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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 |
My Favourite Progressive Metal/rock Albums Of The Decade
This is the list of my favourite progressive metal/rock albums of the decade. I decided to do this list because a new decade is starting, so it's a good time to look back. Beware, this is not a "best…
| 1. | Riverside - Out Of Myself |
| 2. | Porcupine Tree - In Absentia |
| 3. | Riverside - Second Life Syndrome |
| 4. | Porcupine Tree - Deadwing |
| 5. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| + 51 more |
The Greatest Power Metal Albums Of All Time
The best Power Metal albums by the best bands in the genre. The albums are not in any specific order, at least after the first 10. I placed more than 1 album per band cause they really deserve to be here.
| 1. | Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I |
| 2. | Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II |
| 3. | Angra - Temple Of Shadows |
| 4. | Angra - Rebirth |
| 5. | Stratovarius - Visions |
| + 22 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 |
Top 50 Albums Of All Time
"If I were to die tomorrow, which 50 albums should I take with me?"
Through the endless ocean of music we always seem to find the albums which differ themselves more than others. These are the…
Through the endless ocean of music we always seem to find the albums which differ themselves more than others. These are the…
| 1. | Kamelot - The Black Halo |
| 2. | Eternal Tears Of Sorrow - A Virgin And A Whore |
| 3. | Evergrey - The Inner Circle |
| 4. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 5. | Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk |
| + 45 more |
Most Gripping Atmospheres
Here are the most captivating atmospheres I've ever heard. Including metal and non-metal albums. Grouped according to genre and one album per band.
| 1. | Division By Zero - Independent Harmony |
| 2. | Beyond Twilight - The Devil's Hall Of Fame |
| 3. | Riverside - Out Of Myself |
| 4. | Suspyre - When Time Fades... |
| 5. | Redemption - The Fullness Of Time |
| + 112 more |
My favourite Power Metal Albums
Since many of you felt annoyed by my previous list title I changed it and hopefully you will be ok with it.Power up everybody!!!
| 1. | Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II |
| 2. | Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side |
| 3. | Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I |
| 4. | Riot - ThunderSteel |
| 5. | Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free |
| + 845 more |
My Top Ten Favorite Albums of All Time
I've been listening to metal for over a decade now. Here's my all time "favorites" list. Updated with comments March 24th, 2016. I started with death metal acts of In Flames and Dark…
| 1. | In Flames - The Jester Race |
| 2. | Omnium Gatherum - Beyond |
| 3. | Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone |
| 4. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 5. | Angra - Temple Of Shadows |
| + 5 more |
Best Of European Power Metal
Simply a list of the 30 best Power Metal albums of the European/Melodic style in my opinion. One album per band and in order of preference, although the order may change over time.
| 1. | Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free |
| 2. | Blind Guardian - Tales From The Twilight World |
| 3. | Kiuas - The Spirit Of Ukko |
| 4. | Dark Moor - The Hall Of The Olden Dreams |
| 5. | Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I |
| + 25 more |
My 40 (Ever-Changing) Favorite Songs Ever
*Now remixed with some of my favorite non-metal tracks! In order by preference, although it's tough with songs... and who knows what I'm forgetting? I'm not claiming these are the downright…
| 1. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 2. | Primordial - To The Nameless Dead |
| 3. | Artillery - By Inheritance |
| 4. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 5. | Theatre Of Tragedy - Aégis |
| + 35 more |
Favorite Albums By My Favorite Bands
I picked one album by each of my favorite bands for this list. Keep in mind that after the first few albums I put on the list, it became increasingly difficult to figure out where to place artists in my…
| 1. | Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory |
| 2. | Seventh Wonder - The Great Escape |
| 3. | Symphony X - The Odyssey |
| 4. | Circus Maximus - Nine |
| 5. | Haken - Visions |
| + 25 more |
A Chronology Of Masterpieces
What seems the most important albums for me in chronological order.
I wish I could carry the list year after year to see how my tastes changed and new findings.
I can help but notice that old albums immediately…
I wish I could carry the list year after year to see how my tastes changed and new findings.
I can help but notice that old albums immediately…
| 1. | The Who - Tommy |
| 2. | The Who - Tommy |
| 3. | Frank Zappa - Uncle Meat |
| 4. | King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King |
| 5. | Deep Purple - In Rock |
| + 179 more |
Best of the Best: Power Metal
AWesomest power metal albums I've heard in my life and Enjoy the most (and some which are extreme power which didnt feel right not to put them here..!), probably not ordered in the most right way...!!
| 1. | Kamelot - The Black Halo |
| 2. | Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica |
| 3. | Dark Moor - Autumnal |
| 4. | Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes |
| 5. | Stratovarius - Visions |
| + 45 more |
The Best Metal Albums* From A to # (A)
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. | Aara - En Ergô Einai |
| 2. | Aarni - Bathos |
| 3. | Aaskereia - Dort, Wo Das Alte Böse Ruht |
| 4. | Aastraal - Tuba mirum spargens sonum per sepulcra regionum, coget omnes ante thronum |
| 5. | AATHMA - Avesta |
| + 430 more |
Top 400 Metal Albums Ranked Mathematically (2026 Update)
RESTRICTIONS
Each album had to meet all the following conditions in order to be eligible:
1) 10+ years old
2) Metalstorm: 200+ votes, average user score 8.0+
3) Rateyourmusic: 1000+ ratings, average…
Each album had to meet all the following conditions in order to be eligible:
1) 10+ years old
2) Metalstorm: 200+ votes, average user score 8.0+
3) Rateyourmusic: 1000+ ratings, average…
| 1. | Death - Symbolic |
| 2. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 3. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 4. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 5. | Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality |
| + 395 more |