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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 |
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 |
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 |
The Timeless
1.All time & genre (including Non-Metal on MS)
2.Only studio albums & EPs
3.I DON'T modify this list. So, this list is THE FINAL edition and based on my selection on 1 April 2017. (Modified…
2.Only studio albums & EPs
3.I DON'T modify this list. So, this list is THE FINAL edition and based on my selection on 1 April 2017. (Modified…
| 1. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 2. | Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk |
| 3. | Krallice - Diotima |
| 4. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 5. | Deathspell Omega - Kénôse |
| + 166 more |
1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
WORK IN PROGESS! Welcome to what I consider the "1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" or in other words, a list of records of various genres in the arrays of Metal and Hard Rock that…
| 1. | High Tide - Sea Shanties |
| 2. | Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath |
| 3. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin |
| 4. | Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come |
| 5. | Josefus - Dead Man |
| + 1242 more |
The Top Albums Of Ch'ti
This is my top albums (only with those where I gave 8 or more). I will update the list now and then.
Keep in mind that I've only been seriously listening to metal for a few years, and that it's…
Keep in mind that I've only been seriously listening to metal for a few years, and that it's…
| 1. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
| 2. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 3. | Opeth - Ghost Reveries |
| 4. | Sepultura - Beneath The Remains |
| 5. | Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal |
| + 371 more |
The Best Prog Out There
My absolute favorite prog rock/metal albums. None of these are less than a 9/10 to my ears. No particular order.
| 1. | Spock's Beard - Snow |
| 2. | Devin Townsend Project - Terria |
| 3. | IQ - Dark Matter |
| 4. | Dream Theater - Awake |
| 5. | Marillion - Clutching At Straws |
| + 15 more |
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 |
| + 20 more |
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 |
| + 361 more |
My Favorite Progressive Metal Albums
My favorite progressive metal albums (derived/mixed genres included). Lot of stuff still missing here since I have a terrible memory 
I think everything here is at least 8,5/10.
Please, feel free to…
I think everything here is at least 8,5/10.Please, feel free to…
| 1. | Dream Theater - Awake |
| 2. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 3. | Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory |
| 4. | Dream Theater - Train Of Thought |
| 5. | Redemption - Snowfall On Judgment Day |
| + 77 more |
Rock & Metal Ballads Collection
Compilation of many Hard Rock or Metal Ballads I've heard. Bands and Albums are ordered by name alphabetically.
| 1. | Accept - Balls To The Wall |
| 2. | Accept - Blood Of The Nations |
| 3. | Accept - Eat The Heat |
| 4. | Adagio - Underworld |
| 5. | Aerosmith - Aerosmith |
| + 420 more |
My Favourite Albums, One Per Band.
I tried to put one album per band, so it was a fucking hard choice in many cases.
Anyway, all of them are great albums in it' genre.
No order followed.
Anyway, all of them are great albums in it' genre.
No order followed.
| 1. | Almah - Fragile Equality |
| 2. | Andre Matos - Mentalize |
| 3. | Arryan Path - Ira Imperium |
| 4. | Avantasia - The Metal Opera Part 1 |
| 5. | Astral Doors - New Revelation |
| + 59 more |
The Timeless Ver2
1. Only ESPECIALLY favorite (a bit more stringently than ver1 and rating 10 is not enough)
2. All time & genre (including Non-Metal on MS)
3. Only studio albums & EPs
4. The genre is primary…
2. All time & genre (including Non-Metal on MS)
3. Only studio albums & EPs
4. The genre is primary…
| 1. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 2. | Cynic - Focus |
| 3. | Death - The Sound Of Perseverance |
| 4. | Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice |
| 5. | Deathspell Omega - Kénôse |
| + 81 more |