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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 |
| + 75 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 |
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Top 20 Favorite Albums
These are my 20 favorite albums ever. There is a lot of a prog here, which is my favorite genre.
My taste isn't exactly defined yet, but that's because I'm still young.
My taste isn't exactly defined yet, but that's because I'm still young.
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Porcupine Tree - In Absentia |
| 3. | Tool - Lateralus |
| 4. | Riverside - Second Life Syndrome |
| 5. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
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Top 25 Power Metal Albums
| 1. | Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II |
| 2. | Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side |
| 3. | Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes |
| 4. | Rhapsody Of Fire - Symphony Of Enchanted Lands |
| 5. | Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free |
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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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200+ Favorite Albums
Note: Tool intentionally ommitted because they don't consider themselves metal. Otherwise you'd see their first 4 albums in top 25.
Last updated: 17 July 2026.
Last updated: 17 July 2026.
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 3. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 5. | Vital Remains - Dechristianize |
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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 |
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Top 65 Heavy Metal Albums
| 1. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 2. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 3. | Pantera - Cowboys From Hell |
| 4. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 5. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| + 60 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 |
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 |
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My Favorite Albums
| 1. | Paradise Lost - One Second |
| 2. | Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time |
| 3. | Type O Negative - October Rust |
| 4. | Silencer - Death-Pierce Me |
| 5. | Anathema - Alternative 4 |
| + 16 more |
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…
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 |
| + 95 more |
Rock & Metal Ballads Collection
Compilation of many Hard Rock or Metal Ballads I've heard. Bands and Albums are ordered by name alphabetically.
| 1. | Accept - Balls To The Wall |
| 2. | Accept - Blood Of The Nations |
| 3. | Accept - Eat The Heat |
| 4. | Adagio - Underworld |
| 5. | Aerosmith - Aerosmith |
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