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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 |
| + 495 more |
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…
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 |
| + 195 more |
My share of experime(n)tal music and other innovative stuff
I wanted to create my personal Top List for a long time and to be honest, I always considered it as some kind of cool Prog Metal, Avantgarde Metal mix. As you can see, it has become a bit more complicated.
| 1. | Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Part I |
| 2. | Kalisia - Cybion |
| 3. | Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera |
| 4. | Dog Fashion Disco - Adultery |
| 5. | Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors |
| + 98 more |
My Favorite Albums: 2000s
I updated the list, so there are now 100 entries, and I consider 100 to be to little. These are albums I listen to regularly, and some I listened to frantically for a while.
| 1. | Rapture - Songs For The Withering |
| 2. | System Of A Down - Toxicity |
| 3. | Warning - Watching From A Distance |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson II |
| 5. | Converge - Jane Doe |
| + 97 more |
Best Metal Albums Around!
These Are Albums that give metal a good name, and create metalheads who live for little else. Originality, Raw talent, Brilliant atmosphere, Brutality with a great technical aspect, and just plain ass…
| 1. | Lux Occulta - The Mother And The Enemy |
| 2. | Borknagar - The Archaic Course |
| 3. | Ancient - Mad Grandiose Bloodfiends |
| 4. | Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale |
| 5. | Bloodbath - Resurrection Through Carnage |
| + 60 more |
F3ynman's Top 50 Most Frequently Listened-to Albums Of 2023
Merry Christmas, my fellow metalheads!
I present to you my top 50 most frequently listened-to albums of the year 2023, ordered by number of full listens.
In other words, here are the albums that…
I present to you my top 50 most frequently listened-to albums of the year 2023, ordered by number of full listens.
In other words, here are the albums that…
| 1. | Electric Wizard - Dopethrone |
| 2. | Japanische Kampfhörspiele - Welt Ohne Werbung |
| 3. | Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops |
| 4. | Necrovation - Storm The Void / Starving Grave |
| 5. | Vitriolic Sage - 梦路 |
| + 45 more |
Artists With Only 8+ Albums
Only bands with at least 3 albums, and all albums rated over 8 (with at least 50 votes).
| 1. | Allegaeon - USA / 7 albums / Formed in: 2005 / Genres: Melodic death metal, Technical death metal |
| 2. | Allegaeon - Fragments Of Form And Function |
| 3. | Allegaeon - Formshifter |
| 4. | Allegaeon - Elements Of The Infinite |
| 5. | Allegaeon - Proponent For Sentience |
| + 224 more |
solar's quirky albums
An ever-growing list of albums/EPs that were just fun to listen to. They had something unique, were experimental/strange and/or had interestingly/efficiently lined up vocals and/or instruments that are…
| 1. | ...? - ...! |
| 2. | !T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest) |
| 3. | 6:33 - Deadly Scenes |
| 4. | Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops |
| 5. | Age Of Silence - Acceleration |
| + 77 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: 24 Jan 2026.
Last updated: 24 Jan 2026.
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 3. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 5. | Vital Remains - Dechristianize |
| + 279 more |
400+ Favorite Songs
Last updated on 17 May 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 |
| + 486 more |
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 |
| + 51 more |
Black Metal
My favorite black metal album’s…
| 1. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 2. | Akhlys - Melinoë |
| 3. | Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs |
| 4. | Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors |
| 5. | Blut Aus Nord - Hallucinogen |
| + 53 more |
Top 200 Albums Of The 2000s
Here are the 00s albums that have stood out and made the largest impact on me. To be as transparent as possible, I've labelled albums as 'nostalgia bias' where my memories of the band give…
| 1. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 2. | Trivium - Shogun |
| 3. | Machine Head - The Blackening |
| 4. | Trivium - Ascendancy |
| 5. | Opeth - Ghost Reveries |
| + 195 more |
Currently Listening... (April 2023 Edition)
These are albums that I'm currently enjoying. They may be classics that I'm revisiting or new gems I've recently discovered. (Ordered alphabetically)
- A star (⭐️) denotes a new discovery…
- A star (⭐️) denotes a new discovery…
| 1. | Allfather - A Violent Truth |
| 2. | Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud |
| 3. | Anvil - Metal On Metal |
| 4. | Artrosis - Hidden Dimension |
| 5. | Azaghal - Immortalized In Luciferian Blood |
| + 43 more |
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