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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 |
The Encyclopaedia of Beautiful Metal Ballads
If you know other wonderful songs which are missing in this list, feel free to suggest them to me 
| 1. | Adagio - Underworld |
| 2. | Aerosmith - Aerosmith |
| 3. | After Forever - Prison Of Desire |
| 4. | After Forever - Decipher |
| 5. | After Forever - After Forever |
| + 373 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 |
Most Talented Vocalists In Metal
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Tasty Stuff Not Currently Featured On MS
So I Heard You Like Opeth...
A concise list of my metalhead man-crushes (now featuring ladies.)
While there is little introduction required for…
Tasty Stuff Not Currently Featured On MS
So I Heard You Like Opeth...
A concise list of my metalhead man-crushes (now featuring ladies.)
While there is little introduction required for…
| 1. | Abstrakt Algebra - Abstrakt Algebra |
| 2. | Adagio - Underworld |
| 3. | Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone |
| 4. | Amorphis - Silent Waters |
| 5. | Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas |
| + 130 more |
The Ultimate Avant-Garde Metal Albums
A collection of the most original, insane and head spinning albums from the weirdest side of metal. Suggestions are welcome.
| 1. | A Forest Of Stars - Beware The Sword You Cannot See |
| 2. | Angizia - Das Schachbrett Des Trommelbuben Zacharias |
| 3. | Akphaezya - Anthology II: Links From The Dead Trinity |
| 4. | Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale |
| 5. | Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors |
| + 39 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 |
Top 200 Overlooked Albums
This list aims to be the counterpart to the Metal Storm Top 200 Albums (plus a few extras).
If you discover a new band or already like any of the ones here, please give this list a thumbs up and/or…
If you discover a new band or already like any of the ones here, please give this list a thumbs up and/or…
| 1. | Solipsist - The Human Equation |
| 2. | Ayahuasca - Beneath The Mind |
| 3. | Cryptomnesia - Primordial Oddity |
| 4. | Element (USA) - The Energy |
| 5. | Telepathy - 12 Areas |
| + 195 more |
Metal Songs That Make You Want To Dance
An encyclopedia of metal songs that get you to dance or groove to whether you want to or not.
One album per band. Recommendations are welcome.
One album per band. Recommendations are welcome.
| 1. | 6:33 - Feary Tales For Strange Lullabies: The Dome |
| 2. | Aborym - With No Human Intervention |
| 3. | Akphaezya - Anthology II: Links From The Dead Trinity |
| 4. | Alestorm - Black Sails At Midnight |
| 5. | The Algorithm - Polymorphic Code |
| + 61 more |
F3ynman's Checklist
Here are albums (ordered by subgenre) that I want to listen to, but haven't yet.
For some albums, I've heard one or two songs, but not the entire album. Therefore, these albums still await…
For some albums, I've heard one or two songs, but not the entire album. Therefore, these albums still await…
| 1. | Burning Witch - Crippled Lucifer |
| 2. | Below The Sun - Envoy |
| 3. | God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright |
| 4. | Fórn - The Departure Of Consciousness |
| 5. | Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing |
| + 305 more |
Favoritest Favorites - My Top 100 Albums
My favorite albums. Includes EPs and 1 compilation. Anything ouside the top 20 or so could be up or down several places. Constantly subject to change.
| 1. | Saviour Machine - Saviour Machine II |
| 2. | Within Temptation - The Unforgiving |
| 3. | Ayreon - The Human Equation |
| 4. | Stolen Babies - There Be Squabbles Ahead |
| 5. | Billy Idol - Cyberpunk |
| + 95 more |
The Top Albums Of Ch'ti
This is my top albums (only with those where I gave 8 or more). I will update the list now and then.
Keep in mind that I've only been seriously listening to metal for a few years, and that it's…
Keep in mind that I've only been seriously listening to metal for a few years, and that it's…
| 1. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
| 2. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 3. | Opeth - Ghost Reveries |
| 4. | Sepultura - Beneath The Remains |
| 5. | Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal |
| + 361 more |
solar's quirky albums
An ever-growing list of albums/EPs that were just fun to listen to. They had something unique, were experimental/strange and/or had interestingly/efficiently lined up vocals and/or instruments that are…
| 1. | ...? - ...! |
| 2. | !T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest) |
| 3. | 6:33 - Deadly Scenes |
| 4. | Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops |
| 5. | Age Of Silence - Acceleration |
| + 77 more |
The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (S)
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. | S.V.E.S.T. - Veritas Diaboli Manet In Aeternum: Le Diable Est Ma Raison |
| 2. | Sabachthani - Miserable Endings |
| 3. | Sabaoth - Les Illuminations |
| 4. | Sabaton - Carolus Rex |
| 5. | Sabbat - Dreamweaver |
| + 361 more |
My Music Taste's Lately
Albums that I have been listening to the most the past 3 months.
Mixed genre's and years, there's no pattern to the madness
Mixed genre's and years, there's no pattern to the madness
| 1. | Alcest - Écailles De Lune |
| 2. | Anathema - Alternative 4 |
| 3. | Aquilus - Griseus |
| 4. | Behemoth - Evangelion |
| 5. | Blut Aus Nord - 777 - Cosmosophy |
| + 10 more |
Rock & Metal Ballads Collection
Compilation of many Hard Rock or Metal Ballads I've heard. Bands and Albums are ordered by name alphabetically.
| 1. | Accept - Balls To The Wall |
| 2. | Accept - Blood Of The Nations |
| 3. | Accept - Eat The Heat |
| 4. | Adagio - Underworld |
| 5. | Aerosmith - Aerosmith |
| + 420 more |
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