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The Encyclopaedia of Beautiful Metal Ballads
If you know other wonderful songs which are missing in this list, feel free to suggest them to me 
| 1. | Adagio - Underworld |
| 2. | Aerosmith - Aerosmith |
| 3. | After Forever - Prison Of Desire |
| 4. | After Forever - Decipher |
| 5. | After Forever - After Forever |
| + 373 more |
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 |
| + 123 more |
Scapeplan's Top 50 Albums Of All Time
Alphabetical order.
Limited to 2 albums per band
Top 5 of non-metal:
Pink Floyd-The Wall
King Crimson-In The Court Of The Crimson King
Godspeed You! Black Emperor-Yanqui U.X.O
Comus-First Utterance
Explosions…
Limited to 2 albums per band
Top 5 of non-metal:
Pink Floyd-The Wall
King Crimson-In The Court Of The Crimson King
Godspeed You! Black Emperor-Yanqui U.X.O
Comus-First Utterance
Explosions…
| 1. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 2. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 3. | Anaal Nathrakh - In The Constellation Of The Black Widow |
| 4. | Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas |
| 5. | Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side |
| + 45 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 |
Best Metal Albums of Decade 90s
| 1. | Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers |
| 2. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 3. | Death - The Sound Of Perseverance |
| 4. | Pantera - Cowboys From Hell |
| 5. | Death - Symbolic |
| + 257 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 |
90s Favourites (Some Obvious Choices, Some Good And Some Odd)
This is an old list I made on my previous account. I've update it a little bit.
My introduction text back then said: "A list of 90s albums I enjoyed throughout the decade, some I discovered…
My introduction text back then said: "A list of 90s albums I enjoyed throughout the decade, some I discovered…
| 1. | Marillion - Brave |
| 2. | Dream Theater - Awake |
| 3. | Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade Of Gray |
| 4. | Enchant - Break |
| 5. | Marillion - Holidays In Eden |
| + 64 more |
Personal Nostalgia. (To Be Continued...)
There are many good albums in metal world. But there are some albums that are not just good, but nostalgic. Such works are enjoyable not because of their sound, but because they remind us of good ol'…
| 1. | Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime |
| 2. | Queen - Queen I |
| 3. | Rage - Unity |
| 4. | Bruce Dickinson - Tyranny Of Souls |
| 5. | Bruce Dickinson - Accident Of Birth |
| + 2 more |
Rock & Metal Ballads Collection
Compilation of many Hard Rock or Metal Ballads I've heard. Bands and Albums are ordered by name alphabetically.
| 1. | Accept - Balls To The Wall |
| 2. | Accept - Blood Of The Nations |
| 3. | Accept - Eat The Heat |
| 4. | Adagio - Underworld |
| 5. | Aerosmith - Aerosmith |
| + 420 more |
Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Of 90's
| 1. | HammerFall - Glory To The Brave |
| 2. | Grave Digger - Excalibur |
| 3. | Aria - Ночь Короче Дня |
| 4. | Rage - The Missing Link |
| 5. | Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond |
| + 95 more |
Albums From My Youth
The list shows 50 albums that have had a huge impact on me over my teens. Albums released before 2000 only.
In alphabetical order.
In alphabetical order.
| 1. | Aerosmith - Get A Grip |
| 2. | Alice In Chains - Alice In Chains |
| 3. | Amorphis - Elegy |
| 4. | Anathema - Alternative 4 |
| 5. | Apes, Pigs & Spacemen - Transfusion |
| + 45 more |
Top 10 Metal Albums Of 1997
| 1. | Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy |
| 2. | Gamma Ray - Somewhere Out In Space |
| 3. | HammerFall - Glory To The Brave |
| 4. | Children Of Bodom - Something Wild |
| 5. | Stratovarius - Visions |
| + 5 more |