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The Encyclopaedia of Beautiful Metal Ballads
If you know other wonderful songs which are missing in this list, feel free to suggest them to me 
| 1. | Adagio - Underworld |
| 2. | Aerosmith - Aerosmith |
| 3. | After Forever - Prison Of Desire |
| 4. | After Forever - Decipher |
| 5. | After Forever - After Forever |
| + 373 more |
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 |
| + 495 more |
Metal Songs That Make You Want To Dance
An encyclopedia of metal songs that get you to dance or groove to whether you want to or not.
One album per band. Recommendations are welcome.
One album per band. Recommendations are welcome.
| 1. | 6:33 - Feary Tales For Strange Lullabies: The Dome |
| 2. | Aborym - With No Human Intervention |
| 3. | Akphaezya - Anthology II: Links From The Dead Trinity |
| 4. | Alestorm - Black Sails At Midnight |
| 5. | The Algorithm - Polymorphic Code |
| + 61 more |
Top 50 Metal Albums Of The 2000'S
Comprehensive list of my top 50 metal albums from the previous decade. Though a number of non-metal albums would make my 50, I have excluded them here.
| 1. | Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness |
| 2. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 3. | Negură Bunget - OM |
| 4. | Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness |
| 5. | Katatonia - Viva Emptiness |
| + 56 more |
Favoritest Favorites - My Top 100 Albums
My favorite albums. Includes EPs and 1 compilation. Anything ouside the top 20 or so could be up or down several places. Constantly subject to change.
| 1. | Saviour Machine - Saviour Machine II |
| 2. | Within Temptation - The Unforgiving |
| 3. | Ayreon - The Human Equation |
| 4. | Stolen Babies - There Be Squabbles Ahead |
| 5. | Billy Idol - Cyberpunk |
| + 95 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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My Metal Evolution In 50 albums
| 1. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 2. | Metallica - Metallica |
| 3. | HammerFall - Legacy Of Kings |
| 4. | HammerFall - Crimson Thunder |
| 5. | Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth |
| + 45 more |
Top 100 (+5) Of 2000-2004
2005-2009 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5838
2010-2014 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5828
2015-2019 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6722
I…
2010-2014 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5828
2015-2019 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6722
I…
| 1. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 2. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 3. | Tool - Lateralus |
| 4. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 5. | Ensiferum - Ensiferum |
| + 100 more |
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…
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 |
| + 92 more |
Album Covers With Pyramids
This list includes albums with pyramids on the cover. It doesn't matter if they're Egyptian, American, or cosmic pyramids, as long as they're pyramids. Some covers only show the pyramids…
| 1. | Budgie - Nightflight |
| 2. | Dio - The Last In Line |
| 3. | Iron Maiden - Powerslave |
| 4. | Crossfire (BEL) - See You In Hell |
| 5. | Vandenberg - Alibi |
| + 73 more |
Magical Albums
Good musical pieces are those that initiate an emotional reaction or a subconscious shift of your subjective perception. The best music are those that elicit the most positive or dramatic of changes to…
| 1. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 2. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 3. | Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God |
| 4. | Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors |
| 5. | Atoma - Skylight |
| + 45 more |
Rock & Metal Ballads Collection
Compilation of many Hard Rock or Metal Ballads I've heard. Bands and Albums are ordered by name alphabetically.
| 1. | Accept - Balls To The Wall |
| 2. | Accept - Blood Of The Nations |
| 3. | Accept - Eat The Heat |
| 4. | Adagio - Underworld |
| 5. | Aerosmith - Aerosmith |
| + 420 more |
The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (T)
This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone…
| 1. | !T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest) |
| 2. | T.R.A.M. - Lingua Franca |
| 3. | Taake - ...Doedskvad |
| 4. | Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster - Exegesis |
| 5. | Tad Morose - Modus Vivendi |
| + 157 more |
Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive, 2004
A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.
2004 was a another good year, especially for my favorite genres Symphonic metal and power…
2004 was a another good year, especially for my favorite genres Symphonic metal and power…
| 1. | Haggard - Eppur Si Muove |
| 2. | Ayreon - The Human Equation |
| 3. | Orphaned Land - Mabool: The Story Of The Three Sons Of Seven |
| 4. | Nightwish - Once |
| 5. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| + 15 more |
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