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Hidden Title Tracks – Album Titles That Come From A Song`s Lyrics

Almost all album titles fall in one of two categories: The album shares the title with one of its songs (the title track) or, alternatively, the album title is independent from the songs (no title track).

However, there are examples of songs that have a central link to the album title without sharing the same name. In these cases, certain lyrics from the song were chosen as the album title.

This (alphabetical) list shows the names of these “hidden title tracks” and the central lyrics that gave the name to the corresponding album.

Please feel free to suggest more of your favorite metal/hard rock examples of these “hidden title tracks”.



1.40 Watt Sun - Wider Than The Sky
2.A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays
3.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
4.Agalloch - The Mantle
5.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

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Created by Plattner on 06.07.2023



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Song Puzzles: One Song In Several Parts On Different Albums

Some stories, themes or concepts are presented not just in one single song but are split in separate tracks that (often) share the same title but are distinguished by a number of the corresponding part of the song series.

However, sometimes these parts are not found together on one album, but are included on different releases of the artist.
They can be found on two (or more) conceptually linked albums (where they function as part of an ensemble together with the other songs), or they can be included on independent releases (where only they alone continue their story).

Therefore, the main purpose of this list is to give an overview that enables the reader to find the missing song pieces - or even to inform that these pieces exist at all.

Please feel free to find and suggest more examples of these "song jigsaw puzzles": one song(concept) in separate parts on different albums.



1.After Forever - Prison Of Desire
2.Agathodaimon - Higher Art Of Rebellion
3.Agathodaimon - Phoenix
4.Alestorm - Sunset On The Golden Age
5.Alestorm - Curse Of The Crystal Coconut

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Created by Plattner on 28.05.2023



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Metallica Albums: Best To Worst (Includes Garage Inc. And Lulu)

I know this list has been done to death everywhere, but I might as well throw my own thoughts out on this as well. I'll provide my reasons for my opinion as well, as some of the positions may be controversial.

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

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Created by Nemo Atkins on 02.11.2011



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109 All-Time Favorite Songs

My Favorite Metal Songs. I tried to limit myself to one song per album, so this list also doubles as my favorite song off of each of these albums also. Probably stop the list at 666 if I ever get there.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
2.Iron Maiden - Rock In Rio
3.Testament - The Legacy
4.Exodus - Bonded By Blood
5.Wolf (UK) - Edge Of The World

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Created by Death To Posers on 10.01.2011



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Metallica Albums (best To Worst)

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

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Created by Danieldeth on 20.08.2010



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Best Albums of the New Millennium

On the picture - John Cobbett - Hammers Of Misfortune, Vhöl, Ludicra, The Lord Weird Slough Feg

1.Avenged Sevenfold - City Of Evil
2.Opeth - Blackwater Park
3.Hammers Of Misfortune - The August Engine
4.Mastodon - Remission
5.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

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Created by Vasil de Shumen on 08.01.2012



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Current Top 100 (subject To Change)

Moves up and down depending on mood, but top 25-30 usually the same in varying order

1.Sylosis - Conclusion Of An Age
2.Machine Head - The Blackening
3.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
4.Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth
5.In Flames - The Jester Race

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Created by musclassia on 21.03.2011



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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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Top 25 Favorite Metal Albums (embedded in my heart)

1.Metallica - ...And Justice For All
2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
3.Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark
4.Metallica - Metallica
5.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth

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Created by Vikcen on 10.06.2010



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Ranking The Big 4 Discographies

my ranking of the Big 4s Full-Length albums
Near the bottom , the rankings get a bit more 'interchangeable' because I can't be bothered to specifically discern the difference between turd flavors

1.Slayer - Reign In Blood
2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace
3.Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
4.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
5.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

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Created by sgtrobo on 05.03.2023



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Top 20 BIG 4 Of Thrash - Albums

May not be the best by everyone's standards but they're my best and favourites.

1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace
3.Metallica - ...And Justice For All
4.Slayer - Reign In Blood
5.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

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Created by Aviator15 on 03.05.2011



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Metallica Albuns Best To Worst

in my opinion!

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

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Created by RuiQuental on 17.06.2011



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Top 11 Favourite Metal Albums Of 2008

Plus my top three favourite tracks from each release. \m/

Honourable mentions:
Warbringer - War Without End (Thrash)
Judas Priest - Nostradamus (Heavy/Symphonic)
Belphegor - Bondage Goat Zombie (Black/Death)
Deicide - Till Death Do Us Part (Death)
Testament - The Formation Of Damnation (Thrash)
Exodus - Let There Be Blood (Thrash)

1.Draconian - Turning Season Within
2.Moonspell - Night Eternal
3.Septicflesh - Communion
4.Metallica - Death Magnetic
5.Sabaton - The Art Of War

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Created by blackwreath13 on 15.07.2022



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Albuns That Changed My Life

1.Deliverance - Deliverance
2.Metallica - ...And Justice For All
3.Deliverance - Weapons Of Our Warfare
4.Mortification - Scrolls Of The Megilloth
5.Tourniquet - Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance

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Created by jrholysoldier on 04.02.2011



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Top 25 Of 2008

Here are my top 25 albums for 2008

1.Equilibrium - Sagas
2.Protest The Hero - Fortress
3.Mirrorthrone - Gangrene
4.Opeth - Watershed
5.Oceans Of Sadness - The Arrogance Of Ignorance

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Created by MeloDeathViking on 26.08.2010