the list and no entries will come from the current calendar…

1.Ghost Brigade - Guided By Fire
2.Slumber - Fallout
3.Leprous - Tall Poppy Syndrome
4.Persefone - Core
5.Into Eternity - Buried In Oblivion

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Created by Pyramid God on 04.06.2011



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2000-2014: A 'Factored' Top 100

Take a look at the Top Album lists of recent years and you'll notice an obvious trend. In 2005 the average rating of the top 25 albums is 8.76. Jump to 2014 and the average among the top 25 has dropped…

1.Agalloch - The Mantle
2.Opeth - Blackwater Park
3.Blindead - Affliction XXIX II MXMVI
4.Aquilus - Griseus
5.Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World

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Created by Moose on 13.09.2015



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My share of experime(n)tal music and other innovative stuff

I wanted to create my personal Top List for a long time and to be honest, I always considered it as some kind of cool Prog Metal, Avantgarde Metal mix. As you can see, it has become a bit more complicated.

1.Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Part I
2.Kalisia - Cybion
3.Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera
4.Dog Fashion Disco - Adultery
5.Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

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Created by In5anity on 13.08.2011



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Top 73 albums of all time

1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
2.Amon Amarth - Once Sent From The Golden Hall
3.Amorphis - Queen Of Time
4.Angizia - Das Schachbrett Des Trommelbuben Zacharias
5.Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

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Created by Elektro-Hexer on 19.07.2010



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A List Of Symphonic Death Metal Albums

Edited from 'top 5' to an collection of metal albums in the symphonic death sub-genre. Recommendations are welcome.

1.Aeternam - Disciples Of The Unseen
2.Arch Of Hell - One Day
3.Atrocity - Atlantis
4.Brymir - Breathe Fire To The Sun
5.Dark Lunacy - Devoid

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Created by CyberSymphony on 16.03.2010



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Progressive Spiritual Euphoria / Best prog Albums Ever .

So here we are again . After many years of dedication and love to this music that we call progressive metal, here are some of the best albums that ever existed and made the earth a better place . Give…

1.Dan Swanö - Moontower
2.Cynic - Traced In Air
3.Cynic - Focus
4.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini
5.Enslaved - Ruun

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Created by Hazelnut Nero on 20.09.2014



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Song Titles With The Band`s Name

It is not uncommon that album titles are chosen after the band`s name. However, song titles that include or are identical to the band`s name are relatively seldom found.
This is an alphabetical list…

1.(hed) p.e. - Broke
2.71TONMAN - 71TONMAN
3.Ænigmatum - ÆNIGMATUM
4.Æther Realm - One Chosen By The Gods
5.A Feast For Lampreys - Graveyard Abyss

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Created by Plattner on 12.02.2023



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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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Albums You Should Check Out Instead Of New Dream Theater

Dream Theater are good for what they are, and what they are is a stepping stone into prog. To be fair, they have some great albums (WDADU, I&W, and Awake), but once Kevin Moore left, it's been…

1.Anekdoten - Vemod
2.Arcane - Known / Learned
3.Arena - Contagion
4.Beardfish - Sleeping In Traffic: Part Two
5.Communic - Waves Of Visual Decay

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Created by BigNaughtyV on 05.02.2016



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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 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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Top 200 Overrated Albums

**Trigger warning**

Albums and EPs rated 8.6+ from 100+ votes which I've given an 8 or lower to.

I've listened to and rated every album on MS that meets this criteria (at time of most recent…

1.Anathema - Judgement
2.Paradise Lost - Draconian Times
3.Anathema - Alternative 4
4.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades
5.Motörhead - Overkill

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Created by nonZero on 19.02.2021



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Vonpire's 2006 Best

1.Moonspell - Memorial
2.Draconian - The Burning Halo
3.The Gathering - Home
4.Melechesh - Emissaries
5.Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

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Created by Vonpire on 19.01.2011



Qnick´s Top 20 Always At Hand In Lossless

Probably not the best music in this world, but certainly my favourite 20 albums i always have in FLAC in my phone
Just metal stuff, othervise there would be quite a lot of classical music, jazz and prog…

1.Opeth - Still Life
2.Alcest - Les Voyages De L'âme
3.Wilderun - Veil Of Imagination
4.Aquilus - Griseus
5.Orgone - Pleroma

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Created by qnick90 on 03.09.2024



AJ's Ranking Of 2006

Top 50 of 2006

Only LPs

Album count: 180
Average rating: 7.09


1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
2.Celtic Frost - Monotheist
3.Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die
4.Summoning - Oath Bound
5.Enslaved - Ruun

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Created by AJ The Great on 25.02.2024