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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 20 Atmosphere Makers
| 1. | Paradise Lost - Draconian Times |
| 2. | Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down |
| 3. | Fields Of The Nephilim - Mourning Sun |
| 4. | Anathema - Judgement |
| 5. | Draconian - Turning Season Within |
| + 15 more |
2000-2014: A 'Factored' Top 100
Take a look at the Top Album lists of recent years and you'll notice an obvious trend. In 2005 the average rating of the top 25 albums is 8.76. Jump to 2014 and the average among the top 25 has dropped…
| 1. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 2. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 3. | Blindead - Affliction XXIX II MXMVI |
| 4. | Aquilus - Griseus |
| 5. | Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World |
| + 95 more |
The Best Metal Albums* From A to # (A)
This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone…
| 1. | Aara - En Ergô Einai |
| 2. | Aarni - Bathos |
| 3. | Aaskereia - Dort, Wo Das Alte Böse Ruht |
| 4. | Aastraal - Tuba mirum spargens sonum per sepulcra regionum, coget omnes ante thronum |
| 5. | AATHMA - Avesta |
| + 430 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 |
My Favorite Albums
| 1. | Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields |
| 2. | Thurisaz - Scent Of A Dream |
| 3. | Opeth - Morningrise |
| 4. | Empyrium - A Wintersunset... |
| 5. | Anathema - Eternity |
| + 58 more |
My favorite bands...
My favorite bands...
| 1. | Void Of Silence - Human Antithesis |
| 2. | Why Angels Fall - The Unveiling |
| 3. | Before The Rain - Frail |
| 4. | Ataraxie - Slow Transcending Agony |
| 5. | Virgin Black - Requiem - Mezzo Forte |
| + 47 more |
Some Albums With 8.50 Or More
| 1. | Shylmagoghnar - Emergence |
| 2. | Galneryus - Angel Of Salvation |
| 3. | Blindead - Affliction XXIX II MXMVI |
| 4. | Batushka - Litourgiya |
| 5. | Leprous - Bilateral |
| + 195 more |
Top 200 Overrated Albums
**Trigger warning**
Albums and EPs rated 8.6+ from 100+ votes which I've given an 8 or lower to.
I've listened to and rated every album on MS that meets this criteria (at time of most recent…
Albums and EPs rated 8.6+ from 100+ votes which I've given an 8 or lower to.
I've listened to and rated every album on MS that meets this criteria (at time of most recent…
| 1. | Anathema - Judgement |
| 2. | Paradise Lost - Draconian Times |
| 3. | Anathema - Alternative 4 |
| 4. | Motörhead - Ace Of Spades |
| 5. | Motörhead - Overkill |
| + 193 more |
AJ's Ranking Of 2007
Top 50 of 2007. Rated 8+.
Only LPs.
Album count: 193
Average rating: 6.96
Only LPs.
Album count: 193
Average rating: 6.96
| 1. | Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet |
| 2. | Moonsorrow - V: Hävitetty |
| 3. | Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde |
| 4. | Rotting Christ - Theogonia |
| 5. | Machine Head - The Blackening |
| + 45 more |
My Favourite Albums Of 2000s
| 1. | Afgrund - Vid Helvetets Grindar |
| 2. | After Forever - After Forever |
| 3. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 4. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 5. | Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde |
| + 209 more |
Top 100 (+8) Of 2005-2009
2000-2004 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5844
2010-2014 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5828
2015-2019 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6722
I…
2010-2014 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5828
2015-2019 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6722
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| 1. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 2. | Opeth - Ghost Reveries |
| 3. | Be'lakor - Stone's Reach |
| 4. | Gojira - From Mars To Sirius |
| 5. | Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die |
| + 103 more |
