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Space Metal!
***Currently working through suggestions and adding some spacey non-metal things when they cross my mind***
As a lover of all things sci-fi I find metal to be the most accommodating of genres when it…
As a lover of all things sci-fi I find metal to be the most accommodating of genres when it…
| 1. | Atoma - Skylight |
| 2. | Ayreon - The Universal Migrator Part I: The Dream Sequencer |
| 3. | Dol Ammad - Star Tales |
| 4. | Star One - Space Metal |
| 5. | Pagan's Mind - Enigmatic : Calling |
| + 143 more |
My favourite Power Metal Albums
Since many of you felt annoyed by my previous list title I changed it and hopefully you will be ok with it.Power up everybody!!!
| 1. | Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II |
| 2. | Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side |
| 3. | Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I |
| 4. | Riot - ThunderSteel |
| 5. | Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free |
| + 845 more |
Top 200 Overlooked Albums
This list aims to be the counterpart to the Metal Storm Top 200 Albums (plus a few extras).
If you discover a new band or already like any of the ones here, please give this list a thumbs up and/or…
If you discover a new band or already like any of the ones here, please give this list a thumbs up and/or…
| 1. | Solipsist - The Human Equation |
| 2. | Ayahuasca - Beneath The Mind |
| 3. | Cryptomnesia - Primordial Oddity |
| 4. | Element (USA) - The Energy |
| 5. | Telepathy - 12 Areas |
| + 195 more |
Metal Rasputin's Absolute Favorite Albums Of All Time
Updated 14.4.2024
My rather personal and improvised take on the subject matter. The list is pretty wage, I'll be updating it a lot and the order might vary a little depending on some things, but…
My rather personal and improvised take on the subject matter. The list is pretty wage, I'll be updating it a lot and the order might vary a little depending on some things, but…
| 1. | Marillion - Marbles |
| 2. | Anathema - Weather Systems |
| 3. | Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time |
| 4. | Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta |
| 5. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
| + 320 more |
Empowering Albums For Powerless Losers
This is a list of all the power metal albums I have listened to that are worth remembering. Like my other genre lists, this is not meant to be a definitive guide to power metal or a binding judgment on…
| 1. | Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth |
| 2. | Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side |
| 3. | Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond |
| 4. | Jag Panzer - Thane To The Throne |
| 5. | X Japan - Art Of Life |
| + 667 more |
1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
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 |
| + 1242 more |
Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Of The 80's
The best decade in history of heavy metal.
| 1. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 2. | Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time |
| 3. | Accept - Breaker |
| 4. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 5. | Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I |
| + 95 more |
Top 20 Heavy Metal Albums Of 1988
One of the best year in history of heavy metal music.
| 1. | Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime |
| 2. | Scanner - Hypertrace |
| 3. | Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son |
| 4. | Angel Dust - To Dust You Will Decay |
| 5. | Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II |
| + 15 more |
Forgotten Metal Bands II
Just for completist
| 1. | Criminal - Dead Soul |
| 2. | Extol - Mesmerized |
| 3. | Zloslut - Sahar |
| 4. | OHM - Amino Acid |
| 5. | Pain And Passion - Don't Think Tomorrow |
| + 41 more |
Best Of 1988… The Year That Defined My Metal Life
While 1987 woke me up to metal and I hoovered up the likes of Iron Maiden, Metallica and Helloween’s keepers, 1988 was my metal heyday and a year that produced albums that would still dominiate my top…
| 1. | Manowar - Kings Of Metal |
| 2. | Candlemass - Ancient Dreams |
| 3. | Scanner - Hypertrace |
| 4. | Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II |
| 5. | Riot - ThunderSteel |
| + 62 more |
Power Metal: 40 under~rated, obscure, overlooked or ones you may have missed
| 1. | Human Fortress - Defenders Of The Crown |
| 2. | Scanner - Hypertrace |
| 3. | Manowar - Into Glory Ride |
| 4. | Ancient Bards - The Alliance Of The Kings - The Black Crystal Sword Saga Part 1 |
| 5. | Rage - Perfect Man |
| + 41 more |
Scanner Albums Ranked
Six albums and five different singers and probably equally many or even more on all the other instruments. The only solid standing stone is guitarist and song writer Axel Julius. Luckily he's a great…
| 1. | Scanner - Hypertrace |
| 2. | Scanner - Mental Reservation |
| 3. | Scanner - Terminal Earth |
| 4. | Scanner - Ball Of The Damned |
| 5. | Scanner - The Judgement |
| + 2 more |
Top 20 of 1988
| 1. | Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son |
| 2. | Manowar - Kings Of Metal |
| 3. | Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II |
| 4. | Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime |
| 5. | Crimson Glory - Transcendence |
| + 15 more |
