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My Favorite Metal Albums Of All Time

My favorite metal albums sorted alphabetically by band name and chronological by release date.

1.Æther Realm - Tarot
2.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations
3.Allegaeon - Proponent For Sentience
4.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes
5.Amorphis - Silent Waters

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Created by Ryanm123 on 23.12.2023



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Metal Band Names Inspired By Books

This alphabetical list presents bands that took the inspiration for their name from literature (novels, poems, plays, comics). The list shows the debut album cover along with the information of the corresponding source of inspiration.

Please feel free to suggest more examples of metal/hard rock band names that are inspired by literature.



1.A Dream Of Poe - The Mirror Of Deliverance
2.Abhoth - Abhoth
3.Abigail Williams - In The Shadow Of A Thousand Suns
4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
5.Alice In Chains - Facelift

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Created by Plattner on 28.10.2023



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Metal Mascots

Mascots are an established and popular part of metal fan culture. In contrast to sports team mascots, they are no cute talismans, but are regarded as personification of the band and its music (or even as some kind of evil band member) that adds enormously to the identification of the fans with the band.

This alphabetical list presents well known examples by showing the album cover where the corresponding mascot first appeared, along with one or two sentences as general information.

Please feel free to suggest more examples of metal mascots or share relevant information on the presented mascots.



1.Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge
2.Annihilator - Alice In Hell
3.Anthrax - Inside Out
4.Artillery - B.A.C.K.
5.Avenged Sevenfold - Waking The Fallen

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Created by Plattner on 28.09.2023



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Essential Music For Phone

Bands in my daily listening rotation. Albums chosen are my favorite by the respective band in most cases 🤘

1.200 Stab Wounds - Slave To The Scalpel
2.A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms
3.Abbath - Abbath
4.Acid Witch - Rot Among Us
5.Æther Realm - Tarot

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Created by em6568 on 13.07.2023



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Favorite Full Length Debuts

To add fuel to the fire of the "they'll never top their first album" rhetoric, here are all my favorite full length debuts in alphabetical order. Full lengths, not EPs.

1.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations
2.Aeternus - Beyond The Wandering Moon
3.Agruss - Morok
4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
5.Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde

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Created by Ryanm123 on 18.06.2023



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Song Titles With The Band`s Name

It is not uncommon that album titles are chosen after the band`s name. However, song titles that include or are identical to the band`s name are relatively seldom found.
This is a list of song titles with the (entire) band name / band names after (their own) song titles.

Please feel free to suggest further titles/bands.



1.71TONMAN - 71TONMAN
2.A Feast For Lampreys - Graveyard Abyss
3.Aaskereia - Mit Raben Und Wölfen
4.Absent In Body - The Abyss Stares Back - Vol. V
5.Absu - Absu

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Created by Plattner on 12.02.2023



Top 50 Of 2015-2020

1.Avantasia - Ghostlights
2.Iced Earth - Incorruptible
3.Kamelot - The Shadow Theory
4.Soilwork - The Ride Majestic
5.Jorn Lande & Trond Holter - Dracula: Swing Of Death

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Created by Alex Avagianos on 21.07.2022



Top 20 Of 2017

1.Iced Earth - Incorruptible
2.Soen - Lykaia
3.Firewind - Immortals
4.Moonspell - 1755
5.Beast In Black - Berserker

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Created by Alex Avagianos on 09.08.2021



Best 2017

1.Adagio - Life
2.Anathema - The Optimist
3.Annihilator - For The Demented
4.Anubis Gate - Covered In Black
5.Accept - The Rise Of Chaos

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Created by Depth land on 03.05.2021



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Albums For Metal Virgins

These albums are fantastic musically but with minimal to no extreme harsh vocals. Perfect for someone who wants to start their metal journey.

1.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
2.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
3.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
4.Dream Theater - Images And Words
5.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I

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Created by Ryanm123 on 28.12.2020



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Essential Metal/ Hard Rock Albums

It's possible that you've glossed over some of these because they're too "popular".
Maybe you've never heard of a few.
Regardless, these are albums that I think everyone should hear at least once if you're a novice metal fan or have been head banging for years.

1.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
2.Summoning - Stronghold
3.Death - Human
4.Rush - A Farewell To Kings
5.The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand

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Created by Ryanm123 on 05.11.2020



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Old Nick's Top-101 Of The '10s

One band, one album in alphabetical order. No EPs, demos, etc.
Favourite album: Mgła - With Hearts Toward None
Favourite song: Schammasch - "Above The Stars Of God"

1.1914 - The Blind Leading The Blind
2.Abbath - Abbath
3.Accept - Blood Of The Nations
4.Aenaon - Hypnosophy
5.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

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Created by nikarg on 09.01.2020



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The Next Best Power Metal Albums Of All Time

If you already checked my previous list (http://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=312) and are aware about most of the albums on that list then you might want other solid power metal albums to check out. This is my list of 2nd line power metal albums that are really good and should be included in your musical library.

Notes:

- The first track in the favorite tracks description section of each album is usually my favorite on the album
- I avoided adding albums of bands that are included in the previous list

If you have a thing for stats like I do then countries by albums:

Germany - 7
Sweden - 5
Italy - 3
Finland - 2
USA - 2
Brazil - 1
England - 1
Netherlands - 1
Austria - 1
Mixed - 1

1.Victorius - Dreamchaser
2.Dreamland - Future's Calling
3.Theocracy - As The World Bleeds
4.Serious Black - As Daylight Breaks
5.Mob Rules - Savage Land

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Created by Mountain King on 04.01.2020



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Empowering Albums For Powerless Losers

This is a list of all the power metal albums I have listened to that are worth remembering. Like my other genre lists, this is not meant to be a definitive guide to power metal or a binding judgment on what power metal is or is not. The list exists purely for my own organizational purposes and may contain bands or albums that are not strictly True Knights of the Eternal Thundersword.

The first cluster includes my favorite albums in the genre (and a significant number of my all-time favorites); beyond that, they are listed by rating from 9/10 down to 6/10 and alphabetically within each bracket.

Last updated November 27, 2021.

1.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth
2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
3.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
4.Jag Panzer - Thane To The Throne
5.X Japan - Art Of Life

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Created by ScreamingSteelUS on 19.09.2019



Best Of 2017

1.Shade Empire - Poetry Of The Ill-Minded
2.The Dark Element - The Dark Element
3.Threshold - Legends Of The Shires
4.Ulver - The Assassination Of Julius Caesar
5.Vintersorg - Till Fjälls Del II

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Created by DarkWingedSoul on 24.10.2018