1.Devin Townsend - Ziltoid The Omniscient

2.In Mourning - Shrouded Divine

3.Circus Maximus - The 1st Chapter

4.Threshold - Dead Reckoning

5.Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls

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Updated 14.4.2024

My rather personal and improvised take on the subject matter. The list is pretty wage, I'll be updating it a lot and the order might vary a little depending on some things, but they're all great and awesome records no matter what. If there are some great records missing, that doesn't necessarily mean I consider them bad, maybe I just forgot about them or just haven't listened to them enough to consider them personal favourites.

Limited to metal and rock albums found on Metal Storm. Most of them (at least 90%) are anyway, so doesn't matter. The absent ones are mostly more pop and synth oriented stuff and some really obscure jazz and fusion albums.

1.Marillion - Marbles

2.Anathema - Weather Systems

3.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

4.Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta

5.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

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One of the best bands out there. 11 good albums so far. Hard to rank them but i'm pretty happy with this. So here's the albums ranked including my top 3 picks from each albums.

1.Threshold - Subsurface

2.Threshold - Legends Of The Shires

3.Threshold - Dead Reckoning

4.Threshold - Dividing Lines

5.Threshold - Critical Mass

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I love Threshold. Every single of their albums is at least very good, so trying to actually order them is quite a challenge, but I'll try.

1.Threshold - Hypothetical

2.Threshold - March Of Progress

3.Threshold - Dead Reckoning

4.Threshold - Psychedelicatessen

5.Threshold - Legends Of The Shires

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So here we are again . After many years of dedication and love to this music that we call progressive metal, here are some of the best albums that ever existed and made the earth a better place . Give to these albums the attention and the respect they deserve and you will be fully awarded. I think i will try and limit this list to 3 cd's maximum per band to make this thing more challenging .

1.Dan Swanö - Moontower

2.Cynic - Traced In Air

3.Cynic - Focus

4.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

5.Enslaved - Ruun

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My favorite progressive metal albums (derived/mixed genres included). Lot of stuff still missing here since I have a terrible memory I think everything here is at least 8,5/10.

Please, feel free to drop suggestions. I'd love to make it more or less complete one day.

I will eventually rate these albums too...

1.Dream Theater - Awake

2.Dream Theater - Images And Words

3.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

4.Dream Theater - Train Of Thought

5.Redemption - Snowfall On Judgment Day

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1.Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet

2.Pain Of Salvation - Scarsick

3.Riverside - Rapid Eye Movement

4.Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom

5.Threshold - Dead Reckoning

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My personal annual choice for top 10 metal albums for each year. 2007 selection, fantastic year with at least 50 quality albums.

1.Epica - The Divine Conspiracy

2.Dark Tranquillity - Fiction

3.Turisas - The Varangian Way

4.Therion - Gothic Kabbalah

5.Sirenia - Nine Destinies And A Downfall

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1.Axxis - Doom Of Destiny

2.Devin Townsend - Ziltoid The Omniscient

3.Therion - Gothic Kabbalah

4.After Forever - After Forever

5.Dark Tranquillity - Fiction

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Simply my top 50 favorite albums of all time,

1.AC/DC - Powerage

2.AC/DC - Back In Black

3.Avantasia - The Metal Opera Part I

4.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

5.Mastodon - Crack The Skye

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1.Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine: Biomech

2.Lost Horizon - A Flame To The Ground Beneath

3.Wintersun - Wintersun

4.Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields

5.Mors Principium Est - The Unborn

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1.Dark Tranquillity - Fiction

2.Threshold - Dead Reckoning

3.Phideaux - Doomsday Afternoon

4.Le Grand Guignol - The Great Maddening

5.Thurisaz - Circadian Rhythm

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"If I were to die tomorrow, which 50 albums should I take with me?"

Through the endless ocean of music we always seem to find the albums which differ themselves more than others. These are the albums that are timeless to me, and have remained as a musical stain in my life over the years.

The list isn't 100% correct when it comes to the order of the albums, but these are the albums I know I will be happy with - if I only could bring 50 albums to heaven/hell.

1.Kamelot - The Black Halo

2.Eternal Tears Of Sorrow - A Virgin And A Whore

3.Evergrey - The Inner Circle

4.Dream Theater - Images And Words

5.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

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