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Top 500 Albums of All Time

A list by
nonZero
Created
October 06, 2018
Entries
500
Endorsements
34
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
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My Favourite Albums Of All Time

A list by
Starchild
Created
August 25, 2010
Entries
67
Endorsements
31
1. Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine: Biomech
2. Lost Horizon - A Flame To The Ground Beneath
3. Wintersun - Wintersun
4. Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields
5. Mors Principium Est - The Unborn
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My favourite Power Metal Albums

A list by
stormlord77
Created
April 29, 2013
Entries
850
Endorsements
25
Since many of you felt annoyed by my previous list title I changed it and hopefully you will be ok with it.Power up everybody!!!
1. Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II
2. Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
3. Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I
4. Riot - ThunderSteel
5. Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free
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Not In The Top 200? ...

A list by
ZeroTheHero
Created
January 29, 2012
Entries
59
Endorsements
13
Some are no brainer top albums, some are personal favorites.
1. Metallica - Kill 'Em All
2. Metal Church - Metal Church
3. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
4. Iron Maiden - Killers
5. Witchery - Restless & Dead
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Top 400 Metal Albums Ranked Mathematically (2026 Update)

A list by
gckator
Created
July 12, 2025
Entries
400
Endorsements
9
RESTRICTIONS
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
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1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

A list by
pandrstudios
Created
May 31, 2022
Entries
1247
Endorsements
8
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
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My Favorite 35 Albums Of The 2000's

A list by
strade
Created
May 22, 2011
Entries
35
Endorsements
8
UPDATED Apr. 2012! Like the title says (covers '00 - '09). In numbered order by personal preference. May change as I find new releases.
1. Anubis Gate - The Detached
2. Agalloch - The Mantle
3. Kamelot - The Black Halo
4. Warning - Watching From A Distance
5. Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh
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My Power Metal Collection

A list by
atkmetal123
Created
December 29, 2010
Entries
50
Endorsements
8
This is my list of favorite power metal that I've been listening for years . Including all types of power metal, from extreme like Chidren of Bodom, to Symphonic like Nightwish, Progressive as well…
1. Kamelot - Epica
2. Kamelot - The Black Halo
3. Kamelot - Karma
4. Helloween - 7 Sinners
5. Angra - Temple Of Shadows
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Top 10 Of The Most "Manly" Covers In Metal!!

A list by
AndMetalForAll
Created
December 19, 2011
Entries
10
Endorsements
7
This is a joking list, it has the ten most weird covers of all time in metal music. It's of course an ironic list, the covers of these albums are really really gay...
1. Manowar - Anthology
2. Virgin Steele - Noble Savage
3. Manowar - Warriors Of The World
4. Accept - Balls To The Wall
5. The Gates Of Slumber - Conqueror
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Top 100 (+5) Of 2000-2004

A list by
Crys1s
Created
September 26, 2019
Entries
105
Endorsements
6
2005-2009 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5838
2010-2014 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5828
2015-2019 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6722

I…
1. Opeth - Blackwater Park
2. Agalloch - The Mantle
3. Tool - Lateralus
4. Wintersun - Wintersun
5. Ensiferum - Ensiferum
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Top 200 Albums Of The 2000s

A list by
nonZero
Created
February 28, 2025
Entries
200
Endorsements
3
Here are the 00s 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. Opeth - Blackwater Park
2. Trivium - Shogun
3. Machine Head - The Blackening
4. Trivium - Ascendancy
5. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
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Best Albums Of 2000-2010

A list by
EnigmaLake
Created
June 08, 2014
Entries
68
Endorsements
2
In no order, just the my favorite of that decade.
1. Swallow The Sun - The Morning Never Came
2. Equilibrium - Sagas
3. The Defaced - Karma In Black
4. Susperia - Vindication
5. Masterplan - Aeronautics
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Five-Second 20 Favorite Power Metal Album

A list by
HowieWu
Created
August 12, 2012
Entries
21
Endorsements
2
Just for my favorite
2016.09.15 update
1. Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II
2. Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free
3. Heavenly - Dust To Dust
4. Theocracy - Mirror Of Souls
5. Angra - Temple Of Shadows
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Top 46 Power Metal Albums

A list by
nonZero
Created
February 12, 2024
Entries
46
Endorsements
2
Power Metal is a genre I've gotten into quite a bit over the past few years. I'd only really listened to Symphony X before, but discovered Blind Guardian, Wuthering Heights, Gamma Ray and others…
1. Galneryus - Angel Of Salvation
2. Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
3. Wuthering Heights - Far From The Madding Crowd
4. Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free
5. Symphony X - The Odyssey
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25 Best 2001

A list by
enumaelis
Created
February 21, 2012
Entries
26
Endorsements
1
1. Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
2. Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta
3. After Forever - Decipher
4. Finntroll - Jaktens Tid
5. Arch Enemy - Wages Of Sin
+ 21 more