Lists by nonZero
Top 500 Albums of All Time
I've been listening to Metal since 2005 and it has become my biggest passion in life. Rarely a day goes by where I don't listen to it in one form or another. The bands I listened to in my teens…
| 1. | Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral |
| 2. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 3. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 5. | Opeth - Still Life |
| + 495 more |
Top 200 Overlooked Albums
This list aims to be the counterpart to the Metal Storm Top 200 Albums (plus a few extras).
If you discover a new band or already like any of the ones here, please give this list a thumbs up and/or…
If you discover a new band or already like any of the ones here, please give this list a thumbs up and/or…
| 1. | Solipsist - The Human Equation |
| 2. | Ayahuasca - Beneath The Mind |
| 3. | Cryptomnesia - Primordial Oddity |
| 4. | Element (USA) - The Energy |
| 5. | Telepathy - 12 Areas |
| + 195 more |
Top 30 Doom Metal Albums
Doom Metal is one of those genres that I'd never really taken much notice of until I started working my way through the MS top 200 albums. I'd listened to Black Sabbath when a teacher at my school…
| 1. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 2. | Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality |
| 3. | Slumber - Fallout |
| 4. | Doom:VS - Dead Words Speak |
| 5. | October Tide - Rain Without End |
| + 25 more |
So I Heard You Like Wintersun...
This list aims to be the Wintersun equivalent of LeKiwi's fantastic So I Heard You Like Opeth... list (go and check that one out if you're a fan).
A lot of us around these parts are/were big…
A lot of us around these parts are/were big…
| 1. | Æther Realm - Tarot |
| 2. | Aephanemer - Prokopton |
| 3. | Atavistia - One Within The Sun |
| 4. | Blind Stare - Symphony Of Delusions |
| 5. | Children Of Bodom - Hatebreeder |
| + 28 more |
Top 25 EPs of All Time
To me, an EP is a release of original music under 30m in length.
Score is an average of each EP's song ratings, full list located here (only new original songs included).
If you discovered any…
Score is an average of each EP's song ratings, full list located here (only new original songs included).
If you discovered any…
| 1. | Nine Inch Nails - Broken |
| 2. | Galneryus - 絆 |
| 3. | Insomnium - Songs Of The Dusk |
| 4. | As I Lay Dying - Decas |
| 5. | Necromantia - Ancient Pride |
| + 20 more |
Top 27 Death Metal Albums
I struggled to get into “pure” death metal when I first got into metal around 2005. Gradually over time I started listening to melodic death metal (Dark Tranquillity and In Flames) and progressive death…
| 1. | Bloodbath - Nightmares Made Flesh |
| 2. | Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream |
| 3. | Pestilence - Consuming Impulse |
| 4. | Vomitory - Blood Rapture |
| 5. | Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris |
| + 22 more |
Top 34 Heavy Metal Albums
Heavy Metal (like most people I imagine) was one of the first metal genres I got into around 2005. My friend introduced me to Iron Maiden and from there I was hooked! He would recommend me which of their…
| 1. | Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son |
| 2. | Metallica - Metallica |
| 3. | Iron Maiden - Powerslave |
| 4. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 5. | Deep Purple - Machine Head |
| + 29 more |
Top 47 Thrash Metal Albums
Thrash was one of the first metal genres I got into around 2005. I discovered Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, etc through Kerrang! magazine and their albums quickly became my favourites at the time. Now,…
| 1. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 2. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 3. | Metallica - ...And Justice For All |
| 4. | Death - The Sound Of Perseverance |
| 5. | Slayer - Reign In Blood |
| + 42 more |
Top 51 Melodic Death Metal Albums
I've always been a fan of melodic death metal, having listened to bands such as In Flames, Dark Tranquillity and At The Gates in my first few years of getting into metal around 2005-2008. Now, thanks…
| 1. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 2. | Wintersun - Time I |
| 3. | Insomnium - Winter's Gate |
| 4. | At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul |
| 5. | The Haunted - The Haunted Made Me Do It |
| + 46 more |
Top 56 Black Metal Albums
I've been listened to Black Metal since the late 2000s starting with Emperor and Dimmu Borgir. Since then, I've discover dozens of amazing bands thanks to MS and it has become one of my favourite…
| 1. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 2. | Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle |
| 3. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 4. | Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk |
| 5. | Windir - 1184 |
| + 51 more |
Top 23 Progressive Death Metal Albums
I first got into progressive death metal when my friend bought Opeth's Ghost Reveries from HMV in London when we went to see Iron Maiden at Twickenham stadium in 2008. I borrowed the album to find…
| 1. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 2. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 3. | Opeth - Still Life |
| 4. | Opeth - Ghost Reveries |
| 5. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson II |
| + 18 more |
Moonsorrow: Best To Worst
I first listened to Moonsorrow when I saw Kivenkantaja on the MS Top 200 albums back around 2010 time. I was amazed by their mixture of powerful folk melodies and harsh black metal. It transported me to…
| 1. | Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta |
| 2. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
| 3. | Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet |
| 4. | Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika |
| 5. | Moonsorrow - Suden Uni |
| + 2 more |
Top 200 Albums Of The 2000s
Here are the 00s albums that have stood out and made the largest impact on me. To be as transparent as possible, I've labelled albums as 'nostalgia bias' where my memories of the band give…
| 1. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 2. | Trivium - Shogun |
| 3. | Machine Head - The Blackening |
| 4. | Trivium - Ascendancy |
| 5. | Opeth - Ghost Reveries |
| + 195 more |
Top 28 Folk Metal Albums
I’ve been a fan of some folk metal bands such as Ensiferum and Moonsorrow for a while now. I loved the combination of melody and intensity combined with traditional folk influences from their respective…
| 1. | Ensiferum - Ensiferum |
| 2. | Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta |
| 3. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
| 4. | Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet |
| 5. | Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields |
| + 23 more |
Top 123 Albums of the 1990s
Here are the 90s albums that have stood out and made the largest impact on me. To be as transparent as possible, I've labelled albums as 'nostalgia bias' where my memories of the band give…
| 1. | Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral |
| 2. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 3. | Opeth - Still Life |
| 4. | Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power |
| 5. | Metallica - Metallica |
| + 118 more |