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tea[m]sters Favorite 25 Metal Albums Of All Time
My first list! Celebrating 25+ years of listening to metal I present my 25 favorite metal albums. Mostly prog and thrash in my early years and exploring other metal avenues today, I hope my fellow metalheads…
| 1. | Rush - Moving Pictures |
| 2. | Coroner - Grin |
| 3. | Voivod - The Outer Limits |
| 4. | Fates Warning - Parallels |
| 5. | Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time |
| + 20 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 |
My Favorite 40 Metal Albums Ever (+5...)
Overhauled as of May 10th, 2012! Top 5 favorite non-metal albums featured at the bottom.
This is a much improved (and more recently accurate) reworking of my previous favorite albums list, with a few…
This is a much improved (and more recently accurate) reworking of my previous favorite albums list, with a few…
| 1. | Crimson Glory - Transcendence |
| 2. | Anubis Gate - The Detached |
| 3. | Artillery - By Inheritance |
| 4. | Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory |
| 5. | Metal Church - Hanging In The Balance |
| + 41 more |
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 |
My 40 (Ever-Changing) Favorite Songs Ever
*Now remixed with some of my favorite non-metal tracks! In order by preference, although it's tough with songs... and who knows what I'm forgetting? I'm not claiming these are the downright…
| 1. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 2. | Primordial - To The Nameless Dead |
| 3. | Artillery - By Inheritance |
| 4. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 5. | Theatre Of Tragedy - Aégis |
| + 35 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 |
My Favorite 25 Albums Of The 1990's
From my generation (well, sorta). In order of preference but subject to change.
Please excuse Concrete Blonde and King's X; neither is really metal, but I love them both!
Please excuse Concrete Blonde and King's X; neither is really metal, but I love them both!
| 1. | Artillery - By Inheritance |
| 2. | Metal Church - Hanging In The Balance |
| 3. | Running Wild - Black Hand Inn |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 5. | Control Denied - The Fragile Art Of Existence |
| + 20 more |
Club: Technical/progressive Music That Ain't Over The Top Wankery
this list is related to this forum thread, please check
this list is a collaborative one and will surely grow ; it is a proof of concept for a club feature, see here.
Hi people. I'd like to create…
this list is a collaborative one and will surely grow ; it is a proof of concept for a club feature, see here.
Hi people. I'd like to create…
| 1. | Angra - Angels Cry |
| 2. | Angra - Holy Land |
| 3. | Angra - Fireworks |
| 4. | Angra - Rebirth |
| 5. | Angra - Temple Of Shadows |
| + 71 more |
Fates Warning Albums Ranked
All Fates Warning albums ranked from best to worst, also include the three releases done by Arch and Matheos (basically Fates Warning). Phenomenal band that has held the prog metal flag high and released…
| 1. | Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian |
| 2. | Arch/Matheos - Winter Ethereal |
| 3. | Fates Warning - Disconnected |
| 4. | Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry |
| 5. | Arch/Matheos - Sympathetic Resonance |
| + 11 more |
MY FAVORITE ALBUMS
All my favorite albums (rated 9 or 10), in cronological order.
| 1. | Iotunn - Kinship |
| 2. | Iotunn - Access All Worlds |
| 3. | Soen - Imperial |
| 4. | Draconian - Under A Godless Veil |
| 5. | Soen - Lotus |
| + 86 more |
The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (F)
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. | Faal - The Clouds Are Burning |
| 2. | Façade - The Eternal Dance |
| 3. | Facínora - Hell Is Here |
| 4. | The Faceless - Autotheism |
| 5. | Faceless Burial - Speciation |
| + 112 more |
My Favorite Progressive Metal Albums
My favorite progressive metal albums (derived/mixed genres included). Lot of stuff still missing here since I have a terrible memory 
I think everything here is at least 8,5/10.
Please, feel free to…
I think everything here is at least 8,5/10.Please, feel free to…
| 1. | Dream Theater - Awake |
| 2. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 3. | Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory |
| 4. | Dream Theater - Train Of Thought |
| 5. | Redemption - Snowfall On Judgment Day |
| + 77 more |
Top 50 Of 1990-1994
| 1. | Metallica - Metallica |
| 2. | Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II |
| 3. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 4. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 5. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| + 45 more |
Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive, 1991
A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.
1991 and the early 1990's ware the golden age of old school death metal, where progressive…
1991 and the early 1990's ware the golden age of old school death metal, where progressive…
| 1. | Coroner - Mental Vortex |
| 2. | Fates Warning - Parallels |
| 3. | Death - Human |
| 4. | Bathory - Twilight Of The Gods |
| 5. | Armored Saint - Symbol Of Salvation |
| + 15 more |
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