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"The Greatest Vocalists In Rock & Metal Music"
This is a guide list to some of the greatest voices in the history of rock & metal music, ranked in alphabetical order, by singer's name. I know that there are many more great singers/vocalists…
| 1. | My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans |
| 2. | Primordial - To The Nameless Dead |
| 3. | Watchtower - Control And Resistance |
| 4. | Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies |
| 5. | Evanescence - Fallen |
| + 153 more |
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 |
Death Is Only The Beginning (Of This List)
This is a list of all the death metal albums I have listened to that I thought were at all worth remembering. Like my other genre lists, this is just a record of my own listening experience that I use…
| 1. | Death - The Sound Of Perseverance |
| 2. | Death - Symbolic |
| 3. | At The Gates - With Fear I Kiss The Burning Darkness |
| 4. | At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul |
| 5. | Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side |
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Metal Albums Ranked From WORSHIP To DISLIKE
Ratings go from:
WORSHIP ❤️❤️❤️: Absolute greatness, a mindblowing album.
LOVE ❤️❤️🖤: Amazing release with very few flaws.
LIKE ❤️🖤🖤: Enjoyable but far from perfect.
DISLIKE 💔: Not very good or maybe…
WORSHIP ❤️❤️❤️: Absolute greatness, a mindblowing album.
LOVE ❤️❤️🖤: Amazing release with very few flaws.
LIKE ❤️🖤🖤: Enjoyable but far from perfect.
DISLIKE 💔: Not very good or maybe…
| 1. | Æther Realm - Tarot |
| 2. | Abhoria - Abhoria |
| 3. | Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops |
| 4. | Agrypnie - Metamorphosis |
| 5. | Allegaeon - Fragments Of Form And Function |
| + 322 more |
The Painters Of Metal
Album art is a crucial element to what makes a great album become monumental to the music fan. It gives us a vision and a feeling through visual sensations that are linked in the mind to the sounds that…
| 1. | Electric Wizard - Electric Wizard |
| 2. | Darkthrone - F.O.A.D. |
| 3. | Cradle Of Filth - Midian |
| 4. | Converge - Jane Doe |
| 5. | Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth |
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Top 25 Classic Death Metal Debuts
3 caveats
1. Death metal album (not just debut from band that became death metal, like Carcass)
2. Released calendar year 1999 or earlier
3. By a band with more than 1 album (1-album wonder list is…
1. Death metal album (not just debut from band that became death metal, like Carcass)
2. Released calendar year 1999 or earlier
3. By a band with more than 1 album (1-album wonder list is…
| 1. | Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness |
| 2. | Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence |
| 3. | Sinister - Cross The Styx |
| 4. | Demigod - Slumber Of Sullen Eyes |
| 5. | Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten |
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Top 27 Death Metal Albums
I struggled to get into “pure” death metal when I first got into metal around 2005. Gradually over time I started listening to melodic death metal (Dark Tranquillity and In Flames) and progressive death…
| 1. | Bloodbath - Nightmares Made Flesh |
| 2. | Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream |
| 3. | Pestilence - Consuming Impulse |
| 4. | Vomitory - Blood Rapture |
| 5. | Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris |
| + 22 more |
My Favorite Album Covers
Mind map:
Blue = win
Undead = win
Hell = win
Blue = win
Nature ft. Water = win
Color eyegasm = win
Grim reaper = win
Boys being boys = win
Badly done CGI = win
Blue = win
Blue = win
Orthodox…
Blue = win
Undead = win
Hell = win
Blue = win
Nature ft. Water = win
Color eyegasm = win
Grim reaper = win
Boys being boys = win
Badly done CGI = win
Blue = win
Blue = win
Orthodox…
| 1. | Emperor - Reverence |
| 2. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 3. | The Ruins Of Beverast - Rain Upon The Impure |
| 4. | Dissection - Live Legacy |
| 5. | Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman |
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My Favorite Album Openings
These are my favorite opening songs of all time. When I listened to them, I was instantly hooked! Whether it starts with a slow instrumental build-up or an aggressive assault of riffs, these openers set…
| 1. | Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance |
| 2. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 3. | Summoning - Minas Morgul |
| 4. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 5. | Testament - The Legacy |
| + 38 more |
The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (E)
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. | Ea - Ea Taesse |
| 2. | Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull |
| 3. | Earth And Pillars - Earth I |
| 4. | Earth Crisis - Destroy The Machines |
| 5. | Earth Rot - Black Tides Of Obscurity |
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Top 10 Metal Albums Of 1990
| 1. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 2. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 3. | Pantera - Cowboys From Hell |
| 4. | Blind Guardian - Tales From The Twilight World |
| 5. | Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss |
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(Mostly) Metal Soundtrack To The World Trip
So, past half a century old, with my best years behind me, and, frankly, after looking at a post-lockdown world with all our current shit, the possibly sensible decision was made to eschew the standard…
| 1. | Iron Maiden - Powerslave |
| 2. | Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini |
| 3. | Entombed - Left Hand Path |
| 4. | Skepticism - Alloy |
| 5. | No Mercy - Lay Down Sally |
| + 25 more |
DM Album rankings
jesus this is out of date, gotta take some time and update this....
| 1. | Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris |
| 2. | Immolation - Close To A World Below |
| 3. | Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness |
| 4. | Cryptopsy - None So Vile |
| 5. | Suffocation - Pierced From Within |
| + 55 more |