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The Best Shit On MS

A list by
Paz
Created
December 21, 2011
Entries
100
Endorsements
66
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
+ 95 more

Top 500 Albums of All Time

A list by
nonZero
Created
October 06, 2018
Entries
500
Endorsements
34
I've been listening to Metal since 2005 and it has become my biggest passion in life. Rarely a day goes by where I don't listen to it in one form or another. The bands I listened to in my teens…
1. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
2. Opeth - Blackwater Park
3. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
4. Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
5. Opeth - Still Life
+ 495 more

Epic Album Closers

A list by
BigNaughtyV
Created
July 02, 2013
Entries
122
Endorsements
22
Some albums are really good. Many of these are good all the way around. And, in many cases, there is a single song that stands out, sometimes it's the last song on the album. This is a list of those…
1. !T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)
2. Abigail Williams - Becoming
3. Agalloch - The Mantle
4. Amon Amarth - Versus The World
5. Anekdoten - Vemod
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My Favorite Albums: 2000s

A list by
Mikyz
Created
April 11, 2010
Entries
102
Endorsements
21
I updated the list, so there are now 100 entries, and I consider 100 to be to little. These are albums I listen to regularly, and some I listened to frantically for a while.
1. Rapture - Songs For The Withering
2. System Of A Down - Toxicity
3. Warning - Watching From A Distance
4. Edge Of Sanity - Crimson II
5. Converge - Jane Doe
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Iron Recommends: A Metal Selection

A list by
IronAngel
Created
September 11, 2012
Entries
59
Endorsements
14
Yep, one of those lists. Everyone has one, so I thought I'd make a list of metal albums I really recommend.

This is not an absolute "best-of" list, for a few reasons:
1) I stick to one…
1. Warning - Watching From A Distance
2. Candlemass - Nightfall
3. Reverend Bizarre - In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend
4. Pagan Altar - The Lords Of Hypocrisy
5. Katatonia - Dance Of December Souls
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Uldreth's Ultimate Metalcore List

A list by
Uldreth
Created
October 31, 2012
Entries
74
Endorsements
13
This is a long list of metalcore albums from all over the genre's spectrum, albums I consider to be either exceptionally good, are historically important to the genre, or just are an enjoyable listen…
1. The Agonist - Lullabies For The Dormant Mind
2. All That Remains - The Fall Of Ideals
3. Amia Venera Landscape - The Long Procession
4. Architects - Nightmares
5. Art By Numbers - Reticence: The Musical
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Top 250 Metal Releases Of All Time

A list by
Roman Doez
Created
February 21, 2024
Entries
250
Endorsements
12
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,…
1. Windir - Arntor
2. Sigh - In Somniphobia
3. Vektor - Terminal Redux
4. Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
5. La Torture Des Ténèbres - IV - Memoirs Of A Machine Girl
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F3ynman's Checklist

A list by
F3ynman
Created
October 20, 2021
Entries
310
Endorsements
11
Here are albums (ordered by subgenre) that I want to listen to, but haven't yet.
For some albums, I've heard one or two songs, but not the entire album. Therefore, these albums still await…
1. Burning Witch - Crippled Lucifer
2. Below The Sun - Envoy
3. God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright
4. Fórn - The Departure Of Consciousness
5. Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing
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The Timeless

A list by
Lastempire
Created
July 07, 2012
Entries
171
Endorsements
11
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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Best Albums Of The New Millennium

A list by
Vasil de Shumen
Created
January 08, 2012
Entries
616
Endorsements
10
On the picture - John Cobbett - Hammers Of Misfortune, Vhöl, Ludicra, The Lord Weird Slough Feg
1. Avenged Sevenfold - City Of Evil
2. Opeth - Blackwater Park
3. Hammers Of Misfortune - The Locust Years
4. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
5. The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Down Among The Deadmen
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Top 400 Metal Albums Ranked Mathematically (2026 Update)

A list by
gckator
Created
July 12, 2025
Entries
400
Endorsements
9
RESTRICTIONS
Each album had to meet all the following conditions in order to be eligible:
1) 10+ years old
2) Metalstorm: 200+ votes, average user score 8.0+
3) Rateyourmusic: 1000+ ratings, average…
1. Death - Symbolic
2. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
3. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
4. Judas Priest - Painkiller
5. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
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The Top Albums Of Ch'ti

A list by
Ch'ti
Created
February 06, 2024
Entries
366
Endorsements
8
This is my top albums (only with those where I gave 8 or more). I will update the list now and then.
Keep in mind that I've only been seriously listening to metal for a few years, and that it's…
1. Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
2. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
3. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
4. Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
5. Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
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My Top Albums Of The Decade: 2000's (On Going)

A list by
Red_Travis
Created
February 03, 2012
Entries
126
Endorsements
6
1. Opeth - Blackwater Park
2. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
3. Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness
4. Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
5. Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet
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Metalcore's Finest

A list by
MOIST
Created
November 01, 2017
Entries
160
Endorsements
5
1. All That Remains - The Fall Of Ideals
2. Bleeding Through - The Truth
3. Killswitch Engage - The End Of Heartache
4. Dry Kill Logic - The Darker Side Of Nonsense
5. Evergreen Terrace - Sincerity Is An Easy Disguise In This Business
+ 155 more

The Painters Of Metal

A list by
MisfitMel
Created
October 30, 2014
Entries
26
Endorsements
5
Album art is a crucial element to what makes a great album become monumental to the music fan. It gives us a vision and a feeling through visual sensations that are linked in the mind to the sounds that…
1. Electric Wizard - Electric Wizard
2. Darkthrone - F.O.A.D.
3. Cradle Of Filth - Midian
4. Converge - Jane Doe
5. Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth
+ 21 more