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MMA TOP 5 Metal ALBUMS

Rating by members, ranked by custom algorithm
Albums with 30 ratings and more

Master of Puppets Thrash Metal
METALLICA

Paranoid Heavy Metal
BLACK SABBATH

Moving Pictures Hard Rock
RUSH

Powerslave NWoBHM
IRON MAIDEN

Rising Heavy Metal
RAINBOW

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New Metal Artists

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• VIOLETA Black Metal
• VIOLETA Hardcore Punk
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• HOPE DIES LAST Hardcore Punk
• HOPE DIES LAST Hardcore Punk
• NECRAMBULANT Brutal Death Metal
• ETHYLOSEX Metalcore
• STILL ECHOES Melodic Metalcore
• SACROSANTA DECADENCIA OCCIDENTAL Crust Punk
• THE 7TH GUILD Power Metal
• CROWN OF NAILS Deathcore
• MASTER HUNTER Black Metal
• MASTER HUNTER Metalcore
• ORTHRUS (VA) Black Metal
• ORTHRUS (VT) Sludge Metal
• HELIOMAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICA Deathcore
• BRONCHOASPIRATION Metalcore
• PAGOTO Sludge Metal
• GREEN SHADOW Melodic Metalcore

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VACUOUS

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HEDONIST

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New Metal Online Videos

Still Echoes - Through the Fire
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Icouldbe1· 18 hours ago

Call To Arms - Vultures
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Bosh66· 3 days ago

Call To Arms - The Reaper Never Sleeps (Official Lyric Video)
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Bosh66· 3 days ago

BronchoAspiration - Among the Brambles (Lyric Video)
BRONCHOASPIRATION
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BronchoAspiration - Orchid Mantis (Lyric Video)
BRONCHOASPIRATION
Bosh66· 4 days ago

New MMA Metal Forum Topics

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• November Fire | Heavy Psych / Doom Metal
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