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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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.Anathema - Weather Systems

4.Arch Enemy - Black Earth

5.Architects - Ruin

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A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

1998 was like AMAZING, by far the best year since I started this series, one of the best…

1.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth

2.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

3.Therion - Vovin

4.Tristania - Widow's Weeds

5.Anathema - Alternative 4

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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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1.Dream Theater - Images And Words

2.Mastodon - Crack The Skye

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Kamelot - Karma

5.Sonata Arctica - Silence

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I always assumed ‘98 was a Nu Metal year, after looking over it now I think this is the year of Power Metal! Top spot was super difficult to settle on...

Plus my top three favourite tracks from each release.

1.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth

2.System Of A Down - System Of A Down

3.Nile - Amongst The Catacombs Of Nephren-Ka

4.Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe

5.Korn - Follow The Leader

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All my favourite songs ranked in order best down.

1.Rush - 2112

2.Deep Purple - In Rock

3.Jethro Tull - Aqualung

4.Rainbow - Rising

5.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

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Plus whatever Goth Rock I have that was available...

1.Fields Of The Nephilim - Mourning Sun

2.Moonspell - Night Eternal

3.Paradise Lost - Obsidian

4.Moonspell - Wolfheart

5.Tristania - Beyond The Veil

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1.Therion - Vovin

2.Nightwish - Oceanborn

3.Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear

4.Theatre Of Tragedy - Theatre Of Tragedy

5.Paradise Lost - Icon

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Yes, I decided to do another gothic metal list because it been rapidly changing since my last two lists. I love revisiting this kind of list because of how different my tastes have changed withing this…

1.Anathema - Eternity

2.Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell

3.The Foreshadowing - Days Of Nothing

4.Monumentum - In Absentia Christi

5.Tiamat - Wildhoney

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Suggestions are always welcome …

1.Paradise Lost - Draconian Times

2.Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear

3.Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell

4.The Sins Of Thy Beloved - Lake Of Sorrow

5.Tristania - Widow's Weeds

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This list will be constantly updated for I'm always discovering good things that can easily be the soundtrack of my life for many years…

1.Epica - The Phantom Agony

2.Epica - The Quantum Enigma

3.Tristania - Widow's Weeds

4.Tristania - Beyond The Veil

5.Arch Enemy - Anthems Of Rebellion

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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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1.Epica - The Phantom Agony

2.Tristania - Widow's Weeds

3.Atoma - Skylight

4.Godflesh - Streetcleaner

5.Septicflesh - Communion

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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…

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

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