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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 |
Metal Storm Stats
In this list, I calculate the average rating of the top 20 albums of each year since 1968. If you like stats, this list is for you. Keep in mind that the years before 1980 don’t even have 20 eligible albums…
| 1. | 1960s. Average score: 7.897/10. The 60s did not see the birth of metal, but some releases of the decade did influence and inspire the genre a lot, which I guess is why they do appear on the website. |
| 2. | ----------------------------- |
| 3. | Deep Purple - Shades Of Deep Purple |
| 4. | King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King |
| 5. | ----------------------------- |
| + 72 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 |
2016 Perpetual New Seeds for 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…
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. | Vektor - Terminal Redux |
| 2. | Be'lakor - Vessels |
| 3. | Thank You Scientist - Stranger Heads Prevail |
| 4. | Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep Of Reason |
| 5. | Hypno5e - Shores Of The Abstract Line |
| + 104 more |
The Deadliest Of Harmonies (A Journey Into Melodic Death Metal)
Hey Folks! It’s me… Again!
I’m coming back once more to explore the depths of a genre that arguably did not begin where you all thought it did! Yeah yeah… Alright, maybe Left Hand Path, Necroticism:…
I’m coming back once more to explore the depths of a genre that arguably did not begin where you all thought it did! Yeah yeah… Alright, maybe Left Hand Path, Necroticism:…
| 1. | Entombed - Left Hand Path |
| 2. | Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious |
| 3. | Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream |
| 4. | At The Gates - The Red In The Sky Is Ours |
| 5. | Carcass - Heartwork |
| + 203 more |
2016 - My Best To Worst
Welcome to my 2016 list. Most of you are aware how lists on MS work :- If the album appears at the top it's amazing (imo) and highly recommend you give it a listen... if it's featured at the…
| 1. | Whispered - Metsutan - Songs Of The Void |
| 2. | Mesarthim - Pillars |
| 3. | Equilibrium - Armageddon |
| 4. | Omnium Gatherum - Grey Heavens |
| 5. | Twilight Force - Heroes Of Mighty Magic |
| + 99 more |
Artists With Only 8+ Albums
Only bands with at least 3 albums, and all albums rated over 8 (with at least 50 votes).
| 1. | Allegaeon - USA / 7 albums / Formed in: 2005 / Genres: Melodic death metal, Technical death metal |
| 2. | Allegaeon - Fragments Of Form And Function |
| 3. | Allegaeon - Formshifter |
| 4. | Allegaeon - Elements Of The Infinite |
| 5. | Allegaeon - Proponent For Sentience |
| + 224 more |
Making My Way Through The MS Top 200
The Metal Storm top 200 is supposed to represent the absolute peak of metal music, the timeless classics. Join me as I try to listen to every single album featured on it.
Each album has a symbol telling…
Each album has a symbol telling…
| 1. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 2. | Death - Symbolic |
| 3. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 4. | Metallica - Master Of Puppets |
| 5. | Metallica - Ride The Lightning |
| + 195 more |
Top 400 Metal Albums Ranked Mathematically (2026 Update)
RESTRICTIONS
Each album had to meet all the following conditions in order to be eligible:
1) 10+ years old
2) Metalstorm: 200+ votes, average user score 8.0+
3) Rateyourmusic: 1000+ ratings, average…
Each album had to meet all the following conditions in order to be eligible:
1) 10+ years old
2) Metalstorm: 200+ votes, average user score 8.0+
3) Rateyourmusic: 1000+ ratings, average…
| 1. | Death - Symbolic |
| 2. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 3. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 4. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 5. | Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality |
| + 395 more |
The Top Albums Of Ch'ti
This is my top albums (only with those where I gave 8 or more). I will update the list now and then.
Keep in mind that I've only been seriously listening to metal for a few years, and that it's…
Keep in mind that I've only been seriously listening to metal for a few years, and that it's…
| 1. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
| 2. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 3. | Opeth - Ghost Reveries |
| 4. | Sepultura - Beneath The Remains |
| 5. | Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal |
| + 361 more |
2016 Anticipated Records
★★★★★ - Masterpiece!
★★★★½ - Excellent!
★★★★☆ - Great!
★★★½☆ - Very Good!
★★★☆☆ - Enjoyable!
★★½☆☆ - OK, Nothing Special...
★★☆☆☆ - Mediocre/Poor
★½☆☆☆ - Don't Touch
★☆☆☆☆ - I Want My Money Back
★★★★½ - Excellent!
★★★★☆ - Great!
★★★½☆ - Very Good!
★★★☆☆ - Enjoyable!
★★½☆☆ - OK, Nothing Special...
★★☆☆☆ - Mediocre/Poor
★½☆☆☆ - Don't Touch
★☆☆☆☆ - I Want My Money Back
| 1. | Cloudscape - Voice Of Reason |
| 2. | Adam Wakeman & Damian Wilson - Weir Keeper's Tale |
| 3. | Fifth To Infinity - Omnipotent Transdimensional Soulfire |
| 4. | Dissona - Paleopneumatic |
| 5. | Bloodiest - Bloodiest |
| + 139 more |
Expanded MS 2016 Top 20
One of source of entertainment in the couple of months since I've joined MS has been watching albums careen up and down the 2015 top 20. I thought it might be interesting to compile a list of every…
| 1. | Insomnium - Winter's Gate |
| 2. | Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale |
| 3. | Aenaon - Hypnosophy |
| 4. | Dark Tranquillity - Atoma |
| 5. | Anaal Nathrakh - The Whole Of The Law |
| + 112 more |
200+ Favorite Albums
Note: Tool intentionally ommitted because they don't consider themselves metal. Otherwise you'd see their first 4 albums in top 25.
Last updated: 24 Jan 2026.
Last updated: 24 Jan 2026.
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 3. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 5. | Vital Remains - Dechristianize |
| + 279 more |