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Guib's Essentials (Alphabetical Order)
Wanna know what I headbang to on the regular? The releases that have seen countless re-spins... Well, this is a very simple list and something you've probably seen a lot of other MS users do in the…
| 1. | Absu - The Third Storm Of Cythrául |
| 2. | AC/DC - High Voltage |
| 3. | Alestorm - Black Sails At Midnight |
| 4. | Alien Weaponry - Tū |
| 5. | Amon Amarth - Fate Of Norns |
| + 152 more |
The Deadliest Of Harmonies (A Journey Into Melodic Death Metal)
Hey Folks! It’s me… Again!
I’m coming back once more to explore the depths of a genre that arguably did not begin where you all thought it did! Yeah yeah… Alright, maybe Left Hand Path, Necroticism:…
I’m coming back once more to explore the depths of a genre that arguably did not begin where you all thought it did! Yeah yeah… Alright, maybe Left Hand Path, Necroticism:…
| 1. | Entombed - Left Hand Path |
| 2. | Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious |
| 3. | Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream |
| 4. | At The Gates - The Red In The Sky Is Ours |
| 5. | Carcass - Heartwork |
| + 203 more |
Some Essential Melodic Death Albums
These are 36 of the my favorite Melodeath albums in no particular order. This will hopefully serve as a starting point for someone new to the style. If one of your favorites isn't on here, it's…
| 1. | Dark Tranquillity - Fiction |
| 2. | The Absence - Riders Of The Plague |
| 3. | Darkane - Expanding Senses |
| 4. | Insomnium - Since The Day It All Came Down |
| 5. | Luna Mortis - The Absence |
| + 32 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: 17 July 2026.
Last updated: 17 July 2026.
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 3. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 5. | Vital Remains - Dechristianize |
| + 258 more |
Death Is Only The Beginning (Of This List)
This is a list of all the death metal albums I have listened to that I thought were at all worth remembering. Like my other genre lists, this is just a record of my own listening experience that I use…
| 1. | Death - The Sound Of Perseverance |
| 2. | Death - Symbolic |
| 3. | At The Gates - With Fear I Kiss The Burning Darkness |
| 4. | At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul |
| 5. | Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side |
| + 575 more |
Evrope Ov Ólde
These songs make me think of times so old that none of us were there to experience them. The criteria for the inclusion of a song are so personal here that there's a high chance you think something…
| 1. | Enslaved - Vikingligr Veldi |
| 2. | Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss |
| 3. | Satyricon - Dark Medieval Times |
| 4. | Windir - Arntor |
| 5. | Bathory - Hammerheart |
| + 57 more |
My 50 Favorite Album All The Time
| 1. | Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear |
| 2. | Cradle Of Filth - Midian |
| 3. | Old Man's Child - Ill-Natured Spiritual Invasion |
| 4. | Tristania - Beyond The Veil |
| 5. | Darzamat - In The Opium Of Black Veil |
| + 48 more |
Top Favourite Death Metal Albums
| 1. | Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked |
| 2. | Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness |
| 3. | Behemoth - The Satanist |
| 4. | Obituary - Cause Of Death |
| 5. | Death - Leprosy |
| + 62 more |
2004 (An Exploration)
| 1. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 2. | Amon Amarth - Fate Of Norns |
| 3. | Motörhead - Inferno |
| 4. | Mastodon - Leviathan |
| 5. | Forefather - Ours Is The Kingdom |
| + 16 more |
Albums Of My Life
No particular order
| 1. | Graveworm - As The Angels Reach The Beauty |
| 2. | Graveworm - Scourge Of Malice |
| 3. | Dimmu Borgir - For All Tid |
| 4. | Dimmu Borgir - Stormblåst |
| 5. | Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant |
| + 150 more |
Amon Amarth - Best To Worst
Amon Amarth, kings of Skandinavia, melodic death titans! Their albums are here Best to worst. All are IMO, don't panic!
| 1. | Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God |
| 2. | Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side |
| 3. | Amon Amarth - Versus The World |
| 4. | Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising |
| 5. | Amon Amarth - Deceiver Of The Gods |
| + 4 more |
M0rkeleb's Overall Favorites
Simple ranking of all my favorite albums. Favorite song from the album in the notes. Sure to change/expand as I learn and explore more within metal.
2023: This was starting to get too long so I split…
2023: This was starting to get too long so I split…
| 1. | Madder Mortem - Eight Ways |
| 2. | Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side |
| 3. | Ayreon - 01011001 |
| 4. | Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All |
| 5. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| + 599 more |