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 Crushing (Not For The Faint Of Heart)

A little list of albums that have been kicking my ass as of late. Some albums on this list may appear to be "odd" choices, but "crushing" in this context does not necessarily mean heavy.

1.Esoteric - The Pernicious Enigma
2.Ahab - The Divinity Of Oceans
3.Agalloch - The Mantle
4.Warning - Watching From A Distance
5.Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All

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Created by Chobo_jokeR on 03.02.2012



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 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

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Created by nonZero on 06.10.2018



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 My Drug List Of Doom

Some of my favourite stuff I have scratched it up to one pile. One album per band, no order, just chaos.

1.Eibon - Entering Darkness
2.Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs
3.Mar De Grises - Draining The Waterheart
4.Ankhagram - Where Are You Now
5.Anorexia Nervosa - New Obscurantis Order

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Created by Abattoir on 27.09.2012



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 I'm So Good, I Can Relate To That Album!

I'll be introducing some albums people can possibly relate to, either because of the music, or the lyrics that people find more personal than others. Also included are my personal favorites.

1.40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room
2.Abandon - The Dead End
3.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
4.Antimatter - Fear Of A Unique Identity
5.Agalloch - The Mantle

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Created by Monolithic on 17.01.2013



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 *Album Of The Year (For Every Year In My Collection)*

This list is the best album of every year that is represented in my current collection. Some years were really hard to choose as there were many deserving albums, others I had one or very few to choose…

1.Septicflesh - The Great Mass
2.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini
3.Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs
4.Septicflesh - Communion
5.Symphony X - Paradise Lost

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Created by Pyramid God on 17.06.2011



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 Ivan's Top 10 Of 2009

In no particular order.

1.Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
2.Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs
3.Delain - April Rain
4.Epica - Design Your Universe
5.Sonata Arctica - The Days Of Grays

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Created by Ivan on 28.02.2010



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 Playing Outside Of The Box! (An Alternative Metal Guide & Journey)

Right... Let's get this out of the way from the get-go. Alternative metal is hard to define. I guess that comes from it always wanting to experiment, explore and fuse heavy metal with non-metal music…

1.Living Colour - Vivid
2.Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
3.Faith No More - The Real Thing
4.Godflesh - Streetcleaner
5.L7 - Smell The Magic

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Created by Guib on 20.08.2023



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 *The List I'll Never Finish (Top 20 Albums)*

I just finished making this list and I hate it already. Trying to put your favorite albums in order is very hard. I went at thinking which 20 would I take with me to a deserted island so I went for some…

1.Septicflesh - Communion
2.Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite
3.Septicflesh - The Great Mass
4.Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
5.Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs

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Created by Pyramid God on 23.07.2011



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 THE BEST DOOM/DEATH ALBUM

1.My Dying Bride - The Angel And The Dark River
2.Swallow The Sun - The Morning Never Came
3.Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell
4.Novembers Doom - The Pale Haunt Departure
5.Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs

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Created by buber on 02.08.2011



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 Top 10 Of 2009

1.Mastodon - Crack The Skye
2.Baroness - Blue Record
3.Between The Buried And Me - The Great Misdirect
4.The Red Chord - Fed Through The Teeth Machine
5.Insomnium - Across The Dark

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Created by EntityOfMalice14 on 07.03.2010



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 WWS' Top 25 Of 2009

In no particular order.

1.Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs
2.Kalisia - Cybion
3.Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
4.Finsterforst - ...Zum Tode Hin
5.Deströyer 666 - Defiance

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Created by White Winter Sun on 03.03.2010



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 Top 200 Alternative Metal Albums

This is very simple, I took the ratings for a bunch of alternative metal albums on MS and ranked them accordingly

To qualify:
The album must have been released when the band was labelled as "Alternative…

1.Mass Hysteria - Contraddiction
2.Tool - Lateralus
3.The Butterfly Effect - IV
4.Tool - Ænima
5.Mass Hysteria - Le Bien-Être Et La Paix

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Created by Wildebean on 05.04.2023



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 All Time Metal/Symph Top 100, still working on it

1.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
2.Marillion - Brave
3.Iron Maiden - Powerslave
4.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes
5.Insomnium - Across The Dark

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Created by Marillion on 11.03.2011



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 Metal Albums Ranked From WORSHIP To DISLIKE

Ratings go from:

WORSHIP ❤️❤️❤️: Absolute greatness, a mindblowing album.
LOVE ❤️❤️🖤: Amazing release with very few flaws.
LIKE ❤️🖤🖤: Enjoyable but far from perfect.
DISLIKE 💔: Not very good or maybe…

1.Æther Realm - Tarot
2.Abhoria - Abhoria
3.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
4.Agrypnie - Metamorphosis
5.Allegaeon - Fragments Of Form And Function

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Created by Rinbel on 14.03.2022



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 Urs' Top 10 Of 2009

Overall year rating:
3,5/5…

1.Process Of Guilt - Erosion
2.Oranssi Pazuzu - Muukalainen Puhuu
3.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach
4.Exivious - Exivious
5.Fen - The Malediction Fields

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Created by Urs Blank on 01.09.2011