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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]…

1.Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
2.Rush - Moving Pictures
3.King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
4.Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane
5.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

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Created by Introspekrieg on 03.03.2010



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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

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Created by Marcel Hubregtse on 01.03.2010



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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

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Created by Chobo_jokeR on 03.02.2012



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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

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Created by BitterCOld on 01.03.2010



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*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

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Created by Pyramid God on 25.06.2011



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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…

1.Negură Bunget - OM
2.Agalloch - The Mantle
3.Redemption - The Origins Of Ruin
4.Dark Tranquillity - Character
5.Anaal Nathrakh - The Codex Necro

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Created by Promonex on 01.03.2010



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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

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Created by saw_you_drown on 18.05.2011



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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…

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

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Created by Roxana.M on 10.06.2015



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My Favourite Albums Of All Time

1.Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine: Biomech
2.Lost Horizon - A Flame To The Ground Beneath
3.Wintersun - Wintersun
4.Empyrium - Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields
5.Mors Principium Est - The Unborn

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Created by Starchild on 25.08.2010



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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

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Created by Enissa on 19.08.2011



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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

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Created by R'Vannith on 13.08.2011



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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

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Created by JÄY on 28.07.2010



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Metal Storm Stats

I'm bored very easily, and that's why I decided to do some stats about metal storm's top 20 of each year and the top 200. I don't know why I did that, but if you love stats like I do…

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5.Deep Purple - The Book Of Taliesyn

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Created by Roman Doez on 08.11.2020



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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!

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Created by V01d on 15.08.2014



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Rod's Favorite Use Of Samples!

Sometimes, samples can improve the atmosphere of a song just as much as the instruments (or even more). This is a compilationn of some of my favorite samples in metal. I'm trying to keep it one album…

1.Aborted - Goremageddon: The Saw And The Carnage Done
2.Abruptum - Potestates Apocalypsis
3.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
4.Agalloch - The Mantle
5.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

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Created by X-Ray Rod on 22.12.2013