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Jay's Top Metal Albums...no Particular Order 2.0

I havnt been into metal all that long...so this is a good chuck of the metal albums i own...though ive heard many, many more....these are all albums ive spent a lot of time with (or soon will). I tried to stay away from multiple albums by an artist, but a few exceptions were made hehe.

1.!T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)
2.3 Inches Of Blood - Here Waits Thy Doom
3.Absu - Tara
4.ADX - Division Blindée
5.Agalloch - The Mantle

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Created by JÄY on 28.07.2010



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Top 500 Albums of All Time

I've been listening to Metal since 2005 and it has become my biggest passion in life.

Rarely a day goes by where I don't listen to it in one form or another. The bands I listened to in my teens inspired me to pick up the guitar (and later drums) and start making music of my own.

So here are the albums that have stood out and made the largest impact on me. To be as transparent as possible, I've labelled albums as 'nostalgia bias' where my memories of the album give it an advantage over others.

(Score is an average of each album's song ratings, full list located here. There are a ton of albums that I've rated 9/10 in the 'TBR' tab that may never make it to this list, be sure to check those out.)

If you discovered any new albums or like the same sort of 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 25 EPs (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)

Genre-Specific:
Top 50 Black Metal Albums
Top 50 Melodic Death Metal Albums
Top 45 Thrash Metal Albums
Top 40 Power Metal Albums
Top 30 Doom Metal Albums
Top 30 Heavy Metal Albums

1.Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
2.Opeth - Blackwater Park
3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
4.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
5.Opeth - Still Life

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Created by nonZero on 06.10.2018



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The Top Of Death's Crystal Mountain (150 Greatest Death Metal Albums)

*** MAX 3 ALBUMS PER ARTIST!!! (Except Death) Also... While extra weight will be given to classic death metal albums, this list will also include exceptional examples of melodic death, death-grind, technical/progressive death, death-thrash, and blackened death. LPs ONLY. *** /\ UNDER CONSTRUCTION /\

1.Cryptopsy - None So Vile
2.Death - Symbolic
3.Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten
4.Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious
5.Death - Human

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Created by saw_you_drown on 08.04.2015



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Top Death Metal Records

1.Behemoth - Evangelion
2.Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery
3.Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream
4.Grave - Into The Grave
5.Behemoth - Demigod

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Created by EmperorIX on 02.07.2010



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Favorite 50 Albums

This is my top 50 favorite albums. If I were to ever go on a really long road trip, I would take these 50 and blare them on the trip and extra loud while driving through a city .

1.Symphony X - The Odyssey
2.Symphony X - Paradise Lost
3.Judas Priest - Painkiller
4.Ayreon - The Human Equation
5.Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy

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Created by Kratos on 25.09.2010



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KB's Favorite Albums Of All Time (Only Metal)

Here is my provisional favorite-metal-albums-of-all-time-list! Enjoy!
The first 10 albums are in pretty accurate order. However, after that, it becomes harder and harder to separate the albums clearly. Thus, you can say that I enjoy album x on the list as much as the others in the interval of (x-5) to (x+5). For example album 37 would be as much enjoyed as 32, 33, 34, ..., 42, or something like that.

1.Cult Of Luna - Somewhere Along The Highway
2.Disillusion - Back To Times Of Splendor
3.Grand Alchemist - Intervening Coma-Celebration
4.Opeth - Blackwater Park
5.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

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Created by Kuroboshi on 06.02.2013



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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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Top 25 Albums Of 2009

Favorite albums released in 2009

1.Dragged Into Sunlight - Hatred For Mankind
2.Cattle Decapitation - The Harvest Floor
3.Ulcerate - Everything Is Fire
4.miRthkon - Vehicle
5.Dying Fetus - Descend Into Depravity

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Created by Dangerboner on 02.03.2010



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1001 Metal Albums to Hear Before You Die

An ongoing list for personal use as well as for reference for beginners (& veterans alike). This is solely my personal opinion and taste (Death & Prog mostly but do give every genre a try). Basically will include albums I've rated 8 & above. Sorted by year since I'll need a Venn diagram to sort by genre (seriously MS please make it happen if possible). Will feature multiple releases per year (obviously) and per band (since if a band is putting out better albums it deserves more recognition). Keeping the metal faith alive from India

1.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
2.King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
4.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
5.Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself

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Created by metalriff on 05.02.2021



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My Favorite Metal Albums Of All Time

my 100 favorite metal albums of all times. Alphabetical order.

1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
2.Agalloch - The Serpent & The Sphere
3.Ahab - The Giant
4.Alice In Chains - Dirt
5.Altar Of Plagues - Mammal

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Created by PēterisP on 10.11.2014



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The Most Metal / Rock Albums With Impact On Me

Kinda saw another relative lists on here that state this, one bad and one inspirational, so thought I might do my own.

Alphabetic order. And don't ask why a lot of Testament stuff is there, if their albums hadn't had so much impact, Testa wouldn't be my favorite band.

1.AC/DC - Back In Black
2.Accept - Stalingrad
3.Agalloch - The Mantle
4.Amon Amarth - Versus The World
5.Anthrax - Spreading The Disease

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Created by Iron Nostarion on 10.05.2012



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Best Death Metal Albums From 2009

1.Lost Soul - Immerse In Infinity
2.Fleshgod Apocalypse - Oracles
3.Nile - Those Whom The Gods Detest
4.Asphyx - Death... The Brutal Way
5.Demonical - Hellsworn

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Created by sq_xeper on 12.04.2010



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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

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Created by Qualeen on 10.10.2021



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Top 100 Scrobbled Last Fm Metal Albums (updated 23/04/2015,07.04.2018)

So it is have been 3 year without few days since my last update ( it took me a while ),
And this top 100 prove's that we like to look into new genres or move back to 70' and yearly 80' for something easier to listen to. For me it was ambient/nefolk, some heavy metal and hardrock but in the end mostly heavy shit, my favourite death metal also black, trash metal and grind.

1.Skuggsjá - A Piece For Mind & Mirror
2.Vader - Welcome To The Morbid Reich
3.Aborted - The Necrotic Manifesto
4.Aborted - Global Flatline
5.King Diamond - The Graveyard

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Created by Hellcult on 14.11.2012



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Top 10 Albums Of 2009

1.Obscura - Cosmogenesis
2.Ensiferum - From Afar
3.While Heaven Wept - Vast Oceans Lachrymose
4.Mastodon - Crack The Skye
5.Warbringer - Waking Into Nightmares

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Created by EpicMayhem on 25.07.2010