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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 |
Dark, Harrowing, And Ravaging Albums To Ruin Your Day
These obviously won't ruin your day. Chances are if you are into these styles you'll love this selection. No stylistic borders, but I'm limiting myself to one album per band. These aren't…
| 1. | Ævangelist - De Masticatione Mortuorum In Tumulis |
| 2. | Abruptum - Potestates Apocalypsis |
| 3. | Absolutus - Pugnare In Iis Quae Obtinere Non Possis |
| 4. | Abyssal - Novit Enim Dominus Qui Sunt Eius |
| 5. | Aderlating - Spear Of Gold And Seraphim Bone Pt. 1 |
| + 95 more |
The Best Of Unorthodox Black Metal
Within the past decade, black metal has seen bands from all over the world incorporating new sounds to the genre and changing its delivery like never before. As great as the classic bands are, BM bands…
| 1. | Necromantia - Crossing The Fiery Path |
| 2. | Ved Buens Ende - Written In Waters |
| 3. | Woods Of Belial - Deimos XIII |
| 4. | Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum |
| 5. | Blut Aus Nord - MoRT |
| + 47 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 |
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 |
My Top Dissonant Metal Picks
Are you addicted to the eerie sound of Deathspell Omega, Ulcerate and Portal? Then this list is for you.
| 1. | Above Aurora - Path To Ruin |
| 2. | Above Aurora - Myriad Woes |
| 3. | Abyssal - Antikatastaseis |
| 4. | Ad Nauseam - Nihil Quam Vacuitas Ordinatum Est |
| 5. | Ad Nauseam - Imperative Imperceptible Impulse |
| + 96 more |
Black Metal Cover Arts Which I Think Are Stunning And Interesting
I list the black metal artworks which are the most different and appealing, at least for my eyes, and give a brief excuse for a somewhat explanation of why I think it.
Edit: As suggested, I gave a link…
Edit: As suggested, I gave a link…
| 1. | A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays |
| 2. | A Forest Of Stars - Opportunistic Thieves Of Spring |
| 3. | Abigail Williams - Becoming |
| 4. | Ad Hominem - Dictator |
| 5. | Alcest - Le Secret |
| + 72 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 |
Now That's What I Call Range: Highest Highs And Lowest Lows
A list of bands ordered by the biggest difference between their highest rated album on MS and their lowest rated album on MS. Finally my Excel skills paid off. Some ratings may be a bit outdated. Open…
| 1. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 2. | Metallica - Lulu [Collaboration] |
| 3. | Iced Earth - Night Of The Stormrider |
| 4. | Iced Earth - A Narrative Soundscape |
| 5. | Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime |
| + 99 more |
Favorite Black Metal Albums
| 1. | Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas |
| 2. | Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger |
| 3. | Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark |
| 4. | Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse |
| 5. | Satyricon - Nemesis Divina |
| + 95 more |
The Timeless
1.All time & genre (including Non-Metal on MS)
2.Only studio albums & EPs
3.I DON'T modify this list. So, this list is THE FINAL edition and based on my selection on 1 April 2017. (Modified…
2.Only studio albums & EPs
3.I DON'T modify this list. So, this list is THE FINAL edition and based on my selection on 1 April 2017. (Modified…
| 1. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 2. | Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk |
| 3. | Krallice - Diotima |
| 4. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 5. | Deathspell Omega - Kénôse |
| + 166 more |
Top 250 Metal Releases Of All Time
Here’s my list of what I consider to be the best metal albums (+2 compilations and like 2 demo I think) of all time.
Enjoy!
Bands that appear the most in the list:
9 times: Sigh
5 times: Dream Theater,…
Enjoy!
Bands that appear the most in the list:
9 times: Sigh
5 times: Dream Theater,…
| 1. | Windir - Arntor |
| 2. | Sigh - In Somniphobia |
| 3. | Vektor - Terminal Redux |
| 4. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 5. | La Torture Des Ténèbres - IV - Memoirs Of A Machine Girl |
| + 245 more |
Best Albums Of The New Millennium
On the picture - John Cobbett - Hammers Of Misfortune, Vhöl, Ludicra, The Lord Weird Slough Feg
| 1. | Avenged Sevenfold - City Of Evil |
| 2. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 3. | Hammers Of Misfortune - The Locust Years |
| 4. | Opeth - Ghost Reveries |
| 5. | The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Down Among The Deadmen |
| + 611 more |
That Cold Black Magic, By Glenn Killer And His Thorchestra
As is the case with my other lists, this is for my own organizational purposes and is designed purely to help me keep track of all the many black metal bands and albums that I enjoy, since I can't…
| 1. | Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape |
| 2. | Sigh - Graveward |
| 3. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 4. | Sigh - Heir To Despair |
| 5. | The Meads Of Asphodel - The Murder Of Jesus The Jew |
| + 607 more |
Top 400 Metal Albums Ranked Mathematically (2026 Update)
RESTRICTIONS
Each album had to meet all the following conditions in order to be eligible:
1) 10+ years old
2) Metalstorm: 200+ votes, average user score 8.0+
3) Rateyourmusic: 1000+ ratings, average…
Each album had to meet all the following conditions in order to be eligible:
1) 10+ years old
2) Metalstorm: 200+ votes, average user score 8.0+
3) Rateyourmusic: 1000+ ratings, average…
| 1. | Death - Symbolic |
| 2. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 3. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 4. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 5. | Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality |
| + 395 more |