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A List Of Great Debut Albums
A lot of bands have great debut albums. Obviously this list is just a fraction of all the great debut albums out there, but it's a start. I'll keep expanding this list continuously, so all suggestions…
| 1. | Aarni - Bathos |
| 2. | Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia |
| 3. | Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom |
| 4. | Sadness - Ames De Marbre |
| 5. | Solefald - The Linear Scaffold |
| + 360 more |
Top [Insert Round Number Here] Second Wave Black Metal Albums
***Limit 2 albums per artist***
| 1. | Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger |
| 2. | Burzum - Filosofem |
| 3. | Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas |
| 4. | Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse |
| 5. | Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark |
| + 59 more |
Favorite Black Metal Albums
| 1. | Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas |
| 2. | Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger |
| 3. | Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark |
| 4. | Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse |
| 5. | Satyricon - Nemesis Divina |
| + 95 more |
Omega_Switch's Listism: Top Black Metal Albums
| 1. | Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk |
| 2. | Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky |
| 3. | Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss |
| 4. | Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas |
| 5. | Bathory - Blood Fire Death |
| + 45 more |
Metal Made By Teens…
Great young blood full-length records made mostly by teens.
| 1. | Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence |
| 2. | Possessed - Seven Churches |
| 3. | Cryptic Slaughter - Convicted |
| 4. | Sepultura - Morbid Visions |
| 5. | Kreator - Endless Pain |
| + 33 more |
Top 400 Metal Albums Ranked Mathematically (2026 Update)
RESTRICTIONS
Each album had to meet all the following conditions in order to be eligible:
1) 10+ years old
2) Metalstorm: 200+ votes, average user score 8.0+
3) Rateyourmusic: 1000+ ratings, average…
Each album had to meet all the following conditions in order to be eligible:
1) 10+ years old
2) Metalstorm: 200+ votes, average user score 8.0+
3) Rateyourmusic: 1000+ ratings, average…
| 1. | Death - Symbolic |
| 2. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 3. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 4. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 5. | Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality |
| + 395 more |
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 |
| + 1242 more |
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. | Accept - Accept |
| 3. | Ad Infinitum - Chapter I: Monarchy |
| 4. | Ad Nauseam - Nihil Quam Vacuitas Ordinatum Est |
| 5. | Aerosmith - Aerosmith |
| + 190 more |
Evrope Ov Ólde
These songs make me think of times so old that none of us were there to experience them. The criteria for the inclusion of a song are so personal here that there's a high chance you think something…
| 1. | Enslaved - Vikingligr Veldi |
| 2. | Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss |
| 3. | Satyricon - Dark Medieval Times |
| 4. | Windir - Arntor |
| 5. | Bathory - Hammerheart |
| + 57 more |
Best Albums To Fall Asleep To
SPOILER ALERT: This is mostly just black metal.
****Alphabetical Order
****Alphabetical Order
| 1. | Abigor - Nachthymnen (From The Twilight Kingdom) |
| 2. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 3. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 4. | Arckanum - Fran Marder |
| 5. | Arckanum - Antikosmos |
| + 50 more |
Enslaved: Another Opinion-Heavy Best To Worst
More like Best to less-best and one dud. My full reviews of each album are available under my same name at metal archives. Feel free to message me with what you think. My full reviews below:
Mardraum
Blodhemn
Isa
Frost
RUUN
Axioma
VV
In…
Mardraum
Blodhemn
Isa
Frost
RUUN
Axioma
VV
In…
| 1. | Enslaved - Mardraum - Beyond The Within |
| 2. | Enslaved - Blodhemn |
| 3. | Enslaved - Isa |
| 4. | Enslaved - Frost |
| 5. | Enslaved - Ruun |
| + 8 more |
Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive, 1994
A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.
1994 was pretty great year for metal black metal was in full swing with all its drama,…
1994 was pretty great year for metal black metal was in full swing with all its drama,…
| 1. | Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse |
| 2. | Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral |
| 3. | Dream Theater - Awake |
| 4. | Running Wild - Black Hand Inn |
| 5. | Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes |
| + 15 more |
Top Prog Rock/Metal Albums
The label metal includes heavy, power, black...
| 1. | Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory |
| 2. | Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime |
| 3. | Rush - 2112 |
| 4. | Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite |
| 5. | Opeth - Still Life |
| + 43 more |
50 Albums From The Dawn Of My Metalhead's Career
These are some albums I replayed hundreds of times on my MC-player when I was 16. Some of them I still listen to, while others I’d never play again. Some are good, some are bad, and some are rather unexpected—but…
| 1. | Aggressor - Of Long Duration Anguish |
| 2. | Amorphis - The Karelian Isthmus |
| 3. | Amorphis - Elegy |
| 4. | Brutality - When The Sky Turns Black |
| 5. | Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss |
| + 45 more |
Currently Listening... (April 2023 Edition)
These are albums that I'm currently enjoying. They may be classics that I'm revisiting or new gems I've recently discovered. (Ordered alphabetically)
- A star (⭐️) denotes a new discovery…
- A star (⭐️) denotes a new discovery…
| 1. | Allfather - A Violent Truth |
| 2. | Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud |
| 3. | Anvil - Metal On Metal |
| 4. | Artrosis - Hidden Dimension |
| 5. | Azaghal - Immortalized In Luciferian Blood |
| + 43 more |
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