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Metal Band Names Inspired By Films

This alphabetical list presents bands that took the inspiration for their name from films (movies, tv series, documentaries).

Please feel free to suggest more examples of metal/hard rock band names…

1.36 Crazyfists - Bitterness The Star
2.Alien Queen - Matriarch
3.Alien Weaponry - Tū
4.Anaal Nathrakh - The Codex Necro
5.Armored Saint - March Of The Saint

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Created by Plattner on 02.12.2023



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Best Of November 2023

Here it goes, one month left to end of the year…

1.From North - Raven Banner
2.Stormlord - The EPic Of War
3.Shylmagoghnar - Convergence
4.Night Crowned - Tales
5.Temple Balls - Avalanche

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Created by Bad English on 29.11.2023



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50 80s Albums That Shaped A Young Metalhead (no Order )

1.Metal Church - Metal Church
2.Crimson Glory - Transcendence
3.Slayer - Show No Mercy
4.Viva - What The Hell Is Going On
5.Satan - Court In The Act

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Created by Samarithan on 18.11.2023



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Evrope Ov Ólde

These songs make me think of times so old that none of us were there to experience them. The criteria for the inclusion of a song are so personal here that there's a high chance you think something…

1.Enslaved - Vikingligr Veldi
2.Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
3.Satyricon - Dark Medieval Times
4.Windir - Arntor
5.Bathory - Hammerheart

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Created by Qualeen on 20.10.2023



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Scorpions Ranked 🦂

Scorpions one of my favorite bands, in the last couple of years I started listen much often the 70’s records and those records grows up on me.
The band of the seventies is hard heavy and obscure, with…

1.Scorpions - Taken By Force
2.Scorpions - In Trance
3.Scorpions - Virgin Killer
4.Scorpions - Fly To The Rainbow
5.Scorpions - Lonesome Crow

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Created by Blackcrowe on 15.08.2023



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Best Of June 2023

By By June, By By Summer…

1.Saturnus - The Storm Within
2.Jag Panzer - The Hallowed
3.Sworn - A Journey Told Through Fire
4.Necrofier - Burning Shadows In The Southern Night
5.Fifth Angel - When Angels Kill

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Created by Bad English on 31.07.2023



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Currently Listening... (July 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…

1.Agents Of Oblivion - Agents Of Oblivion
2.Altari - Kr ö flueldar
3.Blackbraid - Blackbraid I
4.Blackbraid - Blackbraid II
5.Darkened - Kingdom Of Decay

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Created by F3ynman on 02.07.2023



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TOP 100 (2023)

1.Orbit Culture - Descent
2.Tryglav - The Ritual
3.Code Orange - The Above
4.Cloak - Black Flame Eternal
5.Thy Catafalque - Alföld

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Created by Killian on 10.02.2023



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Best Album Closers

A lot has already been said about the best album openers in metal. Not that much do we talk about abum closers though.
I guess for me the ending of an album is at least as important as its start.
I have…

1.Iron Maiden - Powerslave
2.Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings
3.Mercyful Fate - Melissa
4.Opeth - Morningrise
5.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

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Created by Redel on 23.01.2023



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Top 2023 Metal Albums

1.Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite
2.Thy Art Is Murder - Godlike
3.Humanity's Last Breath - Ashen
4.Structural - Decrowned
5.Insomnium - Anno 1696

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Created by Umideath on 13.01.2023



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2023 Best Album Cover Art

1.Katatonia - Sky Void Of Stars
2.Anima Hereticae - Descended From The Mountains
3.Kouta - Kaarnak ö ydet
4.Obituary - Dying Of Everything
5.Frozen Dawn - The Decline Of The Enlightened Gods

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Created by Anghellic67 on 11.01.2023



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Best Of 2022 Death Metal

Shieeet, here we go again...
Best death metal AD 2022 according to myself, listed alphabetically by band name with subgenres. Some notable omissions include: Amon Amarth, Behemoth, Decapitated, Fallujah,…

1.Abysmal Dawn - Nightmare Frontier
2.Acephalix - Theothanatology
3.Aeternam - Heir Of The Rising Sun
4.Aethereus - Leiden
5.Allegaeon - Damnum

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Created by Jaro on 05.01.2023



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Top Albums Of 2023

This list will contain both full studio albums and EP's…

1.Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite
2.Sanguisugabogg - Homicidal Ecstasy
3.Hellripper - Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
4.Sarcoptes - Prayers To Oblivion
5.Fires In The Distance - Air Not Meant For Us

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Created by KaninStryparn on 03.01.2023



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2023: A Rough Ranking

2023 here we go. My target for the year is 100+ albums, at a rule of 2 albums a week minimum.

1.Nospūn - Opus
2.Periphery - Periphery V: Djent Is Not A Genre
3.Sleep Token - Take Me Back To Eden
4.Crow Black Sky - Sidereal Light: Volume Two
5.Against Myself - Tides Of Insanity

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Created by 24emd on 03.01.2023



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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive, 2004

A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

2004 was a another good year, especially for my favorite genres Symphonic metal and power…

1.Haggard - Eppur Si Muove
2.Ayreon - The Human Equation
3.Orphaned Land - Mabool: The Story Of The Three Sons Of Seven
4.Nightwish - Once
5.Wintersun - Wintersun

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Created by Handala on 29.09.2022