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The Encyclopaedia of Beautiful Metal Ballads

If you know other wonderful songs which are missing in this list, feel free to suggest them to me

1.Adagio - Underworld
2.Aerosmith - Aerosmith
3.After Forever - Prison Of Desire
4.After Forever - Decipher
5.After Forever - After Forever

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Created by ~Starchild~ on 28.12.2010



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Hall Of Fame: Top 80 Of All Time

- only studio albums
- only albums featured on MS

1.After Forever - Decipher
2.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
3.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
4.Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde
5.Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

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Created by ~Starchild~ on 14.07.2010



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2000-2014: A 'Factored' Top 100

Take a look at the Top Album lists of recent years and you'll notice an obvious trend. In 2005 the average rating of the top 25 albums is 8.76. Jump to 2014 and the average among the top 25 has dropped to 8.26. An almost linear decrease is observable for the 10 years in between.

I was curious to see what a Top 100 for 2000-2014 would look like if I factored the votes to account for the 'rating decline'. I hope you find it interesting.

1.Agalloch - The Mantle
2.Opeth - Blackwater Park
3.Blindead - Affliction XXIX II MXMVI
4.Aquilus - Griseus
5.Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World

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Created by Moose on 13.09.2015



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Top 73 albums of all time

1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
2.Amon Amarth - Once Sent From The Golden Hall
3.Amorphis - Queen Of Time
4.Angizia - Das Schachbrett Des Trommelbuben Zacharias
5.Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

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Created by Elektro-Hexer on 19.07.2010



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All Metal Of All Time Top 300: Albums

An entirely subjective list of my all-time favourite metal albums, well lets better say albums/genres featured on MS, since not all here is precisely metal.
Objective quality is not a criteria here, just how much I like the album. Ordered by preference, top down.

1.Anathema - The Silent Enigma
2.Opeth - Morningrise
3.Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum
4.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans
5.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

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Created by Redel on 01.03.2014



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My Top 50

Limited to two albums per band a work in progress.

1.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes
2.Heavenwood - Diva
3.Skyclad - The Answer Machine?
4.Moonsorrow - Suden Uni
5.Moonspell - Wolfheart

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Created by Morphis on 09.03.2010



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My Favorite Albums Of All Time

These albums are my favorite since I started listen to Metal.

1.Kamelot - The Black Halo
2.Epica - Consign To Oblivion
3.Within Temptation - The Heart Of Everything
4.After Forever - After Forever
5.Blackfield - Blackfield

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Created by Metal_4Ever on 15.07.2011



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My Infatuated Fetish For Eternity

These are all my infatuated fetish for eternity.
And other masterpieces will be scheduled for addition by the lapse of time.
This list also symbolizes my memoirs in my 8 years or more of metal.

1.Therion - Vovin
2.Estatic Fear - A Sombre Dance
3.Forest Of Shadows - Departure
4.Empyrium - A Wintersunset...
5.Lacrimosa - Elodia

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Created by fooltocry on 29.10.2010



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My 20 Favorite Symphonic Albums

Once upon a time, there was a metaller who dared to say : hey, let's put symphonies in our metal, dudes. The dudes thought it was stupid at first, then they tried and guess what? The result was WONDERFUL!!! Here are my 20 favourite symphonic metal albums, taken from all subgenres, from power to folk, black and death.

1.Equilibrium - Sagas
2.Equilibrium - Turis Fratyr
3.Septicflesh - Communion
4.Epica - Design Your Universe
5.Symphony X - Paradise Lost

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Created by MétalNoir on 09.03.2010



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Top 50 Metal Albums Of The 2000's

Comprehensive list of my top 50 metal albums from the previous decade. Though a number of non-metal albums would make my 50, I have excluded them here.

1.Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
2.Agalloch - The Mantle
3.Negură Bunget - OM
4.Primordial - To The Nameless Dead
5.Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness

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Created by Damned-In-Black on 06.07.2010



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The Ultimate Symphonic Metal Albums

A collection of metal albums that heavily use the likes of classical instrumentation, orchestral, opera or/and symphonic keyboard synths. Suggestions/Recommendations are welcome.

1.Adagio - Underworld
2.Aesma Daeva - Dawn Of The New Athens
3.After Forever - Decipher
4.Almôra - Kalihora's Song
5.Ancient Bards - The Alliance Of The Kings

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Created by CyberSymphony on 06.03.2010



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Favoritest Favorites - My Top 100 Albums

My favorite albums. Includes EPs and 1 compilation. Anything ouside the top 20 or so could be up or down several places. Constantly subject to change.

1.Saviour Machine - Saviour Machine II
2.Ayreon - The Human Equation
3.Stolen Babies - There Be Squabbles Ahead
4.Billy Idol - Cyberpunk
5.Within Temptation - The Unforgiving

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Created by M C Vice on 06.10.2012



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Top Symphonic/Atmospheric Albums

My Top Symphonic/Atmospheric/Female Fronted(whatever you wanna call it...) Albums of all time with its subgenres: gothic, power, folk, prog...
Still, The order may change from time to time....!!

1.Within Temptation - The Silent Force
2.Nightwish - Century Child
3.Epica - Consign To Oblivion
4.Therion - Vovin
5.Within Temptation - The Heart Of Everything

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Created by Enissa on 28.07.2011



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All Metal Of All Time Top 300: Songs

1.Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum
2.Theatre Of Tragedy - Theatre Of Tragedy
3.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans
4.Iron Maiden - Powerslave
5.Anathema - The Silent Enigma

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Created by Redel on 08.03.2014



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Making My Way Through The MS Top 200

The MS top 200 is supposed to represent the absolute peak of metal music, the timeless classics. I have been listening to metal for about 6 years now and would consider myself fairly knowledgeable about the genre. Yet, I have barely heard half of what the top 200 has to offer. I am now on a quest to listen to it all and give an honest opinion on what I thought of it.
This list will show every album of the top 200 and if I've listened to it whether it's an all-time favourite of mine (+++), I really like it (++), I like it (+), it’s good (*), it’s not great (-), I really dislike it (--) or I hate it from the bottom of my heart (---). The same symbols will be used to characterize what I think my opinion of the albums I haven't heard yet will be, based on my knowledge of the bands and of the genre they play. (?) signifies that I have no idea of whether I'll enjoy it or not and (/) means that my opinion of the album is probably obsolete, and I need to listen to it again. A ★ means the album is in my own top 200.
Edit: The bottom of the top 200 has been changing a lot, with some stuff formerly in the list now closer to 240th, so this is now a top 250. I’m not sure I want to expand the list further down, but I’ll see whenever it’s completed if I feel like going for a top 300 or something like that.
Best discoveries so far: Wildhoney, Nightfall, Out Of Myself, Portal Of I, Autumn Aurora, Nemesis Divina, Abigail, V: Hävitetty, Sounds Of Pain.

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3.W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol
4.Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die
5.Ensiferum - Ensiferum

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Created by Roman Doez on 13.04.2023