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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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• SPLICED Metalcore
• BESTIAL VOID Doom Metal
• SAINTSOMBRE Sludge Metal
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• UNHALLOWED PROMETHEAN Deathcore
• WOLF & BEAR Hardcore Punk
• SACRIFICEN DUST Metalcore
• ADVENTURER Hardcore Punk
• ANIMALJAM Hardcore Punk
• SNOWING IN PERU Hardcore Punk
• GOOD FALL Hardcore Punk
• TRUTH MEANS DYING Metalcore
• PAIN CHEMISTRY Sludge Metal

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SÓLSTAFIR

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PANZERFAUST

New Metal Online Videos

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DAWN OF REVENGE - Curtain of Death - [official music video]
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DAWN OF REVENGE - Vengeance [official music video]
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DAWN OF REVENGE - I Need You [official music video]
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