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F3ynman's Checklist

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…

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2.God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright
3.Fórn - The Departure Of Consciousness
4.Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing
5.Spiritual Beggars - Ad Astra

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Created by F3ynman on 20.10.2021



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The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (G)

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

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Created by Uxküll on 21.11.2020



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POST-MAY (aka June)

"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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Created by Daddy Pig on 01.06.2020



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Top 100 (+8) Of 2005-2009

2000-2004 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5844
2010-2014 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5828
2015-2019 list: http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6722

I…

1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
2.Opeth - Ghost Reveries
3.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach
4.Gojira - From Mars To Sirius
5.Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die

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Created by Crys1s on 19.09.2019



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Top 500 Albums of All Time

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

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Created by nonZero on 06.10.2018



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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…

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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Created by Roxana.M on 10.06.2015



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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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Created by CyberSymphony on 15.07.2013



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

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

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Created by Red_Travis on 03.02.2012



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My Top 50 Of All Time

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

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Created by Cyroth on 14.01.2012



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Favourite Album's Of The 00's

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

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Created by Moose on 21.10.2011



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Most Gripping Atmospheres

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

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Created by R'Vannith on 13.08.2011



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Instrumental Metal: 25 Favourites

A list of my current top 25 instrumental metal albums…

1.Tides From Nebula - Aura
2.God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright
3.Pelican - The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw
4.Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien
5.Planet X - MoonBabies

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Created by R'Vannith on 14.09.2010



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My Favorite Albums: 2000s

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

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Created by Mikyz on 11.04.2010



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How To Like Post-Metal In 10 Albums

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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Created by Nacur on 05.03.2010



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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]…

1.Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
2.Rush - Moving Pictures
3.King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
4.Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane
5.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

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Created by Introspekrieg on 03.03.2010