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My Top 75 Albums Of All Time

A list by
Erik M.
Created
October 22, 2012
Entries
75
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77
My top 75 favourite albums of all time (initially it was a top 20 list, and after that top 50). Only 1 album per band. The list is in alphabetical order, so it doesn't represent explicitly which album…
1. After Forever - Decipher
2. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
3. Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde
4. Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes
5. Anathema - The Silent Enigma
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My Favourite Black Metal Albums

A list by
Alien1988
Created
May 14, 2014
Entries
228
Endorsements
38
- My TOP 75 from 90s (and 80s), 00s and 10s.
- Each TOP 75 ordered from my most favourite down.
- One album for every band in one TOP 75.
- Only full-lengths or EPs/demos with more than half an hour.
1. Windir - Arntor
2. Paysage d'Hiver - Paysage D'Hiver
3. Blut Aus Nord - Ultima Thulée
4. Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
5. Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter
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10 Essential Metal Albums

A list by
Carl Berg
Created
April 19, 2010
Entries
10
Endorsements
37
1. Windir - Arntor
2. Amon Amarth - Versus The World
3. Burzum - Filosofem
4. Moonsorrow - V: Hävitetty
5. Sentenced - The Cold White Light
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Neachy's Select: Black Metal

A list by
Neachy
Created
June 03, 2014
Entries
150
Endorsements
37
1. Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
2. Bathory - Blood Fire Death
3. Master's Hammer - Ritual
4. Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky
5. Immortal - Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism
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Top 500 Albums of All Time

A list by
nonZero
Created
October 06, 2018
Entries
500
Endorsements
34
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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A List Of Great One-Man Band Albums

A list by
Erik M.
Created
August 26, 2013
Entries
85
Endorsements
28
Creating good music might not be an easy task, but most bands in existence consist of multiple members who contribute to the music. One-man bands however are simply musicians who create the music all by…
1. Aarni - Bathos
2. Brown Jenkins - Death Obsession
3. Cloak Of Altering - Ancient Paths Through Timeless Voids
4. De Magia Veterum - The Divine Antithesis
5. Gnaw Their Tongues - L'Arrivée De La Terne Mort Triomphante
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50 Albums Of Pure Eargasm For The Ages

A list by
Windir
Created
June 24, 2012
Entries
50
Endorsements
17
This is buy or die stuff (in no particular order), the epitome of pure awesomeness!
1. Windir - Arntor
2. Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes
3. Cor Scorpii - Monument
4. Judas Priest - Painkiller
5. Summoning - Dol Guldur
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90s: The Essentials

A list by
Mikyz
Created
May 07, 2010
Entries
103
Endorsements
17
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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Iron Recommends: A Metal Selection

A list by
IronAngel
Created
September 11, 2012
Entries
59
Endorsements
14
Yep, one of those lists. Everyone has one, so I thought I'd make a list of metal albums I really recommend.

This is not an absolute "best-of" list, for a few reasons:
1) I stick to one…
1. Warning - Watching From A Distance
2. Candlemass - Nightfall
3. Reverend Bizarre - In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend
4. Pagan Altar - The Lords Of Hypocrisy
5. Katatonia - Dance Of December Souls
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Song Titles With The Band`s Name

A list by
Plattner
Created
February 12, 2023
Entries
534
Endorsements
14
It is not uncommon that album titles are chosen after the band`s name. However, song titles that include or are identical to the band`s name are relatively seldom found.
This is an alphabetical list…
1. (hed) p.e. - Broke
2. 16 - Drop Out
3. 71TONMAN - 71TONMAN
4. 1914 - Viribus Unitis
5. 1917 - Viribus Unitis
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Top 20 Folk Metal Albums

A list by
MétalNoir
Created
April 28, 2010
Entries
20
Endorsements
12
1. Equilibrium - Sagas
2. Equilibrium - Turis Fratyr
3. Moonlyght - Progressive Darkness
4. Windir - Arntor
5. Eluveitie - Everything Remains As It Never Was
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Favorite Black Metal Albums

A list by
TheMAGAmvm
Created
October 02, 2012
Entries
100
Endorsements
11
1. Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
2. Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
3. Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
4. Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
5. Satyricon - Nemesis Divina
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Omega_Switch's Listism: Top Black Metal Albums

A list by
omega_switch
Created
March 19, 2011
Entries
50
Endorsements
11
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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Top 250 Metal Releases Of All Time

A list by
Roman Doez
Created
February 21, 2024
Entries
250
Endorsements
11
Here’s my list of what I consider to be the best metal albums (+2 compilations and like 2 demo I think) of all time.
Enjoy!

Bands that appear the most in the list:
9 times: Sigh
5 times: Dream Theater,…
1. Windir - Arntor
2. Sigh - In Somniphobia
3. Vektor - Terminal Redux
4. Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
5. La Torture Des Ténèbres - IV - Memoirs Of A Machine Girl
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Best Album Of Every Year Since 1970

A list by
Roman Doez
Created
May 12, 2025
Entries
224
Endorsements
10
Here’s a list with my top 3 favorite metal and non-metal album of every year since 1970, enjoy!
I had to stretch the definition of what is and is not metal a little bit for the 70s, just assume it also…
1. 1970 -
2. Deep Purple - In Rock
3. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
4. Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come
5. 1971 -
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