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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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MS Meta(l) List Of The 2010's - Top 200

Input:
10 years
20 decade lists
749 bands
973 albums

Output:
200 top albums from 2010-2019

FAQ

How are the points calculated?
Simple math.

Ranked top lists:
1st place = 150 pts.
2nd place = 149 pts.
...
100th place = 51 pts.
...
150th place = 1 pt.

Alphabetically sorted lists:
Each place = 100 pts.

1.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini
2.Esoteric - Paragon Of Dissonance
3.Emptiness - Nothing But The Whole
4.Esoteric - A Pyrrhic Existence
5.Tribulation - The Formulas Of Death

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Created by Starvynth on 24.05.2020



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Best Of 2010-2020 By Mz

The best of 2010-2019. At the end it tuned out to be less diverse than what I thought it would be in terms of musical genres, with mostly black and death metal record filling the spots.
Recommendations more than welcomed.

1.Sutcliffe Jugend - Blue Rabbit
2.Emptiness - Nothing But The Whole
3.Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All
4.Schammasch - Contradiction
5.Lorn - Subconscious Metamorphosis

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Created by mz on 31.12.2019



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Neachy's Select: Top 100 Albums Of The 10s

100 full length albums that I favor in approximate order of preference plus 10 non-LP releases at the end. Limited to metal albums and albums featured on the site.

1.Indesinence - Vessels Of Light And Decay
2.Mitochondrion - Parasignosis
3.Murmuüre - Murmuüre
4.Deathspell Omega - Paracletus
5.Ustalost - The Spoor Of Vipers

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Created by Neachy on 29.12.2019



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150 Albums To Become An Adult To: 2010-2019

I began this decade in my final year of high school, in the early phases of my metal journey (Mastodon, Machine Head, Dream Theater, Pantera and Avenged Sevenfold were still recent discoveries). One Masters degree and one PhD later, I'm now a tax-paying Londonian, and have ploughed through what must be comfortably over 2000 new releases during the previous ten years. To commemorate the end of a turbulent decade, I've put together a list of the albums that have stuck with me throughout this decade - I wouldn't consider this to be a 'best albums' list, as there have been some truly ingenious works released in more avant-garde territories, but ultimately these are the albums that have ended up dominating my listening habits, or otherwise making a sufficient impression to make this list.

1.Sylosis - Monolith
2.Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth
3.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud
4.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone
5.Cult Of Luna - Vertikal

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Created by musclassia on 27.12.2019



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Diverge's Alternative/Prog/Jazz/Avant-Garde Favs

LATEST EDIT: December 12/2016- Added a whole bunch of progressive rock albums; processing earlier suggestions on the list.

Assembled below are some choice selections in alternative metal, prog rock, prog metal, jazz and avant-garde metal. I don't necessarily consider these styles to be my favourite (I do have a penchant for post-metal and cavernous death metal these days), but they have been the foundations of my taste for the last seven or eight years.

1.
2.Soundgarden - Down On The Upside
3.Rishloo - Living As Ghosts With Buildings As Teeth
4.Karnivool - Asymmetry
5.Blindead - Absence

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Created by Diverge on 28.12.2015



Top 10 Favorite Albums Of The 2014

1.Soen - Tellurian
2.Opeth - Pale Communion
3.Rishloo - Living As Ghosts With Buildings As Teeth
4.Mastodon - Once More 'Round The Sun
5.Behemoth - The Satanist

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Created by Sultan Shahrokh on 16.10.2015



BEST OF THE YEAR 2014

My Favorite Albums Of The Year \m/

1.Onmyo-Za - 雷神創世
2.Onmyo-Za - 風神界逅
3.Epica - The Quantum Enigma
4.Elvenking - The Pagan Manifesto
5.Eluveitie - Origins

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Created by TheNordicGamer on 12.09.2015



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2015 - Leth's List Of Likables (Non-Metal Inclusive)

Every album to catch my ear during 2015, rated, with plenty of non-metal for those of you who like to branch out and see what the whole world of music has to offer. Variety'll always be a virtue.

Numerous focused listens needed before rating.
Updates will (hopefully) be constant.

New Update: In order to promote exploration into albums you may not know, I've decided to include "Standout Track" segments for any album which has a track I feel you all MUST listen to. Hopefully these can help hook people with albums they're not familiar with, because chances are they instantaneously hooked me.

1.Death Grips - The Powers That B
2.Leprous - The Congregation
3.Clarence Clarity - No Now
4.Björk - Vulnicura
5.Envy - Atheist's Cornea

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Created by Lethrokai on 17.07.2015



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Circles....

A bunch of albums with a big circle on the cover

1.Karnivool - Sound Awake
2.Skyclad - The Silent Whales Of Lunar Sea
3.Death - Scream Bloody Gore
4.Pentagram - Pentagram
5.Russian Circles - Empros

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Created by me<3mertl on 03.04.2015



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Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came...

...And since that day, he was never the same.

"He who speaks without an attentive ear is mute."

1.Across The Sun - Before The Night Takes Us
2.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
3.Agent Fresco - Destrier
4.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud
5.Angel Vivaldi - Universal Language

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Created by Roland de Gilead on 08.02.2015



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2014- MZ's Favorite Albums

2014 was great year, especially for black metal. Here are my most favorite records of the year. Open to suggestions, as always.
Edit: I might have a little of change in the order of albums at the end.

1.Qualeaceans - Capture Of Ziz
2.Emptiness - Nothing But The Whole
3.Schammasch - Contradiction
4.Execration - Morbid Dimensions
5.Darkspace - Dark Space III I

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Created by mz on 20.10.2014



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2014 Cont.

Cos, y'know, same shiz different year. Ran out of space again so will post final album opinions in comments.

1.Infestus - The Reflecting Void
2.Dirge - Hyperion
3.Nero Di Marte - Derivae
4.Steve Rothery - The Ghosts Of Pripyat
5.Agalloch - The Serpent & The Sphere

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Created by musclassia on 28.09.2014



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2014 - Leth's List Of Likables (Non-Metal Inclusive)

Pretty much every album that's caught my attention over the year, including non-metal. (Variety is a virtue, y'know )

I'll only be commenting on albums that I've given enough time to really form an opinion on. Chances are albums that failed to interest me beyond a first listen will eventually be removed from the list.

1.Swans - To Be Kind
2.Darren Korb - Transistor Original Soundtrack
3.Bent Knee - Shiny Eyed Babies
4.Gazpacho - Demon
5.Vampillia - My Beautiful Twisted Nightmares In Aurora Rainbow Darkness

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Created by Lethrokai on 11.04.2014



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Hadriel's Favorites Of 2014

Favorite albums of the year.

1.Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel
2.Rishloo - Living As Ghosts With Buildings As Teeth
3.Lantlôs - Melting Sun
4.Gates - Bloom and Breathe
5.Falloch - This Island, Our Funeral

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Created by hadriel on 25.01.2014