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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 |
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 |
A List Of Great Debut Albums
A lot of bands have great debut albums. Obviously this list is just a fraction of all the great debut albums out there, but it's a start. I'll keep expanding this list continuously, so all suggestions…
| 1. | Aarni - Bathos |
| 2. | Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia |
| 3. | Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom |
| 4. | Sadness - Ames De Marbre |
| 5. | Solefald - The Linear Scaffold |
| + 360 more |
Choice Albums Of Atmospheric Metal
My choices of albums with strong forms of atmospheric sound in metal. Recommendations are welcome, though I won't add all as this will be towards personal taste.
| 1. | A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays |
| 2. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 3. | Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea |
| 4. | Akelei - De Zwaarte Van Het Doorstane |
| 5. | Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde |
| + 65 more |
Hall Of Fame: Top 80 Of All Time
- only studio albums
- only albums featured on MS
- only albums featured on MS
| 1. | After Forever - Decipher |
| 2. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 3. | Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea |
| 4. | Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde |
| 5. | Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side |
| + 75 more |
BitterCOld's Top 50 Of The Zeroes
The "better half" of my top 100 of the Zeroes. In list format, now with album covers!
| 1. | Warning - Watching From A Distance |
| 2. | Negură Bunget - OM |
| 3. | Primordial - To The Nameless Dead |
| 4. | Neurosis - Given To The Rising |
| 5. | Mastodon - Crack The Skye |
| + 45 more |
The Ultimate Metalgaze/ Ambient/Atmospheric Black Metal + Post Rock/Post Punk List
| 1. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 2. | Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde |
| 3. | Allvaters Zorn - Geburt |
| 4. | Alrakis - Alpha Eri |
| 5. | Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs |
| + 31 more |
A List Of Great One-Man Band Albums
Creating good music might not be an easy task, but most bands in existence consist of multiple members who contribute to the music. One-man bands however are simply musicians who create the music all by…
| 1. | Aarni - Bathos |
| 2. | Brown Jenkins - Death Obsession |
| 3. | Cloak Of Altering - Ancient Paths Through Timeless Voids |
| 4. | De Magia Veterum - The Divine Antithesis |
| 5. | Gnaw Their Tongues - L'Arrivée De La Terne Mort Triomphante |
| + 80 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 |
Albums that changed my life and perspective about music.
Since I started to become interested in not only metal, but music in general, there have been many albums that have marked something important in my life, and I know that there will be albums in the near…
| 1. | Opeth - Morningrise |
| 2. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 3. | Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors |
| 4. | Orphaned Land - Mabool |
| 5. | Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde |
| + 7 more |
Metal Band Names Inspired By Books
This alphabetical list presents bands that took the inspiration for their name from literature (novels, poems, plays, comics). The list shows the debut album cover along with the information of the corresponding…
| 1. | A Dream Of Poe - The Mirror Of Deliverance |
| 2. | Abhoth - Abhoth |
| 3. | Abigail Williams - In The Shadow Of A Thousand Suns |
| 4. | Abramelin - Abramelin |
| 5. | Acrostichon - Engraved In Black |
| + 289 more |
My Favorite Albums: 2000s
I updated the list, so there are now 100 entries, and I consider 100 to be to little. These are albums I listen to regularly, and some I listened to frantically for a while.
| 1. | Rapture - Songs For The Withering |
| 2. | System Of A Down - Toxicity |
| 3. | Warning - Watching From A Distance |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson II |
| 5. | Converge - Jane Doe |
| + 97 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 |
Post Black Metal Albums Worth Owning
| 1. | Altar Of Plagues - White Tomb |
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| 3. | Wolves In The Throne Room - Black Cascade |
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| 5. | Caïna - Temporary Antennae |
| + 26 more |