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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 |
| + 495 more |
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 |
| + 203 more |
Empowering Albums For Powerless Losers
This is a list of all the power metal albums I have listened to that are worth remembering. Like my other genre lists, this is not meant to be a definitive guide to power metal or a binding judgment on…
| 1. | Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth |
| 2. | Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side |
| 3. | Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond |
| 4. | Jag Panzer - Thane To The Throne |
| 5. | X Japan - Art Of Life |
| + 669 more |
BEYOND THE DARK SUN - Melodeath For The Win!
A beginner's guide to genuine blasting. Call it Gothenburg, call it extreme power - whatever, it's always enjoyable.
Now ranked for even more win.
Now ranked for even more win.
| 1. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 2. | Children Of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll |
| 3. | Kalmah - Seventh Swamphony |
| 4. | Kalmah - 12 Gauge |
| 5. | Blood Stain Child - Idolator |
| + 29 more |
So I Heard You Like Wintersun...
This list aims to be the Wintersun equivalent of LeKiwi's fantastic So I Heard You Like Opeth... list (go and check that one out if you're a fan).
A lot of us around these parts are/were big…
A lot of us around these parts are/were big…
| 1. | Æther Realm - Tarot |
| 2. | Aephanemer - Prokopton |
| 3. | Atavistia - One Within The Sun |
| 4. | Blind Stare - Symphony Of Delusions |
| 5. | Children Of Bodom - Hatebreeder |
| + 28 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: 1 July 2026.
Last updated: 1 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 |
| + 278 more |
Park Metal
Music I listen to in an English-styled park in Warsaw, where nature grew in such a way that a controlled wilderness was achieved. Some songs match certain seasons better than others! This music goes well…
| 1. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 2. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 3. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
| 4. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 5. | Summoning - Stronghold |
| + 48 more |
Top 100 (+5) Of 2000-2004
2005-2009 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5838
2010-2014 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5828
2015-2019 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6722
I…
2010-2014 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5828
2015-2019 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6722
I…
| 1. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 2. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 3. | Tool - Lateralus |
| 4. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 5. | Ensiferum - Ensiferum |
| + 100 more |
400+ Favorite Songs
Last updated on 1 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 |
| + 465 more |
Top 46 Death/Melodeath Albums
| 1. | Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness |
| 2. | Death - Scream Bloody Gore |
| 3. | Obituary - Slowly We Rot |
| 4. | Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten |
| 5. | Deicide - Legion |
| + 41 more |
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 |
| + 46 more |
Magical Albums
Good musical pieces are those that initiate an emotional reaction or a subconscious shift of your subjective perception. The best music are those that elicit the most positive or dramatic of changes to…
| 1. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 2. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 3. | Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God |
| 4. | Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors |
| 5. | Atoma - Skylight |
| + 45 more |
50 Favorite Bands
The bands are in that order on purpose, from most to least favorite, but favorite nonetheless. The format is:
band | favourite album by the band | favorite song (or 2) by the band
Last updated on 4 November…
band | favourite album by the band | favorite song (or 2) by the band
Last updated on 4 November…
| 1. | Meshuggah - Nothing |
| 2. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 3. | Immolation - Close To A World Below |
| 4. | Death - Symbolic |
| 5. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| + 45 more |
The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (J-K)
This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone…
| 1. | Jacobs Dream - Jacobs Dream |
| 2. | Jambinai - Onda |
| 3. | James LaBrie - Static Impulse |
| 4. | Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn |
| 5. | Jassa - Lights in the Howling Wilderness |
| + 133 more |