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Beginner's Guide To Building A Prog Collection (Standards, And A Few Unorthodox Choices)
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.
[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 |
The Best "(Melodic) Death Doom" Albums
Here's a list that contains only Death Doom and Melodic Death Doom Metal albums, so Gothic (check out my other list for that), Funeral or Sludge Doom etc. are NOT included here (but elements from…
| 1. | Katatonia - Brave Murder Day |
| 2. | My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans |
| 3. | Saturnus - Paradise Belongs To You |
| 4. | Desire - Locus Horrendus - The Night Cries Of A Sullen Soul... |
| 5. | Disembowelment - Transcendence Into The Peripheral |
| + 54 more |
My Top 75 Albums Of All Time
My top 75 favourite albums of all time (initially it was a top 20 list, and after that top 50). Only 1 album per band. The list is in alphabetical order, so it doesn't represent explicitly which album…
| 1. | After Forever - Decipher |
| 2. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 3. | Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde |
| 4. | Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes |
| 5. | Anathema - The Silent Enigma |
| + 70 more |
Most Gripping Atmospheres
Here are the most captivating atmospheres I've ever heard. Including metal and non-metal albums. Grouped according to genre and one album per band.
| 1. | Division By Zero - Independent Harmony |
| 2. | Beyond Twilight - The Devil's Hall Of Fame |
| 3. | Riverside - Out Of Myself |
| 4. | Suspyre - When Time Fades... |
| 5. | Redemption - The Fullness Of Time |
| + 112 more |
Top 50 Doom/Gothic Metal Albums
| 1. | Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality |
| 2. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 3. | Katatonia - Discouraged Ones |
| 4. | My Dying Bride - The Angel And The Dark River |
| 5. | Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath |
| + 65 more |
All Metal Of All Time Top 300: Albums
An entirely subjective list of my all-time favourite metal albums, well lets better say albums/genres featured on MS, since not all here is precisely metal.
Objective quality is not a criteria here, just…
Objective quality is not a criteria here, just…
| 1. | Anathema - The Silent Enigma |
| 2. | Opeth - Morningrise |
| 3. | Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum |
| 4. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 5. | Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss |
| + 310 more |
Slow Tempo…
Slow/Depress/Funeral/Love/Gloom/Beauty/Sorrow/Obscure/Cold/Atmospheric/
| 1. | Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea |
| 2. | Akelei - De Zwaarte Van Het Doorstane |
| 3. | Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes |
| 4. | Anathema - The Silent Enigma |
| 5. | Corrupted - El Mundo Frio |
| + 44 more |
Classic Death Metal Top 100
| 1. | Carcass - Heartwork |
| 2. | Entombed - Clandestine |
| 3. | Napalm Death - Harmony Corruption |
| 4. | Pestilence - Testimony Of The Ancients |
| 5. | Gorefest - False |
| + 99 more |
My Favorite Metal Albums Of All Time (Last Update: June 2022)
(Last Update: 2022)
These are my top 100 favorite albums - they are the reason why I love metal!
Enjoy!
Format: Band | Album | (genre, release year, country) What I like about the album; Favorite…
These are my top 100 favorite albums - they are the reason why I love metal!
Enjoy!
Format: Band | Album | (genre, release year, country) What I like about the album; Favorite…
| 1. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 2. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 3. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 4. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 5. | Death - Spiritual Healing |
| + 95 more |
50 Albums Of Pure Eargasm For The Ages
This is buy or die stuff (in no particular order), the epitome of pure awesomeness!
| 1. | Windir - Arntor |
| 2. | Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes |
| 3. | Cor Scorpii - Monument |
| 4. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 5. | Summoning - Dol Guldur |
| + 45 more |
90s: The Essentials
In no particular order. Will be expanding as I listen to more albums. Only one album per band, be sure to check the rest of the discography by yourself.
| 1. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 2. | System Of A Down - System Of A Down |
| 3. | Ulver - Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr I 5 Capitler |
| 4. | Anacrusis - Manic Impressions |
| 5. | Death - Symbolic |
| + 98 more |
Current Top 100, 5 Years On
Back when I joined the site in 2011, I did a customary top 100 album list. Every year since then, when I've looked back at it it's become increasingly unrecognisable from my own tastes. Seeing…
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Sylosis - Monolith |
| 3. | Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth |
| 4. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 5. | Protest The Hero - Kezia |
| + 126 more |
Now That's What I Call Range: Highest Highs And Lowest Lows
A list of bands ordered by the biggest difference between their highest rated album on MS and their lowest rated album on MS. Finally my Excel skills paid off. Some ratings may be a bit outdated. Open…
| 1. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 2. | Metallica - Lulu [Collaboration] |
| 3. | Iced Earth - Night Of The Stormrider |
| 4. | Iced Earth - A Narrative Soundscape |
| 5. | Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime |
| + 99 more |
