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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 |
Dark, Harrowing, And Ravaging Albums To Ruin Your Day
These obviously won't ruin your day. Chances are if you are into these styles you'll love this selection. No stylistic borders, but I'm limiting myself to one album per band. These aren't…
| 1. | Ævangelist - De Masticatione Mortuorum In Tumulis |
| 2. | Abruptum - Potestates Apocalypsis |
| 3. | Absolutus - Pugnare In Iis Quae Obtinere Non Possis |
| 4. | Abyssal - Novit Enim Dominus Qui Sunt Eius |
| 5. | Aderlating - Spear Of Gold And Seraphim Bone Pt. 1 |
| + 95 more |
The Best Of Unorthodox Black Metal
Within the past decade, black metal has seen bands from all over the world incorporating new sounds to the genre and changing its delivery like never before. As great as the classic bands are, BM bands…
| 1. | Necromantia - Crossing The Fiery Path |
| 2. | Ved Buens Ende - Written In Waters |
| 3. | Woods Of Belial - Deimos XIII |
| 4. | Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum |
| 5. | Blut Aus Nord - MoRT |
| + 47 more |
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 |
| + 95 more |
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 |
| + 65 more |
BitterCOld's Top 50 Of The Zeroes
The "better half" of my top 100 of the Zeroes. In list format, now with album covers!
| 1. | Warning - Watching From A Distance |
| 2. | Negură Bunget - OM |
| 3. | Primordial - To The Nameless Dead |
| 4. | Neurosis - Given To The Rising |
| 5. | Mastodon - Crack The Skye |
| + 45 more |
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 |
| + 20 more |
The Most Majestic Releases Of All Time
This list contains most beautiful, majestic and soul-touching releases I've ever experienced.
My most favorite genres are Black Metal, Post Metal, Shoegaze, Doom Metal, Ambient and Neo-Classical…
My most favorite genres are Black Metal, Post Metal, Shoegaze, Doom Metal, Ambient and Neo-Classical…
| 1. | Anathema - The Silent Enigma |
| 2. | Blut Aus Nord - Ultima Thulée |
| 3. | Deinonychus - The Silence Of December |
| 4. | Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta I - Fathers Of The Icy Age |
| 5. | Burzum - Filosofem |
| + 165 more |
My Favourite Black Metal Albums
- My TOP 75 from 90s (and 80s), 00s and 10s.
- Each TOP 75 ordered from my most favourite down.
- One album for every band in one TOP 75.
- Only full-lengths or EPs/demos with more than half an hour.
…
- Each TOP 75 ordered from my most favourite down.
- One album for every band in one TOP 75.
- Only full-lengths or EPs/demos with more than half an hour.
…
| 1. | Windir - Arntor |
| 2. | Paysage d'Hiver - Paysage D'Hiver |
| 3. | Blut Aus Nord - Ultima Thulée |
| 4. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 5. | Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter |
| + 223 more |
Neachy's Select: Black Metal
| 1. | Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark |
| 2. | Bathory - Blood Fire Death |
| 3. | Master's Hammer - Ritual |
| 4. | Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky |
| 5. | Immortal - Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism |
| + 145 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 |
A PBR 12 Pack Of Popular Hipster Black Metal.
Orthodoxy is for morons who cannot compose or create themselves and need to copy the blueprint of someone else. Daring to be different might make your music stand apart. Daring to be different and standing…
| 1. | Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit |
| 2. | Alcest - Écailles De Lune |
| 3. | Blut Aus Nord - 777 - Sect(s) |
| 4. | Darkspace - III |
| 5. | Darkthrone - Circle The Wagons |
| + 7 more |
Bemused Dreamscapes And Ponderous Journeys - A List Of Albums For Adventure And Escapism
The following is a list of favorites that will steal your mind from this mortal realm; albums that will take you on an indelible journey.
| 1. | Abyssal - Novit Enim Dominus Qui Sunt Eius |
| 2. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 3. | Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea |
| 4. | Alcest - Écailles De Lune |
| 5. | Arkona - Гой, Роде, Гой! |
| + 26 more |
2000-2014: A 'Factored' Top 100
Take a look at the Top Album lists of recent years and you'll notice an obvious trend. In 2005 the average rating of the top 25 albums is 8.76. Jump to 2014 and the average among the top 25 has dropped…
| 1. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 2. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 3. | Blindead - Affliction XXIX II MXMVI |
| 4. | Aquilus - Griseus |
| 5. | Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World |
| + 95 more |