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Thrash Effect

Like my other genre-based lists, this exists purely for my own organizational purposes and not to provide a definitive statement about or guidebook to the thrash genre. I've folded some speed metal and other occasional outliers into this list, maybe a few not-so-thrash albums by otherwise-thrash bands, since they're close enough and I wasn't going to make a separate list.

1.Slayer - Reign In Blood
2.Gama Bomb - Citizen Brain
3.Cross Examination - Menace II Sobriety
4.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss
5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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Created by ScreamingSteelUS on 16.05.2016



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Essential Masterpieces Top 50

1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
2.Iron Maiden - Powerslave
3.Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
4.Dream Theater - Images And Words
5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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Created by lte1 on 22.04.2016



My Favorite Metallica Albums

1.Metallica - ...And Justice For All
2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
4.Metallica - Metallica
5.Metallica - Death Magnetic

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Created by altimuray on 18.04.2016



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Current Top 100, 5 Years On

Back when I joined the site in 2011, I did a customary top 100 album list. Every year since then, when I've looked back at it it's become increasingly unrecognisable from my own tastes. Seeing bands I once listened to daily vanish from my playlists, new bands emerge as favourites, and bands even come and go in my reckonings during that time period (Iced Earth, Alcest, even Pain Of Salvation and more certainly peaked in my listening habits around 2011-12 to slowly vanish into obscurity). Now that it's just gone 5 years since I did that list, I thought I might do an updated list just to see how much my tastes have shifted. Whilst compiling the list, I pretty much worked on gut instinct, which was weird as I found myself almost disregarding albums I know I like whilst promoting albums I'm honestly undecided on - it almost seemed to veer away from album quality at times to embracing a subconscious effect the albums have had. Anyway, here it is, plus some honorable mentions that I was surprised missed out.

1.Dream Theater - Images And Words
2.Sylosis - Monolith
3.Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth
4.Agalloch - The Mantle
5.Protest The Hero - Kezia

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Created by musclassia on 23.03.2016



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Metallica! Albums Ranked.

My personal rankings of Metallica's studio albums.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
2.Metallica - Kill 'Em All
3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
4.Metallica - ...And Justice For All
5.Metallica - Metallica

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Created by Demonmayonnaise on 10.03.2016



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My Top 50 Albums

This serves as a memory note, pretty much.

1.Insomnium - Above The Weeping World
2.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud
3.Ghost Brigade - IV - One With The Storm
4.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone
5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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Created by Risto on 23.02.2016



Top 10 Thrash Metal Albums

1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace
2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
3.Slayer - Reign In Blood
4.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
5.Testament - The Legacy

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Created by alvinflow on 05.02.2016



My Favorite Thrash Albums

1.Metallica - ...And Justice For All
2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace
3.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
4.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
5.Kreator - Hordes Of Chaos

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Created by altimuray on 02.02.2016



Metallica Ranked

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
2.Metallica - Metallica
3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
4.Metallica - ...And Justice For All
5.Metallica - Hardwired?To Self-Destruct

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Created by Tony Teh Towel on 12.01.2016



Favorite Albums Of All Time

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
2.Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
3.Megadeth - Rust In Peace
4.Iron Maiden - Powerslave
5.Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?

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Created by FatesOpeth on 16.12.2015



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Growing's Top Metal Albums

Main criterias:
How much I love it(obviously)
Songwritting
Importance and originality
Consistency and diversity (consistency is more importance, but diversity can make a difference)


1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace
3.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
4.Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
5.Slayer - Haunting The Chapel

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Created by Growing on 30.11.2015



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M0rkeleb's Overall Favorites

Simple ranking of all my favorite albums. Favorite song from the album in the notes. Sure to change/expand as I learn and explore more within metal.
2023: This was starting to get too long so I split it into separate lists for albums at each ranking 10 to 7. This list will no longer be updated.
10: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6891
9: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=7213
8: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=7512
7: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=8058

1.Madder Mortem - Eight Ways
2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
3.Ayreon - 01011001
4.Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All
5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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Created by M0rkeleb on 16.10.2015



My Favorite 100 Metal Albums Of All Time

AtoZ (Album)

1.Lost Horizon - A Flame To The Ground Beneath
2.Ihsahn - After
3.Anthrax - Among The Living
4.Faith No More - Angel Dust
5.Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition

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Created by D.C.O on 08.09.2015



ALBUM TOP 50 OF ALL TIMES

1.Rainbow - Rising
2.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
3.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
4.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
5.AC/DC - Powerage

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Created by rivendel on 25.08.2015



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Guib's Essentials (Alphabetical Order)

Wanna know what I headbang to on the regular? The releases that have seen countless re-spins... Well, this is a very simple list and something you've probably seen a lot of other MS users do in the past. Basically, I'm just going to list what are essential metal albums for me, my all time gems & masterpieces (very subjective and some are also in there due to nostalgia and sentimental value).

There's no particular ''Genre'' that I'll be covering and I will also try to limit myself to two albums per band and a few of my favorite tracks or highlights per album. Of course everything in this list is just my opinion, meaning that I'm not saying these albums are all masterpieces or whatnot, it's just my personal favorites. I hope most of you will agree with me and those few who don't, well... it's okay to be wrong, the next step is acceptance

🇨🇦 = From Canada, My Country!

Last Updated: March 27th, 2024

1.Absu - The Third Storm Of Cythrául
2.AC/DC - High Voltage
3.Alestorm - Black Sails At Midnight
4.Alien Weaponry - Tū
5.Amon Amarth - Fate Of Norns

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Created by Guib on 02.05.2015