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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 |
Hail To The King, Baby
There really is nobody else like King Diamond in the metal world, and in my observation there also isn't much of a grey area regarding enjoyment of his work. You either love him or you can't…
| 1. | King Diamond - Abigail |
| 2. | Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath |
| 3. | King Diamond - Conspiracy |
| 4. | Mercyful Fate - Melissa |
| 5. | King Diamond - Them |
| + 16 more |
Metal Rasputin's Absolute Favorite Albums Of All Time
Updated 14.4.2024
My rather personal and improvised take on the subject matter. The list is pretty wage, I'll be updating it a lot and the order might vary a little depending on some things, but…
My rather personal and improvised take on the subject matter. The list is pretty wage, I'll be updating it a lot and the order might vary a little depending on some things, but…
| 1. | Marillion - Marbles |
| 2. | Anathema - Weather Systems |
| 3. | Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time |
| 4. | Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta |
| 5. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
| + 320 more |
Best Metal Albums of Decade 90s
| 1. | Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers |
| 2. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 3. | Death - The Sound Of Perseverance |
| 4. | Pantera - Cowboys From Hell |
| 5. | Death - Symbolic |
| + 257 more |
My Favorite 25 Albums Of The 1990's
From my generation (well, sorta). In order of preference but subject to change.
Please excuse Concrete Blonde and King's X; neither is really metal, but I love them both!
Please excuse Concrete Blonde and King's X; neither is really metal, but I love them both!
| 1. | Artillery - By Inheritance |
| 2. | Metal Church - Hanging In The Balance |
| 3. | Running Wild - Black Hand Inn |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 5. | Control Denied - The Fragile Art Of Existence |
| + 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 |
Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive, 1990
A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.
1990 is the year where my all time favorite metal album came out, I had to make some…
1990 is the year where my all time favorite metal album came out, I had to make some…
| 1. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 2. | Bathory - Hammerheart |
| 3. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 4. | Obituary - Cause Of Death |
| 5. | Queensrÿche - Empire |
| + 15 more |
The Metal Birthday's
| 1. | Mercyful Fate - Melissa |
| 2. | Anthrax - Spreading The Disease |
| 3. | Joe Satriani - Flying In A Blue Dream |
| 4. | King Diamond - The Eye |
| 5. | Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious |
| + 58 more |
Top 20 Heavy Metal Albums Of 1990
Year with the best heavy metal album ever.
| 1. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 2. | Blind Guardian - Tales From The Twilight World |
| 3. | Vicious Rumors - Vicious Rumors |
| 4. | Annihilator - Never, Neverland |
| 5. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| + 15 more |
Best Of 1990
| 1. | Ossian - A Rock Katonái |
| 2. | Pokolgép - Koncertlemez |
| 3. | Sanctuary - Into The Mirror Black |
| 4. | Iron Maiden - No Prayer For The Dying |
| 5. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| + 61 more |
Favorite King Diamond (Solo) Albums
| 1. | King Diamond - Abigail |
| 2. | King Diamond - Conspiracy |
| 3. | King Diamond - "Them" |
| 4. | King Diamond - Fatal Portrait |
| 5. | King Diamond - The Eye |
| + 7 more |
Mercyful Fate/ King Diamond Albums Ranked
| 1. | Mercyful Fate - Mercyful Fate |
| 2. | Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath |
| 3. | King Diamond - House Of God |
| 4. | King Diamond - Abigail |
| 5. | King Diamond - The Eye |
| + 17 more |
Metal Is The Law (My Own 250 Essential Metal Albums)
My 250 personal favorite metal albums which are sorted by band name and then release date. I want to make clear that I am not claiming these to be the best albums in each respective band's discography,…
| 1. | 1349 - Beyond The Apocalypse |
| 2. | 1349 - The Infernal Pathway |
| 3. | 1349 - The Wolf And The King |
| 4. | Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations |
| 5. | Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea |
| + 245 more |
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