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My Staff Picks
weeeee. all my past staff picks now compiled into one swell list.
| 1. | High On Fire - Snakes For The Divine |
| 2. | Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough |
| 3. | Greymachine - Disconnected |
| 4. | Kylesa - Static Tensions |
| 5. | Profetus - Coronation Of The Black Sun |
| + 93 more |
F3ynman's Checklist
Here are albums (ordered by subgenre) that I want to listen to, but haven't yet.
For some albums, I've heard one or two songs, but not the entire album. Therefore, these albums still await…
For some albums, I've heard one or two songs, but not the entire album. Therefore, these albums still await…
| 1. | Burning Witch - Crippled Lucifer |
| 2. | Below The Sun - Envoy |
| 3. | God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright |
| 4. | Fórn - The Departure Of Consciousness |
| 5. | Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing |
| + 305 more |
Omega_Switch's Listism: Top Black Metal Albums
| 1. | Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk |
| 2. | Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky |
| 3. | Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss |
| 4. | Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas |
| 5. | Bathory - Blood Fire Death |
| + 45 more |
The Timeless
1.All time & genre (including Non-Metal on MS)
2.Only studio albums & EPs
3.I DON'T modify this list. So, this list is THE FINAL edition and based on my selection on 1 April 2017. (Modified…
2.Only studio albums & EPs
3.I DON'T modify this list. So, this list is THE FINAL edition and based on my selection on 1 April 2017. (Modified…
| 1. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 2. | Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk |
| 3. | Krallice - Diotima |
| 4. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 5. | Deathspell Omega - Kénôse |
| + 166 more |
Top 250 Metal Releases Of All Time
Here’s my list of what I consider to be the best metal albums (+2 compilations and like 2 demo I think) of all time.
Enjoy!
Bands that appear the most in the list:
9 times: Sigh
5 times: Dream Theater,…
Enjoy!
Bands that appear the most in the list:
9 times: Sigh
5 times: Dream Theater,…
| 1. | Windir - Arntor |
| 2. | Sigh - In Somniphobia |
| 3. | Vektor - Terminal Redux |
| 4. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 5. | La Torture Des Ténèbres - IV - Memoirs Of A Machine Girl |
| + 245 more |
Best Album Of Every Year Since 1970
Here’s a list with my top 3 favorite metal and non-metal album of every year since 1970, enjoy!
I had to stretch the definition of what is and is not metal a little bit for the 70s, just assume it also…
I had to stretch the definition of what is and is not metal a little bit for the 70s, just assume it also…
| 1. | 1970 - |
| 2. | Deep Purple - In Rock |
| 3. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 4. | Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come |
| 5. | 1971 - |
| + 219 more |
Favorite Albums
My personal top-list, limited to one album per band. I only add albums that I own physical copies of.
| 1. | Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape |
| 2. | Pan.thy.monium - Khaooos & Kon-Fus-Ion |
| 3. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 5. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| + 45 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 |
My 20 Favorite Black Metal Albums
This is a list of my 20 favorite BM albums ever. Apparently Mystifier and Moonblood are too kvlt to be on Metal Storm at this time, but both are incredibly fucking awesome. Moonblood played Epic Black…
| 1. | Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss |
| 2. | Bathory - Blood Fire Death |
| 3. | Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas |
| 4. | Blasphemy - Fallen Angel Of Doom |
| 5. | Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger |
| + 15 more |
~ My Favorite Black Metal Records ~
Yeah... a very conventional idea for a list, but i couldn't resist in the end finally making this one.
A list of my personal favorites from the blackest metal of them all.
Ordered by personal preferences…
A list of my personal favorites from the blackest metal of them all.
Ordered by personal preferences…
| 1. | Summoning - Stronghold |
| 2. | Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness |
| 3. | Midnight Odyssey - Firmament |
| 4. | Eismalsott - Best Before: Spring |
| 5. | Dornenreich - Bitter Ist's Dem Tod Zu Dienen |
| + 125 more |
The Timeless Ver2
1. Only ESPECIALLY favorite (a bit more stringently than ver1 and rating 10 is not enough)
2. All time & genre (including Non-Metal on MS)
3. Only studio albums & EPs
4. The genre is primary…
2. All time & genre (including Non-Metal on MS)
3. Only studio albums & EPs
4. The genre is primary…
| 1. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 2. | Cynic - Focus |
| 3. | Death - The Sound Of Perseverance |
| 4. | Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice |
| 5. | Deathspell Omega - Kénôse |
| + 81 more |
pandrstudios Metal History
These are MY Top 250 Albums that are featured on Metal Storm in chronological order to celebrate 50 Years of Metal.
Some bands are featured on this list with more than one album, which means that they…
Some bands are featured on this list with more than one album, which means that they…
| 1. | Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath |
| 2. | Deep Purple - In Rock |
| 3. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV |
| 4. | Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards |
| 5. | Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies |
| + 238 more |
Systematic Desensitization: Black Metal Edition
For many, some of the more extreme types of metal can be challenging to penetrate. I'll admit that my first time listening to Burzum was nearly the equivalent of listening to a buzz-saw. But over…
| 1. | Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon |
| 2. | Melechesh - Enki |
| 3. | Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini |
| 4. | Immortal - All Shall Fall |
| 5. | Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant |
| + 41 more |
My Top 50 Albums Of All Time
This is my personal favourite top 50 albums of all time, this list can change because i can enter new things and my tastes may differ over time.
IS NOT UPDATED!
IS NOT UPDATED!
| 1. | Cult Of Luna - Somewhere Along The Highway |
| 2. | Ulver - Perdition City |
| 3. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 4. | Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime |
| 5. | Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal |
| + 69 more |
10 Essential Black Metal Albums
10 essential Black Metal albums, that every self-respecting Black Metal fan should own. Well, that's my opinion.
| 1. | Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse |
| 2. | Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter |
| 3. | Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky |
| 4. | Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas |
| 5. | Ulver - Nattens Madrigal - Aatte Hymne Til Ulven I Manden |
| + 5 more |
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