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Top 200 Alternative Metal Albums

This is very simple, I took the ratings for a bunch of alternative metal albums on MS and ranked them accordingly

To qualify:
The album must have been released when the band was labelled as "Alternative Metal" by MS. So for example the three most recent Gojira albums count, but early Gojira does not.

The band must have more than 10 fans on MS

Therefore this is not a reflection of my opinions, rather a reflection of numbers so if you wanna get mad, get mad at the numbers, not me. And remember that this really isn't that serious

1.Mass Hysteria - Contraddiction
2.Tool - Lateralus
3.The Butterfly Effect - IV
4.Tool - Ænima
5.Mass Hysteria - Le Bien-Être Et La Paix

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Created by Wildebean on 05.04.2023



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Metal Songs And Albums That Inspired The Names Of Other Bands

This is an alphabetical list of metal songs and albums that inspired the names of other artists.

Please feel free to suggest more examples.



1.Amebix - No Sanctuary: The Spiderleg Recordings
2.Anathema - Alternative 4
3.Arch Enemy - Black Earth
4.Architects - Ruin
5.Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark

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Created by Plattner on 10.03.2023



2000 (An Exploration)

1.Iron Maiden - Brave New World
2.Rhapsody - Dawn Of Victory
3.Nightwish - Wishmaster
4.Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper
5.Mudvayne - L.D. 50

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Created by Artorix Carlsson on 06.10.2022



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Top 25 Alternative Metal Albums

1.System Of A Down - Toxicity
2.Soen - Lotus
3.Tool - Lateralus
4.Faith No More - The Real Thing
5.Tool - Ænima

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Created by Mrtvozornik on 14.01.2022



The Worst Metal Songs 👎

A personal list of non favorite metal songs, some better than others…
A bad song is the one I like the least and a great song is the one I love.
Beethoven

1.Hear 'n Aid - Stars
2.Black Sabbath - Never Say Die!
3.Metallica - Re-Load
4.Judas Priest - Ram It Down
5.Helloween - Pink Bubbles Go Ape

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Created by Blackcrowe on 06.12.2021



Ultimate Collection Of Metal

The albums below is my definition of extreme metal music, regardless of their genre. Entire list is based only on my personal preferences in metal.
Rules:
1. One album per band
2. 305 groups/305 albums

1.In Flames - Clayman
2.Metallica - ...And Justice For All
3.Chimaira - Chimaira
4.Death - Symbolic
5.Testament - The New Order

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Created by nikita_ducati on 18.10.2021



Top Metal Albums, 2000s

Constantly evolving list of my favorite metal albums from the 2000s

1.Trivium - Shogun
2.Opeth - Watershed
3.Tool - Lateralus
4.Deftones - White Pony
5.Trivium - Ascendancy

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Created by Jatin on 12.04.2020



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Nu-metal Albums Worth Your Time

1.Korn - Korn
2.Deftones - White Pony
3.System Of A Down - Toxicity
4.Korn - Untouchables
5.Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist

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Created by Kimdracula on 22.03.2020



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Top 100 Albums Of All Time

Current Top 100 as of September 2019. Having listened to metal for 45 years or so - here are my favourites (favourite track). One album limit per band. Enjoy!

1.Absu - Absu
2.AC/DC - If You Want Blood You've Got It
3.Agalloch - The Mantle
4.Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone
5.Alcest - Écailles De Lune

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Created by dp2412@aol.com on 12.09.2019



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Favorite Alternative Metal Albums

My personal favorite alternative/hard rock/non extreme albums. As with all my list this only includes bands on metalstorm...also certain albums that didn't make this list will make my top stoner, doom, sludge list or my progressive/post list

1.Clutch - Blast Tyrant
2.Queens Of The Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralyze
3.Tool - Ænima
4.Primus - Pork Soda
5.Queens Of The Stone Age - Era Vulgaris

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Created by ThenLividity96 on 28.03.2019



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Best Album From Each Year

Unfinished as I still have to catch up on more recent years. Also all of the places on the list are of course subject to change as I discover more music from each year.

My taste is very much centred around the power of the riff. That means most of the albums on this list are thrash, death, heavy, black, or some offshoot of those genres.

1.After The Burial - Dig Deep
2.Behemoth - The Satanist
3.Carcass - Surgical Steel
4.Cattle Decapitation - Monolith Of Inhumanity
5.Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony

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Created by Zombie94 on 16.04.2018



Top Ten Riffs Of Each Decade

While the order in each decade is purely personal preference, there are several rules for a song qualifying for the list. First off, the band has to be notable. I'm not going to define what that means, but I'm sure you'd agree all the bands in the list are notable. There are plenty of riffs from obscure bands I'd rather put, but I know my love for Tarby doesn't make him the greatest riff maker of the 21st century. Second, each artist can only appear once in a decade, this is to prevent the best riff makers from hogging the list and adding some variety, showing how metal has changed over time. Decades are measured by when the song was recorded, not released, and when it's unclear the beginning of recording is used. This is mainly because a lot of definitive early metal songs were released in 1970, but recorded in 1969. Third, the song itself has to be notable. Here are things that can qualify as being notable: the song was release as a single, has music video made for it, was released as a single, was the title track for an album (note that Crawl through Knives meets this criteria because it was the original title for Come Clarity, and there is no way in hell Come Clarity is getting best riff of the decade ), is included on a greatest hits compilation album, was nominated for a Grammy or musical award of similar caliber, was included as a track in a notable film or video game, was covered by a notable band, or has a Wikipedia page for some miscellaneous reason. Finally, the song needs to be metal. Misirlou gets the pass despite predating metal as it was probably the single most influential song on the development of metal, and while many of the other songs in the other songs are better classified as hard rock, I can find a source listing them as heavy metal.

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2.King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
3.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
4.Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
5.Deep Purple - In Rock

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Created by Ganondox on 04.08.2017



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Best Metal Albums Ever (IMO)

Metal albums that blow me away every time I hear them. Loosely ordered... list gets less organized as it goes on. My favorite song from each album is included.

1.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
2.Faith No More - Angel Dust
3.Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
4.Tool - Ænima
5.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

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Created by matthewdurham on 09.05.2017



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Top 10 Albums That Sound Like Tool

Tool is probably my favourite band,
And because I am not very positive that they'll drop a new Album this year (or this century...) I want to share some good music with a Tool-vibe.
Please keep in mind that I don't want to reduce the following bands efforts to their similarity to Tool.
Suggestions are welcome.

1.Lucid Planet - Lucid Planet
2.Soen - Cognitive
3.Rishloo - Feathergun
4.Prisma - You Name It
5.Source (USA) - Return To Nothing

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Created by Jambi0905 on 03.05.2017



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Growing's Top Metal Albums

Main criterias:
How much I love it(obviously)
Songwritting
Importance and originality
Consistency and diversity (consistency is more importance, but diversity can make a difference)


1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace
3.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
4.Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
5.Slayer - Haunting The Chapel

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Created by Growing on 30.11.2015