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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 |
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 |
Instrumental Metal: 25 Favourites
A list of my current top 25 instrumental metal albums
| 1. | God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright |
| 2. | Pelican - The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw |
| 3. | Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien |
| 4. | Planet X - MoonBabies |
| 5. | Dysrhythmia - No Interference |
| + 20 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 |
DIAMOND ALBUMS - Top 50: The Best Of Progressive Rock/Metal
My favourite prog rock/metal albums. In no order.
| 1. | King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King |
| 2. | Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here |
| 3. | King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King |
| 4. | Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick |
| 5. | Yes - Close To The Edge |
| + 45 more |
Top 250 Metal Releases Of All Time
Here’s my list of what I consider to be the best metal albums (+2 compilations and like 2 demo I think) of all time.
Enjoy!
Bands that appear the most in the list:
9 times: Sigh
5 times: Dream Theater,…
Enjoy!
Bands that appear the most in the list:
9 times: Sigh
5 times: Dream Theater,…
| 1. | Windir - Arntor |
| 2. | Sigh - In Somniphobia |
| 3. | Vektor - Terminal Redux |
| 4. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 5. | La Torture Des Ténèbres - IV - Memoirs Of A Machine Girl |
| + 245 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 |
The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (L)
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. | Labyrinth - Return To Heaven Denied Pt. II |
| 2. | Lacrimas Profundere - Memorandum |
| 3. | Lacrimosa - Elodia |
| 4. | Lacuna Coil - Comalies |
| 5. | Lahmia - Resilience |
| + 104 more |
All-Time Personal Favorites
Since I discovered MS, I got introduced to a lot of great albums/EPs that hadn't been mentioned from other sources, and I'm really thankful for all the discoveries from all kinds of people in…
| 1. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 2. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 3. | Agents Of Oblivion - Agents Of Oblivion |
| 4. | Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde |
| 5. | Alcest - Kodama |
| + 66 more |
Extension to "My Personal Top 100 Most Essential Albums" (in No Particular Order)
I don't know who the fuck I was kidding, it was stupid of me to think that 100 albums will be enough. This is extension of my Top 100 list, where I can continue without an actual limit as there is…
| 1. | Free Salamander Exhibit - Undestroyed |
| 2. | Trepalium - Alchemik Clockwork Of Disorder |
| 3. | Dementor - God Defamer |
| 4. | Burning The Masses - Offspring Of Time |
| 5. | Last Chance To Reason - Level 2 |
| + 111 more |
More Of The Best Music Ever Made: Non-Fatally Flawed Favourites Of The Frightful Nineties
Pretty much my top 5 of each year, 1990-1999. It may have been black metal's finest hour, but for the most part I don't care for the genre - check some other lists for recoms there.
As if I…
As if I…
| 1. | Anacrusis - Manic Impressions Demo |
| 2. | Anthrax - Persistence Of Time |
| 3. | Forbidden - Twisted Into Form |
| 4. | Pantera - Cowboys From Hell |
| 5. | Steve Vai - Passion And Warfare |
| + 46 more |
A Little Further (Into The Progressive)
One album per artist in alphabetical order which happen to be my favorites. Feels like an addendum to the ?Beginner's Guide To Building A Prog Collection" (http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=58)…
| 1. | 36 Crazyfists - A Snow Capped Romance |
| 2. | Agrypnie - 16[485] |
| 3. | Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea |
| 4. | Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone |
| 5. | Alkaloid - Liquid Anatomy |
| + 101 more |
Albums To Check Out
| 1. | Disembowelment - Transcendence Into The Peripheral |
| 2. | Weakling - Dead As Dreams |
| 3. | Greylotus - Dawnfall |
| 4. | John Petrucci - An Evening With John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess [Collaboration] |
| 5. | John Petrucci - Suspended Animation |
| + 159 more |
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