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Beginner's Guide To Building A Prog Collection (Standards, And A Few Unorthodox Choices)

A list by
Introspekrieg
Created
March 03, 2010
Entries
576
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263
Limited to only those albums featured on Metal Storm.

[In suggested order of immersion and exposure]

+Prog Related; No musical genre exists in a vacuum.
1. King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
2. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
3. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
4. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
5. The Doors - The Doors
+ 571 more

My Kitteh And I's Favorite (Metal/Rock) Listening Discs EVAR (2010)

A list by
Fat & Sassy!
Created
March 02, 2010
Entries
15
Endorsements
30
Here it is. In all it's glory, righteousness, and sexy-time (as in me air flute-ing the flute solo in Cross-Eyed Mary) delightful-ness. Mah kitteh and I's favorite things to jam to. As you may…
1. Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Part I
2. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Beethoven's Last Night
3. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
4. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
5. Faith No More - Angel Dust
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The Best Gothic Metal Albums

A list by
TheMAGAmvm
Created
April 25, 2014
Entries
101
Endorsements
19
Note 1: This list will take time before it gets a definitive form (or it might take forever if good gothic metal albums will be released in the future).

Note 2: Another important feature is that this…
1. Estatic Fear - A Sombre Dance
2. Tiamat - Wildhoney
3. The Sins Of Thy Beloved - Lake Of Sorrow
4. Tristania - Widow's Weeds
5. Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear
+ 96 more

1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

A list by
pandrstudios
Created
May 31, 2022
Entries
1247
Endorsements
8
WORK IN PROGESS! Welcome to what I consider the "1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" or in other words, a list of records of various genres in the arrays of Metal and Hard Rock that…
1. High Tide - Sea Shanties
2. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
3. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
4. Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come
5. Josefus - Dead Man
+ 1242 more

Favorite Album Art, 1960s-1990s

A list by
purplejesus
Created
March 28, 2025
Entries
113
Endorsements
7
Had to break up "Favorite Album Art" into two (edit: now four!) because it couldn't handle so many words and I was losing entries at the bottom.
1. Korn - Issues
2. Manes - Under Ein Blodraud Maane
3. Maudlin Of The Well - My Fruit Psychobells... A Seed Combustible
4. Neurosis - Times Of Grace
5. Virgin Steele - The House Of Atreus Act I
+ 108 more

My 50 Favorite Album All The Time

A list by
darkgalder
Created
November 21, 2010
Entries
53
Endorsements
4
1. Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear
2. Cradle Of Filth - Midian
3. Old Man's Child - Ill-Natured Spiritual Invasion
4. Tristania - Beyond The Veil
5. Darzamat - In The Opium Of Black Veil
+ 48 more

Rock & Metal Ballads Collection

A list by
Alpha
Created
September 27, 2013
Entries
425
Endorsements
4
Compilation of many Hard Rock or Metal Ballads I've heard. Bands and Albums are ordered by name alphabetically.
1. Accept - Balls To The Wall
2. Accept - Blood Of The Nations
3. Accept - Eat The Heat
4. Adagio - Underworld
5. Aerosmith - Aerosmith
+ 420 more

Top 1000 Artworks On Metal Storm

A list by
purplejesus
Created
January 04, 2026
Entries
1031
Endorsements
4
As chosen by me, of course. This is highly subjective.

In progress and in tandem with:
Favorite Album Art, 1960s-1990s
Favorite Album Art, 2000s
Favorite Album Art, 2010s
Favorite Album Art, 2020s
Favorite…
1. ...And Oceans - The Regeneration Itinerary
2. 16 - Curves That Kick
3. 16 - Blaze Of Incompetence
4. 16 - Bridges To Burn
5. 16 - Dream Squasher
+ 1026 more

Vonpire's 1997 Best

A list by
Vonpire
Created
June 01, 2012
Entries
47
Endorsements
4
1. The Gathering - Nighttime Birds
2. Hecate Enthroned - The Slaughter Of Innocence, A Requiem For The Mighty
3. Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields
4. Tristania - Tristania
5. Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
+ 42 more

Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive 1997

A list by
Handala
Created
August 10, 2022
Entries
20
Endorsements
3
A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

1997 was surprisingly a solid year for metal, a lot of great releases in black and power…
1. Stratovarius - Visions
2. Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
3. Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields
4. Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
5. Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine: Biomech
+ 15 more

My Top Albums Of The Decade: 1990's (On Going)

A list by
Red_Travis
Created
February 11, 2012
Entries
144
Endorsements
2
1. Death - Human
2. Opeth - Still Life
3. At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
4. Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream
5. Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
+ 139 more

pandrstudios Metal History

A list by
pandrstudios
Created
May 01, 2020
Entries
243
Endorsements
2
These are MY Top 250 Albums that are featured on Metal Storm in chronological order to celebrate 50 Years of Metal.

Some bands are featured on this list with more than one album, which means that they…
1. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
2. Deep Purple - In Rock
3. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
4. Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards
5. Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
+ 238 more

Top 20 Of 1997

A list by
Alex Avagianos
Created
March 09, 2021
Entries
29
Endorsements
1
Must Have: The First 12
1. Bruce Dickinson - Accident Of Birth
2. Conception - Flow
3. Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
4. Megadeth - Cryptic Writings
5. Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade Of Gray
+ 24 more

Top 30 Symphonic Metal Albums

A list by
Mrtvozornik
Created
October 05, 2021
Entries
30
Endorsements
0
1. Therion - Theli
2. Therion - Vovin
3. Therion - Lemuria
4. Therion - Sirius B
5. Cradle Of Filth - Midian
+ 25 more