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Top 200 Metal Releases Of All Time

I have finally caved in and made a top 200 list. The main focus here is metal, so no Rush, no King Crimson, Deep Purple, or GY!BE are in the list, but I do still love those bands and others that could…

1.Sigh - In Somniphobia
2.Windir - Arntor
3.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
4.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
5.Sigh - Hangman's Hymn: Musikalische Exequien

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Created by Roman Doez on 21.02.2024



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Currently Listening... (February 2024 Edition)

These are albums that I'm currently enjoying. They may be classics that I'm revisiting or new gems I've recently discovered. (Ordered alphabetically)

- A star (⭐️) denotes a new discovery…

1.Ὁπλίτης - Π​α​ρ​α​μ​α​ι​ν​ο​μ​έ​ν​η
2.Albino Slug - Barabbas
3.Arkheth - 12 Winter Moons Comes The Witches Brew
4.Autopsy - Mental Funeral
5.Dipygus - Dipygus

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Created by F3ynman on 04.02.2024



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Black Metal: The Expansion Pack

My initial rendition was looking at the USBM scene. Next I opted to dive into where it arguably all began… Norway. My most recent exploration was into Switzerland’s scene. Rather than repeatedly coming…

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2.Elysian Blaze - Blood Geometry
3.Funeral Mourning - Drown In Solitude
4.Ill Omen - Æ.Thy.Rift
5.Woods Of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason

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Created by Chobo_jokeR on 30.12.2022



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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…

1.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
2.King Diamond - Abigail
3.Voivod - Dimension Hatröss
4.Mastodon - Crack The Skye
5.Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris

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Created by sgtrobo on 14.07.2022



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Fave BM (and BM-adjacent) Albums

* Updating this as I get around to doing song-by-song on RYM.
* 1 album per band
* limiting this to actual black metal releases, as opposed to releases by bands that were, at one time, black metal.
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1.Weakling - Dead As Dreams
2.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
3.Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum
4.Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle
5.Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi

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Created by sgtrobo on 26.11.2021



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Ranking the One-Album Wonders in Metal

Some of the best metal albums ever released have been by bands that only had one full length release.
List is (and probably always will be) a constant work-in-progress.
If you know of a "one-and-done"…

1.Weakling - Dead As Dreams
2.Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle
3.Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris
4.Timeghoul - 1992-1994 Discography
5.Thorns - Thorns

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Created by sgtrobo on 25.08.2021



666 Albums To Die For

Be Patient dudes, This List is under Construction…

1.Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone
2.Mgła - Exercises In Futility
3.Hail Spirit Noir - Mayhem In Blue
4.Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors
5.Fires In The Distance - Echoes From Deep November

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Created by christslave on 03.03.2021



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The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (J-K)

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.Jacobs Dream - Jacobs Dream
2.Jambinai - Onda
3.James LaBrie - Static Impulse
4.Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn
5.Jassa - Lights in the Howling Wilderness

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Created by Uxküll on 14.12.2020



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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

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Created by Agalloch123 on 12.09.2019



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Low Tones In Kvlt: The Best Of Bass Black Metal

Bassy black metal. Easy enough to understand: black metal with a distinctly pronounced role for the bass and in which the bass is noticeably audible.

Alphabetical order by band, one album per band.

1.Abigor - Time Is The Sulphur In The Veins Of The Saint: An Excursion On Satan's Fragmenting Principle
2.Aeon Patronist - Mortal Prosternation
3.Aluk Todolo - Voix
4.Angst Skvadron - Sweet Poison
5.Annthennath - States Of Liberating Departure

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Created by Auntie Sahar on 13.07.2019



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Great Black Metal Albums

1.Dimmu Borgir - Stormblåst
2.Cradle Of Filth - Dusk... And Her Embrace
3.Gorgoroth - Under The Sign Of Hell
4.Burzum - Det Som Engang Var
5.Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss

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Created by EloZ on 11.11.2016



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One-album Metal Wonders

A list of bands who have released just one album. Feel free to recommend!

Edit: If the band released their debut album between 2014-present and they haven't split, they are not viable.

1.ABACABB - Survivalist
2.Abstrakt Algebra - Abstrakt Algebra
3.Abydos - The Little Boy's Heavy Mental Shadow Opera About The Inhabitants Of His Diary
4.Abyssmal Sorrow - Lament
5.Age Of Silence - Acceleration

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Created by RaduP on 20.09.2014



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Neachy's Select: Black Metal

1.Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
2.Bathory - Blood Fire Death
3.Master's Hammer - Ritual
4.Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky
5.Immortal - Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism

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Created by Neachy on 03.06.2014



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My Favourite Black Metal Albums

- My TOP 75 from 90s (and 80s), 00s and 10s.
- Each TOP 75 ordered from my most favourite down.
- One album for every band in one TOP 75.
- Only full-lengths or EPs/demos with more than half an hour.


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2.Windir - Arntor
3.Paysage d'Hiver - Paysage D'Hiver
4.Blut Aus Nord - Ultima Thulée
5.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

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Created by Alien1988 on 14.05.2014



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Most Overlooked Metal Albums

Albums I love that, at the moment, have at most 20 votes on this site. Ordered genre-wise, and not quality-wise.

1.Legend - Fröm The Fjörds
2.Saracen - Heroes, Saints & Fools
3.Dark Quarterer - Dark Quarterer
4.Demon - Taking The World By Storm
5.Hellfueled - Born II Rock

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Created by Aristarchos on 27.12.2012