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One-album Metal Wonders

A list by
RaduP
Created
September 20, 2014
Entries
90
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32
A list of bands who have released just one album. Feel free to recommend!

Edit: If the band released their debut album between 2014-present and they haven't split, they are not viable.
1. ABACABB - Survivalist
2. Abstrakt Algebra - Abstrakt Algebra
3. Abydos - The Little Boy's Heavy Mental Shadow Opera About The Inhabitants Of His Diary
4. Abyssmal Sorrow - Lament
5. Age Of Silence - Acceleration
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Metal Band Names Inspired By Books

A list by
Plattner
Created
October 28, 2023
Entries
292
Endorsements
22
This alphabetical list presents bands that took the inspiration for their name from literature (novels, poems, plays, comics). The list shows the debut album cover along with the information of the corresponding…
1. A Dream Of Poe - The Mirror Of Deliverance
2. Abhoth - Abhoth
3. Abigail Williams - In The Shadow Of A Thousand Suns
4. Abramelin - Abramelin
5. Acrostichon - Engraved In Black
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A List Of Tolkien Themed Metal Albums

A list by
CyberSymphony
Created
September 02, 2013
Entries
41
Endorsements
15
A list of metal albums inspired and based with themes from the works/writings of J.R.R. Tolkien. Recommendations/suggestions are welcome. Only one album per band and album featured on MS.
1. Amon Din - Where The Dreams No Longer Exist
2. Argonath - Lost In Moria
3. Arwen - Illusions
4. Avathar - Where Light And Shadow Collide
5. Azagatel - Nautilus
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Best Metal Albums Around!

A list by
SymphonyImpaled
Created
June 23, 2011
Entries
65
Endorsements
12
These Are Albums that give metal a good name, and create metalheads who live for little else. Originality, Raw talent, Brilliant atmosphere, Brutality with a great technical aspect, and just plain ass…
1. Lux Occulta - The Mother And The Enemy
2. Borknagar - The Archaic Course
3. Ancient - Mad Grandiose Bloodfiends
4. Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale
5. Bloodbath - Resurrection Through Carnage
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Bands With The Longest Gap Between Two Albums

A list by
Ch'ti
Created
October 16, 2025
Entries
1052
Endorsements
8
Here's a descending list of the longest gaps between two albums of a band.
I only counted gaps of at least 15 years.
I classify the bands by the gap between years because, given that many albums…
1. More - Blood & Thunder
2. More - Destructor
3. White Spirit - White Spirit
4. White Spirit - Right Or Wrong
5. Thin Lizzy - Thunder And Lightning
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1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

A list by
pandrstudios
Created
May 31, 2022
Entries
1247
Endorsements
7
WORK IN PROGESS! Welcome to what I consider the "1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" or in other words, a list of records of various genres in the arrays of Metal and Hard Rock that…
1. High Tide - Sea Shanties
2. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
3. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
4. Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come
5. Josefus - Dead Man
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~ My Favorite Black Metal Records ~

A list by
sashike
Created
May 13, 2013
Entries
130
Endorsements
5
Yeah... a very conventional idea for a list, but i couldn't resist in the end finally making this one.
A list of my personal favorites from the blackest metal of them all.
Ordered by personal preferences…
1. Summoning - Stronghold
2. Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
3. Midnight Odyssey - Firmament
4. Eismalsott - Best Before: Spring
5. Dornenreich - Bitter Ist's Dem Tod Zu Dienen
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My Favorite Albums By Year

A list by
ANGEL REAPER
Created
November 17, 2013
Entries
34
Endorsements
3
This list is list of my favorite albums in last 30+ year,limited to one album per year.
*Years marked with ? means that i have not decided what album to put there.
**Also there were so much good albums…
1. Darkthrone - The Underground Resistance
2. 2012-?
3. Crysalys - The Awakening Of Gaia
4. Darkthrone - Circle The Wagons
5. 2009-?
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The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (I)

A list by
Uxküll
Created
December 06, 2020
Entries
124
Endorsements
2
This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone…
1. I - Between Two Worlds
2. I Built The Sky - The Sky Is Not The Limit
3. I Shalt Become - Poison
4. Iapetus - The Body Cosmic
5. IATT - Nomenclature
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