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1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
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 |
| + 1242 more |
111 Albums Must Have
| 1. | Iron Maiden - Powerslave |
| 2. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 3. | Summoning - Minas Morgul |
| 4. | Windir - 1184 |
| 5. | Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta |
| + 106 more |
Thrash Effect
Like my other genre-based lists, this exists purely for my own organizational purposes and not to provide a definitive statement about or guidebook to the thrash genre. I've folded some speed metal…
| 1. | Slayer - Reign In Blood |
| 2. | Gama Bomb - Citizen Brain |
| 3. | Cross Examination - Menace II Sobriety |
| 4. | Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss |
| 5. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| + 516 more |
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 |
| + 258 more |
Top 25 Albums Of 1989
Updated 11/14/18
| 1. | Helstar - Nosferatu |
| 2. | Sepultura - Beneath The Remains |
| 3. | Obituary - Slowly We Rot |
| 4. | Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness |
| 5. | Pestilence - Consuming Impulse |
| + 20 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 |
| + 468 more |
Overkill Ranked ….
Overkill is the most solid band in the metal scene there is practically no bad records in their discography.
| 1. | Overkill - Feel The Fire |
| 2. | Overkill - The Years Of Decay |
| 3. | Overkill - Horrorscope |
| 4. | Overkill - Under The Influence |
| 5. | Overkill - Ironbound |
| + 15 more |
Favorite Overkill Albums
| 1. | Overkill - The Years Of Decay |
| 2. | Overkill - Ironbound |
| 3. | Overkill - Horrorscope |
| 4. | Overkill - Feel The Fire |
| 5. | Overkill - Taking Over |
| + 15 more |
My Favorite Album Covers
Mind map:
Blue = win
Undead = win
Hell = win
Blue = win
Nature ft. Water = win
Color eyegasm = win
Grim reaper = win
Boys being boys = win
Badly done CGI = win
Blue = win
Blue = win
Orthodox…
Blue = win
Undead = win
Hell = win
Blue = win
Nature ft. Water = win
Color eyegasm = win
Grim reaper = win
Boys being boys = win
Badly done CGI = win
Blue = win
Blue = win
Orthodox…
| 1. | Emperor - Reverence |
| 2. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 3. | The Ruins Of Beverast - Rain Upon The Impure |
| 4. | Dissection - Live Legacy |
| 5. | Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman |
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Overkill albums ranked.
Overkill albums from best to worst with my three favourite tracks from each album.
| 1. | Overkill - Horrorscope |
| 2. | Overkill - The Years Of Decay |
| 3. | Overkill - Feel The Fire |
| 4. | Overkill - Taking Over |
| 5. | Overkill - W.F.O. |
| + 15 more |
Thrash Til Death!
Just a list of classic thrash albums I really enjoy, since thrash has had such a good year this year. They are in no particular order.
| 1. | Annihilator - Alice In Hell |
| 2. | Anthrax - Among The Living |
| 3. | Anthrax - Spreading The Disease |
| 4. | Artillery - By Inheritance |
| 5. | Assassin - The Upcoming Terror |
| + 91 more |
Top 100 Thrash Metal Albums: Ranked Mathematically
RESTRICTIONS
Each album had to meet all the following conditions in order to be eligible:
1) At least 10 years old
2) At least 100 votes on metalstorm with an average user score of at least 8.0
3)…
Each album had to meet all the following conditions in order to be eligible:
1) At least 10 years old
2) At least 100 votes on metalstorm with an average user score of at least 8.0
3)…
| 1. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 2. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 3. | Artillery - By Inheritance |
| 4. | Sepultura - Beneath The Remains |
| 5. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| + 95 more |
Top 25 Thrash Metal Albums Of All Time
Very hard to decide
| 1. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 2. | Anthrax - Among The Living |
| 3. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 4. | Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss |
| 5. | Pantera - Cowboys From Hell |
| + 20 more |
Top Favourite Thrash Albums
Erm... sorry Dave... >.>
| 1. | Slayer - Reign In Blood |
| 2. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 3. | Kreator - Pleasure To Kill |
| 4. | Power Trip - Nightmare Logic |
| 5. | Sodom - M-16 |
| + 66 more |
Old School Anthems
That song you want to hear in the show of your favorite band. that classic……
| 1. | Slayer - Reign In Blood |
| 2. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 3. | Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? |
| 4. | Exodus - Bonded By Blood |
| 5. | Anthrax - Among The Living |
| + 49 more |