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Top 400 Metal Albums Ranked Mathematically (2026 Update)
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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 |
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 |
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 |
Club: Technical/progressive Music That Ain't Over The Top Wankery
this list is related to this forum thread, please check
this list is a collaborative one and will surely grow ; it is a proof of concept for a club feature, see here.
Hi people. I'd like to create…
this list is a collaborative one and will surely grow ; it is a proof of concept for a club feature, see here.
Hi people. I'd like to create…
| 1. | Angra - Angels Cry |
| 2. | Angra - Holy Land |
| 3. | Angra - Fireworks |
| 4. | Angra - Rebirth |
| 5. | Angra - Temple Of Shadows |
| + 71 more |
My Favourite Albums Of All Time
One album per band/artist, in order.
| 1. | Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum |
| 2. | Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale |
| 3. | An Axis Of Perdition - Deleted Scenes From The Transition Hospital |
| 4. | Dødheimsgard - A Umbra Omega |
| 5. | Kayo Dot - Choirs Of The Eye |
| + 72 more |
Greatest Metal Drumming Plus's The Most Influential
My Favorites songs on drums…
A tribute to those great drummers…A Huge investigation about the name of those drummers and their best moments and songs…
A tribute to those great drummers…A Huge investigation about the name of those drummers and their best moments and songs…
| 1. | Rush - 2112 |
| 2. | Van Halen - 1984 |
| 3. | Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind |
| 4. | Dream Theater - Train Of Thought |
| 5. | Dio - The Last In Line |
| + 95 more |
Top 100 Albums (No Repeating Bands)
I do my best to feel confident about my top 10, After that 11-100 are just alphabetical.
| 1. | Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything |
| 2. | Iron Maiden - Brave New World |
| 3. | Evergrey - The Inner Circle |
| 4. | Obscure Sphinx - Void Mother |
| 5. | Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor |
| + 95 more |
Canadian Metal
Releases from Canadian bands that I really like. Ordered alphabetically by artists because I'm OCD like like. Will possibly re-order list by favorite album. Limited to one release per band, only full…
| 1. | 3 Inches Of Blood - Advance And Vanquish |
| 2. | Annihilator - Never, Neverland |
| 3. | Anvil - Forged In Fire |
| 4. | Bison B.C. - Dark Ages |
| 5. | Cryptopsy - None So Vile |
| + 22 more |
My Favorite Albums
| 1. | Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields |
| 2. | Thurisaz - Scent Of A Dream |
| 3. | Opeth - Morningrise |
| 4. | Empyrium - A Wintersunset... |
| 5. | Anathema - Eternity |
| + 58 more |
A journey through the limits of Metal music into Amazing Records🔥
When Metal Fusion with Avant-garde, Psychedelic , Prog, Pop, Jazz. Bands outside of regular metal rules. Bands that make something new and different.
An exploration of the metal limits🔥
An exploration of the metal limits🔥
| 1. | Watchtower - Energetic Disassembly |
| 2. | Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle |
| 3. | Tool - Lateralus |
| 4. | Death - Symbolic |
| 5. | Dream Theater - Awake |
| + 43 more |