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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 |
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 |
This Is Not A 2012 List
Too many 2012 lists around, you complain? You don't have to complain about this, though, it is NOT a 2012 list!
Previously, this list contained long-ass reviews, and distorted orders. But then this…
Previously, this list contained long-ass reviews, and distorted orders. But then this…
| 1. | Rush - Clockwork Angels |
| 2. | Cytotoxin - Radiophobia |
| 3. | Overkill - The Electric Age |
| 4. | Gorod - A Perfect Absolution |
| 5. | Testament - Dark Roots Of Earth |
| + 47 more |
My Top Albums Of 2012
| 1. | Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! |
| 2. | Amiensus - Restoration |
| 3. | Mors Principium Est - ...And Death Said Live |
| 4. | Deftones - Koi No Yokan |
| 5. | Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind |
| + 177 more |
My Musical Journey Through 2012
I will be logging here everything I check out and at least slightly enjoy on 2012, so I don't miss anything by the end of the year. Scores are subject to change.
| 1. | Ihsahn - Eremita |
| 2. | Hypno5e - Acid Mist Tomorrow |
| 3. | Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Piñata |
| 4. | Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence |
| 5. | Hail Spirit Noir - Pneuma |
| + 56 more |
A Progressive Journey: My Selections / Favourites
Progressive rock / metal - what I love the most in my collection. Would love suggestions to add to it.
| 1. | Animals As Leaders - Animals As Leaders |
| 2. | Animals As Leaders - The Joy Of Motion |
| 3. | Ayreon - The Human Equation |
| 4. | Between The Buried And Me - Colors |
| 5. | Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence |
| + 79 more |
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 |
Faff
Well I'm sitting here bored at work and I figured I would make a list too.
These are pretty much my favourite metal releases over the years(in no particular order)
It's pretty much dominated…
These are pretty much my favourite metal releases over the years(in no particular order)
It's pretty much dominated…
| 1. | Gojira - From Mars To Sirius |
| 2. | Mastodon - Leviathan |
| 3. | Baroness - Red Album |
| 4. | High On Fire - The Art Of Self Defense |
| 5. | Sleep - Dopesmoker |
| + 45 more |
The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (S)
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. | S.V.E.S.T. - Veritas Diaboli Manet In Aeternum: Le Diable Est Ma Raison |
| 2. | Sabachthani - Miserable Endings |
| 3. | Sabaoth - Les Illuminations |
| 4. | Sabaton - Carolus Rex |
| 5. | Sabbat - Dreamweaver |
| + 361 more |
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 |
| + 177 more |
All-Time Personal Favorites
Since I discovered MS, I got introduced to a lot of great albums/EPs that hadn't been mentioned from other sources, and I'm really thankful for all the discoveries from all kinds of people in…
| 1. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 2. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 3. | Agents Of Oblivion - Agents Of Oblivion |
| 4. | Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde |
| 5. | Alcest - Kodama |
| + 66 more |
Best Of 2010s
Only the 9s or 10s / 10 are here. Roughly ordered in time.
| 1. | Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit |
| 2. | Kingcrow - Phlegethon |
| 3. | Crippled Black Phoenix - I, Vigilante |
| 4. | Igorrr - Nostril |
| 5. | Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones |
| + 135 more |
Coolingsrock's Best Of 2011
Albums from 2011 That I managed to listen and know very well. Best to worst
| 1. | Protest The Hero - Scurrilous |
| 2. | Ouroboros - Glorification Of A Myth |
| 3. | Revocation - Chaos Of Forms |
| 4. | The Human Abstract - Digital Veil |
| 5. | Leprous - Bilateral |
| + 60 more |