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The Ultimate Avant-Garde Metal Albums

A collection of the most original, insane and head spinning albums from the weirdest side of metal. Suggestions are welcome.

1.A Forest Of Stars - Beware The Sword You Cannot See
2.Angizia - Das Schachbrett Des Trommelbuben Zacharias
3.Akphaezya - Anthology II: Links From The Dead Trinity
4.Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale
5.Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

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Created by CyberSymphony on 03.05.2013



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Prog Favourites

A list of my favourite Progressive albums on Metal Storm, ranked roughly in order of preference.

1.Ayreon - The Human Equation
2.Dol Ammad - Ocean Dynamics
3.Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
4.Porcupine Tree - Signify
5.Opeth - Still Life

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Created by R'Vannith on 13.12.2010



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My share of experime(n)tal music and other innovative stuff

I wanted to create my personal Top List for a long time and to be honest, I always considered it as some kind of cool Prog Metal, Avantgarde Metal mix. As you can see, it has become a bit more complicated. So finally, there are Unexpect and Pain Of Salvation next to Bands like Kamelot and Savatage. Also, some Non-Metal Bands got involved like Jeff Buckley and Oingo Boingo. But could you imagine how PoS would sound without Jeffs influence? Or what would have become of Mr. Bungle if it weren't for Danny Elfman and Oingo Boingo?!

1.Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Part I
2.Kalisia - Cybion
3.Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera
4.Dog Fashion Disco - Adultery
5.Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

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Created by In5anity on 13.08.2011



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Epic Album Closers

Some albums are really good. Many of these are good all the way around. And, in many cases, there is a single song that stands out, sometimes it's the last song on the album. This is a list of those songs.

For a more in depth look at this, I've codified each into a given category:
Type 1 - 'The long song at the end.' Often the title track. These have a tendency to be most well written and dynamic pieces on the album.

1.!T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)
2.Abigail Williams - Becoming
3.Agalloch - The Mantle
4.Amon Amarth - Versus The World
5.Anekdoten - Vemod

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Created by BigNaughtyV on 02.07.2013



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How To Like Avant-Garde Metal In 10 Albums

These are some albums that help people to like avant-garde music.

1.Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors
2.Dødheimsgard - Supervillain Outcast
3.Diablo Swing Orchestra - Sing-Along Songs For The Damned & Delirious
4.Dog Fashion Disco - Adultery
5.In The Woods... - Omnio

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Created by Nacur on 04.03.2010



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Metal Songs That Make You Want To Dance

An encyclopedia of metal songs that get you to dance or groove to whether you want to or not.
One album per band. Recommendations are welcome.

1.6:33 - Feary Tales For Strange Lullabies: The Dome
2.Aborym - With No Human Intervention
3.Akphaezya - Anthology II: Links From The Dead Trinity
4.Alestorm - Black Sails At Midnight
5.The Algorithm - Polymorphic Code

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Created by CyberSymphony on 19.03.2012



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My 20 Favorite Symphonic Albums

Once upon a time, there was a metaller who dared to say : hey, let's put symphonies in our metal, dudes. The dudes thought it was stupid at first, then they tried and guess what? The result was WONDERFUL!!! Here are my 20 favourite symphonic metal albums, taken from all subgenres, from power to folk, black and death.

1.Equilibrium - Sagas
2.Equilibrium - Turis Fratyr
3.Septicflesh - Communion
4.Epica - Design Your Universe
5.Symphony X - Paradise Lost

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Created by MétalNoir on 09.03.2010



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Daggon's Top Top Top Of 2009

Mah favorite albums of 2009! (Some of them are missing, but this are the ones I can recall because I have listened them too many times). Enjoy, and stay Metal! >:[

1.Kathaarsys - Anonymous Ballad
2.Process Of Guilt - Erosion
3.Warbringer - Waking Into Nightmares
4.Pensées Nocturnes - Vacuum
5.Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition

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Created by Daggon on 09.04.2010



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Top 10 Albums Of 2009

1.Swallow The Sun - New Moon
2.Insomnium - Across The Dark
3.Darkness By Oath - Fear Yourself
4.Finsterforst - ...Zum Tode Hin
5.Ensiferum - From Afar

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Created by .:Nataras:. on 11.02.2011



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Vonpire's 2009 Best

My best of 2009

1.Epica - Design Your Universe
2.Trail Of Tears - Bloodstained Endurance
3.Wine From Tears - Through The Eyes Of A Mad
4.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach
5.Novembers Doom - Into Night's Requiem Infernal

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Created by Vonpire on 18.10.2010



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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive 2009

A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

2009 was one of the best, a lot of great release came out that year especially within black, Progressive and Death metal. Had to make some rough cuts so honorable mentions goes to: Róka Hasa Rádió by Thy Catafalque, Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us by Paradise Lost, Evangelion by Behemoth, Liebe Ist Für Alle Da by Rammstein, Axe To Fall by Converge, The Great Misdirect by Between The Buried And Me, Endgame by Megadeth, Time Waits For No Slave by Napalm Death and In The Constellation Of The Black Widow by Anaal Nathrakh, over all a fantastic year.

1.Leprous - Tall Poppy Syndrome
2.Devin Townsend - Addicted
3.Diablo Swing Orchestra - Sing-Along Songs For The Damned & Delirious
4.Abandon - The Dead End
5.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach

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Created by Handala on 05.11.2022



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Best Albums Of 2000-2010

In no order, just the my favorite of that decade.

1.Swallow The Sun - The Morning Never Came
2.Equilibrium - Sagas
3.The Defaced - Karma In Black
4.Susperia - Vindication
5.Masterplan - Aeronautics

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Created by EnigmaLake on 08.06.2014



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My Top Albums Of 2009

1.Madder Mortem - Eight Ways
2.Epica - Design Your Universe
3.Katatonia - Night Is The New Day
4.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach
5.Hearse - Single Ticket To Paradise

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Created by Chaosweaver on 19.02.2013



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2009 - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Here is my very straight forward top list of albums released in 2009.

1.Bloody Panda - Summon
2.Mono - Hymn To The Immortal Wind
3.Giant Squid - The Ichthyologist
4.Ahab - The Divinity Of Oceans
5.Isole - Silent Ruins

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Created by Draugen on 16.09.2012



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Top 20 Albums Of 2009

1.Diablo Swing Orchestra - Sing-Along Songs For The Damned & Delirious
2.Fleshgod Apocalypse - Oracles
3.Dark Moor - Autumnal
4.The Ruins Of Beverast - Foulest Semen Of A Sheltered Elite
5.3 Inches Of Blood - Here Waits Thy Doom

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Created by BudDa on 03.03.2010