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2012: Towards The Megalist
I'm (sorta) back. *The Finishing Touches* OKAY, so obviously not as much stuff from the last half of the year as the first. Sorry guys, but that first six months nearly killed me. 
Some stuff as…
Some stuff as… | 1. | Bound By Entrails - The Stars Bode You Farewell |
| 2. | Royal Thunder - CVI |
| 3. | Akphaezya - Anthology IV: The Tragedy Of Nerak |
| 4. | Dissona - Dissona |
| 5. | Anhedonist - Netherwards |
| + 201 more |
2012 Musical Perusals
My list of favourites and interests for this year ordered roughly in descending order. My new years resolution is to branch out a bit and listen to new and unfamiliar genres, metal and non-metal.
Edit:…
Edit:…
| 1. | Enslaved - RIITIIR |
| 2. | Pharaoh - Bury The Light |
| 3. | Anglagard - Viljans Öga |
| 4. | Overkill - The Electric Age |
| 5. | The Foreshadowing - Second World |
| + 194 more |
2000-2014: A 'Factored' Top 100
Take a look at the Top Album lists of recent years and you'll notice an obvious trend. In 2005 the average rating of the top 25 albums is 8.76. Jump to 2014 and the average among the top 25 has dropped…
| 1. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 2. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 3. | Blindead - Affliction XXIX II MXMVI |
| 4. | Aquilus - Griseus |
| 5. | Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World |
| + 95 more |
Hidden Title Tracks – Album Titles That Come From A Song`s Lyrics
Almost all album titles fall in one of two categories: The album shares the title with one of its songs (the title track) or, alternatively, the album title is independent from the songs (no title track).
However,…
However,…
| 1. | 40 Watt Sun - Wider Than The Sky |
| 2. | A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays |
| 3. | Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops |
| 4. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 5. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| + 225 more |
Brimbly-Brambly Bucka-Bucka Woozle-Wuzzle It's A Doom List.
This is a list of the doom albums I have listened to.
The list starts with a handful of what I'd call my favorite doom albums. The first few of those count among my favorite of all time, with Paranoid…
The list starts with a handful of what I'd call my favorite doom albums. The first few of those count among my favorite of all time, with Paranoid…
| 1. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 2. | Warning - Watching From A Distance |
| 3. | Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus |
| 4. | Candlemass - Nightfall |
| 5. | Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality |
| + 633 more |
Good 2012 Shit
A list, much like my list of good 2011 albums. Ranging from great to good. Snapshot of 2012 for me. No longer editing.
| 1. | Lurk - Lurk |
| 2. | Everything Went Black - Cycles Of Light |
| 3. | Murder Construct - Results |
| 4. | 3 Inches Of Blood - Long Live Heavy Metal |
| 5. | Hail Spirit Noir - Pneuma |
| + 44 more |
2012
My tastes seem to have changed quite a bit since I originally made this list. I have since updated it to better reflect my opinions of 2012 in retrospect. A well rounded and impressive year for metal.
| 1. | Indesinence - Vessels Of Light And Decay |
| 2. | Faal - The Clouds Are Burning |
| 3. | Agruss - Morok |
| 4. | Lord Mantis - Pervertor |
| 5. | Elysian Blaze - Blood Geometry |
| + 45 more |
F3Ynman's Checklist
Here are albums (ordered by subgenre) that I want to listen to, but haven't yet.
For some albums, I've heard one or two songs, but not the entire album. Therefore, these albums still await…
For some albums, I've heard one or two songs, but not the entire album. Therefore, these albums still await…
| 1. | 🤘Post / Sludge / Punk / Stoner / -Core: |
| 2. | Kyuss - Blues For The Red Sun |
| 3. | Burning Witch - Crippled Lucifer |
| 4. | Below The Sun - Envoy |
| 5. | God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright |
| + 307 more |
My Top 20 Albums From 2012
My favorite Albums From 2012. The List is in order. NOW WITH GENRE DISCRIPTION!
| 1. | Wintersun - Time I |
| 2. | Blind Guardian - Memories Of A Time To Come |
| 3. | Luca Turilli's Rhapsody - Ascending To Infinity |
| 4. | Iron Fire - Voyage Of The Damned |
| 5. | Woods Of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light |
| + 15 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 |
| + 395 more |
A List Of My Favorite Albums, In Any Genre
Favorite means Favorite! 
| 1. | Wintersun - Time I |
| 2. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 3. | Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God |
| 4. | Woods Of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light |
| 5. | Týr - The Lay Of Thrym |
| + 62 more |
MY FAVORITE ALBUMS
All my favorite albums (rated 9 or 10), in cronological order.
| 1. | Iotunn - Kinship |
| 2. | Iotunn - Access All Worlds |
| 3. | Soen - Imperial |
| 4. | Draconian - Under A Godless Veil |
| 5. | Soen - Lotus |
| + 86 more |
Rank Has Nothing To Do With Luck 2012
Welcome to Lkoturnindrin's obligatory rating system of 2012. There will be only one voice of reason, mine. And since I have loads of albums to review, that will be all.
Re-edits in process
Re-edits in process
| 1. | Christian Mistress - Possession |
| 2. | Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Piñata |
| 3. | High On Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis |
| 4. | Pharaoh - Bury The Light |
| 5. | Ram-Zet - Freaks In Wonderland |
| + 108 more |
The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (W)
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. | W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol |
| 2. | Wachenfeldt - The Interpreter |
| 3. | Wake - Devouring Ruin |
| 4. | Waldgeflüster - Femundsmarka - Eine Reise In Drei Kapiteln |
| 5. | Walknut - Graveforests And Their Shadows |
| + 112 more |
Top 50 Metal Albums Of The 2010's
I will most likely look back at this decade as the dark ages of popular music. A time where mainstream music was largely dominated by talentless pop/hip hop music with less memorable songs than the previous…
| 1. | Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale |
| 2. | Kauan - Sorni Nai |
| 3. | Angellore - La Litanie Des Cendres |
| 4. | Les Discrets - Ariettes Oubliées... |
| 5. | Woods Of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light |
| + 45 more |