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Guib's Essentials (Alphabetical Order)

Wanna know what I headbang to on the regular? The releases that have seen countless re-spins... Well, this is a very simple list and something you've probably seen a lot of other MS users do in the…

1.Absu - The Third Storm Of Cythrául
2.AC/DC - High Voltage
3.Alestorm - Black Sails At Midnight
4.Alien Weaponry - Tū
5.Amon Amarth - Fate Of Norns

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Created by Guib on 02.05.2015



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Old-school Metal: The Must-haves

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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Created by Jagermeister on 07.03.2015



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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…

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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Created by Tzo87 on 25.08.2013



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Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Of The 80's

The best decade in history of heavy metal.

1.Judas Priest - Painkiller
2.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
3.Accept - Breaker
4.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
5.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I

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Created by Mrtvozornik on 19.02.2014



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One-Hit Albums

A (most probably incomplete) list of albums on which I really enjoy only a single song (in alphabetical order, excluding one-track albums).
They turn out to be albums that I rate a 6 or 7 overall -- with…

1.Agalloch - Pale Folklore
2.Amorphis - Far From The Sun
3.Annihilator - Set The World On Fire
4.Asphyx - The Rack
5.Bathory - Blood Fire Death

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Created by Redel on 09.01.2020



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"The Greatest Vocalists In Rock & Metal Music"

This is a guide list to some of the greatest voices in the history of rock & metal music, ranked in alphabetical order, by singer's name. I know that there are many more great singers/vocalists…

1.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans
2.Primordial - To The Nameless Dead
3.Watchtower - Control And Resistance
4.Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
5.Evanescence - Fallen

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Created by Tzo87 on 07.06.2013



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My Best Album By Year (1967-2009)

1.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach
2.Doom:VS - Dead Words Speak
3.Swallow The Sun - Hope
4.Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side
5.Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell

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Created by cobrapel on 01.10.2010



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Top Favourite Heavy Metal Albums

1.Judas Priest - Painkiller
2.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
3.Iron Maiden - Powerslave
4.Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith
5.Motörhead - Inferno

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Created by blackwreath13 on 06.03.2021



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Top 10 Albums

1.Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
2.Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum
3.Saxon - Denim And Leather
4.Iron Maiden - Powerslave
5.Deep Purple - Machine Head

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Created by Demonhunter on 08.01.2011



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Starting On Metal? A Beginner’s List

So … you want a start listen Metal and you don’t know how to start? Then this list is for you.

1.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
3.Saxon - Denim And Leather
4.Rush - 2112
5.Van Halen - 1984

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Created by Blackcrowe on 14.09.2022



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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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Created by pandrstudios on 31.05.2022



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TOP 50 POWER/HEAVY/Hardrock 1980-1989

1.Iron Maiden - Powerslave
2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
4.Mötley Crüe - Shout At The Devil
5.Michael Schenker Group - M.S.G.

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Created by jeffster69 on 12.05.2022



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Top 11 Favourite Metal Albums Of 1981

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

Non-Metal mentions:
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Juju (Goth)
The Exploited - Punk's Not Dead (Punk)
Black Flag - Damaged (Punk)…

1.Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
2.Iron Maiden - Killers
3.Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman
4.Venom - Welcome To Hell
5.Accept - Breaker

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Created by blackwreath13 on 28.06.2021



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HEAVYCEMBER

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

1.Anvil - Metal On Metal
2.Mercyful Fate - Melissa
3.Raven - Rock Until You Drop
4.Tygers Of Pan Tang - Spellbound
5.Angel Witch - Angel Witch

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Created by Daddy Pig on 01.12.2019



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M0rkeleb's Overall Favorites

Simple ranking of all my favorite albums. Favorite song from the album in the notes. Sure to change/expand as I learn and explore more within metal.
2023: This was starting to get too long so I split…

1.Madder Mortem - Eight Ways
2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
3.Ayreon - 01011001
4.Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All
5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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Created by M0rkeleb on 16.10.2015