I've always enjoyed metal that combined progressive metal with other genres such as Opeth, Edge of Sanity and Death's later work. But outside of Dream Theater, I hadn't deep-dived into "pure"…

1.Leprous - Tall Poppy Syndrome

2.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

3.Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition

4.John Petrucci - Suspended Animation

5.Riverside - Second Life Syndrome

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1.Ayreon - Into The Electric Castle

2.Star One - Victims Of The Modern Age

3.Ayreon - The Human Equation

4.Ayreon - The Final Experiment

5.Ayreon - The Universal Migrator Part I: The Dream Sequencer

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1.Three Days Grace - One-X

2.Celtic Frost - Monotheist

3.Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky

4.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

5.Suicide Silence - The Cleansing

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The MS top 200 is supposed to represent the absolute peak of metal music, the timeless classics. I have been listening to metal for about 6 years now and would consider myself fairly knowledgeable about…

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3.W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol

4.Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die

5.Ensiferum - Ensiferum

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1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Disforia - The Age Of Ether

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

5.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

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1.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

2.Sentenced - Amok

3.Paradise Lost - Draconian Times

4.Anathema - Alternative 4

5.Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding

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WORK IN PROGESS! Welcome to what I consider the "1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" or in other words, a list of records of various genres in the arrays of Metal and Hard Rock that…

1.High Tide - Sea Shanties

2.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

4.Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come

5.Josefus - Dead Man

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I feel like my overall favorites list is getting too long. I'm splitting it up by rating.

1.So Hideous - None But A Pure Heart Can Sing

2.Metallica - Re-Load

3.Faetooth - Remnants Of The Vessel

4.Inferi - The End Of An Era

5.Midnight Odyssey - Biolume Part 1 - In Tartarean Chains

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1.Ayreon - The Human Equation

2.Ayreon - Into The Electric Castle

3.Ayreon - 01011001

4.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

5.Ayreon - The Source

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Must Have: The First 14…

1.Anathema - Alternative 4

2.Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding

3.Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes

4.Ayreon - Into The Electric Castle

5.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth

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Updated 14.4.2024

My rather personal and improvised take on the subject matter. The list is pretty wage, I'll be updating it a lot and the order might vary a little depending on some things, but…

1.Marillion - Marbles

2.Anathema - Weather Systems

3.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

4.Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta

5.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

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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

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My absolute favorite prog rock/metal albums. None of these are less than a 9/10 to my ears. No particular order.

1.Spock's Beard - Snow

2.Devin Townsend Project - Terria

3.IQ - Dark Matter

4.Dream Theater - Awake

5.Marillion - Clutching At Straws

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The list shows 50 albums that have had a huge impact on me over my teens. Albums released before 2000 only.
In alphabetical order.

1.Aerosmith - Get A Grip

2.Alice In Chains - Alice In Chains

3.Amorphis - Elegy

4.Anathema - Alternative 4

5.Apes, Pigs & Spacemen - Transfusion

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1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

3.Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy

4.Dream Theater - Images And Words

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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