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Metal Songs And Albums That Inspired The Names Of Other Bands

A list by
Plattner
Created
March 10, 2023
Entries
165
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9
This is an alphabetical list of metal songs and albums that inspired the names of other artists.

While comparable lists often focus on the band name and explain its origin, this list turns the point…
1. Abruptum - De Profundis Mors Vas Cousumet
2. Amebix - No Sanctuary: The Spiderleg Recordings
3. Anathema - Alternative 4
4. Anathema - Weather Systems
5. Arch Enemy - Black Earth
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Top (70) ish - All Time

A list by
ZeroTheHero
Created
March 12, 2010
Entries
68
Endorsements
9
No Real Order, just Great Albums!
1. Dio - Holy Diver
2. Metallica - Kill 'Em All
3. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
4. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
5. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
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1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

A list by
pandrstudios
Created
May 31, 2022
Entries
1247
Endorsements
7
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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Favorite Album Art, 1960s-1990s

A list by
purplejesus
Created
March 28, 2025
Entries
113
Endorsements
7
Had to break up "Favorite Album Art" into two (edit: now four!) because it couldn't handle so many words and I was losing entries at the bottom.
1. Korn - Issues
2. Manes - Under Ein Blodraud Maane
3. Maudlin Of The Well - My Fruit Psychobells... A Seed Combustible
4. Neurosis - Times Of Grace
5. Virgin Steele - The House Of Atreus Act I
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Top 10 Metal Albums Of 1987

A list by
themonarch
Created
April 11, 2011
Entries
10
Endorsements
5
1. King Diamond - Abigail
2. Anthrax - Among The Living
3. Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I
4. Testament - The Legacy
5. Dio - Dream Evil
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Top 100 Albums (No Repeating Bands)

A list by
LascaillesShroud
Created
April 23, 2014
Entries
100
Endorsements
4
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
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Top 1000 Artworks On Metal Storm

A list by
purplejesus
Created
January 04, 2026
Entries
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4
As chosen by me, of course. This is highly subjective.

In progress and in tandem with:
Favorite Album Art, 1960s-1990s
Favorite Album Art, 2000s
Favorite Album Art, 2010s
Favorite Album Art, 2020s
Favorite…
1. ...And Oceans - The Regeneration Itinerary
2. 16 - Curves That Kick
3. 16 - Blaze Of Incompetence
4. 16 - Bridges To Burn
5. 16 - Dream Squasher
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Top 11 Favourite Metal Albums Of 1987

A list by
blackwreath13
Created
August 10, 2021
Entries
11
Endorsements
4
Plus my top three favourite tracks from each release. \m/

Honourable mentions:
D.R.I. - Crossover (Thrash)
Napalm Death - Scum (Grindcore)
Pentagram - Day Of Reckoning (Doom)
Sodom - Persecution Mania…
1. Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
2. Candlemass - Nightfall
3. Testament - The Legacy
4. Death - Scream Bloody Gore
5. Anthrax - Among The Living
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Top Favourite Heavy Metal Albums

A list by
blackwreath13
Created
March 06, 2021
Entries
82
Endorsements
4
1. Judas Priest - Painkiller
2. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
3. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
4. Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith
5. Motörhead - Inferno
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1987 MY TOP 20 METAL ALBUMS

A list by
geraki63
Created
June 27, 2023
Entries
20
Endorsements
3
1. Death - Scream Bloody Gore
2. Kreator - Terrible Certainty
3. Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I
4. King Diamond - Abigail
5. Manowar - Fighting The World
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80s Apprecitation List

A list by
Zmaj Ognjeni Vuk
Created
February 07, 2012
Entries
20
Endorsements
3
Random great albums of the decade listed yearly.
1. Motörhead - Ace Of Spades
2. Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
3. Rainbow - Difficult To Cure
4. Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
5. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
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My Favourite Albums, One Per Band.

A list by
kahn84
Created
September 13, 2012
Entries
64
Endorsements
3
I tried to put one album per band, so it was a fucking hard choice in many cases.
Anyway, all of them are great albums in it' genre.
No order followed.
1. Almah - Fragile Equality
2. Andre Matos - Mentalize
3. Arryan Path - Ira Imperium
4. Avantasia - The Metal Opera Part 1
5. Astral Doors - New Revelation
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Best Dio Albums (Best To Worst)

A list by
tgriffith1992
Created
December 17, 2011
Entries
10
Endorsements
2
1. Dio - The Last In Line
2. Dio - Holy Diver
3. Dio - Sacred Heart
4. Dio - Lock Up The Wolves
5. Dio - Dream Evil
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TOP 50 POWER/HEAVY/Hardrock 1980-1989

A list by
jeffster69
Created
May 12, 2022
Entries
50
Endorsements
2
1. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
2. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
3. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
4. Mötley Crüe - Shout At The Devil
5. Michael Schenker Group - M.S.G.
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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive 1987

A list by
Handala
Created
May 26, 2022
Entries
20
Endorsements
2
A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

I was born in 1987, a pretty good year for metal

Top 5 non metal albums from 1987
1.
1. Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I
2. Running Wild - Under Jolly Roger
3. Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
4. Whitesnake - Whitesnake
5. Testament - The Legacy
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