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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]…

1.Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
2.Rush - Moving Pictures
3.King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
4.Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane
5.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

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Created by Introspekrieg on 03.03.2010



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So I Heard You Like Opeth...

My other lists:
Tasty Stuff Not Currently Featured On MS
Most Talented Vocalists In Metal

"Which bands sound like Opeth?" It seems that perennial question has plagued fans and non-fans of…

1.Adeia - Serenity
2.Alley - Amphibious
3.Altesia - Paragon Circus
4.Anciients - Voice Of The Void
5.Aquilus - Griseus

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Created by LeKiwi on 07.04.2015



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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

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Created by Moose on 13.09.2015



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My share of experime(n)tal music and other innovative stuff

I wanted to create my personal Top List for a long time and to be honest, I always considered it as some kind of cool Prog Metal, Avantgarde Metal mix. As you can see, it has become a bit more complicated.

1.Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Part I
2.Kalisia - Cybion
3.Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera
4.Dog Fashion Disco - Adultery
5.Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

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Created by In5anity on 13.08.2011



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DIAMOND ALBUMS - Top 50: The Best Of Progressive Rock/Metal

My favourite prog rock/metal albums. In no order.

1.Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
2.Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
3.King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
4.Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
5.Yes - Close To The Edge

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Created by Hex_Omega on 15.08.2013



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Some Of The Best Albums Of All Time (In No Particular Order)

Lots of genres, not repeating any Band (except Therion, but with 3 different styles). You cannot go wrong with this list, some nice Starts to any kind of Metal.
The list is sorted by year, but has not…

1.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
2.Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
3.Therion - Symphony Masses - Ho Drakon Ho Megas
4.Cynic - Focus
5.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

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Created by Atrus on 10.06.2012



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Albums You Should Check Out Instead Of New Dream Theater

Dream Theater are good for what they are, and what they are is a stepping stone into prog. To be fair, they have some great albums (WDADU, I&W, and Awake), but once Kevin Moore left, it's been…

1.Anekdoten - Vemod
2.Arcane - Known / Learned
3.Arena - Contagion
4.Beardfish - Sleeping In Traffic: Part Two
5.Communic - Waves Of Visual Decay

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Created by BigNaughtyV on 05.02.2016



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Progressive Metal Bands For People Who Hate Prog

Progressive metal has some of the most creative musicians in metal, but the tendency for progressive bands to make extremely long, technical songs with no sense of structure can be turnoff to some people,…

1.Devin Townsend - Accelerated Evolution
2.Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
3.Toehider - What Kind Of Creature Am I?
4.Coheed and Cambria - Volume 4
5.Mastodon - Once More 'Round The Sun

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Created by Ganondox on 16.10.2015



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

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.S.V.E.S.T. - Veritas Diaboli Manet In Aeternum: Le Diable Est Ma Raison
2.Sabachthani - Miserable Endings
3.Sabaoth - Les Illuminations
4.Sabaton - Carolus Rex
5.Sabbat - Dreamweaver

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Created by Uxküll on 17.02.2021



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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

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Created by SS on 20.10.2020



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Songs For Your Metal Party

This is my personal selection of albums (with specific songs) that you'd like to play in your next metal party.
The songs are sorted so the more powerful and energetic songs are equally spread all…

1.Unexpect - Fables Of The Sleepless Empire
2.Korpiklaani - Karkelo
3.Solefald - Norrøn Livskunst
4.Mastodon - Crack The Skye
5.Kvelertak - Blodtørst

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Created by gnomyst@gmail.com on 23.04.2012



Qnick´s Top 20 Always At Hand In Lossless

Probably not the best music in this world, but certainly my favourite 20 albums i always have in FLAC in my phone
Just metal stuff, othervise there would be quite a lot of classical music, jazz and prog…

1.Opeth - Still Life
2.Alcest - Écailles De Lune
3.Wilderun - Veil Of Imagination
4.Aquilus - Griseus
5.Orgone - Pleroma

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Created by qnick90 on 03.09.2024



Top Albums Of 2005

1.Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
2.Opeth - Ghost Reveries
3.Green Carnation - The Quiet Offspring
4.Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
5.Riverside - Second Life Syndrome

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Created by embracing on 15.10.2012