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Beginner's Guide To Building A Prog Collection (Standards, And A Few Unorthodox Choices)

A list by
Introspekrieg
Created
March 03, 2010
Entries
576
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263
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.
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

The Best Shit On MS

A list by
Paz
Created
December 21, 2011
Entries
100
Endorsements
66
My top 100 metal albums of all time (featured on MS).

- one album per band.
- in alphabetical order.
1. !T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)
2. Ævangelist - De Masticatione Mortuorum In Tumulis
3. Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
4. Agruss - Morok
5. Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
+ 95 more

BurbotsRevenge's Top 50 Death Metal Albums

A list by
BurbotsRevenge
Created
March 04, 2010
Entries
50
Endorsements
45
A list of my favourite death metal albums of all time, one listing per band, hopefully you may discover some new bands/albums from this list. They're not in any exact order but my real favourites…
1. Cryptopsy - None So Vile
2. Decapitated - Winds Of Creation
3. Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten
4. Death - Spiritual Healing
5. Vital Remains - Dechristianize
+ 45 more

A Brutal Poem Of Technicalities (Ordered By Years)

A list by
Guib
Created
October 17, 2011
Entries
275
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43
So here are some Brutal, Technical, Progressive and sometimes Atmospheric death metal works I enjoy or that I believe should be given a try because they're unique and interesting, almost an essentials…
1. Atheist - Piece Of Time
2. Nocturnus - The Key
3. Atrocity - Hallucinations
4. Death - Human
5. Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten
+ 270 more

Favourites Of The '00s

A list by
Lucas
Created
March 02, 2010
Entries
25
Endorsements
39
My favourites of the 00's. Bitch and moan girls, or check some of these out.
1. Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale
2. Shining - IV - The Eerie Cold
3. The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand
4. Hjarnidaudi - Pain:Noise:March
5. Corrupted - El Mundo Frio
+ 20 more

Top 500 Albums of All Time

A list by
nonZero
Created
October 06, 2018
Entries
500
Endorsements
34
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

Quite Unusual Choices : Death Metal

A list by
qlacs
Created
November 06, 2011
Entries
61
Endorsements
29
Varied avantgarde/progressive/technical stuff. In no particular order.
Tell me how many do you know of them

Quality may vary.

Also try the QUC: Black Metal list.


TO CHECK: Cosmic Atropy, Impetuous…
1. Edge Of Sanity - Crimson II
2. !T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)
3. Lykathé - Elvenefris
4. Element (USA) - The Energy
5. Unmoored - Indefinite Soul-Extension
+ 56 more

*The Best Albums Under 150 Votes*

A list by
Pyramid God
Created
June 04, 2011
Entries
35
Endorsements
27
This is a list of my favorite albums with less than 150 votes. The ordering is done by approximate preference. Bands may only have one entry on the list and no entries will come from the current calendar…
1. Ghost Brigade - Guided By Fire
2. Slumber - Fallout
3. Leprous - Tall Poppy Syndrome
4. Persefone - Core
5. Into Eternity - Buried In Oblivion
+ 30 more

Jay's Top Metal Albums...no Particular Order 2.0

A list by
JÄY
Created
July 28, 2010
Entries
128
Endorsements
27
I havnt been into metal all that long...so this is a good chuck of the metal albums i own...though ive heard many, many more....these are all albums ive spent a lot of time with (or soon will). I tried…
1. !T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)
2. 3 Inches Of Blood - Here Waits Thy Doom
3. Absu - Tara
4. ADX - Division Blindée
5. Agalloch - The Mantle
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My Favorite Albums: 2000s

A list by
Mikyz
Created
April 11, 2010
Entries
102
Endorsements
21
I updated the list, so there are now 100 entries, and I consider 100 to be to little. These are albums I listen to regularly, and some I listened to frantically for a while.
1. Rapture - Songs For The Withering
2. System Of A Down - Toxicity
3. Warning - Watching From A Distance
4. Edge Of Sanity - Crimson II
5. Converge - Jane Doe
+ 97 more

Unusual Grindcore Releases

A list by
Karlabos
Created
April 11, 2014
Entries
44
Endorsements
18
A list with about the most different stuff I know about grindcore.
Quality isn't priority. Errors likely.

> Totally not copying qlacs' lists' idea<
1. 7000 Dying Rats - Season In Hell
2. A Million Dead Birds Laughing - Bloom
3. Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse
4. Cloud Rat - Moksha
5. Contrastic - Contrastic
+ 39 more

Ranking the One-Album Wonders in Metal

A list by
sgtrobo
Created
August 25, 2021
Entries
175
Endorsements
13
Some of the best metal albums ever released have been by bands that only had one full length release.
List is (and probably always will be) a constant work-in-progress.
If you know of a "one-and-done"…
1. Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris
2. Weakling - Dead As Dreams
3. Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle
4. Timeghoul - 1992-1994 Discography
5. Thorns - Thorns
+ 170 more

The 20 Best Album Conclusions

A list by
Cryzpin
Created
August 16, 2011
Entries
20
Endorsements
13
Ordered. One album per band. Assessed by quality of the track itself, impact as a conclusion and relevance to the rest of the album.
1. Deep Purple - Deep Purple
2. Windir - 1184
3. Slayer - Reign In Blood
4. !T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)
5. Helloween - Walls Of Jericho
+ 15 more

KB's Favorite Albums Of All Time (Only Metal)

A list by
Kuroboshi
Created
February 06, 2013
Entries
77
Endorsements
11
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.
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

My Favorite 100 Metal Albums Of All Time

A list by
CLITORIUX
Created
August 25, 2013
Entries
100
Endorsements
11
1. Warning - Watching From A Distance
2. Aquilus - Griseus
3. King Diamond - Abigail
4. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
5. Candlemass - Nightfall
+ 95 more