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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 |
Booooobs
Just Boobies!
| 1. | Abaddon Incarnate - The Last Supper |
| 2. | Abrasive - Awakening Of Lust |
| 3. | Abrasive - The Birth... Born In Sodom |
| 4. | Abrasive - Book Of Sin |
| 5. | Abysmal Gates - Divine Deception |
| + 277 more |
Top 200 Metal Masterpieces of All Time
RANKING CRITERIA :
- Originality [ 35% of the rating ]
- Songwriting [ 35% of the rating ]
- Performance [ 30% of the rating ]
- Originality [ 35% of the rating ]
- Songwriting [ 35% of the rating ]
- Performance [ 30% of the rating ]
| 1. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 2. | Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast |
| 3. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 4. | Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality |
| 5. | Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind |
| + 195 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 |
Jay's Top Metal Albums...no Particular Order 2.0
I havnt been into metal all that long...so this is a good chuck of the metal albums i own...though ive heard many, many more....these are all albums ive spent a lot of time with (or soon will). I tried…
| 1. | !T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest) |
| 2. | 3 Inches Of Blood - Here Waits Thy Doom |
| 3. | Absu - Tara |
| 4. | ADX - Division Blindée |
| 5. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| + 123 more |
Best Of American Power Metal
Just a list of 20 of the best Power Metal albums of the US style, in order of preference. The order and number of albums in the list may change as I find new albums.
| 1. | Crimson Glory - Transcendence |
| 2. | Iced Earth - Night Of The Stormrider |
| 3. | Jag Panzer - Casting The Stones |
| 4. | Helstar - Nosferatu |
| 5. | Sanctuary - Refuge Denied |
| + 15 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 |
Scapeplan's Top 50 Albums Of All Time
Alphabetical order.
Limited to 2 albums per band
Top 5 of non-metal:
Pink Floyd-The Wall
King Crimson-In The Court Of The Crimson King
Godspeed You! Black Emperor-Yanqui U.X.O
Comus-First Utterance
Explosions…
Limited to 2 albums per band
Top 5 of non-metal:
Pink Floyd-The Wall
King Crimson-In The Court Of The Crimson King
Godspeed You! Black Emperor-Yanqui U.X.O
Comus-First Utterance
Explosions…
| 1. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 2. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 3. | Anaal Nathrakh - In The Constellation Of The Black Widow |
| 4. | Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas |
| 5. | Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side |
| + 45 more |
The Greatest Heavy Metal Albums Of All Time
In my opinion, these albums are the best in heavy metal history and that includes best riffs, amazing solos and especially very unique vocals.
| 1. | Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith |
| 2. | Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance |
| 3. | Def Leppard - Pyromania |
| 4. | Savatage - Gutter Ballet |
| 5. | Skid Row - Slave To The Grind |
| + 18 more |
My Favorite 40 Metal Albums Ever (+5...)
Overhauled as of May 10th, 2012! Top 5 favorite non-metal albums featured at the bottom.
This is a much improved (and more recently accurate) reworking of my previous favorite albums list, with a few…
This is a much improved (and more recently accurate) reworking of my previous favorite albums list, with a few…
| 1. | Crimson Glory - Transcendence |
| 2. | Anubis Gate - The Detached |
| 3. | Artillery - By Inheritance |
| 4. | Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory |
| 5. | Metal Church - Hanging In The Balance |
| + 41 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 |
My 40 (Ever-Changing) Favorite Songs Ever
*Now remixed with some of my favorite non-metal tracks! In order by preference, although it's tough with songs... and who knows what I'm forgetting? I'm not claiming these are the downright…
| 1. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 2. | Primordial - To The Nameless Dead |
| 3. | Artillery - By Inheritance |
| 4. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 5. | Theatre Of Tragedy - Aégis |
| + 35 more |
The 20 Best Album Conclusions
Ordered. One album per band. Assessed by quality of the track itself, impact as a conclusion and relevance to the rest of the album.
| 1. | Deep Purple - Deep Purple |
| 2. | Windir - 1184 |
| 3. | Slayer - Reign In Blood |
| 4. | !T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest) |
| 5. | Helloween - Walls Of Jericho |
| + 15 more |
Metal Rasputin's Absolute Favorite Albums Of All Time
Updated 14.4.2024
My rather personal and improvised take on the subject matter. The list is pretty wage, I'll be updating it a lot and the order might vary a little depending on some things, but…
My rather personal and improvised take on the subject matter. The list is pretty wage, I'll be updating it a lot and the order might vary a little depending on some things, but…
| 1. | Marillion - Marbles |
| 2. | Anathema - Weather Systems |
| 3. | Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time |
| 4. | Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta |
| 5. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
| + 320 more |
