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Great Bass Songs Top 50+

Great Songs on the 4 Strings, Classic songs… Remember from the rehearsal of your band, when the guy on the bass start to move the fingers on that song? Well this is a tribute to that moment and a tribute to those genius of the 4 strings.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
2.Tool - Lateralus
3.Rush - Moving Pictures
4.Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
5.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

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Created by Blackcrowe on 15.06.2023



Led Zeppelin Ranked

Led Zeppelin albums ranked from worst to best

1.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
2.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
4.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
5.Led Zeppelin - Presence

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Created by Coolingsrock on 02.04.2023



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That 70’s Show, The Best 70’s Songs

Best Heavy or Hard Songs of the wonderful 70’s

1.Rainbow - Rising
2.Motörhead - Overkill
3.Black Sabbath - Sabotage
4.Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
5.Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti

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Created by Blackcrowe on 18.03.2022



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1001 Metal Albums to Hear Before You Die

An ongoing list for personal use as well as for reference for beginners (& veterans alike). This is solely my personal opinion and taste (Death & Prog mostly but do give every genre a try). Basically will include albums I've rated 8 & above. Sorted by year since I'll need a Venn diagram to sort by genre (seriously MS please make it happen if possible). Will feature multiple releases per year (obviously) and per band (since if a band is putting out better albums it deserves more recognition). Keeping the metal faith alive from India

1.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
2.King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
4.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
5.Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself

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Created by metalriff on 05.02.2021



A Little Further (Into The Progressive)

One album per artist in alphabetical order which happen to be my favorites. Feels like an addendum to the ?Beginner's Guide To Building A Prog Collection" (http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=58) often mentioning the same band but different releases.

1.36 Crazyfists - A Snow Capped Romance
2.Agrypnie - 16[485]
3.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
4.Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone
5.Alkaloid - Liquid Anatomy

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Created by niklas_sn7 on 28.04.2020



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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



Top 20 Proto-Metal/Hard Rock Albums Of 1970

In no real particular order. These albums are all great.

1.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
2.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
4.Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come
5.Deep Purple - In Rock

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Created by 1968fan on 28.08.2018



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Greatest Heavy Metal Albums Of All Time

Note: these are only for the traditional style of metal borne out of the period of late 60s - late 80s. Modern bands are permitted but they need to be playing in that style.

Recommendations are welcome. I'll listen and if I like it, I'll add it.

1.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
2.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
3.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
4.Deep Purple - In Rock
5.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III

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Created by Zombie94 on 09.11.2017



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



Led Zeppelin Albums - Best To Worst (Opinion)

Simple. Led Zep's albums ordered in my personal preference.

1.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
2.Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
3.Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
4.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
5.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III

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Created by HeroMaster47 on 10.07.2017



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TOP 10 ALBUMS 1970

1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
2.Deep Purple - In Rock
3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
4.Uriah Heep - Very 'eavy... Very 'umble
5.Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come

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Created by rivendel on 24.11.2014



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Ace Frawley's Top 10 Led Zeppelin Songs (one per studio album)

These are my personal favourites - only one song chosen from the nine Led Zeppelin studio albums (but have allowed myself the indulgence of choosing two from Physical Graffiti, because it's a double-album and I wanted a list of ten songs).

1.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
2.Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
4.Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
5.Led Zeppelin - Presence

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Created by Ace Frawley on 05.02.2014



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Best To Worst Led Zeppelin Albums

The best to worst studio albums by Led Zeppelin (in my opinion).

1.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
2.Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
4.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
5.Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy

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Created by Pokermask on 22.12.2013



Uncertain Feelings

image = placeholder for when the Austrian act is added in, from band Suggestions

also fitting here - for now - 2013 contenders for "greatness" Obliteration (NorwDM):
http://noisey.vice.com/blog/obliteration-black-death-horizon-and-experience-true-death
and Tribulation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkBWriJweR8 (no, that's their '09)

1.Blind Faith - Blind Faith
2.ZZ Top - Greatest Hits
3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
4.Metallica - St. Anger
5.Anathema - A Fine Day To Exit

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Created by Syk on 08.11.2013



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Rock & Metal Ballads Collection

Compilation of many Hard Rock or Metal Ballads I've heard. Bands and Albums are ordered by name alphabetically.

1.Accept - Balls To The Wall
2.Accept - Blood Of The Nations
3.Accept - Eat The Heat
4.Adagio - Underworld
5.Aerosmith - Aerosmith

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Created by Alpha on 27.09.2013