This is an alphabetical list of metal/hard rock band names that were inspired by the work of other music artists (album or song titles, lyrics, group names, instruments, etc). The list shows the first…

1.40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room

2.Accept - Accept

3.Ad Infinitum - Chapter I: Monarchy

4.Ad Nauseam - Nihil Quam Vacuitas Ordinatum Est

5.After Forever - Prison Of Desire

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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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1.Moonspell - Irreligious

2.Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear

3.Paradise Lost - Draconian Times

4.Rotting Christ - A Dead Poem

5.Tristania - Beyond The Veil

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1.Nevermore - Dead Heart, In A Dead World

2.Nightwish - Wishmaster

3.Therion - Deggial

4.Cradle Of Filth - Midian

5.After Forever - Prison Of Desire

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My favourite Symphonic Metal (mostly female-fronted) albums…

1.After Forever - Decipher

2.After Forever - Prison Of Desire

3.Amberian Dawn - End Of Eden

4.Epica - Design Your Universe

5.Epica - The Phantom Agony

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Compilation of many Hard Rock or Metal Ballads I've heard. Bands and Albums are ordered by name alphabetically.

1.Accept - Balls To The Wall

2.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

3.Accept - Eat The Heat

4.Adagio - Underworld

5.Aerosmith - Aerosmith

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Here's a list of mostly Gothic Metal albums, exclusively of the "Beauty and the Beast" type (which refers to clean "angelic" female vocals contrasted with male growls/screams).

1.Tristania - Widow's Weeds

2.The Sins Of Thy Beloved - Lake Of Sorrow

3.Draconian - Where Lovers Mourn

4.Epica - The Phantom Agony

5.Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear

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A lot of bands have great debut albums. Obviously this list is just a fraction of all the great debut albums out there, but it's a start. I'll keep expanding this list continuously, so all suggestions…

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2.Aarni - Bathos

3.Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia

4.Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom

5.Sadness - Ames De Marbre

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Just a list of debut albums. From Heavy Metal to Black Metal.

1.HammerFall - Glory To The Brave

2.Dio - Holy Diver

3.Angra - Angels Cry

4.Slayer - Show No Mercy

5.Galneryus - The Flag Of Punishment

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1.Behemoth - Thelema.6

2.Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper

3.Haggard - Awaking The Centuries

4.Angel Dust - Enlighten The Darkness

5.Suidakra - The Arcanum

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1.Cradle Of Filth - Midian

2.The Gathering - If_Then_Else

3.After Forever - Prison Of Desire

4.The Sins Of Thy Beloved - Perpetual Desolation

5.Draconian - Frozen Features

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The most beautiful and awesome vocal duets (within bands or guest appearances) I ever heard in my life...
Any Suggestions are welcomed!…

1.Kamelot - The Black Halo

2.Anathema - A Natural Disaster

3.Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear

4.Within Temptation - Black Symphony

5.Ayreon - The Universal Migrator Part I: The Dream Sequencer

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Great debut albums from some of my favorite bands …

1.After Forever - Prison Of Desire

2.Delain - Lucidity

3.Sirenia - At Sixes And Sevens

4.Draconian - Where Lovers Mourn

5.Eluveitie - Spirit

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If you know other wonderful songs which are missing in this list, feel free to suggest them to me …

1.Adagio - Underworld

2.Aerosmith - Aerosmith

3.After Forever - Prison Of Desire

4.After Forever - Decipher

5.After Forever - After Forever

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A list of the ultimate releases in gothic metal. Suggestions are welcome.

1.After Forever - Prison Of Desire

2.Artrosis - Ukryty Wymiar

3.Ava Inferi - Onyx

4.Avrigus - The Secret Kingdom

5.Before The Dawn - Deadlight

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