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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 Ultimate Gothic Metal Albums
A list of the ultimate releases in gothic metal. Suggestions are welcome.
| 1. | After Forever - Prison Of Desire |
| 2. | Artrosis - Ukryty Wymiar |
| 3. | Ava Inferi - Onyx |
| 4. | Avrigus - The Secret Kingdom |
| 5. | Before The Dawn - Deadlight |
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Song Puzzles: One Song In Several Parts On Different Albums
Some stories, themes or concepts are presented not just in one single song but are split in separate tracks that (often) share the same title but are distinguished by a number of the corresponding part…
| 1. | A Pregnant Light - My Game Doesn't Have A Name |
| 2. | A Pregnant Light - Broken Play |
| 3. | After Forever - Prison Of Desire |
| 4. | Agathodaimon - Higher Art Of Rebellion |
| 5. | Agathodaimon - Phoenix |
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Metal Rasputin's Absolute Favorite Albums Of All Time
Updated 14.4.2024
My rather personal and improvised take on the subject matter. The list is pretty wage, I'll be updating it a lot and the order might vary a little depending on some things, but…
My rather personal and improvised take on the subject matter. The list is pretty wage, I'll be updating it a lot and the order might vary a little depending on some things, but…
| 1. | Marillion - Marbles |
| 2. | Anathema - Weather Systems |
| 3. | Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time |
| 4. | Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta |
| 5. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
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Top 50 Metal Albums Of The 2000'S
Comprehensive list of my top 50 metal albums from the previous decade. Though a number of non-metal albums would make my 50, I have excluded them here.
| 1. | Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness |
| 2. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 3. | Negură Bunget - OM |
| 4. | Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness |
| 5. | Katatonia - Viva Emptiness |
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The Albums That Made Me Who I Am Today - Part 1: The Early Years
OK, let's get this straight right now: THIS IS NOT A LIST OF MY FAVOURITE ALBUMS. Neither is it a 'Best Of' list in any shape, manner or form. And it is also not a list of albums I consider…
| 1. | Anathema - Judgement |
| 2. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 3. | Cradle Of Filth - Midian |
| 4. | Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger |
| 5. | Def Leppard - Hysteria |
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Dark Metal: The Definitive Albums
The purpose of this list is not to find and record which albums are the best but to define Dark Metal. We will try to specify which albums are the definitive examples of Dark Metal. "Dark Metal"…
| 1. | Rotting Christ - Sanctus Diavolos |
| 2. | Celtic Frost - Monotheist |
| 3. | Nightfall - At Night We Prey |
| 4. | Septicflesh - Sumerian Daemons |
| 5. | Behemoth - I Loved You At Your Darkest |
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The Painters Of Metal
Album art is a crucial element to what makes a great album become monumental to the music fan. It gives us a vision and a feeling through visual sensations that are linked in the mind to the sounds that…
| 1. | Electric Wizard - Electric Wizard |
| 2. | Darkthrone - F.O.A.D. |
| 3. | Cradle Of Filth - Midian |
| 4. | Converge - Jane Doe |
| 5. | Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth |
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Top 56 Black Metal Albums
I've been listened to Black Metal since the late 2000s starting with Emperor and Dimmu Borgir. Since then, I've discover dozens of amazing bands thanks to MS and it has become one of my favourite…
| 1. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 2. | Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle |
| 3. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 4. | Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk |
| 5. | Windir - 1184 |
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My 50 Favorite Album All The Time
| 1. | Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear |
| 2. | Cradle Of Filth - Midian |
| 3. | Old Man's Child - Ill-Natured Spiritual Invasion |
| 4. | Tristania - Beyond The Veil |
| 5. | Darzamat - In The Opium Of Black Veil |
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Top 20 albums of 2000
Certainly a good year. Northern Europe really killed it this time. The top 5 is without a doubt some of the best albums of all time.
| 1. | Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper |
| 2. | Nightwish - Wishmaster |
| 3. | Cradle Of Filth - Midian |
| 4. | Iron Maiden - Brave New World |
| 5. | In Flames - Clayman |
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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive 2000
A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.
2000 was a pretty solid year especially for progressive metal, Symphonic metal and power…
2000 was a pretty solid year especially for progressive metal, Symphonic metal and power…
| 1. | Haggard - Awaking The Centuries |
| 2. | Koyaanisqatsy - From The Yearning To Burst The Perpetual Circle |
| 3. | Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World |
| 4. | Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Part I |
| 5. | Iron Maiden - Brave New World |
| + 15 more |
