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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 |
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2014: From Professor JokeR's Perspective
I'll start off by saying that I wasn't planning on doing a list so early on in the year, but I've come across numerous albums that I'd like to share with people who enjoy my lists (or…
| 1. | Beyond Creation - Earthborn Evolution |
| 2. | Artificial Brain - Labyrinth Constellation |
| 3. | Ophis - Abhorrence In Opulence |
| 4. | Ghost Brigade - IV - One With The Storm |
| 5. | Infestus - The Reflecting Void |
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2000-2014: A 'Factored' Top 100
Take a look at the Top Album lists of recent years and you'll notice an obvious trend. In 2005 the average rating of the top 25 albums is 8.76. Jump to 2014 and the average among the top 25 has dropped…
| 1. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 2. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 3. | Blindead - Affliction XXIX II MXMVI |
| 4. | Aquilus - Griseus |
| 5. | Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World |
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The Deadliest Of Harmonies (A Journey Into Melodic Death Metal)
Hey Folks! It’s me… Again!
I’m coming back once more to explore the depths of a genre that arguably did not begin where you all thought it did! Yeah yeah… Alright, maybe Left Hand Path, Necroticism:…
I’m coming back once more to explore the depths of a genre that arguably did not begin where you all thought it did! Yeah yeah… Alright, maybe Left Hand Path, Necroticism:…
| 1. | Entombed - Left Hand Path |
| 2. | Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious |
| 3. | Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream |
| 4. | At The Gates - The Red In The Sky Is Ours |
| 5. | Carcass - Heartwork |
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2014 Cont.
Cos, y'know, same shiz different year. Ran out of space again so will post final album opinions in comments.
| 1. | Infestus - The Reflecting Void |
| 2. | Dirge - Hyperion |
| 3. | Nero Di Marte - Derivae |
| 4. | Steve Rothery - The Ghosts Of Pripyat |
| 5. | Agalloch - The Serpent & The Sphere |
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Artists With Only 8+ Albums
Only bands with at least 3 albums, and all albums rated over 8 (with at least 50 votes).
| 1. | Allegaeon - USA / 7 albums / Formed in: 2005 / Genres: Melodic death metal, Technical death metal |
| 2. | Allegaeon - Fragments Of Form And Function |
| 3. | Allegaeon - Formshifter |
| 4. | Allegaeon - Elements Of The Infinite |
| 5. | Allegaeon - Proponent For Sentience |
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Best Albums Of 2014 XIV- As It Progresses (Updated Weekly)
Albums I'm enjoying as 2014 progresses, order and all that is updated weekly. Suggestions and also comments are very welcome, I'm also finally finished my 2013 list. Check that out as well
As…
As…
| 1. | Buckethead - Pikes 42-129 |
| 2. | Vader - Tibi Et Igni |
| 3. | Mors Principium Est - Dawn Of The 5th Era |
| 4. | Delain - The Human Contradiction |
| 5. | Insomnium - Shadows Of The Dying Sun |
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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: 24 Jan 2026.
Last updated: 24 Jan 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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Best of 2014 /// How to be broke with style V.1.
So here it is > These are the releases i tend to hear most of the time this year. Some of my all time favourite bands released weak albums while others suprised me while i was cooking pasta .Fell free…
| 1. | Aenaon - Extance |
| 2. | Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel |
| 3. | Major Parkinson - Twilight Cinema |
| 4. | Mors Principium Est - Dawn Of The 5th Era |
| 5. | Scar Symmetry - The Singularity (Phase I - Neohumanity) |
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robpal's 2014 as it goes...
My list of 2014 likes (to be expanded). Notes can and will change during the year, since I like listening to albums multiple times and have a really good view before the final note.
I'd say 3/5 is…
I'd say 3/5 is…
| 1. | Soen - Tellurian |
| 2. | Opeth - Pale Communion |
| 3. | Evergrey - Hymns For The Broken |
| 4. | Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel |
| 5. | Threshold - For The Journey |
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Death Is Only The Beginning (Of This List)
This is a list of all the death metal albums I have listened to that I thought were at all worth remembering. Like my other genre lists, this is just a record of my own listening experience that I use…
| 1. | Death - The Sound Of Perseverance |
| 2. | Death - Symbolic |
| 3. | At The Gates - With Fear I Kiss The Burning Darkness |
| 4. | At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul |
| 5. | Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side |
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Favorites Of 2014
Just an organized list of my favorite albums of the year, in order of most liked, onward.
How I rate albums has little to do with the order of this list. Obviously, I'm not going to give an album…
How I rate albums has little to do with the order of this list. Obviously, I'm not going to give an album…
| 1. | Insomnium - Shadows Of The Dying Sun |
| 2. | The Great Old Ones - Tekeli-Li |
| 3. | Archspire - The Lucid Collective |
| 4. | Cannibal Corpse - A Skeletal Domain |
| 5. | Origin - Omnipresent |
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Metal Albums Ranked From WORSHIP To DISLIKE
Ratings go from:
WORSHIP ❤️❤️❤️: Absolute greatness, a mindblowing album.
LOVE ❤️❤️🖤: Amazing release with very few flaws.
LIKE ❤️🖤🖤: Enjoyable but far from perfect.
DISLIKE 💔: Not very good or maybe…
WORSHIP ❤️❤️❤️: Absolute greatness, a mindblowing album.
LOVE ❤️❤️🖤: Amazing release with very few flaws.
LIKE ❤️🖤🖤: Enjoyable but far from perfect.
DISLIKE 💔: Not very good or maybe…
| 1. | Æther Realm - Tarot |
| 2. | Abhoria - Abhoria |
| 3. | Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops |
| 4. | Agrypnie - Metamorphosis |
| 5. | Allegaeon - Fragments Of Form And Function |
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Top 51 Melodic Death Metal Albums
I've always been a fan of melodic death metal, having listened to bands such as In Flames, Dark Tranquillity and At The Gates in my first few years of getting into metal around 2005-2008. Now, thanks…
| 1. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 2. | Wintersun - Time I |
| 3. | Insomnium - Winter's Gate |
| 4. | At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul |
| 5. | The Haunted - The Haunted Made Me Do It |
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My Top 10 Albums Of 2014
Ranking some of the albums I got this year. I will return to edit accordingly with my favorites. Thumbs up if you concur.
| 1. | Mastodon - Once More 'Round The Sun |
| 2. | Allegaeon - Elements Of The Infinite |
| 3. | Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel |
| 4. | Mors Principium Est - Dawn Of The 5th Era |
| 5. | Scar Symmetry - The Singularity (Phase I - Neohumanity) |
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