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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
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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 Best Shit On MS

A list by
Paz
Created
December 21, 2011
Entries
100
Endorsements
66
My top 100 metal albums of all time (featured on MS).

- one album per band.
- in alphabetical order.
1. !T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)
2. Ævangelist - De Masticatione Mortuorum In Tumulis
3. Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
4. Agruss - Morok
5. Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
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BitterCOld's Top 50 Of The Zeroes

A list by
BitterCOld
Created
March 01, 2010
Entries
50
Endorsements
43
The "better half" of my top 100 of the Zeroes. In list format, now with album covers!
1. Warning - Watching From A Distance
2. Negură Bunget - OM
3. Primordial - To The Nameless Dead
4. Neurosis - Given To The Rising
5. Mastodon - Crack The Skye
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Favourites Of The '00s

A list by
Lucas
Created
March 02, 2010
Entries
25
Endorsements
39
My favourites of the 00's. Bitch and moan girls, or check some of these out.
1. Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale
2. Shining - IV - The Eerie Cold
3. The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand
4. Hjarnidaudi - Pain:Noise:March
5. Corrupted - El Mundo Frio
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The Most Majestic Releases Of All Time

A list by
Roxana.M
Created
June 10, 2015
Entries
170
Endorsements
39
This list contains most beautiful, majestic and soul-touching releases I've ever experienced.
My most favorite genres are Black Metal, Post Metal, Shoegaze, Doom Metal, Ambient and Neo-Classical…
1. Anathema - The Silent Enigma
2. Blut Aus Nord - Ultima Thulée
3. Deinonychus - The Silence Of December
4. Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta I - Fathers Of The Icy Age
5. Burzum - Filosofem
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Neachy's Select: Black Metal

A list by
Neachy
Created
June 03, 2014
Entries
150
Endorsements
37
1. Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
2. Bathory - Blood Fire Death
3. Master's Hammer - Ritual
4. Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky
5. Immortal - Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism
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One-album Metal Wonders

A list by
RaduP
Created
September 20, 2014
Entries
90
Endorsements
32
A list of bands who have released just one album. Feel free to recommend!

Edit: If the band released their debut album between 2014-present and they haven't split, they are not viable.
1. ABACABB - Survivalist
2. Abstrakt Algebra - Abstrakt Algebra
3. Abydos - The Little Boy's Heavy Mental Shadow Opera About The Inhabitants Of His Diary
4. Abyssmal Sorrow - Lament
5. Age Of Silence - Acceleration
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My Favorite Albums: 2000s

A list by
Mikyz
Created
April 11, 2010
Entries
102
Endorsements
21
I updated the list, so there are now 100 entries, and I consider 100 to be to little. These are albums I listen to regularly, and some I listened to frantically for a while.
1. Rapture - Songs For The Withering
2. System Of A Down - Toxicity
3. Warning - Watching From A Distance
4. Edge Of Sanity - Crimson II
5. Converge - Jane Doe
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Ranking the One-Album Wonders in Metal

A list by
sgtrobo
Created
August 25, 2021
Entries
175
Endorsements
13
Some of the best metal albums ever released have been by bands that only had one full length release.
List is (and probably always will be) a constant work-in-progress.
If you know of a "one-and-done"…
1. Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris
2. Weakling - Dead As Dreams
3. Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle
4. Timeghoul - 1992-1994 Discography
5. Thorns - Thorns
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Omega_Switch's Listism: Top Black Metal Albums

A list by
omega_switch
Created
March 19, 2011
Entries
50
Endorsements
11
1. Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
2. Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky
3. Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
4. Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
5. Bathory - Blood Fire Death
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The Timeless

A list by
Lastempire
Created
July 07, 2012
Entries
171
Endorsements
11
1.All time & genre (including Non-Metal on MS)
2.Only studio albums & EPs
3.I DON'T modify this list. So, this list is THE FINAL edition and based on my selection on 1 April 2017. (Modified…
1. Opeth - Blackwater Park
2. Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
3. Krallice - Diotima
4. Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
5. Deathspell Omega - Kénôse
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Black Metal: The Expansion Pack

A list by
Chobo_jokeR
Created
December 30, 2022
Entries
156
Endorsements
10
My initial rendition was looking at the USBM scene. Next I opted to dive into where it arguably all began… Norway. My most recent exploration was into Switzerland’s scene. Rather than repeatedly coming…
1. Elysian Blaze - Blood Geometry
2. Funeral Mourning - Drown In Solitude
3. Ill Omen - Æ.Thy.Rift
4. Woods Of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason
5. Woods Of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason
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That Cold Black Magic, By Glenn Killer And His Thorchestra

A list by
ScreamingSteelUS
Created
March 31, 2015
Entries
612
Endorsements
10
As is the case with my other lists, this is for my own organizational purposes and is designed purely to help me keep track of all the many black metal bands and albums that I enjoy, since I can't…
1. Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape
2. Sigh - Graveward
3. Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
4. Sigh - Heir To Despair
5. The Meads Of Asphodel - The Murder Of Jesus The Jew
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1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

A list by
pandrstudios
Created
May 31, 2022
Entries
1247
Endorsements
8
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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Metal Band Names Inspired By Other Bands

A list by
Plattner
Created
August 07, 2024
Entries
195
Endorsements
8
This is an alphabetical list of metal/hard rock band names that were inspired by the work of other music artists (album or song titles, lyrics, group names, instruments, etc). The list shows the first…
1. 40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room
2. Accept - Accept
3. Ad Infinitum - Chapter I: Monarchy
4. Ad Nauseam - Nihil Quam Vacuitas Ordinatum Est
5. Aerosmith - Aerosmith
+ 190 more