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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 |
| + 373 more |
Most Talented Vocalists In Metal
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Tasty Stuff Not Currently Featured On MS
So I Heard You Like Opeth...
A concise list of my metalhead man-crushes (now featuring ladies.)
While there is little introduction required for…
Tasty Stuff Not Currently Featured On MS
So I Heard You Like Opeth...
A concise list of my metalhead man-crushes (now featuring ladies.)
While there is little introduction required for…
| 1. | Abstrakt Algebra - Abstrakt Algebra |
| 2. | Adagio - Underworld |
| 3. | Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone |
| 4. | Amorphis - Silent Waters |
| 5. | Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas |
| + 130 more |
Top 200 Metal Masterpieces Of All Time
RANKING CRITERIA :
- Originality [ 35% of the rating ]
- Songwriting [ 35% of the rating ]
- Performance [ 30% of the rating ]
- Originality [ 35% of the rating ]
- Songwriting [ 35% of the rating ]
- Performance [ 30% of the rating ]
| 1. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 2. | Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast |
| 3. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 4. | Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality |
| 5. | Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind |
| + 195 more |
Classic Metal Albums Of Forever
*** READ ME *** This list is about the greatest metal albums of all-time, from all sub-genres and all countries. You won't see bands like Deep Purple, Rush, BOC, Zeppelin, etc., nor will you see bands…
| 1. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 2. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 3. | Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son |
| 4. | Death - Symbolic |
| 5. | Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath |
| + 95 more |
My Kitteh And I's Favorite (Metal/Rock) Listening Discs EVAR (2010)
Here it is. In all it's glory, righteousness, and sexy-time (as in me air flute-ing the flute solo in Cross-Eyed Mary) delightful-ness. Mah kitteh and I's favorite things to jam to. As you may…
| 1. | Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Part I |
| 2. | Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Beethoven's Last Night |
| 3. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 4. | Iron Maiden - Powerslave |
| 5. | Faith No More - Angel Dust |
| + 10 more |
If The World Was Ending, I Would Find Time To Listen To These Albums First
So, these are basically my favourite albums of all time, including non-metal/rock acts, compilations and live albums. Needless to say, I would need a couple of days to go through all of these.
| 1. | Dream Theater - Awake |
| 2. | Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse |
| 3. | Riverside - Out Of Myself |
| 4. | Rotting Christ - Triarchy Of The Lost Lovers |
| 5. | Anathema - Alternative 4 |
| + 29 more |
Prog Favourites
A list of my favourite Progressive albums on Metal Storm, ranked roughly in order of preference.
| 1. | Ayreon - The Human Equation |
| 2. | Dol Ammad - Ocean Dynamics |
| 3. | Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition |
| 4. | Porcupine Tree - Signify |
| 5. | Opeth - Still Life |
| + 67 more |
Epic Album Closers
Some albums are really good. Many of these are good all the way around. And, in many cases, there is a single song that stands out, sometimes it's the last song on the album. This is a list of those…
| 1. | !T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest) |
| 2. | Abigail Williams - Becoming |
| 3. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 4. | Amon Amarth - Versus The World |
| 5. | Anekdoten - Vemod |
| + 117 more |
Scapeplan's Top 50 Albums Of All Time
Alphabetical order.
Limited to 2 albums per band
Top 5 of non-metal:
Pink Floyd-The Wall
King Crimson-In The Court Of The Crimson King
Godspeed You! Black Emperor-Yanqui U.X.O
Comus-First Utterance
Explosions…
Limited to 2 albums per band
Top 5 of non-metal:
Pink Floyd-The Wall
King Crimson-In The Court Of The Crimson King
Godspeed You! Black Emperor-Yanqui U.X.O
Comus-First Utterance
Explosions…
| 1. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 2. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 3. | Anaal Nathrakh - In The Constellation Of The Black Widow |
| 4. | Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas |
| 5. | Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side |
| + 45 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 |
*Album Of The Year (For Every Year In My Collection)*
This list is the best album of every year that is represented in my current collection. Some years were really hard to choose as there were many deserving albums, others I had one or very few to choose…
| 1. | Septicflesh - The Great Mass |
| 2. | Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini |
| 3. | Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs |
| 4. | Septicflesh - Communion |
| 5. | Symphony X - Paradise Lost |
| + 27 more |
Progressive Spiritual Euphoria / Best prog Albums Ever .
So here we are again . After many years of dedication and love to this music that we call progressive metal, here are some of the best albums that ever existed and made the earth a better place . Give…
| 1. | Dan Swanö - Moontower |
| 2. | Cynic - Traced In Air |
| 3. | Cynic - Focus |
| 4. | Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini |
| 5. | Enslaved - Ruun |
| + 205 more |
Top 250 Metal Releases Of All Time
Here’s my list of what I consider to be the best metal albums (+2 compilations and like 2 demo I think) of all time.
Enjoy!
Bands that appear the most in the list:
9 times: Sigh
5 times: Dream Theater,…
Enjoy!
Bands that appear the most in the list:
9 times: Sigh
5 times: Dream Theater,…
| 1. | Sigh - In Somniphobia |
| 2. | Windir - Arntor |
| 3. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 4. | Vektor - Terminal Redux |
| 5. | Dolorian - When All The Laughter Has Gone |
| + 245 more |
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 |
| + 320 more |
Best Album Of Every Year Since 1970
Here’s a list with my top 3 favorite metal and non-metal album of every year since 1970, enjoy!
I had to stretch the definition of what is and is not metal a little bit for the 70s, just assume it also…
I had to stretch the definition of what is and is not metal a little bit for the 70s, just assume it also…
| 1. | 1970 - |
| 2. | Deep Purple - In Rock |
| 3. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 4. | Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come |
| 5. | 1971 - |
| + 219 more |