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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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Best Albums Of The New Millennium
On the picture - John Cobbett - Hammers Of Misfortune, Vhöl, Ludicra, The Lord Weird Slough Feg
| 1. | Avenged Sevenfold - City Of Evil |
| 2. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 3. | Hammers Of Misfortune - The Locust Years |
| 4. | Opeth - Ghost Reveries |
| 5. | The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Down Among The Deadmen |
| + 610 more |
Current Top 100 (subject To Change)
Moves up and down depending on mood, but top 25-30 usually the same in varying order
| 1. | Sylosis - Conclusion Of An Age |
| 2. | Machine Head - The Blackening |
| 3. | Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory |
| 4. | Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth |
| 5. | In Flames - The Jester Race |
| + 95 more |
1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
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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My All Time Favorite (metal) Albums...
Metal albums (and yes, I consider metalcore to be metal) that rocked my world, with maximum 2 albums per band sorted by bands in alphabetic order. Live, EP and compilation albums allowed, also including…
| 1. | Alabama Thunderpussy - Open Fire |
| 2. | Alice In Chains - Dirt |
| 3. | All That Remains - The Fall Of Ideals |
| 4. | Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God |
| 5. | Annihilator - Alice In Hell |
| + 141 more |
Top 200 Alternative Metal Albums
This is very simple, I took the ratings for a bunch of alternative metal albums on MS and ranked them accordingly
To qualify:
The album must have been released when the band was labelled as "Alternative…
To qualify:
The album must have been released when the band was labelled as "Alternative…
| 1. | Mass Hysteria - Contraddiction |
| 2. | Tool - Lateralus |
| 3. | The Butterfly Effect - IV |
| 4. | Tool - Aenima |
| 5. | Mass Hysteria - Le Bien-Être Et La Paix |
| + 195 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 100 Albums (No Repeating Bands)
I do my best to feel confident about my top 10, After that 11-100 are just alphabetical.
| 1. | Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything |
| 2. | Iron Maiden - Brave New World |
| 3. | Evergrey - The Inner Circle |
| 4. | Obscure Sphinx - Void Mother |
| 5. | Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor |
| + 95 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 |
Essential Music For Phone
Bands in my daily listening rotation. Albums chosen are my favorite by the respective band in most cases 🤘
| 1. | 200 Stab Wounds - Slave To The Scalpel |
| 2. | A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms |
| 3. | Abbath - Abbath |
| 4. | Acid Witch - Rot Among Us |
| 5. | Æther Realm - Tarot |
| + 156 more |
My Collection 💿
Albums I have started collecting as of 2025
Newest albums first
Newest albums first
| 1. | Yes - Close To The Edge |
| 2. | The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream |
| 3. | Testament - Para Bellum |
| 4. | Katatonia - Sky Void Of Stars |
| 5. | Soundgarden - Superunknown |
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SF's Top 20 For 2008
Like my own 2009 top list, it's been extremely hard to narrow down to a final twenty because of so many releases in recent years. But twenty it is and of course, I cheated again with my other two…
| 1. | Oceans Of Sadness - The Arrogance Of Ignorance |
| 2. | Textures - Silhouettes |
| 3. | UnSun - The End Of Life |
| 4. | Septicflesh - Communion |
| 5. | Poisonblack - A Dead Heavy Day |
| + 15 more |
Top 300 Albums
In progress top 300 albums in alphabetical order
| 1. | A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms |
| 2. | Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops |
| 3. | Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations |
| 4. | Acid Witch - Stoned |
| 5. | Acid Witch - Evil Sound Screamers |
| + 277 more |