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Top 500 Albums of All Time
I've been listening to Metal since 2005 and it has become my biggest passion in life. Rarely a day goes by where I don't listen to it in one form or another. The bands I listened to in my teens…
| 1. | Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral |
| 2. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 3. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 5. | Opeth - Still Life |
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50 Albums Of Pure Eargasm For The Ages
This is buy or die stuff (in no particular order), the epitome of pure awesomeness!
| 1. | Windir - Arntor |
| 2. | Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes |
| 3. | Cor Scorpii - Monument |
| 4. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 5. | Summoning - Dol Guldur |
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The Awesomest Duets
The most beautiful and awesome vocal duets (within bands or guest appearances) I ever heard in my life...
Any Suggestions are welcomed!
Any Suggestions are welcomed!
| 1. | Kamelot - The Black Halo |
| 2. | Anathema - A Natural Disaster |
| 3. | Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear |
| 4. | Within Temptation - Black Symphony |
| 5. | Ayreon - The Universal Migrator Part I: The Dream Sequencer |
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The Deadliest Of Harmonies (A Journey Into Melodic Death Metal)
Hey Folks! It’s me… Again!
I’m coming back once more to explore the depths of a genre that arguably did not begin where you all thought it did! Yeah yeah… Alright, maybe Left Hand Path, Necroticism:…
I’m coming back once more to explore the depths of a genre that arguably did not begin where you all thought it did! Yeah yeah… Alright, maybe Left Hand Path, Necroticism:…
| 1. | Entombed - Left Hand Path |
| 2. | Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious |
| 3. | Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream |
| 4. | At The Gates - The Red In The Sky Is Ours |
| 5. | Carcass - Heartwork |
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Bands I'm Grateful To Have Seen Live (in rough chronological order)
I consider myself very lucky to have grown up, not just on the West Coast of the United States, but right in the heart of one of history's great metal scenes--the San Francisco Bay Area. So many awesome…
| 1. | Anthrax - State Of Euphoria |
| 2. | Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II |
| 3. | Exodus - Fabulous Disaster |
| 4. | Testament - The New Order |
| 5. | Voivod - Nothingface |
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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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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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My Top 50 Of All Time
This is the list for my favorite albums. It will with no doubt change from time to time and some may disappear or move from a spot to another.
| 1. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 2. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 3. | Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell |
| 4. | For My Pain - Fallen |
| 5. | Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit |
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Top 10 Metal Albums
My most beloved albums
| 1. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 2. | Ensiferum - Ensiferum |
| 3. | Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God |
| 4. | At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul |
| 5. | Equilibrium - Sagas |
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Top 10 Of 2008
| 1. | In Mourning - Shrouded Divine |
| 2. | Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe |
| 3. | Septicflesh - Communion |
| 4. | Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh |
| 5. | Psycroptic - Ob(Servant) |
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200+ Favorite Albums
Note: Tool intentionally ommitted because they don't consider themselves metal. Otherwise you'd see their first 4 albums in top 25.
Last updated: 17 July 2026.
Last updated: 17 July 2026.
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 3. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 5. | Vital Remains - Dechristianize |
| + 258 more |
The Mightiest Albums Annually
Mightiest = albums I can listen to almost anytime/anywhere - no matter how many times they never wear out - and always give me pleasure, power, euphoria, goosebumps, inspiration and many other nasty things.
| 1. | Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud |
| 2. | Anaal Nathrakh - Desideratum |
| 3. | Battle Beast - Battle Beast |
| 4. | Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone |
| 5. | Skeletonwitch - Forever Abomination |
| + 31 more |