Metal Storm logo
Top lists


Order by:  Date | Popularity | Show all



The Top Of The 2010's By Ch'ti

My favorites 2010 albums.

1.After The Burial - Dig Deep
2.Shadow Of Intent - Melancholy
3.Gojira - Magma
4.Slash - World On Fire
5.Batushka - Litourgiya

      View entire list ››
Created by Ch'ti on 20.03.2024



Thumbs up: +2
The Top Albums Of Ch'ti

This is my top albums (only with those where I gave 8 or more). I will update the list now and then

1.Slipknot - Iowa
2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace
3.Opeth - Ghost Reveries
4.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
5.Slipknot - Slipknot

      View entire list ››
Created by Ch'ti on 06.02.2024



Thumbs up: +2
My Favorite Albums Of All Time.

Listen to metal for more than the half of my life, here is the list of my favorites albums of all time.

1.Alcest - Les Voyages De L'âme
2.Alcest - Kodama
3.Alcest - Spiritual Instinct
4.Alestorm - Sunset On The Golden Age
5.Alestorm - No Grave But The Sea

      View entire list ››
Created by Charlotbk on 16.01.2023



Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive 2019

A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

2019 was solid year to end the decade with great releases in Progressive and black metal, doom metal had a strong showing and I finally found a deathcore band that I care about, the 2010's may not have been the most influential decade in metal but it did had a punch of great releases, that might be considered classics down the line, time will tell.


My favorite non metal albums of 2019

1. Remind Me Tomorrow
By Sharon Van Etten (Indie Pop, Synthpop)


2. GREY Area
By Little Simz(UK Hip Hop, Conscious Hip Hop)


3.Titanic Rising
By Weyes Blood (Art pop, Dream pop)


4. Morbid Stuff
By PUP (pop punk)


5. There Existed an Addiction to Blood
By clipping. (Industrial Hip Hop, Horrorcore)



My favorite movie from 2019



1.Wilderun - Veil Of Imagination
2.Swallow The Sun - When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light
3.Lingua Ignota - Caligula
4.Crypt Sermon - The Ruins Of Fading Light
5.Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave

      View entire list ››
Created by Handala on 15.01.2023



Thumbs up: +1
My Must Listen Albums

1.Agalloch - Pale Folklore
2.Agalloch - The Mantle
3.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
5.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

      View entire list ››
Created by P3YM4N on 12.12.2022



Thumbs up: +3
400+ Favorite Songs

Last updated on 27 March 2024.

1.Dream Theater - Images And Words
2.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
3.Wintersun - Wintersun
4.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
5.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

      View entire list ››
Created by Qualeen on 10.10.2021



Thumbs up: +1
Top 100 (+2) Of 2015-2019

2000-2004 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5844
2005-2009 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5838
2010-2014 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5828

I sure do love this site and it's rating system, it makes finding great music so easy and, even more importantly, when an album is overlooked for a while but starts getting a buzz a few months later, boom, there it appears in the top 20.

All that being said, I still wish there was some way to get a weighted ranking that not only takes the rating of the album into account, but also the number of votes that were cast. For example, an album with a rating of 8.8 and 1000 votes would rank higher than an album with a rating of 8.9 and 20 votes. So, I scraped all the albums on the site with at least 1 vote into a database. Then, taking a leaf out of IMDb's book, I used Bayesian estimation (like the IMDb's Top 250) to calculate a weighted rating for each album based on its Metal Storm rating and the number of votes it had received.

The formula for calculating the Top 100 Albums gives a true Bayesian estimate:
Bayes rating (BR) = ( C × m + R × N ) ÷ ( m + N ) where:
C = average expected rating given...
m = minimum number of votes
R = average rating for the album = (Metal Storm rating)
N = number of votes for the album = (votes)

The way the Bayesian estimator works is that all albums in the database are given and additional m fake votes with an average rating of C, irrespective of how many true votes it already has. Then a new weighted rating is calculated...
If the album has no true votes ( N = 0 ), then BR = ( C × m + R × 0 ) ÷ ( m + 0) = C × m ÷ m = C (the average expected rating).
If the album has a number of true votes equal to the minimum ( N = m ), then BR = ( C × m + R × m ) ÷ ( m + m ) = ( C + R ) × m ÷ 2m = ( C + R ) ÷ 2 (halfway between the two ratings).
If the album has a very large number of true votes ( N >> m ), then BR = ( C × m + R × N ) ÷ ( m + N ) ≈ R × N ÷ N = R (the Metal Storm rating).
This means that the Bayes rating will never equal the Metal Storm rating but will approach it as the true votes grows arbitrarily large.

Now that the maths bit is out of the way, here was my methodology:
Only Studio and EP album types, from the years 2015 to 2019, with at least 1 vote, were included.
The average expected rating (C) was determined by averaging all the Metal Storm ratings from 2015-2019.
The minimum number of votes (m) was determined by calculating the 75th percentile of the votes, rounded to the nearest 10.
I also decided that if an album's Bayes rating was within 0.005 of #100, it would be included too; hence the +2.

C for 2015-2019 = 7.422
m = 20

Number of albums from each year in the list:
2015 - 31
2016 - 24
2017 - 18
2018 - 12
2019 - 17

Ratings are accurate as of 30/10/2023

1.Mgła - Exercises In Futility
2.Insomnium - Winter's Gate
3.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud
4.Vektor - Terminal Redux
5.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale

      View entire list ››
Created by Crys1s on 24.06.2021



Thumbs up: +4
The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (S)

This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone who is young in age, my tastes tend to revolve around the period of the 80s to the present.* Although certain metal albums from before will certainly be featured, the period of the 60s-70s will be under-represented. I refer you to this excellent list to gain a better appreciation for some of the best metal from that period: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/freis/martin_popoffs_the_top_500_heavy_metal_albums_of_all_time/

1.S.V.E.S.T. - Veritas Diaboli Manet In Aeternum: Le Diable Est Ma Raison
2.Sabachthani - Miserable Endings
3.Sabaoth - Les Illuminations
4.Sabaton - Carolus Rex
5.Sabbat - Dreamweaver

      View entire list ››
Created by Uxküll on 17.02.2021



Best 2019

1.Death Angel - Humanicide
2.Acid Reign - The Age Of Entitlement
3.Aeon Zen - INVERITAS
4.Allegaeon - Apoptosis
5.Alter Bridge - Walk The Sky

      View entire list ››
Created by Depth land on 12.12.2020



Thumbs up: +4
MSA 2019 All Write-in Albums

Here is a list of all the bands who received at least one write-in vote during MSA 2019.

Following the annoucement of the results, this information is lost, I post it here so you can continue to explore your favorite genres !

I'm still working on fixing links, if you find errors, feel free to notify in the comments !

1.Babymetal - Metal Galaxy
2.Cave In - Final Transmission
3.Mother Of Millions - Artifacts
4.Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind
5.Soen - Lotus

      View entire list ››
Created by Maxder on 01.03.2020



Thumbs up: +6
MS Awards 2019 Full List

1.Babymetal - Metal Galaxy
2.Cave In - Final Transmission
3.Mother Of Millions - Artifacts
4.Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind
5.Soen - Lotus

      View entire list ››
Created by Royalty on 01.02.2020



Thumbs up: +2
Best Of 2019 Death Metal

Once again I will try to comprise a mini-compendium of the toitest death metal releases of the year, this being 2019.
Will definitely be updated as I hear new shit so check back for more and recommend me stuff!
In alphabetical order by band name.

1.Abnormality - Sociopathic Constructs
2.Aephanemer - Prokopton
3.Altarage - The Approaching Roar
4.Ataraxie - Résignés
5.Baest - Venenum

      View entire list ››
Created by Jaro on 29.01.2020



Thumbs up: +2
Metal Album Top 145 - My Favorites 2019

1.Waste Of Space Orchestra - Syntheosis
2.Stellar Master Elite - Hologram Temple
3.Mephorash - Shem Ha Mephorash
4.Nile - Vile Nilotic Rites
5.Strigoi - Abandon All Faith

      View entire list ››
Created by Alexbridger on 13.01.2020



Top Albums 2019

Well, here I put my personal top with which to me have been the best albums of 2019. They are not all they are, but if they all are.

1.Shadow Of Intent - Melancholy
2.Memoriam - Requiem For Mankind
3.Infant Annihilator - The Battle Of Yaldabaoth
4.Equipoise - Demiurgus
5.Disillusion - The Liberation

      View entire list ››
Created by kam1kaze on 28.12.2019



Thumbs up: +1
Top 10 Melodic Death/Black Albums 2019

1.Swallow The Sun - When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light
2.Soilwork - Verkligheten
3.In Mourning - Garden Of Storms
4.Shadow Of Intent - Melancholy
5.Eternal Storm - Come The Tide

      View entire list ››
Created by Maglor on 21.11.2019