Personal Top 50 metal albums, the list is in release order

(Only one album per band, only studio albums)…

1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

2.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

3.Saxon - Denim And Leather

4.Dio - Holy Diver

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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1.Sólstafir - Ótta

2.Swans - To Be Kind

3.Sylvaine - Silent Chamber, Noisy Heart

4.Nadja - Queller

5.Triptykon - Melana Chasmata

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1.Destiny Potato - Lun

2.Silent Planet - The Night God Slept

3.Giant Squid - Minoans

4.Shylmagoghnar - Emergence

5.††† - †††

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2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010…

1.Insomnium - Shadows Of The Dying Sun

2.Architects - Lost Forever // Lost Together

3.Sabaton - Heroes

4.Iced Earth - Plagues Of Babylon

5.Ghost Brigade - IV - One With The Storm

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1.Kaunis Kuolematon - Mielenvalta

2.Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor

3.Abbath - Dread Reaver

4.Bloodbound - Drink With The Gods

5.Warmen - Here For None

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Some stories, themes or concepts are presented not just in one single song but are split in separate tracks that (often) share the same title but are distinguished by a number of the corresponding part…

1.After Forever - Prison Of Desire

2.Agathodaimon - Higher Art Of Rebellion

3.Agathodaimon - Phoenix

4.Alestorm - Sunset On The Golden Age

5.Alestorm - Curse Of The Crystal Coconut

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Must Listen: The First 3…

1.Evergrey - Hymns For The Broken

2.Primal Fear - Delivering The Black

3.Nightingale - Retribution

4.Voyager - V

5.Dynazty - Renatus

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No particular order…

1.Graveworm - As The Angels Reach The Beauty

2.Graveworm - Scourge Of Malice

3.Dimmu Borgir - For All Tid

4.Dimmu Borgir - Stormblåst

5.Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

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This is a list of all the folk metal albums I have listened to that I found to be of at least marginal quality. It is purely for my own organizational purposes and is not meant to be a definitive statement…

1.Elvenking - Secrets Of The Magick Grimoire

2.Forefather - Ours Is The Kingdom

3.Forefather - Steadfast

4.Forefather - Last Of The Line

5.Dalriada - Áldás

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My personal favorite studio albums of 2014…

1.Ghost Brigade - IV - One With The Storm

2.Epica - The Quantum Enigma

3.Primordial - Where Greater Men Have Fallen

4.Sólstafir - Ótta

5.Shylmagoghnar - Emergence

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This list contains my 16 favourite albums of the year 🤘

FUN FACT:
This was the year I decided to attend multiple concerts every year moving forward, before I only went to one each year, wise decision…

1.Onmyo-Za - 雷神創世

2.Onmyo-Za - 風神界逅

3.Epica - The Quantum Enigma

4.Elvenking - The Pagan Manifesto

5.Eluveitie - Origins

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Max is 5. Yes, I'm a bit late.

1.Equilibrium - Erdentempel

2.Wagakki band - VOCALO Zanmai

3.Babymetal - Babymetal

4.Trollfest - Kaptein Kaos

5.Tengger Cavalry - Ancient Call

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So, my pick of top 10 albums of the year 2014…

1.Evergrey - Hymns For The Broken

2.Behemoth - The Satanist

3.Epica - The Quantum Enigma

4.Insomnium - Shadows Of The Dying Sun

5.Primordial - Where Greater Men Have Fallen

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1.Insomnium - Shadows Of The Dying Sun

2.Septicflesh - Titan

3.Entombed A.D. - Back To The Front

4.Pain Of Salvation - Falling Home

5.At The Gates - At War With Reality

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All small reviews added.

Apologies for possible grammar error.

Non MetalStorm band links:

Basarabian Hills: bandbasarabianhills.bandcamp.com/
Ered Wethrin: http://eredwethrin.bandcamp.com/
Human Collapse:…

1.Infestus - The Reflecting Void

2.Shores Of Null - Quiescence

3.Shylmagoghnar - Emergence

4.Saor - Aura

5.Human Collapse - Darkness To Fall

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