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Top 400 Metal Albums Ranked Mathematically (2026 Update)
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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 |
Favorite Album Art, 1969-1999
Had to break up "Favorite Album Art" into two (edit: now four!) because it couldn't handle so many words and I was losing entries at the bottom.
| 1. | Korn - Issues |
| 2. | Manes - Under Ein Blodraud Maane |
| 3. | Maudlin Of The Well - My Fruit Psychobells... A Seed Combustible |
| 4. | Neurosis - Times Of Grace |
| 5. | Virgin Steele - The House Of Atreus Act I |
| + 112 more |
Top 30 Favorite Cds.
These are probably my favorite cds. Although there are many many others I think this list defines my musical tastes pretty much.
| 1. | Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath |
| 2. | Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian |
| 3. | King Diamond - Abigail |
| 4. | Rush - 2112 |
| 5. | Shadow Gallery - Carved In Stone |
| + 25 more |
USPower Metal 👑
Bands almost unknown for the most, Cds or Vinyls out of print or never print, Sometimes record production sucks, thats why I love US power metal. An original style Classic and Epic Heavy Metal Mixed With…
| 1. | Manilla Road - Crystal Logic |
| 2. | Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction |
| 3. | Riot - ThunderSteel |
| 4. | Cirith Ungol - Frost And Fire |
| 5. | Omen - Warning Of Danger |
| + 107 more |
"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 |
Best Album Closers
A lot has already been said about the best album openers in metal. Not that much do we talk about album closers though.
I guess for me the ending of an album is at least as important as its start.
I…
I guess for me the ending of an album is at least as important as its start.
I…
| 1. | Iron Maiden - Powerslave |
| 2. | Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings |
| 3. | Mercyful Fate - Melissa |
| 4. | Opeth - Morningrise |
| 5. | Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss |
| + 37 more |
Club: Technical/progressive Music That Ain't Over The Top Wankery
this list is related to this forum thread, please check
this list is a collaborative one and will surely grow ; it is a proof of concept for a club feature, see here.
Hi people. I'd like to create…
this list is a collaborative one and will surely grow ; it is a proof of concept for a club feature, see here.
Hi people. I'd like to create…
| 1. | Angra - Angels Cry |
| 2. | Angra - Holy Land |
| 3. | Angra - Fireworks |
| 4. | Angra - Rebirth |
| 5. | Angra - Temple Of Shadows |
| + 71 more |
Fates Warning Albums Ranked
All Fates Warning albums ranked from best to worst, also include the three releases done by Arch and Matheos (basically Fates Warning). Phenomenal band that has held the prog metal flag high and released…
| 1. | Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian |
| 2. | Arch/Matheos - Winter Ethereal |
| 3. | Fates Warning - Disconnected |
| 4. | Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry |
| 5. | Arch/Matheos - Sympathetic Resonance |
| + 11 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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Top 1001 Artworks On Metal Storm
As chosen by me, of course. This is highly subjective.
** Note: There are 29 co-selections, thus the total number of selections is 1001 **
In progress and in tandem with:
Favorite Album Art, 1960s-1990s
Favorite…
** Note: There are 29 co-selections, thus the total number of selections is 1001 **
In progress and in tandem with:
Favorite Album Art, 1960s-1990s
Favorite…
| 1. | ...And Oceans - The Regeneration Itinerary |
| 2. | 16 - Curves That Kick |
| 3. | 16 - Blaze Of Incompetence |
| 4. | 16 - Bridges To Burn |
| 5. | 16 - Dream Squasher |
| + 1025 more |
My Top 10 Heavy Metal Albums Ever
My favorite heavy metal albums of all time: The Top 10.
Authors note: I did not include Sabbath albums on this list, because then at least 6 of them would have been Sabbath albums.
Authors note: I did not include Sabbath albums on this list, because then at least 6 of them would have been Sabbath albums.
| 1. | Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith |
| 2. | Crimson Glory - Transcendence |
| 3. | Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King |
| 4. | Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance |
| 5. | Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian |
| + 5 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 |
1986- Favourite Albums
| 1. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 2. | Slayer - Reign In Blood |
| 3. | Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus |
| 4. | Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian |
| 5. | Queensrÿche - Rage For Order |