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The @gents Old School Death Metal / Not So Old School Grindcore List

Bands listed alphabetically, One album per band (With the exception of Carcass and Napalm Death who appear in the Grind and Death Metal sections). Some bands may not be pure old school (Death / Thrash,…

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2.Abhorrence - Abhorrence [EP]
3.Acrostichon - Engraved In Black
4.Adramelech - PsychoStasia
5.Afflicted - Prodigal Sun

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Created by @gent_-_orange on 18.09.2011



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Jay's Top Metal Albums...no Particular Order 2.0

I havnt been into metal all that long...so this is a good chuck of the metal albums i own...though ive heard many, many more....these are all albums ive spent a lot of time with (or soon will). I tried…

1.!T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)
2.3 Inches Of Blood - Here Waits Thy Doom
3.Absu - Tara
4.ADX - Division Blindée
5.Agalloch - The Mantle

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Created by JÄY on 28.07.2010



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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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Created by nonZero on 06.10.2018



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Top 200 Overlooked Albums

This list aims to be the counterpart to the Metal Storm Top 200 Albums (plus a few extras).

If you discover a new band or already like any of the ones here, please give this list a thumbs up and/or…

1.Solipsist - The Human Equation
2.Ayahuasca - Beneath The Mind
3.Cryptomnesia - Primordial Oddity
4.Element (USA) - The Energy
5.Telepathy - 12 Areas

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Created by nonZero on 15.07.2020



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Top [Insert Round Number Here] Second Wave Black Metal Albums

***Limit 2 albums per artist***…

1.Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
2.Burzum - Filosofem
3.Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
4.Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
5.Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark

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Created by saw_you_drown on 05.05.2011



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My Favorite Metal Albums Of All Time (June 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 songs
Statistics:
Genre:…

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

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Created by F3ynman on 09.06.2021



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Andy top black metal albums

My favourite black metal albums listed and ranked, all varieties within the black metal genre.

1.Summoning - Oath Bound
2.Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter
3.Primordial - To The Nameless Dead
4.Bathory - Hammerheart
5.Mgła - Exercises In Futility

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Created by AndyMetalFreak on 26.04.2021



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90s: The Essentials

In no particular order. Will be expanding as I listen to more albums. Only one album per band, be sure to check the rest of the discography by yourself.

1.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
2.System Of A Down - System Of A Down
3.Ulver - Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr I 5 Capitler
4.Anacrusis - Manic Impressions
5.Death - Symbolic

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Created by Mikyz on 07.05.2010



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Quite Unusual Choices : Black Metal

Similar to the previous QUC list.

May sound against rational thinking, but I highly suggest you to try out the non-MS featured bands at the end of the list. Most of them are high quality stuff.

YouTube…

1.Mörk Gryning - Tusen År Har Gått...
2.Sacramentum - Far Away From The Sun
3.Vinterland - Welcome My Last Chapter
4.Damned Spirits' Dance - Weird Constellations
5.In Vain - The Latter Rain

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Created by qlacs on 14.11.2011



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Omega_Switch's Listism: Top Black Metal Albums

1.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
2.Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky
3.Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
4.Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
5.Bathory - Blood Fire Death

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Created by omega_switch on 19.03.2011



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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:…

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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Created by Guib on 08.04.2024



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My Favorite 100 Metal Albums Of All Time

1.Warning - Watching From A Distance
2.Aquilus - Griseus
3.King Diamond - Abigail
4.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
5.Candlemass - Nightfall

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Created by CLITORIUX on 25.08.2013



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Park Metal

Music I listen to in an English-styled park in Warsaw, where nature grew in such a way that a controlled wilderness was achieved. Some songs match certain seasons better than others! This music goes well…

1.Agalloch - The Mantle
2.Opeth - Blackwater Park
3.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
4.Wintersun - Wintersun
5.Summoning - Stronghold

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Created by Qualeen on 04.07.2022



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Top 56 Black Metal Albums

I've been listened to Black Metal since the late 2000s starting with Emperor and Dimmu Borgir. Since then, I've discover dozens of amazing bands thanks to MS and it has become one of my favourite…

1.Agalloch - The Mantle
2.Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle
3.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
4.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
5.Windir - 1184

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Created by nonZero on 19.02.2024



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~ My Favorite Black Metal Records ~

Yeah... a very conventional idea for a list, but i couldn't resist in the end finally making this one.
A list of my personal favorites from the blackest metal of them all.
Ordered by personal preferences…

1.Summoning - Stronghold
2.Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
3.Midnight Odyssey - Firmament
4.Eismalsott - Best Before: Spring
5.Dornenreich - Bitter Ist's Dem Tod Zu Dienen

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Created by sashike on 13.05.2013