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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 |
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 |
| + 495 more |
Top 50 Albums Of All Time
"If I were to die tomorrow, which 50 albums should I take with me?"
Through the endless ocean of music we always seem to find the albums which differ themselves more than others. These are the…
Through the endless ocean of music we always seem to find the albums which differ themselves more than others. These are the…
| 1. | Kamelot - The Black Halo |
| 2. | Eternal Tears Of Sorrow - A Virgin And A Whore |
| 3. | Evergrey - The Inner Circle |
| 4. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 5. | Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk |
| + 45 more |
My share of experime(n)tal music and other innovative stuff
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 |
| + 98 more |
BitterCOld Seal of Approval! TOp 25 Albums Of 2010.
weeee! 2010 is pretty much toast and 2011 is coming 'round the bend. here are my top 25 picks from this past year. top six or seven are firmly in place, the rest of the list is a clusterfuck of high…
| 1. | Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini |
| 2. | Mar De Grises - Streams Inwards |
| 3. | Negură Bunget - Măiestrit |
| 4. | Shattered Hope - Absence |
| 5. | Eibon - Entering Darkness |
| + 20 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 |
The 2010s: Apothecary's Favorites
Self explanatory. Favorite metal albums from this current decade. It's probably going to be mostly black, doom, and drone related type albums, as that's mostly what I listen to, but not entirely.
| 1. | Ihsahn - After |
| 2. | The Body - All The Waters Of The Earth Turn To Blood |
| 3. | Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini |
| 4. | Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones |
| 5. | Samsara Blues Experiment - Long Distance Trip |
| + 127 more |
DIAMOND ALBUMS - Top 50: The Best Of Progressive Rock/Metal
My favourite prog rock/metal albums. In no order.
| 1. | King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King |
| 2. | Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here |
| 3. | King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King |
| 4. | Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick |
| 5. | Yes - Close To The Edge |
| + 45 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 |
Konrad's Top 20 Albums Of 2010
What a harsh year this has been to fans of metal. We're not even through December and I'm still fearing that another one of our beloved musicians might get sick and die. The year certainly wasn't…
| 1. | Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit |
| 2. | Ihsahn - After |
| 3. | Les Discrets - Septembre Et Ses Dernières Pensées |
| 4. | Alcest - Écailles De Lune |
| 5. | Sorgeldom - Inner Receivings |
| + 15 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 Top Albums Of 2010
In alphabetical order
| 1. | Acrassicauda - Only The Dead See The End Of The War |
| 2. | Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit |
| 3. | Al-Thawra - Edifice |
| 4. | Atheist - Jupiter |
| 5. | Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time |
| + 25 more |
My Favorite Albums Of 2010
The First two Albums Are My All Time Favorites.
| 1. | Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini |
| 2. | Ihsahn - After |
| 3. | System Divide - The Conscious Sedation |
| 4. | All That Remains - For We Are Many |
| 5. | Nevermore - The Obsidian Conspiracy |
| + 12 more |