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Progressive Spiritual Euphoria / Best prog Albums Ever .
So here we are again . After many years of dedication and love to this music that we call progressive metal, here are some of the best albums that ever existed and made the earth a better place . Give…
| 1. | Dan Swanö - Moontower |
| 2. | Cynic - Traced In Air |
| 3. | Cynic - Focus |
| 4. | Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini |
| 5. | Enslaved - Ruun |
| + 205 more |
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 |
| + 126 more |
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 Some ratings may be a bit outdated.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 - Master Of Puppets |
| 2. | Metallica - Lulu [Collaboration] |
| 3. | Iced Earth - Night Of The Stormrider |
| 4. | Iced Earth - A Narrative Soundscape |
| 5. | Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime |
| + 99 more |
Top 250 Metal Releases Of All Time
Here’s my list of what I consider to be the best metal albums (+2 compilations and like 2 demo I think) of all time.
Enjoy!
Bands that appear the most in the list:
9 times: Sigh
5 times: Dream Theater,…
Enjoy!
Bands that appear the most in the list:
9 times: Sigh
5 times: Dream Theater,…
| 1. | Sigh - In Somniphobia |
| 2. | Windir - Arntor |
| 3. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 4. | Vektor - Terminal Redux |
| 5. | Dolorian - When All The Laughter Has Gone |
| + 245 more |
Favorite 50 Albums
This is my top 50 favorite albums. If I were to ever go on a really long road trip, I would take these 50 and blare them on the trip and extra loud while driving through a city 
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. | 1. | Symphony X - The Odyssey |
| 2. | Symphony X - Paradise Lost |
| 3. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 4. | Ayreon - The Human Equation |
| 5. | Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy |
| + 45 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 |
DIAMOND ALBUMS - Top 50: The Best Of Progressive Rock/Metal
My favourite prog rock/metal albums. In no order.
| 1. | King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King |
| 2. | Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here |
| 3. | King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King |
| 4. | Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick |
| 5. | Yes - Close To The Edge |
| + 45 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 |
Most Iconic Metal Album Covers (No Order) (More Coming Soon)
Some of these albums are known just when you see their album cover. They are usually iconic albums (whether positively or negatively) and one can easily identify them even if they were zoomed out tons…
| 1. | Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness |
| 2. | Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter |
| 3. | Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse |
| 4. | Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas |
| 5. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| + 54 more |
The Timeless
1.All time & genre (including Non-Metal on MS)
2.Only studio albums & EPs
3.I DON'T modify this list. So, this list is THE FINAL edition and based on my selection on 1 April 2017. (Modified…
2.Only studio albums & EPs
3.I DON'T modify this list. So, this list is THE FINAL edition and based on my selection on 1 April 2017. (Modified…
| 1. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 2. | Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk |
| 3. | Krallice - Diotima |
| 4. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 5. | Deathspell Omega - Kénôse |
| + 166 more |
Top 20 Favorite Albums
These are my 20 favorite albums ever. There is a lot of a prog here, which is my favorite genre.
My taste isn't exactly defined yet, but that's because I'm still young.
My taste isn't exactly defined yet, but that's because I'm still young.
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Porcupine Tree - In Absentia |
| 3. | Tool - Lateralus |
| 4. | Riverside - Second Life Syndrome |
| 5. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| + 15 more |
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 |
| + 317 more |
Best Album Of Every Year Since 1970
Here’s a list with my top 3 favorite metal and non-metal album of every year since 1970, enjoy!
I had to stretch the definition of what is and is not metal a little bit for the 70s, just assume it also…
I had to stretch the definition of what is and is not metal a little bit for the 70s, just assume it also…
| 1. | 1970 - |
| 2. | Deep Purple - In Rock |
| 3. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 4. | Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come |
| 5. | 1971 - |
| + 219 more |
My Favorite Progressive Metal Albums
| 1. | Adagio - Underworld |
| 2. | Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy |
| 3. | Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite |
| 4. | Circus Maximus - Isolate |
| 5. | Anubis Gate - Anubis Gate |
| + 15 more |