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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 |
2020
The silver lining to the year of Covid is metal bands seem to have had plenty of inspiration. It was very strong year for black metal and a strong year overall. A bit weak in the death metal category but…
| 1. | Atramentus - Stygian |
| 2. | Evaporated Sores - Ulcerous Dimensions |
| 3. | Imperial Triumphant - Alphaville |
| 4. | Ulcerate - Stare Into Death And Be Still |
| 5. | Hail Spirit Noir - Eden In Reverse |
| + 45 more |
2020: Jul-Dec
Just about finished the first half of the year without losing too much to the character limit; I have learnt to make these list descriptions increasingly pithy
| 1. | Enslaved - Utgard |
| 2. | Wills Dissolve - Echoes |
| 3. | Wayfarer - A Romance With Violence |
| 4. | Aversio Humanitatis - Behold The Silent Dwellers |
| 5. | Lucid Planet - Lucid Planet II |
| + 464 more |
MSA 2020 All Write-ins
All write-in votes from Metal Storm Awards 2020
| 1. | Amaranthe - Manifest |
| 2. | Avatar - Hunter Gatherer |
| 3. | Amaranthe - Manifest |
| 4. | Lunatic Soul - Through Shaded Woods |
| 5. | Monsterworks - Malignment |
| + 1248 more |
My Favourite Albums Of All Time
One album per band/artist, in order.
| 1. | Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum |
| 2. | Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale |
| 3. | An Axis Of Perdition - Deleted Scenes From The Transition Hospital |
| 4. | Dødheimsgard - A Umbra Omega |
| 5. | Kayo Dot - Choirs Of The Eye |
| + 72 more |
2020
| 1. | Vile Creature - Glory, Glory! Apathy Took Helm! |
| 2. | Fuck The Facts - Pleine Noirceur |
| 3. | Duma - Duma |
| 4. | Thou - May Our Chambers Be Full [Collaboration] |
| 5. | Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi |
| + 142 more |
2020 Amusia's Recommendations
Manuel Castillo (Amusia) is a Mexican youtuber/reviewer specialized in heavy metal, who makes reviews without pression from the labels or distros. His passion and knowledge are the best tools he has and…
| 1. | Haunt - Mind Freeze |
| 2. | Annihilator - Ballistic, Sadistic |
| 3. | Mystic Prophecy - Metal Division |
| 4. | Lorna Shore - Immortal |
| 5. | God Dethroned - Illuminati |
| + 173 more |
Favorite Album Art, 2015-2020
Still in Progress, in tandem with:
Favorite Album Photography
Favorite Album Art, 1960s-1990s
Favorite Album Art, 2000s
Favorite Album Art, 2020s
Had to break up "Favorite Album Art, 2010s"…
Favorite Album Photography
Favorite Album Art, 1960s-1990s
Favorite Album Art, 2000s
Favorite Album Art, 2020s
Had to break up "Favorite Album Art, 2010s"…
| 1. | 16 - Dream Squasher |
| 2. | Aseitas - False Peace |
| 3. | Atramentus - Stygian |
| 4. | Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant |
| 5. | Dark Tranquillity - Moment |
| + 137 more |
Pop Stars And Nerd Metal - Iron's 2020
Reviving the old tradition of yearly lists. I was uncertain, because my lists have barely any metal and certainly none that MSers don't already know about, but there's nowhere else to publish…
| 1. | Sweven - The Eternal Resonance |
| 2. | Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi |
| 3. | Hum - Inlet |
| 4. | Hail Spirit Noir - Eden In Reverse |
| 5. | tricot - 10 |
| + 100 more |
Top 1001 Artworks On Metal Storm
As chosen by me, of course. This is highly subjective.
** Note: There are 29 co-selections, thus the total number of selections is 1001 **
In progress and in tandem with:
Favorite Album Art, 1960s-1990s
Favorite…
** Note: There are 29 co-selections, thus the total number of selections is 1001 **
In progress and in tandem with:
Favorite Album Art, 1960s-1990s
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 |
| + 1025 more |
Vacuous & Disjointed: 13 Hymns Of Madness For Your Modern Existence
If to any of these thou hast not listened, do so immediately. Maximum volume yields maximum results.
| 1. | Fear Before - The Always Open Mouth |
| 2. | Genghis Tron - Board Up The House |
| 3. | Sermon Of Flames - I Have Seen The Light, And It Was Repulsive |
| 4. | Wormlust - Kosmískur Hryllingur [Collaboration] |
| 5. | Altar Of Plagues - Teethed Glory & Injury |
| + 8 more |
2020 Album of the Year
It's closing in on the end of 2021, so revisiting the year of the lockdown
| 1. | Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi |
| 2. | Akhlys - Melinoë |
| 3. | Black Curse - Endless Wound |
| 4. | Cryptic Shift - Visitations From Enceladus |
| 5. | Draconian - Under A Godless Veil |
| + 54 more |
2020 Picks
2019 was meh for me... Almost absent death metal, only borderline decent oldschool heavy.... A few good surprise along the way though, and mainly female fronted doom/noise/rock bands. But overall 2019…
| 1. | Lotus Thief - Oresteia |
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| 3. | Havnatt - Ragnhildstreet |
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| 5. | Havukruunu - Uinuos Syömein Sota |
| + 84 more |
TOP 100 METAL ALBUMS OF 2020
2020 has been nothing short of a horrific year. The music industry was quite possibly changed forever due to the pandemic, we saw tours and festivals canceled, and as of now, live shows seem to be a thing…
| 1. | Spectral Lore - Wanderers: Astrology Of The Nine [Collaboration] |
| 2. | Cryptic Shift - Visitations From Enceladus |
| 3. | Psychotic Waltz - The God-Shaped Void |
| 4. | Akhlys - Melinoë |
| 5. | Ulcerate - Stare Into Death And Be Still |
| + 95 more |