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8.3
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Rising - Rainbow
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Blues Rock, Progressive Rock
♫ Stargazer [8:28]
♫ A Light In The Black [8:12]
♫ Run With The Wolf [3:48]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
8
10
0
Saviour Machine - Saviour Machine
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Gothic Metal, Progressive Metal
Symphonic Metal, Christian Rock, Gothic Rock
♫ Carnival Of Souls [6:07]
♫ Legion [4:34]
♫ The Mask [4:30]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
48
8.2
0
Don't Break the Oath - Mercyful Fate
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Heavy Metal
♫ The Oath [7:32]
♫ Come To The Sabbath [5:20]
♫ Night Of The Unborn [5:03]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
18
8.2
0
Born Too Late - Saint Vitus
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Doom Metal
♫ Born Too Late [6:52]
♫ Dying Inside [7:23]
♫ H.A.A.G. [5:02]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
1
10
0
Oneiricon - The White Hypnotic - Ras Algethi
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Funeral Doom Metal
Ethereal Darkwave
♫ When Fire Is Father [8:53]
♫ In White Hypnotic [6:33]
♫ Symbols (In Luce Obliqua) [12:15]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
322
8.2
0
Dirt - Alice in Chains
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Grunge, Alternative Metal
♫ Would? [3:27]
♫ Angry Chair [4:47]
♫ Down In A Hole [5:38]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
23
8.7
0
Bloody Kisses - Type O Negative
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Gothic Metal
Doom Metal, Industrial
♫ Christian Woman [8:58]
♫ Bloody Kisses (A Death In The Family) [10:56]
♫ We Hate Everyone [6:51]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
11
8.5
0
Through the Eyes - Flaw
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Nü Metal
Alternative Rock
♫ Only The Strong [3:22]
♫ Whole [3:54]
♫ Out Of Whack [3:49]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
1
9
0
Descension - Slab!
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Industrial Rock, Industrial Metal
Experimental Rock, Noise Rock, Jazz-Rock, Funk Metal
♫ Tunnel Of Love [3:47]
♫ Flirt [4:57]
♫ Undriven Snow [3:44]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
29
7.8
0
Meantime - Helmet
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Alternative Metal, Post-Hardcore
Noise Rock
♫ In The Meantime [3:07]
♫ Unsung [3:57]
♫ He Feels Bad [4:03]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
75
7.9
0
Sailing the Seas of Cheese - Primus
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Funk Metal, Alternative Metal
Experimental Rock, Avant-Garde Music
♫ Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers [5:19]
♫ Fish On (Fisherman Chronicles, Chapter II) [7:45]
♫ Jerry Was A Race Car Driver [3:10]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
6
7.3
0
The Art of Balance - Shadows Fall
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Metalcore, Thrash Metal
Melodic Death Metal
♫ Thoughts Without Words [4:31]
♫ Stepping Outside The Circle [5:25]
♫ The Art Of Balance [4:46]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
44
8
0
Alive Or Just Breathing - Killswitch Engage
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Metalcore
Melodic Death Metal
♫ My Last Serenade [4:14]
♫ Rise Inside [5:55]
♫ Just Barely Breathing [5:43]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
3
7
0
Worship Him - Samael
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Black Metal
Doom Metal, Thrash Metal
♫ Worship Him [6:30]
♫ Morbid Metal [4:55]
♫ Sleep Of Death [3:44]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
11
8.8
0
Wildhoney - Tiamat
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Gothic Metal
Death-Doom Metal, Progressive Metal, Dark Folk, Ambient, Psychedelic Rock
♫ Whatever That Hurts [5:48]
♫ Gaia [6:27]
♫ The Ar [5:04]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
517
8.3
0
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Heavy Metal
Hard Rock, Doom Metal
♫ Iron Man [6:00]
♫ Paranoid [2:50]
♫ Fairies Wear Boots [6:15]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
1
10
0
Warning - Warning (GERMANY)
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Neue Deutsche Welle, Experimental Rock, Doom Metal
Electronic, Avant-Garde Music, Industrial Rock, Darkwave
♫ Darkness [5:33]
♫ Message [4:17]
♫ Why Can The Bodies Fly [6:50]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
14
8.6
0
Crystal Logic - Manilla Road
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Heavy Metal
♫ Necropolis [3:13]
♫ The Veils Of Negative Existence [4:37]
♫ Dreams Of Eschaton [12:04]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
8
8.7
0
King of the Dead - Cirith Ungol
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Heavy Metal
Doom Metal
♫ Black Machine [4:13]
♫ King Of The Dead [6:47]
♫ Finger Of Scorn [8:30]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
711
8.1
0
Master of Puppets - Metallica
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Thrash Metal
Progressive Metal
♫ Master Of Puppets [8:38]
♫ Welcome Home (Sanitarium) [6:28]
♫ Battery [5:10]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
17
7.4
0
Clutch - Clutch
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Stoner Rock, Stoner Metal
Alternative Metal, Funk Rock
♫ Spacegrass [6:32]
♫ Animal Farm [2:01]
♫ The House That Peterbilt [3:32]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
625
7.6
0
Toxicity - System of a Down
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Alternative Metal
Nü Metal
♫ Chop Suey! [3:30]
♫ Aerials [3:53]
♫ Science [2:42]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
15
7.9
0
Lights Camera Revolution! - Suicidal Tendencies
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Crossover Thrash
Funk Metal
♫ You Can't Bring Me Down [5:48]
♫ Emotion No. 13 [3:41]
♫ Lovely [3:44]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
20
7.7
0
Dopesmoker - Sleep
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Stoner Metal
Drone Metal
♫ Dopesmoker [1:03:35]
♫ Sonic Titan [9:35]
♫ -
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
2
10
0
Scenes from the Second Storey - The God Machine
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Alternative Metal, Post-Hardcore, Alternative Rock
Slowcore, Post-Rock
♫ Dream Machine [5:24]
♫ The Blind Man [5:58]
♫ It's All Over [5:55]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
997
7.3
0
Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Nü Metal
Rap Rock
♫ In The End [3:09]
♫ Papercut [3:40]
♫ Crawling [3:33]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
20
8.1
0
Mandylion - The Gathering
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Gothic Metal
Doom Metal, Progressive Metal, Ethereal Darkwave
♫ Strange Machines [6:04]
♫ In Motion #1 [6:56]
♫ Leaves [6:01]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
1
9
0
Sacrificium - Xandria
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Symphonic Metal
Power Metal, Folk Metal
♫ Nightfall [4:02]
♫ Dreamkeeper [4:36]
♫ Until The End [5:47]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
8
7.6
0
Awaken the Guardian - Fates Warning
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal
♫ Fata Morgana [5:21]
♫ Guardian [7:31]
♫ Giant's Lore (Heart Of Winter) [6:00]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
4
8.3
0
Into the Depths of Sorrow - Solitude Aeturnus
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Epic Doom Metal
♫ Destiny Falls To Ruin [5:03]
♫ Mirror Of Sorrow [7:34]
♫ White Ship [6:10]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
1
9
0
鳳翼麟瞳 (Houyoku Rindou) - Onmyo-Za [???]
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Visual Kei, Heavy Metal
Power Metal
♫ I鳳翼天翔 (Houyoku Tenshou) [4:39]
♫ I妖花忍法帖 (Youka Ninpouchou) [4:28]
♫ I舞いあがる (Maiagaru) [5:17]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
38
8
0
W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Heavy Metal, Glam Metal
♫ I Wanna Be Somebody [3:44]
♫ School Daze [3:36]
♫ Sleeping (In The Fire) [3:56]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
565
7.9
0
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Rap Metal, Alternative Metal
Funk Metal
♫ Killing In The Name [5:14]
♫ Know Your Enemy [4:56]
♫ Bombtrack [4:05]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
4
9
0
The Maniacal Vale - Esoteric
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Funeral Doom Metal
♫ Circle [20:45]
♫ Quickening [12:18]
♫ Silence [15:44]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
7
7.2
0
Horrified - Repulsion
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Grindcore
♫ Festering Boils [1:53]
♫ Driven To Insanity [1:40]
♫ Black Breath [2:17]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
28
7.6
0
Cause of Death - Obituary
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Death Metal
♫ Body Bag [5:51]
♫ Chopped In Half [3:46]
♫ Dying [4:32]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
42
8.2
0
Blues for the Red Sun - Kyuss
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Stoner Metal
Stoner Rock
♫ 50 Million Year Trip (Downside Up) [5:45]
♫ Thumb [4:43]
♫ Apothecaries' Weight [5:20]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
3
8
0
Return to Heaven Denied - Labyrinth
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Power Metal
Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal
♫ Moonlight [5:44]
♫ New Horizons [6:23]
♫ Thunder [4:22]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
1
10
0
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Ethereal Darkwave
Neoclassical Darkwave, Dark Folk, Post-Metal
♫ I2월 거울호수 (Mirror Lake) [6:55]
♫ I5월 깊은물속 (Water Deep) [5:41]
♫ I7월 허우적 (Floating And Drowning) [9:29]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
12
7.8
0
Minas Morgul - Summoning
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Atmospheric Black Metal
Dungeon Synth
♫ Morthond [6:44]
♫ The Passing Of The Gray Company [9:16]
♫ Ungolianth [6:36]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
3
10
0
Maximum Security - Tony MacAlpine
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Neoclassical Metal
Speed Metal
♫ Tears Of Sahara [3:47]
♫ The Vision [3:30]
♫ Autumn Lords [3:26]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
6
7.5
0
World Downfall - Terrorizer
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Deathgrind, Grindcore
♫ Fear Of Napalm [3:01]
♫ Enslaved By Propaganda [2:14]
♫ Dead Shall Rise [3:05]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
16
8.3
0
The Great Radio Controversy - Tesla
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Pop Metal, Hard Rock
Glam Metal, Southern Rock
♫ Hang Tough [4:22]
♫ Lady Luck [3:45]
♫ Love Song [5:25]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
591
8.3
0
Ride the Lightning - Metallica
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Thrash Metal
Heavy Metal
♫ Fade To Black [6:56]
♫ Creeping Death [6:36]
♫ Fight Fire With Fire [4:44]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
82
7.8
0
Arise - Sepultura
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Death Metal, Thrash Metal
♫ Dead Embryonic Cells [4:52]
♫ Desperate Cry [6:40]
♫ Altered State [6:33]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
3
9
0
Darkness Descends - Dark Angel
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Thrash Metal
♫ Death Is Certain (Life Is Not) [4:14]
♫ Black Prophecies [8:29]
♫ Darkness Descends [5:49]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
3
8.5
0
World Without God - Convulse
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Death Metal
♫ World Without God [5:04]
♫ Putrid Intercourse [3:28]
♫ Blasphemous Verses [4:39]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
2
8.5
0
Disillusion - Loudness
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Heavy Metal
Speed Metal
♫ Dream Fantasy (夢 • Fantasy) [4:33]
♫ Ares' Lament (アレスの嘆き) [5:30]
♫ Crazy Doctor [4:13]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
46
8.3
0
Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I - Helloween
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Power Metal
♫ Twilight Of The Gods [4:29]
♫ A Tale That Wasn't Right [5:15]
♫ Halloween [13:18]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
29
7.5
0
Burn My Eyes - Machine Head
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆
Groove Metal
Thrash Metal
♫ Davidian [4:55]
♫ Old [4:05]
♫ None But My Own [6:14]
ShadowyKnightOfRain's rating:
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This special list collects my 100 favourite albums of Metal. Various factors were taken into consideration (songwriting, musicianship, production, originality etc.) when deciding on the selections, but the most important factor here was how much PERSONAL ENJOYMENT I got out of the albums (also noting the amount of influence they had on me). So if your all-time favourites don't appear on this list, don't worry. There are some revered classics present, yet there are also some lesser-appreciated releases and rarities as well. Regardless of their style or status, one thing all of these releases have in common is that I love them all enough for inclusion here. While the grand majority of this list is already well-established, it still isn't completely permanent, as there is always a possibility that an album currently featured could be exchanged for another one sometime in the future.
~ NOTES ~
• Only full-length studio albums: No singles, EPs, demos, compilations, live recordings or splits. There is no limit as to how many releases an artist/group can have on this list though.
• Every subgenre of Metal qualifies to be here including Glam Metal, Alternative Metal, Industrial Metal, Nü Metal and Metalcore (since fortunately, I'm not narrow-minded). Psychedelic Rock and Hard Rock from the 1960s-1970s that is vaguely metallic will be excluded though (as much as I enjoy pioneering groups such as Blue Cheer, Deep Purple, UFO and the like).
• I personally find it difficult to rank a whole bunch of favourite albums in some alleged "definitive" order, so this list has been RANDOMLY ARRANGED (the numbering is only to signify that there are exactly 100 albums present here).
~ FORMAT ~
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆ = My Genre Indicator™. Dominant genres/styles are written in bold and are located on top while least prominent ones are in regular, underlined print and at the bottom.
✎ Reviews/Descriptions [Pending]
♫ ♫ ♫ = Top Three Tracks
List originally published on September 2019
~ NOTES ~
• Only full-length studio albums: No singles, EPs, demos, compilations, live recordings or splits. There is no limit as to how many releases an artist/group can have on this list though.
• Every subgenre of Metal qualifies to be here including Glam Metal, Alternative Metal, Industrial Metal, Nü Metal and Metalcore (since fortunately, I'm not narrow-minded). Psychedelic Rock and Hard Rock from the 1960s-1970s that is vaguely metallic will be excluded though (as much as I enjoy pioneering groups such as Blue Cheer, Deep Purple, UFO and the like).
• I personally find it difficult to rank a whole bunch of favourite albums in some alleged "definitive" order, so this list has been RANDOMLY ARRANGED (the numbering is only to signify that there are exactly 100 albums present here).
~ FORMAT ~
★★★ ♪ ♪ ♪ ☆☆☆ = My Genre Indicator™. Dominant genres/styles are written in bold and are located on top while least prominent ones are in regular, underlined print and at the bottom.
✎ Reviews/Descriptions [Pending]
♫ ♫ ♫ = Top Three Tracks
List originally published on September 2019
