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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 |
Top 500 Albums of All Time
I've been listening to Metal since 2005 and it has become my biggest passion in life. Rarely a day goes by where I don't listen to it in one form or another. The bands I listened to in my teens…
| 1. | Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral |
| 2. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 3. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 5. | Opeth - Still Life |
| + 495 more |
Progressive Spiritual Euphoria / Best prog Albums Ever .
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…
| 1. | Dan Swanö - Moontower |
| 2. | Cynic - Traced In Air |
| 3. | Cynic - Focus |
| 4. | Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini |
| 5. | Enslaved - Ruun |
| + 205 more |
A Chronology Of Masterpieces
What seems the most important albums for me in chronological order.
I wish I could carry the list year after year to see how my tastes changed and new findings.
I can help but notice that old albums immediately…
I wish I could carry the list year after year to see how my tastes changed and new findings.
I can help but notice that old albums immediately…
| 1. | The Who - Tommy |
| 2. | The Who - Tommy |
| 3. | Frank Zappa - Uncle Meat |
| 4. | King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King |
| 5. | Deep Purple - In Rock |
| + 179 more |
1001 Metal Albums to Hear Before You Die
An ongoing list for personal use as well as for reference for beginners (& veterans alike). This is solely my personal opinion and taste (Death & Prog mostly but do give every genre a try). Basically…
| 1. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin |
| 2. | King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King |
| 3. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III |
| 4. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 5. | Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself |
| + 350 more |
50 Best Of The 00's.....for Me Anyway!
I think the title is self explanitory. Not in order of preference as it would change daily and I can't be arsed changing it around all the time!:) it's a bit of a mixture of all the stuff I like…
| 1. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 2. | Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde |
| 3. | Arsis - A Celebration Of Guilt |
| 4. | Be'lakor - Stone's Reach |
| 5. | Between The Buried And Me - Colors |
| + 46 more |
Let`s Have Some Pvn - Word Play In Metal Albvm Titles
The most difficult way to create the title for an album may be to try something that is clever and/or funny.
Likewise, making a list of these titles is also not easy as it would be a very subjective…
Likewise, making a list of these titles is also not easy as it would be a very subjective…
| 1. | Accu§er - Accuser |
| 2. | Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations |
| 3. | Afflicted - Prodigal Sun |
| 4. | Alestorm - Seventh Rum Of A Seventh Rum |
| 5. | Anthrax - Attack Of The Killer B's |
| + 177 more |
A Progressive Journey: My Selections / Favourites
Progressive rock / metal - what I love the most in my collection. Would love suggestions to add to it.
| 1. | Animals As Leaders - Animals As Leaders |
| 2. | Animals As Leaders - The Joy Of Motion |
| 3. | Ayreon - The Human Equation |
| 4. | Between The Buried And Me - Colors |
| 5. | Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence |
| + 79 more |
400+ Favorite Songs
Last updated on 7 July 2026.
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
| 3. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 4. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 5. | Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast |
| + 468 more |
Club: Technical/progressive Music That Ain't Over The Top Wankery
this list is related to this forum thread, please check
this list is a collaborative one and will surely grow ; it is a proof of concept for a club feature, see here.
Hi people. I'd like to create…
this list is a collaborative one and will surely grow ; it is a proof of concept for a club feature, see here.
Hi people. I'd like to create…
| 1. | Angra - Angels Cry |
| 2. | Angra - Holy Land |
| 3. | Angra - Fireworks |
| 4. | Angra - Rebirth |
| 5. | Angra - Temple Of Shadows |
| + 71 more |
Top 47 Thrash Metal Albums
Thrash was one of the first metal genres I got into around 2005. I discovered Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, etc through Kerrang! magazine and their albums quickly became my favourites at the time. Now,…
| 1. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 2. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 3. | Metallica - ...And Justice For All |
| 4. | Death - The Sound Of Perseverance |
| 5. | Slayer - Reign In Blood |
| + 42 more |
Evolution: Sailing The Seas Of Prog
Recently, instead of scouring too much the albums of the year I'm in, I decided to take a deeper journey and appreciate progressive music (prog metal/rock). While I'm still in the early beginnings…
| 1. | Ayreon - The Human Equation |
| 2. | Barren Earth - The Devil's Resolve |
| 3. | Blotted Science - The Machinations Of Dementia |
| 4. | Control Denied - The Fragile Art Of Existence |
| 5. | Dream Theater - A Change Of Seasons [EP] |
| + 91 more |
My Favorite Metal Albums Of 2008
My favorites from 2008!!
| 1. | Opeth - Watershed |
| 2. | The Faceless - Planetary Duality |
| 3. | Cynic - Traced In Air |
| 4. | Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery |
| 5. | Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh |
| + 5 more |
2008: The Amphibian Halo (as In 'my Blurry View Of 2008')
Updated version of the list previously published here. You'll notice that the comments are a bit different for sure, as is the order:
1 to 3: best of the year (in preference order)
4 to 25: other…
1 to 3: best of the year (in preference order)
4 to 25: other…
| 1. | Textures - Silhouettes |
| 2. | Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale |
| 3. | Burst - Lazarus Bird |
| 4. | ADX - Division Blindée |
| 5. | Cynic - Traced In Air |
| + 20 more |