One album per band in random order. Will be continued very soon.

1.Rapture - Futile

2.Barathrum - Eerie

3.Bathory - Blood Fire Death

4.Diaboli - Mesmerized By Darkness

5.Obituary - Cause Of Death

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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.S.V.E.S.T. - Veritas Diaboli Manet In Aeternum: Le Diable Est Ma Raison

2.Sabachthani - Miserable Endings

3.Sabaoth - Les Illuminations

4.Sabaton - Carolus Rex

5.Sabbat - Dreamweaver

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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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1.Shylmagoghnar - Emergence

2.Galneryus - Angel Of Salvation

3.Blindead - Affliction XXIX II MXMVI

4.Batushka - Litourgiya

5.Leprous - Bilateral

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**Trigger warning**

Albums and EPs rated 8.6+ from 100+ votes which I've given an 8 or lower to.

I've listened to and rated every album on MS that meets this criteria (at time of most recent…

1.Anathema - Judgement

2.Paradise Lost - Draconian Times

3.Anathema - Alternative 4

4.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

5.Motörhead - Overkill

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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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My favorite bands...

1.Void Of Silence - Human Antithesis

2.Why Angels Fall - The Unveiling

3.Before The Rain - Frail

4.Ataraxie - Slow Transcending Agony

5.Virgin Black - Requiem - Mezzo Forte

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Overall year rating:
5/5…

1.Opeth - Blackwater Park

2.Shape Of Despair - Angels Of Distress

3.Evoken - Quietus

4.Tool - Lateralus

5.Novembre - Novembrine Waltz

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Limited to only one entry per band.

1.Evoken - Quietus

2.Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper

3.Tyranny - Tides Of Awakening

4.Esoteric - A Pyrrhic Existence

5.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

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1.Afgrund - Vid Helvetets Grindar

2.After Forever - After Forever

3.Agalloch - The Mantle

4.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

5.Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde

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1.Agalloch - Pale Folklore

2.Agalloch - The Mantle

3.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

5.Ahab - The Boats Of The Glen Carrig

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1.Devin Townsend - Terria

2.Ensiferum - Ensiferum

3.Lost Horizon - Awakening The World

4.Opeth - Blackwater Park

5.Ark - Burn The Sun

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1.Opeth - Blackwater Park

2.Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta

3.Windir - 1184

4.My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours

5.Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape

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I feel like my overall favorites list is getting too long. I'm splitting it up by rating.

1.Ulcerate - Stare Into Death And Be Still

2.Madder Mortem - Eight Ways

3.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

4.Ayreon - 01011001

5.Igric - Svet Svetlom Stvorený

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1.Uaral - Sounds Of Pain

2.Virgin Black - Requiem - Fortissimo

3.My Dying Bride - Songs Of Darkness, Words Of Light

4.Doom:VS - Dead Words Speak

5.Myriads - Introspection

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