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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]
+Prog Related; No musical genre exists in a vacuum.
[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 |
| + 571 more |
*The Epics (Best Songs Over 10 Minutes)*
This is a list of the top songs over 10 minutes long in my humble opinion. I had to resist the urge not to put every single Symphony X, Opeth and Agalloch song over 10 minutes long on the list so some…
| 1. | Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness |
| 2. | Gorod - Transcendence |
| 3. | Symphony X - The Odyssey |
| 4. | Opeth - Ghost Reveries |
| 5. | Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite |
| + 29 more |
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 |
| + 95 more |
Epic Album Closers
Some albums are really good. Many of these are good all the way around. And, in many cases, there is a single song that stands out, sometimes it's the last song on the album. This is a list of those…
| 1. | !T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest) |
| 2. | Abigail Williams - Becoming |
| 3. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 4. | Amon Amarth - Versus The World |
| 5. | Anekdoten - Vemod |
| + 117 more |
Progressive Spiritual Euphoria / Best prog Albums Ever .
So here we are again . After many years of dedication and love to this music that we call progressive metal, here are some of the best albums that ever existed and made the earth a better place . Give…
| 1. | Dan Swanö - Moontower |
| 2. | Cynic - Traced In Air |
| 3. | Cynic - Focus |
| 4. | Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini |
| 5. | Enslaved - Ruun |
| + 205 more |
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 |
| + 25 more |
Metal Rasputin's Absolute Favorite Albums Of All Time
Updated 14.4.2024
My rather personal and improvised take on the subject matter. The list is pretty wage, I'll be updating it a lot and the order might vary a little depending on some things, but…
My rather personal and improvised take on the subject matter. The list is pretty wage, I'll be updating it a lot and the order might vary a little depending on some things, but…
| 1. | Marillion - Marbles |
| 2. | Anathema - Weather Systems |
| 3. | Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time |
| 4. | Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta |
| 5. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
| + 320 more |
1001 Metal Albums to Hear Before You Die
An ongoing list for personal use as well as for reference for beginners (& veterans alike). This is solely my personal opinion and taste (Death & Prog mostly but do give every genre a try). Basically…
| 1. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin |
| 2. | King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King |
| 3. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III |
| 4. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 5. | Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself |
| + 350 more |
1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
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 |
| + 1242 more |
My Favorite Progressive Metal Albums
My favorite progressive metal albums (derived/mixed genres included). Lot of stuff still missing here since I have a terrible memory 
I think everything here is at least 8,5/10.
Please, feel free to…
I think everything here is at least 8,5/10.Please, feel free to…
| 1. | Dream Theater - Awake |
| 2. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 3. | Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory |
| 4. | Dream Theater - Train Of Thought |
| 5. | Redemption - Snowfall On Judgment Day |
| + 77 more |
Top 20 Albums Of 2009
| 1. | Katatonia - Night Is The New Day |
| 2. | Chimp Spanner - At The Dream's Edge |
| 3. | OSI - Blood |
| 4. | Porcupine Tree - The Incident |
| 5. | Devin Townsend - Addicted |
| + 16 more |
Top Prog Rock/Metal Albums
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 |
| + 43 more |
Best Progressive/Power Metal Albums! (in No Specific Order)
These are my favorite progressive/power metal albums that I have listened to. Some of them are for musical technique and others are simply because they blew my mind with the crazy story lines or whatever!
| 1. | Symphony X - Paradise Lost |
| 2. | Symphony X - The Odyssey |
| 3. | Masterplan - Aeronautics |
| 4. | Nightwish - Dark Passion Play |
| 5. | Theocracy - As The World Bleeds |
| + 45 more |
Some Albums With 8.50 Or More
| 1. | Shylmagoghnar - Emergence |
| 2. | Galneryus - Angel Of Salvation |
| 3. | Blindead - Affliction XXIX II MXMVI |
| 4. | Batushka - Litourgiya |
| 5. | Leprous - Bilateral |
| + 195 more |
Top 200 Overrated Albums
**Trigger warning**
Albums and EPs rated 8.6+ from 100+ votes which I've given an 8 or lower to.
I've listened to and rated every album on MS that meets this criteria (at time of most recent…
Albums and EPs rated 8.6+ from 100+ votes which I've given an 8 or lower to.
I've listened to and rated every album on MS that meets this criteria (at time of most recent…
| 1. | Anathema - Judgement |
| 2. | Paradise Lost - Draconian Times |
| 3. | Anathema - Alternative 4 |
| 4. | Motörhead - Ace Of Spades |
| 5. | Motörhead - Overkill |
| + 193 more |
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