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Best Of American Power Metal
Just a list of 20 of the best Power Metal albums of the US style, in order of preference. The order and number of albums in the list may change as I find new albums.
| 1. | Crimson Glory - Transcendence |
| 2. | Iced Earth - Night Of The Stormrider |
| 3. | Jag Panzer - Casting The Stones |
| 4. | Helstar - Nosferatu |
| 5. | Sanctuary - Refuge Denied |
| + 15 more |
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…
This is an alphabetical list…
| 1. | (hed) p.e. - Broke |
| 2. | 16 - Drop Out |
| 3. | 71TONMAN - 71TONMAN |
| 4. | 1914 - Viribus Unitis |
| 5. | 1917 - Viribus Unitis |
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Screechy Evil Felonious Blitzing Metal
The concept of this list is not exceptionally well defined, but I'm circling a basic sound of lean, fast-paced metal with high-pitched vocals that tend to be on the harsher side. The album that inspired…
| 1. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 2. | Evil Invaders - Shattering Reflection |
| 3. | Bütcher - 666 Goats Carry My Chariot |
| 4. | Agent Steel - Skeptics Apocalypse |
| 5. | Riot - ThunderSteel |
| + 33 more |
Old-school Metal: The Must-haves
The must-have albums of old school heavy metal. Includes genres like Traditional, NWOBHM, U.S.P.M., Speed, Epic, Doom, and prog.
| 1. | Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality |
| 2. | Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath |
| 3. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 4. | Crimson Glory - Transcendence |
| 5. | Angel Witch - Angel Witch |
| + 108 more |
The "Must Have" And The "Could Have" Metal Albums Of The 80's
These are the 211 essential hard rock/metal albums of the 80's, as were selected by the Greek Magazine "Metal Hammer" (August 2001 issue).
The albums followed by a star are the "must…
The albums followed by a star are the "must…
| 1. | Angel Witch - Angel Witch |
| 2. | AC/DC - Back In Black |
| 3. | Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell |
| 4. | Diamond Head - Lightning To The Nations |
| 5. | Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden |
| + 206 more |
Empowering Albums For Powerless Losers
This is a list of all the power metal albums I have listened to that are worth remembering. Like my other genre lists, this is not meant to be a definitive guide to power metal or a binding judgment on…
| 1. | Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth |
| 2. | Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side |
| 3. | Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond |
| 4. | Jag Panzer - Thane To The Throne |
| 5. | X Japan - Art Of Life |
| + 667 more |
Metal Band Names Inspired By Other Bands
This is an alphabetical list of metal/hard rock band names that were inspired by the work of other music artists (album or song titles, lyrics, group names, instruments, etc). The list shows the first…
| 1. | 40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room |
| 2. | Accept - Accept |
| 3. | Ad Infinitum - Chapter I: Monarchy |
| 4. | Ad Nauseam - Nihil Quam Vacuitas Ordinatum Est |
| 5. | Aerosmith - Aerosmith |
| + 190 more |
1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
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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Top 100 Albums (No Repeating Bands)
I do my best to feel confident about my top 10, After that 11-100 are just alphabetical.
| 1. | Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything |
| 2. | Iron Maiden - Brave New World |
| 3. | Evergrey - The Inner Circle |
| 4. | Obscure Sphinx - Void Mother |
| 5. | Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor |
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Favorite Metal Albums Of All Time
1 album per band per subgenre
work in progress, updating as I go through the song-by-song ratings on RateYourMusic.com
I will typically update my black metal faves - https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6924
and…
work in progress, updating as I go through the song-by-song ratings on RateYourMusic.com
I will typically update my black metal faves - https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6924
and…
| 1. | Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime |
| 2. | King Diamond - Abigail |
| 3. | Voivod - Dimension Hatröss |
| 4. | Mastodon - Crack The Skye |
| 5. | Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris |
| + 115 more |
Favorite Album For Each Year since 1967
| 1. | The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced |
| 2. | Deep Purple - The Book Of Taliesyn |
| 3. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin |
| 4. | Deep Purple - In Rock |
| 5. | Deep Purple - Fireball |
| + 46 more |
Best Of 1988… The Year That Defined My Metal Life
While 1987 woke me up to metal and I hoovered up the likes of Iron Maiden, Metallica and Helloween’s keepers, 1988 was my metal heyday and a year that produced albums that would still dominiate my top…
| 1. | Manowar - Kings Of Metal |
| 2. | Candlemass - Ancient Dreams |
| 3. | Scanner - Hypertrace |
| 4. | Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II |
| 5. | Riot - ThunderSteel |
| + 62 more |
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