1.Shylmagoghnar - Emergence

2.Galneryus - Angel Of Salvation

3.Blindead - Affliction XXIX II MXMVI

4.Batushka - Litourgiya

5.Leprous - Bilateral

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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 who is young in age, my tastes tend to revolve around the period of the 80s to the present.* Although certain metal albums from before will certainly be featured, the period of the 60s-70s will be under-represented. I refer you to this excellent list to gain a better appreciation for some of the best metal from that period: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/freis/martin_popoffs_the_top_500_heavy_metal_albums_of_all_time/

1.P.H.O.B.O.S. - Phlogiston Catharsis

2.Paara - Riitti

3.Pagan Altar - Mythical & Magical

4.Pagan's Mind - Enigmatic : Calling

5.Paganizer - Into The Catacombs

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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 ones here, please give this list a thumbs up and/or leave a comment so we can get these overlooked gems in front of more people.

Criteria:
• High-quality musicianship (i.e. 9-10/10 IMO)
• 1 album per band

Ordered by number of votes then MS rating.

As these are albums with a low number of votes, the rating is likely to change frequently. I will update this list as often as I can.

Updated: 29-Jan-24

My other lists:
Top 500 Albums (ordered & rated)
Top 25 EPs (also ordered & rated)
Top 200 Overrated Albums (trigger warning)
So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)

1.Solipsist - The Human Equation

2.Ayahuasca - Beneath The Mind

3.Cryptomnesia - Primordial Oddity

4.Element (USA) - The Energy

5.Telepathy - 12 Areas

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An attempt to walk through almost 40 years of metal records, trying to pick one (and only one) record each year. The record that should be listened to at least once in life.
Some years are difficult because there are too many classics and in many situations the record that made it in the list is not my favorite by the band, but the one who had weaker competitors (and some of my favorite bands are not in the list too, for the same reason).

1.AC/DC - Back In Black

2.Motörhead - No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith

3.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

4.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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An unordered list of records on the dark side.
Solitude, despair, sadness, melancholy. Just a bit of rage.
Cooked to introduce you to the dark side of a once sunny day,

1.Mouth Of The Architect - The Ties That Blind

2.Swallow The Sun - The Morning Never Came

3.The Sins Of Thy Beloved - Lake Of Sorrow

4.Potentiam - Bálsýn

5.Doom:VS - Dead Words Speak

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Rules:
1. One album per band
2. Alphabetic order
3. Only albums with less than 30 votes + albums not available on MS



Links to albums which are not featured on MS:
Antagonist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7gKRrqbWG8
Aphotic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGDeUKGB16o
Apocalypse (UK) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-6Dw9EjLe8
Arcania https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU7oPe7WUfw
Armageddon (USA) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfu4hX1H_-s
As Light Dies http://aslightdies.bandcamp.com/album/ars-subtilior-from-within-the-cage
Atlain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaG3-z_puEM
Attack http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mSzsfjD3jE
Auditory Imagery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNT5bypc2rQ
Änglagård https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFI554_xM-I
Babylon Sad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc12Z3Bqf2c
Betrayal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl9mqOw7adc
Black Hole http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlkPxq1BZaE
Black Symphony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8Ly1Luk21s
Blood Cult http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgwRqPoM_zg
Bronz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OTnWnDegMw
Buffalo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rzxM6Z_oDQ
Cactus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_y_m0mImGw
Calhoun Conquer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQih771h2Mw
Carmilla Morte http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmqiMdo5Zks
Cave Of Swimmers https://caveofswimmers.bandcamp.com/album/reflection
Centaur https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSn7iXf7lVc
Ceremonium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsbVOcaT4-c
Chowder http://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/passion-rift
Clepsydra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpQVVe9wPqc
Cosmosquad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HehOaRhPrx0
Counter-World Experience http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LPR-BoMQpc
Cryptomnesia http://tornfleshrecords.bandcamp.com/album/primordial-oddity
Crystal Age https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mot3HS8ks7I
Cult Of Vampyrism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VpmkSxl3Lo
Cybele https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pCxN9pkHTU
Cyberhed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJdj6iJ5lXo
Dali's Dilemma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80DcS2zHfM8
Dawn Of Dreams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyIZsuaQWJE
Dead Temple https://deadtemple.bandcamp.com/
Deaf Eyes https://deafeyes.bandcamp.com/releases
Decision D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQZ8vH-RBiQ
Decoryah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69bHWfAg_0A
Demimonde http://demimondeofficial.bandcamp.com/album/mutant-star
Diabolique https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx1mKbpncBU
Doom (JPN) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsqw8X-c4zc
Dust https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO_IyJU-ZbE
Dust Sculptures http://dustsculptures.bandcamp.com/album/nostalgia
Dustynation http://dustynation.bandcamp.com/
Dying Passion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLa6ACfBlGY
Earth Burnt Black https://earthburntblack.bandcamp.com/album/under-a-dying-sun
Egypt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt5Wh7jGSl8
Egypt (US) https://egypt1.bandcamp.com/album/become-the-sun
Embryo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2lhw0z7r_8
Empyria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr3u1Qjfk70
End Amen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVfKv9vC2z8
Energetic Krusher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1hUUhRAkTY
Equirhodont http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if1TCEu9jto
Eternal Cry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3wzddYaT6s
Eternal Valley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWRsO7_KNiM
Evol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OmQypgX-Lc
Excidium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2O9k7pNvLA
Exises https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srS4QTBCqp0
Exxplorer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgg2FXe5ZQE
Flames Of Hell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGHSHUj3IsU
H-Bomb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkmgHJgZl4I
Harrow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh-qWj5hzYs
Heaven's Cry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHp0jTLCUko
Hocculta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaI7dmrbwvA
Hydrotoxin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS0L_lPn3i8
Hypnotic Scenery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdc9abD6kgk
Icecross https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MOQRWHCJLA
Iron Claw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHL6Na0c5g0
Jakub Żytecki https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlTDJ1CwyP8
Jarun https://jarun.bandcamp.com/album/pod-niebem-utkanym-z-popio-u
Jeronimo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLMflMrHP24
Jester's March https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh6WR9x_eU8
Kalovorot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyze-7dst6A
Katar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw3DvrfWLsg
Kobong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EayCslBxICc
Kohllapse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sSYgruU3ug
Korpse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1njOKpJkcBI
Light Of Darkness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZNPZDB47OA
Lucifer's Friend http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y9AJ4HVAQg
Maeth http://maeth.bandcamp.com/album/oceans-into-ashes
Maleficium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lt28cw_oYI
Malignant Eternal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q88RWpnSYfs
Mech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_bfMQt6rpY
Megace http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4iFcde28Oc
Mely https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvorSS6mEtE
Memoria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSPEeBxWuxA
Memory Driven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvkb1FJAm_8
Mephistopheles (GER) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9FYtWtE4-A
Mistguide http://mistguide.bandcamp.com/album/era
Moonlight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=480oxwRDwmw
Narita https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w5e15suhfk
Necroart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4m_5I3MecA
Neolithic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op7tamalrT4
Nexus 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlABSdgZJFI
Night Sun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9sscVftmDU
Nimbatus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ntsia6r9hOo
Nox Mortis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UUsn2m94HA
Obiat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlZiyI6PPbw
Obrero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEtYdT5ifQ4
Obsidieth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja8EEH7vh4E
Odyssey (RSA) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1cDZfDXXzc
Olvido http://olvido-oficial.bandcamp.com/album/luto
Oppressor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtMPBlZ1EHM
Opus Arise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdVTjAgduHI
Oracle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH-QQZWqFEI
Ordained Fate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOivwjopHvg
Path Of Debris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lebyXZNr21M
Pergalė http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26N4_6JYop0
Polluted Inheritance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVdxGUo3Y04
Promethean http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc79qtfThZ4
Red Tide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jS_bNbnTMQ
Quicksand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5lGb7mLSUk
Sabaoth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKqjutLIdtM
Sacrosanct https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwVVICRxdSE
Sad Whisperings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06YH2FVtP8I
Sandrider http://sandrider.bandcamp.com/album/sandrider
Sanvoisen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtUi72rXfac
Scatterbrain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQmEpkrYkts
Scissorfight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJsIEOxkUik
Secrecy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tAy6DzMrEw
Sethery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd71lkQdpW0
Shadowseeds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3lPRlNYNGM
Sorg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IFGwLk-F7U
Soul Cages https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxtRlcB2WVY
Southwake http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uObnRZrXPBs
Stomach Earth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3XkLGh-23g
Stworz https://stworz.bandcamp.com/album/c-po-yznych-ziemiach
Sweet Noise http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk3hy31kQcc
Symphonian http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HLk1LV6nmE
Synkronizity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0rySk_WY4o
T2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1cKMIfcumg
Tangerine Circus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMnNAZMQ-IE
The Advent Equation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEQCBsIvgr0
The Bedlam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi6tQRtnXdE
The Beyond http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASBltGF1Yf4
The Fathomless Deep https://thefathomlessdeep.bandcamp.com/album/the-fathomless-deep
The Re-Stoned https://re-stoned.bandcamp.com/album/totems
Thunderhead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHrvJPbe-eQ
Thy Withering Orchard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9PuIWfAm7o
Time Grid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXCbYUCKPGk
Toad (CH) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci3Wt_HS4h8
Torchure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqoE9a4imfE
Touch Of Cruel Hands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKFZy0XMoSY
Tower https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO40C2HBlbA
Trizna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaHdBWB7NVs
Under The Sun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0xyRZRCi3E
Utopianisti http://utopianisti.bandcamp.com/album/utopianisti-ii-utopianisti-meets-black-motor-jon-ballantyne
Vanguard X Mortem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5EnjGbDMlo
Viogression http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmUF5fo3KL0
Violent Work Of Art https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hirh1sdp2Is
Virgo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHE5VQSB5PU
Vyre https://vyred.bandcamp.com/album/the-initial-frontier-pt-1
Wicked Innocence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LNKYKenx-Q
Wicked Maraya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8CVp-V9rD4
Wings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBB6b9R8Z1A
Wizz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5H02wmRgDk
Xenolith http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIcbJHC_FWY
Zions Abyss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z62KqVqQR-0

1.(EchO) - Devoid Of Illusions

2.5ive - Hesperus

3.7 Horns 7 Eyes - Throes Of Absolution

4.A Sorrowful Dream - Toward Nothingness

5.Aarni - Bathos

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I guess this one is pretty obvious since I'm Icelandic and find many of the bands of our scene quite interesting.

1.HAM - Buffalo Virgin

2.Sororicide - Apocalypse - Sororicide / In Memoriam / Strigaskór Nr. 42 [Split]

3.HAM - Dauður hestur

4.Forgarður Helvítis - Gerningarveður

5.Sólstafir - Í Blóđi Og Anda

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Personally I find Black Metal to be a very difficult genre to get into, hence the meager length of my list which contains all the albums I've really enjoyed to date, in no order. Recommendations are most welcome, nay required!

Note: Be sure to let me know if any of these aren't actually Black Metal

1.Potentiam - Bálsýn

2.Grabnebelfürsten - Dynastie Oder Wie Man Herrschaft Definert

3.Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice

4.Sigh - Hangman's Hymn- Musikalische Exequien

5.Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape

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10 Metal albums out of 90s that can't be missed by any metalhead!

1.Potentiam - Bálsýn

2.Taake - Nattestid Ser Porten Vid

3.The Sins Of Thy Beloved - Lake Of Sorrow

4.Katatonia - Discouraged Ones

5.Solefald - The Linear Scaffold

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