"If I were to die tomorrow, which 50 albums should I take with me?"

Through the endless ocean of music we always seem to find the albums which differ themselves more than others. These are the…

1.Kamelot - The Black Halo

2.Eternal Tears Of Sorrow - A Virgin And A Whore

3.Evergrey - The Inner Circle

4.Dream Theater - Images And Words

5.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

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Some stories, themes or concepts are presented not just in one single song but are split in separate tracks that (often) share the same title but are distinguished by a number of the corresponding part…

1.After Forever - Prison Of Desire

2.Agathodaimon - Higher Art Of Rebellion

3.Agathodaimon - Phoenix

4.Alestorm - Sunset On The Golden Age

5.Alestorm - Curse Of The Crystal Coconut

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In no particular order.

1.Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition

2.Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs

3.Delain - April Rain

4.Epica - Design Your Universe

5.Sonata Arctica - The Days Of Grays

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I picked one album by each of my favorite bands for this list. Keep in mind that after the first few albums I put on the list, it became increasingly difficult to figure out where to place artists in my…

1.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

2.Seventh Wonder - The Great Escape

3.Symphony X - The Odyssey

4.Circus Maximus - Nine

5.Haken - Visions

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1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2.Metallica - Metallica

3.HammerFall - Legacy Of Kings

4.HammerFall - Crimson Thunder

5.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth

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Basically, this is a list of those albums which are dear to me, but are often considered as (one of) the weakest releases of a certain band (Ensiferum, Helloween, Therion etc.) or in the Allen/Lande case,…

1.Allen/Lande - The Battle

2.Elvenking - Two Tragedy Poets (...And A Caravan Of Weird Figures)

3.Ensiferum - Victory Songs

4.Helloween - Rabbit Don't Come Easy

5.Hollenthon - Opus Magnum

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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

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Ever loved an album which everybody seems to hate? Ever discovered that sometimes the overall score isn't what it "should've been"? This is a typical occurrence in general every metal…

1.Evergrey - Monday Morning Apocalypse

2.In Flames - A Sense Of Purpose

3.Sonata Arctica - The Days Of Grays

4.Metallica - Load

5.Kamelot - Poetry For The Poisoned

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1.Insomnium - Across The Dark

2.The 11th Hour - Burden Of Grief

3.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach

4.Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition

5.The Moon And The Nightspirit - Ősforrás

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1.Katatonia - Night Is The New Day

2.Chimp Spanner - At The Dream's Edge

3.OSI - Blood

4.Porcupine Tree - The Incident

5.Devin Townsend - Addicted

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1.Sonata Arctica - The Days Of Grays

2.Delain - April Rain

3.Ensiferum - From Afar

4.Crimfall - As The Path Unfolds...

5.Sirenia - The 13th Floor

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Here's my list of symphonic metal albums from the bands that I know of, this list is defined by the terms of "atmospheric/bombastic sounding". This is my first time of making list on this…

1.Nightwish - Dark Passion Play

2.Within Temptation - The Silent Force

3.Epica - The Divine Conspiracy

4.Xandria - Neverworld's End

5.Nightwish - Once

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Simple ranking of all my favorite albums. Favorite song from the album in the notes. Sure to change/expand as I learn and explore more within metal.
2023: This was starting to get too long so I split…

1.Madder Mortem - Eight Ways

2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

3.Ayreon - 01011001

4.Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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1.Cain's Offering - Gather The Faithful

2.Skywings - The Advent Melody

3.Heavenly - Carpe Diem

4.Fairyland - Score To A New Beginning

5.Axxis - Utopia

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1.Madder Mortem - Eight Ways

2.Epica - Design Your Universe

3.Katatonia - Night Is The New Day

4.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach

5.Hearse - Single Ticket To Paradise

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