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Top 250 Metal Releases Of All Time
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,…
Enjoy!
Bands that appear the most in the list:
9 times: Sigh
5 times: Dream Theater,…
| 1. | Sigh - In Somniphobia |
| 2. | Windir - Arntor |
| 3. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 4. | Vektor - Terminal Redux |
| 5. | Dolorian - When All The Laughter Has Gone |
| + 245 more |
Djent
In order of release date, a list of what are in my opinion, the best Djent related albums. (I say 'djent related', because in many cases it is not their primary genre).
| 1. | Meshuggah - Nothing |
| 2. | SikTh - The Trees Are Dead And Dried Out, Wait For Something Wild |
| 3. | Meshuggah - Catch Thirtythree |
| 4. | SikTh - Death Of A Dead Day |
| 5. | Textures - Drawing Circles |
| + 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 |
Most Interesting Interludes/Intros/Outros
(This list is a work in progress)
In this list I intend to compile all of my favorite interludes, intros, outros, short acoustic tracks, instrumentals, non-metal or otherwise atypical songs from the…
In this list I intend to compile all of my favorite interludes, intros, outros, short acoustic tracks, instrumentals, non-metal or otherwise atypical songs from the…
| 1. | Death - The Sound Of Perseverance |
| 2. | Bathory - Blood Fire Death |
| 3. | Melechesh - Emissaries |
| 4. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 5. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| + 105 more |
400+ Favorite Songs
Last updated on 7 July 2026.
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
| 3. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 4. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 5. | Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast |
| + 468 more |
My personal Top 100 Most Essential Albums (in no particular order)
This is my attempt to do impossible and choose 100 favourite full length albums. Considering that since 2006 (and of course I had been listening to music even before) I have gathered on last.fm over 10,000…
| 1. | SikTh - Death Of A Dead Day |
| 2. | Between The Buried And Me - Colors |
| 3. | Ephel Duath - The Painter's Palette |
| 4. | The Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine |
| 5. | Necrophagist - Epitaph |
| + 95 more |
The Most Essential Albums Of My Life (one Per Band, Alphabetical)
Inspired by lists of my BFF AnthropOcean (https://metalstorm.net/users/lists.php?user_id=341301) I deciced to create a list of the most important and influential records/bands here as well. These are either…
| 1. | A.I.(d) - Schematic Emergency |
| 2. | A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step |
| 3. | A Storm Of Light - Forgive Us Our Trespasses |
| 4. | Aara - Triade III: Nyx |
| 5. | After The Burial - Rareform |
| + 213 more |
The Top Albums From Each Year Of My Life (1993 onwards)
Here are all of the top albums that have come out since I was born in 1993!
| 1. | Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses |
| 2. | Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes |
| 3. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 5. | Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk |
| + 28 more |
Top Metal Albums Of All Time
I started listening to metal music when I was a teenager, somewhere around the end of the 90's. After all these years, I thought it was high time to compose my personal top list of metal albums. What…
| 1. | Opeth - Deliverance |
| 2. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 3. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Purgatory Afterglow |
| 5. | Cobalt - Eater Of Birds |
| + 37 more |
Best Of 2005 (work In Progress)
| 1. | Reverend Bizarre - II: Crush The Insects |
| 2. | Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor |
| 3. | Trivium - Ascendancy |
| 4. | Annihilator - Schizo Deluxe |
| 5. | Cathedral - The Garden Of Unearthly Delights |
| + 15 more |
Best Songs Ever
Obviously, a list of my favorite songs, or songs that mean something special to me at least. I don't remember them all of course so I'll be adding more as soon as I'm reminded of them.
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| 1. | After Forever - Decipher |
| 2. | Ahab - The Giant |
| 3. | Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs |
| 4. | Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors |
| 5. | Between The Buried And Me - The Great Misdirect |
| + 47 more |
Top Albums 2005
Well, here I put my personal top with which to me have been the best albums of 2005. They are not all they are, but if they all are.
| 1. | Gojira - From Mars To Sirius |
| 2. | Chimaira - Chimaira |
| 3. | Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked |
| 4. | Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal |
| 5. | Kreator - Enemy Of God |
| + 5 more |