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A List Of Great Debut Albums

A list by
Erik M.
Created
November 30, 2012
Entries
365
Endorsements
70
A lot of bands have great debut albums. Obviously this list is just a fraction of all the great debut albums out there, but it's a start. I'll keep expanding this list continuously, so all suggestions…
1. Aarni - Bathos
2. Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia
3. Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom
4. Sadness - Ames De Marbre
5. Solefald - The Linear Scaffold
+ 360 more

A Brutal Poem Of Technicalities (Ordered By Years)

A list by
Guib
Created
October 17, 2011
Entries
275
Endorsements
43
So here are some Brutal, Technical, Progressive and sometimes Atmospheric death metal works I enjoy or that I believe should be given a try because they're unique and interesting, almost an essentials…
1. Atheist - Piece Of Time
2. Nocturnus - The Key
3. Atrocity - Hallucinations
4. Death - Human
5. Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten
+ 270 more

Top 30 Instrumental/Guitar Heroes Albums Of All Time

A list by
Korah
Created
September 18, 2011
Entries
34
Endorsements
28
Welcome to the sphere my friends. I'm talking about albums made by Guitar Heroes, with extreme creativity and skills. As you know, this is not the biggest musical genre because there are many amazing…
1. Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force
2. Cacophony - Speed Metal Symphony
3. Jeff Loomis - Zero Order Phase
4. Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien
5. Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn
+ 29 more

Technical Madness

A list by
K✞ulu
Created
February 22, 2012
Entries
29
Endorsements
18
This is a list dedicated to everything crazy, eclectic and technical. I know there are many many more albums that could be added, but these are the ones I personally recommend. One album per band order…
1. Blotted Science - The Machinations Of Dementia
2. Änglagård - Hybris
3. Coroner - No More Color
4. Invocator - Excursion Demise
5. Deathspell Omega - Paracletus
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Progressive Spiritual Euphoria / Best prog Albums Ever .

A list by
Hazelnut Nero
Created
September 20, 2014
Entries
210
Endorsements
15
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
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Instrumental Metal: 25 Favourites

A list by
R'Vannith
Created
September 14, 2010
Entries
25
Endorsements
13
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
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Top Technical Death Metal Albums Of All Time- Order In Chaos !

A list by
metaniac
Created
September 04, 2011
Entries
30
Endorsements
13
Definitive Top Technical Death Metal.
MARVELS of human creation and imagination.
This list is subject to occasional additions and negations.
Includes slight deviations having progressive, jazz-rock,…
1. Death - Human
2. Decapitated - Winds Of Creation
3. Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked
4. Necrophagist - Onset Of Putrefaction
5. Martyr - Warp Zone
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Best Albums Of The New Millennium

A list by
Vasil de Shumen
Created
January 08, 2012
Entries
616
Endorsements
10
On the picture - John Cobbett - Hammers Of Misfortune, Vhöl, Ludicra, The Lord Weird Slough Feg
1. Avenged Sevenfold - City Of Evil
2. Opeth - Blackwater Park
3. Hammers Of Misfortune - The Locust Years
4. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
5. The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Down Among The Deadmen
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1001 Metal Albums to Hear Before You Die

A list by
metalriff
Created
February 05, 2021
Entries
355
Endorsements
8
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
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Progressive Albums To Be My Bed... In The Grave!

A list by
Metal Arsenal
Created
July 27, 2011
Entries
30
Endorsements
8
Progressive (and anything progressed) albums I'd like to take with me to the underground. I'm 25 years old and 8 "metal years old" when this list is created.
In not any particular order,…
1. Dream Theater - Images And Words
2. Adagio - Underworld
3. Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
4. Symphony X - The Odyssey
5. Adagio - Sanctus Ignis
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A Progressive Journey: My Selections / Favourites

A list by
Progfiggit
Created
February 22, 2014
Entries
84
Endorsements
6
Progressive rock / metal - what I love the most in my collection. Would love suggestions to add to it.
1. Animals As Leaders - Animals As Leaders
2. Animals As Leaders - The Joy Of Motion
3. Ayreon - The Human Equation
4. Between The Buried And Me - Colors
5. Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence
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The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (B)

A list by
Uxküll
Created
October 13, 2020
Entries
163
Endorsements
5
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. Ba'al - Ellipsism
2. Back To R'lyeh - The Awakening / Last Fight Of The Primordial
3. Bad Salad - Uncivilized
4. Bakos Attila - Aranyhajnal
5. Balance Of Power - Book Of Secrets
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Top 10 Progressive Metal Band / Album

A list by
Mariocalin
Created
June 10, 2011
Entries
10
Endorsements
5
1. Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
2. Opeth - Blackwater Park
3. Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite
4. Blotted Science - The Machinations Of Dementia
5. Ayreon - The Human Equation
+ 5 more

Evolution: Sailing The Seas Of Prog

A list by
Iron Nostarion
Created
September 22, 2013
Entries
96
Endorsements
4
Recently, instead of scouring too much the albums of the year I'm in, I decided to take a deeper journey and appreciate progressive music (prog metal/rock). While I'm still in the early beginnings…
1. Ayreon - The Human Equation
2. Barren Earth - The Devil's Resolve
3. Blotted Science - The Machinations Of Dementia
4. Control Denied - The Fragile Art Of Existence
5. Dream Theater - A Change Of Seasons [EP]
+ 91 more

Greatest Metal Drumming Plus's The Most Influential

A list by
Blackcrowe
Created
December 02, 2023
Entries
100
Endorsements
4
My Favorites songs on drums…
A tribute to those great drummers…A Huge investigation about the name of those drummers and their best moments and songs…
1. Rush - 2112
2. Van Halen - 1984
3. Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
4. Dream Theater - Train Of Thought
5. Dio - The Last In Line
+ 95 more