Best European Metal Albums of All Time

“The world’s best band and their best album. From soft sentimental voicings and aweinspiring acoustic guitar passages to raw death metal, this band has it all. Simply the best.”

“opeth is such an amazing band. mikael akerfeldt is an amazing guitarist/singer/lyricist/songwriter. sonata arctica is also amazing. so are arch enemy and cob. and kamelot. however, kamelot is from florida you noobs.”

deadgrass27

“the greatest death metal band there is, Akerfeldt is a genius”

Thurman91

“This band spearheaded the Melodic Death Metal invasion and it can all be drawn back to this album. The definition of Swedish Death Metal is "The Jester Race"!!!”

“No doubt their best work and one of the best power metal albums ever! The vocals are breath-taking and the instruments are close to perfect! This album has it all from soft ballads like tallulah to power-metal anthems like black sheep. Perfect!”

“i just love tony kakko....and i love the way jani plays....and the songs are just wonderful. it’s something that opened my eyes and made me see that there are different styles of metal not just death metal...now i really love power/symphonic..”

“Get over yourselves, his vocals kick ass. One of the darkest (and greatest) metal albums I’ve ever heard. A must have for any metal head’s collection.”

“I love these guys :D”

lostgirl19

“Some of the finest guitar (and keyboard) work ever. This is balls to the wall, relentless, melt you’re face off stuff. Very well written, a true wall of sound.”

“An album that is the ultimate combination of Swedish Death metal and hardcore. Great songwriting mixed with astonshing angry vocals. I punched a wall when I heard track tweleve...”

“Modern Black Metal’s leading force. Insane drums, awesome keyboards, original guitar, diabolical vocals..."Triumphant" in every way.”

“This band is mind-numbing! Never before has there been a band with such finger-twisting guitar and such brutally insane death metal vocals. Simply amazing.”