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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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Most Gripping Atmospheres

Here are the most captivating atmospheres I've ever heard. Including metal and non-metal albums. Grouped according to genre and one album per band.

1.Division By Zero - Independent Harmony
2.Beyond Twilight - The Devil's Hall Of Fame
3.Riverside - Out Of Myself
4.Suspyre - When Time Fades...
5.Redemption - The Fullness Of Time

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Created by R'Vannith on 13.08.2011



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Neachy's Select: Sludge/Post-Sludge/Stoner Doom, Etc.

Beware of contact high and feelings of severe misanthropy.

1.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
2.Acid Witch - Stoned
3.Ancestors - In Dreams And Time
4.Baroness - Blue Record
5.Bison B.C. - Dark Ages

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Created by Neachy on 10.01.2013



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How To Like Post-Metal In 10 Albums

Here is another list for people to like some less popular genres of metal. Now, post metal...chargee!

PS.: There are many bands that are not really metal, but it's necessary to know them to enjoy…

1.Cult Of Luna - Salvation
2.Dead Can Dance - Into The Labyrinth
3.Explosions In The Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
4.From Oceans To Autumn - Calmed By The Tides
5.God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright

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Created by Nacur on 05.03.2010



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Instrumental Metal: 25 Favourites

A list of my current top 25 instrumental metal albums…

1.Tides From Nebula - Aura
2.God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright
3.Pelican - The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw
4.Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien
5.Planet X - MoonBabies

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Created by R'Vannith on 14.09.2010



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Best Metal Albums Around!

These Are Albums that give metal a good name, and create metalheads who live for little else. Originality, Raw talent, Brilliant atmosphere, Brutality with a great technical aspect, and just plain ass…

1.Lux Occulta - The Mother And The Enemy
2.Borknagar - The Archaic Course
3.Ancient - Mad Grandiose Bloodfiends
4.Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale
5.Bloodbath - Resurrection Through Carnage

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Created by SymphonyImpaled on 23.06.2011



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Top 15 Post-Metal Albums

This is a list of my favorite post-metal albums (in order).

1.Blindead - Affliction XXIX II MXMVI
2.Cult Of Luna - Salvation
3.Isis - Panopticon
4.Neurosis - Through Silver In Blood
5.Rosetta - Wake / Lift

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Created by Bad Taste on 20.10.2011



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What Sophomore Slump?

A list of quality sophomore releases.

1.Agalloch - The Mantle
2.Alice In Chains - Dirt
3.Anthrax - Spreading The Disease
4.Asphyx - Last One On Earth
5.Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

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Created by Nosurper on 09.05.2013



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My Top Albums Of The Decade: 2000's (On Going)

1.Opeth - Blackwater Park
2.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
3.Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness
4.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
5.Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet

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Created by Red_Travis on 03.02.2012



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Urs' Top 10 Of 2005

Overall year rating:
4/5…

1.Opeth - Ghost Reveries
2.Evoken - Antithesis Of Light
3.Ataraxie - Slow Transcending Agony
4.Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
5.Månegarm - Vredens Tid

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Created by Urs Blank on 05.03.2010



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The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (P-Q)

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.P.H.O.B.O.S. - Phlogiston Catharsis
2.Paara - Riitti
3.Pagan Altar - Mythical & Magical
4.Pagan's Mind - Enigmatic : Calling
5.Paganizer - Into The Catacombs

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Created by Uxküll on 01.02.2021



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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

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Created by pandrstudios on 31.05.2022



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Qualeen's Albums-to-Listen-to Checklist

Fairly self-explanatory. I don't think I will approach these in any particular order, I'll treat it whimsically. I'm not sure what I'll do once I have familiarized myself with these…

1.Sakis Tolis - Among The Fires Of Hell
2.Dio - The Last In Line
3.Swallow The Sun - Hope
4.Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I
5.Extol - Undeceived

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Created by Qualeen on 30.04.2022