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The Encyclopaedia of Beautiful Metal Ballads
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 |
| + 373 more |
Top 200 Metal Masterpieces Of All Time
RANKING CRITERIA :
- Originality [ 35% of the rating ]
- Songwriting [ 35% of the rating ]
- Performance [ 30% of the rating ]
- Originality [ 35% of the rating ]
- Songwriting [ 35% of the rating ]
- Performance [ 30% of the rating ]
| 1. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 2. | Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast |
| 3. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 4. | Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality |
| 5. | Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind |
| + 195 more |
*The Epics (Best Songs Over 10 Minutes)*
This is a list of the top songs over 10 minutes long in my humble opinion. I had to resist the urge not to put every single Symphony X, Opeth and Agalloch song over 10 minutes long on the list so some…
| 1. | Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness |
| 2. | Gorod - Transcendence |
| 3. | Symphony X - The Odyssey |
| 4. | Opeth - Ghost Reveries |
| 5. | Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite |
| + 29 more |
Classic Metal Albums Of Forever
*** READ ME *** This list is about the greatest metal albums of all-time, from all sub-genres and all countries. You won't see bands like Deep Purple, Rush, BOC, Zeppelin, etc., nor will you see bands…
| 1. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 2. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 3. | Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son |
| 4. | Death - Symbolic |
| 5. | Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath |
| + 95 more |
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 |
Albums that changed my life and perspective about music.
Since I started to become interested in not only metal, but music in general, there have been many albums that have marked something important in my life, and I know that there will be albums in the near…
| 1. | Opeth - Morningrise |
| 2. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 3. | Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors |
| 4. | Orphaned Land - Mabool |
| 5. | Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde |
| + 7 more |
Opeth Albums: Best To Worst
My ranking of all Opeth's studio albums. I included ratings as well as the best songs (my personal favourites) of each album.
Here are links to the full albums (Grooveshark):
1. Opeth - Blackwater…
Here are links to the full albums (Grooveshark):
1. Opeth - Blackwater…
| 1. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 2. | Opeth - Morningrise |
| 3. | Opeth - Still Life |
| 4. | Opeth - Ghost Reveries |
| 5. | Opeth - Orchid |
| + 6 more |
All Metal Of All Time Top 300: Albums
An entirely subjective list of my all-time favourite metal albums, well lets better say albums/genres featured on MS, since not all here is precisely metal.
Objective quality is not a criteria here, just…
Objective quality is not a criteria here, just…
| 1. | Anathema - The Silent Enigma |
| 2. | Opeth - Morningrise |
| 3. | Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum |
| 4. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 5. | Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss |
| + 310 more |
*Album Of The Year (For Every Year In My Collection)*
This list is the best album of every year that is represented in my current collection. Some years were really hard to choose as there were many deserving albums, others I had one or very few to choose…
| 1. | Septicflesh - The Great Mass |
| 2. | Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini |
| 3. | Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs |
| 4. | Septicflesh - Communion |
| 5. | Symphony X - Paradise Lost |
| + 27 more |
Current Top 100, 5 Years On
Back when I joined the site in 2011, I did a customary top 100 album list. Every year since then, when I've looked back at it it's become increasingly unrecognisable from my own tastes. Seeing…
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Sylosis - Monolith |
| 3. | Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth |
| 4. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 5. | Protest The Hero - Kezia |
| + 126 more |
Top 250 Metal Releases Of All Time
Here’s my list of what I consider to be the best metal albums (+2 compilations and like 2 demo I think) of all time.
Enjoy!
Bands that appear the most in the list:
9 times: Sigh
5 times: Dream Theater,…
Enjoy!
Bands that appear the most in the list:
9 times: Sigh
5 times: Dream Theater,…
| 1. | Sigh - In Somniphobia |
| 2. | Windir - Arntor |
| 3. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 4. | Vektor - Terminal Redux |
| 5. | Dolorian - When All The Laughter Has Gone |
| + 245 more |
The Timeless
1.All time & genre (including Non-Metal on MS)
2.Only studio albums & EPs
3.I DON'T modify this list. So, this list is THE FINAL edition and based on my selection on 1 April 2017. (Modified…
2.Only studio albums & EPs
3.I DON'T modify this list. So, this list is THE FINAL edition and based on my selection on 1 April 2017. (Modified…
| 1. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 2. | Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk |
| 3. | Krallice - Diotima |
| 4. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 5. | Deathspell Omega - Kénôse |
| + 166 more |
All Metal Of All Time Top 300: Songs
| 1. | Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum |
| 2. | Theatre Of Tragedy - Theatre Of Tragedy |
| 3. | My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans |
| 4. | Iron Maiden - Powerslave |
| 5. | Anathema - The Silent Enigma |
| + 317 more |
Best Album Of Every Year Since 1970
Here’s a list with my top 3 favorite metal and non-metal album of every year since 1970, enjoy!
I had to stretch the definition of what is and is not metal a little bit for the 70s, just assume it also…
I had to stretch the definition of what is and is not metal a little bit for the 70s, just assume it also…
| 1. | 1970 - |
| 2. | Deep Purple - In Rock |
| 3. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 4. | Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come |
| 5. | 1971 - |
| + 219 more |