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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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The Encyclopaedia of Beautiful Metal Ballads

If you know other wonderful songs which are missing in this list, feel free to suggest them to me

1.Adagio - Underworld
2.Aerosmith - Aerosmith
3.After Forever - Prison Of Desire
4.After Forever - Decipher
5.After Forever - After Forever

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Created by ~Starchild~ on 28.12.2010



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Songs From The 60's And The 70's I Think Every Metal Fan Should Have Heard

This is a mix of my personal favourite 60's and 70's hard rock/metal songs and the more influential ones, songs that I think every metal fan need to hear. A mix of the most well-known songs to…

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2.The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
3.Cream - Disraeli Gears
4.Clear Light - Clear Light
5.Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum

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Created by Aristarchos on 03.12.2012



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Metal Storm Stats

I'm bored very easily, and that's why I decided to do some stats about metal storm's top 20 of each year and the top 200. I don't know why I did that, but if you love stats like I do…

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5.Deep Purple - The Book Of Taliesyn

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Created by Roman Doez on 08.11.2020



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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

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Created by nonZero on 06.10.2018



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All Metal Of All Time Top 300: Albums

An entirely subjective list of my all-time favourite metal albums, well lets better say albums/genres featured on MS, since not all here is precisely metal.
Objective quality is not a criteria here, just…

1.Anathema - The Silent Enigma
2.Opeth - Morningrise
3.Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum
4.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans
5.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

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Created by Redel on 01.03.2014



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Andy's top ranked all time favorite songs

All my favourite songs ranked in order best down.

1.Rush - 2112
2.Deep Purple - In Rock
3.Jethro Tull - Aqualung
4.Rainbow - Rising
5.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

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Created by AndyMetalFreak on 23.08.2021



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*Album Of The Year (For Every Year In My Collection)*

This list is the best album of every year that is represented in my current collection. Some years were really hard to choose as there were many deserving albums, others I had one or very few to choose…

1.Septicflesh - The Great Mass
2.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini
3.Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs
4.Septicflesh - Communion
5.Symphony X - Paradise Lost

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Created by Pyramid God on 17.06.2011



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Now That's What I Call Range: Highest Highs And Lowest Lows

A list of bands ordered by the biggest difference between their highest rated album on MS and their lowest rated album on MS. Finally my Excel skills paid off. Some ratings may be a bit outdated. Open…

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
2.Metallica - Lulu [Collaboration]
3.Celtic Frost - Monotheist
4.Celtic Frost - Cold Lake
5.Machine Head - The Blackening

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Created by RaduP on 14.11.2019



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Andy's top heavy metal/hard rock albums

My top ranked (in order from best down) favorite hard rock/heavy metal albums. I've also one included my top three favorite tracks from each album.

Enjoy!…

1.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
2.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
3.Rush - Hemispheres
4.Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards
5.Judas Priest - Painkiller

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Created by AndyMetalFreak on 01.04.2021



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Top 10 Metal Albums Of All Time

Albums that made metal history...

1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
2.Death - Symbolic
3.Slayer - Reign In Blood
4.Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
5.Judas Priest - Painkiller

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Created by Screamer on 03.03.2010



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All Metal Of All Time Top 300: Songs

1.Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum
2.Theatre Of Tragedy - Theatre Of Tragedy
3.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans
4.Iron Maiden - Powerslave
5.Anathema - The Silent Enigma

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Created by Redel on 08.03.2014



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Top 15 life changing albums.

I've been into Hardrock/Metal since I was 9 years or so (that's now 5/6 years ago) and here's some turning point albums…

1.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
2.Metallica - Kill 'Em All
3.Obituary - Xecutioner's Return
4.Carcass - Symphonies Of Sickness
5.Autopsy - Acts Of The Unspeakable

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Created by Don Martin on 20.03.2010



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A Chronology Of Masterpieces

What seems the most important albums for me in chronological order.
I wish I could carry the list year after year to see how my tastes changed and new findings.
I can help but notice that old albums immediately…

1.Frank Zappa - Freak Out
2.The Who - Tommy
3.Frank Zappa - Uncle Meat
4.Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
5.King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King

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Created by Ansercanagicus on 16.02.2022



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Making My Way Through The MS Top 200

The MS top 200 is supposed to represent the absolute peak of metal music, the timeless classics. I have been listening to metal for about 6 years now and would consider myself fairly knowledgeable about…

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3.W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol
4.Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die
5.Ensiferum - Ensiferum

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Created by Roman Doez on 13.04.2023