Almost all album titles fall in one of two categories: The album shares the title with one of its songs (the title track) or, alternatively, the album title is independent from the songs (no title track).

However, there are examples of songs that have a central link to the album title without sharing the same name. In these cases, certain lyrics from the song were chosen as the album title.

This (alphabetical) list shows the names of these “hidden title tracks” and the central lyrics that gave the name to the corresponding album.

Please feel free to suggest more of your favorite metal/hard rock examples of these “hidden title tracks”.

1.40 Watt Sun - Wider Than The Sky

2.A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays

3.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops

4.Agalloch - The Mantle

5.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

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Maybe there is a million of records with ugly covers outside, but this is my choice
Great records bad covers and bad records bad covers, the art work it’s sometimes subjective…
Never judge a book by its cover

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1.Metallica - 72 Seasons

2.Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!

3.Riot - Narita

4.Cyclone Temple - My Friend Lonely

5.Exodus - Force Of Habit

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1.Dio - Holy Diver

2.Dio - The Last In Line

3.Dio - Strange Highways

4.Dio - Sacred Heart

5.Dio - Master Of The Moon

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1.Dio - Holy Diver

2.Dio - The Last In Line

3.Dio - Dream Evil

4.Dio - Magica

5.Dio - Master Of The Moon

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An exploration of the best (and worst) albums of 1996, will keep updating as I find more albums to rank. I've often thought that 1996 was one of the worst years for metal but I keep finding great and overlooked albums. Many of them deserve another listen, there are definitely some gems hidden amongst the weirdness.

1.Stratovarius - Episode

2.Metallica - Load

3.Amorphis - Elegy

4.Bathory - Blood On Ice

5.Burzum - Filosofem

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JUST FOR FUN….Bad Records From Great Bands Or Bands You Just Don’t Get Into…This is my personal choice
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1.Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar

2.Limp Bizkit - Significant Other

3.Bruce Dickinson - Skunkworks

4.KISS - Unmasked

5.Manowar - Kings Of Metal MMXIV

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A list of bands ordered by the biggest difference between their highest rated album on MS and their lowest rated album on MS. Finally my Excel skills paid off. Some ratings may be a bit outdated. Open to suggestions because I barely scratched the surface.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Metallica - Lulu [Collaboration]

3.Celtic Frost - Monotheist

4.Celtic Frost - Cold Lake

5.Machine Head - The Blackening

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My favourite albums from legendary DIO.

1.Dio - Holy Diver

2.Dio - Dream Evil

3.Dio - Killing The Dragon

4.Dio - The Last In Line

5.Dio - Magica

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1.Dio - The Last In Line

2.Dio - Holy Diver

3.Dio - Sacred Heart

4.Dio - Lock Up The Wolves

5.Dio - Dream Evil

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My Favorite Metal Songs. I tried to limit myself to one song per album, so this list also doubles as my favorite song off of each of these albums also. Probably stop the list at 666 if I ever get there.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Iron Maiden - Rock In Rio

3.Testament - The Legacy

4.Exodus - Bonded By Blood

5.Wolf (UK) - Edge Of The World

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