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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 |
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 |
| + 495 more |
Prog Favourites
A list of my favourite Progressive albums on Metal Storm, ranked roughly in order of preference.
| 1. | Ayreon - The Human Equation |
| 2. | Dol Ammad - Ocean Dynamics |
| 3. | Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition |
| 4. | Porcupine Tree - Signify |
| 5. | Opeth - Still Life |
| + 67 more |
Top 200 Overlooked Albums
This list aims to be the counterpart to the Metal Storm Top 200 Albums (plus a few extras).
If you discover a new band or already like any of the ones here, please give this list a thumbs up and/or…
If you discover a new band or already like any of the ones here, please give this list a thumbs up and/or…
| 1. | Solipsist - The Human Equation |
| 2. | Ayahuasca - Beneath The Mind |
| 3. | Cryptomnesia - Primordial Oddity |
| 4. | Element (USA) - The Energy |
| 5. | Telepathy - 12 Areas |
| + 195 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 |
Metal Rasputin's Absolute Favorite Albums Of All Time
Updated 14.4.2024
My rather personal and improvised take on the subject matter. The list is pretty wage, I'll be updating it a lot and the order might vary a little depending on some things, but…
My rather personal and improvised take on the subject matter. The list is pretty wage, I'll be updating it a lot and the order might vary a little depending on some things, but…
| 1. | Marillion - Marbles |
| 2. | Anathema - Weather Systems |
| 3. | Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time |
| 4. | Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta |
| 5. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
| + 320 more |
The Best Prog Out There
My absolute favorite prog rock/metal albums. None of these are less than a 9/10 to my ears. No particular order.
| 1. | Spock's Beard - Snow |
| 2. | Devin Townsend Project - Terria |
| 3. | IQ - Dark Matter |
| 4. | Dream Theater - Awake |
| 5. | Marillion - Clutching At Straws |
| + 15 more |
Is There Something [Invisible] We Don't Know?
Here it is, the third list of albums that could be a hidden gem. You can check the first list and the second.
This third list will have albums of invisible bands with 15 to 35 votes and with a green rating…
This third list will have albums of invisible bands with 15 to 35 votes and with a green rating…
| 1. | Bad Company - Bad Company |
| 2. | Tony MacAlpine - Edge Of Insanity |
| 3. | Tony MacAlpine - Maximum Security |
| 4. | D-A-D - No Fuel Left For The Pilgrims |
| 5. | Skinny Puppy - Rabies |
| + 91 more |
Top 200 Albums Of The 2000s
Here are the 00s albums that have stood out and made the largest impact on me. To be as transparent as possible, I've labelled albums as 'nostalgia bias' where my memories of the band give…
| 1. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 2. | Trivium - Shogun |
| 3. | Machine Head - The Blackening |
| 4. | Trivium - Ascendancy |
| 5. | Opeth - Ghost Reveries |
| + 195 more |
The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (I)
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. | I - Between Two Worlds |
| 2. | I Built The Sky - The Sky Is Not The Limit |
| 3. | I Shalt Become - Poison |
| 4. | Iapetus - The Body Cosmic |
| 5. | IATT - Nomenclature |
| + 119 more |
IQ Albums Ranked
| 1. | IQ - Ever |
| 2. | IQ - The Seventh House |
| 3. | IQ - Subterranea |
| 4. | IQ - Dark Matter |
| 5. | IQ - Nomzamo |
| + 9 more |
IQ Albums Ranked ( Not An IQ Test )
The Mighty Neo Progressive Gods
| 1. | IQ - Subterranea |
| 2. | IQ - The Road Of Bones |
| 3. | IQ - Ever |
| 4. | IQ - Tales From The Lush Attic |
| 5. | IQ - The Wake |
| + 7 more |
Top 18 Progressive Rock Albums
I remember first listening to Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side of the Moon' back in 2007/08 time and was blown away by the journey the album took me on. Since then, I've been discovering…
| 1. | Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever |
| 2. | Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever |
| 3. | Rush - Moving Pictures |
| 4. | King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King |
| 5. | Neal Morse - Sola Scriptura |
| + 13 more |
