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Top 200 Metal Masterpieces of All Time
RANKING CRITERIA :
- Originality [ 35% of the rating ]
- Songwriting [ 35% of the rating ]
- Performance [ 30% of the rating ]
- Originality [ 35% of the rating ]
- Songwriting [ 35% of the rating ]
- Performance [ 30% of the rating ]
| 1. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 2. | Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast |
| 3. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 4. | Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality |
| 5. | Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind |
| + 195 more |
Top 500 Albums of All Time
I've been listening to Metal since 2005 and it has become my biggest passion in life. Rarely a day goes by where I don't listen to it in one form or another. The bands I listened to in my teens…
| 1. | Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral |
| 2. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 3. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 5. | Opeth - Still Life |
| + 495 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 (70) ish - All Time
No Real Order, just Great Albums!
| 1. | Dio - Holy Diver |
| 2. | Metallica - Kill 'Em All |
| 3. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 4. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 5. | Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath |
| + 63 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 |
Secret Tracks: Songs And Audio Pieces That Were Left Off The Track List
Secret tracks, sometimes also called ghost tracks, unlisted tracks or hidden tracks, are songs or audio pieces that were left off the track list of an album.
The easiest way to hide a secret track is…
The easiest way to hide a secret track is…
| 1. | Acid Bath - Paegan Terrorism Tactics |
| 2. | Anathema - Pentecost III |
| 3. | Anathema - Pentecost III + The Crestfallen EP |
| 4. | Anthrax - Volume 8: The Threat Is Real |
| 5. | Anthrax - We've Come For You All |
| + 95 more |
Top 34 Heavy Metal Albums
Heavy Metal (like most people I imagine) was one of the first metal genres I got into around 2005. My friend introduced me to Iron Maiden and from there I was hooked! He would recommend me which of their…
| 1. | Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son |
| 2. | Metallica - Metallica |
| 3. | Iron Maiden - Powerslave |
| 4. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 5. | Deep Purple - Machine Head |
| + 29 more |
The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (B)
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. | Ba'al - Ellipsism |
| 2. | Back To R'lyeh - The Awakening / Last Fight Of The Primordial |
| 3. | Bad Salad - Uncivilized |
| 4. | Bakos Attila - Aranyhajnal |
| 5. | Balance Of Power - Book Of Secrets |
| + 158 more |
Top 100 Albums (No Repeating Bands)
I do my best to feel confident about my top 10, After that 11-100 are just alphabetical.
| 1. | Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything |
| 2. | Iron Maiden - Brave New World |
| 3. | Evergrey - The Inner Circle |
| 4. | Obscure Sphinx - Void Mother |
| 5. | Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor |
| + 95 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 |
Bruce Dickinson Solo Albums Ranked.
Bruce Dickinsons solo career is a varied ride. He tried some different rock styles and did try to go in a different direction than his Maiden years, still he's best work is the albums that most resemble…
| 1. | Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding |
| 2. | Bruce Dickinson - Accident Of Birth |
| 3. | Bruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project |
| 4. | Bruce Dickinson - Skunkworks |
| 5. | Bruce Dickinson - Tyranny Of Souls |
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