1.Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind

2.Belzebubs - Pantheon Of The Nightside Gods

3.Grima - Will Of The Primordial

4.Vorna - Sateet Palata Saavat

5.Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave

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1.Babymetal - Metal Galaxy

2.Cave In - Final Transmission

3.Mother Of Millions - Artifacts

4.Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind

5.Soen - Lotus

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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

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Here is a list of all the bands who received at least one write-in vote during MSA 2019.

Following the annoucement of the results, this information is lost, I post it here so you can continue to explore…

1.Babymetal - Metal Galaxy

2.Cave In - Final Transmission

3.Mother Of Millions - Artifacts

4.Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind

5.Soen - Lotus

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This is the list of albums I had on heavy rotation during 2019. If an album was very good but way too long or demanding to listen to it more than twice, you won't see it here (e.g. Esoteric). I have limited…

1.Atlantean Kodex - The Course Of Empire

2.Idle Hands - Mana

3.Diamond Head - The Coffin Train

4.Flotsam And Jetsam - The End Of Chaos

5.Numenorean - Adore

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1.Rotting Christ - The Heretics

2.Avantasia - Moonglow

3.Eluveitie - Ategnatos

4.Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave

5.Beast In Black - From Hell With Love

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These are MY Top 250 Albums that are featured on Metal Storm in chronological order to celebrate 50 Years of Metal.

Some bands are featured on this list with more than one album, which means that they…

1.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

2.Deep Purple - In Rock

3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

4.Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards

5.Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies

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Another year has passed. So it's time to make an end of the year list. Like always I've added the specific genre/subgenre so you can easily pick out the albums that might be of interest to you.

1.Paladin - Ascension

2.In Mourning - Garden Of Storms

3.Idle Hands - Mana

4.My Diligence - Sun Rose

5.Atlantean Kodex - The Course Of Empire

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Listing albums that I have listened and liked enough to rank. My tastes skew towards Death/Black Metal which means I probably give most other genres a pass. I also don't bother rating such albums unless…

1.Vader - Thy Messenger

2.Legion Of The Damned - Slaves Of The Shadow Realm

3.Unfathomable Ruination - Enraged & Unbound

4.Embrional - Evil Dead

5.Malevolent Creation - The 13th Beast

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**DISCLAIMER: The following list is based on my own opinions and musical diversity, and should not be taken as Metalstorm's input on any artist/record/band whatsoever.
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With no further ado,
Let 2019…

1.Leprous - Pitfalls

2.Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave

3.Devin Townsend - Empath

4.Týr - Hel

5.The Dark Element - Songs The Night Sings

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just rating albums as I listen to them, work in progress…

1.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

2.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

3.Wintersun - Wintersun

4.Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy

5.Angra - Temple Of Shadows

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1.Volbeat - Rewind, Replay, Rebound

2.Babymetal - Metal Galaxy

3.Dream Theater - Distance Over Time

4.Rammstein - Rammstein

5.Soen - Lotus

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1.Brymir - Wings Of Fire

2.Avantasia - Moonglow

3.Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave

4.Borknagar - True North

5.Twilight Force - Dawn Of The Dragonstar

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1.Death Angel - Humanicide

2.Acid Reign - The Age Of Entitlement

3.Aeon Zen - INVERITAS

4.Allegaeon - Apoptosis

5.Alter Bridge - Walk The Sky

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1.Kryptos - Afterburner

2.Overkill - The Wings Of War

3.Brymir - Wings Of Fire

4.Iron Fire - Beyond The Void

5.Aephanemer - Prokopton

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