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Top 24 Hard Rock Albums

Part of my journey in discovering my passion for metal also involved discovering a lot of hard rock bands. My friends at school listened to a lot of Guns N' Roses (which I originally couldn't…

1.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
2.Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards
3.Rainbow - Rising
4.Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
5.Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction

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Created by nonZero on 10.10.2024



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TOP 50 POWER/HEAVY/Hardrock 1970-1979

1.AC/DC - Highway To Hell
2.AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
3.Triumph - Just A Game
4.AC/DC - High Voltage
5.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

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Created by jeffster69 on 04.03.2024



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Making My Way Through The MS Top 200

The MS top 200 is supposed to represent the absolute peak of metal music, the timeless classics. I have been listening to metal for about 6 years now and would consider myself fairly knowledgeable about…

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3.W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol
4.Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die
5.Ensiferum - Ensiferum

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Created by Roman Doez on 13.04.2023



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Rainbow Albums Ranked

1.Rainbow - Rising
2.Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
3.Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'N' Roll
4.Rainbow - Stranger In Us All
5.Rainbow - Down To Earth

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Created by majormalfunction on 28.03.2023



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Metal Songs And Albums That Inspired The Names Of Other Bands

This is an alphabetical list of metal songs and albums that inspired the names of other artists.

While comparable lists often focus on the band name and explain its origin, this list turns the point…

1.Amebix - No Sanctuary: The Spiderleg Recordings
2.Anathema - Alternative 4
3.Arch Enemy - Black Earth
4.Architects - Ruin
5.Assück - Misery Index

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Created by Plattner on 10.03.2023



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Song Titles With The Band`s Name

It is not uncommon that album titles are chosen after the band`s name. However, song titles that include or are identical to the band`s name are relatively seldom found.
This is an alphabetical list…

1.(hed) p.e. - Broke
2.71TONMAN - 71TONMAN
3.Ænigmatum - ÆNIGMATUM
4.Æther Realm - One Chosen By The Gods
5.A Feast For Lampreys - Graveyard Abyss

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Created by Plattner on 12.02.2023



Best Metal Albums Of 1975

My favorite picks for the best albums of 1975.

1.Black Sabbath - Sabotage
2.Blackfoot - No Reservations
3.Budgie - Bandolier
4.Rush - Fly By Night
5.Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

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Created by Baphovmet on 10.01.2023



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Andy's top heavy metal/hard rock albums

My top ranked (in order from best down) favorite hard rock/heavy metal albums. I've also one included my top three favorite tracks from each album.

Enjoy!…

1.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
2.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
3.Rush - Hemispheres
4.Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards
5.Judas Priest - Painkiller

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Created by AndyMetalFreak on 01.04.2021



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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

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Created by metalriff on 05.02.2021



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Personal Favorite Albums From 1970-2020 (metalstorm Bands Only)

1.Paradise Lost - Obsidian
2.Alcest - Spiritual Instinct
3.Judas Priest - Firepower
4.Pallbearer - Heartless
5.Vektor - Terminal Redux

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Created by Alce on 17.11.2020



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Metal Storm Stats

I'm bored very easily, and that's why I decided to do some stats about metal storm's top 20 of each year and the top 200. I don't know why I did that, but if you love stats like I do…

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5.Deep Purple - The Book Of Taliesyn

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Created by Roman Doez on 08.11.2020



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Best Album Of Each Year

Fifty years of metal, 50 best albums of the year. Note that in order to diversify the list I limited it to one album per band, otherwise there would have been too much Judas Priest and Iron Maiden.

1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
2.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
3.Deep Purple - Machine Head
4.Budgie - Never Turn Your Back On A Friend
5.Queen - Queen II

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Created by Ganondox on 17.10.2019



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Top 50 Heavy Metal Albums Of The 1970's

In chronological order of release.

1.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
2.Deep Purple - In Rock
3.Uriah Heep - Very 'eavy... Very 'umble
4.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
5.Budgie - Budgie

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Created by 1968fan on 28.11.2018



Top 20 Proto-Metal/Hard Rock Albums Of 1975

In no real particular order. These albums are all great.

1.Black Sabbath - Sabotage
2.Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
3.Budgie - Bandolier
4.UFO - Force It
5.Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

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Created by 1968fan on 08.10.2018



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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

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Created by nonZero on 06.10.2018