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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 |
The Encyclopaedia of Beautiful Metal Ballads
If you know other wonderful songs which are missing in this list, feel free to suggest them to me 
| 1. | Adagio - Underworld |
| 2. | Aerosmith - Aerosmith |
| 3. | After Forever - Prison Of Desire |
| 4. | After Forever - Decipher |
| 5. | After Forever - After Forever |
| + 373 more |
Hall Of Fame: Top 80 Of All Time
- only studio albums
- only albums featured on MS
- only albums featured on MS
| 1. | After Forever - Decipher |
| 2. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 3. | Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea |
| 4. | Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde |
| 5. | Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side |
| + 75 more |
Top 500 Albums of All Time
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 |
| + 495 more |
Top 20 Atmosphere Makers
| 1. | Paradise Lost - Draconian Times |
| 2. | Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down |
| 3. | Fields Of The Nephilim - Mourning Sun |
| 4. | Anathema - Judgement |
| 5. | Draconian - Turning Season Within |
| + 15 more |
My favourite Power Metal Albums
Since many of you felt annoyed by my previous list title I changed it and hopefully you will be ok with it.Power up everybody!!!
| 1. | Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II |
| 2. | Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side |
| 3. | Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I |
| 4. | Riot - ThunderSteel |
| 5. | Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free |
| + 845 more |
Hidden Title Tracks – Album Titles That Come From A Song`s Lyrics
Almost all album titles fall in one of two categories: The album shares the title with one of its songs (the title track) or, alternatively, the album title is independent from the songs (no title track).
However,…
However,…
| 1. | 40 Watt Sun - Wider Than The Sky |
| 2. | A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays |
| 3. | Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops |
| 4. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 5. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| + 223 more |
Metal Songs That Make You Want To Dance
An encyclopedia of metal songs that get you to dance or groove to whether you want to or not.
One album per band. Recommendations are welcome.
One album per band. Recommendations are welcome.
| 1. | 6:33 - Feary Tales For Strange Lullabies: The Dome |
| 2. | Aborym - With No Human Intervention |
| 3. | Akphaezya - Anthology II: Links From The Dead Trinity |
| 4. | Alestorm - Black Sails At Midnight |
| 5. | The Algorithm - Polymorphic Code |
| + 61 more |
Best Of European Power Metal
Simply a list of the 30 best Power Metal albums of the European/Melodic style in my opinion. One album per band and in order of preference, although the order may change over time.
| 1. | Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free |
| 2. | Blind Guardian - Tales From The Twilight World |
| 3. | Kiuas - The Spirit Of Ukko |
| 4. | Dark Moor - The Hall Of The Olden Dreams |
| 5. | Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I |
| + 25 more |
Current Top 100, 5 Years On
Back when I joined the site in 2011, I did a customary top 100 album list. Every year since then, when I've looked back at it it's become increasingly unrecognisable from my own tastes. Seeing…
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Sylosis - Monolith |
| 3. | Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth |
| 4. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 5. | Protest The Hero - Kezia |
| + 126 more |
Like Women In Your Metal? Zmaj's Choice Of 20 Female Fronted Albums
| 1. | After Forever - Decipher |
| 2. | Battlelore - The Last Alliance |
| 3. | Beautiful Sin - The Unexpected |
| 4. | Blackmore's Night - Shadow Of The Moon |
| 5. | Crimfall - As The Path Unfolds... |
| + 15 more |
My 20 Favorite Symphonic Albums
Once upon a time, there was a metaller who dared to say : hey, let's put symphonies in our metal, dudes. The dudes thought it was stupid at first, then they tried and guess what? The result was WONDERFUL!!!…
| 1. | Equilibrium - Sagas |
| 2. | Equilibrium - Turis Fratyr |
| 3. | Septicflesh - Communion |
| 4. | Epica - Design Your Universe |
| 5. | Symphony X - Paradise Lost |
| + 15 more |
Metal Rasputin's Absolute Favorite Albums Of All Time
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…
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 |
| + 320 more |
F3ynman's Checklist
Here are albums (ordered by subgenre) that I want to listen to, but haven't yet.
For some albums, I've heard one or two songs, but not the entire album. Therefore, these albums still await…
For some albums, I've heard one or two songs, but not the entire album. Therefore, these albums still await…
| 1. | Burning Witch - Crippled Lucifer |
| 2. | Below The Sun - Envoy |
| 3. | God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright |
| 4. | Fórn - The Departure Of Consciousness |
| 5. | Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing |
| + 305 more |
The Ultimate Symphonic Metal Albums
A collection of metal albums that heavily use the likes of classical instrumentation, orchestral, opera or/and symphonic keyboard synths. Suggestions/Recommendations are welcome.
| 1. | Adagio - Underworld |
| 2. | Aesma Daeva - Dawn Of The New Athens |
| 3. | After Forever - Decipher |
| 4. | Almôra - Kalihora's Song |
| 5. | Ancient Bards - The Alliance Of The Kings |
| + 61 more |