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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.
- 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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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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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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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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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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Top 50 Album Covers (Updated)
My personal top 50 list.
(In no particular order)
(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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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,…
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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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. | Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Slow Riot For New Zerø Kanada |
| 2. | Mogwai - EP |
| 3. | Stereolab - Switched On |
| 4. | Bark Psychosis - Hex |
| 5. | Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die |
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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…
While comparable lists often focus on the band name and explain its origin, this list turns the point…
| 1. | Abruptum - De Profundis Mors Vas Cousumet |
| 2. | Amebix - No Sanctuary: The Spiderleg Recordings |
| 3. | Anathema - Alternative 4 |
| 4. | Anathema - Weather Systems |
| 5. | Arch Enemy - Black Earth |
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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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Top 1001 Artworks On Metal Storm
As chosen by me, of course. This is highly subjective.
** Note: There are 29 co-selections, thus the total number of selections is 1001 **
In progress and in tandem with:
Favorite Album Art, 1960s-1990s
Favorite…
** Note: There are 29 co-selections, thus the total number of selections is 1001 **
In progress and in tandem with:
Favorite Album Art, 1960s-1990s
Favorite…
| 1. | ...And Oceans - The Regeneration Itinerary |
| 2. | 16 - Curves That Kick |
| 3. | 16 - Blaze Of Incompetence |
| 4. | 16 - Bridges To Burn |
| 5. | 16 - Dream Squasher |
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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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Favorite Album Art, 2000-2014
In progress
| 1. | Arkona - Явь |
| 2. | Blues Pills - Blues Pills |
| 3. | Botanist - VI: Flora |
| 4. | Couch Slut - My Life As A Woman |
| 5. | Cynic - Kindly Bent To Free Us |
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AJ's Ranking Of 2008
Top 50 of 2008. Albums I rated 8 and above.
Album count: 210
Average rating: 6.84
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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