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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 |
The Encyclopaedia of Beautiful Metal Ballads
If you know other wonderful songs which are missing in this list, feel free to suggest them to me 
| 1. | Adagio - Underworld |
| 2. | Aerosmith - Aerosmith |
| 3. | After Forever - Prison Of Desire |
| 4. | After Forever - Decipher |
| 5. | After Forever - After Forever |
| + 373 more |
My Top 75 Albums Of All Time
My top 75 favourite albums of all time (initially it was a top 20 list, and after that top 50). Only 1 album per band. The list is in alphabetical order, so it doesn't represent explicitly which album…
| 1. | After Forever - Decipher |
| 2. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 3. | Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde |
| 4. | Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes |
| 5. | Anathema - The Silent Enigma |
| + 70 more |
Hall Of Fame: Top 80 Of All Time
- only studio albums
- only albums featured on MS
- only albums featured on MS
| 1. | After Forever - Decipher |
| 2. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 3. | Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea |
| 4. | Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde |
| 5. | Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side |
| + 75 more |
The Best "(Gothic) Beauty And The Beast" Albums
Here's a list of mostly Gothic Metal albums, exclusively of the "Beauty and the Beast" type (which refers to clean "angelic" female vocals contrasted with male growls/screams).
| 1. | Tristania - Widow's Weeds |
| 2. | The Sins Of Thy Beloved - Lake Of Sorrow |
| 3. | Draconian - Where Lovers Mourn |
| 4. | Epica - The Phantom Agony |
| 5. | Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear |
| + 38 more |
The Best Gothic Metal Albums
Note 1: This list will take time before it gets a definitive form (or it might take forever if good gothic metal albums will be released in the future).
Note 2: Another important feature is that this…
Note 2: Another important feature is that this…
| 1. | Estatic Fear - A Sombre Dance |
| 2. | Tiamat - Wildhoney |
| 3. | The Sins Of Thy Beloved - Lake Of Sorrow |
| 4. | Tristania - Widow's Weeds |
| 5. | Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear |
| + 96 more |
My Favorite Albums Of All Time
These albums are my favorite since I started listen to Metal.
| 1. | Kamelot - The Black Halo |
| 2. | Epica - Consign To Oblivion |
| 3. | Within Temptation - The Heart Of Everything |
| 4. | After Forever - After Forever |
| 5. | Blackfield - Blackfield |
| + 46 more |
Like Women In Your Metal? Zmaj's Choice Of 20 Female Fronted Albums
| 1. | After Forever - Decipher |
| 2. | Battlelore - The Last Alliance |
| 3. | Beautiful Sin - The Unexpected |
| 4. | Blackmore's Night - Shadow Of The Moon |
| 5. | Crimfall - As The Path Unfolds... |
| + 15 more |
The Ultimate Symphonic Metal Albums
A collection of metal albums that heavily use the likes of classical instrumentation, orchestral, opera or/and symphonic keyboard synths. Suggestions/Recommendations are welcome.
| 1. | Adagio - Underworld |
| 2. | Aesma Daeva - Dawn Of The New Athens |
| 3. | After Forever - Decipher |
| 4. | Almôra - Kalihora's Song |
| 5. | Ancient Bards - The Alliance Of The Kings |
| + 61 more |
Top Symphonic/Atmospheric Albums
My Top Symphonic/Atmospheric/Female Fronted(whatever you wanna call it...) Albums of all time with its subgenres: gothic, power, folk, prog...
Still, The order may change from time to time....!!
Still, The order may change from time to time....!!
| 1. | Within Temptation - The Silent Force |
| 2. | Nightwish - Century Child |
| 3. | Epica - Consign To Oblivion |
| 4. | Therion - Vovin |
| 5. | Within Temptation - The Heart Of Everything |
| + 45 more |
Some Of The Best Albums Of All Time (In No Particular Order)
Lots of genres, not repeating any Band (except Therion, but with 3 different styles). You cannot go wrong with this list, some nice Starts to any kind of Metal.
The list is sorted by year, but has not…
The list is sorted by year, but has not…
| 1. | Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime |
| 2. | Atheist - Unquestionable Presence |
| 3. | Therion - Symphony Masses - Ho Drakon Ho Megas |
| 4. | Cynic - Focus |
| 5. | Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes |
| + 48 more |
The Best Metal Albums* From A to # (A)
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. | Aara - En Ergô Einai |
| 2. | Aarni - Bathos |
| 3. | Aaskereia - Dort, Wo Das Alte Böse Ruht |
| 4. | Aastraal - Tuba mirum spargens sonum per sepulcra regionum, coget omnes ante thronum |
| 5. | AATHMA - Avesta |
| + 430 more |
1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
WORK IN PROGESS! Welcome to what I consider the "1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" or in other words, a list of records of various genres in the arrays of Metal and Hard Rock that…
| 1. | High Tide - Sea Shanties |
| 2. | Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath |
| 3. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin |
| 4. | Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come |
| 5. | Josefus - Dead Man |
| + 1242 more |