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The Encyclopaedia of Beautiful Metal Ballads
If you know other wonderful songs which are missing in this list, feel free to suggest them to me 
| 1. | Adagio - Underworld |
| 2. | Aerosmith - Aerosmith |
| 3. | After Forever - Prison Of Desire |
| 4. | After Forever - Decipher |
| 5. | After Forever - After Forever |
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Empowering Albums For Powerless Losers
This is a list of all the power metal albums I have listened to that are worth remembering. Like my other genre lists, this is not meant to be a definitive guide to power metal or a binding judgment on…
| 1. | Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth |
| 2. | Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side |
| 3. | Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond |
| 4. | Jag Panzer - Thane To The Throne |
| 5. | X Japan - Art Of Life |
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My Top 30 Favorite Albums Ever!
This is a top 30 of my favorite albums of all time. You'll probably notice that I'm quite a big fan of thrash metal, as it's pretty dominated by that genre. A lot of the albums though, are…
| 1. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 2. | Artillery - By Inheritance |
| 3. | Michael Jackson - Bad |
| 4. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 5. | Metallica - Kill 'Em All |
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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 |
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Metal Band Names Inspired By Other Bands
This is an alphabetical list of metal/hard rock band names that were inspired by the work of other music artists (album or song titles, lyrics, group names, instruments, etc). The list shows the first…
| 1. | 40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room |
| 2. | 48 Crash - Some Like It Hot |
| 3. | Accept - Accept |
| 4. | Ad Infinitum - Chapter I: Monarchy |
| 5. | Ad Nauseam - Nihil Quam Vacuitas Ordinatum Est |
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Top 10 Bands/albums To Introduce (and Not Scare Away) People To Metal
My personel top 10 list of bands/albums that I think whould do a great job converting young boys and girls into metalheads
| 1. | Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast |
| 2. | Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance |
| 3. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 4. | Lost Horizon - A Flame To The Ground Beneath |
| 5. | Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell |
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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 |
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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 |
My Favorite Rock/Metal Ballads
The best ballads in the history of Metal. Of course, all these bands and other bands have really good ballads but this list shows the very best, handpicked by me. In alphabetical order by bands name to…
| 1. | Accept - Eat The Heat |
| 2. | Accept - Blood Of The Nations |
| 3. | Adagio - Underworld |
| 4. | Aerosmith - Aerosmith |
| 5. | Allen/Lande - The Battle |
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Rock & Metal Ballads Collection
Compilation of many Hard Rock or Metal Ballads I've heard. Bands and Albums are ordered by name alphabetically.
| 1. | Accept - Balls To The Wall |
| 2. | Accept - Blood Of The Nations |
| 3. | Accept - Eat The Heat |
| 4. | Adagio - Underworld |
| 5. | Aerosmith - Aerosmith |
| + 420 more |
Best Albums Of 2000-2010
In no order, just the my favorite of that decade.
| 1. | Swallow The Sun - The Morning Never Came |
| 2. | Equilibrium - Sagas |
| 3. | The Defaced - Karma In Black |
| 4. | Susperia - Vindication |
| 5. | Masterplan - Aeronautics |
| + 63 more |
Best Progressive/Power Metal Albums! (in No Specific Order)
These are my favorite progressive/power metal albums that I have listened to. Some of them are for musical technique and others are simply because they blew my mind with the crazy story lines or whatever!
| 1. | Symphony X - Paradise Lost |
| 2. | Symphony X - The Odyssey |
| 3. | Masterplan - Aeronautics |
| 4. | Nightwish - Dark Passion Play |
| 5. | Theocracy - As The World Bleeds |
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My Favorite Power Metal Albums
These are my favorite power metal albums. Not only are they liked for their musical quality, but also for their sheer genius.
| 1. | Dragonland - Astronomy |
| 2. | Sabaton - The Art Of War |
| 3. | Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden |
| 4. | Kamelot - Ghost Opera |
| 5. | Dream Evil - Dragonslayer |
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The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (D)
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. | D.C. Cooper - D.C. Cooper |
| 2. | Dali's Dilemma - Manifesto For Futurism |
| 3. | Damim - The Difference Engine |
| 4. | Dämmerfarben - Im Abendrot |
| 5. | Damned Spirits' Dance - Weird Constellations |
| + 253 more |
Top 10 Songs With "Dragon" In Their Title
My favorite songs with dragon in the title of the song...
| 1. | At Vance - Dragonchaser |
| 2. | Galloglass - Legends From Now And Nevermore |
| 3. | Gloryhammer - Tales From The Kingdom Of Fife |
| 4. | Human Fortress - Lord Of Earth And Heaven's Heir |
| 5. | Dream Evil - Dragonslayer |
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