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Making My Way Through The MS Top 200
The Metal Storm top 200 is supposed to represent the absolute peak of metal music, the timeless classics. Join me as I try to listen to every single album featured on it.
Each album has a symbol telling…
Each album has a symbol telling…
| 1. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 2. | Death - Symbolic |
| 3. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 4. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 5. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| + 195 more |
Top 400 Metal Albums Ranked Mathematically (2026 Update)
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…
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 |
| + 395 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 |
My Metal Evolution In 50 albums
| 1. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 2. | Metallica - Metallica |
| 3. | HammerFall - Legacy Of Kings |
| 4. | HammerFall - Crimson Thunder |
| 5. | Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth |
| + 45 more |
The Top Albums Of Ch'ti
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…
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 |
| + 369 more |
Top Power Metal Ballad
sometimes we need to calm down, lost in the strains of the lyrics, and feel how wonderful metal music it is. (I only wrote one song for one band)
| 1. | Dark Moor - The Gates Of Oblivion |
| 2. | DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage |
| 3. | Helloween - Master Of The Rings |
| 4. | Gamma Ray - To The Metal |
| 5. | Rhapsody Of Fire - Triumph Or Agony |
| + 15 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: 1 July 2026.
Last updated: 1 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 |
| + 266 more |
Park Metal
Music I listen to in an English-styled park in Warsaw, where nature grew in such a way that a controlled wilderness was achieved. Some songs match certain seasons better than others! This music goes well…
| 1. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 2. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 3. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
| 4. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 5. | Summoning - Stronghold |
| + 48 more |
The Best Of Power Metal (In My Book)
| 1. | Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side |
| 2. | Masterplan - Masterplan |
| 3. | Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I |
| 4. | Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond |
| 5. | Helloween - Rabbit Don't Come Easy |
| + 20 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 |
| + 444 more |
A List Of My Favorite Albums, In Any Genre
Favorite means Favorite! 
| 1. | Wintersun - Time I |
| 2. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 3. | Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God |
| 4. | Woods Of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light |
| 5. | Týr - The Lay Of Thrym |
| + 62 more |
Best Album Closers
A lot has already been said about the best album openers in metal. Not that much do we talk about album closers though.
I guess for me the ending of an album is at least as important as its start.
I…
I guess for me the ending of an album is at least as important as its start.
I…
| 1. | Iron Maiden - Powerslave |
| 2. | Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings |
| 3. | Mercyful Fate - Melissa |
| 4. | Opeth - Morningrise |
| 5. | Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss |
| + 37 more |
10 Fav Power Metal Album All Time!
my list!!vote it!
| 1. | Angra - Angels Cry |
| 2. | Aquaria - LUXAERTERNA |
| 3. | Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond |
| 4. | Stratovarius - Infinite |
| 5. | Rhapsody Of Fire - SYMPHONI OF ENCHANTED LANDS |
| + 5 more |