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The Encyclopaedia of Beautiful Metal Ballads

A list by
~Starchild~
Created
December 28, 2010
Entries
378
Endorsements
109
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

My favourite Power Metal Albums

A list by
stormlord77
Created
April 29, 2013
Entries
850
Endorsements
25
Since many of you felt annoyed by my previous list title I changed it and hopefully you will be ok with it.Power up everybody!!!
1. Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II
2. Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
3. Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I
4. Riot - ThunderSteel
5. Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free
+ 845 more

Top 35 German Thrash Albums

A list by
ChapuLviz
Created
March 29, 2012
Entries
35
Endorsements
10
This is the top 35 of german thrash metal albums of the old school...
1. Sodom - Agent Orange
2. Kreator - Pleasure To Kill
3. Destruction - Infernal Overkill
4. Tankard - Zombie Attack
5. Exumer - Possessed By Fire
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Favorite Album Art, 1960s-1990s

A list by
purplejesus
Created
March 28, 2025
Entries
113
Endorsements
7
Had to break up "Favorite Album Art" into two (edit: now four!) because it couldn't handle so many words and I was losing entries at the bottom.
1. Korn - Issues
2. Manes - Under Ein Blodraud Maane
3. Maudlin Of The Well - My Fruit Psychobells... A Seed Combustible
4. Neurosis - Times Of Grace
5. Virgin Steele - The House Of Atreus Act I
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Metal Mascots

A list by
Plattner
Created
September 28, 2023
Entries
99
Endorsements
7
Mascots are an established and popular part of metal fan culture. In contrast to sports team mascots, they are no cute talismans, but are regarded as personification of the band and its music (or even…
1. Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge
2. Annihilator - Alice In Hell
3. Anthrax - Inside Out
4. Artillery - B.A.C.K.
5. Avenged Sevenfold - Waking The Fallen
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Rage Albums Ranked. Best To Worst.

A list by
majormalfunction
Created
July 02, 2019
Entries
28
Endorsements
6
One of the hardest working bands in all of metal with one of the most extensive catalogues. Peavy has really been busy throughout his career and luckily most of the time he has surrounded himself without…
1. Rage - The Missing Link
2. Rage - Soundchaser
3. Rage - Speak Of The Dead
4. Rage - Black In Mind
5. Rage - Secrets In A Weird World
+ 23 more

One-Hit Albums

A list by
Redel
Created
January 09, 2020
Entries
97
Endorsements
5
A (most probably incomplete) list of albums on which I really enjoy only a single song (in alphabetical order, excluding one-track albums).
They turn out to be albums that I rate a 6 or 7 overall -- with…
1. Agalloch - Pale Folklore
2. Amorphis - Far From The Sun
3. Annihilator - Set The World On Fire
4. Asphyx - The Rack
5. Bathory - Blood Fire Death
+ 92 more

Rock & Metal Ballads Collection

A list by
Alpha
Created
September 27, 2013
Entries
425
Endorsements
4
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
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Top 1000 Artworks On Metal Storm

A list by
purplejesus
Created
January 04, 2026
Entries
1031
Endorsements
4
As chosen by me, of course. This is highly subjective.

In progress and in tandem with:
Favorite Album Art, 1960s-1990s
Favorite Album Art, 2000s
Favorite Album Art, 2010s
Favorite Album Art, 2020s
Favorite…
1. ...And Oceans - The Regeneration Itinerary
2. 16 - Curves That Kick
3. 16 - Blaze Of Incompetence
4. 16 - Bridges To Burn
5. 16 - Dream Squasher
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Top 20 Heavy Metal Albums Of 1988

A list by
Mrtvozornik
Created
January 21, 2014
Entries
20
Endorsements
3
One of the best year in history of heavy metal music.
1. Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
2. Scanner - Hypertrace
3. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
4. Angel Dust - To Dust You Will Decay
5. Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II
+ 15 more

Best Metal Vocalists

A list by
saw_you_drown
Created
April 20, 2015
Entries
53
Endorsements
1
*** /\ UNDER CONSTRUCTION /\ *** READ ME *** List of the best metal vocalists across all subgenres. The album that best exhibits their vocals will represent them -- not necessarily the best album they…
1. King Diamond - Abigail
2. Judas Priest - Painkiller
3. Savatage - Gutter Ballet
4. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
5. Queensrÿche - Empire
+ 48 more

Best Of 1988… The Year That Defined My Metal Life

A list by
billy4metal
Created
November 01, 2023
Entries
67
Endorsements
1
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. Candlemass - Ancient Dreams
3. Scanner - Hypertrace
4. Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II
5. Riot - ThunderSteel
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Power Metal: 40 under~rated, obscure, overlooked or ones you may have missed

A list by
billy4metal
Created
January 02, 2022
Entries
46
Endorsements
1
1. Human Fortress - Defenders Of The Crown
2. Scanner - Hypertrace
3. Manowar - Into Glory Ride
4. Ancient Bards - The Alliance Of The Kings - The Black Crystal Sword Saga Part 1
5. Rage - Perfect Man
+ 41 more

Rage Albums - Best To Worst

A list by
Mrtvozornik
Created
August 01, 2023
Entries
24
Endorsements
0
1. Rage - The Missing Link
2. Rage - Soundchaser
3. Rage - Carved In Stone
4. Rage - The Devil Strikes Again
5. Rage - Seasons Of The Black
+ 19 more