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Most Iconic Metal Album Covers (No Order) (More Coming Soon)
Some of these albums are known just when you see their album cover. They are usually iconic albums (whether positively or negatively) and one can easily identify them even if they were zoomed out tons…
| 1. | Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness |
| 2. | Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter |
| 3. | Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse |
| 4. | Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas |
| 5. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
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The "Must Have" And The "Could Have" Metal Albums Of The 80's
These are the 211 essential hard rock/metal albums of the 80's, as were selected by the Greek Magazine "Metal Hammer" (August 2001 issue).
The albums followed by a star are the "must…
The albums followed by a star are the "must…
| 1. | Angel Witch - Angel Witch |
| 2. | AC/DC - Back In Black |
| 3. | Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell |
| 4. | Diamond Head - Lightning To The Nations |
| 5. | Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden |
| + 206 more |
A Thrash List But Not Exactly From A Thrasher
Thrash may not be my favorite metal subgenre but it's one of them. There have always been thrash albums I always get back to with great pleasure and I am usually happy when thrash veterans get back…
| 1. | Kreator - Terrible Certainty |
| 2. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 3. | Slayer - South Of Heaven |
| 4. | Annihilator - Never, Neverland |
| 5. | Death Angel - Act III |
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All Metal Of All Time Top 300: Songs
| 1. | Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum |
| 2. | Theatre Of Tragedy - Theatre Of Tragedy |
| 3. | My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans |
| 4. | Iron Maiden - Powerslave |
| 5. | Anathema - The Silent Enigma |
| + 317 more |
Making My Way Through The MS Top 200
The Metal Storm top 200 is supposed to represent the absolute peak of metal music, the timeless classics. Join me as I try to listen to every single album featured on it.
Each album has a symbol telling…
Each album has a symbol telling…
| 1. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 2. | Death - Symbolic |
| 3. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 4. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 5. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| + 195 more |
Metal Songs And Albums That Inspired The Names Of Other Bands
This is an alphabetical list of metal songs and albums that inspired the names of other artists.
While comparable lists often focus on the band name and explain its origin, this list turns the point…
While comparable lists often focus on the band name and explain its origin, this list turns the point…
| 1. | Abruptum - De Profundis Mors Vas Cousumet |
| 2. | Amebix - No Sanctuary: The Spiderleg Recordings |
| 3. | Anathema - Alternative 4 |
| 4. | Anathema - Weather Systems |
| 5. | Arch Enemy - Black Earth |
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My Top 15 Headbanging Songs
In any order and one song from the band only!!
My Top 15 Headbanging Songs
My Top 15 Headbanging Songs
| 1. | Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God |
| 2. | Killswitch Engage - This Fire Burns |
| 3. | Metallica - From Whom The Bell Tolls |
| 4. | Slayer - Raining Blood |
| 5. | Eluveitie - Inis Mona |
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My Top 25 Thrash Albums (of All Time)
These are just what I consider to be the 25 BEST thrash metal albums ever produced. These are all studio albums. In no particular order
| 1. | Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! |
| 2. | Metal Church - The Dark |
| 3. | Anthrax - Among The Living |
| 4. | Evildead - Annihilation Of Civilization |
| 5. | Sacred Reich - Ignorance |
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My Top 30 Favorite Albums Ever!
This is a top 30 of my favorite albums of all time. You'll probably notice that I'm quite a big fan of thrash metal, as it's pretty dominated by that genre. A lot of the albums though, are…
| 1. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 2. | Artillery - By Inheritance |
| 3. | Michael Jackson - Bad |
| 4. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 5. | Metallica - Kill 'Em All |
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Top (70) ish - All Time
No Real Order, just Great Albums!
| 1. | Dio - Holy Diver |
| 2. | Metallica - Kill 'Em All |
| 3. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 4. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 5. | Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath |
| + 63 more |
Top 400 Metal Albums Ranked Mathematically (2026 Update)
RESTRICTIONS
Each album had to meet all the following conditions in order to be eligible:
1) 10+ years old
2) Metalstorm: 200+ votes, average user score 8.0+
3) Rateyourmusic: 1000+ ratings, average…
Each album had to meet all the following conditions in order to be eligible:
1) 10+ years old
2) Metalstorm: 200+ votes, average user score 8.0+
3) Rateyourmusic: 1000+ ratings, average…
| 1. | Death - Symbolic |
| 2. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 3. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 4. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 5. | Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality |
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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 |
| + 350 more |
1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
WORK IN PROGESS! Welcome to what I consider the "1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" or in other words, a list of records of various genres in the arrays of Metal and Hard Rock that…
| 1. | High Tide - Sea Shanties |
| 2. | Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath |
| 3. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin |
| 4. | Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come |
| 5. | Josefus - Dead Man |
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Thrashing Fury
I'm not a big fan of Thrash, these are perhaps the only albums I enjoy listening to, and even then only rarely. So enjoy if you can.
| 1. | Prong - Beg To Differ |
| 2. | Morbid Saint - Spectrum Of Death |
| 3. | Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare |
| 4. | Demolition Hammer - Epidemic Of Violence |
| 5. | Exhorder - Slaughter In The Vatican |
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Thrash Effect
Like my other genre-based lists, this exists purely for my own organizational purposes and not to provide a definitive statement about or guidebook to the thrash genre. I've folded some speed metal…
| 1. | Slayer - Reign In Blood |
| 2. | Gama Bomb - Citizen Brain |
| 3. | Cross Examination - Menace II Sobriety |
| 4. | Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss |
| 5. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| + 515 more |