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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 |
Andy's Top 2024
Albums from 2024 ranked in order best to worst.
Top 10 songs:
1. Khirki - Συμπληγάδες
2. Cistvaen - Cessation Of Hope
3. Blood Incantation - The Message: Tablet III
4. Panzerfaust - Occam's…
Top 10 songs:
1. Khirki - Συμπληγάδες
2. Cistvaen - Cessation Of Hope
3. Blood Incantation - The Message: Tablet III
4. Panzerfaust - Occam's…
| 1. | Panzerfaust - The Suns Of Perdition - Chapter IV: To Shadow Zion |
| 2. | Kanonenfieber - Die Urkatastrophe |
| 3. | Spectral Wound - Songs Of Blood And Mire |
| 4. | Cistvaen - At Light's Demise |
| 5. | Inherits The Void - Scars Of Yesteryears |
| + 823 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 |
Metal Storm Stats
In this list, I calculate the average rating of the top 20 albums of each year since 1968. If you like stats, this list is for you. Keep in mind that the years before 1980 don’t even have 20 eligible albums…
| 1. | 1960s. Average score: 7.897/10. The 60s did not see the birth of metal, but some releases of the decade did influence and inspire the genre a lot, which I guess is why they do appear on the website. |
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| 3. | Deep Purple - Shades Of Deep Purple |
| 4. | King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King |
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| + 72 more |
My Favorite Albums 2024
It’s been a great year, several of my favorite artists released excellent albums and I’ve discovered a whole lot of new artists that have become favorites as well!
Here’s some of my favorite album covers…
Here’s some of my favorite album covers…
| 1. | Suldusk - Anthesis |
| 2. | Inter Arma - New Heaven |
| 3. | Prostitute - Attempted Martyr |
| 4. | Leprous - Melodies Of Atonement |
| 5. | Chat Pile - Cool World |
| + 369 more |
Top 50 Albums Of 2024
Greetings my fellow metalheads, and happy new year to you all!
A new year, a new list. 2023 was one hell of a year concerning metal and rock records, and with upcoming releases scheduled so far 2024…
A new year, a new list. 2023 was one hell of a year concerning metal and rock records, and with upcoming releases scheduled so far 2024…
| 1. | Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere |
| 2. | Iotunn - Kinship |
| 3. | Opeth - The Last Will And Testament |
| 4. | Thy Catafalque - XII: A Gyönyörű Álmok Ezután Jönnek |
| 5. | Wintersun - Time II |
| + 45 more |
The Deadliest Of Harmonies (A Journey Into Melodic Death Metal)
Hey Folks! It’s me… Again!
I’m coming back once more to explore the depths of a genre that arguably did not begin where you all thought it did! Yeah yeah… Alright, maybe Left Hand Path, Necroticism:…
I’m coming back once more to explore the depths of a genre that arguably did not begin where you all thought it did! Yeah yeah… Alright, maybe Left Hand Path, Necroticism:…
| 1. | Entombed - Left Hand Path |
| 2. | Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious |
| 3. | Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream |
| 4. | At The Gates - The Red In The Sky Is Ours |
| 5. | Carcass - Heartwork |
| + 203 more |
2024: Jul-Dec
With 600-odd albums across Q1 and Q2, I've gotten through marginally less than last year so far, let's see if I keep that up
| 1. | Blighted Eye - Agony's Bespoke |
| 2. | A Swarm Of The Sun - An Empire |
| 3. | Panzerfaust - The Suns Of Perdition - Chapter IV: To Shadow Zion |
| 4. | Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere |
| 5. | Anciients - Beyond The Reach Of The Sun |
| + 498 more |
Album Of The Year 2024
| 1. | Iotunn - Kinship |
| 2. | Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere |
| 3. | Alcest - Les Chants De L'Aurore |
| 4. | Opeth - The Last Will And Testament |
| 5. | Judas Priest - Invincible Shield |
| + 55 more |
Making My Way Through The MS Top 200
The Metal Storm top 200 is supposed to represent the absolute peak of metal music, the timeless classics. Join me as I try to listen to every single album featured on it.
Each album has a symbol telling…
Each album has a symbol telling…
| 1. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 2. | Death - Symbolic |
| 3. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 4. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 5. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| + 195 more |
2024 Album Ranking
| 1. | Labyrinthus Stellarum - Vortex Of The Worlds |
| 2. | Iotunn - Kinship |
| 3. | Cemetery Skyline - Nordic Gothic |
| 4. | Riitasointu - Pedon Leikki |
| 5. | Yoth Iria - Blazing Inferno |
| + 223 more |
Ch'ti 2024
| 1. | Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere |
| 2. | Árstíðir Lífsins - Aldrlok |
| 3. | Dvne - Voidkind |
| 4. | Mother Of Graves - The Periapt Of Absence |
| 5. | Gaerea - Coma |
| + 123 more |
2024 Albums List
Another year, another list. Every 2024 release I hear at least once in entirety will be featured here. This is not a best-of nor a ranking so albums will be displayed in chronological order (newest at…
| 1. | Bedsore - Dreaming The Strife For Love |
| 2. | Fellowship - The Skies Above Eternity |
| 3. | Mur - Múr |
| 4. | Opeth - The Last Will And Testament |
| 5. | Panzerfaust - The Suns Of Perdition - Chapter IV: To Shadow Zion |
| + 191 more |
2024 The Sound of Words as a New Portal by Korah
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All metal genres without exceptions, with mostly preferencies for Progressive, Death and Black metal! Listenning to every albums at least 2 or 3 times before including it in…
All metal genres without exceptions, with mostly preferencies for Progressive, Death and Black metal! Listenning to every albums at least 2 or 3 times before including it in…
| 1. | Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere |
| 2. | Oranssi Pazuzu - Muuntautuja |
| 3. | Opeth - The Last Will And Testament |
| 4. | Chat Pile - Cool World |
| 5. | Crypt Sermon - The Stygian Rose |
| + 25 more |