My favorite metal albums sorted alphabetically by band name and chronological by release date.

1.Æther Realm - Tarot

2.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations

3.Allegaeon - Proponent For Sentience

4.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

5.Amorphis - Silent Waters

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1.Burst - Lazarus Bird

2.Orphaned Land - Mabool: The Story Of The Three Sons Of Seven

3.Dark Suns - Grave Human Genuine

4.Taal - Skymind

5.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

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These CDs are on the highest shelf

1.Anthrax - Fistful Of Metal

2.Anthrax - Among The Living

3.Anthrax - Sound Of White Noise

4.Biohazard - State Of The World Address

5.Biohazard - Nativity In Black - A Tribute To Black Sabbath

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my ranking of the Big 4s Full-Length albums
Near the bottom , the rankings get a bit more 'interchangeable' because I can't be bothered to specifically discern the difference between turd flavors

1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?

4.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

5.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

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One of my favorite bands ranked

1.Anthrax - Fistful Of Metal

2.Anthrax - Among The Living

3.Anthrax - Spreading The Disease

4.Anthrax - Persistence Of Time

5.Anthrax - For All Kings

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This is an old list I made on my previous account. I've update it a little bit.
My introduction text back then said: "A list of 90s albums I enjoyed throughout the decade, some I discovered later."
I kept the same title.

1.Marillion - Brave

2.Dream Theater - Awake

3.Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade Of Gray

4.Enchant - Break

5.Marillion - Holidays In Eden

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1.Motörhead - Bastards

2.Carcass - Heartwork

3.Dissection - The Somberlain

4.Dio - Strange Highways

5.Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses

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Welcome to what I consider the "1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" or in other words, a list of records of various genres in the arrays of Metal and Hard Rock that I deem essential or at least very recommended to listeners of hard and heavy music. This may be a very overwhelming list but I essentially try to collect all albums in the History of Metal that strike me as worthwhile. May this be a guideline for people that seek for an entrance to a particular genre or certain bands. In no means I am saying, that this list is indisputable by any means. I consider these my personal picks for albums that should be listened to by die-hard metal fans at least once. Hopefully you can discover some new music or relate with my picks. If I missed something that you would include in such a list, please tell me in the form of a comment. Enjoy! \,,/

1.High Tide - Sea Shanties

2.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

4.Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come

5.Josefus - Dead Man

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Updated 14.4.2024

My rather personal and improvised take on the subject matter. The list is pretty wage, I'll be updating it a lot and the order might vary a little depending on some things, but they're all great and awesome records no matter what. If there are some great records missing, that doesn't necessarily mean I consider them bad, maybe I just forgot about them or just haven't listened to them enough to consider them personal favourites.

Limited to metal and rock albums found on Metal Storm. Most of them (at least 90%) are anyway, so doesn't matter. The absent ones are mostly more pop and synth oriented stuff and some really obscure jazz and fusion albums.

1.Marillion - Marbles

2.Anathema - Weather Systems

3.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

4.Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta

5.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

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1.Anthrax - Attack Of The Killer B's

2.Anthrax - Stomp 442

3.Anthrax - We've Come For You All

4.Anthrax - For All Kings

5.Anthrax - Sound Of White Noise

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1.Anthrax - Among The Living

2.Anthrax - Spreading The Disease

3.Anthrax - Persistence Of Time

4.Anthrax - Worship Music

5.Anthrax - Fistful Of Metal

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I think that the albums listed below are underrated.
Even those albums that are rated more than 8.6, should've made it to the top 200, or higher in that list. It's not only the score, but also the low amount of attention from the metal community to some of these albums.
Albums are in no particular order.
No, I am not fond of Euro power metal.

1.Anthrax - Among The Living

2.Anthrax - Fistful Of Metal

3.Anthrax - Sound Of White Noise

4.Biohazard - State Of The World Address

5.Danzig - Danzig 4

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My persona rankings of Anthrax's studio albums.

1.Anthrax - Among The Living

2.Anthrax - Spreading The Disease

3.Anthrax - Persistence Of Time

4.Anthrax - For All Kings

5.Anthrax - Sound Of White Noise

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1.Anthrax - Among The Living

2.Anthrax - Spreading The Disease

3.Anthrax - Worship Music

4.Anthrax - Persistence Of Time

5.Anthrax - State Of Euphoria

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1.Sepultura - Chaos A.D.

2.Clawfinger - Deaf Dumb Blind

3.Life Of Agony - River Runs Red

4.Steve Vai - Sex & Religion

5.Rush - Counterparts

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