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100 Greatest Metal Bands

Pretty self-explanatory, with a couple caveats: first, this is mostly just a list of my favorite metal bands in approximate order (after the top 10 or so the order matters far less), with extra weight…

1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
2.Iron Maiden - Powerslave
3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
4.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
5.Slayer - Reign In Blood

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Created by saw_you_drown on 03.06.2015



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Maniard's List Of Masterpieces

A list of albums considered by me to be totally worth checking out, even if you are not into whichever genre they belong to. No particular order, maybe except for the first three

1.Neurosis - Through Silver In Blood
2.Tool - Lateralus
3.Gorguts - Obscura
4.Neurosis - Souls At Zero
5.In The Woods... - Omnio

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Created by maniard on 09.01.2014



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Neachy's Select: Sludge/Post-Sludge/Stoner Doom, Etc.

Beware of contact high and feelings of severe misanthropy.

1.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
2.Acid Witch - Stoned
3.Ancestors - In Dreams And Time
4.Baroness - Blue Record
5.Bison B.C. - Dark Ages

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Created by Neachy on 10.01.2013



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The Timeless

1.All time & genre (including Non-Metal on MS)
2.Only studio albums & EPs
3.I DON'T modify this list. So, this list is THE FINAL edition and based on my selection on 1 April 2017. (Modified…

1.Opeth - Blackwater Park
2.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
3.Krallice - Diotima
4.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
5.Deathspell Omega - Kénôse

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Created by Lastempire on 07.07.2012



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Personal Favorite Albums

1.Tool - Lateralus
2.Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
3.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
4.Devin Townsend - Ziltoid The Omniscient
5.Agalloch - The Mantle

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Created by Serpentica on 18.06.2012



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Top 10 Black Ambiant Album

The ten albums which the general atmosphere is the heaviest and the most impressive i heard…

1.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
2.Agalloch - Pale Folklore
3.Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
4.Opeth - Morningrise
5.Pan.thy.monium - Khaooos & Kon-Fus-Ion

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Created by Pelagial on 02.03.2012



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The Best Shit On MS

My top 100 metal albums of all time (featured on MS).

- one album per band.
- in alphabetical order.

1.!T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)
2.Ævangelist - De Masticatione Mortuorum In Tumulis
3.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
4.Agruss - Morok
5.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

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Created by Paz on 21.12.2011



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Top 15 Post-Metal Albums

This is a list of my favorite post-metal albums (in order).

1.Blindead - Affliction XXIX II MXMVI
2.Cult Of Luna - Salvation
3.Isis - Panopticon
4.Neurosis - Through Silver In Blood
5.Rosetta - Wake / Lift

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Created by Bad Taste on 20.10.2011



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Post-stonersludge Fun

the "genres" of stoner metal, sludge, and post-metal all seem to bleed/flow together at various times so playing metal bartender, i've cooked up this list of albums those interested in the…

1.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
2.Baroness - Blue Record
3.Down - Nola
4.High On Fire - Death Is This Communion
5.Kyuss - Blues For The Red Sun

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Created by BitterCOld on 27.09.2011



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My Staff Picks

weeeee. all my past staff picks now compiled into one swell list.

1.High On Fire - Snakes For The Divine
2.Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough
3.Greymachine - Disconnected
4.Kylesa - Static Tensions
5.Profetus - Coronation Of The Black Sun

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Created by BitterCOld on 22.09.2011



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Classic Metal Albums Of Forever

*** READ ME *** This list is about the greatest metal albums of all-time, from all sub-genres and all countries. You won't see bands like Deep Purple, Rush, BOC, Zeppelin, etc., nor will you see bands…

1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
4.Death - Symbolic
5.Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath

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Created by saw_you_drown on 18.05.2011



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Ten Albums That Changed The Way I Interpret Music...Plus One!

In semi-particular order…

1.King Crimson - Red
2.Neurosis - Through Silver In Blood
3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
4.Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
5.Opeth - Blackwater Park

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Created by Nosurper on 25.11.2010



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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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Beginner's Guide To Building A Prog Collection (Standards, And A Few Unorthodox Choices)

Limited to only those albums featured on Metal Storm.

[In suggested order of immersion and exposure]…

1.Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
2.Rush - Moving Pictures
3.King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
4.Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane
5.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

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Created by Introspekrieg on 03.03.2010