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My Favorite Metal Albums Of All Time

My favorite metal albums sorted alphabetically by band name and chronological by release date.

1.Æther Realm - Tarot
2.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations
3.Allegaeon - Proponent For Sentience
4.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes
5.Amorphis - Silent Waters

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Created by Ryanm123 on 23.12.2023



Albums That Influenced Me The Most

These are the albums that really impacted me emotionally and helped to shape me as a teen.

1.System Of A Down - Toxicity
2.Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows
3.Amon Amarth - Once Sent From The Golden Hall
4.Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
5.Kalmah - They Will Return

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Created by Ryanm123 on 29.09.2022



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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive 2002

A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

2002 was a really strong year especially for progressive metal, black metal came back rowing and power metal going through its golden age.

My favorite non metal albums of 2002

1. In absentia

1.Agalloch - The Mantle
2.Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done
3.Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors
4.Taake - ...Bjoergvin...
5.Symphony X - The Odyssey

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Created by Handala on 15.09.2022



My Top 30 Albums Of 2002

1.Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane
2.Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
3.Agalloch - The Mantle
4.Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
5.Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos

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Created by JHK on 26.06.2022



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1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

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 I deem essential or at least very recommended to listeners of hard and heavy music. This may be a very overwhelming list but I essentially try to collect all albums in the History of Metal that strike me as worthwhile. May this be a guideline for people that seek for an entrance to a particular genre or certain bands. In no means I am saying, that this list is indisputable by any means. I consider these my personal picks for albums that should be listened to by die-hard metal fans at least once. Hopefully you can discover some new music or relate with my picks. If I missed something that you would include in such a list, please tell me in the form of a comment. Enjoy! \,,/

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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Created by pandrstudios on 31.05.2022



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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.Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
5.Mgła - Exercises In Futility

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Created by AndyMetalFreak on 26.04.2021



Top 25 Black Metal Albums Of The 00's

1.Windir - 1184
2.Enslaved - Isa
3.Keep Of Kalessin - Armada
4.Alcest - Écailles De Lune
5.Immortal - Sons Of Northern Darkness

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Created by Mrtvozornik on 10.06.2020



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Top 100 Albums Of All Time

Current Top 100 as of September 2019. Having listened to metal for 45 years or so - here are my favourites (favourite track). One album limit per band. Enjoy!

1.Absu - Absu
2.AC/DC - If You Want Blood You've Got It
3.Agalloch - The Mantle
4.Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone
5.Alcest - Écailles De Lune

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Created by dp2412@aol.com on 12.09.2019



Albums I Look Up To In 2019, ALPHABETICAL

Time has moved on and so has my taste. There is music I didn't listen to back then but also albums I still love even though I don't listen to them as much anymore.

1.Agalloch - The Mantle
2.Aquilus - Cloak Of Autumn Shroud
3.Aquilus - Griseus
4.Babymetal - Metal Resistance
5.Babymetal - Metal Galaxy

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Created by Andrew_Deer on 04.07.2019



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I Like Big Hits And I Can Not Lie (Part II: 21st Century)

Stuff that got me hooked in the course of the years, from my very first blurred memories as a toddler to the present day.
Lots of catchy tunes, some cheese, very few flowers.
Songs that had a big impact on me and influenced my taste in music.
Stuff to let it all hang out, songs for campfire sing-alongs and soundtracks to slit your wrists to.
Love at first sight listen.

This is part II of II, covering the years since 2001.

Despite of the list's personal character, suggestions are very welcome.
After all I'm old and I may just have forgotten lots of stuff that did make my day.



Great albums that didn't make it on the list as they can only be enjoyed in their entirety, rather than by picking individual songs:

Thirdmoon - Sworn Enemy: Heaven (Death, 2004)
Defleshed - Reclaim The Beat (Death/Thrash, 2005)
Tyranny - Tides Of Awakening (Funeral Doom, 2005)
Mourning Beloveth - A Murderous Circus (Doom/Death, 2005)
Rotting Christ - Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy (Black, 2013)

1.Alastis - Unity
2.Diablerie - Seraphyde
3.Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
4.Emperor - Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire & Demise
5.Hollenthon - With Vilest Of Worms To Dwell

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Created by Starvynth on 19.05.2019



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Sibling Albums

So like albums that have a clear tie between them, were recorded around about the same time and were clearly intended together, as opposed to a sequel coming years after. Some of these have actually been released together, as can be seen here.

That's about all I can think of right now. So feel free to think of some more for me.

1.Opeth - Deliverance
2.Opeth - Damnation
3.Metallica - Load
4.Metallica - Re-Load
5.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I

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Created by RaduP on 23.03.2019



Favorite Bathory Albums

1.Bathory - Blood Fire Death
2.Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
3.Bathory - The Return Of The Darkness And Evil
4.Bathory - Hammerheart
5.Bathory - Bathory

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Created by vermin scourge on 24.04.2018



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My Favorite Albums

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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Created by DyersEve88 on 03.12.2016



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That Cold Black Magic, By Glenn Killer And His Thorchestra

As is the case with my other lists, this is for my own organizational purposes and is designed purely to help me keep track of all the many black metal bands and albums that I enjoy, since I can't keep all of this information in my head. It has no other benefit whatsoever and will likely result in tantrums should anyone else see it. I'm aware that I haven't listened to every black metal album that I should have. I only went down to the 6s on this list, so it's possible that I have listened to your favorite black metal album that you desperately need to suggest and I thought it was terrible. There are a lot of heinously incompetent black metal bands out there.

1.Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape
2.Sigh - Graveward
3.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
4.Sigh - Heir To Despair
5.The Meads Of Asphodel - The Murder Of Jesus The Jew

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Created by ScreamingSteelUS on 31.03.2015



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My Favorite Albums By Year

This list is list of my favorite albums in last 30+ year,limited to one album per year.
*Years marked with ? means that i have not decided what album to put there.
**Also there were so much good albums from '84 and '94 that i like but that is theme for another list.

1.Darkthrone - The Underground Resistance
2.
3.Crysalys - The Awakening Of Gaia
4.Darkthrone - Circle The Wagons
5.

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Created by ANGEL REAPER on 17.11.2013