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The Best Shit On MS

My top 100 metal albums of all time (featured on MS).

- one album per band.
- in alphabetical order.

1.!T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)
2.Ævangelist - De Masticatione Mortuorum In Tumulis
3.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
4.Agruss - Morok
5.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

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Created by Paz on 21.12.2011



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Choice Albums Of Atmospheric Metal

My choices of albums with strong forms of atmospheric sound in metal. Recommendations are welcome, though I won't add all as this will be towards personal taste.

1.A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays
2.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
3.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
4.Akelei - De Zwaarte Van Het Doorstane
5.Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde

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Created by CyberSymphony on 15.07.2013



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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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Favourites Of The '00s

My favourites of the 00's. Bitch and moan girls, or check some of these out.

1.Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale
2.Shining - IV - The Eerie Cold
3.The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand
4.Hjarnidaudi - Pain:Noise:March
5.Corrupted - El Mundo Frio

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Created by Lucas on 02.03.2010



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Drone Metal: The Slow Darkside

It's always the same riff? the same bass? for some reason you can't stop listening to it? it's appealing. The whole sound summons you into a spiral, a void? It's always the same thing,…

1.Melvins - Lysol
2.Earth - Earth 2 - Special Low Frequency Version
3.Earth - Phase 3: Thrones And Dominions
4.Boris - Absolutego
5.Thrones - Alraune

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Created by Tiago Rocha on 24.09.2010



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Neachy's Select: Sludge/Post-Sludge/Stoner Doom, Etc.

Beware of contact high and feelings of severe misanthropy.

1.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
2.Acid Witch - Stoned
3.Ancestors - In Dreams And Time
4.Baroness - Blue Record
5.Bison B.C. - Dark Ages

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Created by Neachy on 10.01.2013



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You Wouldn't Know What Good Art Is If It Hit You In The Face

Since we had the whole MS album art awards, I figured I would try and list out my favourites.
This is not in any order and has no relation to the music, there are bands in here that I don't like,…

1.Baroness - Red Album
2.Baroness - Blue Record
3.Mastodon - Leviathan
4.Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse
5.Kvelertak - Kvelertak

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Created by Spirit Molecule on 25.08.2012



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Top 50 Album Covers (Updated)

My personal top 50 list.
(In no particular order)…

1.Decrepit Birth - Polarity
2.Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse
3.Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult
4.Joe Satriani - Time Machine
5.Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull

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Created by The Void on 01.10.2011



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Iron's Post-Rock Essentials

What follows is an introductory list to some of post-rock's essential classics, contemporary landmarks as well as a few recent personal favorites - especially the kind I think can show the genre's…

1.Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden
2.Slint - Spiderland
3.Stereolab - Switched On
4.Bark Psychosis - Hex
5.Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die

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Created by IronAngel on 24.10.2011



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Metal Songs And Albums That Inspired The Names Of Other Bands

This is an alphabetical list of metal songs and albums that inspired the names of other artists.

While comparable lists often focus on the band name and explain its origin, this list turns the point…

1.Amebix - No Sanctuary: The Spiderleg Recordings
2.Anathema - Alternative 4
3.Arch Enemy - Black Earth
4.Architects - Ruin
5.Assück - Misery Index

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Created by Plattner on 10.03.2023



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Mz's Favorite Records Of Drone And Related Genres

Still not finished, as I need to rearrange, check the links and also go through the genres again. I might have forgotten many good records. In addition, my knowledge of early industrial movement is very…

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2.Boris - Amplifier Worship
3.Earth - Earth 2: Special Low Frequency version
4.Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
5.

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Created by mz on 19.10.2017



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The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (E)

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.Ea - Ea Taesse
2.Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
3.Earth And Pillars - Earth I
4.Earth Crisis - Destroy The Machines
5.Earth Rot - Black Tides Of Obscurity

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Created by Uxküll on 05.11.2020



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SF's Top 20 For 2008

Like my own 2009 top list, it's been extremely hard to narrow down to a final twenty because of so many releases in recent years. But twenty it is and of course, I cheated again with my other two…

1.Oceans Of Sadness - The Arrogance Of Ignorance
2.Textures - Silhouettes
3.UnSun - The End Of Life
4.Septicflesh - Communion
5.Poisonblack - A Dead Heavy Day

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Created by Ag Fox on 16.06.2010



AJ's Ranking Of 2008

Top 50 of 2008. Albums I rated 8 and above.

Album count: 210
Average rating: 6.84…

1.Septicflesh - Communion
2.Opeth - Watershed
3.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God
4.Ihsahn - AngL
5.Dornenreich - In Luft Geritzt

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Created by AJ The Great on 09.01.2024



Currently Listening... (December 2022 Edition)

These are albums that I'm currently enjoying. They may be classics that I'm revisiting or new gems I've recently discovered. (Ordered alphabetically)

- A star (⭐️) denotes a new discovery…

1.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
2.Acid Bath - Paegan Terrorism Tactics
3.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
4.Ahab - The Divinity Of Oceans
5.Angrrsth - W Czeluść

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Created by F3ynman on 01.12.2022