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Top 200 Alternative Metal Albums

This is very simple, I took the ratings for a bunch of alternative metal albums on MS and ranked them accordingly

To qualify:
The album must have been released when the band was labelled as "Alternative…

1.Mass Hysteria - Contraddiction
2.Tool - Lateralus
3.The Butterfly Effect - IV
4.Tool - Ænima
5.Mass Hysteria - Le Bien-Être Et La Paix

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Created by Wildebean on 05.04.2023



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MS Meta(l) List Of The 2010's - Top 200

Input:
10 years
20 decade lists
749 bands
973 albums

Output:
200 top albums from 2010-2019


FAQ

How are the points calculated?
Simple math.

Ranked top lists:
1st place = 150 pts.
2nd…

1.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini
2.Esoteric - Paragon Of Dissonance
3.Emptiness - Nothing But The Whole
4.Esoteric - A Pyrrhic Existence
5.Tribulation - The Formulas Of Death

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Created by Starvynth on 24.05.2020



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Best Of 2010-2020 By Mz

The best of 2010-2019. At the end it tuned out to be less diverse than what I thought it would be in terms of musical genres, with mostly black and death metal record filling the spots.
Recommendations…

1.Sutcliffe Jugend - Blue Rabbit
2.Emptiness - Nothing But The Whole
3.Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All
4.Schammasch - Contradiction
5.Lorn - Subconscious Metamorphosis

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Created by mz on 31.12.2019



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Neachy's Select: Top 100 Albums Of The 10s

100 full length albums that I favor in approximate order of preference plus 10 non-LP releases at the end. Limited to metal albums and albums featured on the site.

1.Indesinence - Vessels Of Light And Decay
2.Mitochondrion - Parasignosis
3.Murmuüre - Murmuüre
4.Deathspell Omega - Paracletus
5.Ustalost - The Spoor Of Vipers

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Created by Neachy on 29.12.2019



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150 Albums To Become An Adult To: 2010-2019

I began this decade in my final year of high school, in the early phases of my metal journey (Mastodon, Machine Head, Dream Theater, Pantera and Avenged Sevenfold were still recent discoveries). One Masters…

1.Sylosis - Monolith
2.Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth
3.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud
4.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone
5.Cult Of Luna - Vertikal

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Created by musclassia on 27.12.2019



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Diverge's Alternative/Prog/Jazz/Avant-Garde Favs

LATEST EDIT: December 12/2016- Added a whole bunch of progressive rock albums; processing earlier suggestions on the list.

Assembled below are some choice selections in alternative metal, prog rock, prog…

1.
2.Soundgarden - Down On The Upside
3.Rishloo - Living As Ghosts With Buildings As Teeth
4.Karnivool - Asymmetry
5.Blindead - Absence

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Created by Diverge on 28.12.2015



Top 10 Favorite Albums Of The 2014

1.Soen - Tellurian
2.Opeth - Pale Communion
3.Rishloo - Living As Ghosts With Buildings As Teeth
4.Mastodon - Once More 'Round The Sun
5.Behemoth - The Satanist

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Created by Sultan Shahrokh on 16.10.2015



2014 : BEST OF THE YEAR

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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Created by Vorreide on 12.09.2015



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2015 - Leth's List Of Likables (Non-Metal Inclusive)

Every album to catch my ear during 2015, rated, with plenty of non-metal for those of you who like to branch out and see what the whole world of music has to offer. Variety'll always be a virtue.

Numerous…

1.Death Grips - The Powers That B
2.Leprous - The Congregation
3.Clarence Clarity - No Now
4.Björk - Vulnicura
5.Envy - Atheist's Cornea

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Created by Lethrokai on 17.07.2015



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Circles....

A bunch of albums with a big circle on the cover…

1.Karnivool - Sound Awake
2.Skyclad - The Silent Whales Of Lunar Sea
3.Death - Scream Bloody Gore
4.Pentagram - Pentagram
5.Russian Circles - Empros

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Created by me<3mertl on 03.04.2015



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Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came...

...And since that day, he was never the same.

"He who speaks without an attentive ear is mute."…

1.Across The Sun - Before The Night Takes Us
2.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
3.Agent Fresco - Destrier
4.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud
5.Angel Vivaldi - Universal Language

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Created by Roland de Gilead on 08.02.2015



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2014- MZ's Favorite Albums

2014 was great year, especially for black metal. Here are my most favorite records of the year. Open to suggestions, as always.
Edit: I might have a little of change in the order of albums at the end.

1.Qualeaceans - Capture Of Ziz
2.Emptiness - Nothing But The Whole
3.Schammasch - Contradiction
4.Execration - Morbid Dimensions
5.Darkspace - Dark Space III I

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Created by mz on 20.10.2014



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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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Created by musclassia on 28.09.2014



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2014 - Leth's List Of Likables (Non-Metal Inclusive)

Pretty much every album that's caught my attention over the year, including non-metal. (Variety is a virtue, y'know )

I'll only be commenting on albums that I've given enough time…

1.Swans - To Be Kind
2.Darren Korb - Transistor Original Soundtrack
3.Bent Knee - Shiny Eyed Babies
4.Gazpacho - Demon
5.Vampillia - My Beautiful Twisted Nightmares In Aurora Rainbow Darkness

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Created by Lethrokai on 11.04.2014



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Hadriel's Favorites Of 2014

Favorite albums of the year.

1.Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel
2.Rishloo - Living As Ghosts With Buildings As Teeth
3.Lantlôs - Melting Sun
4.Gates - Bloom and Breathe
5.Falloch - This Island, Our Funeral

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Created by hadriel on 25.01.2014