Doom Metal is one of those genres that I'd never really taken much notice of until I started working my way through the MS top 200 albums. I'd listened to Black Sabbath when a teacher at my school gave…

1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

2.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

3.Slumber - Fallout

4.Doom:VS - Dead Words Speak

5.October Tide - Rain Without End

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1.AC/DC - Highway To Hell

2.AC/DC - Let There Be Rock

3.Triumph - Just A Game

4.AC/DC - High Voltage

5.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

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This is my top albums (only with those where I gave 8 or more). I will update the list now and then…

1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

3.Slipknot - Iowa

4.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

5.Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper

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1.Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

2.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

3.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

4.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Vol. 4

5.Black Sabbath - Sabotage

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This alphabetical list presents bands that took the inspiration for their name from films (movies, tv series, documentaries).

Please feel free to suggest more examples of metal/hard rock band names…

1.36 Crazyfists - Bitterness The Star

2.Alien Queen - Matriarch

3.Alien Weaponry - Tū

4.Anaal Nathrakh - The Codex Necro

5.Armored Saint - March Of The Saint

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1.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

2.Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

3.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans

4.Katatonia - Dance Of December Souls

5.My Dying Bride - The Ghost Of Orion

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Great Songs on the 4 Strings, Classic songs… Remember from the rehearsal of your band, when the guy on the bass start to move the fingers on that song? Well this is a tribute to that moment and a tribute…

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Tool - Lateralus

3.Rush - Moving Pictures

4.Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?

5.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

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The MS top 200 is supposed to represent the absolute peak of metal music, the timeless classics. I have been listening to metal for about 6 years now and would consider myself fairly knowledgeable about…

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3.W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol

4.Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die

5.Ensiferum - Ensiferum

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This is the most unquestionably difficult ranking I could undertake. The # of albums I consider borderline flawless from each of these bands is ridiculous. Over a dozen albums from these 3 bands have legitimate…

1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

2.Judas Priest - Painkiller

3.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

4.Black Sabbath - Sabotage

5.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

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Mind map:

Blue = win
Undead = win
Hell = win
Blue = win
Nature ft. Water = win
Color eyegasm = win
Grim reaper = win
Boys being boys = win
Badly done CGI = win
Blue = win
Blue = win
Orthodox…

1.Emperor - Reverence

2.Wintersun - Wintersun

3.The Ruins Of Beverast - Rain Upon The Impure

4.Dissection - Live Legacy

5.Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman

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This is an alphabetical list of metal songs and albums that inspired the names of other artists.

While comparable lists often focus on the band name and explain its origin, this list turns the point…

1.Amebix - No Sanctuary: The Spiderleg Recordings

2.Anathema - Alternative 4

3.Arch Enemy - Black Earth

4.Architects - Ruin

5.Ayreon - The Final Experiment

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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

2.71TONMAN - 71TONMAN

3.Ænigmatum - ÆNIGMATUM

4.Æther Realm - One Chosen By The Gods

5.A Feast For Lampreys - Graveyard Abyss

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1.Agalloch - Pale Folklore

2.Agalloch - The Mantle

3.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

5.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

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1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

2.Black Sabbath - Sabotage

3.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

4.Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

5.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

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A collection of totally family-friendly jams fitting the spooky season. One song per band!…

1.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

2.Slayer - South Of Heaven

3.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

4.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

5.King Diamond - Abigail

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