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Songs From The 60's And The 70's I Think Every Metal Fan Should Have Heard

A list by
Aristarchos
Created
December 03, 2012
Entries
94
Endorsements
38
This is a mix of my personal favourite 60's and 70's hard rock/metal songs and the more influential ones, songs that I think every metal fan need to hear. A mix of the most well-known songs to…
1. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
2. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love
3. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love
4. Cream - Disraeli Gears
5. Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum
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Top 500 Albums of All Time

A list by
nonZero
Created
October 06, 2018
Entries
500
Endorsements
34
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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All Metal Of All Time Top 300: Albums

A list by
Redel
Created
March 01, 2014
Entries
315
Endorsements
21
An entirely subjective list of my all-time favourite metal albums, well lets better say albums/genres featured on MS, since not all here is precisely metal.
Objective quality is not a criteria here, just…
1. Anathema - The Silent Enigma
2. Opeth - Morningrise
3. Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum
4. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
5. Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss
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Favorite Albums By My Favorite Bands

A list by
Psychogenocide
Created
September 24, 2012
Entries
30
Endorsements
12
I picked one album by each of my favorite bands for this list. Keep in mind that after the first few albums I put on the list, it became increasingly difficult to figure out where to place artists in my…
1. Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
2. Seventh Wonder - The Great Escape
3. Symphony X - The Odyssey
4. Circus Maximus - Nine
5. Haken - Visions
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Most Iconic Metal Album Covers (No Order) (More Coming Soon)

A list by
Iron Nostarion
Created
October 01, 2011
Entries
59
Endorsements
11
Some of these albums are known just when you see their album cover. They are usually iconic albums (whether positively or negatively) and one can easily identify them even if they were zoomed out tons…
1. Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
2. Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter
3. Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
4. Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
5. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
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Making My Way Through The MS Top 200

A list by
Roman Doez
Created
April 13, 2023
Entries
200
Endorsements
9
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…
1. Judas Priest - Painkiller
2. Death - Symbolic
3. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
4. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
5. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
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1001 Metal Albums to Hear Before You Die

A list by
metalriff
Created
February 05, 2021
Entries
355
Endorsements
8
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
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1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

A list by
pandrstudios
Created
May 31, 2022
Entries
1247
Endorsements
8
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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The Art of Early Hard Music

A list by
Vasil de Shumen
Created
May 04, 2012
Entries
78
Endorsements
8
Only studio albums ordered by release year.
1. The Doors - The Doors
2. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
3. Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum
4. Deep Purple - Shades Of Deep Purple
5. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
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Ten Albums That Changed The Way I Interpret Music...Plus One!

A list by
Nosurper
Created
November 25, 2010
Entries
11
Endorsements
6
In semi-particular order
1. King Crimson - Red
2. Neurosis - Through Silver In Blood
3. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
4. Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
5. Opeth - Blackwater Park
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The Most Metal / Rock Albums With Impact On Me

A list by
Iron Nostarion
Created
May 10, 2012
Entries
49
Endorsements
6
Kinda saw another relative lists on here that state this, one bad and one inspirational, so thought I might do my own.

Alphabetic order. And don't ask why a lot of Testament stuff is there, if their…
1. AC/DC - Back In Black
2. Accept - Stalingrad
3. Agalloch - The Mantle
4. Amon Amarth - Versus The World
5. Anthrax - Spreading The Disease
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Great Songs Covered By Metal Bands

A list by
Blackcrowe
Created
October 09, 2024
Entries
333
Endorsements
5
^^Rules 2 songs per band but not for the same record^^

The real merit of covering a song is that it has to sound so good that everyone thinks it’s own creation.
Some people say that some covers are…
1. Voivod - The Outer Limits
2. Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
3. Motörhead - Motörhead
4. Metallica - The $5.98 EP - Garage Days Re-Revisited
5. Judas Priest - Sin After Sin
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Ace Frawley's Top 10 Led Zeppelin Songs (one per studio album)

A list by
Ace Frawley
Created
February 05, 2014
Entries
10
Endorsements
4
These are my personal favourites - only one song chosen from the nine Led Zeppelin studio albums (but have allowed myself the indulgence of choosing two from Physical Graffiti, because it's a double-album…
1. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
2. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
3. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
4. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
5. Led Zeppelin - Presence
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Metal At The End Of The 60’s

A list by
Blackcrowe
Created
January 21, 2022
Entries
37
Endorsements
4
Back were it all began, yes the end of the sixties provide really good music and the genesis in what became heavy metal and hard rock
1. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
2. King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
3. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
4. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
5. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
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My Favorite Rock/Metal Ballads

A list by
Mountain King
Created
January 07, 2012
Entries
120
Endorsements
4
The best ballads in the history of Metal. Of course, all these bands and other bands have really good ballads but this list shows the very best, handpicked by me. In alphabetical order by bands name to…
1. Accept - Eat The Heat
2. Accept - Blood Of The Nations
3. Adagio - Underworld
4. Aerosmith - Aerosmith
5. Allen/Lande - The Battle
+ 115 more