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Beginner's Guide To Building A Prog Collection (Standards, And A Few Unorthodox Choices)

A list by
Introspekrieg
Created
March 03, 2010
Entries
576
Endorsements
263
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.
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
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The Metal Art Of Thrashing (Ordered By Years)

A list by
Guib
Created
May 24, 2011
Entries
520
Endorsements
165
**WARNING: Mega-list ahead**

So you're seeking some good ol' (or new) Thrash Metal and you don't know where to look? Recommendations are running low and you're tired of wandering…
1. Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing
2. Metallica - Kill 'Em All
3. Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
4. Slayer - Show No Mercy
5. Dr. Know - Plug-In Jesus
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MOST OVERLOOKED Albums of All Time

A list by
Vasil de Shumen
Created
January 01, 2012
Entries
531
Endorsements
68
1. Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers
2. Heavy Load - Full Speed At High Level
3. Fatal Opera - The Eleventh Hour
4. Fatal Opera - Fatal Opera
5. Sacred Blade - Of The Sun + Moon
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Top 200 Metal Masterpieces of All Time

A list by
Vasil de Shumen
Created
March 10, 2012
Entries
200
Endorsements
44
RANKING CRITERIA :

- Originality [ 35% of the rating ]
- Songwriting [ 35% of the rating ]
- Performance [ 30% of the rating ]
1. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
2. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
3. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
4. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
5. Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
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Top 500 Albums of All Time

A list by
nonZero
Created
October 06, 2018
Entries
500
Endorsements
34
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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Top 200 Overlooked Albums

A list by
nonZero
Created
July 15, 2020
Entries
200
Endorsements
25
This list aims to be the counterpart to the Metal Storm Top 200 Albums (plus a few extras).

If you discover a new band or already like any of the ones here, please give this list a thumbs up and/or…
1. Solipsist - The Human Equation
2. Ayahuasca - Beneath The Mind
3. Cryptomnesia - Primordial Oddity
4. Element (USA) - The Energy
5. Telepathy - 12 Areas
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All Metal Of All Time Top 300: Albums

A list by
Redel
Created
March 01, 2014
Entries
315
Endorsements
21
An entirely subjective list of my all-time favourite metal albums, well lets better say albums/genres featured on MS, since not all here is precisely metal.
Objective quality is not a criteria here, just…
1. Anathema - The Silent Enigma
2. Opeth - Morningrise
3. Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum
4. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
5. Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss
+ 310 more

Top 35 German Thrash Albums

A list by
ChapuLviz
Created
March 29, 2012
Entries
35
Endorsements
10
This is the top 35 of german thrash metal albums of the old school...
1. Sodom - Agent Orange
2. Kreator - Pleasure To Kill
3. Destruction - Infernal Overkill
4. Tankard - Zombie Attack
5. Exumer - Possessed By Fire
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Thrashing Fury

A list by
Mikyz
Created
September 14, 2011
Entries
50
Endorsements
8
I'm not a big fan of Thrash, these are perhaps the only albums I enjoy listening to, and even then only rarely. So enjoy if you can.
1. Prong - Beg To Differ
2. Morbid Saint - Spectrum Of Death
3. Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
4. Demolition Hammer - Epidemic Of Violence
5. Exhorder - Slaughter In The Vatican
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1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

A list by
pandrstudios
Created
May 31, 2022
Entries
1247
Endorsements
7
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
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Top 47 Thrash Metal Albums

A list by
nonZero
Created
March 04, 2024
Entries
47
Endorsements
5
Thrash was one of the first metal genres I got into around 2005. I discovered Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, etc through Kerrang! magazine and their albums quickly became my favourites at the time. Now,…
1. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
2. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
3. Metallica - ...And Justice For All
4. Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
5. Slayer - Reign In Blood
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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive, 1989

A list by
Handala
Created
June 12, 2022
Entries
20
Endorsements
3
A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

1989 was another great year for metal, I tried to add more obscure and overlooked albums…
1. Running Wild - Death Or Glory
2. Coroner - No More Color
3. Faith No More - The Real Thing
4. Alice Cooper - Trash
5. Titan Force - Titan Force
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Favorite Speed/Power/Thrash Metal Albums

A list by
toastb
Created
December 26, 2023
Entries
64
Endorsements
2
My Favorite Speed/USPM/Thrash Metal albums by year of release
1. Exciter - Heavy Metal Maniac
2. Metallica - Kill 'Em All
3. Slayer - Show No Mercy
4. Anthrax - Fistful Of Metal
5. Metal Church - Metal Church
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Favorite Albums From 1988

A list by
FatesOpeth
Created
February 13, 2016
Entries
47
Endorsements
1
1. Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
2. Metallica - ...And Justice For All
3. Slayer - South Of Heaven
4. Razor - Violent Restitution
5. Morbid Saint - Spectrum Of Death
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The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (D)

A list by
Uxküll
Created
October 28, 2020
Entries
258
Endorsements
1
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. D.C. Cooper - D.C. Cooper
2. Dali's Dilemma - Manifesto For Futurism
3. Damim - The Difference Engine
4. Dämmerfarben - Im Abendrot
5. Damned Spirits' Dance - Weird Constellations
+ 253 more