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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…
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 |
| + 45 more |
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…
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 |
| + 115 more |
My 20 Top Metal Albuns
In no particular order
| 1. | Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk |
| 2. | Bal-Sagoth - Starfire Burning Upon The Ice-Veiled Throne Of Ultima Thule |
| 3. | Burzum - Filosofem |
| 4. | Type O Negative - October Rust |
| 5. | A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays |
| + 15 more |
The Black/Death Metal Bucket List
These are the Must-Do's of Black and Death Metal. This list was made in no particular order.
| 1. | Ruins - Spun Forth As Dark Nets |
| 2. | Origin - Informis Infinitas Inhumanitas |
| 3. | Odious Mortem - Cryptic Implosion |
| 4. | Cannibal Corpse - The Bleeding |
| 5. | Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse |
| + 33 more |
The Timeless Ver2
1. Only ESPECIALLY favorite (a bit more stringently than ver1 and rating 10 is not enough)
2. All time & genre (including Non-Metal on MS)
3. Only studio albums & EPs
4. The genre is primary…
2. All time & genre (including Non-Metal on MS)
3. Only studio albums & EPs
4. The genre is primary…
| 1. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 2. | Cynic - Focus |
| 3. | Death - The Sound Of Perseverance |
| 4. | Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice |
| 5. | Deathspell Omega - Kénôse |
| + 81 more |
Top 10 Metal Albums Of 1997
| 1. | Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy |
| 2. | Gamma Ray - Somewhere Out In Space |
| 3. | HammerFall - Glory To The Brave |
| 4. | Children Of Bodom - Something Wild |
| 5. | Stratovarius - Visions |
| + 5 more |
Top Favourite Black Metal Albums
| 1. | Burzum - Filosofem |
| 2. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 3. | Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger |
| 4. | Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk |
| 5. | Marduk - Rom 5:12 |
| + 76 more |
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…
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 |
| + 15 more |
Albums Of My Life
No particular order
| 1. | Graveworm - As The Angels Reach The Beauty |
| 2. | Graveworm - Scourge Of Malice |
| 3. | Dimmu Borgir - For All Tid |
| 4. | Dimmu Borgir - Stormblåst |
| 5. | Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant |
| + 150 more |
Best Album I Think
These my all time favorite albums.
Not in a particular rank
Not in a particular rank
| 1. | Amorphis - The Beginning Of Times |
| 2. | At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul |
| 3. | Arch Enemy - Anthems Of Rebellion |
| 4. | Carcass - Heartwork |
| 5. | Children Of Bodom - Tokyo Warhearts |
| + 25 more |
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 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. | Deathspell Omega - Paracletus |
| 3. | Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle |
| 4. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 5. | Altar Of Plagues - Teethed Glory & Injury |
| + 40 more |
Favorite Albums
| 1. | Entombed - Left Hand Path |
| 2. | At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul |
| 3. | Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory |
| 4. | Gojira - From Mars To Sirius |
| 5. | Death - Symbolic |
| + 52 more |
Great Album Covers 👍👍👍
A list of my favorite album covers…
| 1. | Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion |
| 2. | Mercyful Fate - Melissa |
| 3. | Slayer - Reign In Blood |
| 4. | Motörhead - Motörhead |
| 5. | Iron Maiden - Powerslave |
| + 105 more |