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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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The Metal Art Of Thrashing (Ordered By Years)

**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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Created by Guib on 24.05.2011



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A List Of Great Debut Albums

A lot of bands have great debut albums. Obviously this list is just a fraction of all the great debut albums out there, but it's a start. I'll keep expanding this list continuously, so all suggestions…

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2.Aarni - Bathos
3.Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia
4.Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom
5.Sadness - Ames De Marbre

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Created by Erik M. on 30.11.2012



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Space Metal!

***Currently working through suggestions and adding some spacey non-metal things when they cross my mind***
As a lover of all things sci-fi I find metal to be the most accommodating of genres when it…

1.Atoma - Skylight
2.Ayreon - The Universal Migrator Part I: The Dream Sequencer
3.Dol Ammad - Star Tales
4.Star One - Space Metal
5.Pagan's Mind - Enigmatic : Calling

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Created by R'Vannith on 25.06.2011



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A Quick Guide For Thrash Metal, Sex, And Tacos!

Thrash Metal is, and will always be my favorite type of music. No matter how many sub-genres or idiotic names some bands give to their music style, they'll never reach the complex "simplicity"…

1.Venom - Welcome To Hell
2.Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing
3.Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
4.Metal Church - Metal Church
5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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Created by Daggon on 12.08.2011



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Jay's Top Metal Albums...no Particular Order 2.0

I havnt been into metal all that long...so this is a good chuck of the metal albums i own...though ive heard many, many more....these are all albums ive spent a lot of time with (or soon will). I tried…

1.!T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)
2.3 Inches Of Blood - Here Waits Thy Doom
3.Absu - Tara
4.ADX - Division Blindée
5.Agalloch - The Mantle

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Created by JÄY on 28.07.2010



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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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2000-2014: A 'Factored' Top 100

Take a look at the Top Album lists of recent years and you'll notice an obvious trend. In 2005 the average rating of the top 25 albums is 8.76. Jump to 2014 and the average among the top 25 has dropped…

1.Agalloch - The Mantle
2.Opeth - Blackwater Park
3.Blindead - Affliction XXIX II MXMVI
4.Aquilus - Griseus
5.Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World

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Created by Moose on 13.09.2015



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Apothecary's Awesome Album Art Anthology

I know I probably speak for a lot of people when I say that, very often, the artwork that a band chooses for a particular album can be the icing on the cake, essential to giving a visual depiction that…

1.Aarni - Bathos
2.Absu - The Sun Of Tiphareth
3.Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
4.Bathory - Blood Fire Death
5.Blue Öyster Cult - Fire Of Unknown Origin

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Created by Auntie Sahar on 06.11.2013



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Top 73 albums of all time

1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
2.Amon Amarth - Once Sent From The Golden Hall
3.Amorphis - Queen Of Time
4.Angizia - Das Schachbrett Des Trommelbuben Zacharias
5.Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

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Created by Elektro-Hexer on 19.07.2010



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Guib's Essentials (Alphabetical Order)

Wanna know what I headbang to on the regular? The releases that have seen countless re-spins... Well, this is a very simple list and something you've probably seen a lot of other MS users do in the…

1.Absu - The Third Storm Of Cythrául
2.AC/DC - High Voltage
3.Alestorm - Black Sails At Midnight
4.Alien Weaponry - Tū
5.Amon Amarth - Fate Of Norns

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Created by Guib on 02.05.2015



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Best of US THRASH [ without The Big Four ]

RANKING CRITERIA :

1. Originality

2. Songwriting

3. Vigorous performance…

1.Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers
2.Overkill - Feel The Fire
3.Nuclear Assault - Game Over
4.Wrathchild America - 3-D
5.Toxik - World Circus

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Created by Vasil de Shumen on 29.07.2012



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My Favorite Metal Albums Of All Time (June 2022)

These are my top 100 favorite albums - they are the reason why I love metal!
Enjoy!
Format: Band | Album | (genre, release year, country) What I like about the album; Favorite songs
Statistics:
Genre:…

1.Judas Priest - Painkiller
2.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
3.Megadeth - Rust In Peace
4.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
5.Death - Spiritual Healing

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Created by F3ynman on 09.06.2021



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The Exploration In The Metal World

There are the albums that have impressed me. Alphabetical orders. Hope you enjoy this list.

1.Acatalepsy - Acatalepsy (EP)
2.Across Tundras - Dark Songs Of The Prairie
3.Aelter - Dusk Dawn/Follow You Beloved
4.A Forest Of Stars - The Corpse Of Rebirth
5.Ain Sof Aur - Atra Serpens

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Created by Metal Addiction on 27.08.2013



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The Real Top Thrash Albums Of 2009

After the enormous success of last year's Thrash In 2008?! article, and by popular - close to overwhelming - demand, here's the (real!) top Thrash list for 2009.

1.Sacrifice - The Ones I Condemn
2.Anger As Art - Disfigure
3.Savage Messiah - Insurrection Rising
4.Victimizer - Resurrected Abominations
5.After All - Cult Of Sin

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Created by Thryce on 01.03.2010