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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 |
UNCENSORED Metal Music Video
This is Metal Music Video that shows some 'boobs' in it (In No Order). ENJOY...!!
| 1. | Alice Cooper - Trash |
| 2. | Behemoth - Evangelion |
| 3. | Belphegor - Blood Magick Necromance |
| 4. | Cephalic Carnage - Misled By Certainty |
| 5. | Cradle Of Filth - From The Cradle To Enslave |
| + 19 more |
Some Ripping Black And Blackened Death Faves...
This is a list of some of my favorite speedy ripping Black and Blackened Death metal albums...
| 1. | 1349 - Hellfire |
| 2. | Abigail Williams - In The Shadow Of A Thousand Suns |
| 3. | Angelcorpse - The Inexorable |
| 4. | Anaal Nathrakh - Eschaton |
| 5. | Anagnorisis - Overton Trees |
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The Mightiest Albums Annually
Mightiest = albums I can listen to almost anytime/anywhere - no matter how many times they never wear out - and always give me pleasure, power, euphoria, goosebumps, inspiration and many other nasty things.
| 1. | Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud |
| 2. | Anaal Nathrakh - Desideratum |
| 3. | Battle Beast - Battle Beast |
| 4. | Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone |
| 5. | Skeletonwitch - Forever Abomination |
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The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (S)
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. | S.V.E.S.T. - Veritas Diaboli Manet In Aeternum: Le Diable Est Ma Raison |
| 2. | Sabachthani - Miserable Endings |
| 3. | Sabaoth - Les Illuminations |
| 4. | Sabaton - Carolus Rex |
| 5. | Sabbat - Dreamweaver |
| + 361 more |
The Worst "Popular" Metal Albums
I realize the importance of these albums to the genres, and the influence they have had. however I do not find these albums really that great and pleasurable due to the competition and elimination through…
| 1. | Atheist - Unquestionable Presence |
| 2. | Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes |
| 3. | Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God |
| 4. | Accept - Restless And Wild |
| 5. | Accept - Balls To The Wall |
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Favourites
| 1. | King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King |
| 2. | Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant |
| 3. | Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality |
| 4. | Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick |
| 5. | Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny |
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Top Favourite Black Metal Albums
| 1. | Burzum - Filosofem |
| 2. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 3. | Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger |
| 4. | Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk |
| 5. | Marduk - Rom 5:12 |
| + 76 more |
Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive 1996
A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.
1996 was a very soild year, even though in the mainstream metal/rock started to go down…
1996 was a very soild year, even though in the mainstream metal/rock started to go down…
| 1. | Therion - Theli |
| 2. | Katatonia - Brave Murder Day |
| 3. | Vinterland - Welcome My Last Chapter |
| 4. | Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear |
| 5. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
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50 Albums From The Dawn Of My Metalhead's Career
These are some albums I replayed hundreds of times on my MC-player when I was 16. Some of them I still listen to, while others I’d never play again. Some are good, some are bad, and some are rather unexpected—but…
| 1. | Aggressor - Of Long Duration Anguish |
| 2. | Amorphis - The Karelian Isthmus |
| 3. | Amorphis - Elegy |
| 4. | Brutality - When The Sky Turns Black |
| 5. | Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss |
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Albums Of My Life
No particular order
| 1. | Graveworm - As The Angels Reach The Beauty |
| 2. | Graveworm - Scourge Of Malice |
| 3. | Dimmu Borgir - For All Tid |
| 4. | Dimmu Borgir - Stormblåst |
| 5. | Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant |
| + 150 more |
Currently Listening... (April 2023 Edition)
These are albums that I'm currently enjoying. They may be classics that I'm revisiting or new gems I've recently discovered. (Ordered alphabetically)
- A star (⭐️) denotes a new discovery…
- A star (⭐️) denotes a new discovery…
| 1. | Allfather - A Violent Truth |
| 2. | Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud |
| 3. | Anvil - Metal On Metal |
| 4. | Artrosis - Hidden Dimension |
| 5. | Azaghal - Immortalized In Luciferian Blood |
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Fave BM (and BM-adjacent) Albums
* Updating this as I get around to doing song-by-song on RYM.
* 1 album per band
* limiting this to actual black metal releases, as opposed to releases by bands that were, at one time, black metal.
>>…
* 1 album per band
* limiting this to actual black metal releases, as opposed to releases by bands that were, at one time, black metal.
>>…
| 1. | Weakling - Dead As Dreams |
| 2. | Deathspell Omega - Paracletus |
| 3. | Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle |
| 4. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 5. | Altar Of Plagues - Teethed Glory & Injury |
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Systematic Desensitization: Black Metal Edition
For many, some of the more extreme types of metal can be challenging to penetrate. I'll admit that my first time listening to Burzum was nearly the equivalent of listening to a buzz-saw. But over…
| 1. | Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon |
| 2. | Melechesh - Enki |
| 3. | Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini |
| 4. | Immortal - All Shall Fall |
| 5. | Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant |
| + 41 more |