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Current Top 100 (subject To Change)
Moves up and down depending on mood, but top 25-30 usually the same in varying order
| 1. | Sylosis - Conclusion Of An Age |
| 2. | Machine Head - The Blackening |
| 3. | Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory |
| 4. | Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth |
| 5. | In Flames - The Jester Race |
| + 95 more |
Favorite Albums
My personal top-list, limited to one album per band. I only add albums that I own physical copies of.
| 1. | Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape |
| 2. | Pan.thy.monium - Khaooos & Kon-Fus-Ion |
| 3. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 5. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| + 45 more |
Making My Way Through The MS Top 200
The Metal Storm top 200 is supposed to represent the absolute peak of metal music, the timeless classics. Join me as I try to listen to every single album featured on it.
Each album has a symbol telling…
Each album has a symbol telling…
| 1. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 2. | Death - Symbolic |
| 3. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 4. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 5. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| + 195 more |
Top 25 Albums Of 1987
Updated 10/23/18
| 1. | Toxik - World Circus |
| 2. | Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence |
| 3. | King Diamond - Abigail |
| 4. | Manilla Road - Mystification |
| 5. | Sacred Reich - Ignorance |
| + 20 more |
Top 400 Metal Albums Ranked Mathematically (2026 Update)
RESTRICTIONS
Each album had to meet all the following conditions in order to be eligible:
1) 10+ years old
2) Metalstorm: 200+ votes, average user score 8.0+
3) Rateyourmusic: 1000+ ratings, average…
Each album had to meet all the following conditions in order to be eligible:
1) 10+ years old
2) Metalstorm: 200+ votes, average user score 8.0+
3) Rateyourmusic: 1000+ ratings, average…
| 1. | Death - Symbolic |
| 2. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 3. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 4. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 5. | Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality |
| + 395 more |
1001 Metal Albums to Hear Before You Die
An ongoing list for personal use as well as for reference for beginners (& veterans alike). This is solely my personal opinion and taste (Death & Prog mostly but do give every genre a try). Basically…
| 1. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin |
| 2. | King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King |
| 3. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III |
| 4. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 5. | Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself |
| + 350 more |
1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
WORK IN PROGESS! Welcome to what I consider the "1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" or in other words, a list of records of various genres in the arrays of Metal and Hard Rock that…
| 1. | High Tide - Sea Shanties |
| 2. | Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath |
| 3. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin |
| 4. | Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come |
| 5. | Josefus - Dead Man |
| + 1242 more |
Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Of The 80's
The best decade in history of heavy metal.
| 1. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 2. | Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time |
| 3. | Accept - Breaker |
| 4. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 5. | Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I |
| + 95 more |
Top 20 Heavy Metal Albums
Well. It took some time and now I am going to deliver this list to you guys. Many times I have thought about which are my favs, but I had never done it. I am placing one album per band. Otherwise, many…
| 1. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 2. | Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth |
| 3. | King Diamond - Abigail |
| 4. | Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I |
| 5. | Warlock - True As Steel |
| + 15 more |
My Album Of The Year, 1970-present
Here's my AotY for each year from 1970, with a runner up (or two) following.
Pink Floyd and Yes aren't on Metal Storm, King Crimson is, so I'll include King Crimson, but Pink Floyd would've…
Pink Floyd and Yes aren't on Metal Storm, King Crimson is, so I'll include King Crimson, but Pink Floyd would've…
| 1. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 2. | Deep Purple - In Rock |
| 3. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV |
| 4. | Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality |
| 5. | Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards |
| + 114 more |
Top 30 Favorite Cds.
These are probably my favorite cds. Although there are many many others I think this list defines my musical tastes pretty much.
| 1. | Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath |
| 2. | Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian |
| 3. | King Diamond - Abigail |
| 4. | Rush - 2112 |
| 5. | Shadow Gallery - Carved In Stone |
| + 25 more |
"The Greatest Vocalists In Rock & Metal Music"
This is a guide list to some of the greatest voices in the history of rock & metal music, ranked in alphabetical order, by singer's name. I know that there are many more great singers/vocalists…
| 1. | My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans |
| 2. | Primordial - To The Nameless Dead |
| 3. | Watchtower - Control And Resistance |
| 4. | Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies |
| 5. | Evanescence - Fallen |
| + 153 more |
