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A List Of Great Debut Albums
A lot of bands have great debut albums. Obviously this list is just a fraction of all the great debut albums out there, but it's a start. I'll keep expanding this list continuously, so all suggestions…
| 1. | Aarni - Bathos |
| 2. | Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia |
| 3. | Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom |
| 4. | Sadness - Ames De Marbre |
| 5. | Solefald - The Linear Scaffold |
| + 360 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 |
Current Top 100, 5 Years On
Back when I joined the site in 2011, I did a customary top 100 album list. Every year since then, when I've looked back at it it's become increasingly unrecognisable from my own tastes. Seeing…
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Sylosis - Monolith |
| 3. | Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth |
| 4. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 5. | Protest The Hero - Kezia |
| + 126 more |
The Deadliest Of Harmonies (A Journey Into Melodic Death Metal)
Hey Folks! It’s me… Again!
I’m coming back once more to explore the depths of a genre that arguably did not begin where you all thought it did! Yeah yeah… Alright, maybe Left Hand Path, Necroticism:…
I’m coming back once more to explore the depths of a genre that arguably did not begin where you all thought it did! Yeah yeah… Alright, maybe Left Hand Path, Necroticism:…
| 1. | Entombed - Left Hand Path |
| 2. | Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious |
| 3. | Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream |
| 4. | At The Gates - The Red In The Sky Is Ours |
| 5. | Carcass - Heartwork |
| + 203 more |
Current Top 100 (subject To Change)
Moves up and down depending on mood, but top 25-30 usually the same in varying order
| 1. | Sylosis - Conclusion Of An Age |
| 2. | Machine Head - The Blackening |
| 3. | Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory |
| 4. | Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth |
| 5. | In Flames - The Jester Race |
| + 95 more |
1001 Metal Albums to Hear Before You Die
An ongoing list for personal use as well as for reference for beginners (& veterans alike). This is solely my personal opinion and taste (Death & Prog mostly but do give every genre a try). Basically…
| 1. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin |
| 2. | King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King |
| 3. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III |
| 4. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 5. | Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself |
| + 350 more |
My All Time Favorite (metal) Albums...
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 |
| + 141 more |
Top 47 Thrash Metal Albums
Thrash was one of the first metal genres I got into around 2005. I discovered Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, etc through Kerrang! magazine and their albums quickly became my favourites at the time. Now,…
| 1. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 2. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 3. | Metallica - ...And Justice For All |
| 4. | Death - The Sound Of Perseverance |
| 5. | Slayer - Reign In Blood |
| + 42 more |
Top 200 Albums Of The 2000s
Here are the 00s albums that have stood out and made the largest impact on me. To be as transparent as possible, I've labelled albums as 'nostalgia bias' where my memories of the band give…
| 1. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 2. | Trivium - Shogun |
| 3. | Machine Head - The Blackening |
| 4. | Trivium - Ascendancy |
| 5. | Opeth - Ghost Reveries |
| + 195 more |
albums of the year, *every* year
except for the ones I haven't bothered doing
| 1. | Messa - The Spin |
| 2. | Wintersun - Time II |
| 3. | Sleep Token - Take Me Back To Eden |
| 4. | Cult Of Luna - The Long Road North |
| 5. | Swallow The Sun - Moonflowers |
| + 21 more |
Sylosis Albums Ranked
| 1. | Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth |
| 2. | Sylosis - Monolith |
| 3. | Sylosis - A Sign Of Things To Come |
| 4. | Sylosis - Dormant Heart |
| 5. | Sylosis - The New Flesh |
| + 2 more |
My Top Albums
| 1. | The Human Abstract - Nocturne |
| 2. | Protest The Hero - Volition |
| 3. | Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth |
| 4. | Death - Human |
| 5. | Invent Animate - Heavener |
| + 41 more |
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