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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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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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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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Created by Oaken on 24.05.2012



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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 in general…

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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Created by Roxana.M on 10.06.2015



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Post Black Metal Albums Worth Owning

1.Altar Of Plagues - White Tomb
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3.Wolves In The Throne Room - Black Cascade
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5.Caïna - Temporary Antennae

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Created by Green Slime on 01.04.2010



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Underground Insurgence: Profound Lore Best Albums

Profound lore is one of the most important labels in the underground extreme metal scene. In this list are some discs that have excelled (personal opinion). One album per band.

1.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit
2.Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde
3.Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs
4.SubRosa - More Constant Than The Gods
5.Evoken - Atra Mors

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Created by DoomRules on 04.09.2014



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The Timeless

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 on 12 February…

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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Created by Lastempire on 07.07.2012



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2009

Here is my very straight forward top list of albums released in 2009.

1.Bloody Panda - Summon
2.Mono - Hymn To The Immortal Wind
3.Giant Squid - The Ichthyologist
4.Ahab - The Divinity Of Oceans
5.Isole - Silent Ruins

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Created by Draugen on 16.09.2012



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Worthwhile Albums Of 2009

I liked a lot of non-metal albums this year but sadly I cannot include them here. Nevertheless, it was a great year for metal and here are my choice albums for 2009. None of them are in order but if I…

1.Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II - Dialogue With The Stars
2.Devin Townsend - Addicted
3.Mastodon - Crack The Skye
4.Ulcerate - Everything Is Fire
5.Fen - The Malediction Fields

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Created by DreadfulYgg on 30.07.2010



A Little Further (Into The Progressive)

One album per artist in alphabetical order which happen to be my favorites. Feels like an addendum to the ?Beginner's Guide To Building A Prog Collection" (http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=58)…

1.36 Crazyfists - A Snow Capped Romance
2.Agrypnie - 16[485]
3.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
4.Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone
5.Alkaloid - Liquid Anatomy

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Created by niklas_sn7 on 28.04.2020



Albums For Settling Nerves

1.Wolves In The Throne Room - Celestial Lineage
2.Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper
3.Burzum - Filosofem
4.Bell Witch - Four Phantoms
5.Warning - Watching From A Distance

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Created by Fellow Duh Say on 02.03.2019