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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
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Choice Albums Of Atmospheric Metal

A list by
CyberSymphony
Created
July 15, 2013
Entries
70
Endorsements
55
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
+ 65 more

The Most Majestic Releases Of All Time

A list by
Roxana.M
Created
June 10, 2015
Entries
170
Endorsements
39
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…
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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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

Most Gripping Atmospheres

A list by
R'Vannith
Created
August 13, 2011
Entries
117
Endorsements
27
Here are the most captivating atmospheres I've ever heard. Including metal and non-metal albums. Grouped according to genre and one album per band.
1. Division By Zero - Independent Harmony
2. Beyond Twilight - The Devil's Hall Of Fame
3. Riverside - Out Of Myself
4. Suspyre - When Time Fades...
5. Redemption - The Fullness Of Time
+ 112 more

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

How To Like Post-Metal In 10 Albums

A list by
Nacur
Created
March 05, 2010
Entries
10
Endorsements
18
Here is another list for people to like some less popular genres of metal. Now, post metal...chargee!

PS.: There are many bands that are not really metal, but it's necessary to know them to enjoy…
1. Cult Of Luna - Salvation
2. Dead Can Dance - Into The Labyrinth
3. Explosions In The Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
4. From Oceans To Autumn - Calmed By The Tides
5. God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright
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Instrumental Metal: 25 Favourites

A list by
R'Vannith
Created
September 14, 2010
Entries
25
Endorsements
13
A list of my current top 25 instrumental metal albums
1. God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright
2. Pelican - The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw
3. Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien
4. Planet X - MoonBabies
5. Dysrhythmia - No Interference
+ 20 more

F3ynman's Checklist

A list by
F3ynman
Created
October 20, 2021
Entries
310
Endorsements
11
Here are albums (ordered by subgenre) that I want to listen to, but haven't yet.
For some albums, I've heard one or two songs, but not the entire album. Therefore, these albums still await…
1. Burning Witch - Crippled Lucifer
2. Below The Sun - Envoy
3. God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright
4. Fórn - The Departure Of Consciousness
5. Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing
+ 305 more

My Top 50 Of All Time

A list by
Cyroth
Created
January 14, 2012
Entries
50
Endorsements
7
This is the list for my favorite albums. It will with no doubt change from time to time and some may disappear or move from a spot to another.
1. Agalloch - The Mantle
2. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
3. Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell
4. For My Pain - Fallen
5. Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit
+ 45 more

My Top Albums Of The Decade: 2000's (On Going)

A list by
Red_Travis
Created
February 03, 2012
Entries
126
Endorsements
6
1. Opeth - Blackwater Park
2. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
3. Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness
4. Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
5. Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet
+ 121 more

Top 200 Albums Of The 2000s

A list by
nonZero
Created
February 28, 2025
Entries
200
Endorsements
3
Here are the 00s albums that have stood out and made the largest impact on me. To be as transparent as possible, I've labelled albums as 'nostalgia bias' where my memories of the band give…
1. Opeth - Blackwater Park
2. Trivium - Shogun
3. Machine Head - The Blackening
4. Trivium - Ascendancy
5. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
+ 195 more

Favourite Album's Of The 00's

A list by
Moose
Created
October 21, 2011
Entries
53
Endorsements
2
My favorite and most enjoyed album's of the decade 2000-2009. Roughly in order, but not exactly.

You can kinda tell from this list that I joined Metalstorm in 2009. I started discovering far more…
1. Opeth - Blackwater Park
2. Vektor - Black Future
3. Between The Buried And Me - The Great Misdirect
4. SikTh - Death Of A Dead Day
5. Protest The Hero - Fortress
+ 48 more

POST-MAY (aka June)

A list by
Daddy Pig
Created
June 01, 2020
Entries
53
Endorsements
2
"CALENDAR MADE OF METAL"
June = Post Metal
Listening to as many albums as possible in said genre during said month and listing them here as I go. Suggestions welcome.
1. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F♯ A♯ ∞
2. Isis - Celestial
3. Isis - SGNL>05
4. Isis - Oceanic
5. Terraformer - Creatures
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The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (G)

A list by
Uxküll
Created
November 21, 2020
Entries
109
Endorsements
2
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. Gaerea - Unsettling Whispers
2. Galadriel - World Under World
3. Galaktik Cancer Squad - Celestia
4. Galar - De Gjenlevende
5. Gallowbraid - Ashen Eidolon
+ 104 more