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My Top Ten Favorite Albums of All Time

A list by
EmeraldSword
Created
March 09, 2010
Entries
10
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21
I've been listening to metal for over a decade now. Here's my all time "favorites" list. Updated with comments March 24th, 2016. I started with death metal acts of In Flames and Dark…
1. In Flames - The Jester Race
2. Omnium Gatherum - Beyond
3. Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone
4. Wintersun - Wintersun
5. Angra - Temple Of Shadows
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My Top 50 Albums

A list by
MetalAce
Created
December 09, 2013
Entries
50
Endorsements
9
My top list by far......
last update : 23/01/2019
1. Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone
2. Gojira - From Mars To Sirius
3. Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God
4. Amorphis - Silent Waters
5. Death - Symbolic
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Top 400 Metal Albums Ranked Mathematically (2026 Update)

A list by
gckator
Created
July 12, 2025
Entries
400
Endorsements
9
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…
1. Death - Symbolic
2. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
3. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
4. Judas Priest - Painkiller
5. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
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1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

A list by
pandrstudios
Created
May 31, 2022
Entries
1247
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7
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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My Top Albums Of The Decade: 2000's (On Going)

A list by
Red_Travis
Created
February 03, 2012
Entries
126
Endorsements
6
1. Opeth - Blackwater Park
2. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
3. Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness
4. Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
5. Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet
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My All Time Favorite (metal) Albums...

A list by
Drogich
Created
September 27, 2014
Entries
146
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5
Metal albums (and yes, I consider metalcore to be metal) that rocked my world, with maximum 2 albums per band sorted by bands in alphabetic order. Live, EP and compilation albums allowed, also including…
1. Alabama Thunderpussy - Open Fire
2. Alice In Chains - Dirt
3. All That Remains - The Fall Of Ideals
4. Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God
5. Annihilator - Alice In Hell
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Biggest Surprise/Letdown Albums

A list by
Dark Blood
Created
March 07, 2010
Entries
10
Endorsements
3
A list of albums that impressed me in some way... good or bad.
(this list is in no particular order)
1. Amaseffer - Slaves For Life
2. Communic - Conspiracy In Mind
3. Death Angel - The Art Of Dying
4. Eluveitie - Spirit
5. Evergrey - Monday Morning Apocalypse
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Albums Of My Life

A list by
bundasmanu
Created
August 05, 2019
Entries
155
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2
No particular order
1. Graveworm - As The Angels Reach The Beauty
2. Graveworm - Scourge Of Malice
3. Dimmu Borgir - For All Tid
4. Dimmu Borgir - Stormblåst
5. Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
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Best Albums Of 2000-2010

A list by
EnigmaLake
Created
June 08, 2014
Entries
68
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2
In no order, just the my favorite of that decade.
1. Swallow The Sun - The Morning Never Came
2. Equilibrium - Sagas
3. The Defaced - Karma In Black
4. Susperia - Vindication
5. Masterplan - Aeronautics
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Top 100 (+8) Of 2005-2009

A list by
Crys1s
Created
September 19, 2019
Entries
108
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1
2000-2004 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5844
2010-2014 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5828
2015-2019 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6722

I…
1. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
2. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
3. Be'lakor - Stone's Reach
4. Gojira - From Mars To Sirius
5. Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die
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Top 20 Albums Imho

A list by
GaD.ost
Created
October 24, 2010
Entries
20
Endorsements
1
1. Rage - XIII
2. Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God
3. Disbelief - Navigator
4. Fields Of The Nephilim - Mourning Sun
5. Kalmah - The Black Waltz
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Top 20 albums of 2006

A list by
Warman
Created
March 23, 2010
Entries
20
Endorsements
1
A good year, I could make a great and lengthy list of songs just based on these albums. The top 5 is especially awesome, the first two I could probably put on my top 10 album list of all time.
1. Deathstars - Termination Bliss
2. Celtic Frost - Monotheist
3. Illnath - Second Skin Of Harlequin
4. Lifelover - Pulver
5. Draconian - The Burning Halo
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AJ's Ranking Of 2006

A list by
AJ The Great
Created
February 25, 2024
Entries
50
Endorsements
0
Top 50 of 2006

Only LPs

Album count: 180
Average rating: 7.09
1. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
2. Celtic Frost - Monotheist
3. Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die
4. Summoning - Oath Bound
5. Enslaved - Ruun
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Best Of 2006 (work In Progress)

A list by
beyondtehdarksun
Created
January 24, 2011
Entries
21
Endorsements
0
1. Amorphis - Eclipse
2. Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness
3. Into Eternity - The Scattering Of Ashes
4. Communic - Waves Of Visual Decay
5. Blood Stain Child - Idolator
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Kalmah - Best To Worst

A list by
EmeraldSword
Created
November 15, 2011
Entries
6
Endorsements
0
Kalmah's pure "Swamp Metal". They blend metals styles to their own. Carefully crafted melodies with tough riffs make them stand out.
1. Kalmah - The Black Waltz
2. Kalmah - Swampsong
3. Kalmah - They Will Return
4. Kalmah - Swamplord
5. Kalmah - For The Revolution
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