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Dark, Harrowing, And Ravaging Albums To Ruin Your Day
These obviously won't ruin your day. Chances are if you are into these styles you'll love this selection. No stylistic borders, but I'm limiting myself to one album per band. These aren't…
| 1. | Ævangelist - De Masticatione Mortuorum In Tumulis |
| 2. | Abruptum - Potestates Apocalypsis |
| 3. | Absolutus - Pugnare In Iis Quae Obtinere Non Possis |
| 4. | Abyssal - Novit Enim Dominus Qui Sunt Eius |
| 5. | Aderlating - Spear Of Gold And Seraphim Bone Pt. 1 |
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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…
| 1. | Aarni - Bathos |
| 2. | Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia |
| 3. | Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom |
| 4. | Sadness - Ames De Marbre |
| 5. | Solefald - The Linear Scaffold |
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Choice Albums Of Atmospheric Metal
My choices of albums with strong forms of atmospheric sound in metal. Recommendations are welcome, though I won't add all as this will be towards personal taste.
| 1. | A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays |
| 2. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 3. | Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea |
| 4. | Akelei - De Zwaarte Van Het Doorstane |
| 5. | Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde |
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My Favorite Atmospheric Black Metal Albums (WIP)
This is a favorites list, not a guide or anything of that sort. It just highlights the albums that I've enjoyed listening to and spinned extensively since last November (When I got into this monolithic…
| 1. | A Forest Of Stars - Opportunistic Thieves Of Spring |
| 2. | Addaura - Burning For The Ancient |
| 3. | Agalloch - Pale Folklore |
| 4. | Alcest - Écailles De Lune |
| 5. | Alda - : Tahoma : |
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The Most Majestic Releases Of All Time
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…
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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My Favourite Black Metal Albums
- My TOP 75 from 90s (and 80s), 00s and 10s.
- Each TOP 75 ordered from my most favourite down.
- One album for every band in one TOP 75.
- Only full-lengths or EPs/demos with more than half an hour.
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- Each TOP 75 ordered from my most favourite down.
- One album for every band in one TOP 75.
- Only full-lengths or EPs/demos with more than half an hour.
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| 1. | Windir - Arntor |
| 2. | Paysage d'Hiver - Paysage D'Hiver |
| 3. | Blut Aus Nord - Ultima Thulée |
| 4. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 5. | Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter |
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Neachy's Select: Black Metal
| 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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A List Of Great One-Man Band Albums
Creating good music might not be an easy task, but most bands in existence consist of multiple members who contribute to the music. One-man bands however are simply musicians who create the music all by…
| 1. | Aarni - Bathos |
| 2. | Brown Jenkins - Death Obsession |
| 3. | Cloak Of Altering - Ancient Paths Through Timeless Voids |
| 4. | De Magia Veterum - The Divine Antithesis |
| 5. | Gnaw Their Tongues - L'Arrivée De La Terne Mort Triomphante |
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Awesome Space Atmospheres
Music with a spacey touch...
Recommendations are welcome (only one album per band)
Recommendations are welcome (only one album per band)
| 1. | Aeons Confer - Symphonies Of Saturnus |
| 2. | Alrakis - Alpha Eri |
| 3. | Amestigon - Sun Of All Suns |
| 4. | Arcturus - Sideshow Symphonies |
| 5. | Astral Silence - Astral Journey |
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Ranking the One-Album Wonders in Metal
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"…
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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Black Metal: The Expansion Pack
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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Mai 2009 Top 20
Call me easily impressed or what, but 2009 has been an amazing year for metal releases for me. Being well into 2010, I had the chance to let everything sink in and the more memorable albums stand out more…
| 1. | Thy Catafalque - Róka Hasa Rádió |
| 2. | Amorphis - Skyforger |
| 3. | Samael - Above |
| 4. | Sun Of The Blind - Skullreader |
| 5. | While Heaven Wept - Vast Oceans Lachrymose |
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The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (S)
This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone…
| 1. | S.V.E.S.T. - Veritas Diaboli Manet In Aeternum: Le Diable Est Ma Raison |
| 2. | Sabachthani - Miserable Endings |
| 3. | Sabaoth - Les Illuminations |
| 4. | Sabaton - Carolus Rex |
| 5. | Sabbat - Dreamweaver |
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Best Albums To Fall Asleep To
SPOILER ALERT: This is mostly just black metal.
****Alphabetical Order
****Alphabetical Order
| 1. | Abigor - Nachthymnen (From The Twilight Kingdom) |
| 2. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 3. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 4. | Arckanum - Fran Marder |
| 5. | Arckanum - Antikosmos |
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