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A Brutal Poem Of Technicalities (Ordered By Years)
So here are some Brutal, Technical, Progressive and sometimes Atmospheric death metal works I enjoy or that I believe should be given a try because they're unique and interesting, almost an essentials…
| 1. | Atheist - Piece Of Time |
| 2. | Nocturnus - The Key |
| 3. | Atrocity - Hallucinations |
| 4. | Death - Human |
| 5. | Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten |
| + 270 more |
My Favorite Metal Albums Of All Time (Last Update: June 2022)
(Last Update: 2022)
These are my top 100 favorite albums - they are the reason why I love metal!
Enjoy!
Format: Band | Album | (genre, release year, country) What I like about the album; Favorite…
These are my top 100 favorite albums - they are the reason why I love metal!
Enjoy!
Format: Band | Album | (genre, release year, country) What I like about the album; Favorite…
| 1. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 2. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 3. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 4. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 5. | Death - Spiritual Healing |
| + 95 more |
My Favorite 40 Metal Albums Ever (+5...)
Overhauled as of May 10th, 2012! Top 5 favorite non-metal albums featured at the bottom.
This is a much improved (and more recently accurate) reworking of my previous favorite albums list, with a few…
This is a much improved (and more recently accurate) reworking of my previous favorite albums list, with a few…
| 1. | Crimson Glory - Transcendence |
| 2. | Anubis Gate - The Detached |
| 3. | Artillery - By Inheritance |
| 4. | Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory |
| 5. | Metal Church - Hanging In The Balance |
| + 41 more |
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 |
| + 205 more |
Current Top 100, 5 Years On
Back when I joined the site in 2011, I did a customary top 100 album list. Every year since then, when I've looked back at it it's become increasingly unrecognisable from my own tastes. Seeing…
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Sylosis - Monolith |
| 3. | Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth |
| 4. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 5. | Protest The Hero - Kezia |
| + 126 more |
Bombest's Most Listened To Albums
Progressive Metal/Rock is my main music, but you can't ignore the beauty in other genres.
| 1. | Orphaned Land - The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR |
| 2. | Opeth - Damnation |
| 3. | Porcupine Tree - The Incident |
| 4. | Porcupine Tree - In Absentia |
| 5. | Tool - 10,000 Days |
| + 53 more |
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 |
My Favorite 35 Albums Of The 2000's
UPDATED Apr. 2012! Like the title says (covers '00 - '09). In numbered order by personal preference. May change as I find new releases.
| 1. | Anubis Gate - The Detached |
| 2. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 3. | Kamelot - The Black Halo |
| 4. | Warning - Watching From A Distance |
| 5. | Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh |
| + 30 more |
50 Best Of The 00's.....for Me Anyway!
I think the title is self explanitory. Not in order of preference as it would change daily and I can't be arsed changing it around all the time!:) it's a bit of a mixture of all the stuff I like…
| 1. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 2. | Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde |
| 3. | Arsis - A Celebration Of Guilt |
| 4. | Be'lakor - Stone's Reach |
| 5. | Between The Buried And Me - Colors |
| + 46 more |
F3ynman's Top 50 Most Frequently Listened-to Albums Of 2022
Merry Christmas, my fellow metalheads!
Inspired by Qualeen's list, I meticulously kept track of how often I listened to every album this year. I present to you my top 50 most frequently listened-to…
Inspired by Qualeen's list, I meticulously kept track of how often I listened to every album this year. I present to you my top 50 most frequently listened-to…
| 1. | Slayer - Show No Mercy |
| 2. | Mercyful Fate - Melissa |
| 3. | Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked |
| 4. | Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh |
| 5. | Autopsy - Severed Survival |
| + 45 more |
My Favorite Instrumental Metal Songs
I love instrumentals (songs without vocals)!
One doesn't need words to convey a message and evoke emotions. Instrumentals also show how metal is very closely related to classical music!
These are…
One doesn't need words to convey a message and evoke emotions. Instrumentals also show how metal is very closely related to classical music!
These are…
| 1. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 2. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 3. | Summoning - Minas Morgul |
| 4. | Metallica - ...And Justice For All |
| 5. | Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance |
| + 67 more |
Secret Tracks: Songs And Audio Pieces That Were Left Off The Track List
Secret tracks, sometimes also called ghost tracks, unlisted tracks or hidden tracks, are songs or audio pieces that were left off the track list of an album.
The easiest way to hide a secret track is…
The easiest way to hide a secret track is…
| 1. | Acid Bath - Paegan Terrorism Tactics |
| 2. | Anathema - Pentecost III |
| 3. | Anathema - Pentecost III + The Crestfallen EP |
| 4. | Anthrax - Volume 8: The Threat Is Real |
| 5. | Anthrax - We've Come For You All |
| + 96 more |
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) |
| + 5 more |
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 |
400+ Favorite Songs
Last updated on 7 July 2026.
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
| 3. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 4. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 5. | Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast |
| + 468 more |