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Artwork: Black Metal Albums

This is a list of black metal (and blackened metal) albums based on their artwork (in reverse alphabetical order). It includes iconic cover art from classic albums as well as fascinating work from more…

1.Zeal & Ardor - Zeal & Ardor
2.Yoth Iria - As The Flame Withers
3.Watain - Lawless Darkness
4.Vreid - Lifehunger
5.Venom - Black Metal

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Created by Plattner on 08.10.2022



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Top Metal Albums Of All Time

I started listening to metal music when I was a teenager, somewhere around the end of the 90's. After all these years, I thought it was high time to compose my personal top list of metal albums. What you…

1.Opeth - Deliverance
2.Opeth - Blackwater Park
3.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
4.Edge Of Sanity - Purgatory Afterglow
5.Cobalt - Eater Of Birds

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Created by Miohn on 18.09.2022



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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive 1997

A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

1997 was surprisingly a solid year for metal, a lot of great releases in black and power…

1.Stratovarius - Visions
2.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
3.Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields
4.Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
5.Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine: Biomech

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Created by Handala on 10.08.2022



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Favorite Metal Albums Of All Time

1 album per band per subgenre
work in progress, updating as I go through the song-by-song ratings on RateYourMusic.com
I will typically update my black metal faves - https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6924
and…

1.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
2.King Diamond - Abigail
3.Voivod - Dimension Hatröss
4.Mastodon - Crack The Skye
5.Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris

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Created by sgtrobo on 14.07.2022



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1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

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 I deem essential or at least…

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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Created by pandrstudios on 31.05.2022



1997 (An Exploration)

1.Nokturnal Mortum - Goat Horns
2.Summoning - Dol Guldur
3.Bruce Dickinson - Accident Of Birth
4.Metallica - Re-Load
5.In Flames - Whoracle

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Created by Artorix Carlsson on 15.05.2022



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Most Interesting Interludes/Intros/Outros

(This list is a work in progress)

In this list I intend to compile all of my favorite interludes, intros, outros, short acoustic tracks, instrumentals, non-metal or otherwise atypical songs from the…

1.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
2.Bathory - Blood Fire Death
3.Melechesh - Emissaries
4.Agalloch - The Mantle
5.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

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Created by Qualeen on 05.04.2022



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The Timeless Ver2

1.All time & genre (including Non-Metal on MS)
2.Only studio albums & EPs
3.The genre is primary one.
4.Only ESPECIALLY favorite (a bit more stringently than ver1 and rating 10 is not enough)
5.The…

1.Akhlys - The Dreaming I
2.Altar Of Plagues - Mammal
3.Angra - Temple Of Shadows
4.Anthrax - Among The Living
5.Arkha Sva - Gloria Satanae

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Created by Lastempire on 13.02.2022



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50 Favorite Bands

The bands are in that order on purpose, from most to least favorite, but favorite nonetheless. The format is:

band | favourite album by the band | favorite song (or 2) by the band

Last updated on 4 November…

1.Meshuggah - Nothing
2.Opeth - Blackwater Park
3.Immolation - Close To A World Below
4.Death - Symbolic
5.Agalloch - The Mantle

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Created by Qualeen on 31.01.2022



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Fave BM (and BM-adjacent) Albums

* Updating this as I get around to doing song-by-song on RYM.
* 1 album per band
* limiting this to actual black metal releases, as opposed to releases by bands that were, at one time, black metal.
>>…

1.Weakling - Dead As Dreams
2.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
3.Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum
4.Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle
5.Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi

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Created by sgtrobo on 26.11.2021



Top 11 Favourite Metal Albums Of 1997

Poser alert!
Yep, they made the list...
I’m not sorry lol.

Plus my top three favourite tracks from each release. \m/

Honourable mentions:
The Gathering - Nighttime Birds (Gothic)
Electric…

1.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
2.Deströyer 666 - Unchain The Wolves
3.Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale
4.Stratovarius - Visions
5.Dominion - Blackout

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Created by blackwreath13 on 06.11.2021



Ultimate Collection Of Metal

The albums below is my definition of extreme metal music, regardless of their genre. Entire list is based only on my personal preferences in metal.
Rules:
1. One album per band
2. 305 groups/305 albums…

1.In Flames - Clayman
2.Metallica - ...And Justice For All
3.Chimaira - Chimaira
4.Death - Symbolic
5.Testament - The New Order

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Created by nikita_ducati on 18.10.2021



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400+ Favorite Songs

Last updated on 25 June 2024.

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

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Created by Qualeen on 10.10.2021



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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: 27 March 2024.

1.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
2.Agalloch - The Mantle
3.Opeth - Blackwater Park
4.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
5.Lost Horizon - A Flame To The Ground Beneath

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Created by Qualeen on 30.09.2021



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August 2021 Jams

I just want to note that these are my favorites to listen to right now, and not necessarily the albums I would rate "best" or "most classic". Pure preference

1.Entombed - Left Hand Path
2.Antestor - The Forsaken
3.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
4.Amenra - De Doorn
5.Wintersun - Wintersun

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Created by Qualeen on 25.08.2021