Eccoci nuovamente alle prese con la storia cinquantennale del metal. Negli scorsi dieci mesi, a botte di cinquanta titoli per volta, vi abbiamo svelato quelli che secondo noi sono stati i cinquecento album più significativi del nostro genere preferito nei suoi cinquantant'anni di esistenza: dal temporale che apriva il primo mitico album dei Black Sabbath, ai colpi di tamburo che chiudono "Legacy of the Dark Lands" dei Blind Guardian, opera (in tutti i sensi!) che abbiamo eletto quale degna conclusione del nostro viaggio, ma che di certo non costituisce l'atto finale della saga immortale (ce lo auguriamo!) dell'heavy metal.
In questo 2020 maledetto, marchiato dalla pandemia e che ha visto un brusco rallentamento della produzione artistica a tutti i livelli (inclusa quella legata all'industria musicale - fortemente penalizzata dallo stop forzato della dimensione concertistica), non sono mancati importanti segnali di vitalità per il genere: segnali che ci fanno presagire che si parlerà di heavy metal per molto altro tempo ancora (un paio su tutti: "Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic/Cenozoic", l'album definitivo a firma The Ocean, e "Long Day Good Night", l'ultima perla rilasciata dagli inossidabili Fates Warning).
Siamo dunque fiduciosi nel volgere il nostro sguardo al futuro. E per questo, con fierezza e non per mera nostalgia, ci guardiamo ancora una volta alle spalle, riproponendovi per intero la nostra lista dei 500 migliori album dell'heavy metal (con in grassetto quei 50 titoli che riteniamo davvero davvero davvero essenziali).
Buon metal a tutti!
Album 0. BLACK SABBATH - "BLACK SABBATH" (13/02/1970)
1. Black Widow – “Sacrifice” (03/1970)
2. Mountain – “Climbing!”
(07/03/1970)
3. Deep Purple - “In Rock”
(03/06/1970)
4. High Tide - “High Tide” (middle of 1970)
5. The Stooges - “Fun
House” (07/07/1970)
6. Black Sabbath - “Paranoid”
(18/09/1970)
7.
Lucifer’s
Friend - “Lucifer’s Friend” (11/1970)
8. Uriah Heep -
“Salisbury” (08/03/1971)
9. MC5
– “High Time” (06/07/1971)
10.
Deep
Purple - “Fireball” (09/07/1971)
11. Black Sabbath - “Master of Reality” (21/07/1971)
12. Led Zeppelin - “Led Zeppelin IV” (08/11/1971)
13. Deep Purple - “Machine
Head” (25/03/1972)
14. Uriah Heep - “Demons & Wizards” (19/05/1972)
15. Alice Cooper –
“School’s out” (06/1972)
16. Black Sabbath - “Vol.
4” (25/09/1972)
17.
Hawkwind – “Doremi Fasol Latido”
(24/11/1972)
18. Blue Oyster Cult – “Tyranny and Mutation” (11/02/1973)
19.
Alice Cooper – “Billion Dollar Babies”
(25/02/1973)
20. Nazareth
- “Razamanaz” (25/03/1973)
21. Grand Funk Railroad - “We’re an American Band” (15/07/1973)
22. ZZ Top – “Tres Hombres” (26/07/1973)
23. New York Dolls - “New York Dolls” (27/07/1973)
24.
Montrose – “Montrose” (17/10/1973)
25. Black Sabbath - “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” (01/12/1973)
26. Deep Purple - “Burn”
(15/02/1974)
27.
Kiss
- “Kiss” (18/02/1974)
28.
Queen
– “Queen II” (08/03/1974)
29. Blue Oyster Cult - “Secret Treaties” (04/1974)
30. Led Zeppelin -
“Physical Graffiti” (24/02/1975)
31. Alice Cooper - “Welcome to My Nightmare” (11/03/1975)
32.
Aerosmith – “Toys in the Attic” (08/04/1975)
33.
Sweet – “Desolation Boulevard” (Capitol
version_07/1975)
34. Black Sabbath -
“Sabotage” (28/07/1975)
35.
Ted Nugent – “Ted Nugent” (09/1975)
36.
Kiss
- “Destroyer” (15/03/1976)
37. Judas Priest - “Sad Wings of Destiny” (23/03/1976)
38. Thin Lizzy -
“Jailbreak” (26/03/1976)
39. Rush - “2112”
(01/04/1976)
40. Rainbow - “Rising”
(17/05/1976)
41. Boston - “Boston”
(25/08/1976)
42. UFO – “Lights Out” (07/05/1977)
43. Rush - “A Farewell to Kings” (01/09/1977)
44. Kansas - “Point of Know Return” (11/10/1977)
45. Van Halen – “Van Halen”
(10/02/1978)
46. Molly
Hatchet – “Molly Hatchet” (01/09/1978)
47.
Judas Priest - “Killing Machine/Hell Bent for Leather”
(09/10/1978)
48. Rush - “Hemispheres”
(29/10/1978)
49. Scorpions - “Lovedrive”
(25/02/1979)
50. Motorhead - “Overkill”
(24/03/1979)
51. AC/DC - “Highway to Hell” (27/07/1979)
52.
Foreigner – “Head Games” (10/09/1979)
53. Motorhead - “Bomber”
(27/10/1979)
54. Angel Wich - “Angel
Witch” (12/03/1980)
55. Def Leppard - “On Through the Night” (14/03/1980)
56. Iron Maiden - “Iron
Maiden” (14/04/1980)
57. Judas Priest - “British
Steel” (14/04/1980)
58.
Saxon
- “Wheels of Steel” (03/04/1980)
59. Black Sabbath - “Heaven and Hell” (25/04/1980)
60.
Girlschool
– “Demolition” (30/06/1980)
61. AC/DC - “Back in Black” (25/07/1980)
62.
Ozzy Osbourne - “Blizzard of
Ozz” (20/09/1980)
63.
Killing
Joke - “Killing Joke” (05/10/1980)
64. Motorhead - “Ace of
Spades” (08/11/1980)
65. Saxon – “Strong Arm of the Law” (14/11/1980)
66. Praying Mantis – “Time tells no lies” (1981)
67. Iron Maiden – “Killers” (02/02/1981)
68.
Riot
– “Fire down under” (09/02/1981)
69.
Tygers of Pan Tang – “Spellbound” (04/1981)
70. Ozzy Osbourne – “Diary of a Madman” (07/11/1981)
71. Raven – “Rock until you drop” (10/1981)
72. Venom – “Welcome to Hell” (12/1981)
73. Tank – “Filth hounds of hades” (03/1982)
74. Diamond Head – “Borrowed Time” (12/03/1982)
75. Iron Maiden – “The Number of the Beast” (22/03/1982)
76. Scorpions – “Blackout” (10/04/1982)
77.
Anvil - “Metal on Metal” (15/04/1982)
78.
Manowar
- “Battle Hymns” (07/06/1982)
79. Demon – “The unexpected guest” (03/07/1982)
80.
Judas Priest – “Screaming for vengeance” (17/07/1982)
81.
Accept - “Restless and Wild” (02/10/1982)
82. Venom – “Black Metal” (01/11/1982)
83. Journey – “Frontiers” (01/02/1983)
84.
Quiet Riot - “Metal Health” (11/03/1983)
85.
Warlord – “Deliver us” (04/1983)
86. Krokus – “Headhunter” (25/04/1983)
87. Hanoi Rocks – “Back to Mystery City” (05/1983)
88. Iron Maiden – “Piece of Mind” (16/05/1983)
89. R. J. Dio – “Holy Diver” (25/05/1983)
90. Manowar – “Into glory Ride” (01/07/1983)
91.
Metallica
- “Kill ‘Em All” (25/07/1983)
92. Motley Crue – “Shout at the Devil” (26/09/1983)
93. Mercyful Fate – “Melissa” (23/10/1983)
94.
Judas Priest - “Defenders of the Faith” (04/01/1984)
95.
Exciter - “Violence &
Force” (02/1984)
96.
Manowar - “Hail to England”
(04/02/1984)
97.
Warlock
– “Burning the witches” (03/1984)
98.
Y. Malmsteen – “Rising
Force” (05/03/1984)
99.
Trouble – “Psalm
9” (10/03/1984)
100. Ratt - “Out of the Cellar” (27/03/1984)
101.
Scorpions – “Love
at First Sting” (27/03/1984)
102.
Twisted Sister –
“Stay Hungry” (10/05/1984)
103.
Metal Church –
“Metal Church” (07/1984)
104.
Cirith Ungol –
“King of the Dead” (02/07/1984)
105.
Metallica – “Ride
the Lightning” (27/07/1984)
106.
Iron Maiden - “Powerslave”
(03/09/1984)
107.
Mercyful Fate –
“Don’t Break the Oath” (07/09/1984)
108.
Magnum – “On a storyteller’s
night” (13/05/1985)
109.
Destruction – “Infernal Overkill” (24/05/1985)
110.
Exodus – “Bonded
by blood” (25/04/1985)
111.
Stormtroopers of Death -
“Speak English or Die” (30/08/1985)
112.
Slayer - “Hell Awaits”
(16/09/1985)
113.
Possessed - “Seven Churches”
(16/10/1985)
114.
Celtic Frost - “To Mega
Therion” (27/10/1985)
115.
Anthrax – “Spreading
the Disease” (30/10/1985)
116.
Manilla Road – “The deluge”
(25/02/1986)
117.
Metallica – “Master of
Puppets” (03/03/1986)
118.
Candlemass – “Epicus Doomicus
Metallicus” (10/06/1986)
119.
Poison – “Look what the cat
dragged in” (02/08/1986)
120.
Bon Jovi – “Slippery when wet”
(18/08/1986)
121.
Megadeth – “Peace sells…but
who’s buying?” (19/09/1986)
122.
Iron Maiden – “Somewhere in
Time” (29/09/1986)
123.
Saint Vitus – “Born too late”
(10/1986)
124.
Slayer –
“Reign in blood” (07/10/1986)
125.
Kreator –
“Pleasure to kill” (01/11/1986)
126.
Anthrax –
“Among the living” (22/03/1987)
127.
Whitesnake
– “Whitesnake” (07/04/1987)
128.
Testament – “The Legacy”
(21/04/1987)
129.
Death Angel – “The
Ultra-violence” (23/04/1987)
130.
Bathory – “Under the Sign of
the Black Mark” (11/05/1987)
131.
Helloween – “Keeper of the
Seventh keys – Part I” (23/05/1987)
132.
Celtic
Frost – “Into the pandemonium” (01/06/1987)
133.
Pentagram - “Day of Reckoning”
(06/1987)
134.
Napalm
Death - “Scum” (01/07/1987)
135.
Faster Pussycat – “Faster
pussycat” (07/07/1987)
136.
King Diamond - “Abigail”
(15/07/1987)
137.
Guns n’ Roses – “Appetite for
destruction” (21/07/1987)
138.
Sarcòfago - “I.N.R.I.”
(08/1987)
139.
Savatage – “Hall of the
Mountain King” (28/09/1987)
140.
Sacred Reich - “Ignorance”
(13/10/1987)
141.
Joe Satriani – “Surfing with
the alien” (15/10/1987)
142.
Dokken – “Back for the attack”
(02/11/1987)
143.
Candlemass - “Nightfall”
(09/11/1987)
144.
Sanctuary –
“Refuge denied” (1987)
145.
L.A.
Guns – “L.A. Guns” (04/01/1988)
146.
Vicious Rumors – “Digital
dictator” (09/02/1988)
147.
Riot – “Thundersteel”
(24/03/1988)
148.
Iron Maiden – “Seventh son of
a seventh son” (11/04/1988)
149.
Queensryche
– “Operation: Mindcrime” (03/05/1988)
150.
Living Colour – “Vivid”
(03/05/1988)
151.
Testament – “The New Order” (05/05/1988)
152.
Cinderella - “Long Cold
Winter” (21/05/1988)
153.
Nuclear Assault – “Survive”
(13/06/1988)
154.
Voivod – “Dimension Hatross”
(29/06/1988)
155.
Slayer – “South of Heaven”
(05/07/1988)
156.
Carcass - “Reek of
Putrefactions” (07/07/1988)
157.
Death – “Leprosy” (12/08/1988)
158.
Jane’s Addiction – “Nothing’s
Shocking” (23/08/1988)
159.
Metallica – “…and Justice For
All” (25/08/1988)
160.
Helloween –
“Keeper of the Seventh Keys – Part II” (29/08/1988)
161.
Danzig - “Danzig” (30/08/1988)
162.
King Diamond - “Them”
(13/09/1988)
163.
Running Wild - “Port Royal”
(26/09/1988)
164.
Bathory – “Blood Fire Death”
(08/10/1988)
165.
Manowar – “Kings of Metal”
(18/11/1988)
166.
Extreme Noise Terror – “A
Holocaust in Your Head” (1989)
167.
Skid Row – “Skid Row”
(24/01/1989)
168.
Warrant – “Dirty Rotten Filthy
Stinking Rich” (31/01/1989)
169.
Tesla - “The Great Radio
Controversy” (01/02/1989)
170.
Morbid Angel – “Altars of
Madness” (12/05/1989)
171.
Sodom – “Agent Orange”
(01/06/1989)
172.
King’s X –
“Gretchen Goes to Nebraska” (27/06/1989)
173.
Faith No More – “The Real
Thing” (20/06/1989)
174.
Fifth Angel – “Time Will Tell”
(23/08/1989)
175.
Giant – “Last of the runaways”
(29/08/1989)
176.
Fates Warning –
“Perfect Symmetry” (29/08/1989)
177.
Annihilator - “Alice in Hell”
(05/09/1989)
178.
Voivod – “Nothingface”
(13/10/1989)
179.
Godflesh - “Streetcleaner”
(13/11/1989)
180.
Terrorizer – “World Downfall”
(13/11/1989)
181.
Savatage – “Gutter Ballet”
(01/12/1989)
182.
Sanctuary – “Into the Mirror Black”
(27/02/1990)
183.
Bathory –
“Hammerheart” (16/04/1990)
184.
Mekong Delta – “Dances of
Death (and other walking shadows)” (1990)
185.
Steve
Vai – “Passion and Warfare” (05/1990)
186.
Entombed – “Left Hand Path”
(04/06/1990)
187.
Deicide -
“Deicide” (25/06/1990)
188.
Danzig – “Danzig II: Lucifuge”
(26/06/1990)
189.
Suicidal
Tendencies – “Lights…Camera…Revolution!” (03/07/1990)
190.
Pantera – “Cowboys From Hell”
(24/07/1990)
191.
Extreme –
“Pornograffitti” (07/08/1990)
192.
Queensryche – “Empire”
(20/08/1990)
193.
Judas Priest - “Painkiller”
(03/09/1990)
194.
Annihilator -
“Never, Neverland” (12/09/1990)
195. Obituary – “Cause of Death” (19/09/1990)
196. Megadeth – “Rust in Peace” (24/09/1990)
197.
Nocturnus – “The key”
(01/10/1990)
198.
Blind Guardian –
“Tales From the Twilight World” (02/10/1990)
199.
Slayer – “Seasons in the
Abyss” (09/10/1990)
200.
Bolt Thrower - “War Master”
(02/1991)
201.
Dark Angel – “Time does not
heal” (19/02/1991)
202.
Paradise Lost - “Gothic”
(19/03/1991)
203.
Sepultura –
“Arise” (25/03/1991)
204.
Mr. Big – “Lean into it”
(26/03/1991)
205.
Malevolent Creation – “The ten
commandments” (08/04/1991)
206.
Autopsy – “Mental Funeral”
(22/04/1991)
207.
Unleashed - “Where No Life
Dwells” (01/05/1991)
208.
Melvins -
“Bullhead” (03/05/1991)
209.
Armored Saint – “Symbol of
Salvation” (14/05/1991)
210.
Primus – “Sailing the Seas of
Cheese” (14/05/1991)
211.
Morbid Angel – “Blessed are
the sick” (22/05/1991)
212.
Type O Negative –
“Slow, deep and hard” (16/06/1991)
213.
Immolation - “Dawn
of Possession” (19/07/1991)
214.
Coroner – “Mental vortex”
(12/08/1991)
215.
Metallica - “Metallica”
(12/08/1991)
216.
Mr. Bungle - “Mr. Bungle”
(13/08/1991)
217.
Atheist – “Unquestionable
presence” (30/08/1991)
218.
Overkill – “Horrorscope”
(03/09/1991)
219.
Pestilence - “Testimony of the
Ancients” (03/09/1991)
220.
Savatage –
“Streets: A rock opera” (04/10/1991)
221. Death - “Human” (22/10/1991)
222. Suffocation - “Effigy of Forgotten” (22/10/1991)
223.
Fates Warning –
“Parallels” (29/10/1991)
224.
Carcass – “Necroticism –
Descating the insalubrious” (30/10/1991)
225.
Death SS – Heavy Demons”
(02/11/1991)
226.
Iced Earth – “Night of the Stormrider” (11/11/1991)
227.
Cathedral – “Forest of
equilibrium” (06/12/1991)
228.
Pantera – “Vulgar display of
power” (25/02/1992)
229.
Darkthrone – “A blaze in the
northern sky” (26/02/1992)
230.
Sadus - “A Vision of Misery”
(27/03/1992)
231.
Scorn - “Vae Solis”
(09/06/1992)
232.
Faith No More – “Angel dust”
(08/06/1992)
233.
Deicide – “Legion” (09/06/1992)
234.
Helmet - “Meantime”
(23/06/1992)
235.
Blind Guardian – “Somewhere
far beyond” (30/06/1992)
236.
Kyuss- “Blues for the Red Sun”
(30/06/1992)
237.
Dream Theater – “Images &
words” (07/07/1992)
238.
Ministry – “Psalm 69”
(14/07/1992)
239.
W.A.S.P. – “The crimson idol”
(01/08/1992)
240.
Cannibal Corpse - “Tomb of the
Mutilated” (08/09/1992)
241.
Sleep - “Sleep’s Holy
Mountain” (01/11/1992)
242.
Rage Against the Machine –
“Rage Against the Machine“ (03/11/1992)
243.
Biohazard – “Urban discipline”
(10/11/1992)
244.
Saviour Machine – “Saviour Machine
I” (1993)
245. Anacrusis - “Screams and Whispers”
(11/05/1993)
246.
Death – “Individual thought
patterns” (22/06/1993)
247.
Sadist – “Above the light”
(15/07/1993)
248.
Type O
Negative – “Bloody kisses” (17/08/1993)
249.
Coroner - “Grin” (10/09/1993)
250.
Cynic – “Focus” (14/09/1993)
251.
Melvins – “Houdini”
(21/09/1993)
252.
Paradise Lost – “Icon”
(28/09/1993)
253.
Entombed -
“Wolverine Blues” (04/10/1993)
254.
My Dying
Bride – “Turn loose the swans” (11/10/1993)
255.
Carcass
– “Heartwork” (18/10/1993)
256.
Sepultura – “Chaos A.D.”
(19/10/1993)
257.
Immortal – “Pure holocaust”
(01/11/1993)
258.
Angra – “Angels cry”
(03/11/1993)
259.
Impaled Nazarene -
“Ugra-Karma” (01/12/1993)
260.
Prong - “Cleansing”
(25/01/1994)
261.
Therapy? – “Troublegum”
(07/02/1994)
262.
Darkthrone – “Transilvanian
hunger” (17/02/1994)
263.
Emperor – “In the nightside
eclipse” (21/02/1994)
264.
Nine Inch Nails – “The
downward spiral” (08/03/1994)
265.
Burzum – “Hvis lyset tar oss”
(04/1994)
266.
Rollins Band - “Weight”
(12/04/1994)
267.
Mayhem – “De mysteriis dom
sathanas” (24/05/1994)
268.
Kyuss - “Welcome to Sky
Valley” (28/06/1994)
269.
Machine Head - “Burn my Eyes”
(09/08/1994)
270.
Tiamat –
“Wildhoney” (01/09/1994)
271.
Corrosion of Conformity –
“Deliverance” (27/09/1994)
272.
Dream
Theater – “Awake” (04/10/1994)
273.
Rotting
Christ - “Non Serviam” (10/10/1994)
274.
Korn –
“Korn” (11/10/1994)
275.
Queensryche – “Promised land”
(18/10/1994)
276.
The 3rd and the
Mortal - “Tears Laid in Earth” (21/10/1994)
277.
Brutal Truth - “Need to
Control” (25/10/1994)
278.
Enslaved – “Frost”
(26/11/1994)
279.
Marduk – “Opus nocturne”
(12/12/1994)
280.
Paul
Chain – “Alkahest” (1995)
281. Tormentor – “Anno domini” (1995)
282.
Virgin Steele -
“The Marriage of Heaven and Hell part 1” (23/01/1995)
283.
Ulver
– “Bergtatt” (02/1995)
284.
Lacrimosa - “Inferno” (17/03/1995)
285.
Death
– “Symbolic” (21/03/1995)
286.
Monster Magnet - “Dopes to
Infinity” (21/03/1995)
287.
In The Woods… - “Heart of the
ages” (04/1995)
288.
Moonspell –
“Wolfheart” (01/04/1995)
289.
Blind Guardian – “Imaginations
from the other side” (04/04/1995)
290.
White Zombie - “Astro Creep:
2000” (11/04/1995)
291.
Ophthalamia – “Via Dolorosa”
(05/1995)
292. Meshuggah - “Destroy Erase Improve” (12/05/1995)
293.
Immortal - “Battles in the
North” (15/05/1995)
294.
My Dying Bride – “The angel
and the dark river” (22/05/1995)
295.
Rage – “Black in mind”
(22/05/1995)
296.
Naglfar - “Vittra”
(27/05/1995)
297.
Gamma Ray – “Land
of the Free” (29/05/1995)
298.
Paradise Lost -
“Draconian Times” (12/06/1995)
299.
Fear Factory – “Demanufacture”
(13/06/1995)
300.
Theatre of Tragedy – “Theatre
of Tragedy” (04/07/1995)
301.
Shadow Gallery – “Carved in
stone” (11/07/1995)
302.
The
Gathering – “Mandylion” (22/08/1995)
303.
Down – “NOLA” (19/09/1995)
304.
Cathedral - “The
Carnival Bizarre” (26/09/1995)
305.
Ved Buens Ende – “Written in waters” (10/1995)
306.
At The Gates – “Slaughter of
the Soul” (03/10/1995)
307.
Anathema
– “The silent enigma” (23/10/1995)
308.
Ayreon
– “The Final Experiment” (27/10/1995)
309.
Dissection
– “Storm of the light’s bane” (17/11/1995)
310.
Dark Tranquillity – “The Gallery”
(27/11/1995)
311.
Virgin Steele – “The marriage
of heaven and hell II” (12/1995)
312.
Gotthard – “G.” (1996)
313.
Dark Funeral – “The secrets of the black arts”
(28/01/1996)
314.
Burzum – “Filosofem”
(31/01/1996)
315.
Skyclad – “Irrational anthems”
(12/02/1996)
316.
Hypocrisy - “Abducted”
(13/02/1996)
317.
In Flames – “The jester race”
(20/02/1996)
318.
Sepultura – “Roots”
(20/02/1996)
319.
Angra – “Holy land”
(23/03/1996)
320.
Edge of Sanity – “Crimson”
(02/04/1996)
321.
Eyehategod - “Dopesick”
(02/04/1996)
322.
Satyricon – “Nemesis divina”
(22/04/1996)
323.
Neurosis –
“Through silver in blood” (23/04/1996)
324.
Amorphis – “Elegy”
(14/05/1996)
325.
Opeth – “Morningrise”
(24/06/1996)
326.
Cryptopsy - “None so Vile”
(03/07/1996)
327.
Moonspell – “Irreligious”
(29/07/1996)
328.
Therion – “Theli” (09/08/1996)
329.
Cradle of Filth - “Dusk... and
Her Embrace” (18/08/1996)
330.
Samael - “Passage”
(19/08/1996)
331.
Type O Negative –
“October rust” (20/08/1996)
332.
Grave Digger - “Tunes of War”
(25/08/1996)
333.
Tool –
“AEnima” (17/09/1996)
334.
Marylin Manson - “Antichrist
Superstar” (08/10/1996)
335.
Stuck Mojo – “Pigwalk”
(08/10/1996)
336.
Katatonia – “Brave murder day”
(11/1996)
337.
Nevermore – “The politics of
ecstacy” (05/11/1996)
338.
Symphony X – “The divine wings
of tragedy” (13/11/1996)
339.
Everon – “Venus” (1997)
340.
Strapping Young Lad – “City”
(11/02/1997)
341.
Grip Inc. –
“Nemesis” (25/02/1997)
342. Fates Warning – “A pleasant shade of gray”
(22/04/1997)
343.
Stratovarius
– “Visions” (28/02/1997)
344.
Within Temptation – “Enter”
(07/04/1997)
345.
Esoteric - “The Pernicious Enigma” (14/04/1997)
346.
Breach
– “It’s me god” (28/04/1997)
347.
Dimmu Borgir – “Enthroned
darkness triumphant” (30/05/1997)
348.
Hammerfall - “Glory to the
Brave” (27/06/1997)
349.
Solefald – “The linear
scaffold” (12/07/1997)
350.
Gorgoroth – “Under the sign of
hell” (20/08/1997)
351.
Gamma Ray –
“Somewhere out in space” (25/08/1997)
352.
Rammstein – “Sehnsucht” (25/08/1997)
353.
Royal Hunt - “Paradox”
(23/09/1997)
354.
Today Is The Day – “Temple of
the morning star” (23/09/1997)
355.
In The Woods… - “Omnio”
(14/10/1997)
356.
Arcturus – “La masquerade
infernale” (27/10/1997)
357.
Rhapsody of Fire - “Legendary
Tales” (27/10/1997)
358.
Deftones – “Around the fur”
(28/10/1997)
359.
In Flames –
“Whoracle” (18/11/1997)
360.
Amon Amarth – “Once sent from
the golden hall” (10/02/1998)
361.
Virgin Steele – “Invictus”
(20/04/1998)
362.
Blind Guardian – “Nightfall in
middle-earth” (28/04/1998)
363.
Carpathian Forest - “Black
Shining Leather” (05/1998)
364.
Therion – “Vovin” (04/05/1998)
365.
Cradle of Filth –
“Cruelty and the beast” (05/05/1998)
366. Gorguts – “Obscura”
(23/06/1998)
367. The Haunted – “The haunted” (23/06/1998)
368.
System of a Down - “System of
a Down” (30/06/1998)
369.
Crowbar – “Odd fellows rest”
(07/07/1998)
370.
Opeth – “My arms, your hearse”
(18/08/1998)
371.
Bruce Dickinson – “The
chemical wedding” (15/09/1998)
372.
Death –
“The sound of perseverance” (15/09/1998)
373.
Shadow Gallery – “Tyranny”
(22/09/1998)
374.
Meshuggah – “Chaosphere”
(09/11/1998)
375.
Nightwish – “Oceanborn”
(07/12/1998)
376.
Edguy – “Theater of Salvation”
(25/01/1999)
377.
Nevermore –
“Dreaming neon black” (25/01/1999)
378.
Immortal – “At the heart of
winter” (22/02/1999)
379.
Ten – “Spellbound”
(27/04/1999)
380.
Children
of Bodom – “Hatebreeder” (04/05/1999)
381.
Neurosis
- “Times of Grace” (04/05/1999)
382.
Summoning
– “Stronghold” (11/05/1999)
383.
Marduk - “Panzer Division Marduk” (07/06/1999)
384.
Dodheimsgard
- “International 666” (11/06/1999)
385.
Slipknot
- “Slipknot” (29/06/1999)
386.
Agalloch – “Pale Folklore”
(06/07/1999)
387.
Satyricon – “Rebel
extravaganza” (06/09/1999)
388.
Coal Chamber - “Chamber Music”
(07/09/1999)
389.
Dillinger Escape Plan -
“Calculating Infinity” (28/09/1999)
390.
Windir – “Arntor” (11/10/1999)
391.
Opeth – “Still life”
(18/10/1999)
392.
Dream Theater – “Scenes from a
memory” (26/10/1999)
393.
Control Denied – “The fragile
art of existence” (30/11/1999)
394.
Sentenced – “Crimson”
(17/01/2000)
395.
Deftones – “White pony”
(20/06/2000)
396.
At the Drive-in -
“Relationship of Command” (12/09/2000)
397.
Cave
In - “Jupiter” (08/08/2000)
398.
Dying Fetus – “Destroy the opposition” (03/10/2000)
399.
Symphony X – “V – The new
mythology suite” (10/10/2000)
400.
Nevermore – “Dead heart in a
dead world” (17/10/2000)
401.
Electric Wizard - “Dopethrone”
(28/11/2000)
402.
Weakling – “Dead
as dreams” (2000)
403. Avantasia
– “The Metal Opera I” (22/01/2001)
404. Opeth
– “Blackwater Park” (12/03/2001)
405. Ark
– “Burn the sun” (23/03/2001)
406. Katatonia
- “Last Fair Deal Gone Down” (08/05/2001)
407. Tool
– “Lateralus” (15/05/2001)
408. Fantomas
- “Director’s Cut” (09/07/2001)
409. Neurosis
– “A sun that never sets” (07/08/2001)
410. Townsend Devin – “Terria”
(27/08/2001)
411. maudlin
of the Well - “Bath / Leaving your body map” (31/08/2001)
412. System of a Down – “Toxicity”
(04/09/2001)
413. Converge – “Jane Doe”
(04/09/2001)
414. Pain
of Salvation – “Remedy lane” (15/01/2002)
415. Sunn O))) – “Flight of the
Behemoth” (22/01/2002)
416. Vanden Plas – “Beyond
daylight” (28/01/2002)
417. Agalloch
– “The mantle” (13/08/2002)
418. Queens
of the Stone Age – “Songs for the deaf” (27/08/2002)
419. Xasthur - “Nocturnal
Poisoning” (08/09/2002)
420. Isis
– “Oceanic” (16/09/2002)
421. Avantasia – “The Metal Opera II (27/10/2002)
422. Gordian
Knot – “Emergent” (14/01/2003)
423. Masterplan
– “Masterplan” (20/01/2003)
424. Cult
of Luna – “The beyond” (10/02/2003)
425. Moonsorrow – “Kivenkantaja”
(10/03/2003)
426. Blut
Aus Nord - “The Work Which Transforms God” (17/03/2003)
427. Katatonia – “Viva emptiness”
(29/04/2003)
428. The
Mars Volta – “De-loused in the comatorium” (24/06/2003)
429. Kayo Dot – “Choirs of the eye”
(21/10/2003)
430. Pelican -
“Australasia” (04/11/2003)
431. Riverside – “Out of myself” (15/12/2003)
432. Orphaned Land – “Mabool” (23/02/2004)
433. Callisto
– “True nature unfolds” (04/2004)
434. Evergrey – “The inner circle” (27/04/2004)
435. Killswitch
Engage – “The end of heartache” (11/05/2004)
436. Ayreon – “The human equation”
(25/05/2004)
437. Leviathan
- “Tentacles of Whorror” (16/06/2004)
438. Lamb
of God - “Ashes of the Wake” (31/08/2004)
439. Mastodon –
“Leviathan” (31/08/2004)
440. Isis
– “Panopticon” (19/10/2004)
441. Drudkh
- “Autumn Aurora” (28/11/2004)
442. Jesu
– “Jesu” (08/12/2004)
443. Sieges
Even – “The art of navigating by the stars” (2005)
444. Glenn Hughes – “Soul mover” (24/01/2005)
445. Trivium
- “Ascendancy” (15/03/2005)
446. Nile
– “Annihilation of the wicked” (23/05/2005)
447. Shadow Gallery – “Room V”
(07/06/2005)
448. Redemption
– “The fullness of time” (21/06/2005)
449. Cannibal Corpse – “Kill”
(21/03/2006)
450. Wolverine
– “Still” (26/06/2006)
451. Agalloch
– “Ashes against the grain” (08/08/2006)
452. Mastodon – “Blood mountain”
(12/09/2006)
453. Ahab
- “The Call of the Wretched Sea” (10/10/2006)
454. Negura Bunget - “OM”
(20/10/2006)
455. Threshold – “Dead reckoning” (28/03/2007)
456. Shining – “V – Halmstad” (16/04/2007)
457. Deathspell Omega - “Fas – Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum”
(16/07/2007)
458. Alcest – “Souvenirs d’un autre
monde” (08/08/2007)
459. Between
the Buried and Me – “Colors” (18/09/2007)
460. Wolves In the Throne Room –
“Two hunters” (25/09/2007)
461. Pathosray –
“Pathosray” (23/10/2007)
462. Primordial
– “To the nameless dead” (16/11/2007)
463. Nachtmystium – “Assassins:
Black meddle Part I” (10/06/2008)
464. Equilibrium – “Sagas”
(27/06/2008)
465. Seventh Wonder – “Mercy falls”
(15/09/2008)
466. Animals as Leaders – “Animals as
leaders” (28/04/2009)
467. Sunn O))) - “Monoliths & Dimensions” (18/05/2009)
468. Kamelot
- “Poetry for the Poisoned” (10/09/2010)
469. Ghost - “Opus Eponymous”
(18/10/2010)
470. Ulcerate
- “The Destroyers of All” (25/01/2011)
471. Altar of Plagues - “Mammal”
(25/04/2011)
472. Peste
Noir - “L’Ordure à l’état Pur” (20/05/2011)
473. Leprous – “Bilateral”
(22/08/2011)
474. Cattle
Decapitation – “Monolith of inhumanity” (09/05/2012)
475. Ihsahn – “Eremita” (18/06/2012)
476. Gojira
– “L’enfant sauvage” (26/06/2012)
477. Periphery – “Periphery II: This time it’s personal” (03/07/2012)
478. Baroness – “Yellow &
Green” (17/07/2012)
479. Antimatter – “Fear of a unique identity” (23/11/2012)
480. The Ocean – “Pelagial”
(29/04/2013)
481. TesseracT
– “Altered state” (27/05/2013)
482. Deafheaven
- “Sunbather” (11/07/2013)
483. Haken
– “The mountain” (02/09/2013)
484. Alter
Bridge – “Fortress” (25/09/2013)
485. Behemoth
– “The Satanist” (03/02/2014)
486. Pallbearer
- “Foundations of Burden” (19/08/2014)
487. Solstafir – “Otta”
(29/08/2014)
488. Enslaved
– “In times” (10/03/2015)
489. Mgła – “Exercises in futility” (04/09/2015)
490. Swallow the Sun – “Songs from the North I, II &
III” (13/11/2015)
491. Obscura
– “Akròasis” (05/02/2016)
492. Schammasch
– “Triangle” (29/04/2016)
493. Vektor
– “Terminal redux” (06/05/2016)
494. The
Ruins of Beverast – “Exuvia” (05/05/2017)
495. Septicflesh – “Codex Omega”
(01/09/2017)
496. The Ocean – “Phanerozoic I – Palaeozoic” (02/11/2018)
497. Devin Townsend – “Empath”
(29/03/2019)
498. Inter
Arma - “Sulphur English” (12/04/2019)
499. Tool
– “Fear inoculum” (30/08/2019)
500. Blind
Guardian – “Legacy of the Dark Lands” (08/11/2019)