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The Encyclopaedia of Beautiful Metal Ballads
If you know other wonderful songs which are missing in this list, feel free to suggest them to me 
| 1. | Adagio - Underworld |
| 2. | Aerosmith - Aerosmith |
| 3. | After Forever - Prison Of Desire |
| 4. | After Forever - Decipher |
| 5. | After Forever - After Forever |
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Hall Of Fame: Top 80 Of All Time
- only studio albums
- only albums featured on MS
- only albums featured on MS
| 1. | After Forever - Decipher |
| 2. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 3. | Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea |
| 4. | Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde |
| 5. | Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side |
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Crushing (Not For The Faint Of Heart)
A little list of albums that have been kicking my ass as of late. Some albums on this list may appear to be "odd" choices, but "crushing" in this context does not necessarily mean heavy.
| 1. | Esoteric - The Pernicious Enigma |
| 2. | Ahab - The Divinity Of Oceans |
| 3. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 4. | Warning - Watching From A Distance |
| 5. | Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All |
| + 66 more |
The Most Majestic Releases Of All Time
This list contains most beautiful, majestic and soul-touching releases I've ever experienced.
My most favorite genres are Black Metal, Post Metal, Shoegaze, Doom Metal, Ambient and Neo-Classical…
My most favorite genres are Black Metal, Post Metal, Shoegaze, Doom Metal, Ambient and Neo-Classical…
| 1. | Anathema - The Silent Enigma |
| 2. | Blut Aus Nord - Ultima Thulée |
| 3. | Deinonychus - The Silence Of December |
| 4. | Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta I - Fathers Of The Icy Age |
| 5. | Burzum - Filosofem |
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Top 500 Albums of All Time
I've been listening to Metal since 2005 and it has become my biggest passion in life. Rarely a day goes by where I don't listen to it in one form or another. The bands I listened to in my teens…
| 1. | Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral |
| 2. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 3. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 5. | Opeth - Still Life |
| + 495 more |
Pain, Grief & Sorrow: Highlights of Doom Metal
| 1. | 40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room |
| 2. | Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea |
| 3. | Anathema - The Silent Enigma |
| 4. | Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath |
| 5. | Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus |
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My Top 30 Doom Metal Albums
In this list, many Death Doom have also
| 1. | Empyrium - A Wintersunset... |
| 2. | Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields |
| 3. | Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die |
| 4. | Shape Of Despair - Illusion's Play |
| 5. | Shape Of Despair - Angels Of Distress |
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2000-2014: A 'Factored' Top 100
Take a look at the Top Album lists of recent years and you'll notice an obvious trend. In 2005 the average rating of the top 25 albums is 8.76. Jump to 2014 and the average among the top 25 has dropped…
| 1. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 2. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 3. | Blindead - Affliction XXIX II MXMVI |
| 4. | Aquilus - Griseus |
| 5. | Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World |
| + 95 more |
Slow Tempo…
Slow/Depress/Funeral/Love/Gloom/Beauty/Sorrow/Obscure/Cold/Atmospheric/
| 1. | Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea |
| 2. | Akelei - De Zwaarte Van Het Doorstane |
| 3. | Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes |
| 4. | Anathema - The Silent Enigma |
| 5. | Corrupted - El Mundo Frio |
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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 |
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My Drug List Of Doom
Some of my favourite stuff I have scratched it up to one pile. One album per band, no order, just chaos.
| 1. | Eibon - Entering Darkness |
| 2. | Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs |
| 3. | Mar De Grises - Draining The Waterheart |
| 4. | Ankhagram - Where Are You Now |
| 5. | Anorexia Nervosa - New Obscurantis Order |
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The Best Gothic Metal Albums
Note 1: This list will take time before it gets a definitive form (or it might take forever if good gothic metal albums will be released in the future).
Note 2: Another important feature is that this…
Note 2: Another important feature is that this…
| 1. | Estatic Fear - A Sombre Dance |
| 2. | Tiamat - Wildhoney |
| 3. | The Sins Of Thy Beloved - Lake Of Sorrow |
| 4. | Tristania - Widow's Weeds |
| 5. | Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear |
| + 96 more |
InnerDoom
The wide spectrum of sounds expressed through the sub-genre of Doom Metal often gets overshadowed by the somehow inaccessible slowness that is in its nature and so DM doesn't get the recognition it…
| 1. | Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale |
| 2. | Saturnus - Martyre |
| 3. | Lacrimas Profundere - Memorandum |
| 4. | My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans |
| 5. | Process Of Guilt - Erosion |
| + 37 more |
Most Weepworthy Albums
The saddest albums I've ever heard in alphabetical order.
| 1. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 2. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 3. | Ahab - The Giant |
| 4. | Aoria - The Constant |
| 5. | An Autumn - Everything |
| + 31 more |
The Sounds And Images I Would Wear
These are the artworks of the albums which I would love to hear them several times and at the same time I think they have awesome artworks to wear as t shirts.
This list is more of a reminder to myself…
This list is more of a reminder to myself…
| 1. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 2. | Opeth - Orchid |
| 3. | Emptiness - Nothing But The Whole |
| 4. | Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die |
| 5. | Katatonia - Brave Murder Day |
| + 23 more |