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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]
+Prog Related; No musical genre exists in a vacuum.
[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 |
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 |
| + 495 more |
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 |
| + 95 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 |
Ms Meta(L) List Of The 2010'S - Top 200
Input:
10 years
20 decade lists
749 bands
973 albums
Output:
200 top albums from 2010-2019
FAQ
How are the points calculated?
Simple math.
Ranked top lists:
1st place = 150 pts.
2nd…
10 years
20 decade lists
749 bands
973 albums
Output:
200 top albums from 2010-2019
FAQ
How are the points calculated?
Simple math.
Ranked top lists:
1st place = 150 pts.
2nd…
| 1. | Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini |
| 2. | Esoteric - Paragon Of Dissonance |
| 3. | Emptiness - Nothing But The Whole |
| 4. | Esoteric - A Pyrrhic Existence |
| 5. | Tribulation - The Formulas Of Death |
| + 195 more |
Albums of interest: 2013
These are the albums I've enjoyed so far this year to which I've given an approximate rating and organised in a rough order of preference. As the year progresses I'll add some descriptions…
| 1. | Vulture Industries - The Tower |
| 2. | The Moth Gatherer - A Bright Celestial Light |
| 3. | Walrus - Walrus |
| 4. | Clutch - Earth Rocker |
| 5. | Oranssi Pazuzu - Valonielu |
| + 165 more |
Song Puzzles: One Song In Several Parts On Different Albums
Some stories, themes or concepts are presented not just in one single song but are split in separate tracks that (often) share the same title but are distinguished by a number of the corresponding part…
| 1. | A Pregnant Light - My Game Doesn't Have A Name |
| 2. | A Pregnant Light - Broken Play |
| 3. | After Forever - Prison Of Desire |
| 4. | Agathodaimon - Higher Art Of Rebellion |
| 5. | Agathodaimon - Phoenix |
| + 342 more |
२०१३ - Ex Mea Sententia
All Studio releases including Full lengths, EPs, Collaborations and Splits.
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TOP ALBUM ARTWORKS OF 2013
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TOP ALBUM ARTWORKS OF 2013
| 1. | Intronaut - Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words With Tones) |
| 2. | Gris - À L'Âme Enflammée, L'Äme Constellée... |
| 3. | Shade Empire - Omega Arcane |
| 4. | Obliteration - Black Death Horizon |
| 5. | Dream Death - Somnium Excessum |
| + 527 more |
150 Albums To Become An Adult To: 2010-2019
I began this decade in my final year of high school, in the early phases of my metal journey (Mastodon, Machine Head, Dream Theater, Pantera and Avenged Sevenfold were still recent discoveries). One Masters…
| 1. | Sylosis - Monolith |
| 2. | Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth |
| 3. | Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud |
| 4. | Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone |
| 5. | Cult Of Luna - Vertikal |
| + 145 more |
Gems From 2013, Now with Pad Thai!
Track of the year: Prayer for Ascetic Misery- Ævangelist
Runners-up: Dyodyo Asema- Gnaw Their Tongues & Alkerdeel / Hereditaria- Lords of Bukkake /In Silence - The Prophecy/ Overcome- Hacride/ Atlas…
Runners-up: Dyodyo Asema- Gnaw Their Tongues & Alkerdeel / Hereditaria- Lords of Bukkake /In Silence - The Prophecy/ Overcome- Hacride/ Atlas…
| 1. | Ævangelist - Omen Ex Simulacra |
| 2. | Cult Of Occult - Hic Est Domus Diaboli |
| 3. | Lords of Bukkake - Desagravio |
| 4. | Eloa Vadaath - Dead End Proclama |
| 5. | Haken - The Mountain |
| + 89 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 |
Current Top 100, 5 Years On
Back when I joined the site in 2011, I did a customary top 100 album list. Every year since then, when I've looked back at it it's become increasingly unrecognisable from my own tastes. Seeing…
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Sylosis - Monolith |
| 3. | Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth |
| 4. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 5. | Protest The Hero - Kezia |
| + 126 more |