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Top 50 Album Covers (Updated)
My personal top 50 list.
(In no particular order)
(In no particular order)
| 1. | Decrepit Birth - Polarity |
| 2. | Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse |
| 3. | Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult |
| 4. | Joe Satriani - Time Machine |
| 5. | Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull |
| + 45 more |
Iron Recommends: A Metal Selection
Yep, one of those lists. Everyone has one, so I thought I'd make a list of metal albums I really recommend.
This is not an absolute "best-of" list, for a few reasons:
1) I stick to one…
This is not an absolute "best-of" list, for a few reasons:
1) I stick to one…
| 1. | Warning - Watching From A Distance |
| 2. | Candlemass - Nightfall |
| 3. | Reverend Bizarre - In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend |
| 4. | Pagan Altar - The Lords Of Hypocrisy |
| 5. | Katatonia - Dance Of December Souls |
| + 54 more |
Top 250 Metal Releases Of All Time
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,…
Enjoy!
Bands that appear the most in the list:
9 times: Sigh
5 times: Dream Theater,…
| 1. | Sigh - In Somniphobia |
| 2. | Windir - Arntor |
| 3. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 4. | Vektor - Terminal Redux |
| 5. | Dolorian - When All The Laughter Has Gone |
| + 245 more |
Favoritest Favorites - My Top 100 Albums
My favorite albums. Includes EPs and 1 compilation. Anything ouside the top 20 or so could be up or down several places. Constantly subject to change.
| 1. | Saviour Machine - Saviour Machine II |
| 2. | Within Temptation - The Unforgiving |
| 3. | Ayreon - The Human Equation |
| 4. | Stolen Babies - There Be Squabbles Ahead |
| 5. | Billy Idol - Cyberpunk |
| + 95 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 |
The Timeless
1.All time & genre (including Non-Metal on MS)
2.Only studio albums & EPs
3.I DON'T modify this list. So, this list is THE FINAL edition and based on my selection on 1 April 2017. (Modified…
2.Only studio albums & EPs
3.I DON'T modify this list. So, this list is THE FINAL edition and based on my selection on 1 April 2017. (Modified…
| 1. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 2. | Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk |
| 3. | Krallice - Diotima |
| 4. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 5. | Deathspell Omega - Kénôse |
| + 166 more |
A Chronology Of Masterpieces
What seems the most important albums for me in chronological order.
I wish I could carry the list year after year to see how my tastes changed and new findings.
I can help but notice that old albums immediately…
I wish I could carry the list year after year to see how my tastes changed and new findings.
I can help but notice that old albums immediately…
| 1. | The Who - Tommy |
| 2. | The Who - Tommy |
| 3. | Frank Zappa - Uncle Meat |
| 4. | King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King |
| 5. | Deep Purple - In Rock |
| + 179 more |
Best Album Of Every Year Since 1970
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…
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 - |
| + 219 more |
Favourites Of The 80's
My favourites of the 80's. Bitch and moan girls, or check some of these out.
| 1. | Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus |
| 2. | Morbid Saint - Spectrum Of Death |
| 3. | Autopsy - Severed Survival |
| 4. | Sempiternal Deathreign - The Spooky Gloom |
| 5. | Bathory - Blood Fire Death |
| + 5 more |
Making My Way Through The MS Top 200
The Metal Storm top 200 is supposed to represent the absolute peak of metal music, the timeless classics. Join me as I try to listen to every single album featured on it.
Each album has a symbol telling…
Each album has a symbol telling…
| 1. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 2. | Death - Symbolic |
| 3. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 4. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 5. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| + 195 more |
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…
While comparable lists often focus on the band name and explain its origin, this list turns the point…
| 1. | Abruptum - De Profundis Mors Vas Cousumet |
| 2. | Amebix - No Sanctuary: The Spiderleg Recordings |
| 3. | Anathema - Alternative 4 |
| 4. | Anathema - Weather Systems |
| 5. | Arch Enemy - Black Earth |
| + 160 more |
Top 25 Albums Of 1987
Updated 10/23/18
| 1. | Toxik - World Circus |
| 2. | Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence |
| 3. | King Diamond - Abigail |
| 4. | Manilla Road - Mystification |
| 5. | Sacred Reich - Ignorance |
| + 20 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 |