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Top 30 Heavy Metal Albums

Heavy Metal (like most people I imagine) was one of the first metal genres I got into around 2005. My friend introduced me to Iron Maiden and from there I was hooked! He would recommend me which of their albums to buy each month from HMV with my saved up pocket money (one of the highlights of the month). Thanks to MS, I've now discovered many more incredible heavy metal bands such as Judas Priest, Deep Purple and King Diamond.

So here are my favourites of the genre with my rating, its sub-genre and release year:

(Score is an average of each album's song ratings, full list located here)

If you discovered any new albums or like the same sort of heavy metal, be sure to give this list a thumbs-up and leave a comment so more people can find these amazing bands!

My other lists:
Top 500 Albums (ordered & rated)
Top 25 EPs (also ordered & rated)
Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres)
Top 200 Overrated Albums (trigger warning)
So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)

1.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
2.Metallica - Metallica
3.Iron Maiden - Powerslave
4.Judas Priest - Painkiller
5.Deep Purple - Machine Head

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Created by nonZero on 11.03.2024



Mar'24

1.Einvigi - Monokroma

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Created by ApoCalypso on 11.03.2024



2024 Ranked

1.Eternal Storm - A Giant Bound To Fall
2.Vemod - The Deepening
3.Hauntologist - Hollow
4.Suldusk - Anthesis
5.Olhava - Sacrifice

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Created by Fotsuan on 11.03.2024



Ch'ti 2024

1.Necrophobic - In The Twilight Grey
2.Dark Oath - Ages Of Man
3.Job For A Cowboy - Moon Healer
4.Judas Priest - Invincible Shield
5.Brodequin - Harbinger Of Woe

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Created by Ch'ti on 09.03.2024



2024 My Best

1.Counting Hours - The Wishing Tomb
2.Eternal Storm - A Giant Bound To Fall
3.Ministry - HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES
4.Saxon - Hell, Fire And Damnation
5.Farsot - Life Promised Death

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Created by Guberskiy on 09.03.2024



Tonsure Ov Doom's Top Albums Of 2024

Work in progress for 2024

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Created by TonsureOvDoom on 08.03.2024



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Best Shit I've Heard, No Particular Order

1.Slayer - Reign In Blood
2.Obituary - Cause Of Death
3.Megadeth - Rust In Peace
4.Bolt Thrower - In Battle There Is No Law
5.Venom - Black Metal

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Created by rado on 07.03.2024



Arjen Anthony Lucassen Projects Ranked

1.Ayreon - Into The Electric Castle
2.Star One - Victims Of The Modern Age
3.Ayreon - The Human Equation
4.Ayreon - The Final Experiment
5.Ayreon - The Universal Migrator Part I: The Dream Sequencer

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Created by majormalfunction on 05.03.2024



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2024 Albums List

Another year, another list. Every 2024 release I hear at least once in entirety will be featured here. This is not a best-of nor a ranking so albums will be displayed in chronological order (newest at the top). (I had to restart this list because I accidentally deleted the last one lol).

1.Daevar - Amber Eyes
2.Deception - Daenacteh
3.Dödsrit - Nocturnal Will
4.Furor Gallico - Future To Come
5.Hamferð - Men Gu ð s Hond Er Sterk

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Created by Dbh 20 on 05.03.2024



TOP 50 POWER/HEAVY/Hardrock 1970-1979

1.AC/DC - Highway To Hell
2.AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
3.Triumph - Just A Game
4.AC/DC - High Voltage
5.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

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Created by jeffster69 on 04.03.2024



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Top 45 Thrash Metal Albums

Thrash was one of the first metal genres I got into around 2005. I discovered Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, etc through Kerrang! magazine and their albums quickly became my favourites at the time. Now, I've discovered many more such as Vektor, Testament and Nevermore thanks to MS.

So here are my favourites of the genre with my rating, its sub-genre and release year:

(Score is an average of each album's song ratings, full list located here)

If you discovered any new albums or like the same sort of thrash metal, be sure to give this list a thumbs-up and leave a comment so more people can find these amazing bands!

My other lists:
Top 500 Albums (ordered & rated)
Top 25 EPs (also ordered & rated)
Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres)
Top 200 Overrated Albums (trigger warning)
So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)

1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
3.Metallica - ...And Justice For All
4.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
5.Slayer - Reign In Blood

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Created by nonZero on 04.03.2024



The Best Of 2024

1.Job For A Cowboy - Moon Healer
2.Bipolar Architecture - Metaphysicize
3.Lord Dying - Clandestine Transcendence
4.Counting Hours - The Wishing Tomb
5.Ihsahn - Ihsahn

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Created by thebenfo on 03.03.2024



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Guib's Awards (Changes Yearly)

Year Currently Covered: 2023

Hey folks! Instead of creating a list every year, I've decided to make a single one that will change yearly to feature my favorite albums of the past one. So this first iteration will feature albums for 2023!

I will not be covering every genre nor a specific one and I won't limit myself to a single album per genre. It will literally be my absolute favorites of the year currently covered or albums that I listened to a lot more than I'd like to admit, so this won't be as big as my usual lists. Also, I will only cover albums featured on MS and they will be placed in alphabetical order (of the band's name).

Hope some of you will agree with me, but as always... It doesn't really matter, does it?

Cheers to good music and have fun!

Note: Albums with a "√" are albums I voted for in the 2023 MS awards.

Last Updated: March 4th, 2024

1.Baroness - Stone
2.Bloodletter - A Different Kind Of Hell
3.Capra - Errors
4.Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite
5.Chronicle - Where Chaos Thrives

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Created by Guib on 03.03.2024



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The Top Prog Albums Of Ch'ti

My top prog albums. The list will be regularly updated.

1.Opeth - Ghost Reveries
2.Opeth - Blackwater Park
3.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
4.An Abstract Illusion - Woe
5.Gojira - Magma

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Created by Ch'ti on 02.03.2024



Ep

1.Cavalera Conspiracy - Bestial Devastation (Re-Recorded)

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Created by Robergott on 02.03.2024