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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 |
Marcel's Pedantic Top 50 Of The Naughties
This is the top 50 of my favourite 100 albums of 2000-2009.
| 1. | Warning - Watching From A Distance |
| 2. | Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale |
| 3. | Primordial - To The Nameless Dead |
| 4. | Process Of Guilt - Erosion |
| 5. | Negură Bunget - OM |
| + 45 more |
Crushing (Not For The Faint Of Heart)
A little list of albums that have been kicking my ass as of late. Some albums on this list may appear to be "odd" choices, but "crushing" in this context does not necessarily mean heavy.
| 1. | Esoteric - The Pernicious Enigma |
| 2. | Ahab - The Divinity Of Oceans |
| 3. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 4. | Warning - Watching From A Distance |
| 5. | Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All |
| + 66 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 Epics (Best Songs Over 10 Minutes)*
This is a list of the top songs over 10 minutes long in my humble opinion. I had to resist the urge not to put every single Symphony X, Opeth and Agalloch song over 10 minutes long on the list so some…
| 1. | Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness |
| 2. | Gorod - Transcendence |
| 3. | Symphony X - The Odyssey |
| 4. | Opeth - Ghost Reveries |
| 5. | Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite |
| + 29 more |
Promo's Picks Of The Passing Decade
Actually I wanted to write a blog as several of my colleagues, but now that we have this nifty new feature there's no reason to bother with formatting all the pics and stuff 
So this was it. The…
So this was it. The…
| 1. | Negură Bunget - OM |
| 2. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 3. | Redemption - The Origins Of Ruin |
| 4. | Dark Tranquillity - Character |
| 5. | Anaal Nathrakh - The Codex Necro |
| + 45 more |
The Most Majestic Releases Of All Time
This list contains most beautiful, majestic and soul-touching releases I've ever experienced.
My most favorite genres are Black Metal, Post Metal, Shoegaze, Doom Metal, Ambient and Neo-Classical…
My most favorite genres are Black Metal, Post Metal, Shoegaze, Doom Metal, Ambient and Neo-Classical…
| 1. | Anathema - The Silent Enigma |
| 2. | Blut Aus Nord - Ultima Thulée |
| 3. | Deinonychus - The Silence Of December |
| 4. | Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta I - Fathers Of The Icy Age |
| 5. | Burzum - Filosofem |
| + 165 more |
Classic Metal Albums Of Forever
*** READ ME *** This list is about the greatest metal albums of all-time, from all sub-genres and all countries. You won't see bands like Deep Purple, Rush, BOC, Zeppelin, etc., nor will you see bands…
| 1. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 2. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| 3. | Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son |
| 4. | Death - Symbolic |
| 5. | Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath |
| + 95 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 |
Top Folkish/Neofolk/Folkrock Albums
Best Folkish albums I've heard so far...!! Please feel free to post your Suggestions!!
| 1. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 2. | Ensiferum - Iron |
| 3. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
| 4. | Blackmore's Night - Under A Violet Moon |
| 5. | Blackmore's Night - Shadow Of The Moon |
| + 85 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. |
| 2. | ----------------------------- |
| 3. | Deep Purple - Shades Of Deep Purple |
| 4. | King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King |
| 5. | ----------------------------- |
| + 72 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 |
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 |
Bemused Dreamscapes And Ponderous Journeys - A List Of Albums For Adventure And Escapism
The following is a list of favorites that will steal your mind from this mortal realm; albums that will take you on an indelible journey.
| 1. | Abyssal - Novit Enim Dominus Qui Sunt Eius |
| 2. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 3. | Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea |
| 4. | Alcest - Écailles De Lune |
| 5. | Arkona - Гой, Роде, Гой! |
| + 26 more |