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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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My Top 75 Albums Of All Time

A list by
Erik M.
Created
October 22, 2012
Entries
75
Endorsements
77
My top 75 favourite albums of all time (initially it was a top 20 list, and after that top 50). Only 1 album per band. The list is in alphabetical order, so it doesn't represent explicitly which album…
1. After Forever - Decipher
2. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
3. Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde
4. Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes
5. Anathema - The Silent Enigma
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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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Kvlt, Meet Riff: Blackened Doom And Sludge

A list by
Auntie Sahar
Created
November 05, 2014
Entries
42
Endorsements
36
Had been wanting to do this for a while, title's pretty self explanatory. Black and doom are my two favorite metal subgenres, and when the two are combined into pure melancholic chaos, I scream like…
1. Arcana Coelestia - Le Mirage De L'Idéal
2. Atriarch - Ritual Of Passing
3. Autumnblaze - DämmerElbenTragödie
4. Bast - Spectres
5. Beatrik - Journey Through The End Of Life
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Top 250 Metal Releases Of All Time

A list by
Roman Doez
Created
February 21, 2024
Entries
250
Endorsements
11
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,…
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
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Best Album Of Every Year Since 1970

A list by
Roman Doez
Created
May 12, 2025
Entries
224
Endorsements
10
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…
1. 1970 -
2. Deep Purple - In Rock
3. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
4. Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come
5. 1971 -
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Chobo's Choices For Top 25 Favourite Albums

A list by
Chobo_jokeR
Created
October 13, 2014
Entries
25
Endorsements
8
Here is a list of my favourite albums of all time (that are on Metalstorm). I have limited it to one album per band. The albums are ordered in alphabetical order. The list is subject to change over time,…
1. Agalloch - The Mantle
2. Ahab - The Divinity Of Oceans
3. Amon Amarth - Versus The World
4. Cult Of Luna - Somewhere Along The Highway
5. Death - Symbolic
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1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

A list by
pandrstudios
Created
May 31, 2022
Entries
1247
Endorsements
7
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
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Best Metal Release From Every Country

A list by
Roman Doez
Created
October 04, 2025
Entries
84
Endorsements
4
Over my many years of listening to metal, I have heard stuff from all over the world. But from where exactly? Well, let's try to listen to metal from as many countries as possible, I will report my…
1. ---------Europe (37/45)---------
2. Persefone - Spiritual Migration
3. Chryst - PhantasmaChronica
4. Hospice - Irreparableness
5. Emptiness - Nothing But The Whole
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Some Albums With 8.50 Or More

A list by
JavierPaper
Created
November 28, 2021
Entries
200
Endorsements
2
1. Shylmagoghnar - Emergence
2. Galneryus - Angel Of Salvation
3. Blindead - Affliction XXIX II MXMVI
4. Batushka - Litourgiya
5. Leprous - Bilateral
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Urs' Top 10 Of 1999

A list by
Urs Blank
Created
March 05, 2010
Entries
10
Endorsements
1
Overall year rating:
5/5
1. Dødheimsgard - 666 International
2. Dolorian - When All The Laughter Has Gone
3. Agalloch - Pale Folklore
4. Esoteric - Metamorphogenesis
5. Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter
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