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Top 200 Overlooked Albums

This list aims to be the counterpart to the Metal Storm Top 200 Albums (plus a few extras).

If you discover a new band or already like any of ones here, please give this list a thumbs up and/or leave a comment so we can get these overlooked gems in front of more people.

Criteria:
• High-quality musicianship (i.e. 9-10/10 IMO)
• 1 album per band

Ordered by number of votes then MS rating.

As these are albums with a low number of votes, the rating is likely to change frequently. I will update this list as often as I can.

Updated: 29-Jan-24

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

1.Solipsist - The Human Equation
2.Ayahuasca - Beneath The Mind
3.Cryptomnesia - Primordial Oddity
4.Element (USA) - The Energy
5.Telepathy - 12 Areas

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Created by nonZero on 15.07.2020



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Black Metal Cover Arts Which I Think Are Stunning And Interesting

I list the black metal artworks which are the most different and appealing, at least for my eyes, and give a brief excuse for a somewhat explanation of why I think it.
Edit: As suggested, I gave a link to the inages of the albums not feat. here non MS. For all the other ones... Well, one can always click on the album name.

1.A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays
2.A Forest Of Stars - Opportunistic Thieves Of Spring
3.Abigail Williams - Becoming
4.Ad Hominem - Dictator
5.Alcest - Le Secret

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Created by Karlabos on 29.11.2013



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The Exploration In The Metal World

There are the albums that have impressed me. Alphabetical orders. Hope you enjoy this list.

1.Acatalepsy - Acatalepsy (EP)
2.Across Tundras - Dark Songs Of The Prairie
3.Aelter - Dusk Dawn/Follow You Beloved
4.A Forest Of Stars - The Corpse Of Rebirth
5.Ain Sof Aur - Atra Serpens

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Created by Metal Addiction on 27.08.2013



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Progressive Spiritual Euphoria / Best prog Albums Ever .

So here we are again . After many years of dedication and love to this music that we call progressive metal, here are some of the best albums that ever existed and made the earth a better place . Give to these albums the attention and the respect they deserve and you will be fully awarded. I think i will try and limit this list to 3 cd's maximum per band to make this thing more challenging .

1.Dan Swanö - Moontower
2.Cynic - Traced In Air
3.Cynic - Focus
4.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini
5.Enslaved - Ruun

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Created by Hazelnut Nero on 20.09.2014



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The Ultimate Industrial Metal Albums

Metal albums of all things techy, futuristic, distorted, synthetic and artificial of the industrial nature.
Includes some single tracks and full albums from YouTube.
Recommendations/suggestions are welcome and one album per band.

1.2 Times Terror - Equals One Sudden Death
2....And Oceans - Allotropic/Metamorphic Genesis Of Dismorphism (A.M.G.O.D.)
3.Aborym - With No Human Intervention
4.Atrophia Red Sun - Twisted Logic
5.Black Comedy - Instigator

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Created by CyberSymphony on 13.07.2014



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Favorite Black Metal Albums

1.Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
2.Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
3.Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
4.Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
5.Satyricon - Nemesis Divina

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Created by ManiacBlasphemer on 02.10.2012



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solar's quirky albums

An ever-growing list of albums/EPs that were just fun to listen to. They had something unique, were experimental/strange and/or had interestingly/efficiently lined up vocals and/or instruments that are too hard to forget easily. Naturally, quite a few of them will be avant-garde, but anything else goes that stand out in their subgenre more than others.

1....? - ...!
2.!T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)
3.6:33 - Deadly Scenes
4.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
5.Age Of Silence - Acceleration

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Created by solar on 05.09.2017



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Favorite albums from the 90's

Here are my favorite METAL albums from 1990 to 1999.

1.Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
2.Sepultura - Roots
3.Sepultura - Arise
4.Sepultura - Chaos A.D.
5.Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

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Created by Hamird on 02.03.2010



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My Favorite Black Metal Albums

1.Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter
2.Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
3.Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
4.Hades Almighty - The Dawn Of The Dying Sun
5.Gorgoroth - Pentagram

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Created by Hugoj33 on 11.07.2011



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1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

Welcome to what I consider the "1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" or in other words, a list of records of various genres in the arrays of Metal and Hard Rock that I deem essential or at least very recommended to listeners of hard and heavy music. This may be a very overwhelming list but I essentially try to collect all albums in the History of Metal that strike me as worthwhile. May this be a guideline for people that seek for an entrance to a particular genre or certain bands. In no means I am saying, that this list is indisputable by any means. I consider these my personal picks for albums that should be listened to by die-hard metal fans at least once. Hopefully you can discover some new music or relate with my picks. If I missed something that you would include in such a list, please tell me in the form of a comment. Enjoy! \,,/

1.High Tide - Sea Shanties
2.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
4.Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come
5.Josefus - Dead Man

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Created by pandrstudios on 31.05.2022



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The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (D)

This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone who is young in age, my tastes tend to revolve around the period of the 80s to the present.* Although certain metal albums from before will certainly be featured, the period of the 60s-70s will be under-represented. I refer you to this excellent list to gain a better appreciation for some of the best metal from that period: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/freis/martin_popoffs_the_top_500_heavy_metal_albums_of_all_time/

1.D.C. Cooper - D.C. Cooper
2.Dali's Dilemma - Manifesto For Futurism
3.Damim - The Difference Engine
4.Dämmerfarben - Im Abendrot
5.Damned Spirits' Dance - Weird Constellations

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Created by Uxküll on 28.10.2020



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Urs' Top 10 Of 1999

Overall year rating:
5/5

1.Dødheimsgard - 666 International
2.Dolorian - When All The Laughter Has Gone
3.Agalloch - Pale Folklore
4.Esoteric - Metamorphogenesis
5.Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter

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Created by Urs Blank on 05.03.2010



My Top 20 Albums Of 1999

1.Opeth - Still Life
2.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
3.Dan Swanö - Moontower
4.Windir - Arntor
5.Dark Tranquillity - Projector

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Created by JHK on 28.03.2024



Top 20 Of 1999

Must Have: The First 14

1.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
2.Anathema - Judgement
3.Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black
4.Amorphis - Tuonela
5.Crimson Glory - Astronomica

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Created by Alex Avagianos on 26.03.2021



Greatest Unconventional Metal Albums

1.Altar Of Plagues - Teethed Glory & Injury
2.The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand
3.Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors
4.Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
5.Beherit - Drawing Down The Moon

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Created by dann2118 on 12.03.2016