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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…

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2.Aarni - Bathos
3.Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia
4.Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom
5.Sadness - Ames De Marbre

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Created by Erik M. on 30.11.2012



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Epic Album Closers

Some albums are really good. Many of these are good all the way around. And, in many cases, there is a single song that stands out, sometimes it's the last song on the album. This is a list of those…

1.!T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)
2.Abigail Williams - Becoming
3.Agalloch - The Mantle
4.Amon Amarth - Versus The World
5.Anekdoten - Vemod

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Created by BigNaughtyV on 02.07.2013



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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…

1.Anathema - The Silent Enigma
2.Opeth - Morningrise
3.Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum
4.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans
5.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

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Created by Redel on 01.03.2014



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Song Titles With The Band`s Name

It is not uncommon that album titles are chosen after the band`s name. However, song titles that include or are identical to the band`s name are relatively seldom found.
This is an alphabetical list…

1.(hed) p.e. - Broke
2.71TONMAN - 71TONMAN
3.Ænigmatum - ÆNIGMATUM
4.Æther Realm - One Chosen By The Gods
5.A Feast For Lampreys - Graveyard Abyss

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Created by Plattner on 12.02.2023



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Old-school Metal: The Must-haves

The must-have albums of old school heavy metal. Includes genres like Traditional, NWOBHM, U.S.P.M., Speed, Epic, Doom, and prog.

1.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
2.Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
3.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
4.Crimson Glory - Transcendence
5.Angel Witch - Angel Witch

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Created by Jagermeister on 07.03.2015



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All Metal Of All Time Top 300: Songs

1.Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum
2.Theatre Of Tragedy - Theatre Of Tragedy
3.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans
4.Iron Maiden - Powerslave
5.Anathema - The Silent Enigma

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Created by Redel on 08.03.2014



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Empowering Albums For Powerless Losers

This is a list of all the power metal albums I have listened to that are worth remembering. Like my other genre lists, this is not meant to be a definitive guide to power metal or a binding judgment on…

1.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth
2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
3.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
4.Jag Panzer - Thane To The Throne
5.X Japan - Art Of Life

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Created by ScreamingSteelUS on 19.09.2019



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All Time Metal/Symph Top 100, still working on it

1.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
2.Marillion - Brave
3.Iron Maiden - Powerslave
4.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes
5.Insomnium - Across The Dark

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Created by Marillion on 11.03.2011



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Best Album Closers

A lot has already been said about the best album openers in metal. Not that much do we talk about abum closers though.
I guess for me the ending of an album is at least as important as its start.
I have…

1.Iron Maiden - Powerslave
2.Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings
3.Mercyful Fate - Melissa
4.Opeth - Morningrise
5.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

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Created by Redel on 23.01.2023



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Iced Earth - Studio Album Ranking

A list ranking the Iced Earth studio recordings. I didn't put Tribute To The Gods in the list because I wanted the list to be about Iced Earth's own original work.

Also Days Of Purgatory is…

1.Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
2.Iced Earth - Night Of The Stormrider
3.Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings
4.Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon (Something Wicked - Part 1)
5.Iced Earth - Horror Show

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Created by tominator on 09.12.2017



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Best Iced Earth Albums (with Order)

My opinion about the best iced earth albums…

1.Iced Earth - Alive In Athens
2.Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
3.Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes
4.Iced Earth - Night Of The Stormrider
5.Iced Earth - Horror Show

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Created by Nyoink on 05.11.2010



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Best Of 1990

1.Ossian - A Rock Katonái
2.Pokolgép - Koncertlemez
3.Sanctuary - Into The Mirror Black
4.Iron Maiden - No Prayer For The Dying
5.Judas Priest - Painkiller

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Created by DarkWingedSoul on 11.09.2022



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My Favourite Album by Year (1980 - 2016)

This is a list of my favourite album for each year. Made in October 2016. Compilations, cover albums, live albums, and things like that are ignored.

Top bands in this list:
Grave Digger: 6 albums
Helloween:…

1.Saxon - Wheels Of Steel
2.Venom - Welcome To Hell
3.Venom - Black Metal
4.Mercyful Fate - Melissa
5.Grave Digger - Heavy Metal Breakdown

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Created by Osric on 03.10.2016



Iced Earth/ Demons And Wizards/ Sons Of Liberty Albums Ranked

1.Iced Earth - Night Of The Stormrider
2.Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
3.Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes
4.Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden
5.Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings

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Created by majormalfunction on 06.11.2022



1990 (An Exploration)

1.Judas Priest - Painkiller
2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace
3.Blind Guardian - Tales From The Twilight World
4.King Diamond - The Eye
5.Bathory - Hammerheart

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Created by Artorix Carlsson on 18.09.2022