
Category: Lists



Within The Abyss: 2021 Best Albums
Welcome to the year-end best of Within The Abyss. 2021 was a good first year filled with many great black …

November 2021 Best Heavy Metal Albums
This is our final monthly “best of” list of 2021. Our best of 2021 list is coming next month. Here …

October 2021 Best Heavy Metal Albums
The heavy hitters were out in full force this month, making for an outstanding month of new metal releases. It …

September 2021 Best Heavy Metal Albums
There’s no doubt that many of the albums on this month’s list will appear on the Best of 2021 list. …

August 2021 Best Heavy Metal Albums
Quantity-wise, August had the fewest number of new heavy music releases since January. Quality-wise, though, it stacks up well with …

July 2021 Best Heavy Metal Albums
July wasn’t one of the stronger months of 2021 in terms of quality new releases. Still, there were some notable …

June 2021 Best Heavy Metal Albums
Live music is returning across the globe, and though there were fewer new releases than in May, there were plenty …

May 2021 Best Heavy Metal Albums
As the weather heats up, so does the number of new releases. There were a ton of new albums to …

April 2021 Best Heavy Metal Albums
April 2021’s best heavy metal albums include some legendary bands, including the one that tops the list, along with some …

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 …