This alphabetical list presents bands that took the inspiration for their name from films (movies, tv series, documentaries).

Please feel free to suggest more examples of metal/hard rock band names…

1.36 Crazyfists - Bitterness The Star

2.Alien Queen - Matriarch

3.Alien Weaponry - Tū

4.Anaal Nathrakh - The Codex Necro

5.Armored Saint - March Of The Saint

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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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Plus my top three favourite tracks from each release. \m/

Non-Metal mentions:
The Cure - Pornography (Goth)
Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (Punk)
Bad Brains - Bad Brains (Punk)…

1.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

2.Venom - Black Metal

3.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

4.Accept - Restless And Wild

5.Motörhead - Iron Fist

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1.Candlemass - King Of The Grey Islands

2.Solitude Aeturnus - Alone

3.Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

4.Dominion - Threshold - A Retrospective

5.Trouble - Psalm 9

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These are MY Top 250 Albums that are featured on Metal Storm in chronological order to celebrate 50 Years of Metal.

Some bands are featured on this list with more than one album, which means that they…

1.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

2.Deep Purple - In Rock

3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

4.Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards

5.Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies

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"CALENDAR MADE OF METAL"
November = Doom Metal
Listening to as many albums as possible in said genre during said month and listing them here as I go. Suggestions welcome.

1.Witchfinder General - Death Penalty

2.Reverend Bizarre - In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend

3.Trouble - Psalm 9

4.Solitude Aeturnus - Into The Depths Of Sorrow

5.Orodruin - Ruins Of Eternity

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Note: these are only for the traditional style of metal borne out of the period of late 60s - late 80s. Modern bands are permitted but they need to be playing in that style.

Recommendations are welcome.

1.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

2.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

3.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

4.Deep Purple - In Rock

5.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III

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The must-have albums of old school heavy metal. Includes genres like Traditional, NWOBHM, U.S.P.M., Speed, Epic, Doom, and prog.

1.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

2.Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

3.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

4.Crimson Glory - Transcendence

5.Angel Witch - Angel Witch

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This is a list of my favourite debut albums.
I'm sure there are some years that will have multiple great debut albums but I'm limiting to only putting one band per year.
The ones that I put…

1.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

2.AC/DC - T.N.T.

3.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

4.Venom - Welcome To Hell

5.Witchfinder General - Death Penalty

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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…

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

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A lot of bands have great debut albums. Obviously this list is just a fraction of all the great debut albums out there, but it's a start. I'll keep expanding this list continuously, so all suggestions…

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2.Aarni - Bathos

3.Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia

4.Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom

5.Sadness - Ames De Marbre

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Metal Albums from 1982…

1.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3.Venom - Black Metal

4.Accept - Restless And Wild

5.Scorpions - Blackout

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*I do not count Judas Priest and Motorhead as NWOBHM, because they started before that scene…

1.Satan - Court In The Act

2.Cloven Hoof - Cloven Hoof

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4.Witchfinder General - Death Penalty

5.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

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Just Boobies!…

1.Abaddon Incarnate - The Last Supper

2.Abrasive - Awakening Of Lust

3.Abrasive - The Birth... Born In Sodom

4.Abrasive - Book Of Sin

5.Abysmal Gates - Divine Deception

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