Best metal albums on Reddit
128 reviews from r/MetalForTheMasses, r/fantanoforever, r/thrashmetal and 2 more subreddits
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#1
Black Sabbath
4.9
(11)
"Black Sabbath"
"Paranoid is pretty accessible and very good"
"Paranoid and Master of Reality by Black Sabbath if you enjoy hard rock"
"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"
#2
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"
#3
Iron Maiden
4.2
(5)
"Iron Maiden- Powerslave"
"Powerslave, Seventh Son, Somewhere in Time- Iron Maiden"
"Powerslave, Seventh Son, Somewhere in Time- Iron Maiden"
"Powerslave, Seventh Son, Somewhere in Time- Iron Maiden"
"Judas priest and maiden if ur not too picky on a little higher pitched vocals."
#4
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."
#5
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"
""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"
#6
Metallica
5.0
(4)
"Metallica's Ride the Lightning and megadeth's Rust i"
"Metallica - Metallica"
"Master of Puppets."
"Metallica - Ride the Lightning"
#7
Sepultura
4.3
(4)
"Bestial Devastation (EP)"
"Chaos A.D. by Sepultura? It's not intense screaming, more like shouting."
"It's not intense screaming, more like shouting."
"Other thrash bands like annihilator, exodus, sepultura etc."
#8
Dio
5.0
(3)
"Holy Diver"
"Holy Diver"
"Anything by dio"
#9
Slayer
5.0
(3)
"Slayer - Show No Mercy"
"Slayer—Seasons in the Abyss"
"Slayer- Show no Mercy"
#10
Overkill
4.7
(3)
"Overkill - The Years Of Decay (Try out at least their first 5 albums if you like them, Legendary band)"
"Overkill - The Years Of Decay"
"The majority of the thrash genre wide open."
#11
Trivium
4.7
(3)
"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."
"I think you’d like The Crusade by Trivium."
#12
Judas Priest
4.7
(3)
"Painkiller by Judas Priest"
"Judas Priest - Painkiller"
"Judas priest and maiden if ur not too picky on a little higher pitched vocals."
#13
Opeth
4.7
(3)
"Opeth - Ghost Reveries"
"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."
#14
Machine Head
5.0
(2)
"Oh and The Blackening by Machinehead maybe? I like that and Locust…"
"Machine head - the blackening"
#15
Blind Guardian
5.0
(2)
"Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond"
"Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond"
#16
Baroness
5.0
(2)
"Purple by Baroness."
"Baroness - 'Purple'"
#17
Band-Maid
5.0
(2)
"Check out Band Maid. Their albums Just Bring It and World Domination are about as rock as you can get before hitting metal."
"Check out Band Maid. Their albums Just Bring It and World Domination are about as rock as you can get before hitting metal."
#18
Exodus
4.5
(2)
"Exodus has a bunch of great albums"
"Other thrash bands like annihilator, exodus, sepultura etc."
#19
TOOL
4.5
(2)
"Anything by TOOL"
"Have you ever listened to Tool or Dream Theater"
#20
Crypt Sermon
4.5
(2)
"New Wraith and Crypt Sermon are killing it."
"Crypt Sermon"
#21
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."
#22
Dream Theater
4.5
(2)
"Dream Theater’s “Images and Words”"
"Have you ever listened to Tool or Dream Theater"
#23
Assassin
5.0
(1)
#24
Vendetta
5.0
(1)
#25
Deathrow
5.0
(1)
#26
Funebrarum
5.0
(1)
#27
Chthe'ilist
5.0
(1)
"Trust me"
#28
Brutality
5.0
(1)
#29
Excruciate
5.0
(1)
#30
Corpsevomit
5.0
(1)
"They're the greatest American DM most people never heard of"
#31
Edge of Sanity
5.0
(1)
"They're terrific."
#32
Ikd-sj
5.0
(1)
#33
Funeral Mist
5.0
(1)
"Are cool."
#34
Sarcofago
5.0
(1)
#35
Dir En Grey
5.0
(1)
"I recommend you Uroboros by Dir En Grey"
#36
Merciless
5.0
(1)
"Merciless - The Awakening"
#37
Hellwitch
5.0
(1)
"Hellwitch - Syzygial Miscreancy"
#38
Sadus
5.0
(1)
"Sadus - Swallowed in Black"
#39
Deceased
5.0
(1)
"Deceased… - Surreal Overdose and Fearless Undead Machines"
#40
Inquisitor
5.0
(1)
"Inquisitor - Stigmata Me, I'm in Misery and Walpurgis, Sabbath of Lust"
#41
Canker
5.0
(1)
"Canker - Physical"
#42
Eternal Dirge
5.0
(1)
"Eternal Dirge - Morbus Ascendit"
#43
Sepulcher
5.0
(1)
"Sepulcher - Mausoleum Tapestry"
#44
Poison
5.0
(1)
"Poison - Into The Abyss"
#45
Mutilator
5.0
(1)
"Mutilator - Immortal Force"
#46
Witches
5.0
(1)
"Witches - 3.4.1."
#47
Biophobia
5.0
(1)
"Biophobia - You"
#48
Misfits
5.0
(1)
"Misfits - Static Age"
#49
Virtual Embrace
5.0
(1)
"You need to check out Hellektro by Virtual Embrace. If you like heavy and aggressive, this is an electronic/dance album you’ll like!"
#50
Godflesh
5.0
(1)
"Godflesh - Streetcleaner"
#51
Bullet for My Valentine
5.0
(1)
#52
W.A.S.P.
5.0
(1)
#53
Tool
5.0
(1)
"Their best album IMO. they really came into their own on this one."
#54
Midnight Malice
5.0
(1)
"Midnight Malice - Proving Grounds"
#55
ISIS
5.0
(1)
"ISIS - Panopticon (unfortunate but coincidental name)"
#56
Cryptopsy
5.0
(1)
"Cryptopsy - none so vile (this album is excellent)"
#57
King Gizzard
5.0
(1)
"King Gizzard’s Infest the Rats Nest is great modern thrash metal"
#58
Cathedral
5.0
(1)
"Cathedral"
#59
Sleep
5.0
(1)
"Sleep"
#60
Melvins
5.0
(1)
"Melvins"
#61
Visigoth
5.0
(1)
"Visigoth - The Revenant King"
#62
Pizza Death
4.0
(1)
"I get it if you don’t like metal, but everybody likes pizza!"
#63
Staind
4.0
(1)
"Break the cycle staind"
#64
Pantera
4.0
(1)
"Early 90s pantera."
#65
Annihilator
4.0
(1)
"Other thrash bands like annihilator, exodus, sepultura etc."
#66
Celtic Frost
4.0
(1)
"Celtic Frost are a great heavy band that has only clean singing. Would recommend Monotheist."
#67
Slipknot
4.0
(1)
"Slipknot’s first few albums are a lot of fun"
#68
Epica
4.0
(1)
"Check Epica, for example."
#69
Eternal Champion
4.0
(1)
"Eternal Champion"
#70
Mutoid Man
4.0
(1)
#71
Type O Negative
4.0
(1)
"Slower band, but 'Eternity' by Anathema as well."
#72
Unleash the Archers
4.0
(1)
#73
Stam1na
4.0
(1)
"Sing in Finnish."
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