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BurbotsRevenge's Top 50 Death Metal Albums
A list of my favourite death metal albums of all time, one listing per band, hopefully you may discover some new bands/albums from this list. They're not in any exact order but my real favourites…
| 1. | Cryptopsy - None So Vile |
| 2. | Decapitated - Winds Of Creation |
| 3. | Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten |
| 4. | Death - Spiritual Healing |
| 5. | Vital Remains - Dechristianize |
| + 45 more |
The Top Of Death's Crystal Mountain (150 Greatest Death Metal Albums)
*** MAX 3 ALBUMS PER ARTIST!!! (Except Death) Also... While extra weight will be given to classic death metal albums, this list will also include exceptional examples of melodic death, death-grind, technical/progressive…
| 1. | Cryptopsy - None So Vile |
| 2. | Death - Symbolic |
| 3. | Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten |
| 4. | Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious |
| 5. | Death - Human |
| + 158 more |
All Metal Of All Time Top 300: Albums
An entirely subjective list of my all-time favourite metal albums, well lets better say albums/genres featured on MS, since not all here is precisely metal.
Objective quality is not a criteria here, just…
Objective quality is not a criteria here, just…
| 1. | Anathema - The Silent Enigma |
| 2. | Opeth - Morningrise |
| 3. | Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum |
| 4. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 5. | Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss |
| + 310 more |
"The Golden Years Of Death Metal"
| 1. | Adramelech - PsychoStasia |
| 2. | Armageddon - Crossing The Rubicon |
| 3. | Asphyx - Last One On Earth |
| 4. | At The Gates - Terminal Spirit Disease |
| 5. | Atheist - Piece Of Time |
| + 102 more |
Classic Death Metal Top 100
| 1. | Carcass - Heartwork |
| 2. | Entombed - Clandestine |
| 3. | Napalm Death - Harmony Corruption |
| 4. | Pestilence - Testimony Of The Ancients |
| 5. | Gorefest - False |
| + 99 more |
Best Metal Albums of Decade 90s
| 1. | Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers |
| 2. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 3. | Death - The Sound Of Perseverance |
| 4. | Pantera - Cowboys From Hell |
| 5. | Death - Symbolic |
| + 257 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 to Hear Before You Die
An ongoing list for personal use as well as for reference for beginners (& veterans alike). This is solely my personal opinion and taste (Death & Prog mostly but do give every genre a try). Basically…
| 1. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin |
| 2. | King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King |
| 3. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III |
| 4. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 5. | Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself |
| + 350 more |
Death Metal I enjoy the most
Here's a little list displaying my personal favorite death metal albums, based on the same idea as my heavy metal list, thus stressing the raw and the genuine. For me death metal has to be crushing,…
| 1. | Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious |
| 2. | Suffocation - Pierced From Within |
| 3. | Cynic - Focus |
| 4. | Septicflesh - Εσοπτρον |
| 5. | Death - Symbolic |
| + 81 more |
The Golden Age Of Death
Here's to the pioneers, the catalysts.
| 1. | Death - Human |
| 2. | Napalm Death - Harmony Corruption |
| 3. | Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten |
| 4. | Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious |
| 5. | Deicide - Deicide |
| + 14 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 |
| + 570 more |
The Death Metal Essentials
The only one. No order particularly, except the order I thought of them in.
| 1. | Death - The Sound Of Perseverance |
| 2. | Vader - Litany |
| 3. | Monstrosity - Millennium |
| 4. | Malevolent Creation - Retribution |
| 5. | Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory |
| + 22 more |
Top 25 Albums Of 1991
Favorite releases from 1991
Updated 9/19/20
Updated 9/19/20
| 1. | Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten |
| 2. | Sepultura - Arise |
| 3. | Atheist - Unquestionable Presence |
| 4. | Death - Human |
| 5. | Malevolent Creation - The Ten Commandments |
| + 20 more |
100 Greatest Metal Bands
Pretty self-explanatory, with a couple caveats: first, this is mostly just a list of my favorite metal bands in approximate order (after the top 10 or so the order matters far less), with extra weight…
| 1. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 2. | Iron Maiden - Powerslave |
| 3. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 4. | Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance |
| 5. | Slayer - Reign In Blood |
| + 95 more |