Category: Lists
Essential Black Metal Albums
Black metal began in the 1980s as a prototype of and speed and thrash metal. The following list of essential …
March 2021 Best Heavy Metal Albums
Spring is here, and the number of new metal releases is increasing. There were plenty of quality albums to pick …
Best Opeth Albums
Picking the best Opeth albums is a challenge. Opeth are a band that has constantly pushed their musical boundaries. Their sound …
Best Queensryche Albums
It seems like Queensrÿche have been around forever, but a closer look reveals a mere 14 albums over a 33-year …
Best Judas Priest Albums
Created out of the same ashes as Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin, Judas Priest formed in Birmingham, England. Turning depressive poor …
1987 Best Heavy Metal + Hard Rock Albums
After 1986, arguably metal’s best year ever, 1987 was going to struggle to live up to that incredible standard. Still, …
1986 Best Heavy Metal + Hard Rock Albums
Many people think 1986 was the best year ever for heavy metal. That’s debatable of course, but there’s no doubt …
February 2021 Best Heavy Metal Albums
February may be the shortest month of the year, but in 2021 there was no shortage of quality metal albums. …
1985 Best Heavy Metal + Hard Rock Albums
We’ve had some great lists to start the 1980s, but 1985 was not one of the decade’s brightest spots as …
January 2021 Best Heavy Metal Albums
2021 is off to a strong start, with a usually fairly sparse month packed with quality releases. Here are our …
2020 Best Heavy Metal Albums
2020 was an unprecedented year, and as it always has, music provided escape, comfort, catharsis and hope in an uncertain …
2020 Best Live Heavy Metal Albums
Every year there are a ton of live albums and DVDs released. In 2020 they meant a little more, since …
2020 Best Progressive Metal/Rock Albums
Welcome to our fifth annual Top Progressive Albums list, where we highlight the best of the year. As with years …
November 2020 Best Heavy Metal Albums
As 2020 thankfully comes to a close, the year is ending with a collection of strong metal releases. Our best …
October 2020 Best Heavy Metal Albums
As the year comes to a close, many albums originally set to be released earlier this year have been shifted …
September 2020 Best Heavy Metal Albums
Each year, it seems that September is one of the strongest months in quality and depth of new releases, and …
August 2020 Best Heavy Metal Albums
August was a deep month when it came to quality new metal albums. At least half a dozen releases that …
Mastodon Albums Ranked
Atlanta based sludge/progressive metal band Mastodon are one of the biggest bands to come out of the New Wave of …
July 2020 Best Heavy Metal Albums
No summer doldrums in July, with a strong crop of new metal releases. Here are our choices for July 2020’s …
Death Albums Ranked
Death was the brainchild of Florida vocalist and guitarist Chuck Schuldiner. Historic for his ruthlessly diligent work ethic and for …
June 2020 Best Heavy Metal Albums
During the summer the number of new releases tend to decrease, and that’s the case for June. Though the quantity …
May 2020 Best Heavy Metal Albums
As stay-at-home orders continue in many parts of the world and no idea when live shows will resume, thankfully music …
April 2020 Best Heavy Metal Albums
As the world stays home due to the coronavirus pandemic and live shows are cancelled for the foreseeable future, there …