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KB's Favorite Albums Of All Time (Only Metal)
Here is my provisional favorite-metal-albums-of-all-time-list! Enjoy!
The first 10 albums are in pretty accurate order. However, after that, it becomes harder and harder to separate the albums clearly.
The first 10 albums are in pretty accurate order. However, after that, it becomes harder and harder to separate the albums clearly.
| 1. | Cult Of Luna - Somewhere Along The Highway |
| 2. | Disillusion - Back To Times Of Splendor |
| 3. | Grand Alchemist - Intervening Coma-Celebration |
| 4. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 5. | Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory |
| + 72 more |
My Top Albums Of 2011
| 1. | Steven Wilson - Grace For Drowning |
| 2. | Fair To Midland - Arrows & Anchors |
| 3. | Esoteric - Paragon Of Dissonance |
| 4. | Machine Head - Unto The Locust |
| 5. | Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa |
| + 118 more |
My Favorite Progressive Metal Albums
| 1. | Adagio - Underworld |
| 2. | Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy |
| 3. | Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite |
| 4. | Circus Maximus - Isolate |
| 5. | Anubis Gate - Anubis Gate |
| + 15 more |
My Top 100 Albums
My top 100 Albums, sorted in descending order of favorites. Pretty rough list, I may update if I become un-lazy sometime. One album per band only. Some explanation and description provided for those who…
| 1. | Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris |
| 2. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
| 3. | Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor |
| 4. | Opeth - Still Life |
| 5. | !T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest) |
| + 95 more |
The Bestest Metal Of 2011
I don't have this in any special order. Seems like 2011"s flavor for metal has been Death, Prog and Thrash.and that's good with me.I feel in most part the up and coming bands have out did…
| 1. | Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth |
| 2. | Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows |
| 3. | Havok - Time Is Up |
| 4. | Devin Townsend - Deconstruction |
| 5. | Revocation - Chaos Of Forms |
| + 15 more |
Until Yet A Few More Deaths Do Us Part, here's my 2011 list...
Quite a polarizing year, this one. On one hand, some releases redefined crap itself. On the other hand, we've got quite a few great and awesome albums. All in all, it was a bit disappointing for me,…
| 1. | Lazuli - (4603 Battements) |
| 2. | Thy Catafalque - Rengeteg |
| 3. | Devin Townsend - Deconstruction |
| 4. | Terra Tenebrosa - The Tunnels |
| 5. | Unexpect - Fables Of The Sleepless Empire |
| + 23 more |
Best Metal Albums Of 2011
This list will expand later and the positions here will probably change a bit as well. An interesting feature is an album in top 10 from a band that's not featured on Metal Storm yet.
| 1. | Amorphis - The Beginning Of Times |
| 2. | Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows |
| 3. | MyGrain - MyGrain |
| 4. | Constantine - Divine Design |
| 5. | Chaos Divine - The Human Connection |
| + 22 more |
Good Surprises Of 2011
List of the albums that surprised me this year (2011). Some of the albums were even more unexpected because it was my first contact with the bands. Others were confirmations.
Oh, how I like good surprises...
Oh, how I like good surprises...
| 1. | Grayceon - All We Destroy |
| 2. | Protest The Hero - Scurrilous |
| 3. | TesseracT - One |
| 4. | Appearance Of Nothing - All Gods Are Gone |
| 5. | Long Distance Calling - Long Distance Calling |
| + 14 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 |
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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 |
Prog Amazing Favourites
Without following any specific order. Some albums are more power/symphonic/thrash than prog but for some reasons i thought they deserved a place in this list.
| 1. | Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane |
| 2. | Guilt Machine - On This Perfect Day |
| 3. | Circus Maximus - The 1st Chapter |
| 4. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 5. | Sun Caged - The Lotus Effect |
| + 69 more |
The Top Albums Of Ch'ti
This is my top albums (only with those where I gave 8 or more). I will update the list now and then.
Keep in mind that I've only been seriously listening to metal for a few years, and that it's…
Keep in mind that I've only been seriously listening to metal for a few years, and that it's…
| 1. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
| 2. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 3. | Opeth - Ghost Reveries |
| 4. | Sepultura - Beneath The Remains |
| 5. | Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal |
| + 369 more |
TOP 20 RELEASES FOR 2011
| 1. | Insomnium - One For Sorrow |
| 2. | Wolverine - Communication Lost |
| 3. | Thence - These Stones Cry From The Earth |
| 4. | TesseracT - One |
| 5. | Autumn - Cold Comfort |
| + 15 more |
2010-2014: Top 100 Albums (WIP)
2008 might've been my first proper taste of metal, with the acquisition of albums from the likes of Metallica, Megadeth, Black Sabbath and that most grandiose of gateway bands, DragonForce. 2009 might've…
| 1. | Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth |
| 2. | Sylosis - Monolith |
| 3. | Protest The Hero - Volition |
| 4. | Orphaned Land - The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR |
| 5. | Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone |
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2011: Choosing Death... And Black... And Other Stuff
I am making a list for 2011. Like every one else. Originality is overrated anyway.
This is the very top of the year and still a work in progress.
This is the very top of the year and still a work in progress.
| 1. | Wolves In The Throne Room - Celestial Lineage |
| 2. | Beyond Creation - The Aura |
| 3. | Benighted - Asylum Cave |
| 4. | Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony |
| 5. | Obscura - Omnivium |
| + 15 more |