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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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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

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Created by BloodTears on 13.03.2010



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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

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Created by Mountain King on 09.04.2010



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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…

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

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Created by Itoc on 20.05.2010



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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

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Created by R'Vannith on 13.08.2011



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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

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Created by nonZero on 06.10.2018



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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

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Created by stormlord77 on 29.04.2013



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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

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Created by EmeraldSword on 09.03.2010



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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

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Created by R'Vannith on 22.12.2010



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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

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Created by strade on 06.06.2011



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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

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Created by Psychogenocide on 24.09.2012



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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

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Created by Enissa on 07.08.2011



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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…

1.Frank Zappa - Freak Out
2.The Who - Tommy
3.Frank Zappa - Uncle Meat
4.Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
5.King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King

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Created by Ansercanagicus on 16.02.2022



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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

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Created by Uxküll on 06.10.2020



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My Favorite 35 Albums Of The 2000's

UPDATED Apr. 2012! Like the title says (covers '00 - '09). In numbered order by personal preference. May change as I find new releases.

1.Anubis Gate - The Detached
2.Agalloch - The Mantle
3.Kamelot - The Black Halo
4.Warning - Watching From A Distance
5.Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh

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Created by strade on 22.05.2011