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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 |
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 |
Space Metal!
***Currently working through suggestions and adding some spacey non-metal things when they cross my mind***
As a lover of all things sci-fi I find metal to be the most accommodating of genres when it…
As a lover of all things sci-fi I find metal to be the most accommodating of genres when it…
| 1. | Atoma - Skylight |
| 2. | Ayreon - The Universal Migrator Part I: The Dream Sequencer |
| 3. | Dol Ammad - Star Tales |
| 4. | Star One - Space Metal |
| 5. | Pagan's Mind - Enigmatic : Calling |
| + 143 more |
Awesome Space Atmospheres
Music with a spacey touch...
Recommendations are welcome (only one album per band)
Recommendations are welcome (only one album per band)
| 1. | Aeons Confer - Symphonies Of Saturnus |
| 2. | Alrakis - Alpha Eri |
| 3. | Amestigon - Sun Of All Suns |
| 4. | Arcturus - Sideshow Symphonies |
| 5. | Astral Silence - Astral Journey |
| + 32 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 |
1001 Metal Albums to Hear Before You Die
An ongoing list for personal use as well as for reference for beginners (& veterans alike). This is solely my personal opinion and taste (Death & Prog mostly but do give every genre a try). Basically…
| 1. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin |
| 2. | King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King |
| 3. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III |
| 4. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 5. | Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself |
| + 350 more |
1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
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 |
| + 1242 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 |
| + 364 more |
Metal Band Names Inspired By Films
This alphabetical list presents bands that took the inspiration for their name from films (movies, tv series, documentaries).
Please feel free to suggest more examples of metal/hard rock band names…
Please feel free to suggest more examples of metal/hard rock band names…
| 1. | 36 Crazyfists - Bitterness The Star |
| 2. | Alien Queen - Matriarch |
| 3. | Alien Weaponry - Tū |
| 4. | All Them Witches - Our Mother Electricity |
| 5. | Anaal Nathrakh - The Codex Necro |
| + 97 more |
PROG(PEART)UARY
"CALENDAR MADE OF METAL"
January = Progressive Metal
Listening to as many albums as possible in said genre during said month and listing them here as I go. Suggestions welcome.
January = Progressive Metal
Listening to as many albums as possible in said genre during said month and listing them here as I go. Suggestions welcome.
| 1. | Rush - Caress Of Steel |
| 2. | Threshold - Wounded Land |
| 3. | Shadow Gallery - Carved In Stone |
| 4. | Porcupine Tree - Up The Downstair |
| 5. | Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways |
| + 57 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 Favorite Progressive Metal Albums
My favorite progressive metal albums (derived/mixed genres included). Lot of stuff still missing here since I have a terrible memory 
I think everything here is at least 8,5/10.
Please, feel free to…
I think everything here is at least 8,5/10.Please, feel free to…
| 1. | Dream Theater - Awake |
| 2. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 3. | Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory |
| 4. | Dream Theater - Train Of Thought |
| 5. | Redemption - Snowfall On Judgment Day |
| + 77 more |
A Brief History Of Taste
My musical journey seems to be radically different to most that I've seen, so here are some defining albums (one per band) for my taste in list form. There are, of course, quite a few here that I…
| 1. | Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica |
| 2. | The Formative Years |
| 3. | Muse - Absolution |
| 4. | Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') |
| 5. | Maxïmo Park - Our Earthly Pleasures |
| + 69 more |
TheJahrhead's Totally Biased Personal Favorites
| 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 |
| + 140 more |
Top 30 Progressive Metal Albums Of The 00's
| 1. | Devin Townsend - Ziltoid The Omniscient |
| 2. | In Mourning - Shrouded Divine |
| 3. | Circus Maximus - The 1st Chapter |
| 4. | Threshold - Dead Reckoning |
| 5. | Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls |
| + 25 more |
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