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My Favorite 230 In Alphabetical Order

My own top 230 essential metal albums sorted in alphabetical order by band name.

1.1349 - Beyond The Apocalypse
2.1349 - The Infernal Pathway
3.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations
4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
5.Amon Amarth - Once Sent From The Golden Hall

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Created by Ryanm123 on 04.07.2024



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 My Top 20 Favorite Power Metal Albums

1.Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden
2.Kamelot - The Black Halo
3.Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
4.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth
5.Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free

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Created by Alban JP on 06.05.2024



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 My Album Of The Year, 1970-present

Here's my AotY for each year from 1970, with a runner up (or two) following.
Pink Floyd and Yes aren't here, King Crimson is, so I'll include King Crimson…

1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
2.Deep Purple - In Rock
3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
4.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
5.Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards

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Created by sgtrobo on 04.04.2024



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 Top 46 Power Metal Albums

Power Metal is a genre I've gotten into quite a bit over the past few years. I'd only really listened to Symphony X before, but discovered Blind Guardian, Wuthering Heights, Gamma Ray and others…

1.Galneryus - Angel Of Salvation
2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
3.Wuthering Heights - Far From The Madding Crowd
4.Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free
5.Symphony X - The Odyssey

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Created by nonZero on 12.02.2024



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 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…

1.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace
3.Opeth - Ghost Reveries
4.Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
5.Opeth - Blackwater Park

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Created by Ch'ti on 06.02.2024



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 Blind Guardian Ranked

I've omitted Legacy Of The Dark Lands because, while I like it, it is not a conventional Blind Guardian studio album and does not feel relevant to this ranking. Additionally, while Beyond The Red…

1.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth
2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
3.Blind Guardian - A Twist In The Myth
4.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
5.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

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Created by ScreamingSteelUS on 13.08.2023



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 Essential Power Metal

1.Angra - Temple Of Shadows
2.Avantasia - The Metal Opera Part I
3.Avantasia - The Metal Opera Part II
4.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
5.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

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Created by em6568 on 19.06.2023



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 My Top 100 Best Metal Albums Of All Time (Unfinished)

1.Judas Priest - Painkiller
2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
3.Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden
4.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
5.Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding

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Created by Alban JP on 24.04.2023



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 Making My Way Through The MS Top 200

The MS top 200 is supposed to represent the absolute peak of metal music, the timeless classics. I have been listening to metal for about 6 years now and would consider myself fairly knowledgeable about…

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3.W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol
4.Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die
5.Ensiferum - Ensiferum

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Created by Roman Doez on 13.04.2023



Vintage Metaller's Best Of 1998 Metal

1.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth
2.Iron Maiden - Virtual XI
3.Helloween - Better Than Raw
4.Theatre Of Tragedy - Aégis
5.Shadow Gallery - Tyranny

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Created by Vintage Metaller on 01.10.2022



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 TheJahrhead's Totally Biased Personal Favorites

1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace
2.Disforia - The Age Of Ether
3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
4.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything
5.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

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Created by TheJahrhead on 03.09.2022



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 Top 50 Of 1995-1999

1.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
2.Sentenced - Amok
3.Paradise Lost - Draconian Times
4.Anathema - Alternative 4
5.Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding

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Created by Alex Avagianos on 19.08.2022



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 Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive 1998

A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

1998 was like AMAZING, by far the best year since I started this series, one of the best…

1.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth
2.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
3.Therion - Vovin
4.Tristania - Widow's Weeds
5.Anathema - Alternative 4

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Created by Handala on 17.08.2022



Blind Guardian Albums - Best To Worst

1.Blind Guardian - Tales From The Twilight World
2.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
3.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
4.Blind Guardian - A Night At The Opera
5.Blind Guardian - Follow The Blind

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Created by Mrtvozornik on 21.05.2022



M0rkeleb's Overall Favorites - 9s

I feel like my overall favorites list is getting too long. I'm splitting it up by rating.

1.So Hideous - None But A Pure Heart Can Sing
2.Metallica - Re-Load
3.Faetooth - Remnants Of The Vessel
4.Inferi - The End Of An Era
5.Midnight Odyssey - Biolume Part 1 - In Tartarean Chains

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Created by M0rkeleb on 24.04.2022