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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 |
Top 200 Overlooked Albums
This list aims to be the counterpart to the Metal Storm Top 200 Albums (plus a few extras).
If you discover a new band or already like any of the ones here, please give this list a thumbs up and/or…
If you discover a new band or already like any of the ones here, please give this list a thumbs up and/or…
| 1. | Solipsist - The Human Equation |
| 2. | Ayahuasca - Beneath The Mind |
| 3. | Cryptomnesia - Primordial Oddity |
| 4. | Element (USA) - The Energy |
| 5. | Telepathy - 12 Areas |
| + 195 more |
My Favorite Metal Albums Of All Time (Last Update: June 2022)
(Last Update: 2022)
These are my top 100 favorite albums - they are the reason why I love metal!
Enjoy!
Format: Band | Album | (genre, release year, country) What I like about the album; Favorite…
These are my top 100 favorite albums - they are the reason why I love metal!
Enjoy!
Format: Band | Album | (genre, release year, country) What I like about the album; Favorite…
| 1. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 2. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 3. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 4. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 5. | Death - Spiritual Healing |
| + 95 more |
Is There Something We Don't Know?
MetalStorm has its top of the best albums according to the votes of its users. It is a good guide to know good bands, but surely there are albums that did not reach 20 votes to be known. This list seeks…
| 1. | Q5 - Steel The Light |
| 2. | Turbo - Smak Ciszy |
| 3. | Bonfire - Don't Touch The Light |
| 4. | Hexx - Under The Spell |
| 5. | Pokolgép - Pokoli Színjáték |
| + 220 more |
My Favorite Metal Songs
Here is a revamped list of my favorite metal songs!
Listed in ALPHABETICAL ORDER (sorted by band name), as it's too hard to rank them!
The old version of my “300+ Greatest Metal Songs of All Time”…
Listed in ALPHABETICAL ORDER (sorted by band name), as it's too hard to rank them!
The old version of my “300+ Greatest Metal Songs of All Time”…
| 1. | Acherontas - Vamachara |
| 2. | Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops |
| 3. | Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea |
| 4. | Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea |
| 5. | Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea |
| + 90 more |
F3ynman's Top 50 Most Frequently Listened-to Albums Of 2023
Merry Christmas, my fellow metalheads!
I present to you my top 50 most frequently listened-to albums of the year 2023, ordered by number of full listens.
In other words, here are the albums that…
I present to you my top 50 most frequently listened-to albums of the year 2023, ordered by number of full listens.
In other words, here are the albums that…
| 1. | Electric Wizard - Dopethrone |
| 2. | Japanische Kampfhörspiele - Welt Ohne Werbung |
| 3. | Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops |
| 4. | Necrovation - Storm The Void / Starving Grave |
| 5. | Vitriolic Sage - 梦路 |
| + 45 more |
The Best Metal Albums* From A to # (A)
This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone…
| 1. | Aara - En Ergô Einai |
| 2. | Aarni - Bathos |
| 3. | Aaskereia - Dort, Wo Das Alte Böse Ruht |
| 4. | Aastraal - Tuba mirum spargens sonum per sepulcra regionum, coget omnes ante thronum |
| 5. | AATHMA - Avesta |
| + 430 more |
F3ynman's Top 50 Most Frequently Listened-to Albums Of 2022
Merry Christmas, my fellow metalheads!
Inspired by Qualeen's list, I meticulously kept track of how often I listened to every album this year. I present to you my top 50 most frequently listened-to…
Inspired by Qualeen's list, I meticulously kept track of how often I listened to every album this year. I present to you my top 50 most frequently listened-to…
| 1. | Slayer - Show No Mercy |
| 2. | Mercyful Fate - Melissa |
| 3. | Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked |
| 4. | Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh |
| 5. | Autopsy - Severed Survival |
| + 45 more |
Is There Something We Don't Know? 2
Four months ago I made a similar list but I was not satisfied with the result due to the parameters that I set.
This new list will have albums of visible bands with 15 to 19 votes and with a green rating…
This new list will have albums of visible bands with 15 to 19 votes and with a green rating…
| 1. | Pokolgép - Pokoli Színjáték |
| 2. | Shok Paris - Steel And Starlight |
| 3. | Turbo - Ostatni Wojownik |
| 4. | Num Skull - Ritually Abused |
| 5. | S.D.I. - Sign Of The Wicked |
| + 95 more |
F3ynman's Top 50 Most Frequently Listened-to Albums Of 2025
Merry Christmas, my fellow metalheads!
I present to you my top 50 most frequently listened-to albums of the year 2025, ordered by number of full listens (format: band | album | number of listens).
The…
I present to you my top 50 most frequently listened-to albums of the year 2025, ordered by number of full listens (format: band | album | number of listens).
The…
| 1. | Arizmenda - Stillbirth In The Temple Of Venus |
| 2. | Catacomb (FRA) - In The Maze Of Kadath |
| 3. | Fungoid Stream - Oceanus |
| 4. | Dax Riggs - 7 Songs For Spiders |
| 5. | Neurosis - Through Silver In Blood |
| + 45 more |
My Ultimate List Of Favorite Albums
Welcome to my new ultimate list of favorite albums!
After 5 years on Metal Storm, I think it's time to give an update to my old list of favorite albums.
This time, I meticulously ranked each…
After 5 years on Metal Storm, I think it's time to give an update to my old list of favorite albums.
This time, I meticulously ranked each…
| 1. | Arizmenda - Stillbirth In The Temple Of Venus |
| 2. | Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea |
| 3. | Devil Master - Satan Spits On Children Of Light |
| 4. | Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked |
| 5. | Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence |
| + 195 more |
Top 56 Black Metal Albums
I've been listened to Black Metal since the late 2000s starting with Emperor and Dimmu Borgir. Since then, I've discover dozens of amazing bands thanks to MS and it has become one of my favourite…
| 1. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 2. | Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle |
| 3. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 4. | Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk |
| 5. | Windir - 1184 |
| + 51 more |
Currently Listening... (2nd Half Of July 2022 Edition)
These are albums that I'm currently enjoying. They may be classics that I'm revisiting or new gems I've recently discovered. (Ordered alphabetically)
I just felt like making a list of some…
I just felt like making a list of some…
| 1. | Æther Realm - Tarot |
| 2. | Abigor - Orkblut - The Retaliation |
| 3. | Abigor - Abigor / Nightbringer / Thy Darkened Shade / Mortuus |
| 4. | Acherontas - Tat Tvam Asi (Universal Omniscience) |
| 5. | Acherontas - Vamachara |
| + 24 more |
Albums To Check Out
| 1. | Disembowelment - Transcendence Into The Peripheral |
| 2. | Weakling - Dead As Dreams |
| 3. | Greylotus - Dawnfall |
| 4. | John Petrucci - An Evening With John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess [Collaboration] |
| 5. | John Petrucci - Suspended Animation |
| + 159 more |
Top 86 Albums Of The 2010s
Here are the 10s albums that have stood out and made the largest impact on me. To be as transparent as possible, I've labelled albums as 'nostalgia bias' where my memories of the band give…
| 1. | Wintersun - Time I |
| 2. | Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle |
| 3. | Insomnium - Winter's Gate |
| 4. | Vektor - Terminal Redux |
| 5. | Solipsist - Extinction Protocol |
| + 81 more |