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My Favorite Metal Albums Of All Time (Last Update: June 2022)
(Last Update: 2022)
These are my top 100 favorite albums - they are the reason why I love metal!
Enjoy!
Format: Band | Album | (genre, release year, country) What I like about the album; Favorite…
These are my top 100 favorite albums - they are the reason why I love metal!
Enjoy!
Format: Band | Album | (genre, release year, country) What I like about the album; Favorite…
| 1. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 2. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 3. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 4. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 5. | Death - Spiritual Healing |
| + 95 more |
You Wouldn't Know What Good Art Is If It Hit You In The Face
Since we had the whole MS album art awards, I figured I would try and list out my favourites.
This is not in any order and has no relation to the music, there are bands in here that I don't like,…
This is not in any order and has no relation to the music, there are bands in here that I don't like,…
| 1. | Baroness - Red Album |
| 2. | Baroness - Blue Record |
| 3. | Mastodon - Leviathan |
| 4. | Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse |
| 5. | Kvelertak - Kvelertak |
| + 51 more |
My Favorite Metal Songs
Here is a revamped list of my favorite metal songs!
Listed in ALPHABETICAL ORDER (sorted by band name), as it's too hard to rank them!
The old version of my “300+ Greatest Metal Songs of All Time”…
Listed in ALPHABETICAL ORDER (sorted by band name), as it's too hard to rank them!
The old version of my “300+ Greatest Metal Songs of All Time”…
| 1. | Acherontas - Vamachara |
| 2. | Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops |
| 3. | Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea |
| 4. | Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea |
| 5. | Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea |
| + 90 more |
Summoning Albums: Best To Worst
So I finally decided to go through with creating this list. The reason is simple: Summoning is easily one of my favourite bands ever. On top of that, they're also one of the most consistent bands…
| 1. | Summoning - Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame |
| 2. | Summoning - Stronghold |
| 3. | Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn |
| 4. | Summoning - Minas Morgul |
| 5. | Summoning - Oath Bound |
| + 2 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 |
111 Albums Must Have
| 1. | Iron Maiden - Powerslave |
| 2. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 3. | Summoning - Minas Morgul |
| 4. | Windir - 1184 |
| 5. | Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta |
| + 106 more |
F3ynman's Top 50 Most Frequently Listened-to Albums Of 2022
Merry Christmas, my fellow metalheads!
Inspired by Qualeen's list, I meticulously kept track of how often I listened to every album this year. I present to you my top 50 most frequently listened-to…
Inspired by Qualeen's list, I meticulously kept track of how often I listened to every album this year. I present to you my top 50 most frequently listened-to…
| 1. | Slayer - Show No Mercy |
| 2. | Mercyful Fate - Melissa |
| 3. | Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked |
| 4. | Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh |
| 5. | Autopsy - Severed Survival |
| + 45 more |
My Favorite Instrumental Metal Songs
I love instrumentals (songs without vocals)!
One doesn't need words to convey a message and evoke emotions. Instrumentals also show how metal is very closely related to classical music!
These are…
One doesn't need words to convey a message and evoke emotions. Instrumentals also show how metal is very closely related to classical music!
These are…
| 1. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 2. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 3. | Summoning - Minas Morgul |
| 4. | Metallica - ...And Justice For All |
| 5. | Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance |
| + 67 more |
200+ Favorite Albums
Note: Tool intentionally ommitted because they don't consider themselves metal. Otherwise you'd see their first 4 albums in top 25.
Last updated: 24 Jan 2026.
Last updated: 24 Jan 2026.
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 3. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 5. | Vital Remains - Dechristianize |
| + 279 more |
Most Interesting Interludes/Intros/Outros
(This list is a work in progress)
In this list I intend to compile all of my favorite interludes, intros, outros, short acoustic tracks, instrumentals, non-metal or otherwise atypical songs from the…
In this list I intend to compile all of my favorite interludes, intros, outros, short acoustic tracks, instrumentals, non-metal or otherwise atypical songs from the…
| 1. | Death - The Sound Of Perseverance |
| 2. | Bathory - Blood Fire Death |
| 3. | Melechesh - Emissaries |
| 4. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 5. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| + 105 more |
400+ Favorite Songs
Last updated on 17 May 2026.
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
| 3. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 4. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 5. | Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast |
| + 486 more |
F3ynman's Top 50 Most Frequently Listened-to Albums Of 2025
Merry Christmas, my fellow metalheads!
I present to you my top 50 most frequently listened-to albums of the year 2025, ordered by number of full listens (format: band | album | number of listens).
The…
I present to you my top 50 most frequently listened-to albums of the year 2025, ordered by number of full listens (format: band | album | number of listens).
The…
| 1. | Arizmenda - Stillbirth In The Temple Of Venus |
| 2. | Catacomb (FRA) - In The Maze Of Kadath |
| 3. | Fungoid Stream - Oceanus |
| 4. | Dax Riggs - 7 Songs For Spiders |
| 5. | Neurosis - Through Silver In Blood |
| + 45 more |
My Ultimate List Of Favorite Albums
Welcome to my new ultimate list of favorite albums!
After 5 years on Metal Storm, I think it's time to give an update to my old list of favorite albums.
This time, I meticulously ranked each…
After 5 years on Metal Storm, I think it's time to give an update to my old list of favorite albums.
This time, I meticulously ranked each…
| 1. | Arizmenda - Stillbirth In The Temple Of Venus |
| 2. | Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea |
| 3. | Devil Master - Satan Spits On Children Of Light |
| 4. | Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked |
| 5. | Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence |
| + 195 more |