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Top 200 Metal Masterpieces of All Time
RANKING CRITERIA :
- Originality [ 35% of the rating ]
- Songwriting [ 35% of the rating ]
- Performance [ 30% of the rating ]
- Originality [ 35% of the rating ]
- Songwriting [ 35% of the rating ]
- Performance [ 30% of the rating ]
| 1. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 2. | Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast |
| 3. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 4. | Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality |
| 5. | Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind |
| + 195 more |
Classic Metal Albums Of Forever
*** READ ME *** This list is about the greatest metal albums of all-time, from all sub-genres and all countries. You won't see bands like Deep Purple, Rush, BOC, Zeppelin, etc., nor will you see bands…
| 1. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 2. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 3. | Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son |
| 4. | Death - Symbolic |
| 5. | Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath |
| + 95 more |
Top 20 Atmosphere Makers
| 1. | Paradise Lost - Draconian Times |
| 2. | Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down |
| 3. | Fields Of The Nephilim - Mourning Sun |
| 4. | Anathema - Judgement |
| 5. | Draconian - Turning Season Within |
| + 15 more |
Most Gripping Atmospheres
Here are the most captivating atmospheres I've ever heard. Including metal and non-metal albums. Grouped according to genre and one album per band.
| 1. | Division By Zero - Independent Harmony |
| 2. | Beyond Twilight - The Devil's Hall Of Fame |
| 3. | Riverside - Out Of Myself |
| 4. | Suspyre - When Time Fades... |
| 5. | Redemption - The Fullness Of Time |
| + 112 more |
The Ultimate Gothic Metal Albums
A list of the ultimate releases in gothic metal. Suggestions are welcome.
| 1. | After Forever - Prison Of Desire |
| 2. | Artrosis - Ukryty Wymiar |
| 3. | Ava Inferi - Onyx |
| 4. | Avrigus - The Secret Kingdom |
| 5. | Before The Dawn - Deadlight |
| + 52 more |
Top 50 Doom/Gothic Metal Albums
| 1. | Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality |
| 2. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 3. | Katatonia - Discouraged Ones |
| 4. | My Dying Bride - The Angel And The Dark River |
| 5. | Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath |
| + 65 more |
All Metal Of All Time Top 300: Albums
An entirely subjective list of my all-time favourite metal albums, well lets better say albums/genres featured on MS, since not all here is precisely metal.
Objective quality is not a criteria here, just…
Objective quality is not a criteria here, just…
| 1. | Anathema - The Silent Enigma |
| 2. | Opeth - Morningrise |
| 3. | Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum |
| 4. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 5. | Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss |
| + 310 more |
The Best Gothic Metal Albums
Note 1: This list will take time before it gets a definitive form (or it might take forever if good gothic metal albums will be released in the future).
Note 2: Another important feature is that this…
Note 2: Another important feature is that this…
| 1. | Estatic Fear - A Sombre Dance |
| 2. | Tiamat - Wildhoney |
| 3. | The Sins Of Thy Beloved - Lake Of Sorrow |
| 4. | Tristania - Widow's Weeds |
| 5. | Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear |
| + 96 more |
Brimbly-Brambly Bucka-Bucka Woozle-Wuzzle It's A Doom List.
This is a list of the doom albums I have listened to.
The list starts with a handful of what I'd call my favorite doom albums. The first few of those count among my favorite of all time, with Paranoid…
The list starts with a handful of what I'd call my favorite doom albums. The first few of those count among my favorite of all time, with Paranoid…
| 1. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 2. | Warning - Watching From A Distance |
| 3. | Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus |
| 4. | Candlemass - Nightfall |
| 5. | Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality |
| + 627 more |
Top 25 Albums Of All Time
My Top 25 albums of all time!
This list could change a bit as I keep on listening to new music, but at least the first 10-15 albums will probably be on the list.
This list could change a bit as I keep on listening to new music, but at least the first 10-15 albums will probably be on the list.
| 1. | Death - Symbolic |
| 2. | Morbid Angel - Covenant |
| 3. | Deicide - The Stench Of Redemption |
| 4. | Death - Individual Thought Patterns |
| 5. | Bloodbath - Resurrection Through Carnage |
| + 20 more |
All Metal Of All Time Top 300: Songs
| 1. | Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum |
| 2. | Theatre Of Tragedy - Theatre Of Tragedy |
| 3. | My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans |
| 4. | Iron Maiden - Powerslave |
| 5. | Anathema - The Silent Enigma |
| + 317 more |
Best Metal Albums of Decade 90s
| 1. | Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers |
| 2. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 3. | Death - The Sound Of Perseverance |
| 4. | Pantera - Cowboys From Hell |
| 5. | Death - Symbolic |
| + 257 more |
My Top 100 Metal Albums EVER
| 1. | The Gathering - How To Measure A Planet? |
| 2. | Tiamat - Wildhoney |
| 3. | My Dying Bride - A Line Of Deathless Kings |
| 4. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 5. | Samael - Ceremony Of Opposites |
| + 95 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 |