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2012: Towards The Megalist
I'm (sorta) back. *The Finishing Touches* OKAY, so obviously not as much stuff from the last half of the year as the first. Sorry guys, but that first six months nearly killed me. 
Some stuff as…
Some stuff as… | 1. | Bound By Entrails - The Stars Bode You Farewell |
| 2. | Royal Thunder - CVI |
| 3. | Akphaezya - Anthology IV: The Tragedy Of Nerak |
| 4. | Dissona - Dissona |
| 5. | Anhedonist - Netherwards |
| + 201 more |
The Most Majestic Releases Of All Time
This list contains most beautiful, majestic and soul-touching releases I've ever experienced.
My most favorite genres are Black Metal, Post Metal, Shoegaze, Doom Metal, Ambient and Neo-Classical…
My most favorite genres are Black Metal, Post Metal, Shoegaze, Doom Metal, Ambient and Neo-Classical…
| 1. | Anathema - The Silent Enigma |
| 2. | Blut Aus Nord - Ultima Thulée |
| 3. | Deinonychus - The Silence Of December |
| 4. | Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta I - Fathers Of The Icy Age |
| 5. | Burzum - Filosofem |
| + 165 more |
Epic Album Closers
Some albums are really good. Many of these are good all the way around. And, in many cases, there is a single song that stands out, sometimes it's the last song on the album. This is a list of those…
| 1. | !T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest) |
| 2. | Abigail Williams - Becoming |
| 3. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 4. | Amon Amarth - Versus The World |
| 5. | Anekdoten - Vemod |
| + 117 more |
Black Metal Cover Arts Which I Think Are Stunning And Interesting
I list the black metal artworks which are the most different and appealing, at least for my eyes, and give a brief excuse for a somewhat explanation of why I think it.
Edit: As suggested, I gave a link…
Edit: As suggested, I gave a link…
| 1. | A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays |
| 2. | A Forest Of Stars - Opportunistic Thieves Of Spring |
| 3. | Abigail Williams - Becoming |
| 4. | Ad Hominem - Dictator |
| 5. | Alcest - Le Secret |
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150 Albums To Become An Adult To: 2010-2019
I began this decade in my final year of high school, in the early phases of my metal journey (Mastodon, Machine Head, Dream Theater, Pantera and Avenged Sevenfold were still recent discoveries). One Masters…
| 1. | Sylosis - Monolith |
| 2. | Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth |
| 3. | Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud |
| 4. | Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone |
| 5. | Cult Of Luna - Vertikal |
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Current Top 100, 5 Years On
Back when I joined the site in 2011, I did a customary top 100 album list. Every year since then, when I've looked back at it it's become increasingly unrecognisable from my own tastes. Seeing…
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Sylosis - Monolith |
| 3. | Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth |
| 4. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 5. | Protest The Hero - Kezia |
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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 |
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2012
Once again I have put together a top list of albums released during the year from best to worst. However, this time around I have also written a short personal opinion/mini review for most of the albums…
| 1. | Agruss - Morok |
| 2. | Monarch - Omens |
| 3. | Menace Ruine - Alight In Ashes |
| 4. | Summer Fades Away - We Meet The Last Time, Then Departure |
| 5. | Sigh - In Somniphobia |
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2012: Favourite To Least
One of likely hundreds of these, more for self-enjoyment (or something) above anything, but if it helps someone find a good album/albums they wouldn't've otherwise heard I'll be happy.
| 1. | Sylosis - Monolith |
| 2. | Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone |
| 3. | In The Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad |
| 4. | Abigail Williams - Becoming |
| 5. | Enslaved - RIITIIR |
| + 102 more |
Top 1001 Artworks On Metal Storm
As chosen by me, of course. This is highly subjective.
** Note: There are 29 co-selections, thus the total number of selections is 1001 **
In progress and in tandem with:
Favorite Album Art, 1960s-1990s
Favorite…
** Note: There are 29 co-selections, thus the total number of selections is 1001 **
In progress and in tandem with:
Favorite Album Art, 1960s-1990s
Favorite…
| 1. | ...And Oceans - The Regeneration Itinerary |
| 2. | 16 - Curves That Kick |
| 3. | 16 - Blaze Of Incompetence |
| 4. | 16 - Bridges To Burn |
| 5. | 16 - Dream Squasher |
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2012: Favourite To Least (Continued)
Because I reached the word limit on the previous list, and don't want to lose my quite excellent in-depth descriptions. Those without descriptions are from my other list.
| 1. | Sylosis - Monolith |
| 2. | Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone |
| 3. | In The Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad |
| 4. | Abigail Williams - Becoming |
| 5. | Rodrigo Y Gabriela - Area 52 |
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The Album I Listened To Thus Far In 2012
Due to the overwhelming "popularity" of my last list, I have decided to do the same thing in 2012
| 1. | Hail Spirit Noir - Pneuma |
| 2. | Baroness - Yellow & Green |
| 3. | Devin Townsend - Epicloud |
| 4. | Arjen Anthony Lucassen - Lost In The New Real |
| 5. | Royal Thunder - CVI |
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AJ's Ranking Of 2012
My top 50 of the year. Rated 8 & Above
Alcest, Gojira, Les discrets and Blut Aus Nord make the french connection . Allez les bleus!
Black Sabbath announced their reunion, Wintersun reappeared…
Alcest, Gojira, Les discrets and Blut Aus Nord make the french connection . Allez les bleus!
Black Sabbath announced their reunion, Wintersun reappeared…
| 1. | Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage |
| 2. | Alcest - Les Voyages De L'âme |
| 3. | Saturnus - Saturn In Ascension |
| 4. | Cult Of Fire - Triumvirát |
| 5. | Les Discrets - Ariettes Oubliées... |
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Albums Of 2012 - Personal Rankings
This is my work-in-progress rankings of the albums I've listened to in 2012. The order is likely to change throughout the year.
10 - Godly Album. Will likely listen to at least once a week for a…
10 - Godly Album. Will likely listen to at least once a week for a…
| 1. | Cannibal Corpse - Torture |
| 2. | Psycroptic - The Inherited Repression |
| 3. | Spawn Of Possession - Incurso |
| 4. | Gorod - A Perfect Absolution |
| 5. | Bloodshot Dawn - Bloodshot Dawn |
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