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The @gents Old School Death Metal / Not So Old School Grindcore List
Bands listed alphabetically, One album per band (With the exception of Carcass and Napalm Death who appear in the Grind and Death Metal sections). Some bands may not be pure old school (Death / Thrash,…
| 1. | Abhorrence |
| 2. | Acrostichon - Engraved In Black |
| 3. | Adramelech - PsychoStasia |
| 4. | Afflicted - Prodigal Sun |
| 5. | Afflicted - Prodigal Sun |
| + 249 more |
BurbotsRevenge's Top 50 Death Metal Albums
A list of my favourite death metal albums of all time, one listing per band, hopefully you may discover some new bands/albums from this list. They're not in any exact order but my real favourites…
| 1. | Cryptopsy - None So Vile |
| 2. | Decapitated - Winds Of Creation |
| 3. | Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten |
| 4. | Death - Spiritual Healing |
| 5. | Vital Remains - Dechristianize |
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Top 500 Albums of All Time
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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The Top Of Death's Crystal Mountain (150 Greatest Death Metal Albums)
*** MAX 3 ALBUMS PER ARTIST!!! (Except Death) Also... While extra weight will be given to classic death metal albums, this list will also include exceptional examples of melodic death, death-grind, technical/progressive…
| 1. | Cryptopsy - None So Vile |
| 2. | Death - Symbolic |
| 3. | Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten |
| 4. | Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious |
| 5. | Death - Human |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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200+ Favorite Albums
Note: Tool intentionally ommitted because they don't consider themselves metal. Otherwise you'd see their first 4 albums in top 25.
Last updated: 17 July 2026.
Last updated: 17 July 2026.
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 3. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 5. | Vital Remains - Dechristianize |
| + 258 more |
Death Metal I enjoy the most
Here's a little list displaying my personal favorite death metal albums, based on the same idea as my heavy metal list, thus stressing the raw and the genuine. For me death metal has to be crushing,…
| 1. | Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious |
| 2. | Suffocation - Pierced From Within |
| 3. | Cynic - Focus |
| 4. | Septicflesh - Εσοπτρον |
| 5. | Death - Symbolic |
| + 81 more |
"The Greatest Vocalists In Rock & Metal Music"
This is a guide list to some of the greatest voices in the history of rock & metal music, ranked in alphabetical order, by singer's name. I know that there are many more great singers/vocalists…
| 1. | My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans |
| 2. | Primordial - To The Nameless Dead |
| 3. | Watchtower - Control And Resistance |
| 4. | Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies |
| 5. | Evanescence - Fallen |
| + 153 more |
400+ Favorite Songs
Last updated on 7 July 2026.
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
| 3. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 4. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 5. | Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast |
| + 468 more |
Death Is Only The Beginning (Of This List)
This is a list of all the death metal albums I have listened to that I thought were at all worth remembering. Like my other genre lists, this is just a record of my own listening experience that I use…
| 1. | Death - The Sound Of Perseverance |
| 2. | Death - Symbolic |
| 3. | At The Gates - With Fear I Kiss The Burning Darkness |
| 4. | At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul |
| 5. | Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side |
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The Death Metal Essentials
The only one. No order particularly, except the order I thought of them in.
| 1. | Death - The Sound Of Perseverance |
| 2. | Vader - Litany |
| 3. | Monstrosity - Millennium |
| 4. | Malevolent Creation - Retribution |
| 5. | Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory |
| + 22 more |
Top 27 Death Metal Albums
I struggled to get into “pure” death metal when I first got into metal around 2005. Gradually over time I started listening to melodic death metal (Dark Tranquillity and In Flames) and progressive death…
| 1. | Bloodbath - Nightmares Made Flesh |
| 2. | Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream |
| 3. | Pestilence - Consuming Impulse |
| 4. | Vomitory - Blood Rapture |
| 5. | Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris |
| + 22 more |