Metal - Holy Wars, Strongholds & The Thousand Lakes
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LedZep 
I've omitted Tool, Alice in Chains, King Gizzard, Soundgarden, Deftones, Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, SOAD, most screamo and hardcore, etc. Mostly for being alt rock adjacent or more punk/hardcore than metal or whatever. It's a tight list regardless, I was honestly looking for excuses to not add anything remotely non-metal.
RYM version (probably not up to date)
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- Chart updated: 01/03/2026 19:15
- (Created: 06/11/2019 16:36).
- Chart size: 95 albums.
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Black
in fact it's: atmospheric post-black-folk-drone-neofolk stuff [First added to this chart: 05/28/2023]
in fact it's: atmospheric post-black-folk-drone-neofolk stuff [First added to this chart: 05/28/2023]
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Death
in fact it's: one of the most unique and varied melodic death metal albums, as there are death doom riffs and vocals, prog and folk stuff, some black metal atmosphere and elements [First added to this chart: 07/09/2019]
in fact it's: one of the most unique and varied melodic death metal albums, as there are death doom riffs and vocals, prog and folk stuff, some black metal atmosphere and elements [First added to this chart: 07/09/2019]
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Hardcore
in fact it's: mathcore and hardcore with weird electronic additions and some alt metal bangers [First added to this chart: 07/09/2019]
in fact it's: mathcore and hardcore with weird electronic additions and some alt metal bangers [First added to this chart: 07/09/2019]
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Death
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Thrash
in fact it's: Dave in white leather pants [First added to this chart: 07/09/2019]
in fact it's: Dave in white leather pants [First added to this chart: 07/09/2019]
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1990
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4,091
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Folk
in fact it's: very folky, uses weird instruments, has black metal atmosphere and vocals, but it's also post metal [First added to this chart: 07/09/2019]
in fact it's: very folky, uses weird instruments, has black metal atmosphere and vocals, but it's also post metal [First added to this chart: 07/09/2019]
Year of Release:
2002
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Black
in fact it's: Ashes Against the Grain with even more black metal elements [First added to this chart: 05/28/2023]
in fact it's: Ashes Against the Grain with even more black metal elements [First added to this chart: 05/28/2023]
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Black
in fact it's: Emperor's best no cap [First added to this chart: 11/09/2020]
in fact it's: Emperor's best no cap [First added to this chart: 11/09/2020]
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Doom
in fact it's: epic doom metal, of course [First added to this chart: 07/09/2019]
in fact it's: epic doom metal, of course [First added to this chart: 07/09/2019]
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Black
in fact it's: atmoblack with strong folk influences and a folklore concept [First added to this chart: 05/14/2020]
in fact it's: atmoblack with strong folk influences and a folklore concept [First added to this chart: 05/14/2020]
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Metal - Holy Wars, Strongholds & The Thousand Lakes composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1970s | 2 | 2% | |
| 1980s | 14 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 30 | 32% | |
| 2000s | 19 | 20% | |
| 2010s | 17 | 18% | |
| 2020s | 13 | 14% |
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| Agalloch | 3 | 3% | |
| Metallica | 3 | 3% | |
| Ulcerate | 3 | 3% | |
| Death (Metal) | 2 | 2% | |
| Opeth | 2 | 2% | |
| Amorphis | 2 | 2% | |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan | 2 | 2% | |
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33 | 35% | |
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10 | 11% | |
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| ! | 12/19/2025 21:32 | matterhornrider | 97 | 93/100 |
| ! | 06/04/2023 13:56 |  Repo | 565 | 100/100 |
| ! | 06/03/2023 04:51 |  mickilennial | 715 | 77/100 |
| ! | 05/30/2023 02:57 | Mercury | 257 | 95/100 |
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From Mercury 06/19/2023 23:36 | #297683
Mercury 06/19/2023 23:36 | #297683
Only just seeinng your comment, LedZep. Totally understand regarding Grindcore. It's certainly a genre that doesn't have its standout songs lol. The great albums and bands are distinguished broadly by tone and attitude and, idk, like an intangible uniqueness in the combination of instruments/riffs/recording styles. I remember a quote about Minutemen's music from Mike Watt where he said "We don't write songs, we write rivers". That also applies to a lot of grind - when I fall for a Grindcore albums, even after 10-20 listens, I am not paying attention to or recognizing individual songs, but rivers and torrents of sound.
And got it on Doom. I suppose I classified that genre as being "LedZep-core" due primarily to your love of Candlemass and Worm.
Oh and I love the additions you've made here. Beautiful chart of course.
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From Mercury 05/30/2023 03:02 | #297291
Mercury 05/30/2023 03:02 | #297291
Bloody hell, I love this! 23 albums in common as of now and 26 artists. Some inclusions here surprised and delighted me. I have been circling and sort of nibbling at the fringes of Intestine Baalism, for example, and I love what I have heard here and there and they are on my To Do. Loved seeing them included.
Our top 20-30 are pretty radically different and I love seeing all these epic doom and sort of mammoth black metal albums that I have been interested in exploring but never have. This will push me in that direction.
And you included a Grindcore album which makes me happy. Inalienable F=Dreamless is something else!!!
I look forward to exploring some of these and checking out how this subtly changes in future and when we do play that game and exchange our favorites, I hope to win you a few more grincore albums into your 100! lol. You, in turn will make some doom albums appear.
Edit: looking again and I like the variety. It isn’t dominated by Doom metal really. Pretty nice mix. Agalloch, however, is clearly the BAND OF THE CENTURY so far in your eyes.
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