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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 Best Shit On MS
My top 100 metal albums of all time (featured on MS).
- one album per band.
- in alphabetical order.
- one album per band.
- in alphabetical order.
| 1. | !T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest) |
| 2. | Ævangelist - De Masticatione Mortuorum In Tumulis |
| 3. | Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops |
| 4. | Agruss - Morok |
| 5. | Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea |
| + 95 more |
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 : |
| + 60 more |
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 |
| + 145 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 |
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 |
Top 200 Overlooked Albums
This list aims to be the counterpart to the Metal Storm Top 200 Albums (plus a few extras).
If you discover a new band or already like any of the ones here, please give this list a thumbs up and/or…
If you discover a new band or already like any of the ones here, please give this list a thumbs up and/or…
| 1. | Solipsist - The Human Equation |
| 2. | Ayahuasca - Beneath The Mind |
| 3. | Cryptomnesia - Primordial Oddity |
| 4. | Element (USA) - The Energy |
| 5. | Telepathy - 12 Areas |
| + 195 more |
My Favorite Albums: 2000s
I updated the list, so there are now 100 entries, and I consider 100 to be to little. These are albums I listen to regularly, and some I listened to frantically for a while.
| 1. | Rapture - Songs For The Withering |
| 2. | System Of A Down - Toxicity |
| 3. | Warning - Watching From A Distance |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson II |
| 5. | Converge - Jane Doe |
| + 97 more |
The Exploration In The Metal World
There are the albums that have impressed me. Alphabetical orders. Hope you enjoy this list.
| 1. | Across Tundras - Dark Songs Of The Prairie |
| 2. | Across Tundras - Dark Songs of the Prairie |
| 3. | A Forest Of Stars - The Corpse Of Rebirth |
| 4. | Ain Sof Aur - Atra Serpens |
| 5. | Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone |
| + 93 more |
F3ynman's Checklist
Here are albums (ordered by subgenre) that I want to listen to, but haven't yet.
For some albums, I've heard one or two songs, but not the entire album. Therefore, these albums still await…
For some albums, I've heard one or two songs, but not the entire album. Therefore, these albums still await…
| 1. | Burning Witch - Crippled Lucifer |
| 2. | Below The Sun - Envoy |
| 3. | God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright |
| 4. | Fórn - The Departure Of Consciousness |
| 5. | Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing |
| + 305 more |
O' Canada! (Ordered By Years)
Good day folks! T'day, I just wanted to share the best of what Canada has to offer when it comes to Metal, eh. It seems a lot of people don't yet know that Canada's a force to be reckoned…
| 1. | Moxy - Moxy |
| 2. | Triumph - Just A Game |
| 3. | Rush - Moving Pictures |
| 4. | April Wine - The Nature Of The Beast |
| 5. | D.O.A. - Hardcore '81 |
| + 176 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 |
The Top Albums Of Ch'ti
This is my top albums (only with those where I gave 8 or more). I will update the list now and then.
Keep in mind that I've only been seriously listening to metal for a few years, and that it's…
Keep in mind that I've only been seriously listening to metal for a few years, and that it's…
| 1. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
| 2. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 3. | Opeth - Ghost Reveries |
| 4. | Sepultura - Beneath The Remains |
| 5. | Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal |
| + 366 more |
Kys: Best Of Dsbm
My S.A.D. been actin up again, so here's some Depressive Suicidal Black Metal, a genre where Sturgeons' Law is in full effect. Recs welcome as always, and an album does not have to necessarily…
| 1. | Abyssic Hate - Suicidal Emotions |
| 2. | Anti - The Insignificance Of Life |
| 3. | Austere - To Lay Like Old Ashes |
| 4. | Bethlehem - Dictius Te Necare |
| 5. | ColdWorld - Melancholie² |
| + 26 more |
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