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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



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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…

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2.Soundgarden - Down On The Upside
3.Rishloo - Living As Ghosts With Buildings As Teeth
4.Karnivool - Asymmetry
5.Blindead - Absence

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Created by Diverge on 28.12.2015



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2015 Back to the Front with Tauros and Korah

----Updated every weeks----

I'm looking for all genres without exceptions, with currently little preferencies for Progressive, Death and Black metal! Listenning to every albums 2 or 3 times at less…

1.Intronaut - The Direction Of Last Things
2.Between The Buried And Me - Coma Ecliptic
3.Periphery - Juggernaut: Alpha & Omega
4.Thy Catafalque - Sgùrr
5.Deafheaven - New Bermuda

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Created by Korah on 14.01.2015



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2015, Now With A Chicken Shawarma!

I haven't listened to a lot of new music this year, but here are some of the highpoints for me. This year, my selections will be posted in no particular order aside from "The Best" and "The…

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2.Voices From The Fuselage - Odyssey: The Destroyer of Worlds
3.Earthside - A Dream In Static
4.Marriages - Salome
5.Third Ion - 13/8 Bit

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Created by Diverge on 15.11.2015



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2015 : An Official Guide To Honesty And Beyond.

1.Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.
2.Arcturus - Arcturian
3.Symphony X - Underworld
4.Leprous - The Congregation
5.Soilwork - The Ride Majestic

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Created by Hazelnut Nero on 20.03.2015



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Kai's Most Anticipated Releases Of 2015

Self-explainatory list.

Used mostly for personal reminders of releases I should check.

Your recommandations & suggestions are welcome! :-)

Favorite 2015 album: "Leprous - The Congregation"…

1.Riverside - Love, Fear And The Time Machine
2.Kamelot - Haven
3.Cain's Offering - Stormcrow
4.Xandria - Fire & Ashes
5.Iron Maiden - The Book Of Souls

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Created by Kais on 28.02.2015



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2015: One O' Dem Best Of Lists (Jan-Jun)

Cos by this point it's almost mandatory. I've made a pretty slow start to the year but hopefully I'll start catching up soon enough.

1.A Forest Of Stars - Beware The Sword You Cannot See
2.Maladie - ...Still...
3.Dekadent - Veritas
4.Sylosis - Dormant Heart
5.Marriages - Salome

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Created by musclassia on 02.02.2015



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2015 List Of Albums That I Listened To And Quite Liked, In Rank Order Of Awesomeness

It's starting to seem like and endless circle...

1.Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
2.Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.
3.Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
4.The Aristocrats - Tres Caballeros
5.Enslaved - In Times

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Created by Xylem on 26.01.2015



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2015 - Leth's List Of Likables (Non-Metal Inclusive)

Every album to catch my ear during 2015, rated, with plenty of non-metal for those of you who like to branch out and see what the whole world of music has to offer. Variety'll always be a virtue.

Numerous…

1.Death Grips - The Powers That B
2.Leprous - The Congregation
3.Clarence Clarity - No Now
4.Björk - Vulnicura
5.Envy - Atheist's Cornea

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Created by Lethrokai on 17.07.2015



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

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.N.K.V.D. - Vlast
2.Naamah - Resensement
3.Nachtig - Nachtig
4.Nachtmystium - Assassins: Black Meddle, Part 1
5.Nader Sadek - In The Flesh

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Created by Uxküll on 17.01.2021



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Essential Metal/ Hard Rock Albums

It's possible that you've glossed over some of these because they're too "popular". Maybe you've never heard of a few.
Regardless, these are albums that I think everyone should…

1.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
2.Summoning - Stronghold
3.Death - Human
4.Rush - A Farewell To Kings
5.The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand

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Created by Ryanm123 on 05.11.2020



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Top 10 Debut Progressive Metal Albums Of 2015

1.Umpfel - Cactus
2.Zierler - ESC
3.Universe Effects - In The Haze That Surrounds Us
4.Rendezvous Point - Solar Storm
5.Third Ion - 13/8 Bit

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Created by ProgMetalFan on 26.01.2016



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2015. Tractatus Temporo-Psychologicus: A Musical Codicil

2015 releases that I've bothered to write a word or two about.
Will update periodically when inspiration strikes.
Pay no mind to order.

1.Beardfish - +4626-COMFORTZONE
2.Native Construct - Quiet World
3.Riverside - Love, Fear And The Time Machine
4.Shining (NOR) - International Blackjazz Society

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Created by Nimlot on 08.07.2015



PCS Top 10 Albums Of 2015

2015 has been an exceptional year in metal in my personal opinion. Some of my favorite bands have released trademark albums, while many up-and-coming bands are quickly making their mark. Here's a…

1.Swallow The Sun - Songs From The North I, II & III
2.Intronaut - The Direction Of Last Things
3.Kauan - Sorni Nai
4.Leprous - The Congregation
5.Native Construct - Quiet World

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Created by pcsdrummer on 02.12.2015



2015 Albums

I will update soon.

1.Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.
2.Subterranean Masquerade - The Great Bazaar
3.Deafheaven - New Bermuda
4.Leprous - The Congregation
5.Native Construct - Quiet World

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Created by MrEdu3 on 13.10.2015