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Dark, Harrowing, And Ravaging Albums To Ruin Your Day

A list by
Alex F
Created
September 11, 2013
Entries
100
Endorsements
82
These obviously won't ruin your day. Chances are if you are into these styles you'll love this selection. No stylistic borders, but I'm limiting myself to one album per band. These aren't…
1. Ævangelist - De Masticatione Mortuorum In Tumulis
2. Abruptum - Potestates Apocalypsis
3. Absolutus - Pugnare In Iis Quae Obtinere Non Possis
4. Abyssal - Novit Enim Dominus Qui Sunt Eius
5. Aderlating - Spear Of Gold And Seraphim Bone Pt. 1
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A List Of Great Debut Albums

A list by
Erik M.
Created
November 30, 2012
Entries
365
Endorsements
70
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
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Choice Albums Of Atmospheric Metal

A list by
CyberSymphony
Created
July 15, 2013
Entries
70
Endorsements
55
My choices of albums with strong forms of atmospheric sound in metal. Recommendations are welcome, though I won't add all as this will be towards personal taste.
1. A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays
2. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
3. Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
4. Akelei - De Zwaarte Van Het Doorstane
5. Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde
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My Favorite Atmospheric Black Metal Albums (WIP)

A list by
Oaken
Created
May 24, 2012
Entries
65
Endorsements
45
This is a favorites list, not a guide or anything of that sort. It just highlights the albums that I've enjoyed listening to and spinned extensively since last November (When I got into this monolithic…
1. A Forest Of Stars - Opportunistic Thieves Of Spring
2. Addaura - Burning For The Ancient
3. Agalloch - Pale Folklore
4. Alcest - Écailles De Lune
5. Alda - : Tahoma :
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The Most Majestic Releases Of All Time

A list by
Roxana.M
Created
June 10, 2015
Entries
170
Endorsements
39
This list contains most beautiful, majestic and soul-touching releases I've ever experienced.
My most favorite genres are Black Metal, Post Metal, Shoegaze, Doom Metal, Ambient and Neo-Classical…
1. Anathema - The Silent Enigma
2. Blut Aus Nord - Ultima Thulée
3. Deinonychus - The Silence Of December
4. Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta I - Fathers Of The Icy Age
5. Burzum - Filosofem
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My Favourite Black Metal Albums

A list by
Alien1988
Created
May 14, 2014
Entries
228
Endorsements
38
- My TOP 75 from 90s (and 80s), 00s and 10s.
- Each TOP 75 ordered from my most favourite down.
- One album for every band in one TOP 75.
- Only full-lengths or EPs/demos with more than half an hour.
1. Windir - Arntor
2. Paysage d'Hiver - Paysage D'Hiver
3. Blut Aus Nord - Ultima Thulée
4. Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
5. Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter
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Neachy's Select: Black Metal

A list by
Neachy
Created
June 03, 2014
Entries
150
Endorsements
37
1. Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
2. Bathory - Blood Fire Death
3. Master's Hammer - Ritual
4. Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky
5. Immortal - Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism
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A List Of Great One-Man Band Albums

A list by
Erik M.
Created
August 26, 2013
Entries
85
Endorsements
28
Creating good music might not be an easy task, but most bands in existence consist of multiple members who contribute to the music. One-man bands however are simply musicians who create the music all by…
1. Aarni - Bathos
2. Brown Jenkins - Death Obsession
3. Cloak Of Altering - Ancient Paths Through Timeless Voids
4. De Magia Veterum - The Divine Antithesis
5. Gnaw Their Tongues - L'Arrivée De La Terne Mort Triomphante
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Awesome Space Atmospheres

A list by
Curumir
Created
August 01, 2013
Entries
37
Endorsements
21
Music with a spacey touch...
Recommendations are welcome (only one album per band)
1. Aeons Confer - Symphonies Of Saturnus
2. Alrakis - Alpha Eri
3. Amestigon - Sun Of All Suns
4. Arcturus - Sideshow Symphonies
5. Astral Silence - Astral Journey
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Ranking the One-Album Wonders in Metal

A list by
sgtrobo
Created
August 25, 2021
Entries
175
Endorsements
13
Some of the best metal albums ever released have been by bands that only had one full length release.
List is (and probably always will be) a constant work-in-progress.
If you know of a "one-and-done"…
1. Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris
2. Weakling - Dead As Dreams
3. Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle
4. Timeghoul - 1992-1994 Discography
5. Thorns - Thorns
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Black Metal: The Expansion Pack

A list by
Chobo_jokeR
Created
December 30, 2022
Entries
156
Endorsements
10
My initial rendition was looking at the USBM scene. Next I opted to dive into where it arguably all began… Norway. My most recent exploration was into Switzerland’s scene. Rather than repeatedly coming…
1. Elysian Blaze - Blood Geometry
2. Funeral Mourning - Drown In Solitude
3. Ill Omen - Æ.Thy.Rift
4. Woods Of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason
5. Woods Of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason
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Mai 2009 Top 20

A list by
Ag Fox
Created
May 31, 2010
Entries
20
Endorsements
7
Call me easily impressed or what, but 2009 has been an amazing year for metal releases for me. Being well into 2010, I had the chance to let everything sink in and the more memorable albums stand out more…
1. Thy Catafalque - Róka Hasa Rádió
2. Amorphis - Skyforger
3. Samael - Above
4. Sun Of The Blind - Skullreader
5. While Heaven Wept - Vast Oceans Lachrymose
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The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (S)

A list by
Uxküll
Created
February 17, 2021
Entries
366
Endorsements
5
This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone…
1. S.V.E.S.T. - Veritas Diaboli Manet In Aeternum: Le Diable Est Ma Raison
2. Sabachthani - Miserable Endings
3. Sabaoth - Les Illuminations
4. Sabaton - Carolus Rex
5. Sabbat - Dreamweaver
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Best Albums To Fall Asleep To

A list by
me<3mertl
Created
March 18, 2015
Entries
55
Endorsements
4
SPOILER ALERT: This is mostly just black metal.
****Alphabetical Order
1. Abigor - Nachthymnen (From The Twilight Kingdom)
2. Agalloch - The Mantle
3. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
4. Arckanum - Fran Marder
5. Arckanum - Antikosmos
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2009

A list by
Draugen
Created
September 16, 2012
Entries
62
Endorsements
2
Here is my very straight forward top list of albums released in 2009.
1. Bloody Panda - Summon
2. Mono - Hymn To The Immortal Wind
3. Giant Squid - The Ichthyologist
4. Ahab - The Divinity Of Oceans
5. Isole - Silent Ruins
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