After seeing Guib's great list (go check it out) , I wanted to create my own lineup of albums that really hit the spot for me. I'm all about heavy guitars mixed with symphonic elements/melodies. While I'll mostly lean towards technical death metal & deathcore, I'm open to throwing in other stuff that fits the vibe.

I'll list them in order of date. Feel free to post recommendations. One album each band.

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Personal favorite 2024:
Job For A Cowboy - Moon Healer

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TAGS: Technical Death Metal, Melodic Tech-Death, Brutal, Atmospheric, Progressive, Blackened Tech-Death, Deathcore, Symphonic, Dissonant Tech-Death, Metalcore

1.The Faceless - Akeldama

2.Born Of Osiris - The Discovery

3.Northlane - Singularity

4.Aversions Crown - Tyrant

5.Rings Of Saturn - Lugal Ki En

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1.Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields

2.Saturnus - Paradise Belongs To You

3.Radiohead - OK Computer

4.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

5.Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale

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My favorite black metal album’s

1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

2.Akhlys - Melinoë

3.Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs

4.Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

5.Blut Aus Nord - Hallucinogen

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Hey Folks! It’s me… Again!

I’m coming back once more to explore the depths of a genre that arguably did not begin where you all thought it did! Yeah yeah… Alright, maybe Left Hand Path, Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious, Like An Ever Flowing Stream & The Red In The Sky Is Ours aren’t exactly the sound you would expect, but they were certainly a sign of something incredible that was about to happen. The birth of Melodic Death Metal!

Most of you, them, us… Would agree that Melodic Death metal really appeared in the form of Carcass’s 1993 album Heartwork. Even though some shades of what would become staples of the genre were heard before, this one would truly be the first album to be called as such. Mixing OSDM with more classic heavy metal styled riffs & melodies, our beloved genre (along with Thrash) would become for a lot of our teenage selves, a gateway into the more extreme bowels of metal’s subgenres. I would argue that it’s an almost obligatory step in the grand metalhead’s journey. Ah, how amazing it was to first taste the somewhat delicate sound of melodeath before rattling our ears with the obscenities & nonsensical wankery of grindcore, brutal tech-death, dissonant death and post metal… Rrrrright.

As you have become accustomed to by now, I will attempt to honour the genre by listing the absolute best Melodic Death metal albums to be ever released throughout the years. And I will do so starting with a few albums that are arguably not Melodic Death metal… Because I can and I did, hah! F*ck you! Along the way, you might stumble upon some strange & unorthodox choices mixing a plethora of other genres as well and that’s ok. Truly. Take it easy, don’t hyperventilate over it and just go with the flow. The main goal here is to help people who don’t know much about melodeath discover it and where it came from. I also want to push forward some less known jewels amongst highly praised landmarks of the style and sprinkle a bit of my personality along the way because that’s always fun. The albums will be ordered in years of release and there will be no other restriction or specific rules.

I hope you have a blast going through my list and that it brings you joy and a slight tingle on your nostalgia strings. Though, if it pisses you off, if I forgot your absolute favourite album of all goddamn time or if you think I’m an idiot, well… Just remember that I’m right, always and forever, thank you. Regardless It will be a pleasure for me to hear your recommendations or discuss anything related to melodeath below. Cheers & have fun!

-Guib-

Note: Albums with a 🇨🇦 are from my country (Canada) and albums with a ★ are my personal favourites.

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Last Updated: April 27th, 2024

1.Entombed - Left Hand Path

2.Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious

3.Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream

4.At The Gates - The Red In The Sky Is Ours

5.Carcass - Heartwork

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The greatest Thrash metal band from Germany 🇩🇪

1.Kreator - Pleasure To Kill

2.Kreator - Extreme Aggression

3.Kreator - Terrible Certainty

4.Kreator - Coma Of Souls

5.Kreator - Hordes Of Chaos

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Listed in alphabetical order

1.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations

2.Amorphis - Silent Waters

3.Atheist - Piece Of Time

4.Bathory - Blood On Ice

5.Be'lakor - Coherence

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1.Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse

2.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

3.Katatonia - Discouraged Ones

4.Cradle Of Filth - Cruelty And The Beast

5.Anathema - Alternative 4

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1.Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

2.In Vain - Solemn

3.Saxon - Hell, Fire And Damnation

4.South of Salem - Death of the Party

5.Borknagar - Fall

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These are albums that I'm currently enjoying. They may be classics that I'm revisiting or new gems I've recently discovered. (Ordered alphabetically)

- A star (⭐️) denotes a new discovery that I find exceptionally special!
- A flame (🔥) denotes an album that I've heard before, enjoyed, and am revisiting this month!

1.Acid Row - Poisoned Mind

2.Acid Mammoth - Supersonic Megafauna Collision

3.Anti - The Insignificance Of Life

4.Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

5.Benighted - Ekbom

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Long list huh

1.Bruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project

2.Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

3.Coffin Storm - Arcana Rising

4.Ivory Tower - Heavy Rain

5.Exhorder - Defectum Omnium

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Here's my AotY for each year from 1970, with a runner up (or two) following.
Pink Floyd and Yes aren't here, King Crimson is, so I'll include King Crimson

1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

2.Deep Purple - In Rock

3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

4.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

5.Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards

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1.Dvne - Voidkind

2.Selbst - Despondency Chord Progressions

3.Inter Arma - New Heaven

4.Amiensus - Reclamation: Part 1

5.Replicant - Infinite Mortality

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1.Beyond Twilight - The Devil's Hall Of Fame

2.Beyond Twilight - Section X

3.Zierler - ESC

4.Twilight (DEN) - The Edge

5.Twilight (DEN) - Eye For An Eye

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The albums in this alphabetical list do not have a regular title track. Instead, their corresponding title can be found in the lyrics of a song from another album of the band. Therefore, they qualify as both “Misplaced Title Track” (title relates to a song found on another album) as well as “Hidden Title Track” (album title is not based on a song title but only on the lyrics of a song).

Please feel free to suggest more metal/hard rock examples of these “misplaced and hidden title tracks”.

1.Anthrax - Spreading The Disease

2.Ayreon - The Human Equation

3.David Lee Roth - Crazy From The Heat

4.Enter Shikari - Take To The Skies

5.Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I

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Hello Folks!

Inspired by fellow Metal Stormer F3ynman, I've decided to make a list of what I consider to be the best metal songs for me. The small difference is that I will be listing 100 of them because I found 50 to be way too restrictive for my taste. Also, there will be no specific order to the list and no other sort of restriction other than the amount of songs. I will be updating this anytime I change my mind or discover something that slays more in my opinion.

Hope you'll enjoy, cheers!

-Guib-

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Last Updated: April 27th, 2024

1.Revocation - Conjuring The Cataclysm - (2011 - Album: Chaos Of Forms)

2.Alien Weaponry - Kai Tangata - (2018 - Album: Tū)

3.Anata - Better Grieved Than Fooled - (2006 - Album: The Conductor's Departure)

4.Baroness - A Horse Called Golgotha - (2009 - Album: Blue Record)

5.Candlemass - Bewitched - (1987 - Album: Nightfall)

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