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The Best Metal Albums* From A to # (A)
This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone…
| 1. | Aara - En Ergô Einai |
| 2. | Aarni - Bathos |
| 3. | Aaskereia - Dort, Wo Das Alte Böse Ruht |
| 4. | Aastraal - Tuba mirum spargens sonum per sepulcra regionum, coget omnes ante thronum |
| 5. | AATHMA - Avesta |
| + 430 more |
G.O.A.T.s
The greatest albums of all time aka albums that nobody needs to listen to unless they want to aka only 9/10 and 10/10 albums here aka no memes, sorry. No particular order either. Will add more albums in…
| 1. | Lurker Of Chalice - Lurker Of Chalice |
| 2. | !T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest) |
| 3. | Evoken - Quietus |
| 4. | Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter |
| 5. | Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny |
| + 43 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 |
1001 Metal Albums to Hear Before You Die
An ongoing list for personal use as well as for reference for beginners (& veterans alike). This is solely my personal opinion and taste (Death & Prog mostly but do give every genre a try). Basically…
| 1. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin |
| 2. | King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King |
| 3. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III |
| 4. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 5. | Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself |
| + 350 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 |
| + 1242 more |
My personal Top 100 Most Essential Albums (in no particular order)
This is my attempt to do impossible and choose 100 favourite full length albums. Considering that since 2006 (and of course I had been listening to music even before) I have gathered on last.fm over 10,000…
| 1. | SikTh - Death Of A Dead Day |
| 2. | Between The Buried And Me - Colors |
| 3. | Ephel Duath - The Painter's Palette |
| 4. | The Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine |
| 5. | Necrophagist - Epitaph |
| + 95 more |
Favorite Albums of 2005
Loose order. Not complete
"Extreme" metal albums only
Updated 2/11/23
"Extreme" metal albums only
Updated 2/11/23
| 1. | Disgorge - Parallels Of Infinite Torture |
| 2. | Odious Mortem - Devouring The Prophecy |
| 3. | Beheaded - Ominous Bloodline |
| 4. | Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal |
| 5. | Devourment - Butcher The Weak |
| + 69 more |
Top 1001 Artworks On Metal Storm
As chosen by me, of course. This is highly subjective.
** Note: There are 29 co-selections, thus the total number of selections is 1001 **
In progress and in tandem with:
Favorite Album Art, 1960s-1990s
Favorite…
** Note: There are 29 co-selections, thus the total number of selections is 1001 **
In progress and in tandem with:
Favorite Album Art, 1960s-1990s
Favorite…
| 1. | ...And Oceans - The Regeneration Itinerary |
| 2. | 16 - Curves That Kick |
| 3. | 16 - Blaze Of Incompetence |
| 4. | 16 - Bridges To Burn |
| 5. | 16 - Dream Squasher |
| + 1025 more |
Top 23 Progressive Death Metal Albums
I first got into progressive death metal when my friend bought Opeth's Ghost Reveries from HMV in London when we went to see Iron Maiden at Twickenham stadium in 2008. I borrowed the album to find…
| 1. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 2. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 3. | Opeth - Still Life |
| 4. | Opeth - Ghost Reveries |
| 5. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson II |
| + 18 more |
My Top 25 Favorite Metal Albums
They are not in order and also one album per band 
| 1. | Anathema - Serenades |
| 2. | Opeth - Morningrise |
| 3. | In The Woods... - Heart Of The Ages |
| 4. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 5. | Alcest - Écailles De Lune |
| + 20 more |
Top 100 Albums Of All Time
Current Top 100 as of September 2019. Having listened to metal for 45 years or so - here are my favourites (favourite track). One album limit per band. Enjoy!
| 1. | Absu - Absu |
| 2. | AC/DC - If You Want Blood You've Got It |
| 3. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 4. | Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone |
| 5. | Alcest - Écailles De Lune |
| + 95 more |
Top 200 Albums Of The 2000s
Here are the 00s albums that have stood out and made the largest impact on me. To be as transparent as possible, I've labelled albums as 'nostalgia bias' where my memories of the band give…
| 1. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 2. | Trivium - Shogun |
| 3. | Machine Head - The Blackening |
| 4. | Trivium - Ascendancy |
| 5. | Opeth - Ghost Reveries |
| + 195 more |
Top Prog Rock/Metal Albums
The label metal includes heavy, power, black...
| 1. | Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory |
| 2. | Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime |
| 3. | Rush - 2112 |
| 4. | Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite |
| 5. | Opeth - Still Life |
| + 43 more |
Favorite Album Art, Photographic
Still in Progress, in tandem with Favorite Album Art
| 1. | The Armed - The Future Is Here And Everything Needs To Be Destroyed |
| 2. | Deftones - Private Music |
| 3. | Demonic Death Judge - Absolutely Launched |
| 4. | Mawiza - Ül |
| 5. | Aara - Eiger |
| + 124 more |
My Top 10 Death Metal Albums
These are my favourite death metal albums. As you can see, I'm a big fan of progressive death metal.
| 1. | Death - Symbolic |
| 2. | Atheist - Unquestionable Presence |
| 3. | Lykathé - Elvenefris |
| 4. | Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious |
| 5. | Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone |
| + 5 more |