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A List Of Great Debut Albums
A lot of bands have great debut albums. Obviously this list is just a fraction of all the great debut albums out there, but it's a start. I'll keep expanding this list continuously, so all suggestions…
| 1. | Aarni - Bathos |
| 2. | Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia |
| 3. | Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom |
| 4. | Sadness - Ames De Marbre |
| 5. | Solefald - The Linear Scaffold |
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Space Metal!
***Currently working through suggestions and adding some spacey non-metal things when they cross my mind***
As a lover of all things sci-fi I find metal to be the most accommodating of genres when it…
As a lover of all things sci-fi I find metal to be the most accommodating of genres when it…
| 1. | Atoma - Skylight |
| 2. | Ayreon - The Universal Migrator Part I: The Dream Sequencer |
| 3. | Dol Ammad - Star Tales |
| 4. | Star One - Space Metal |
| 5. | Pagan's Mind - Enigmatic : Calling |
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Choice Albums Of Atmospheric Metal
My choices of albums with strong forms of atmospheric sound in metal. Recommendations are welcome, though I won't add all as this will be towards personal taste.
| 1. | A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays |
| 2. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 3. | Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea |
| 4. | Akelei - De Zwaarte Van Het Doorstane |
| 5. | Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde |
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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 |
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2012 Musical Perusals
My list of favourites and interests for this year ordered roughly in descending order. My new years resolution is to branch out a bit and listen to new and unfamiliar genres, metal and non-metal.
Edit:…
Edit:…
| 1. | Enslaved - RIITIIR |
| 2. | Pharaoh - Bury The Light |
| 3. | Anglagard - Viljans Öga |
| 4. | Overkill - The Electric Age |
| 5. | The Foreshadowing - Second World |
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2000-2014: A 'Factored' Top 100
Take a look at the Top Album lists of recent years and you'll notice an obvious trend. In 2005 the average rating of the top 25 albums is 8.76. Jump to 2014 and the average among the top 25 has dropped…
| 1. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 2. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 3. | Blindead - Affliction XXIX II MXMVI |
| 4. | Aquilus - Griseus |
| 5. | Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World |
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My share of experime(n)tal music and other innovative stuff
I wanted to create my personal Top List for a long time and to be honest, I always considered it as some kind of cool Prog Metal, Avantgarde Metal mix. As you can see, it has become a bit more complicated.
| 1. | Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Part I |
| 2. | Kalisia - Cybion |
| 3. | Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera |
| 4. | Dog Fashion Disco - Adultery |
| 5. | Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors |
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Awesome Space Atmospheres
Music with a spacey touch...
Recommendations are welcome (only one album per band)
Recommendations are welcome (only one album per band)
| 1. | Aeons Confer - Symphonies Of Saturnus |
| 2. | Alrakis - Alpha Eri |
| 3. | Amestigon - Sun Of All Suns |
| 4. | Arcturus - Sideshow Symphonies |
| 5. | Astral Silence - Astral Journey |
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My Top Albums Of 2012
My favorite albums of 2012.
2012 was a good year for Metal, or should I say for Metal of my taste. The year was packed with a lot of Doom Metal albums, and the big names like My Dying Bride, Paradise…
2012 was a good year for Metal, or should I say for Metal of my taste. The year was packed with a lot of Doom Metal albums, and the big names like My Dying Bride, Paradise…
| 1. | Saturnus - Saturn In Ascension |
| 2. | Swallow The Sun - Emerald Forest And The Blackbird |
| 3. | Moonspell - Alpha Noir / Omega White |
| 4. | My Dying Bride - A Map Of All Our Failures |
| 5. | Falling Leaves - Mournful Cry Of A Dying Sun |
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I'm So Good, I Can Relate To That Album!
I'll be introducing some albums people can possibly relate to, either because of the music, or the lyrics that people find more personal than others. Also included are my personal favorites.
| 1. | 40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room |
| 2. | Abandon - The Dead End |
| 3. | Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops |
| 4. | Antimatter - Fear Of A Unique Identity |
| 5. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
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You Wouldn't Know What Good Art Is If It Hit You In The Face
Since we had the whole MS album art awards, I figured I would try and list out my favourites.
This is not in any order and has no relation to the music, there are bands in here that I don't like,…
This is not in any order and has no relation to the music, there are bands in here that I don't like,…
| 1. | Baroness - Red Album |
| 2. | Baroness - Blue Record |
| 3. | Mastodon - Leviathan |
| 4. | Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse |
| 5. | Kvelertak - Kvelertak |
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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 |
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tea[m]ster's 2012 Must Listens And Recs
Well, it's been a terrific 2012 for metal fans. I listened to hundreds of albums and I'd like to share my favs with you. Although it was very difficult I have narrowed down my top 20.
| 1. | Sunpocrisy - Samaroid Dioramas |
| 2. | Downfall Of Gaia - Suffocating In The Swarm Of Cranes |
| 3. | Rush - Clockwork Angels |
| 4. | Adrift - Black Heart Bleeds Black |
| 5. | Constants - Pasiflora |
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Song Titles With The Band`s Name
It is not uncommon that album titles are chosen after the band`s name. However, song titles that include or are identical to the band`s name are relatively seldom found.
This is an alphabetical list…
This is an alphabetical list…
| 1. | (hed) p.e. - Broke |
| 2. | 16 - Drop Out |
| 3. | 71TONMAN - 71TONMAN |
| 4. | 1914 - Viribus Unitis |
| 5. | 1917 - Viribus Unitis |
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