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Songs From The 60's And The 70's I Think Every Metal Fan Should Have Heard

A list by
Aristarchos
Created
December 03, 2012
Entries
94
Endorsements
38
This is a mix of my personal favourite 60's and 70's hard rock/metal songs and the more influential ones, songs that I think every metal fan need to hear. A mix of the most well-known songs to…
1. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
2. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love
3. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love
4. Cream - Disraeli Gears
5. Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum
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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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My Kitteh And I's Favorite (Metal/Rock) Listening Discs EVAR (2010)

A list by
Fat & Sassy!
Created
March 02, 2010
Entries
15
Endorsements
30
Here it is. In all it's glory, righteousness, and sexy-time (as in me air flute-ing the flute solo in Cross-Eyed Mary) delightful-ness. Mah kitteh and I's favorite things to jam to. As you may…
1. Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Part I
2. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Beethoven's Last Night
3. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
4. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
5. Faith No More - Angel Dust
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Prog Favourites

A list by
R'Vannith
Created
December 13, 2010
Entries
72
Endorsements
25
A list of my favourite Progressive albums on Metal Storm, ranked roughly in order of preference.
1. Ayreon - The Human Equation
2. Dol Ammad - Ocean Dynamics
3. Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
4. Porcupine Tree - Signify
5. Opeth - Still Life
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My share of experime(n)tal music and other innovative stuff

A list by
In5anity
Created
August 13, 2011
Entries
103
Endorsements
24
I wanted to create my personal Top List for a long time and to be honest, I always considered it as some kind of cool Prog Metal, Avantgarde Metal mix. As you can see, it has become a bit more complicated.
1. Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Part I
2. Kalisia - Cybion
3. Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera
4. Dog Fashion Disco - Adultery
5. Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors
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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
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The Top Albums Of Ch'ti

A list by
Ch'ti
Created
February 06, 2024
Entries
369
Endorsements
8
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…
1. Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
2. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
3. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
4. Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
5. Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
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Favorite Album Art, 1960s-1990s

A list by
purplejesus
Created
March 28, 2025
Entries
113
Endorsements
7
Had to break up "Favorite Album Art" into two (edit: now four!) because it couldn't handle so many words and I was losing entries at the bottom.
1. Korn - Issues
2. Manes - Under Ein Blodraud Maane
3. Maudlin Of The Well - My Fruit Psychobells... A Seed Combustible
4. Neurosis - Times Of Grace
5. Virgin Steele - The House Of Atreus Act I
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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 Greatest Vocalists In Rock & Metal Music"

A list by
Tzo
Created
June 07, 2013
Entries
158
Endorsements
5
This is a guide list to some of the greatest voices in the history of rock & metal music, ranked in alphabetical order, by singer's name. I know that there are many more great singers/vocalists…
1. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans
2. Primordial - To The Nameless Dead
3. Watchtower - Control And Resistance
4. Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
5. Evanescence - Fallen
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PROG(PEART)UARY

A list by
Daddy Pig
Created
January 01, 2020
Entries
62
Endorsements
5
"CALENDAR MADE OF METAL"
January = Progressive Metal
Listening to as many albums as possible in said genre during said month and listing them here as I go. Suggestions welcome.
1. Rush - Caress Of Steel
2. Threshold - Wounded Land
3. Shadow Gallery - Carved In Stone
4. Porcupine Tree - Up The Downstair
5. Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways
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The Best Of Prog

A list by
rapidspeed
Created
April 10, 2011
Entries
14
Endorsements
5
Over the past few decades music has been completely turned over on its back, and I blame these geniuses.
1. King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
2. Genesis - Nursery Cryme
3. Jethro Tull - Aqualung
4. Yes - Fragile
5. Pink Floyd - Darkside of The Moon
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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]
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Top 1000 Artworks On Metal Storm

A list by
purplejesus
Created
January 04, 2026
Entries
1031
Endorsements
4
As chosen by me, of course. This is highly subjective.

In progress and in tandem with:
Favorite Album Art, 1960s-1990s
Favorite Album Art, 2000s
Favorite Album Art, 2010s
Favorite Album Art, 2020s
Favorite…
1. ...And Oceans - The Regeneration Itinerary
2. 16 - Curves That Kick
3. 16 - Blaze Of Incompetence
4. 16 - Bridges To Burn
5. 16 - Dream Squasher
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Top Prog Rock/Metal Albums

A list by
truenoacero
Created
April 27, 2012
Entries
48
Endorsements
3
The label metal includes heavy, power, black...
1. Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
2. Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
3. Rush - 2112
4. Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite
5. Opeth - Still Life
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