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Jay's Top Metal Albums...no Particular Order 2.0

I havnt been into metal all that long...so this is a good chuck of the metal albums i own...though ive heard many, many more....these are all albums ive spent a lot of time with (or soon will). I tried…

1.!T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)
2.3 Inches Of Blood - Here Waits Thy Doom
3.Absu - Tara
4.ADX - Division Blindée
5.Agalloch - The Mantle

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Created by JÄY on 28.07.2010



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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…

1.Solipsist - The Human Equation
2.Ayahuasca - Beneath The Mind
3.Cryptomnesia - Primordial Oddity
4.Element (USA) - The Energy
5.Telepathy - 12 Areas

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Created by nonZero on 15.07.2020



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Best Of American Power Metal

Just a list of 20 of the best Power Metal albums of the US style, in order of preference. The order and number of albums in the list may change as I find new albums.

1.Crimson Glory - Transcendence
2.Iced Earth - Night Of The Stormrider
3.Jag Panzer - Casting The Stones
4.Helstar - Nosferatu
5.Sanctuary - Refuge Denied

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Created by R'Vannith on 23.03.2011



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Top 25 Power Metal Albums

1.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II
2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
3.Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes
4.Rhapsody Of Fire - Symphony Of Enchanted Lands
5.Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free

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Created by truenoacero on 06.08.2011



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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…

1.Marillion - Marbles
2.Anathema - Weather Systems
3.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
4.Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta
5.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

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Created by Metal Rasputin on 15.02.2020



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Old-school Metal: The Must-haves

The must-have albums of old school heavy metal. Includes genres like Traditional, NWOBHM, U.S.P.M., Speed, Epic, Doom, and prog.

1.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
2.Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
3.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
4.Crimson Glory - Transcendence
5.Angel Witch - Angel Witch

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Created by Jagermeister on 07.03.2015



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US Power-Metal Favorites

1.Crimson Glory - Transcendence
2.Sanctuary - Into The Mirror Black
3.Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian
4.Savatage - Gutter Ballet
5.Psyco Drama - The Illusion

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Created by JoHn Doe on 30.01.2022



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US Power -GO LISTEN-

1.3 Inches Of Blood - Advance And Vanquish
2.ADX - Suprématie
3.Attacker - The Second Coming
4.Cage - Science Of Annihilation
5.Flotsam & Jetsam - No Place For Disgrace

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Created by JÄY on 03.12.2011



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F3ynman's Checklist

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…

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2.Infestus - Entzweiung
3.Octoploid - Beyond The Aeons
4.Raat - Enchantment
5.Piah Mater - Under The Shadow Of A Foreign Sun

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Created by F3ynman on 20.10.2021



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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

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Created by ScreamingSteelUS on 19.09.2019



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USPower Metal 👑

Bands almost unknown for the most, Cds or Vinyls out of print or never print, Sometimes record production sucks, thats why I love US power metal. An original style Classic and Epic Heavy Metal Mixed With…

1.Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
2.Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction
3.Riot - ThunderSteel
4.Cirith Ungol - Frost And Fire
5.Omen - Warning Of Danger

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Created by Blackcrowe on 22.10.2021



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The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (L)

This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone…

1.Labyrinth - Return To Heaven Denied Pt. II
2.Lacrimas Profundere - Memorandum
3.Lacrimosa - Elodia
4.Lacuna Coil - Comalies
5.Lahmia - Resilience

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Created by Uxküll on 01.01.2021



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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive, 1988

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

Man this list was a rough one, but in a good way 1988 is one of the best years in metal…

1.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
2.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II
3.Bathory - Blood Fire Death
4.Candlemass - Ancient Dreams
5.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

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Created by Handala on 03.06.2022



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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

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Created by pandrstudios on 31.05.2022



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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.Scanner - Hypertrace
3.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II
4.Candlemass - Ancient Dreams
5.Riot - ThunderSteel

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Created by billy4metal on 01.11.2023