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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 |
Hall Of Fame: Top 80 Of All Time
- only studio albums
- only albums featured on MS
- only albums featured on MS
| 1. | After Forever - Decipher |
| 2. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 3. | Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea |
| 4. | Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde |
| 5. | Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side |
| + 75 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 |
The Ultimate Avant-Garde Metal Albums
A collection of the most original, insane and head spinning albums from the weirdest side of metal. Suggestions are welcome.
| 1. | A Forest Of Stars - Beware The Sword You Cannot See |
| 2. | Angizia - Das Schachbrett Des Trommelbuben Zacharias |
| 3. | Akphaezya - Anthology II: Links From The Dead Trinity |
| 4. | Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale |
| 5. | Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors |
| + 39 more |
tea[m]sters Favorite 25 Metal Albums Of All Time
My first list! Celebrating 25+ years of listening to metal I present my 25 favorite metal albums. Mostly prog and thrash in my early years and exploring other metal avenues today, I hope my fellow metalheads…
| 1. | Rush - Moving Pictures |
| 2. | Coroner - Grin |
| 3. | Voivod - The Outer Limits |
| 4. | Fates Warning - Parallels |
| 5. | Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time |
| + 20 more |
IMAAAAGINATION! =3
My favorite element about music is probably atmosphere. My mind is a lazy, albeit adventurous, asshole that likes to take vacations whenever it can. And what better than the surprise mental adventures…
| 1. | Bal-Sagoth - Battle Magic |
| 2. | Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors |
| 3. | Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness |
| 4. | Rhapsody Of Fire - Dawn Of Victory |
| 5. | Les Discrets - Septembre Et Ses Dernières Pensées |
| + 11 more |
Diverge's Alternative/Prog/Jazz/Avant-Garde Favs
LATEST EDIT: December 12/2016- Added a whole bunch of progressive rock albums; processing earlier suggestions on the list.
Assembled below are some choice selections in alternative metal, prog rock, prog…
Assembled below are some choice selections in alternative metal, prog rock, prog…
| 1. | Soundgarden - Down On The Upside |
| 2. | Rishloo - Living As Ghosts With Buildings As Teeth |
| 3. | Karnivool - Asymmetry |
| 4. | Blindead - Absence |
| 5. | Blindead - Absence |
| + 120 more |
Top 73 albums of all time
| 1. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 2. | Amon Amarth - Once Sent From The Golden Hall |
| 3. | Amorphis - Queen Of Time |
| 4. | Angizia - Das Schachbrett Des Trommelbuben Zacharias |
| 5. | Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors |
| + 68 more |
KB's Favorite Albums Of All Time (Only Metal)
Here is my provisional favorite-metal-albums-of-all-time-list! Enjoy!
The first 10 albums are in pretty accurate order. However, after that, it becomes harder and harder to separate the albums clearly.
The first 10 albums are in pretty accurate order. However, after that, it becomes harder and harder to separate the albums clearly.
| 1. | Cult Of Luna - Somewhere Along The Highway |
| 2. | Disillusion - Back To Times Of Splendor |
| 3. | Grand Alchemist - Intervening Coma-Celebration |
| 4. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 5. | Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory |
| + 72 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 |
2010-2014: Top 100 Albums (WIP)
2008 might've been my first proper taste of metal, with the acquisition of albums from the likes of Metallica, Megadeth, Black Sabbath and that most grandiose of gateway bands, DragonForce. 2009 might've…
| 1. | Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth |
| 2. | Sylosis - Monolith |
| 3. | Protest The Hero - Volition |
| 4. | Orphaned Land - The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR |
| 5. | Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone |
| + 131 more |
solar's quirky albums
An ever-growing list of albums/EPs that were just fun to listen to. They had something unique, were experimental/strange and/or had interestingly/efficiently lined up vocals and/or instruments that are…
| 1. | ...? - ...! |
| 2. | !T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest) |
| 3. | 6:33 - Deadly Scenes |
| 4. | Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops |
| 5. | Age Of Silence - Acceleration |
| + 77 more |
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