Best metal albums on Reddit

125 reviews from r/MetalForTheMasses, r/fantanoforever, r/musicproduction and 1 more subreddit

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Black Sabbath

4.9

(10)

"Black Sabbath"

"Paranoid is pretty accessible and very good"

"Paranoid and Master of Reality by Black Sabbath if you enjoy hard rock"

"Paranoid by Black Sabbath is a great combination of that late 60s/early 70s hard rock and early metal."

"Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell"

"Anything by Black Sabbath"

"Black Sabbath - Paranoid & Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"

"Black Sabbath- Sabotage"

"Some of Black Sabbath's albums could be a good way to start. My personal favorite is Master of Reality"

Mastodon

5.0

(9)

"Mastodon - Crack the Skye"

"Mastodon is great. Crack the Skye, The Hunter, and Emperor of Sand are all fun and less “noisy” than earlier material."

"Crack the Skye x Mastodon"

"Once More ‘Round the Sun x Mastodon"

"The Hunter x Mastodon"

"Emperor of Sand x Mastodon"

"Crack the Skye by Mastodon is freaking unbelievable."

"Mastodon- Crack the Skye"

"Once More ‘Round The Sun - Mastodon"

Megadeth

5.0

(4)

"My introduction to metal was "Rust in Peace" by Megadeth. Prolly still my favorite."

"Metallica's Ride the Lightning and megadeth's Rust i"

"I know you’ve mentioned the Big 4 already but specifically Youthanasia and Rust in Peace by Megadeth are so good :) "

"Anything by Megadeth. Pretty much any thrash band will be “fast and heavy” without screaming."

Katatonia

5.0

(4)

"Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance"

""Discouraged Ones" (gothic metal) and "The Great Cold Distance" (alt metal) by Katatonia are both very good albums with clean vocals, personally my favorites from Katatonia"

"Katatonia - Night is the New Day"

Metallica

5.0

(4)

"Metallica's Ride the Lightning and megadeth's Rust i"

"Metallica - Metallica"

"Master of Puppets."

"Metallica - Ride the Lightning"

Sepultura

4.5

(4)

"Sepultura - Beneath the Remains"

"Sepultura - Quadra"

"Chaos A.D. by Sepultura? It's not intense screaming, more like shouting."

"It's not intense screaming, more like shouting."

Slayer

5.0

(3)

"Slayer - Show No Mercy"

"Slayer—Seasons in the Abyss"

"Slayer- Show no Mercy"

Dream Theater

5.0

(3)

"Maybe your going for a Honor Thy father by Dream Theatre"

"Dream Theater’s “Images and Words”"

"Awake by Dream Theater, In the Passing Light of Day by Pain of Salvation."

Testament

5.0

(3)

"I always use Testament - The Formation of Damnation for studio"

"Testament - The Legacy"

"Testament: The Gathering"

#10

Opeth

4.7

(3)

"Opeth - Heritage"

"I would say opeth would be a good band that can ease you into harsh vocals."

"Give ghost of perdition a chance! If you have never heard opeth you should hear them once."

#11

Judas Priest

5.0

(2)

"Painkiller by Judas Priest"

"Judas Priest - Painkiller"

#12

Dio

5.0

(2)

"Holy Diver"

#13

Overkill

5.0

(2)

"Overkill - The Years Of Decay (Try out at least their first 5 albums if you like them, Legendary band)"

"Overkill - The Years Of Decay"

#14

Machine Head

5.0

(2)

"Oh and The Blackening by Machinehead maybe? I like that and Locust…"

"Machine head - the blackening"

#16

Trivium

5.0

(2)

"One of my gateway albums into metal was Silence In The Snow by Trivium, would recommend. No harsh vocals"

"Trivium's Silence in the Snow is an album I've recommended to exactly one person so far and they loved it so that should work."

#17

Baroness

5.0

(2)

"Purple by Baroness."

"Baroness - 'Purple'"

#18

Visigoth

5.0

(2)

"Check out their 2 albums, it's incredible"

"Visigoth - The Revenant King"

#19

Iron Maiden

5.0

(2)

"Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son"

"Iron Maiden- Powerslave"

#20

Candlemass

5.0

(2)

"Candlemass - Nightfall"

"Candlemass- Epicus Doomicus Metallicus"

#21

Alcest

5.0

(2)

"Alcest is probably a good band to start with as they're not super heavy and have a delicacy to their sound, that not many other metal bands do. Les Voyages De L'ame and Kodama would be the 2 starting albums I'd recommend"

"Les Voyages De L'ame and Kodama would be the 2 starting albums I'd recommend"

#22

TOOL

5.0

(2)

"If u enjoy prog/post rock, Lateralus by TOOL would be a gd pick."

"Anything by TOOL"

#23

Exodus

5.0

(2)

"Exodus has a bunch of great albums"

"Exodus - Fabulous Disaster"

#24

Nevermore

5.0

(2)

"Nevermore - *Dead Heart in A Dead World*"

"Nevermore. Sanctuary. Most of Katatonia. Anathema. Overkill. Crimson Glory."

#25

Avenged Sevenfold

5.0

(2)

"Avenged Sevenfold - Avenged Sevenfold"

"City of Evil - Avenged Sevenfold"

#26

Crypt Sermon

4.5

(2)

"New Wraith and Crypt Sermon are killing it."

"Crypt Sermon"

#27

Electric Wizard

4.5

(2)

"Electric Wizard"

"Electric Wizard have a kind of fuzzed out doom aesthetic but they don't usually do proper harsh vocals."

#28

Cryptopsy

5.0

(1)

"Cryptopsy - none so vile (this album is excellent)"

#29

King Gizzard

5.0

(1)

"King Gizzard’s Infest the Rats Nest is great modern thrash metal"

#30

Cathedral

5.0

(1)

"Cathedral"

#31

Sleep

5.0

(1)

"Sleep"

#32

Melvins

5.0

(1)

"Melvins"

#33

Type-O-Negative

5.0

(1)

"Type-O-Negative—World Coming Down."

#34

Heathen

5.0

(1)

"Heathen - Victims Of Deception"

#35

System of a Down

5.0

(1)

"Toxicity by SOAD"

#36

Nonpoint

5.0

(1)

"Nonpoint - To The Pain"

#37

Riot

5.0

(1)

"Riot - Thundersteel"

#38

Death Angel

5.0

(1)

"Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence"

#39

Fellowship

5.0

(1)

"Fellowship - The Saberlight Chronicles"

#40

Illumishade

5.0

(1)

"Ever tried symphonic metal? There’s some really great stuff. Try Tales of Time -Illumishade and Cry For The Moon -Epica"

#41

Kiss

5.0

(1)

"Kiss—Revenge"

#42

Kreator

5.0

(1)

"Kreator - Endless Pain & Pleasure to Kill"

#43

Motorhead

5.0

(1)

"Motorhead - Overkill"

#44

Down

5.0

(1)

"Down - NOLA (Has some screaming, but no over-the-top amounts of it)"

#45

Rammstein

5.0

(1)

"Rammstein - Mutter"

#46

Dillinger Escape Plan

5.0

(1)

"Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine is a great segue"

#47

Leprous

5.0

(1)

"Also Melodies of Atonement by Leprous which has like one section where he screams in a song and the rest is smooth sailing."

#48

Gojira

5.0

(1)

"Magma or Fortitude by Gojira are less screamy in the vocals but still have heavy instruments."

#49

Killer Be Killed

5.0

(1)

"Killer Be Killed - Killer Be Killed"

#50

Pagan Altar

5.0

(1)

"Not thrashy, but I love Pagan Altar. Check out their album Judgement Of The Dead!"

#51

Ghost

5.0

(1)

"Ghost - Infestissumam"

#52

Pallbearer

5.0

(1)

"Also check out Pallbearer! Foundations of Burden is fantastic."

#53

Forbidden

5.0

(1)

"Forbidden - Forbidden Evil"

#54

Xentrix

5.0

(1)

"Xentrix - For Whose Advantage?"

#55

Mercyful Fate

5.0

(1)

"Mercyful Faith - Don't Break The Oath"

#56

Running Wild

5.0

(1)

"Running Wild - Death or Glory"

#57

Epica

5.0

(1)

"Ever tried symphonic metal? There’s some really great stuff. Try Tales of Time -Illumishade and Cry For The Moon -Epica"

#58

Venom

5.0

(1)

"Venom - Black Metal"

#59

Jag Panzer

5.0

(1)

"Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction"

#60

Sodom

5.0

(1)

"Sodom - Agent Orange"

#61

Rage Against the Machine

5.0

(1)

"Rage against the Machine too since you're a hiphop head"

#62

Tyr

5.0

(1)

"Check out the band Tyr. Really good metal band with all clean vocals."

#63

Evergrey

5.0

(1)

"I like Evergrey, very heavy and catchy with clean vocals."

#64

Type O Negative

5.0

(1)

"I’d love to recommend Type O Negative but they’re probably not the “fast and heavy” you’re looking for."

#65

Warrel Dane

5.0

(1)

"The music is outstanding and the singer, Warrel Dane (RIP), was operatically trained."

#66

Elephant Tree

5.0

(1)

"Elephant tree, specifically their albums self titled and habits"

#67

Led Zeppelin

5.0

(1)

"Levy Breaks by Zeppelin is classic"

#68

AC/DC

5.0

(1)

"Greatest live rock album of all time…. “If you want blood….you got it” by AC/DC"

#69

Meshuggah

5.0

(1)

"Always loved Meshuggahs drum recordings. Sounded great."

#70

Bolt Thrower

5.0

(1)

"Bolt Thrower - IVth Crusade"

#71

Wraith

5.0

(1)