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2020: Jan-Jun

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And I'm not broke yet.

Character limit maxed in mid-May (lockdown increased my music intake too much), so needed to cut down some entries.

I also gave…

1.Psychonaut - Unfold The God Man
2.Elder - Omens
3.Regarde Les Hommes Tomber - Ascension
4.Pure Reason Revolution - Eupnea
5.Barishi - Old Smoke

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Created by musclassia on 16.01.2020



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Top 100 Albums of the 2010s

I joined Metal Storm in late 2010 and throughout the years I have discovered so many incredible bands and albums thanks to this site.

My taste in music has changed considerably during this decade so…

1.SubRosa - More Constant Than The Gods
2.Chelsea Wolfe - Abyss
3.Nhor - Within The Darkness Between The Starlight
4.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale
5.Agruss - Morok

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Created by Draugen on 06.01.2020



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The 5.98/10 List - Readable Reviews Re-Revisited

Let's celebrate the most

amusing
interesting
moving
innovative*
controversial
enthusiastic
courageous
extraordinary
hilarious

reviews in the history of Metal Storm!

Suggestions for…

1.Opeth - Blackwater Park
2.Fear Factory - Archetype
3.Hypocrisy - The Arrival
4.Stovokor - Metal Of Honor
5.Visions Of Atlantis - Cast Away

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Created by Starvynth on 31.12.2019



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Now That's What I Call Range: Highest Highs And Lowest Lows

A list of bands ordered by the biggest difference between their highest rated album on MS and their lowest rated album on MS. Finally my Excel skills paid off. Some ratings may be a bit outdated. Open…

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
2.Metallica - Lulu [Collaboration]
3.Celtic Frost - Monotheist
4.Celtic Frost - Cold Lake
5.Machine Head - The Blackening

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Created by RaduP on 14.11.2019



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Tea[m]ster's 2017 7 Mile Fair

Slow start to 2017. Keep an eye on this list you bargain-basement shoppers...

1.Au-Dessus - End Of Chapter
2.Viscera - 3/Release Yourself Through Desperate Rituals
3.Slowdive - Slowdive
4.Echoes(UK) - Cornerstone
5.Fen - Winter

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Created by tea[m]ster on 12.02.2017



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Top Releases Of 2017, Now With A Smoked Salmon Bagel!

This year, I will be posting far more thoroughly than I have in the last two years or so. The list below is ranked in order from best to worst, but I'll likely end up cutting some albums in the end.

1.Combat Astronomy - Symmetry Through Collapse
2.Fen - Winter
3.Oceanic - Trappist
4.Hubris - Apocryphal Gravity
5.The Ominous Circle - Appalling Ascension

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Created by Diverge on 15.01.2017



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Apothecary's Ayahuasca: 2016 Psychosermons

Essentially a sequel to my 2015 Rituals list, assuming I take the time to keep up with it this time.

Here are the albums from this year, metal or otherwise, that've most taken me on those deep,…

1.Trench Devils - The Signal
2.Nonsun - Black Snow Desert
3.Atom Made Earth - Morning Glory
4.Serpent Dream - Serpent Dream
5.Manunkind - Manunkind

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Created by Auntie Sahar on 03.01.2016



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We Need To Go Deeper?

My intention in creating this list was to draw clicks from mainstream acts to provide a gateway to lesser-known alternatives from a similar sound. Some of these will be no-brainers to those who already…

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Created by flightoficarus on 04.02.2015



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Generic, Bog Standard Album-By-Numbers (That I Enjoy)

The title pretty much says it all. Feel free to tell me your poor taste in albums, and I will add them as well.

1.Behemoth - The Satanist
2.Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II - Dialogue With The Stars
3.Children Of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet?
4.Chthonic - Seediq Bale
5.Cradle Of Filth - Nymphetamine

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Created by V01d on 13.01.2015



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Doc's Top 20 (Metal) Albums Of All Time

My top-20 all time favorite (metal) albums. Obviously subject to change over long periods of time. Left out most recent finds - these are albums that have resonated with me for at least a few years.

1.High On Fire - Death Is This Communion
2.3 Inches Of Blood - Here Waits Thy Doom
3.Turisas - The Varangian Way
4.Keep Of Kalessin - Kolossus
5.Motörhead - Inferno

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Created by Doc G. on 20.09.2014



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Best Of 2014

So far, 2014 has been such an amazing ride in every respective field of music. Metal is no stranger, since its wide variety of sub-genres make this 2014 race and interesting one.
This list is 100% based…

1.Major Parkinson - Twilight Cinema
2.Hail Spirit Noir - Oi Magoi
3.Agalloch - The Serpent & The Sphere
4.Triptykon - Melana Chasmata
5.IQ - The Road Of Bones

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Created by raveneffect on 25.04.2014



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Deathcore 101

This is a list of deathcore albums I think positively about. Meaning I include both stuff I think of as enjoyable and stuff I consider to be brilliant music. Order is alphabetical, also only one album…

1.Aegaeon - Being
2.The Acacia Strain - 3750
3.After The Burial - Rareform
4.All Shall Perish - The Price Of Existence
5.Animosity - Empires

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Created by Uldreth on 30.03.2014



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Hadriel's Favorites Of 2013

1.Deafheaven - Sunbather
2.Protest The Hero - Volition
3.Omnium Gatherum - Beyond
4.The Ocean - Pelagial
5.Haken - The Mountain

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Created by hadriel on 08.06.2013



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Albums Named After The Reaction I Had The First Time I Listened To Them

Just to be clear, my opinion of many of these albums has changed since the first time I heard them. And I get that some other famous titles would be funny to put here, but I'm going to spoil the fun…

1.Anathema - A Fine Day To Exit
2.Austrian Death Machine - Total Brutal
3.Clutch - Pure Rock Fury
4.Devin Townsend - Addicted
5.Divinefire - Farewell

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Created by Wukk on 25.04.2013



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Hipster Heart - Iron's 2013

As usual, interesting albums of the year to be ranked and reviewed.

This time I'll make it easier for myself, and group weaker releases by genre as soon as I rate them. Expect only 5-3,5/5 to be…

1.Torres - Torres
2.SubRosa - More Constant Than The Gods
3.Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away
4.Procession - To Reap Heavens Apart
5.Obscure Sphinx - Void Mother

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Created by IronAngel on 19.01.2013