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A List Of Great Debut Albums

A lot of bands have great debut albums. Obviously this list is just a fraction of all the great debut albums out there, but it's a start. I'll keep expanding this list continuously, so all suggestions are welcome (granted they are featured on MS). All the albums here are ranked according to genre and then alphabetically. If a certain album belongs to the (in your opinion) wrong genre, then definitely let me know.

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2.Aarni - Bathos
3.Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia
4.Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom
5.Sadness - Ames De Marbre

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Created by Erik M. on 30.11.2012



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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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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 25 Awesome Debut Albums In Death Metal

1.Obituary - Slowly We Rot
2.Entombed - Left Hand Path
3.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
4.Asphyx - The Rack
5.Cannibal Corpse - Eaten Back To Life

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Created by Hugoj33 on 09.05.2011



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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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The "Must Have" And The "Could Have" Metal Albums Of The 80's

These are the 211 essential hard rock/metal albums of the 80's, as were selected by the Greek Magazine "Metal Hammer" (August 2001 issue).

The albums followed by a star are the "must have", whereas the rest albums are the "could have".

1.Angel Witch - Angel Witch
2.AC/DC - Back In Black
3.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
4.Diamond Head - Lightning To The Nations
5.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

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Created by Tzo87 on 25.08.2013



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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 Personal Top 15 Albums Of ALL Time

This is a somewhat accurate list of my top albums

1.Death - Human
2.Windir - 1184
3.Autopsy - Severed Survival
4.Darkthrone - Under A Funeral Moon
5.Saint Vitus - V

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Created by Galar on 22.05.2010



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Top 25 Albums Of 1989

Updated 11/14/18

1.Helstar - Nosferatu
2.Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
3.Obituary - Slowly We Rot
4.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
5.Pestilence - Consuming Impulse

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Created by Dangerboner on 02.03.2010



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Top 46 Death/Melodeath Albums

1.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
2.Death - Scream Bloody Gore
3.Obituary - Slowly We Rot
4.Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten
5.Deicide - Legion

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Created by truenoacero on 18.09.2011



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Top 25 Classic Death Metal Debuts

3 caveats
1. Death metal album (not just debut from band that became death metal, like Carcass)
2. Released calendar year 1999 or earlier
3. By a band with more than 1 album (1-album wonder list is elsewhere)

Yes, there are a few bands conspicuous in their absence. For whatever reason, I just never really got into them.
I don't dislike them, but I don't regard them as highly as most folks do

EDIT - I stayed away from death/thrash combo albums, more for convenience's sake. So Malleus Maleficarum, Illusions, Seven Churches, Serpent Temptation, etc are not on this list, but they'll be on the next list I make (top 25 Brutal thrash/death-thrash albums)

1.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
2.Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence
3.Nocturnus - The Key
4.Sinister - Cross The Styx
5.Demigod - Slumber Of Sullen Eyes

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Created by sgtrobo on 30.07.2022



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Death Is Only The Beginning (Of This List)

This is a list of all the death metal albums I have listened to that I thought were at all worth remembering. Like my other genre lists, this is just a record of my own listening experience that I use for personal organization, not a definitive account of the best or all of the death metal out there; there will probably be albums or bands that are not death metal in the strictest sense. You'll find some OSDM, melodeath, tech death, death-doom, maybe a bit of deathcore, I don't know. Maybe some non-death metal albums by death metal bands that I put in here just because.

1.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
2.Death - Symbolic
3.At The Gates - With Fear I Kiss The Burning Darkness
4.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
5.Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

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Created by ScreamingSteelUS on 15.04.2022



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The Worst "Popular" Metal Albums

I realize the importance of these albums to the genres, and the influence they have had. however I do not find these albums really that great and pleasurable due to the competition and elimination through these decades of musical evolution. I respect these bands for releasing something so creative, conceptual and also brought us to the new dimension in the past.

1.Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
2.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes
3.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God
4.Accept - Restless And Wild
5.Accept - Balls To The Wall

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Created by Dr. Strawberry on 20.08.2014



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THE BEST DEATH METAL ALBUM

1.Death - Symbolic
2.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
3.Desultory - Bitterness
4.Morgoth - Cursed
5.Death - Human

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Created by buber on 13.07.2011



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Mr. Cheeky's Favourite Debut Albums Throughout The Years

This is a list of my favourite debut albums.
I'm sure there are some years that will have multiple great debut albums but I'm limiting to only putting one band per year.
The ones that I put in the list is (in my opinion) the best debut album of that year, while the rest are put in honourable mentions.

1.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
2.AC/DC - T.N.T.
3.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
4.Venom - Welcome To Hell
5.Witchfinder General - Death Penalty

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Created by Grind Magus on 11.03.2014