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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 |
2011 - Best Of
| 1. | Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth |
| 2. | Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows |
| 3. | Moonsorrow - Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa |
| 4. | Blut Aus Nord - 777 - The Desanctification |
| 5. | Fair To Midland - Arrows & Anchors |
| + 39 more |
2011 Selections
Each year countless of albums come out. This is obviously by no means a definitive guide because as of 14/12/2011, I've only heard 364 releases from 2011, but do check these albums out if you haven't…
| 1. | Terra Tenebrosa - The Tunnels |
| 2. | Esoteric - Paragon Of Dissonance |
| 3. | Born Of Osiris - The Discovery |
| 4. | The Psychic Paramount - II |
| 5. | Flourishing - The Sum Of All Fossils |
| + 47 more |
2011: What I'm Listening To
A list of my favorite recent albums in 2011. I'll update this list regularly. In no particular order. I added the rating next to them for the curious ones, but you should check them all.
| 1. | 40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room |
| 2. | Mitochondrion - Parasignosis |
| 3. | Dirge - Elysian Magnetic Fields |
| 4. | Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All |
| 5. | Blut Aus Nord - 777 - The Desanctification |
| + 100 more |
Djent
In order of release date, a list of what are in my opinion, the best Djent related albums. (I say 'djent related', because in many cases it is not their primary genre).
| 1. | Meshuggah - Nothing |
| 2. | SikTh - The Trees Are Dead And Dried Out, Wait For Something Wild |
| 3. | Meshuggah - Catch Thirtythree |
| 4. | SikTh - Death Of A Dead Day |
| 5. | Textures - Drawing Circles |
| + 32 more |
Deathcore 101
This is a list of deathcore albums I think positively about. Meaning I include both stuff I think of as enjoyable and stuff I consider to be brilliant music. Order is alphabetical, also only one album…
| 1. | Aegaeon - Being |
| 2. | The Acacia Strain - 3750 |
| 3. | After The Burial - Rareform |
| 4. | All Shall Perish - The Price Of Existence |
| 5. | Animosity - Empires |
| + 65 more |
Matt's Favs Of 2011
My favorite 25 albums of the year
| 1. | Woods Of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason |
| 2. | Obscura - Omnivium |
| 3. | Omnium Gatherum - New World Shadows |
| 4. | Deafheaven - Roads To Judah |
| 5. | We Were Promised Jetpacks - In the Pit of the Stomach |
| + 20 more |
Overr's List Of Worthwhile Deathcore Albums
As much as I love deathcore, I can not deny that the genre kinda sucks. A lot of it is generic, monotonous, and repetitive open-note chugging to create a background for a vocalists who are very talented…
| 1. | Thy Art Is Murder - Holy War |
| 2. | Make Them Suffer - Neverbloom |
| 3. | Ovid's Withering - Scryers Of The Ibis |
| 4. | Black Tongue - The Unconquerable Dark |
| 5. | Fit For An Autopsy - Absolute Hope, Absolute Hell |
| + 39 more |
Divine Code For The Comfort Of Cowards : Best Of Death Metal In 2011
No word from DM giants like Gorguts, Quo Vadis, Cryptopsy, Viraemia, The Faceless, Augury, Kronos, Martyr.Yet DM unleashed an entire fleet of some mighty monsters,minions,imps and all sort of decibel devils.
This…
This…
| 1. | Deceased - Surreal Overdose |
| 2. | Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony |
| 3. | Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All |
| 4. | Monumental Torment - Element Of Chaos |
| 5. | Baring Teeth - Atrophy |
| + 49 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 |
| + 364 more |
Headbanger's Diary
my list of top headbangers (any album that will make me wanna move my body or do something crazy or anything that can feed my appetite for raw aggression) for the year 2011
| 1. | Warbringer - Worlds Torn Asunder |
| 2. | Septicflesh - The Great Mass |
| 3. | Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth |
| 4. | Insomnium - One For Sorrow |
| 5. | Ouroboros - Glorification Of A Myth |
| + 48 more |
My personal Top 100 Most Essential Albums (in no particular order)
This is my attempt to do impossible and choose 100 favourite full length albums. Considering that since 2006 (and of course I had been listening to music even before) I have gathered on last.fm over 10,000…
| 1. | SikTh - Death Of A Dead Day |
| 2. | Between The Buried And Me - Colors |
| 3. | Ephel Duath - The Painter's Palette |
| 4. | The Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine |
| 5. | Necrophagist - Epitaph |
| + 95 more |
The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (B)
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. | Ba'al - Ellipsism |
| 2. | Back To R'lyeh - The Awakening / Last Fight Of The Primordial |
| 3. | Bad Salad - Uncivilized |
| 4. | Bakos Attila - Aranyhajnal |
| 5. | Balance Of Power - Book Of Secrets |
| + 158 more |